The poem creates a scary, shivery feeling because the bat
and the chipmunk are afraid of the owl. I know this because in the story it
said, ““It’s terrible, just terrible! Is there really
something like that at night?”
The bat said: “If it weren’t for
that hole in the oak he’d have got me.”
The chipmunk said in a determined
voice: “I’m going to bed earlier. Sometimes when there’re lots of nuts I stay
out till it’s pretty dark; but believe me, I’m never going to again.”” The bat
and the chipmunk were explaining their encounter with the owl. This is how it
explains that they are afraid of the owl.
