"The creatures are speaking in a language already known to the translator, sir."

It has been suggested that they are written in a language other than the one the creature spoke.

The flowers and creatures don't precisely speak for themselves, but they seem more alive than some of the adults in the story.

For a moment it looked as though the creature might speak.

The creature did not speak, but I heard the rumble of its words clearly in my head.

"These creatures you speak of - could they kill him?"

These creatures have their own language and can usually speak several other tongues.

This creature does not speak, and will attack anything which is nearby.

To his amazement, the creature spoke, even as it was in the act of falling.

MacEwan was about to follow when the creature spoke again.