The Bat, The Birds, And The Beasts |
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The Bat, The Birds, And The Beasts
The Bat, The Birds, And The Beasts
[See The Bat And Birds: The sentries, flew back with the bat to the bird army.]
[Hear Die Fledermaus]
A waltz from the opera "Die Fledermaus", or "The Bat", by Johann Strauss.
A great conflict was about to come off between the Birds and the Beasts.
When the two armies were collected together the Bat hesitated which to join.
The Birds that passed his perch said: "Come with us"; but he said: "I am a
Beast." Later on, some Beasts who were passing underneath him looked up and
said: "Come with us"; but he said: "I am a Bird." Luckily at the last moment
peace was made, and no battle took place, so the Bat came to the Birds and
wished to join in the rejoicings, but they all turned against him and he had
to fly away. He then went to the Beasts, but soon had to beat a retreat, or
else they would have torn him to pieces. "Ah," said the Bat, "I see now,
"He That Is Neither One Thing Nor The Other Has No Friends."
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