Strange things sometimes happen in marketplaces when you least expect them. It is important to recognize their possible significance when they happen and take full advantage of them. This animal suddenly came running by me at a full trot, right in the middle of a rural market. Most cattle in Laotian markets have long since become steaks and chops. This bovine visitor, however, was very much alive. I saw the incongruity of its live presence and made this shot, seconds before it brushed past me. Perhaps such things happen all the time here and the locals take it for granted. But I didn’t. I seized an opportunity to make an incongruous image.