1. A favor from you…
By Amanda M. Icazatti Burtell
You might think of us as destructive or that we don't bring any good to our
environments, or that we make a mess out of everything. But you are wrong. We are a
proud species that sticks together no matter what. In good or in bad, in sickness or in
health. We are loyal to each other. So my question to you is, what makes you think that
you just can kidnap us for your senseless experiments? I know your probably
wondering, and yes I'm a mouse and a proud to be one, that I'm not afraid to walk
around and show my self but obviously, there are consequences to doing that. It was
close to dawn when I was heading back home to bring the food for my family, when all
sudden I smelled the delicious fragrance of cheese. I dropped everything and went
running towards it. When I got there I noticed it was in a very weird location, but I didn't
care. I jumped to grab it and when I touched it all of my exits were closed. I was locked
in a cage. That same day two men came and took me away, probably forever. My only
thoughts were of my children, I am never going to get the chance to see them grow and
my wife, my beautiful wife knows that I will always love her no matter what. A few days
later I was taken to a laboratory and some people were preparing me to perform an
experiment. This experiment was based on taking out a gene out of me, and apparently
by doing so, you lose control over yourself and you start eating like there’s no tomorrow
and after a while you start developing diseases like obesity and diabetes. I remember
having a friend in the lab, his name was Eugene and like me, he was deprived of his
freedom and family. He was really thin we he first got there. He was a good looking
mouse too. He was first in line to experience the reason they had brought us here. After

2. the humans conducted the experiment on him he lost control over himself. He started
eating everything, growing twice his size in fat, and even one time, he tried to eat me,
and after that event we got separated and I never saw Eugene again. After Eugene six
more of us were experimented on. All the mice reacted like veracious beast, nothing like
I have never seen before. They were no longer mice, they were monsters created by
monsters. I got scared because I knew that in any moment that will be my fate, so in my
last words I ask the humans this: why do you use animals for such experiments that
prove to be no good for the sake of our planet? Why don't you use your families to
conduct experiment so you can see what it feels like to see your own kind fall for such
terrible things? Why do you do deprive us of our homes and families? My name is
Harold and everything that was important to me was taken in just seconds and in my
last words, before I become insane and start eating my way to death I say that did not
wanted this. A bigger force forced it upon me and it is unfair for all animals that have to
suffer this. Sadly, this sadly will not be the end, but when are you going to realize that
you, my friends, are just playing with fire....