"It doesn't talk, it squeaks."
"Then ask it to explain why the platform it built didn't hold the
landing craft."
Simpson began whistling and squeaking at length to the little creature.
Its shaggy tail crept between its legs and it hung its head like a
scolded puppy.
"He says he didn't know a landing craft was supposed to land on the
platform," Simpson reported finally. "He's sorry, he says."
"But hasn't he seen a landing craft before?"