There’s a park not far from my apartment where I like to run. It’s a nice park, especially on Sunday afternoons when it’s full of families and little children on their bikes and scooters. There’s a playground, a trail, even a little zoo with everything from miniature donkeys to reindeer to llamas.

Zoos can be fun. You can learn lots of interesting things about animals at the zoo. Today, for instance, while jogging past the llama pen, I learned how those long-necked mammals reproduce. There was the female, sitting on the ground. There was the male, sitting on top of her. And there all around were the children, giggling for various reasons.

Whether they’re mating or standing still, llamas are just funny all around. Life can be funny, too.