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A short time afterward, not far from the red ants' 

 nest, which was now rebuilt, might have been seen 

 a large colony of black ants. 



They lived there at peace with their red neighbors, 

 and however fiercely the red ants set out on their 

 slave-making expeditions that black colony was never 

 harmed or disturbed. It was the colony started 

 by the gallant Nipper and her little band of faith- 

 ful followers. 



THE TAME BAT 



Almost every child is afraid of bats, — they flit 

 about so strangely and so silently through the night. 

 Sometimes they flit so close that one feels the air 

 from their leathery wings, but they never seem to 

 touch anything. 



If you catch and examine a bat, you can see 

 what a cunning little creature it is. Its head is 

 like that of a tiny fox, with eyes like shining black 

 beads. Its teeth are small and white. Its body 

 is covered with fur as soft as silk, and its tiny hind 

 feet are beautifully finished off with little nails. 



Even its leathery wings are as fine and lustrous 

 as satin. 



