indeed, mamma bat would have been ashamed if children of hers flew against anything in the dark. there might be some excuse for such a mistake in the daytime, for bats' eyes do not see well then, but in the night-time! she would have scolded them well, and they would have deserved it, for bats have the most wonderful way of feeling things before they touch them, and there are no other people in the forest who can do that. there are no other people who can tell by the feeling of the air when something is near, and the bats made much fun of their friend, the screech owl, once, when he flew against a tree and fell to the ground.