Preep - Quack

Then he took a breath and quacked a long, wobbly, impossible sentence: "The water is cold—preep—the sky is sweet—preep—and I’m not broken—preep—I’m just in two notes—preep—like a song that’s learning to sing itself."

And the bog filled with strange, beautiful, imperfect sounds: croak-ding, squawk-moo, quack-boing, hiss-pop. quack preep

The other ducklings laughed. "Preep! Preep! Pip the Preep-Duck!" they chanted, splashing away. Then he took a breath and quacked a

Pip crept closer. Inside the log sat a ragged-eared rabbit, tapping a stick against a stone. Every fourth tap, instead of tick or tock , it went boop . imperfect sounds: croak-ding

"I’m Pip," he said, "and sometimes I go preep ."

Hodge looked up. "You heard my boop," he said. It wasn’t a question.