The Little Red Hen

We read a lovely bed time story which took me back to my childhood when I used to read a lot. The fable behind this story has a lot of lessons to be learned.

Here it is:
Once upon a time there was a Little Red Hen. She lived on a farm with a cat and a rat and a goat. One day the Little Red Hen found some grains of wheat. She went to the other animals on the farm and asked to help her to plant the grains. They refused. So the Little Red Hen planted the grains all by herself.

She watched the wheat grow taller and taller. Soon the wheat was ready to be cut. She asked the other animals for help but they refused again. So the Little Red Hen cut the wheat all by herself.

Then the wheat was ready to be taken to the mill to be made into flour. She asked for help no one came to help her. So the Little Red Hen took the wheat to the mill all by herself.

At the mill the miller ground the wheat into flour. Now the flour was ready to be made into bread. The Little Red Hen asked for help to make a bread but the cat, the rat and the goat refused. So she made the bread all by herself.

Soon the bread was ready to eat. Who will help me to eat the bread, asked the Little Red Hen the cat, the rat and the goat. WE WILL, they all said.
No, no, no - the hen said - you did not help me with planting and cutting the wheat, taking the wheat to the mill and making the bread. I SHALL EAT IT ALL BY MYSELF!!!

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