The Little Red Hen finds some seeds and asks her friends - a lazy dog, sleepy cat, and noisy duck - to help plant and tend to the seeds. However, they all refuse, so the Little Red Hen does all the work herself. When the seeds grow into wheat, she again asks for help harvesting and milling the wheat, but her friends refuse and she does it alone. Finally, when she bakes the wheat into bread, her friends want to eat it but the Little Red Hen refuses and eats the bread herself since she did all the work alone.

1. The Little Red Hen
Folk Story For Kids
Presented By: Sanna Nasser Sheikh

3. Characters
• Little Red Hen
• Cat
• Dog
• Duck

4. Once upon a time, there was a little red hen that lived on a
farm. She was friends with a lazy dog, a sleepy cat and a
noisy yellow duck.

5. One day the little red hen found some seeds on the
ground. The little red hen had an idea. She would
plant the seeds.

6. The little red hen asked her friends, “Who
will help me plant the seeds?”
“Not I,” barked the lazy dog.
“Not I,” purred the sleepy cat.
“Not I,” quacked the noisy yellow duck.
Then I will, ‘say the little red hen. So the
little red hen planted the seeds all by
herself.

7. When the seeds had grown,
the little red hen asked her
friends, ‘who will help me to
cut the wheat?”
“Not I,” barked the lazy dog.
“Not I,” purred the sleepy cat.
“Not I,” quacked the noisy
yellow duck.
Then I will, ‘say the little red
hen. So the little red hen cut
the wheat all by herself.

8. When all the wheat was cut,
the little red hen asked her
friends, ‘who will help me take
the wheat to the mill to be
ground in the flour?
“Not I,” barked the lazy dog.
“Not I,” purred the sleepy cat.
“Not I,” quacked the noisy
yellow duck.
Then I will, ‘say the little red
hen. So the little red hen
brought the wheat to the mill all
by herself, ground the wheat
into flour, and carried the heavy
sack of flour back to the farm.

9. The tired little hen asked her
friends, “Who will help me bake
the cake?”
“Not I,” barked the lazy dog.
“Not I,” purred the sleepy cat.
“Not I,” quacked the noisy
yellow duck.
Then I will, ‘say the little red
hen. So the little red hen baked
the bread all by herself.

10. When the bread was finished,
the tired red hen asked her
friends, ‘who will help me eat
the bread?”
“I will,” barked the lazy dog.
“I will,” purred the sleepy cat.
“I will,” quacked the noisy
yellow duck.
“No!, said the little red hen. “I
will.” And the little red hen ate
the bread all by herself.

11. Thank You!