Cows on Kisumu Streets

People who live in Kisumu keep cows. Every day, we pass herds of cows on paved city streets (and dirt streets, too). Each herd is tended by someone who walks with the cows as they look for grass to eat. Usually there will be goats, too, and sheep. It feels strange (and sometimes a little scary) to be walking down the street and have a group of cows pass on either side of you. They're awfully nice, though, and never bump people. But if they have horns, we must stand clear. If they have an itch they want to bite and swing their head around, they could knock a passerby with their long horns!