Excerpt from A Rug Before My Time: The Memoirs of Pecker the Cat

glossary

 Meow. Meow meow meow meow,
meow meow meow meow, meow meow
meow meow, meow meow meow meow;
meow meow meow mao, meow meow
meow meow, meow meow meow meow,
meow meow meow mao. Miu mia-ahhh?

Prrrrrrrrrr. Prrrrrrrrrr brrrrrrrr
brrrr, prrrrrrrrr brrrrrrrr brrrr,
prrrrrrrrr brrrrrrrr brrrr, prrrrrr.

Rur? Meow meow meow meow.
wSsssssshh! Miao!

Meow me-you meow mao mao. Mao
mayou meyou me-you miu. Mao miu miu
miu mao. Mao miu miu miu, mao miu miu
miu, miao; mia-ahhh meow. Miu, miu, miu.
Me-you. Meyou miu.

Hchhhhhhhhhh!

Rrrrrrawrrrr.

Mrr-rowr? urururrRRR. Miao!

Mayou mayou; miao miu mayou; me-you,
miu meyou. Meow meow. Mao miu; may-

ou. Mew? Miao!

Mao. Mao. Mao. Mao. Mrr-rowr?

Meow meow. Mao. Mao. Meyou
mayou; mayou, mayou. Me-yow! Mao.
Miu miao. Miu miu. Miu.

Meow. Meow me-you; miao! Mayou.

gOrrurra! wSsssssshh!

Me-yow! Grrrrrrll. ahhhhhh-RRRRR.
urururrRRR. Rrrrrrawrrrr. Rur. . . .

Glossary (italics indicate nonvocal sounds):

ahhhhhhRRRRR:
gOrrurra:
grrrrrrrll:
hchhhhhhhhhh:
mao:
mayou:
meow:
mew:
meyou:
me-you:
Me-yow!:		 low howlgrowl
growl
growl
hiss (expiratory)
meow
meow
meow
mew
meow
meow
meow		 mia-ahhh:
miao:
miu:
mrr-rowr?:
prrrrrrrrrr:
prrrrrrrrrrbrrrrrrrrbrrrr:
rrrrrrawrrrr:
rur:
urururrRRR:
wSsssssshh:

 meow
meow
mew
meow
purr
purr
growl
meow
growl
hiss (inspiratory)

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