our lives in small town, East Africa

Sunday, February 01, 2009

the changing of the pets

Juma's pet snake, Sam the garter snake, died a few days ago. He was a good, quiet, non-stinky pet (until he died--pee-yuuu!). We "returned him to the earth" on Friday. Goodbye, Sam the Snake. We'll miss watching you eating rosy red minnows bigger than your head.



And as per our tradition, we got a another pet immediately. Now we have a house gecko named Leo. He lives in the same tank as Sam did, but fancied-up to fit a tropical lizard. (I told Juma that Leo means lion, but that only made him think the name was more appropriate for a lizard. Who can fathom the mind of a six-year-old?)

I'm obviously really good at promising to post pictures and then not getting around to it, so maybe I won't even promise this time. I did at least take a picture of the new lizard. I'm just too lazy to get the picture off my phone right now...

4 comments:

Matt&Andria said...

You guys really should get a dog-they don't die as much. Seems like your pets are dying every week!

Sarah said...

Um, dogs are fine for you...but I prefer the quiet variety with no long term commitment. Plus we don't have a yard. Give Mush a scratch on the head from me.

Laura said...

Rest in peace Sam. Leo will be a good pet. Geckos are cool.

malia said...

sorry about the snake.

i certainly can't fathom the mind of a 6 year old either. but he seems to be a little more brilliant than the general population so maybe i can't fathom his mind just because of that little fact. :)