| Show A hat with a beak the wise one was explaining to the other that tho bat cannot see in the day anne it was in the basement of a butter eggs and chicken place on washington street yon see he said as he stuck his finger close to the wide open eyes of the bat he cant see a thing Now watch he jabbed his finger into the eyeball of the unsuspecting little victim which at threw up its wings and hopped to the farther end of the perch but the wise man was not satisfied ho wanted to demonstrate his knowledge still further no he cant see a bit ho said jabbing his finger the second time into the staring eye sec ho said as bo repeated his demonstration abo icat in tho meantime was flapping its hinss excitedly and trying to grope its way to safety a thing about owls and bats tho wise one went on that they can ECO only in the now yon just watch for yourself again bo tortured tho frightened night bird by this timo tho borni turned tho bat fought bick und by a quick movement caught tho torturing finger in its beak the man jerked hia hand away and with a loud ooch put the digit into his own mouth to suck alie blood yes I 1 aco saad his friend chicago journal |
