Never Trust a Dead Man
“Unable to get its balance, it kept flapping its wings, but this caused it to rise slightly off the ground, at which point it would squawk, stop flapping, drop back to the floor, and tumble over. Then start all over again.
"Fool?" the bat repeated after Elswyth, its voice tiny but definitely Farold's. "Fool? Fool doesn't say the half of it!" Selwyn offered a steadying hand to keep the bat from tipping over.
In appreciation, the creature kicked him. But then it began hopping about, one tiny foot ...lifted, yelping, "Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow! You big bully!" It tried to kick Selwyn with the other foot, and flopped onto its back.
Selwyn held out his finger, and the bat reluctantly took hold and pulled itself upright, using the tiny little thumb at the edge of its wing as a hand. Selwyn looked from the bat with its huge ears and large fleshy nose to Farold's corpse, to Elswyth. "What happened?" he asked helplessly.
"'What happened?'" the bat shrieked. "'What happened?' What kind of fool question is that?MoreLess
"Fool?" the bat repeated after Elswyth, its voice tiny but definitely Farold's. "Fool? Fool doesn't say the half of it!" Selwyn offered a steadying hand to keep the bat from tipping over.
In appreciation, the creature kicked him. But then it began hopping about, one tiny foot ...lifted, yelping, "Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow! You big bully!" It tried to kick Selwyn with the other foot, and flopped onto its back.
Selwyn held out his finger, and the bat reluctantly took hold and pulled itself upright, using the tiny little thumb at the edge of its wing as a hand. Selwyn looked from the bat with its huge ears and large fleshy nose to Farold's corpse, to Elswyth. "What happened?" he asked helplessly.
"'What happened?'" the bat shrieked. "'What happened?' What kind of fool question is that?MoreLess
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