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“
Afraid you won’t be able to keep up,” needled Volant, interrupting. “I thought you were The Fastest Flier in the Sky?!”
“Really,” said Gabby. “That’s how you’re going to play this?”
“Yep, slowpoke, that’s how I’m going to play it.”
And without another word, Volant the eagle launched into the air, pointed south, with not so much as a glance back.
”
― Bat Cave: A Fable of Epidemic Proportions
― Bat Cave: A Fable of Epidemic Proportions
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Thank goodness,” said Gabby after all the bats had landed. Then the seagull crept to the edge of the perch where he and Volant rested, and leaned far out and over, ducking and twisting his head to peer below the branches and almost tumbling into space. Straightening back up, Gabby exclaimed, “Talk about a head rush—the bats are all perched upside down!
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