Once they're lived a family of bats, there was little bitty bitty bat.

Then there was mummy, bitty bitty bat, and finally there was daddy, birdie bitty bat.

They lived happily in a deep dark cave, hanging upside down, where they snoozed peacefully

until the stars came out.

I love our little cave, said bitty bitty bat.

It's the perfect time for us.

I couldn't agree more, said bitty bitty bat.

No bat could hope for a finer home.

Absolutely agreed, birdie bitty bat.

And it's all the more perfect because we're all here together.

And so they lived happily, a family of fatty bats, until the day the bulldozes came.

They rumbled across the hillside, shaking and rattling in the ground.

The cave shook as the bulldozes arrived right outside, and then lots of voices began talking

loudly.

Whatever is all this shaking, asked a worried bitty, who's making all that noise, asked a concerned

bitty, who's that coming inside our cave?

Asked birdie, for sure enough, the beams of fleshlides were coming their way.

The three bats watched as a group of trolls in hard hats marched right up to beneath where

they were hanging.

One of the trolls was holding a large rolled up sheet of paper, which he opened out for

all the other trolls to see.

He is, said the troll, will be the spot where we build the greatest apartment building

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