Simon Wheeler backed me into a corner and blockaded me there with his chair, and then sat me down and reeled off the monotonous narrative which follows this paragraph.
He roused up and gave me good-day.
So he set there a good while thinking and thinking to hisself, and then he got the frog out and prized his mouth open and took a tea-spoon and filled him full of quail shot. . .
In compliance with the request of a friend of mine, who wrote me from the East, I called on good-natured, garrulous old Simon Wheeler. . . .
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The quote that best represents Regionalism in "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is:
"So he set there a good while thinking and thinking to hisself, and then he got the frog out and prized his mouth open and took a tea-spoon and filled him full of quail shot. . ."
This quote highlights regional dialect, local customs, and a focus on the specific setting and characters typical of Regionalism, capturing the unique flavor of the local culture in Calaveras County.
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