
Initially I thought it was a mouse, but when I scooped it up, it spread the most beautiful wings I have ever seen, right across the length of my lower arm. Flimsy, diaphanous, but very real and belonging to someone special.
The little bat was cold to the touch and seemed to be hyperventilating. I immediately took her to my office and switched on the heater. She fell quiet in her box and I settled down to work.
About an hour later I was stirred by a loud flapping sound. I opened a slit in the box and she turned her head towards the opening and tried to escape. Her breathing had normalised and she asked me to please release her. I took her upstairs to the balcony. Had one last look, opened the box and watched in anticipation.
She took a moment and then launched herself. She flew east, she turned west, she orientated herself and flew back over me in a southerly direction. Purposefully, like she knew exactly where she was going.
I was in heaven.
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