Read the passage. lacking both time and inclination, i did not wait to hear about the afflicted cow, but took my leave. based on the use of language in the excerpt from “the notorious jumping frog of calaveras county” by mark twain, what can you assume about the narrator? he is from a different part of the country than the other characters. he is from the same town as jim smiley. he is unsophisticated. he is uneducated.