The Big Red Hen clucks and lays a warm brown egg. She pecks on the shell until a chick emerges, cracking out with wings and legs. The little chick cheeps and pecks with her beak, calling for her mummy.

1. THE BIG RED HEN

2. CLUCK, CLUCK, CLUCK
GOES THE BIG RED HEN
THEN SHE LAYS
A WARM BROWN EGG

3. PECK, PECK, PECK
ON THE SHELL
OF THE EGG
OUT COMES A WING
OUT COMES A LEG

4. CRACK, CRACK, CRACK
OUT COMES THE CHICK
MUMMY, MUMMY
COME HERE QUICK

5. THE LITTLE CHICK
GOES CHEEP, CHEEP, CHEEP
AND PECK, PECK, PECK
WITH HER LITTLE BEAK

6. THE END