Texas_Tickle
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Once upon a time, there was a little red hen who scratched about the
barnyard until she uncovered some grains of wheat.
She called her neighbors and said, “If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who will help me plant it?”
“Not I,” said the cow.
“Not I,” said the duck.
“Not I,” said the pig.
“Not I,” said the goose.
"Very Well", the Little Red Hen said, "I shall do it myself"
The wheat grew tall and ripened into golden grain. “Who will help me reap the wheat?” asked the little red hen.
“Not I,” said the duck.
"It's against my religion to work, if there is a Sunday in the week", the pig grunted
“I’d lose my seniority,” said the cow.
“I’d lose my unemployment compensation,” said the goose.
"I'll do it myself", the Little Red Hen said
At last it came time to bake the bread. “Who will help me bake the bread?” asked the little red hen.
“That would be overtime for me,” said the cow.
“I’d lose my welfare benefits,” said the duck.
"Against my religion to bake bread", the pig declared
“If I’m to be the only helper, that’s discrimination,” said the goose.
"I'll do it myself", the Little Red Hen declared
She baked five loaves and held them up for her neighbors to see. They all wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share.
But the Little Red Hen said, "Why should I share with you. I did all the planting, harvesting and baking. None of you wanted to help, so I shall enjoy these loaves, myself".
The barn-yard was in an up-roar with the animals declaring foul play
“Excess profits!” cried the cow.
“Capitalist leech!” screamed the duck.
“I demand equal rights!” yelled the goose.
"Religious persecution" screamed the pig
And they painted “unfair” picket signs and marched round and round the little red hen, shouting obscenities.
When the government agent came, he scolded the Little Red Hen and said, “You must not be greedy.”
The Little Red Hen declared, "But I did all the work myself. I planted the grain. I harvested the grain. I baked the bread. None of them wanted to help".
“Exactly,” said the agent. “That is the wonderful free enterprise system. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But under our modern government regulations, the productive workers must divide their profits with the less fortunate, even those who do not wish to work".
So the government agent equally divided the bread among the idle, and when they were finished, there was only one very small loaf of bread left, and the Little Red Hen was about to eat it.
"Not so fast, Litle Red Hen", the government agent declared, "you have not paid your taxes on the loaves of bread". He took the small loaf of bread from the hen and said "this will do".
From that day on, The Little Red Hen never made any more bread, and her barn-yard neighbors never understood why.
barnyard until she uncovered some grains of wheat.
She called her neighbors and said, “If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who will help me plant it?”
“Not I,” said the cow.
“Not I,” said the duck.
“Not I,” said the pig.
“Not I,” said the goose.
"Very Well", the Little Red Hen said, "I shall do it myself"
The wheat grew tall and ripened into golden grain. “Who will help me reap the wheat?” asked the little red hen.
“Not I,” said the duck.
"It's against my religion to work, if there is a Sunday in the week", the pig grunted
“I’d lose my seniority,” said the cow.
“I’d lose my unemployment compensation,” said the goose.
"I'll do it myself", the Little Red Hen said
At last it came time to bake the bread. “Who will help me bake the bread?” asked the little red hen.
“That would be overtime for me,” said the cow.
“I’d lose my welfare benefits,” said the duck.
"Against my religion to bake bread", the pig declared
“If I’m to be the only helper, that’s discrimination,” said the goose.
"I'll do it myself", the Little Red Hen declared
She baked five loaves and held them up for her neighbors to see. They all wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share.
But the Little Red Hen said, "Why should I share with you. I did all the planting, harvesting and baking. None of you wanted to help, so I shall enjoy these loaves, myself".
The barn-yard was in an up-roar with the animals declaring foul play
“Excess profits!” cried the cow.
“Capitalist leech!” screamed the duck.
“I demand equal rights!” yelled the goose.
"Religious persecution" screamed the pig
And they painted “unfair” picket signs and marched round and round the little red hen, shouting obscenities.
When the government agent came, he scolded the Little Red Hen and said, “You must not be greedy.”
The Little Red Hen declared, "But I did all the work myself. I planted the grain. I harvested the grain. I baked the bread. None of them wanted to help".
“Exactly,” said the agent. “That is the wonderful free enterprise system. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But under our modern government regulations, the productive workers must divide their profits with the less fortunate, even those who do not wish to work".
So the government agent equally divided the bread among the idle, and when they were finished, there was only one very small loaf of bread left, and the Little Red Hen was about to eat it.
"Not so fast, Litle Red Hen", the government agent declared, "you have not paid your taxes on the loaves of bread". He took the small loaf of bread from the hen and said "this will do".
From that day on, The Little Red Hen never made any more bread, and her barn-yard neighbors never understood why.
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