\u201cDo you get stuck often?\u201d Mom asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d admitted the 8-year-old girl. Her dad had gone to get a tractor and some help, so she, her younger sister, and the four of us were waiting for his return. It had started when we had spotted some zebra and driven forward. Dad had asked, \u201cIs that a warthog hole?\u201d Francois nodded, and we drove around the back to get a better look at the entrance.<\/p>\n
And we did, in fact, get closer- much closer- than we had intended. With a ker-chunk<\/em> and a clunk<\/em>, we had caved in the warthogs\u2019 lounge. Francois thought that by gunning the engine he could get us out, but the bakkie\u2019s back left tire was firmly stuck, and the front right tire was six inches off the ground.<\/p>\n That was when he left to get help.<\/p>\n We captured the whole affair on camera. By the time we got back in the bakkie, Mom in the front because she can\u2019t handle standing in the bed, we had captured about five minutes\u2019 video and lots of pictures. We also took pictures of the sable, since Francois\u2019 property is, after all, named Sable Hill. I saw my first (and second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth\u2026) sables there. There were also nyala, kudu, red hartebeest, wildebeeste, cows, and, as pets, an ostrich, three meerkats (two adult females and one baby boy that they had just bought today), numerous chickens, a squawking bird, and four dogs.<\/p>\n Ciao!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cDo you get stuck often?\u201d Mom asked. \u201cYes,\u201d admitted the 8-year-old girl. Her dad had gone to get a tractor and some help, so she, her younger sister, and the four of us were waiting for his return. It had … Continue reading