Who is the bat lady, and what does she tell mickey when he first meets her?

This question is drawn from the novel 'Shelter' written by Harlan Coben. The novel is a Teen and young adult mystery and suspense fiction.

The Bat Lady is one of the characters in the novel. She was an old woman of about 100 years of age, who lived alone in a run down building in the community where Mickey lives. The woman was totally isolated from the community in  which she lives, because no one associated with her. She was a mysterious woman and many mysterious stories had been told about her. Young children are usually warned not to pass by her house especially at night so that they will not vanish into thin air.

Mickey was a teenager, who just entered high school. His dad just died and his mom, who was in a rehabilitation home was about to be released. Mickey was going to school one morning and he passed by the Bat Lady's house. Immediately he got to the front of the house, the old door of the run down building creaked open and the Bat Lady came out. This is the first time that Mickey will encounter the Bat Lady although he has heard so much about her.

She called his name to his surprise and told him that his father is not dead, that he is very much alive. After saying this, she closed her door and disappeared into the darkness of her house.

The words of the Bat Lady left Mickey very confused because his father died in his presence.

arah orne jewett first published "a white heron" in her 1886 collection, "a white heron and other stories." this short story tells the tale of what happens when sylvia, a 9-year-old girl living deep in the forest with her grandmother, meets a young hunter looking to capture, and kill, the white heron living in sylvia's woods. the climax occurs when sylvia must decide whether to him or protect the bird.

rising action

leading up to the climax of the story, the nameless young hunter befriends sylvia and her grandmother, mrs. tilly. he explains to mrs. tilly that he is bent on "stuffing and preserving" a little white heron that he believes lives near their cottage. mrs. tilly offers up that "[t]here ain't a foot o' ground" that sylvia doesn't know and suggests that she may be able to him find the bird.

climax

after following, but not really , the young hunter on his search for the heron, sylvia slips out of bed alone in the middle of the night to find the heron for herself. perched at the top of a gigantic pine tree, sylvia spots the heron, and its nest, in a dead hemlock tree across the way. the following morning she returns home to find her grandmother and the hunter waiting for her at the door. in the moment when she plans to tell the hunter where to find the heron, she suddenly decides to protect the heron and remain silent; even the promise of much needed money does not sway her.

explanation:

the knight would die while giong on a quest.