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After passing all the sleeping zoo keepers (the sleep on the grass in front of the cages, but behind the fences of the non-dangerous animals) we found the lions. They’d just been called into their cages for dinner. I’ve never been that close to a lion before so it was pretty exciting. Most of the lions were 3-4 to a small cage though and they were eating. One of the cages had 1 male and 3 females and they were having lots and lots of fights and it seemed to me like the zoo-keeper was egging them on a bit. He’d move the male’s food away from him, or turn on the water in the back so that only 1 of the females was getting wet…anyways, the lions started fighting.
Actually, a lot of fighting in general seems to happen during Ramadan. I read that in our tour book and then I thought about it for a second and tempers do seem to be running higher this week. All the taxi drivers I’ve had this week have been screaming at other drivers and we’ve seen a bunch of fights in the street this week.
About the zoo, we still haven’t seen the reptile house-which is usually my favorite, so we’ll have to go back.
After the zoo, my partner walked me over to Mme. Hassan’s place. We were there at about 3:30 for my 4:00 lesson. It seems to be like whenever I arrive is when I start the lesson. Since she’s the only one I study with and I know how to get my own water from her kitchen and I’ve met a lot of her family, I don’t feel uncomfortable going early and if I think I’m late I don’t feel anxious either anymore. She lives near a big police station though and that’s the time when the accused are transported there in the paddywaggon-so it might not be the best time for a class if you are alone or very nervous.
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