But he didn't quite dare to grab him for fear of getting burned by Freddie's light. If that was so, then it was no wonder that Freddie kept flashing his light in the dark. And it was lucky that he had a light, because like Benjamin Bat himself he was a night-prowler. Unlike Farmer Green, Freddie believed that the night air was very healthful. And together with all his family, he thought that a damp place was much to be preferred to a dry one.