The Little Red Hen finds some seeds and wants help planting and harvesting them. The lazy duck, cat, and dog all refuse to help. The Little Red Hen does all the work herself, planting and caring for the seeds until they grow into a bountiful wheat crop. When she wants help taking the wheat to the mill to be made into bread, the other animals again refuse. Only the duck agrees to help that time. They take the wheat to be made into bread, but then the baker eats all the bread himself.

1. The Little Red Hen
By: Jesse Leonard

2. There
once
was
a
farm
on
the
edge
of
Wheatsville
.
On
that
farm
there
lived
a
li7le
red
hen
,
a
disgraceful
duck
,
a
lazy
cat
,
and
a
very
dumb
dog.
One
morning
on
the
farm
Li7le
Red
Hen
was
on
her
way
to
the
town
she
dropped
her
basket
and
as
she
bent
down
to
pick
it
up
she
saw
some
seeds.
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Picture
Here
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3. When
the
li7le
red
arrived
home
she
announced,
“Who
will
help
me
plant
these
seeds?”
“Not
I!”
Groaned
the
duck.
“Not
I!”
Moaned
the
cat.
“Not
I
!
Snarled
the
dog.
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4. “Then
I
will.”
And
she
did
.
So
she
planted
the
seeds
and
she
watered
the
li7le
plant
every
day,
and
aPer
one
week
she
had
tons
and
tons
of
wheat
in
her
li7le
garden
.
The
li7le
red
hen
was
so
happy
she
had
found
those
seeds.
APer
awhile
she
was
thinking
of
taking
the
wheat
to
the
town
to
be
made
into
bread.
But
then
she
had
thought
that
no
one
would
go
to
the
town
with
her
then
she
felt
sad
that
no
one
at
the
barn
was
being
nice
to
her.
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5. So
she
cut
the
wheat
,and
put
it
into
a
bag
and
exclaimed,
“Who
will
help
me
take
this
bag
of
wheat
to
the
market
to
have
it
made
into
bread
?”
“Not
I!”
Barked
the
dog.
“Not
I!”
Meowed
the
cat.
“I
Will!”
Quaked
the
duck.
“ That
is
very
nice
duck
lets
go!”
So
they
set
off
for
the
town
and
when
they
got
there
they
gave
the
bread
to
the
baker
he
made
it
into
bread
and
ate
it
all.
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