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What do Tom Sawyer and jumping frogs have in common? Stories about both of them were created by one man: Mark Twain. Born Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain was his pen name, Twain was 4 when his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri,located on the west bank of the Mississippi.Twain grew up there and was ifascinated with life along the river一the steamboats, the giant lumber rafts, and the people who worked on them. 汤姆·索亚和跳蛙有什么共通点吗?这两个故事是由同一个人创作出来的—马克·吐温。马克·吐温，原名朗赫恩·塞缪尔·克莱门斯，马克·吐温是他的笔名。吐温在四岁时，跟随家人一起搬到了密苏里州，位于密西西比河西岸的汉尼拔。在这里，吐温渐渐长大成人，他对河边的生活深感着迷—蒸汽船、巨大的木伐，以及在其上工作的所有的人。 "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is one of Twain’s best-loved short stories, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of his most famous novels. Both these works are celebrated by events held during National Tom Sawyer Days. The boy in the photo entered his frog in the jumping contest. 《卡拉韦拉斯县驰名的跳蛙》是吐温最为喜爱的短篇故事之一，而《汤姆·索亚历险记》则是他的小说代表作之一。全国汤姆·索亚日上所举办的各种不同的活动，都来源于此。照片中的小男孩，为他的青蛙报名参加跳跃竞赛。 | 
