Nocturnal Symphony: A Bat Detector's Journal

Nocturnal Symphony: A Bat Detector's Journal — page 3
the narrator And the director Plus I’ll pass around a bucket for donations Shouldn’t we do a skit about Wisconsin bats TK dared to ask After all we’re trying to raise money to detect the sound of bats in Wisconsin Not some palace in Portugal That question got the expected response Laura’s eyebrows formed an upside-down V and her mouth made a sound like a whinnying horse TaKwon Davis can you find a better bat-in-the-library story TK shook his head and shot me a terrified glance That’s what I thought You can tape paper towels together to make moth wings And Bru you can use a black or brown blanket for bat wings So it was settled at least Laura seemed to think so And of course it was a disaster I couldn’t find any black or brown blanket or any kind of dark-colored cloth so my bat wings were made of blue-and-white-striped sheets Mom let me cut them up because they were worn out In our basement I found a headband with little brown plastic ears so I wore those but they made me look more like a chihuahua than a bat 6 SCIENCE SQUAD