"I -- I haven't any big cousin," said Jerry, when he had quite
recovered from his surprise at Grandfather Frog's question.
"Chugarum!" exclaimed Grandfather Frog, and the scornful way in
which he said it made Jerry Muskrat feel very small. "Chugarum!
Of course you've got a big cousin in the North. Do you mean to
tell me that you don't know that, Jerry Muskrat?"
Jerry had to admit that it was true that he didn't know anything
about that big cousin. If Grandfather Frog said that he had one,
it must be so, for Grandfather Frog is very old and very wise, and
he knows a great deal. Still, it was very hard for Jerry to believe
that he had a big cousin of whom he had never heard.
"Did -- did you ever see him, Grandfather Frog?" Jerry asked.
"No!" snapped Grandfather Frog. "I never did, but I know all
about him. He is a great worker, is this big cousin of yours,
and he builds dams like this one we are sitting on."
"I don't believe it!" cried Billy Mink. "I don't believe any cousin
of Jerry Muskrat's ever built such a dam as this.
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