The Best Stories You've nEver Read #33
That cricket hiding in your basement may be the next Pavarotti... or a beauty pageant winner. Of course, you'd have to travel to China for anyone to appreciate your insect's fine qualities. There crickets are all the rage among hobbyists. They enter them in contests, buy china and furniture for them. On the downside, some Chinese breed crickets as fighters and gamble on them. Others have been doping them up so they sing better. Read Barbara Demick's story in the Los Angeles Times.
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-- Dick Weiss
