Hi everyone, Panda comes back again. This is my third story posted in the blog and today I want to write something about vegetarian. This idea comes from my own experience and also the news that I read from the newspaper several days ago. The news article says that currently, more and more Americans choose to eat at full-service restaurants or fast-food restaurants, which leads to the poor nutritional quality they take in every day. Also, when one goes out to the restaurant, the meals they take usually account for about 21% of their total calorie intake. It is suggested by the experts that to enhance the nutritional quality of people’s meals, they should choose to add more whole grains, nuts, legumes, fish, fruits, and vegetables into their meals to have a balance of all kinds of nutrition. When reading this article, I put down the snacks in my hands and have a deep thought of our recent life. Since Ice earned much money some days ago, we have abandoned our healthy life and ate many snacks, milk tea, cakes, chips, hamburgers, cheeses, bread, candies, and so many so many unhealthy foods. Till now, in the fridge, there are many ice cream and we may need to spend another week to eat them all. I suddenly felt guilty for our insane action, for our irresponsibility to our health and body.
I believe that many people know that I am a vegetarian. This is not strange because I am an animal and a panda. Therefore, some days ago, after reading the news article, I came up with the idea to promote vegetarianism to more animals in our forest and I know human beings like eat meat very much, so I just want to try first in the forest and Grizz and Ice will be the first.
Grizz and Ice rejects me strongly and they all think that they cannot live without meat and those things stored in the fridge. Ice can eat many cheeses and fishes every day and for Grizz, he never rejects any kind of meat. The plan seems impossible just according to the current condition, but I want to start it anyway.
I began to search online to find the benefits of eating vegetables. It tells me that if the diet is rich in vegetables and fruits, we will have fewer chances to have blood pressure and the risk of disease, stroke, eye, some kinds of cancer, and digestive problems can also be reduced. It sounds very tempting and copy those words and the article links and send them to Grizz and Ice. Their response is very cold, saying they know it already, and they tell me that eating meat can keep them energetic and strong. I admit it seems the truth when I look at Grizz and Ice…
I did not want to give up due to their indifferences and I printed many booklets and posters. Next morning, I went to the forest and delivered those to all animals I met in the forest. Most of them were shocked and rejected me at once and said that eating meat is a proper thing, animals cannot live without meat. I was very disappointed and angry. However, I still had supporters who were the rabbits living in the holes near the river. They even gave me some carrots and asked me to eat more carrots to become as white as them…
The promotion of vegetarianism went on for several days. Chloe heard about this thing and went to our house. She told me that eating vegetables and fruits is really good for our health while it does not mean we should only eat them. “For any food, we should eat them in a suitable way.” Chloe let me read her college textbook and tells me about this thing. “Any kind of food has its nutrition and we should not only eat meat or vegetables. Panda, we should keep a balance between them.”
“It is true Chloe?” I still didn’t want to give up.
“Yes, Panda”, Chole said firmly, “And you should remember that especially for animals, everyone has its own appetite. Wolf must eat meat while rabbit can eat grass and carrots for the whole life. This is the so-called the law of nature.”
“So, panda likes eats green vegetables, it is also the law of the nature?”
“That’s right.”
That night, Chloe had the supper with us. Ice prepared many meals for us and he also cooked several delicious dishes of vegetables for us. On the table, Ice said to me that “Ice will not eat snacks in a month.” Obviously, he was trying to encourage me. “Grizz too!”.
This is a very small thing in our life and now, we still go on with the life in our separate way. However, after that thing, I begin to know how to consider the feelings and conditions of others and respect them and their lifestyle. I am still supporting vegetables and fruits while I will not throw away the ice cream of Ice in the fridge or the junk food of Grizz on the sofa.
A Cute Panda 