A Note on Animals (written 7.16.08)

Animals have never been so funny to me as they are here - a burro braying at the top of its lungs or a goat neatly cuddled into a pile of rocks, greenery woven into its fur, really get me to giggling. They just seem so much more alert and knowing here, like they know what I'm thinking when I look into their little mammalian eyes. The cows and goats are as startled as I at my new found ability to make their noises. Maybe the fact that I'm doing that at all means that I'm going campo-crazy, but their bewildered looks when I moo or bleat are more than slightly amusing to me. If I can't hack it in the Peace Corps, at least I can rest assured that I can make a living with…animal voices? Hm.