"Cogg would suddenly stand stock still. "Listen," he……" — Stephen Potter
"Cogg would suddenly stand stock still. "Listen," he would say. Some feeble quack would be heard from the willow beyond the pond. "That's an easy one to tell. The frog-pippit." Then he would add, As a safety measure, "As I believe they call it in these parts.""
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