1 "Dad! Dad! You need to come and see what we found," shouted Tamsyn.
2 "What is it?" asked Dad as he put down his newspaper and got out of his chair.
3 "Alex caught a flying mouse!" Tamsyn hopped from foot to foot as she waited for her dad to come with her.
4 The tiny animal sat atop Alex's gloved hand. The morning was chilly, and it seemed to be soaking up heat through the glove.
5 Alex turned his hand one way and then another trying to get the best possible look at it. Tamsyn dragged their father up to get a good look.
6 "Is it a bat, Dad?" asked Alex.
7 Dad nodded. "It's a little brown bat."
8 "What do we want to do with it?' asked Alex.
9 "Well, we don't want to kill it, said Dad. "Bats are valuable animals."
10 "Does that mean he's worth a lot of money?" asked Tamsyn.
11 Dad laughed. "No, sweetie, it means that bats do an important job. Did you know that a little bat like this eats his weight in insects every night?"
12 "How do they catch bugs when it is dark out?" asked Tamsyn.
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