"Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky"

This quote by Lewis Carroll is a funny take on the timeless nursery rhyme, "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star". The poem is a lively method of revealing the speaker's curiosity about the bat's activities. The speaker is impressed by the bat's ability to fly up above the world, comparing it to a tea-tray in the sky. This contrast is amusing since it suggests that the bat is able to fly with ease, like a tea-tray would if it were in the sky. The speaker is in awe of the bat's capability to fly and is curious to understand what it is doing up in the sky. The poem is an easy going way of expressing the speaker's affection for the bat's ability to fly. It is a pointer of the appeal and wonder of nature, and the fantastic things that animals can do.