“Great robber though he was, Kandata could only trash about like a dying frog as he choked on the blood of the pond.”

“It's all very romantic," Gabriel said, and then frowned. "Or it would be, if my brother could get a word out without sounding like a choking frog. I fear he will not go down in history as one of the world's greatest wooers of women.”

“Tonight I walked around the pond scaring frogs; a couple of them jumped off, going, in effect, eek, and most grunted, and the pond was still. But one big frog, bright green like a poster-paint frog, didn't jump, so I waved my arm and stamped to scare it, and it jumped suddenly, and I jumped, and then everything in the pond jumped, and I laughed and laughed.”

“Old pond — frogs jumped in — sound of water”

“A robber? In the trash bins? Honestly, Wes. This is Salem Falls, not the set of Law and Order.”

“Analyzing humor is like disecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.”