Baboons And The Beaded Lizard

8/18 - Joel (my brother) and I picked up this street kid in Cape Town and took him to see the baboons. It was an hour drive to the baboon grounds and he fell asleep along the way and wouldn't wake up. I didn't spot any baboons but ran into some Ostriches and tried to wake him up but he wouldn't budge. For 7 hours he slept in my car. Meanwhile, I picked up a friend, went to the movies, shopped a little... and just left him sleeping in the car with the doors locked. Finally I had to slap him awake. We fed him a nice dinner and turned him loose again on the street. He sleeps in the bushes by a church downtown. His name is Popeye. He made me a nice giant lizard out of beads and wire.



 

Reviews

[Dustin Chang]

Lovely. I love slice of life stories like this.

[Ecnelis]

Do you live in Cape Town? If you do I think your really really lucky. Its beautiful.

I hail from Jo'burg myself. I've been living in the states since I was five, but I went back not 3 weeks ago. I actually bought a beaded lizard from this man who worked at my aunt's store.

This was really lovely.