Dan'l Webster is the frog that Smiley educates to jump higher, faster, and farther than any other frog. He beats all the competition until the day that the stranger fills him with a quail shot, immobilizing him.
Perhaps it’s a shorter way of writing Daniel or it enhances the way you’re actually supposed to pronounce Daniel. (instead of saying it as “dan-yul” it’s “dan-el”)
