Before I went to bed last night, I heard to familiar scratching sound that a country girl knows too well.  There was a rat under my tent. With one good foot kick. I stomped the bump in the night & it stopped moving.  I gave it another couple of kicks just in case.  With the morning light, I investigated under the tent to find a huge rat.  Apparently, I’m the first in the camp to successfully kill a rodent.  They have named me Killer Sprinkle & Rat Hunter!  Go me!
Also, a princess (the daughter of a chief) reported a small elephant in the area.  So the day was put on hold to go look for an elephant. It took most of the day. We drove to the scout camp where we picked up one of the scouts who knew the most about the report.  Then we went from tiny village/ hut trying to get info. Then we were set up in different areas trying to track it.  Apparently it is a rather large juvenile & it has been seen for 2 weeks now. We never found it, but we believe that it is probably old enough to survive & will eventually attach onto a herd. We have alerted different people including scouts to watch for it. 

Also, thank you for all the concern about lions -- see below for the lovely lion prints stocking our camp: