Beep

This morning at 7am the alarm clock went off.

"Beep" it said.

I was awake. I waited.

After a while it said,

"Beep-beep".

It went quiet for a while.

"HEY!" I said, and picked up the clock. Its face told me nothing except the time, and we stared blankly at each other. I got up, went into the other room and checked the clock there. It was seven o'clock. I stared at my alarm clock, which told me blandly that it was indeed seven o'clock.

I frowned.

"Beep" it said again, somewhat apologetically.

It is supposed to say beep-beep, beep-beep, beep-beep and so on until it stops beeping and starts screaming. I changed the battery before semester started, just in case.

Now I know why I missed the alarm twice last week. My beeping alarm clock is broken!