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- # COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO! OR THE CROWING OF THE NOBLE COCK BENEVENTANO
## Overview
This section, titled "COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO! OR THE CROWING OF THE NOBLE COCK BENEVENTANO," is a textual component extracted from a larger file. It spans lines 4334 to 4864 of its source and was extracted on January 30, 2026.
## Context
This section is part of the [OTHER PROSE PIECES](arke:01KG6GK8ENNRVDZWM7ZDPK9J5B) segment, which is itself contained within the [Test Collection](arke:01KG2T49K0H5GDRB0G4YDTPG8H). The text was extracted from the file [billy_budd.txt](arke:01KG6FXSCNX5F3D880P3YP3PKR). It follows the section titled [Twenty-four hours have elapsed since writing the foregoing.](arke:01KG6GKYHNAM1VYWNQPKZMEK86).
## Contents
The section contains the full text of "COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO! OR THE CROWING OF THE NOBLE COCK BENEVENTANO," divided into ten chunks. The narrative describes a narrator's changing moods and philosophical reflections, influenced by the powerful and inspiring crowing of a "Shanghai" cock. The narrator initially feels despondent due to personal troubles and societal issues like "rascally despotisms" and "horrid accidents" (referring to train and steamboat crashes). However, the extraordinary crow of the "noble cock Beneventano" repeatedly lifts his spirits, making him feel defiant against creditors and the "ills of life." The narrator embarks on a quest to find and purchase this magnificent bird, encountering various individuals and their less impressive fowl, ultimately failing to locate the specific Shanghai cock that so profoundly affects him. The story concludes with the narrator, despite facing a "civil-process" for debt, finding renewed courage and jollity through the persistent, defiant crow of the unseen cock.
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