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What We Eat

November 4, 2018 5 Comments

What We Eat
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Bobbie Rogers arrived home from second grade looking very serious. His mother noticed, but was busy making dinner, so waited to ask.

As they started eating, Bobbie announced, “I’m not going to eat meat any more.”

“Why is that?” his mother asked.

“We learned in school that meat comes from cows and sheep and cute little calves and lambs that are killed, then chopped up so we can eat them. I don’t like that, so I won’t eat any more meat!”

“But Bobbie, you’re eating ham right now and that comes from pigs.”

“Oh, that’s OK,” Bobbie replied, “pigs are ugly.”

By Ronald M. Larsen

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  1. Glenn Bowman says

    November 4, 2018 at 7:32 am

    Art Linkletter said it best; Kids say the darnest things.

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  2. Constanée Malik Hemedi says

    November 4, 2018 at 7:50 am

    “He don’t eat no meat? That’s OK I make lamb” Courtesy my Big Fat Greek Wedding.

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  3. Brian says

    November 4, 2018 at 3:32 pm

    Great story. I can totally hear a kid saying that.

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  4. Iqbal Hussain says

    November 7, 2018 at 7:03 am

    haha! i love the logic of kids. Great work.

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  5. Susan says

    November 10, 2018 at 12:06 pm

    Funny story. I turned against meat for the same reason when I was in elementary school. Finding a piece of meat in vegetable soup was like finding a piece of something cool, fun, and a friend. Ew!

    Reply

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