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'Rupert' was published by The Daily Express in 1971. It contains folding instructions for two designs, 'The Hobgomnie', featured in the story 'Rupert and the Gomnies', and 'Rupert's Swimming Bird', featured in 'Rupert and the Early Bird', both of which are developed from the Cocotte, probably by Alfred Bestall himself, since they are not otherwise known or attributed. The 'Swimming Bird' is a development / variant of The Duck.

The instructions for the 'Hobgomnie' say of the Cocotte design: 'It is generally called 'the hobby-horse' (American folders call it 'the chicken').

The instructions for 'Rupert's Swimming Bird' say: '... follow instructions ... to make a Hobby-Horse'.

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