He ʻakaʻaka, akā i koʻu lilo ʻana i mea ʻai meaʻai, hopohopo au i ka manaʻo o koʻu mau hoa. Inā pēlā kou manaʻo, a laila aia paha ʻoe i kahi pīhoihoi ʻoluʻolu. Hoʻomaopopo ka hapa nui o ka poʻe ʻōpio ʻo ka lilo ʻana i mea ʻai meaʻai he hana maikaʻi ia e kōkua ai e hoʻopakele i nā holoholona he nui.
ʻAʻole naʻe kēia manaʻo e makemake lākou e hui pū me ʻoe, akā e neʻe kekahi o lākou i kēlā ala. Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Georgina Harris, kahi kamaʻāina ʻo Manchester makahiki XNUMX: "Ua manaʻo koʻu mau hoaaloha a pau he mea ʻai meaʻai. A he nui ka poʻe i ʻōlelo, "ʻAe, he mea ʻai meaʻai nō hoʻi au," inā ʻaʻole lākou maoli." ʻOiaʻiʻo, e hālāwai ʻoe me nā poʻe e hoʻāʻo ʻino e hoʻāʻo i kou manaʻoʻiʻo. "ʻO ka meaʻai rabbits wale nō kāna e ʻai ai", "Eia mai ka mea aloha bunny." ʻO ka hapa nui o ka poʻe e hana i kēia ʻano ʻōlelo no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻoe makaʻu e wehe a ʻōlelo. Pono ʻoe e loaʻa ka wiwo ʻole e ʻokoʻa, a hōʻike ʻoe i ka poʻe he ikaika ʻoe, akā ʻaʻole lākou, a hopohopo iā lākou.
ʻO Lenny Smith, he kaikamahine he ʻumikūmāono, ua hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka hoaaloha o kona makuakāne me kāna mau ʻōlelo. "Ua hoʻopilikia mau ʻo ia iaʻu i kāna mau ʻōlelo e pili ana i koʻu manaʻo nui, ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole wau e noho i ka honua maoli. Ua hoʻohenehene mai ʻo ia iaʻu, a ʻoiai he ʻakaʻaka kona ma kona mau maka, ua maopopo iaʻu ʻaʻole ia he ʻakaʻaka, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia me ka huhū. Ua hana ʻo ia i kēia no ka mea he wahine wau a nāwaliwali, a no kekahi kumu ʻē aʻe. Hele pinepine ʻo ia i ka hahai holoholona a i kekahi lā Sābati, hele ʻo ia i kona makuakāne a hoʻolei i kahi lākeke make ma luna o ka pākaukau i mua oʻu a ʻakaʻaka. "Eia kahi lapiti liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi nau," wahi āna. Ua hoʻopailua loa au no ka manawa mua aʻu i haʻi aku ai iā ia, ma nā ʻōlelo kūpono ʻole, i koʻu manaʻo iā ia, akā ʻaʻole ia he hysterical. Manaʻo wau ua pūʻiwa ʻo ia.
He haʻawina ko ka moʻolelo a Lenny. ʻO nā mea a pau āu e hana ai, e noho mālie! ʻAʻole e liʻuliʻu ma mua o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana o nā mea a pau i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he mea ʻai ʻoe, e lilo ana nā ʻakaʻaka e pili ana iā ʻoe a hoʻopau. ʻO ka pane i kāu ʻōlelo he mea ʻai meaʻai ʻoe he hoihoi maoli. Ke ulu wikiwiki nei ka nui o nā mea ʻai meaʻai a puni ka honua, no laila e mākaukau no nā nīnau e like me: "He aha kāu ʻai?". ʻO ka mea noho ʻo Northampton ʻo Joanna Bates, XNUMX, ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "I ka wā mua, nīnau mai koʻu mau hoaaloha iaʻu inā ua haʻalele wau i ka ʻiʻo, a ʻike lākou ua makemake lākou i kaʻu meaʻai ma mua o kā lākou. Ua hoʻomaka lākou e hui pū i ka ʻiʻo me nā holoholona make, a ʻehā o ka ʻelima i lilo i mea ʻai meaʻai.
