Posted on 06/20/2004 12:01:24 PM PDT by oceanperch
A new twist to the story of: THE LITTLE RED HEN
Once upon a time, on a farm ,
there was a little red hen who scratched about the
barnyard
until she uncovered quite a few grains of wheat.
She called all of her neighbors together 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.
"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen. And so she did.
The wheat grew very tall and ripened into golden grain. "Who will help me reap my wheat?" asked the little red hen.
"Not I," said the duck.
"Out of my classification," said the pig.
"I'd lose my seniority," said the cow.
"I'd lose my unemployment compensation," said the goose.
"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen, and so she did. 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.
"I'm a drop out and never learned how," said the pig.
"If I'm to be the only helper, that's discrimination," said the goose.
"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen.
She baked five loaves and held them up for all of her neighbors to see.
They wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share. But the little red hen said, "No, I shall eat all five loaves."
"Excess profits!" cried the cow.
"Capitalist leech!" screamed the duck.
"I demand equal rights!" yelled the goose.
The pig just grunted in disdain.
And they all painted "Unfair!" picket signs and marched around and around the little red hen, shouting obscenities.
Then a government agent came, he said to the little red hen, "You must not be so greedy."
"But I earned the bread," said the little red hen.
"Exactly," said the agent.
"That is what makes our free enterprise system so wonderful.
Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But under our modern government regulations, the productive workers must divide the fruits of their labor with those who are lazy and idle."
And they all lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who smiled and clucked, "I am grateful, for now I truly understand." But her neighbors became quite disappointed in her.
She never again baked bread because she joined the "party" and got her bread free.
And all the Democrats smiled.
Fairness' had been established, individual initiative had died but nobody noticed; perhaps no one cared....... as long as there was free bread.
God Bless America!
game, set, match! BUMP!
And that's the way it is! (Unfortunately)
Fantabulous. Thanks! I going to send this to everyone in my address book.
BTTT
I liked the version where the government man came to her house and after agreeing with him and he left, she packed up her stuff and moved to a stronghold in the hills, arming herself in defense of a tyranical government.
You forgot fellons, drug addicts, aborting people etc...
Do you think this would happen if Kerry gets in?
Please post that version...!! ;)
(great story OceanPerch...either version, LOL! Thanks for posting!)
By the way, you've reminded me of a favorite story my Grand Mother use to tell me forty-five years ago.
God Bless
The really sad thing is that they really did redo the book like this. Well, to the effect that the hen took pity on them and gave the bread anyway. Great way to teach that laziness is rewarding; you don't have to work for things, just get somebody to give them to you. Kids are gonna see that, no way they're going to see it as 'forgiveness.'
I said if I was the Ant, I'd have let the grasshopper starve, since he didn't do any work even when he was told what would happen.
The school's version was that the Ant takes pity on the grasshopper, and since the Ant worked so hard gathering food, he had more then enough for 2.
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