 Pip, who assumed the "father" role, was a dog, while the "mother", Squeak, was a penguin.Wilfred was the "young son" and was a rabbit with very long ears.The characters Pip, Squeak and Wilfred were created by Bertram Lamb, a journalist on the "Daily Mirror", who was born in Islington, London, on 14 May 1887 and died in Switzerland in 1938.