Now, Kingfisher was tired of eating fish every day. One day, he decided to try something new and went on a hunt for frogs. After a few attempts, Kingfisher finally caught a frog and was excited to try it

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Kingfisher’s Philosophy of EatingShrimp BrooksNovember 3, 2023*Note: The new story continues the series of Kingfisher’s fables [1].Now, Kingfisher was tired of eating fish every day. One day, he decided to try somethingnew and went on a hunt for frogs. After a few attempts, Kingfisher finally caught a frog andwas excited to try it. The problem was, after taking a bite, Kingfisher realized that the tastewas not as good as expected. The frog tasted slimy and had a weird texture, an eyesore.Clearly, he was disappointed and decided to go back to eating fish.But when Kingfisher went back to eating fish, something strange happened. He realized thatthe fish now tasted like frogs! Kingfisher was confused and didn’t know what to do. He triedto catch more fish, but they all tasted the same. So, Kingfisher was worried it would never beable to enjoy fish again.One day, Kingfisher met Wise Old Owl, who told him the problem was not with the fish buthis taste buds. Owl explained that when Kingfisher ate a frog, his taste buds changed theway Kingfisher perceived flavors. Thus, Kingfisher would need to “reset” his taste buds bytrying to eat something else.Following Owl’s advice, Kingfisher started catching and eating numerous animals, but noneworked. When running out of options, Kingfisher became so desperate. Suddenly, he saw agrasshopper and thought this should be the final try. So he caught and ate the grasshopper.To his surprise, he felt the change. And later, he learned that his taste buds returned tonormal when eating fish again. He suddenly realized that fish’s tastes were so great, sodelicious.From that day on, Kingfisher never tried to change his diet again and stuck to eating fish.He learned his lesson the hard way that it’s better to stick to the known foods instead oftrying new ones because taking risks could end up very disappointing.Later, when lecturing at a class held by the Bird Village, Kingfisher professed:– Concerning the Philosophy of Eating, losing appetite can be the most appreciated way togaining appetite again.References[1] Vuong, Q. H. (2022). The Kingfisher Story Collection. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BG2NNHY6

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