Posted by IsoM on November 25, 2002, at 20:51:26
In reply to Re: Hairless Cats » IsoM, posted by justyourlaugh on November 25, 2002, at 14:17:20
I think few of us nowadays could eat animals that we raised from babies. When the meat's packaged & soulless, it's easy eat meat without thinking of the animal it once was. My brother was a meat-cutter for a while & his 9 year old son (he was a little dumb) didn't even believe meat came from animals! When animals are raised in big factory type farms, farmers regard them as income & don't see the personality in the animals.
When I was younger, we got some chicks & I picked one as my pet. I grew quite fond of her & was very upset when my father killed her along with the others for meat. I would never have the heart to kill an animal I knew well for food.
I have a tragic-funny story to tell that I read long ago. It's supposedly true (it was in the true life stories that the Reader's Digest carried - how much more authoritive could it be?).
A young girl had a lamb that was entered in a country fair & it won a top prize. All the meat animals were going to be auctioned afterwards, her lamb included. As the bids rose for her lamb the girl started crying. The more the bids came, the harder she cried. One kind hearted man felt sorry for her & outbid everyone else & then gave the girl her lamb back. He was so touched by her tears.
The ending of the story came about when a teacher asked her class to write about their summer experiences. The girl related her story of her lamb, the tears, & the highest bid ever made for a lamb. She was crying, not from grief of her lamb being sold, but from joy that the bidding was so high on HER lamb. The story ended with her writing "...and we had the lamb barbecued & she was delicious!"
How's that for Mary & her little lamb?
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