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Legend about BAT 

Beerall was the god of the Butchulla people. His son was Yindingie, and he appeared as a wise snake.

Way back, when the world was young, Yindingie taught all the birds, animals and men how to live. He said: “You must never go between a man and his fire. You mustn’t sit down at a man’s fire if people haven’t asked you.”

One day Yindingie was teaching the birds how to build nests. One little bat was asking too many questions. He wanted Yindingie to show him how to build a nest.

Yindingie said to him,” You are not a bird, you are a bat.”

“But”, said the flying fox, “I have wings and I can fly. I want to build a nest too!” And the bat started asking questions again. Yindingie became angry. He hung the bat head down. When the other birds saw it they started laughing.

When the god finished for the day, he came to the bat and said, “Now have you had enough yet? Perhaps that will teach you a lesson.”

“Oh no!” said the flying fox. “I like it here. I like looking at the world like this. I think it is nice.”

Then said Yindingie, “Let it always be like that.”

Of course the flying fox wasn’t telling the truth. He really just didn’t want the other birds to know how unhappy he was.  You can only see him now when all the other birds have gone to sleep. And when he goes to sleep in the daytime, he usually chooses a dark cave where no other birds can see him and laugh at him.

That’s why the bat doesn’t sleep at night.