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No Way!? Yes - Way! I kid you not - or maybe you don't find this incredibly bizarre - I heard a splash at 3:00 in the morning; managed to wake up and walk to my toilet to see what it could be this time (some of you may remember the frog story); and found a Bush Baby (at least the consensus says it's a bush baby) paddling away, trying desperately to escape the white lady's toilet! Bush babies are rare around here - although they are found in West Africa, they are supposedly typically found in the "bush" - out in the wild. How in the world did a bush baby find it's way into my courtyard much less my toilet? I suspect this will be one of those unanswered mysteries I take to heaven with me. In case you're curious what I did - at 3:00 in the morning, I just assumed it was a mouse; and at that hour, my problem-solving skills weren't at their finest. So, I closed the lid, shut the bathroom door, turned on a fan to drown out the paddling noises, and went to bed. I jumped up as soon as I awoke at 6:00 a.m., yelled for fearless Boris who took one look and ran! Fortunately, by then, I had decided the unknown creature was pretty cute (the bush baby, not Boris) and was heartbroken as I realized he had paddled for his life all night long and was still fighting. I found a large kitchen spoon, scooped him out, and put him in a bucket. He had quite a grip and clung to the spoon and almost escaped before I got him out of the house. I let him go and now wonder whatever happened to that harmless creature in the big town of Yako.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 30 December 2009 )
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