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 neighbours 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", said the little red hen, and she did.
The wheat grew 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," said the little red hen, and 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 dropout and never learnt how," said the pig.
"If I'm the only helper, that's discrimination," said
the goose.
"Then I will," said the little red hen. She baked five
loaves and held them up for her neighbours to see.
They all wanted - in fact demanded a share. But the
little red hen said, "No, I can eat the loaves by
myself."
"Excess profits!" yelled the cow.
"Capitalist leech!" yelled the duck.
"I demand equal rights!" shouted the goose.
The pig just grunted. Then they hurriedly painted
"unfair" picket signs and marched around, shouting
obscenities. The government agent came and said to the
little red hen: "You must not be greedy." "But I
earned the bread," said the little red hen. "Exactly,"
said the agent. That is the wonderful free-enterprise
system. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he
wants. But under government regulations, the
productive workers must divide their product with the
idle."
They all lived happily ever after. But the little red
hen's neighbours wondered why she never again baked
bread.
ROFL!!!