"Why the Bat Flies By Night" Reading Notes

Bibliography: This story is part of the Nigeria unit. Story source: Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria by Elphinstone Dayrell (1910).

One day the Bush Rat and the Bat and the bat were feeding together. They always fed together, just like they did everything else together. But, one day the bat decided to turn on the Bush Rat.

They were both eating soup when the Bush Rat asked the Bat why his soup was always so good. The bat usually prepared his soup beforehand and just took some extra care while making it, but he decided to tell a lie. The bat told the Rat that before he starts cooking the soup he boils himself in the broth. The Bat said that his flesh is so sweet that it flavors the broth.

The Rat was convinced that that is how the soup was so good so later that night he went home and told his wife that he would make soup for the family that night. He started making the soup and as soon as his wife turned away he jumped into the pot of boiling water to "flavor" it. He was soon dead.

His wife came back and saw the scene and she became enraged and immediately blamed the Bat. She took the matter to the king of the land and demanded that the bat become a prisoner.

Now the whole kingdom was after the bat trying to capture him, he had to try so hard to escape them. He realized they would only hunt for him during the day so he changed his habits and now he only flies at night.

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