In the short story "the celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county" tells the story about a jim smiley because he wants to surprise he audience he thinks he will become popular he could not think of any other story to tell he thinks it's entertaining

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.