Ramesh In The
Restaurent
RAMESH: LET'S GO TO THE HAMBURGER
PLACE.
ANIL: CAN WE GET VEGETARIAN FOOD
THERE?
RAMESH: YES, I CAN.
(THEY WENT TO A NEARBY HAMBURGER
PLACE, ANIL AND RAMESH LOOKED AT THE MENU. ROGER, THE WAITER, CAME TO
TAKE THEIR ORDER).

ROGER: ARE YOU READY TO ORDER?
ANIL: (POINTING TO THE MENU) IS
THIS A VEGGIE BURGER OR A HAMBURGER?
ROGER: THIS IS A MEAT BURGER, BUT
WE CAN MAKE A VEGGIE BURGER FOR YOU.
ANIL: I WOULD LIKE A VEGGIE
BURGER.
ROGER: (WITH SURPRISE) WHY DON' T
YOU EAT A BURGER WITH MEAT IN IT?
ANIL: WE ARE JAINS, AND, JAINS DO
NOT EAT MEAT.
(RAMESH INTERRUPTS ANIL)
RAMESH: AS A JAIN, WE RESPECT ALL
LIFE. WE CONSIDER ANIMAL LIFE AS GOOD AS OUR OWN LIFE.
ANIL: JUST AS WE DON'T LIKE TO
GET HURT OR KILLED, ANIMALS, BIRDS, AND FISH DON'T LIKE TO GET HURT OR
KILLED EITHER.
ROGER: OH! THAT IS INTERESTING.
IT MAKES SENSE. I WILL GET THE VEGETARIAN BURGERS FOR YOU.
(WHILE GETTING THE VEGGIE BURGER,
ROGER ADMIRED THEIR LOVE AND CARE FOR LIFE.)
ANIL AND RAMESH WERE
HAPPY AND SATISFIED.
JAINS ARE VERY CAREFUL OF WHAT
THEY EAT. THEY TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR FOOD DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY
MEAT PRODUCTS, LARD, SEAFOOD, CHICKEN BROTH, OR EGGS, IN IT.
Questions:
1) Why did Anil agree to go to the
restaurant?
2) What do Jains check before ordering
any food?
3) What did Roger ask Anil?
4) What did Ramesh tell Roger?
5) How did Roger feel about Jains being
vegetarian?
6) Name some of the foods Jains should
not order?