"That dog is homesick," croaked Blacky, as he sat in the top of a tall tree, scratching his head as if he thought he might scratch an idea out of it.
Nothing stirred over the vast expanse save a pair of ravens, which croaked loudly from a tor behind us.
" croaked Joseph, catching an opportunity from our hesitation to thrust in his evil tongue.
" "Broken his head," croaked Joe, stepping aside, that she might behold the fallen hero vainly trying to look calm and cheerful with red drops running down his cheek and a lump on his forehead.
"There's only one more thing I can think of," he croaked, "that would make it impossible for me to be here.
"It's a-going to be the worst freshet that's happened since you were born," their caller croaked.
"Don't cry, beautiful Princess," croaked the frog.
He put down a blanket as frogs croaked in the distance.
" he croaked.
"I miss Father, and Mother too," he croaked.
"Bas," he croaked.
"He took Sohrab a month ago," Zaman finally croaked, hands still shielding his face.
All of you," Baba croaked.
"It might have been the week before," he croaked.
"There," he croaked, red dripping down his face like blood.
A frog sat down beside it, and croaked, "wat, wat, wat.
" Then the peasant pinched the raven's head, so that he croaked and made a noise like krr, krr.
At length he croaked, I have it.
"Good evening," she croaked, pretending to be quite friendly.
A great black raven darted down in front of her on the high road, and croaked dismally.
