Plopper

Maybe that happened, and maybe the Intelligent Plopper was the guy we call God.

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Near as I can make out, Plopper thinks he is a god as well.

Project Pope Simak, Clifford D., 1904-1988- 1981

Fifty-five Plopper kept flopping all about, making his squishy liver sounds.

Project Pope Simak, Clifford D., 1904-1988- 1981

Hopping frantically toward them was Plopper, making straight for the Bubbly.

Project Pope Simak, Clifford D., 1904-1988- 1981

He had concealed it rather effectively (at least so far he had) by making out that Plopper was no more than a passing pet, when the fact of the matter was that if it came down to a pinch, he would let go the other two if necessary to keep Plopper with him.

Project Pope Simak, Clifford D., 1904-1988- 1981

But the Bubbly and the Plopper are very closely related.

Project Pope Simak, Clifford D., 1904-1988- 1981

We don't talk about it or flaunt it, but you saw what His Holiness did to quell the Plopper.

Project Pope Simak, Clifford D., 1904-1988- 1981

He was bouncing up and down, straight up into the air and down, maintaining his position in front of Smoky, and now Smoky was beginning to bounce too, not as high or as energetically as Plopper, but jiggling up and down at a fairly rapid rate.

Project Pope Simak, Clifford D., 1904-1988- 1981

Why was it he wondered, that he valued Plopper so?

Project Pope Simak, Clifford D., 1904-1988- 1981

The brilliance of Plopper blinked out and the darkness went away.

Project Pope Simak, Clifford D., 1904-1988- 1981