Can you guess what this is? Give up?It is a rooster leg - now you might have been able to guess that, but I'll bet you did not know that it is attached to a rooster who is resting under the back seat of the van...that is Denise's foot in the picture.
As a 'thank you' gift Joseph, William's father, gave us a chicken and a rooster...live ones! So, during the whole 8+ hour trip back to Nairobi we heard occasional squacks from under the seat...another first for me.
The second story involves a cow and a latrine...at Susan's place (I talked about Oasis in another entry)...in the corner of this yard is an outdoor latrine...it is pretty open with bamboo for a wall...I went down to use it and found a cow in the 'stall' area and believe me there was not room for both of us! I spied a rope around her neck so decided to use it to coax her out...and it worked! But - as soon as I moved toward her to get into the latrine she lowered her head and began to butt me with it!...I was smart enough to back away, feeling rather foolish as I heard the sound of children's laughter behind me. Tom, one of the boys, came to my rescue with a switch that he used to beat the cow into submission (actually he just used it to convince her to move away). William still cannot believe that happened...except that he did hear the children laughing about it at the time.
If you look really close to the left of Nixon (the 'choir' director) in this photo you can see the latrine (and the cow next to it!) way in the background...
