In the December PC Botswana newsletter, a challenge was posted to rewrite the 12 Days of Christmas. Yes, I have a lot of spare time right now, so I did it. Actually two versions but one won’t be appreciated by anyone outside our Bots 16 family and I shared with them already. Here is the general Botswana version. I do feel bad leaving out the chickens but maybe next time…

On the first day of Christmas Botswana gave to me a hoopoe in a thorn tree

On the second day of Christmas Botswana gave to me two flatsy spiders

On the third day of Christmas Botswana gave to me three termites flying

On the fourth day of Christmas Botswana gave to me four donkeys prancing

On the fifth day of Christmas Botswana gave to me five hours of water

On the sixth day of Christmas Botswana gave to me six mosquitoes biting

On the seventh day of Christmas Botswana gave to me seven hours of lightning

On the eighth day of Christmas Botswana gave to me eight thorns a pricking

On the ninth day of Christmas Botswana gave to me nine goats a feeding

On the tenth day of Christmas Botswana gave to me ten lions hunting

On the eleventh day of Christmas Botswana gave to me eleven elephants tromping

On the twelfth day of Christmas Botswana gave to me twelve hippos grunting

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! (no cards this year so consider this our Holiday Card and the blog in general, our Holiday letter)