The Celebrated Jumping Frog!
Samuel is looking for information about his old family friend, Leonidas Smiley, and he's convinced that Simon Wheeler can help. Based on the classic story by Mark Twain about persistence and history and of course, a celebrated jumping frog!
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Samuel is looking for information about his old family friend, Leonidas Smiley, and he's convinced that Simon Wheeler can help. Based on the classic story by Mark Twain about persistence and history and of course, a celebrated jumping frog!
If you would like to support Stories Podcast, you can subscribe and give us a five star review on iTunes, head to patreon.com/stories and pledge to make a monthly donation, or just tell your friends about us! You can also support this episode's sponsor: Stitch Fix Kids! Head to StitchFix.com/Kids/Stories to try Stitch Fix with no styling fee and an extra 25% off when you keep everything in your box!
You can hear ad-free new episodes of Stories Podcast plus our full archive, also completely ad-free, only on Stitcher Premium. For a free month of Stitcher Premium, go to stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use promo code 'WONDERY'!
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