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                                   bulbs, he rigged up a series of flashing lights, and went to bed. Soon
                                   there were 7 households in his community using his “lion lights.”


                                5  Now households across Kenya use lion lights and protect their livestock
                                   from predators and their crops from elephants.


                                6  As for the future, he says, “One year ago I was just a boy herding my
                                   father’s cows. Now I want to be an engineer and pilot.”


                                7  I asked him if he’s worried the lions will figure out that moving lights do
                                   not necessarily mean someone is watching the cows.


                                8  “Maybe they’ll figure out,” he tells me. “But if they figure out, I’ll get
                                   another way, because that’s what I do.”


                                     household  A household is all the people who live together in a house.
                                     livestock  Livestock are animals, such as cattle and sheep, which are kept on a farm.
















































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