The Infamous Bat

So, here’s the story.

Gage and some friends found a bat, in broad daylight, sitting on a bush. My son decided to reach out and touch it, and when he did, the bat bared it’s teeth at him and started making a clicking noise. It then, flew up into a tree.

Gage decided that he had not gotten a good enough look at the bat, and chose to figure out a way to climb up into the tree and capture the bat. First, he tried propping a bike up to the tree, and climbing up from that. Apparently the tree was not an easy climb. When the bike didn’t do the trick, he found a rope and began trying to lasso the rope around a branch, and then pull himself up into the tree. After failing at that attempt, he went back to the bike idea, and somehow found his way up the tree.

He carried his friend’s cape up with him into the tree and proceeded to drape the cape over the bat. He then tied the cape into a sack, placed the tied end into his mouth, and shimmied back down the tree, holding the bat, encased and dangling, in a cape between his teeth. By the way, if your kid ever does this, please take him to get rabies shots!

DISGUSTING!!!!!!!

Since this bat happening, let me fill you in on the other adventures my son has experienced. He was bitten by a chipmunk when he tried to extract it from it’s home in the ground. His finger was literally dripping blood from the bite, and he didn’t even cry. Then, the next week, he captured a wounded woodpecker and brought it home in a bird cage he borrowed from the neighbor. I’m telling you, this kid is the next Steve Irwin! Good thing he’s received those rabies shots.