Not based on true events

It is rare, almost impossible, for a bat to become ensnared in battle with a ruthless plant. But yet I somehow managed to do just that, and to take the trophy of victory away with me. I was not conscious of any ill will on the part of the plant, which was a tenacious Round-leafed Sundew, and even now consider the affair an unfortunate accident. It all occurred like this, when I first dropped upon the ground in curiosity. After all, I am sure any bat does the same when it is weary of the sky and branches which it calls its home. Well, there I was, snuffing the tall moss-heads about me, and keeping a keen vigilance for any approach of a predator. But that was my undoing, for, as I shuffled forward in the cool cushion beneath, there came to my touch something sticky, very sticky. In fact, so sticky that the claw on my right forewing was held fast, and I could not detach it. And so, there I was in a fine pickle, with one claw upon a leaf of the sundew, and the other free. That is when I made my second mistake of trying to rid the leaf of my claw with my other claw, and I am sure you all know the result. So there I was caught, by two claws. By this time, I was becoming rather vexed as well as worried for my security. Therefore, in a fine dance of anger, I stamped my hind legs, but there was a sundew leaf under my one, and as certain as the sun will shine, it ensnared my foot, and there I was in a finer pickle than before, not daring to move another inch. All that I could do now was to wait for a foe or friend. Which it was, I cared not for a mighty long time, for I was as humiliated as could possibly be. Thankfully, though, the end swiftly drew near and there in the distance I beheld: a friend.  And what friend may you ask? An nervous, stuttering little Olive-backed Pocket Mouse. “ Hellooo!” cried I at the sight of his furry body, and instantly that furry body leapt thrice its height in the air. “ W-who is it?” He twittered when he returned to dry ground, his body shaking spasmodically in fear.

To be continued...