why we should start eating insects

my introduction: The health of our streams

Introduction:
We are going to go test the health of the streams in our community. The year 7&8 were doing it for the safety of our water-ways. It's just gross, for learning, the seniors wouldn’t, it was cool and why not? How we were going to do it was the main question. Our class had been given a test kit to work with. Since we couldn’t do it today, the excitement was mounting. Let's do this!

sci fi character

The sun shone through the window of my personal music studio. I smiled as I listened to my latest song. It was perfect!!! I debated on what album to put it in, finally settling on my latest smash hits the clock on the wall chimed 10 and my bracelet/watch went off. Time to go to the clinic. I walked outside to the parking lit and found my hover scooter. It was exactly what the name said. It was a scooter that hovered and flew. I pealed out of the parking lot at 50 ks and sped down the road at the speed limit. 100 ks an hour. The highway was busy but not. The clinic, however, was. I raced into my office and hastily shoved my arms in the sleeve of my white coat. The voice of my fellow college crackled over the intercom.

“ veteran Leo can you please come to the baby's ward ASAP!!!”

I ran to the ward at full speed. Your probably wondering” this is a vet clinic not a hospital” and yes it is a vet and yes we call our baby pets babies. Deal with it!! I slammed into the door and the sight on the other side made me sick.


5 hours later, i walked into the restaurant, My chiefs apron and ready to cook. My bracelet chimed with an incoming text. I pressed a specific bead and a hologram shimmer into the air.

“ THE QUEENS CAKE TODAY!!!!” it said in capital letters.

How could I forget?!? I ran into my personal kitchenette and at lightning speed grabbed out ingredients.

“ Do you want some help” a friendly and familiar voice said.

“ Yes please Samona” I said, slowing down to look at her. She had blue skin and big purple eyes. Her hair was pink and wavy.

“ what do you want help with?” she asked looking unsertan. She was new and just the sweetest.

“ can you read the recipe out to me?” I said with a grin.

“ of course” she said looking relieved.

Once the cakes were in the oven, i started on the icing. It was vanilla and caramel dyed gold. Very delicious. Mixing with a whisk was slow but had the best results.


Finally it was finished. Samona was bursting with excitement. Since she helped me with the cake, she got to help me deliver it. Walking up to the VIP area, Samona tript over a stair.

“Im sooo sorry” she said glumly. “ id better go”.

“NO”, i almost yelled.” just cause you fell over doesn't mean you cant help me. We all make mistakes. Hell i tripped over a stair and spilt a pot of soup. No one cared but it didn’t make it not embarrassing”.

“OK”, she said looking braver. “ lets do this”.

taste testing

The world went black as the blindfold went over my eyes. It took a moment to process the panic my mind threatened to free. This was weird and exciting. The bag on the teachers desk was probably full of food of some kind. The crinkle of plastic was a dead giveaway. My suspicions were correct. It was chips. The seasoning bombarded my nose and the familiar feel of crinkle cut chips. 

“ Are these chicken flavors?” I asked my partner, Makiera. 

“ yep” he answered. “ what is the brand”

“ bluebird”?

“ Correct,” he replied, almost surprised. Almost.

The chips were delicious. Melting in my mouth and the flavor sticking to my fingers. As soon as the teacher said we could take our blindfolds off, I did. My vision was blurry. Everything was brighter than it should have been. The teacher yelled to swap over and come up.  I handed the blindfold to Makiera. I went up to get what my buddy was about to eat. The answer was popcorn. Walking back to my desk, I opened the packet for Makiera. They looked confused for a minute. The look was priceless. I giggled when he mumbled something and said “ i thought it would be chips but what are these?”

“ popcorn” I answered, still giggling. “ What's the flavor and brand?”  

“Ummm butter?” he said.

“ correct” i almost yelled.

He looked like he enjoyed it. When the teacher yelled “ you can take off your blindfolds now”, he muttered “ finally” and took it off.   

The teacher waffled on but as usual I didn't listen. That was a very good class. Tasty too.