False or True
My sister doesn’t eat meat.
She calls herself a vegetarian.
Mum calls her sensitive.
Dad calls her a nutcase.
I don’t call her anything unless
she picks on me
then I call her names I can’t mention in a poem.
At dinner
we’re all chomping on our steak,
except for my sister
who eats a pile of veggies
and some stuff called “veggie-sausage”
which is not sausage at all,
only more vegetable.
When we go for a drive in the country
with green meadows full of cows and sheep
my sister points and says
“Look, there’s your dinner tonight!”
When we go to McDonald's
my sister stays in the car
or hands out “Meat is Murder” stickers.
People keep away from my sister
but animals walk right up to her outstretched hand.
Horses, cows, goats, her boyfriend John, sheep —
they all seem unafraid.
I might try to be a vegetarian soon.
Maybe after tonight’s dinner,
my favourite,
roast lamb!
1. Mum understands why her daughter doesn’t eat meat.
2. Dad believes his daughter’s behaviour is foolish.
3. The brother and sister never quarrel.
4. There are some other vegetarians in the family.
5. The sausage she eats doesn’t contain meat.
6. She doesn’t eat meat because she believes that it’s wrong to kill animals.
7. She finds it easier to deal with people than with animals.
8. Her brother is sure he will become a vegetarian in the future.