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The Tale of Freddie Firefly by Arthur Scott Bailey
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"Certainly not!" said Benjamin Bat. "You talk like a--AHEM!"

"Perhaps I do," Freddie Firefly retorted. "But I should think it would
be just as jolly for you to be eaten by Solomon Owl as it would be for
me to be eaten by you."

Benjamin started violently.

"What in the world ever put such a strange idea into your head?"
Benjamin Bat cried. He was greatly astonished, for he had not supposed
that Freddie Firefly suspected exactly what was in his mind.

"You put that idea into my head yourself," Freddie Firefly said very
sternly.

And the moment Benjamin Bat heard that, he felt very sheepish. But
unlike most people who feel ashamed, he did not hang his head. Strangely
enough, Benjamin Bat was never so proud as when his head hung lower than
his heels. And he had a habit, when he felt guilty or uncomfortable, of
RAISING his head, instead of dropping it. So now he lifted his head very
high.

And by that tell-tale sign Freddie Firefly knew at once that Benjamin
Bat would have flushed with dismay, had he only known how.

"You're a rascal!" Freddie cried fiercely, flashing his light again and
again in Benjamin Bat's eyes, until that gentleman blinked so fast that
it seemed as if his eyes must be in danger of turning inside out.

"You'd better be off!" Freddie Firefly shouted. "And if you ever come to
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