Our animals

Rats are everywhere in Kabale. One day a rat came to sleep in my suitcase. In the middle of the night I decided to escape: the rat had taken over my room. The hotel manager was astonished: leaving the place for a rat? Why can't you fight rats? I asked him. But we do he said, but just this time the director has taken the traps to his home...

Another day I visited a restaurant and rats where running up and down. The girl who welcomed the customers saw that I was astonished, but she quickly tried to put me at ease: "these are our animals" she explained. As the rats wanted to confirm what she was telling me they came to look another time. In the mean time I saw a man sitting on a table calmly enjoying his meal.

Was it me who was the problem? Or the rats? I asked Kiki for an explanation. She started telling me that rats are common in Kabale, but it does not mean that everyone likes them. At night they come to eat the white part of your feet when you are asleep. They keep on blowing so that you cannot feel pain. But in the morning when you wake up you feel pain when you start walking. To avoid this situation some people decide to sleep with shoes on.

Our animals