"ah!"

I was on my computer checking my e-mails and all of a sudden I was interrupted by the back and forth "ah!" "ah!" by these two babies. They were sitting face to face on the floor. In HY's hand, there were her favorite cups pressed onto her body. HY was leaning forward staring straight into EY's eyes. There she went "ah!" - sharp, short, loud and high pitch. Her mouth was slightly open with the lips tense up as if there were teeth and the teeth would be tightly clenched. Here went EY "ah!" back at HY - sharp, high pitch as well but slightly longer sound and ended a bit deep. EY was in a ready to attack posture with her legs half in the air.

Have you ever seen the "Whale rider" movie? Part of the training the young boys had to learn was to stick out their tongue at the same time making a loud noise to scream off their enemy. The girls reminded me about that. HY was trying to scare off EY when she saw EY about to take her toys. It did work. EY didn't make her move but instead she "ah" HY back. They went on with the "ah, ah, ah" for at least 2 minutes. It was hilarious to see the facial expression of the girls. They were serious and tense! They were just babies and they knew how to try to threaten the component. "Ah!" - the special defense.