Kapok

The moon came out of hiding and for a moment Jerry forgot his anxiety as a little grey-clad figure, small and sturdy [...], in a kapok coat and bulging proletarian cap, lowered himself over the side and leapt for the waiting arms of the sampan's crew.

You can stuff them full of kapok to make a decent cushion and there is nothing better to carry frogs in.

A still summer night a world away in a house that smells of cactus and dust and musty kapok.