The Bat and the Scientist

A bat of rather uncertain age
Was caught by a scientific sage
Who, unaware that the creature’s ears
Were weakened by advancing years,
Set it to fly through the crooked spaces
Between wires strung in strategic places.

The bat, aware of its incapacity,
Clung to the savant with tenacity;
Indeed, as the struggle increased its fears,
It sank its teeth in one of his ears.
The man, with a loud and angry shout,
Started to wave his arms about.

So three or four pieces of copper wire
Fell on a fuse and started a fire.
They perished together in awful fear.
Let go of a bat if he bites your ear.