Haʻalele kekahi poʻe mea ʻai meaʻai no ka mea e ʻākoakoa ana kā lākou mau hoa āpau ma nā hale ʻai kūloko. He pilikia koʻikoʻi kēia i kēlā mau lā i ka wā ʻaʻohe mea ʻai meaʻai ʻai a ʻai ʻia hoʻi nā ʻōpala i ka momona pipi. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka nui o ka hopena i loaʻa i ka vegetarianism no ka mea kūʻai aku kekahi o nā kaulahao meaʻai nui i kēia manawa i nā veggie burgers a hana i nā ʻāpana aila veggie.
Inā kono ʻia ʻoe e kipa i nā hoaaloha, a laila mai noʻonoʻo i kēia he pilikia. Ke ʻike lākou he mea ʻai ʻoe, e hoʻāʻo ka hapa nui o nā mākua ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopilikia. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kōkua iā lākou ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo, e like me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kahi pai "ʻiʻo" veggie i ka umu me kā lākou meaʻai a ʻai pū me kāu mau hoaaloha. I kekahi manawa e ho'āʻo nā hoaaloha a kokoke i nā ʻenemi e ʻimi i nā nāwaliwali o kou mau manaʻoʻiʻo. ʻO ka mea ʻakaʻaka ʻo ia ka manaʻo o kēlā me kēia kanaka nona nā manaʻo kumu mua loa. "Makemake wau e pili e ʻai ʻoe i nā holoholona inā e hoʻopau ʻoe i kahi mokupuni mehameha a ʻaʻohe āu koho ʻē aʻe." ʻO ka pane - "ʻAe, ua hana paha wau i kēlā, akā ua ʻai wau iā ʻoe inā ʻoe ma laila" - ʻaʻohe pili o kēia pane i ka hana ʻana i nā huahana ʻiʻo, a me ka nīnau. A i kēia manawa ka nīnau hoihoi loa: e honi anei ʻoe i ke kanaka e ʻai i ka ʻiʻo? Inā ʻaʻole, a laila manaʻo paha ʻoe ua palena kāu mau koho.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, aia ke kanaka kupanaha, a aia paha ka mea ʻai meaʻai ma kahi kokoke iā ʻoe, ma kahi o ke kihi, a i ʻole i ka hui āu e hele ai. Inā makemake ʻoe e hālāwai me kahi ʻōpio mea ʻai meaʻai, a laila e hele i kahi e ʻākoakoa ai kēlā poʻe: nā hui meaʻai kūloko, a i ʻole nā hui kaiapuni a i ʻole nā mea hana pono holoholona. Inā makemake ʻoe e hālāwai me kahi kaikamahine meaʻai meaʻai, e hoʻopili i nā lula like, ʻo ka ʻokoʻa wale nō ʻo ia ka maʻalahi, no ka mea he pālua ka nui o nā wahine vegetarian i nā kāne. Ma kekahiʻaoʻao, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻoholo noʻoe iho e honiʻoe i ka meaʻai meaʻai, akā e ho'āʻo e hōʻoia iā ia a lawe iā ia i kouʻaoʻao. E hoʻohana i nā ʻano like ʻole e pili ana i nā mākua - hōʻike i nā wikiō o nā kūlana e ola ai nā holoholona a make. E hoʻoholo a koi aku e hele wale ʻoe i kahi kahi āu e koho ai i ka meaʻai meaʻai. Inā hōʻole kāu hoa e hoʻololi i kāna ʻai, ʻoiai ma hope o kou hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā mea āpau, a laila loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi pilikia koʻikoʻi a pono ʻoe e hana i kahi hoʻoholo paʻakikī - e haʻalele paha ʻoe iā ia a kōkua paha? Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, inā mahalo ʻo ia i kou mau manaʻo e ʻai i ka meaʻai meaʻai i mua o kou alo, a laila hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo he lanakila ʻoe. Ua hālāwai au i kekahi mau mea ʻai meaʻai e hoʻāʻo nei e kamaʻilio pū me ka poʻe ʻai ʻiʻo. Manaʻo wau ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻohana i kēia ʻano hana e kiʻi i nā poʻe ma kou ʻaoʻao. Hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo ʻoiaʻiʻo, ma muli o koʻu ʻike, ua nui ka poʻe i hiki ke hoʻohuli i kā lākou mau hoa e hōʻole i ka ʻiʻo.