A writing exercise
The prompt: convey a sound
Tick tack tick tack. Clickity clickity clack clack click click click. Harumph harumph. Oakley clack scratch trot trit snitch snatches her way down the street. Tick tick tack go her nails on the concrete slabs. Skip skop Scrape scrape scrap scrap clickity clickity clack clack. A prance, a dance between animal and ground. Harumph! Harumph! she expels air from her nostrils. Clears alllll of that sniffy snaff out. Shake shake shudder shudder swwooosh whoosh she gets it all out. A dog’s life is quiet most of the time, but if you listen, really listen, they’re making sound all the time. No she cannot speak, but she speaks volumes as she dances down the lane. Clickity clicky clack clack click click clack freeze! Another dog! A wolf cousin in its prime. STARE. FREEZE. FRIEND? FOE? WHO. ARE YOU. LURCH! STRAIN. OUCH. OH. HEY. STOP. SIT. OAKLEY. GOOD. GOOD. GOOD. LET’S GO. MOM. MOM. DAD. DAD. Clicky clickity clack clack we resume our walk. Trot trit tat tat. Tick tack tick tack clickity clickity clack clack. HALT. HEAL. HUMAN. CAN I PET? WHY YES. GO HEAD. FOOD. TREAT. TREAT. LOVE. LOVE. STAY. DON’T LEAVE. EVER. FRIEND. FRIEND. FRIEND. HEAL. Resume. Ok. Clickity clickity clack clack. Click clck stritch scratch trit trot snitch snatch cractch crattch clack. Mom. Dad. Sniff. Sniff. Let’s. go. Now. Love. Smell. Sniff. HARUMPHHHHH!