The Bat

The bat was a very confused creature It never had a teacher, So, now it always flys around blindly And now it's always treated unkindly. The bat individually knows of its gender It's a bat and not a pretender, This might sound idiotic or absurd But, the bat didn't know if it was a mammal or a bird. Once there was a great, great war Between mammals and the avians that soar, The bat took the side of the birds in the sky Because, the birds said a bat was a bird because it could fly. The bat flew and attacked the mammals on the ground While not making the slightest sound, In the war the birds were now winning The bat didn't know against his kind it was sinning. Then one day while the bat was in a tree Up to the bat snuck a very old and wise chimpanzee, Unto the bat the chimpanzee did speak About turning the other cheek. The chimpanzee told the bat that it was a mammal Like the dog, the lion and the camel, The chimpanzee was intelligent and aloof Then the chimpanzee showed the bat all the proof. The bat now understood that it wasn't an avian at all Now the bat heard his brothers the mammals call, Now against the birds the bat did ferociously fought Victories daily the bat had now brought. The bat now fought victorious and true Every day that he has flew, He fought the birds as he had fought the mammals earlier And he again felt proud and worthier. Then one day the great war between the animals finally ended After both sides had healed and mended, Then they all decided to forget what their war was all about Peace! they all then did happily screamed and did shout. The Lion was then crowned the King of all beasts Then all the animals had celebration feasts, Unto no animal will a mammal or an avian be a slave Then the bat for its treachery was forever banished into a cave. Randy L. McClave