Twain was a master at writing stories that are fun to read. Here is just one example. What a fricken' riot.
The sly wit of Mark Twain's country bumpkins in The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is sure to provoke laughter and an appreciation for Twain's uncanny ear for dialect.
Twain is satirizing several aspects of American life, but especially the country bumpkins who tend to speak at length about subjects that are close to them but are really unimportant and nonsensical.