MEEEEE!” it bellowed.
She jumped back again, dropping the basket lid. What the devil?
She opened it again, and looked down at the wee thing.
“MEEEEEE!”
“Good heavens, you are loud,” she told it. “I thought cats were supposed to say ‘meow.’ There are two syllables in meow.”
“MEEEEEE!” It corrected vehemently and with great singularity.

Autore: Julie Anne Long