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"As I mentioned before, village life gave me an insight into nature that had been completely lacking in the town. Animals were no longer a mystery to me. One morning I looked out of the bathroom window and saw a bird floating in the large rainwater tank that was installed on the top of the kitchen roof. When I climbed out to have a look I found to my delight that it was a still-living bat whose sonar must have been off-course during the night. I fished it out, dried it and put it in a box where it stayed for most of the day. I left it a saucer of milk and other chewable delicacies, which didn't seem to interest it. Then, remembering pictures I had seen of bats hanging upside-down I strung a cord across the open end of the box and hung its claws on the cord. I was positively thrilled when the bat hung upside down on the cord as though it belonged there."

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