> The Little Red Hen - Modern Version
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>Once upon a time, on a farm in Texas, there was a little red hen who
>scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered quite a few grains of
>wheat.
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>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?"
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>"Not I," said the cow.
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>"Not I," said the duck.
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>"Not I," said the pig.
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>"Not I," said the goose.
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>"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.
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>"Who will help me reap my wheat" asked the little red hen.
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>"Not I," said the duck.
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>"Out of my classification," said the pig.
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>"I'd lose my seniority," said the cow.
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>"I'd lose my unemployment compensation," said the goose.
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>"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen, and so she did.
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>At last it came time to bake the bread.
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>"Who will help me bake the bread!
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>"That would be overtime for me," said the cow.
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>"I'd lose my welfare benefits," said the duck.
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>"I'm a dropout and never learned how," said the pig.
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>"If I'm to be the only helper, that's discrimination," said the goose.
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>"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.
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>They wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share. But the little red hen

>said, "No, I shall eat all five loaves."
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>"Excess profits!" cried the cow.
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>"Capitalist leech!" screamed the duck.
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>"I demand equal rights!" yelled the goose.
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>The pig just grunted in disdain.
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>And they all painted "Unfair!" picket signs and marched around and
>around the little red hen, shouting obscenities.
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>Then a government agent came, he said to the little red hen, "You must
>not be so greedy."
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>"But I earned the bread," said the little red hen.
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