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"Sure on it, sir. I wouldn't ha' answered for him if you'd gone back with your tail between your legs, reg'larly whipped; but seeing how you can go back and cry cock-a-doodle-doo! "Like a dog, Tom?" said Aleck, grimly, with a feeling of amusement at the way in which his companion was mixing up his metaphors. "Like a dog, sir? Tchah! Dogs can't crow. You know what I mean.
"Cock-a-doodle-doo," thought I; "if those are not the same hundred-dollar boots I saw yesterday morning, at least they are their first cousins!" Once more I measured my man. Celerity, valor, endurance, they were his iridescent neck and tail feathers.
All occurred as I wished: as the gaslight began to pale in the library and the shape of the windows was seen dimly behind the curtains, a long cock-a-doodle-doo came from beneath the old gentleman's cloak, followed by a few bars of an aria from Tannhauser, ending with a loud click. A small hand-axe, which we had used to break into the unlucky house, lay between us on the table; I picked it up.
But even in this sleep there came a dream, or whatever else it was: his little sister Augusta, she with the blue eyes and the fair curling hair, was suddenly a tall, beautiful girl, and without having wings was yet able to fly; and she now flew over Zealand over the green woods and the blue lakes. "Do you hear the cock crow, Tukey? cock-a-doodle-doo! The cocks are flying up from Kjoge!
I write this as a sort of homily 'a propos of the day, and Cape Trafalgar, off which we lie. What business have I to strut the deck, and clap my wings, and cry "Cock-a-doodle-doo" over it? Some compatriots are at that work even now. We have lost one by one all our jovial company.
The Father pulled the red streamer and rang the bell. Then he threw a piece of money into the box. It fell with a great noise. "Cock-a-doodle-doo," crowed the rooster! He seemed very much pleased about the money, though it was meant for the priests and not for him. "The rooster is saying thank you," cried Take. "Hush," said her Mother.
Shakespeare, following usage, perhaps, has given it as "cock-a-doodle-doo," and that is the accepted interpretation of it. But this does not convey the proper impression. We should say that if human syllables can tell the story they would assume some such form as: Ooauk-auk-auk-au-au-au-auk! It is a song that ought to be studied and glorified in print. Think what a history it has!
D'Alloi, who, as a mother, had no intention of having it supposed that Leonore was not more loved than loving. "Taking modern marriage as a basis " said Mr. Pierce. "Oh," laughed Dorothy, "there's no doubt they are a pair, and I'm very proud of it, because I did it." "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" crowed Ray. "I did," said Dorothy, "and my own husband is not the one to cast reflection on my statement."
"Thar', 'tarnal death to me!" roared Ralph, pointing downwards with triumph, "arn't that old Salt now, looking as sweet and liquorish as a whole trough-full of sugar-tree? We'll just take a dip at him, anngelliferous madam, jist to wash the mud off our shoes; and then, 'tarnal death to me, farewell to old Salt, and the abbregynes together cock-a-doodle-doo!"
"I just wonder if the dear kind woman is bringing me a few fresh eggs. You know the doctor advised me to eat fresh eggs, and " Carol clutched her curly head in despair. "Cock-a-doodle-doo," she crowed. "You mean, 'Cut-cut-cut-ca-duck-et," reproved David. Mrs. Sater paused outside the manse door in blank astonishment.
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