Running interference

This is a funny picture with my friends Margret and Taonga. Margret is 6 and Taonga just turned 3. We were all home from school on "Africa Freedom Day." We are playing but also working. They are modeling for a project making some signs that will show that if you protect yourselves from getting malaria you can play and have fun instead of going to the clinic and getting injections. Mr. Derrick says I will get 'photoshopped' right out of this picture so it was really funny to think that I am there but in the project I am not!

"Taonga" means "Thanks" She is usually very smiley and happy now that she is not afraid of mzungus but she was (1) pretending to be sick and (2) is scared of getting her picture taken.

Once upon a time

One day in the wild where the cheetahs live I found a serval. (In this story I am a grown-up, I live in the wild and I have a pet serval.) The serval was catching a bird by jumping so high! He jumped high and then he caught it. I watched from my car, and after I went back home and then to the park.

In the forest Owen saw a tiger. (In this story, Owen is a grown up, and he lives in the forest, we're friends) Then something bad happened. Owen forgot the way back to his home. He saw a house that looked familiar and he didn't know he were standing right by his house. At first he didn't know and he said "I don't know where my house is but this house looks familiar!"

He said "Where am I? I am lost! I'm in our car and I don't know which way to go!"

"Uh oh! There are snakes in the forest!"

"Uh oh! That's the end of the street but that's the way home!"

Vroom-vroom-vroom-vroom-vroom (x maybe..... uh, four more times)

Vroom - vroom 4

Vroom - 3

Vroom - 2

Vroom 1

HOME!

BEEP BEEP! Honk! Honk! Open the gate, "I'm home!" ... have some snacks, then dinner then Owen sleeps. Owen is happy to be home.