Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Hopper Whopper

Dan'l Webster, jumper, well trained

For jumping competition set.

No one in the county complained,

So on Dan'l was heavy bet.

But when came time for Dan'l to

Jump, he just could not move at all.

Judges did what they had to do,

Dan'l, the loser, was the call.

Later, Dan'l belched out some lead

Pellets, causing big gain in weight,

Not knowing Dan'l had been fed

By his competition, ill fate.

This Mark Twain tale made history,

Sport of frog jumping came to be.