Megabat by Anna Humphrey

Author:Anna Humphrey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tundra
Published: 2018-08-06T16:00:00+00:00

Between mopping the puddle, cleaning up what had spilled down the stairs and replacing the container with a bigger bucket, half an hour passed before Daniel’s family was ready to go back to bed.

As soon as his parents left, Daniel ran to the window and opened it. “They’re gone,” he whispered. “You can come back in.”

But there was no answer—because there was no Megabat, just the big, dark night sky with the thinnest sliver of moon.

* * *

For more than an hour, Daniel sat by the window whispering Megabat’s name into the darkness, but the bat didn’t return. First thing the next morning, he asked his mom if he could go to Talia’s house. “Of course,” she answered, grinning into her toast.

“Megabat’s lost,” Daniel blurted the second Talia opened the door.

He told her how the bat had run away.

“He’s a wild animal,” Talia said. “It’s normal that he’d want to explore.”

“I guess,” Daniel agreed. “But we need to find him. He doesn’t know this country. He could get lost or hurt.”

They started their search for Megabat in Daniel’s backyard and covered the whole street, but there was no sign of their friend. They were just on their way home for lunch when they heard the commotion.

“You little monster!” It was Jamie, shouting.

“Stay back! Or mine will poke yours to the death!”

In less than a heartbeat, Daniel and Talia were running down the path and into Talia’s yard. They found Jamie, sprawled on the grass in front of his homemade pigeon trap, rubbing at his eye…and Megabat, behind the bars. His fur was ruffled and he was ferociously wielding his juice-box-straw lightsaber.

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