Nat Cohen, a friend I met, .. (wouldn't it make more sense as:

Nat Cohen, a friend I recently met, ...

If a female frog lays thousands of eggs, but no male covers (fertilises?) them, they may be wondrous and complex, but there is no life in them.

The damn posters here are just like those male frogs...they are not doing the decent thing and giving life to the stories posted on this 'platform'....we need a platform for writers and readers only!
:)