THE STRANGER fills the frogs belly with quail shot.
The title of the book is 'The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras county'.
Smiley bet with a stranger that his frog can beat any other frog and the stranger agreed to go into competition with him. Smiley lost the competition, because unknown to him the stranger has filled his frog with quail shot when he went to the stream to catch a frog for the stranger.
The central idea is the world would be to much if they world wouldn’t have water
Answer:
Explanation:
"By the time she reaches ..." implies that she is on the road to reach a destination
"everybody... local business" shows the relation between local residents and local business which on an island will be very important because of self-sustainability
"..in a magical tree.." gives us the idea that the setting is a forest
"...encounters a man ...from a foreign land" implies that the person is at an <u>inn </u>where people from different places may stay temporarily
"anything is possible " leads us to believe there is paradise
Yes that could be a survival reference