Wednesday, 12 September 2007

Encounter of Little Consequence


I fell in love with this lovely female puppy today. She has one of her ears cut like a lot of the shepherd dogs around here. It is supposed to make them more evil. But is she not beautiful? She travelled with me, and despite some lingering shyness, entered with me into a court of a villager. She even barked at the pig when it came towards her. I was sad when she had disappeared after I had finished drinking coffee with someone in the village. In return for my teasing her, she gave me some fleas. Those violent ones that bite to suggest the track they travelled – presumably jumping – on your skin, but in the meantime they have disappeared too. After fieldwork, I will fulfil two points of my three-point plan…

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