While running through the streets [of Uganda] that Monday morning, I was stopped repeatedly (at least 10 times) by Ugandans, who shouted, "Mzungu [white person], do you need help?" Their voices were thick with accent and concern: "Mzungu, what is wrong?" to which I would smile and reply, "Nothing!"
At this, they would say in confusion (every last one of them), "Then why are you running?"
Apparently, you only run if something large is chasing you -- human, animal, or natural disaster -- but something justifiable. Otherwise, you walk, or get made fun of, as I learned on my return trip running into the same Ugandans, who pointed and laughed at the crazy Mzungu running for running's sake.
- That Ridiculous Girl
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