SO MAKES ME SMILE
I hear what sounds like thousands of birds tweeting and I find myself drawn to them. I walk towards the sound and can’t believe the cacophony! I ask the hospital administrator if these are birds and he says, “yes, they are bahds”, in his beautiful Ugandan accent. I ask him what sort of birds they are and he says he doesn’t really know their name, but that these birds are thought to sometimes pass on ebola or rabies to people. Completely confused, I ask if birds can actually share rabies and ebola and he says, “of course, as they are mammals”. Now, I find myself thinking – “a mammal [...]