Oh Deer!

Today turned out to be a great day to go to the market! We went intending just to get some bread and fruit but found so many other surprises to put in our basket. We bought a big yellow squash which Bryan wants to boil and mash with salt and pepper for supper. We bought some Baobab fruits which supposedly are good cooked with sugar and water for a tangy drink. There were even some tiny melons that we were told are best eaten with salt and hot peppers (we'll let you know if that is true or not later). But the biggest surprise we brought home from our trip to the market was a baby dik dik! I must have "sucker for baby animals" written all over me because the man holding it walked straight up to us and asked if we wanted to buy it, and one look at my face must have told him to stick with his starting price. I am now thoroughly sunburned because I was too scared to carry her home on the motorcycle and walked her all the way back to the compound in my arms. Imagine peoples reactions to seeing the only white woman in town walking a baby deer home. (They think Bryan is a lucky man to have a wife that will cook him such delicacies!) She is the most precious thing you have ever seen! She has hid in the bushes most of the afternoon but is walking around the yard with Bryan now. She was terrified at first but has warmed up enough to lick my hand when I pet her now. I think she looks like a "Lilly" but Bryan wants to name her "Spike" so we need you creative people to help us come up with a good name. Any ideas?

P.S. - And just in case you were wondering no, we are NOT going to cook her!