Go to Sleep, Darlings...
βI wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields
It covers them snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, Go to Sleep, Darlings, till the summer comes again.β Lewis Carroll
I read a poem by D.H. Lawrence 'BAT', who unfortunately didn't like bats. I shared the same sentiments until my daughter got me to appreciate them on our bonfire nights. Although, I must admit I still do get a bit anxious when they fly a touch too low.
"Bats, and an uneasy creeping in one's scalp As the bats swoop overhead! Flying madly."
Lawrence also states in his poem that in China the Bat is a symbol of Happiness.Bat after all is a cat we must not forget but sometimes we do! I suppose half cat and half bat counts for all the happiness he's brought us π¦π
Along came a bug on October 27th who almost didn't make it. The little bug though looked very much like a tiny bat and so he got the name Bat. Of course, we all have since gone batty ^..^ Couldn't wake up Bat but this other little witch-bird should be sleeping by now.
Airy-mouse, hairy mouse, Keen-eared contrary mouse, Come from your cavern--a star's in the sky! Fluttering, flittering, Eerily chittering, Swoop on your quarry, the dusk-haunting fly.
Airy-mouse, wary mouse, Witch-bird or fairy-mouse, Soft through the shadow the dawn-glimmer steals; Night's your carousing-time, Day brings your drowsing-time; Hence to your hollow and hang by your heels!