<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=578281" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Singing Bat</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A bird was caught inside a trap<br>which closed its claws with a loud snap.<br>The snap was heard by Fritz the cat<br>who had been stalking a young bat.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The bat was hanging from a tree<br>had wrapped around a twig his knee.<br>'AHA', the cat now saw the bird<br>it was a finch, and it occurred</div><div style="margin:10px 0">to Fritz the cat that here was food<br>enough to lift a feline's mood.<br>He'd eat the bird right in the trap<br>and afterward take a short nap.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The finch had lifted up his wing <br>and, full of love, began to sing.<br>He figured if this day meant death<br>he'd entertain with his last breath.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The cat was just about to eat<br>when that sweet voice, now in defeat, <br>sang, in e-flat the Lorelei<br>and Fritz the cat began to cry.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And if you know a thing or two<br>perhaps from visits to the Zoo: <br>A cat can either eat or cry, <br>not both. And trapped birds cannot fly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The bat, who had observed the drama<br>in upside-down-like panorama, <br>approached because this tearful issue<br>required help and Kleenex tissue.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The closest thing to tissue though<br>is bat-wing skin and if you blow<br>across the tears toward the wing<br>a bat will likely start to sing.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And, right away, that's what transpired, <br>the bat sang loudly. And inspired<br>the cat to see him as a meal, <br>complete with musical appeal.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The bat soon sang of Mother Goose, <br>predictably, tied his own noose.<br>Was eaten by the hungry cat, <br>it's Nature's way when cat eats bat.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When Fritzie got up from his nap<br>he let the finch out of the trap.<br>The finch who saw a hungry eye<br>began to sing the Lorelei.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by - <i><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/" target=_blank></a></i><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=578281" data-title="The Singing Bat" data-description="A bird was caught inside a trap which closed its claws with a loud snap. The snap was heard by Fritz the cat who had been stalking a young bat. The bat was hanging from a tree had wrapped around a twig his knee. 'AHA', the cat now saw the bird it..."></div> </div> </div>

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