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WHY THE BAT COMES OUT ONLY AT NIGHT
% w! m' S o' z& y ILong, long ago, there was a war between the birds and the beasts. No one knows what they fought about.! @) t2 M# r/ p3 ]7 b
The bat did not know whose side he should take. He thought and thought, then decided he must try to be on the side of the winners.5 i% ~6 z# G* d* w
So he watched from far away. After a while, it seemed that the birds were going to win. He flew over to join them.) _5 i2 l+ s; C: x/ d' O
“What on earth are you doing here?” a bird shouted at him.
2 @' _& h. u2 C& L4 Q“Can’t you see I’m a bird?” the bat said with a smile. “Look, I have wings, just like you.”, ~9 h$ v, a- v+ T2 L; V
“Come along, then,” said the bird. “Don’t hide behind others.”# b B. v W+ A( l. A, p) S( v4 A! ~5 _$ L
But things changed soon. Now it seemed that the beasts were winning. So the bat left the birds in a hurry and went over to the beasts.
3 M4 s6 [' B4 j( \3 M, V“What are you doing on our side?” an animal called out to him. “Are you spying on us?”
; B0 y& s7 R+ d- ?" {“Don’t you know I’m one of you?” asked the bat, showing his teeth. “Look. Can’t you see I’ve got teeth, too?”) J- \( U; \9 S4 O% b
“Who are you trying to fool?” said the animals. “We saw you fighting on the side of the birds just now.”% _7 D8 V( R. @2 L Z ?
So the beasts drove him off. Of course the birds refused to take him back. L- s9 ^1 \( S
When the beasts and the birds saw neither side could win, they decided to stop fighting.
2 D' v" v4 ^4 L% A( q# hNeither beasts nor birds would have the bat as their friend, so he was afraid to leave his home. Ever since then, he comes out only at night.
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