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But after the girls had found It cuddled away 

 in their hats or coat-sleeves several times they were 

 careful to keep the door shut so that it could not 

 get in. 



This was after Flitters' wing had begun to heal, 

 and it could flutter about a little. The wing healed 

 very quickly. The bone knit together and after a 

 while it was quite well, only a lump was left where 

 the bone had grown together. 



When the bat was well and had begun to fly 

 about, you could seldom tell where it was. It would 

 generally come, however, when the boy called it. 

 It would fly circling about the room as it grew dusk, 

 close to the walls or ceiling. It would catch the 

 mosquitoes and other insects that it saw there. 



Then the bat began to go out of doors and they 

 saw very little of it. Even when the boy called it, 

 it seldom came. 



One day a little girl had come out from the city 

 with her mother, to spend the night at the boy's 

 home. The children were sitting on the piazza 

 after supper and two or three bats flitted past. 



The little girl looked up and said, 

 " Bat, bat, 

 Come under my hat 

 And I'll give you a piece of bacon." 



