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" Indeed I wouldn't touch it for any thin 

 Mary. " I'm afraid of the horrid thing." 



The boy ran away and presently came back with 

 some tiny bits of raw meat. 



The poor little bat must have been almost starved, 

 for it ate greedily. When it seemed to have had 

 enough, and would eat no more, the boy got a 

 saucer of water and put it down before it, and the 

 bat lapped up the water thirstily, 

 using its tongue just as a dog 

 would. 



The boy said he was going to 

 keep the bat for a pet and see if 

 he could tame it. He took a 

 starch box and covered the front 

 of it with mosquito netting. He 

 put a perch across it very much 

 like the perch in the bird-cage 

 so that the bat could hang itself 

 what bats like to do. They hang themselves up 

 by their little hind feet, with their heads down and 

 their wings folded about them, and so they will 

 sleep all day. 



The little bat. Flitters, as the boy named it, 

 seemed quite satisfied with this new home when it 



up 



The Tame Bat 



for that is 



