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Hi my name is Kevin. I am 10 years old. Four years
ago, when I was 6, I started my fight for the rights of invertebrates.
Invertebrates are the majority on our planet. Today it is kind of a
fashion to protect minorities. People protect dogs, cats, etc. But no one
wants to thing about the majority: Invertebrates. Invertebrates also want
to be loved and to be taken care off.
There was a survey on CNN
recently about the most common phobia in the world. I thought it would be
hunger, or nuclear bombs or something like that. But it turned out to be
something different; 80% of people around the world are afraid of spiders. Can
you believe? People hate them just because they look different... They hate them
just because of their looks...
When I was 4 years old my mom opened a restaurant in
Moscow. I ate there many times. I loved
these small bugs and warms. They tasted like chips, and there were no chips in
Russia at that time. Everyone said that the food was very healthy: no fat, no
cholesterol, very much protein and lots of vitamins. They called it all "21
century food".
Something terrible happened on
my birthday, February 26th 1996. I was taken to the kitchen. It was very fund to
begin with and I finally saw how they were making the meals. The chefs were
throwing insects into the boiling oil or in the boiling water and the insects
were dying there. I cried for the whole night when I saw it.
I thought it was terrible. I
never wanted to eat insects again.
My Mom understood me. But
other people did not...
I love my Mom very much
and I was very much afraid to tell her what I thought about her restaurant. I
knew she was happy about her it and I did not want to hurt her. It took me tow
years to become brave enough and tell loudly what I felt. I spoke to my Mom and
she understood me. But other people did not. They thought I was a small naughty
boy, complaining about nothing. That's why I decided to start fighting.
But I was afraid.
I was afraid of darkness
and spiders...
This is my Dad. When he was young he was a fighter pilot.
He flew F-15 when he was young. Dad was brave. I was always afraid of everything
when I was in the kidergarden. I was afraid of dogs. I was afraid of old ladies
and of young ladies as well if they had too much makeup on their faces. I was
afraid of trains. I was afraid of frogs. I was afraid of my own shadow. But most
of all I was afraid of DARKNESS. Dad taught me how to be not afraid.
I was carrying more than 200 worms and
flies on my head.
On a nice May day I came out to the Red Square a
and started my first demonstration. I was dressed in a white costume, which was
designed by my brother John. I was carrying more than 200 worms and flies on my
head covered by a transparent bell-glass from an antique clock which I borrowed
from my grandmother. I bought all the insects in the Fish Market in Moscow.
Fishermen were ready to buy them for fishing on the weekend straight from Reds
Square I went to Rossini restaurant which is considered to be the most expensive
in Moscow. A small plate of food there costs nearly 1000 dollars. That night
there were very many bankers, politicians and movie stars eating at Rossin
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