Bite Sized Wisdom – The Little Red Hen

• September 22, 2005

The Little Red Hen
There once was a little red hen who lived on a farm. The hen’s friends were a little black dog, a big orange cat, and a little yellow goose. One day, the red hen found some grains of wheat. “I can make bread from this,” thought the red hen.
The little red hen asked, “Who will help me plant the wheat?”
“Not I,” said the little black dog.
“Not I,” said the big orange cat.
“Not I,” said the little yellow goose.
“Then I will do it myself,” said the little red hen. And she planted the wheat without any help at all.
The little red hen asked, “Who will help me cut the wheat?”
“Not I,” said the little black dog.
“Not I,” said the big orange cat.
“Not I,” said the little yellow goose.
“Then I will do it myself,” said the little red hen. And she cut the wheat without any help at all.
The tired little red hen asked, “Who will help me take the wheat to the mill and grind it into flour?”
“Not I,” said the little black dog.
“Not I,” said the big orange cat.
“Not I,” said the little yellow goose.
“Then I will do it myself,” said the tired little red hen. So she took the wheat to the mill and ground it into flour without any help at all.
The very, very tired little red hen asked, “Who will help me bake the bread?”
“Not I,” said the little black dog.
“Not I,” said the big orange cat.
“Not I,” said the little yellow goose.
“Then I will do it myself,” said the very, very tired little red hen. And she baked the bread without any help at all.
The hot, fresh bread smelled very good. The little red hen asked, “Now, who will help me eat this bread?”
“I will!” said the little black dog.
“I will!” said the big orange cat.
“I will!” said the little yellow goose.
“No, you won’t! I will do it myself!” yelled the little red hen. And she ate the bread without any help at all.
The End

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http://sayanythingblog.com/ Seth Yantiss

The Black Dog, the Big Cat and the Yellow Goose ate chicken sandwiches that night.

Or…

“To each according to their need, from each according to their ability”, right Woof?

Unintended consequences.

Actually, lynching, killing, and eating the selfish chicken seems to fit into the average class-warfare-baiter’s general mind set.

Consider the chicken as rich. The chicken is willing to work for what she wants and she creates it. The “poor” dog, cat, and goose grow envious of the chicken’s product and vote to deprive the rich chicken of her property.

Sounds like the socialist dreamland the left wants to make the US into.
http://sayanythingblog.com/ Seth Yantiss

Just so happens that I discussed the very concept with a client yesterday, and it was no great revelation to him. If you know a lot of people who can’t grasp the concept, I’d start looking for new friends.

I don’t consider these people “friends” nor acquaintances. However, I have had to work with a few and sometimes have them as customers.

But if not partisanship, then what?

Alright, how-a-bout, “Just quit being an ass”
WOOF

It was a little RED hen.
With the fruits of her labor she was going to raise arms and overthrow the farmer.
Then establish a co-operative.
You should be happy I killed her off.
WOOF

The Black Dog, the Big Cat and the Yellow Goose ate chicken sandwiches that night.

Unintended consequences.
http://www.moderninstances.com/ modern instances

The Black Dog, the Big Cat and the Yellow Goose ate chicken sandwiches that night.

Unintended consequences.

Good one, that’s pretty funny.
WOOF

Better a magnanimous hen than the blue plate special.

Let them eat cake
http://www.jewelsjungle.com/ Jewels

You don’t use eggs to make bread! Duh!

You use eggs to make cake!

Did your mother teach you nothing?
richard

OK that F’n chicken had to use other ingredients, like eggs.

I do not know about you guys but the chicken should have been hauled in front of a judge for cannibalism, illegal abortion or maybe murder.

At the very least he needs to be forced to give up his farm subsidies.
robert108

Meanwhile, back at the barnyard. The rest of the animals demonized the chicken as a “greedy capitalist” for wanting the bread she had produced for herself.
When the new head of the government wanted to cut the chicken’s taxes, he was demonized for giving “tax cuts to the wealthy”, since the rest of the animals didn’t pay any taxes.
Seth Williams

Clearly, the chicken is a racist. Won’t give food to the black dog or the yellow goose.

WHY DO YOU HATE THE OTHER COLORS, CHICKEN!
http://www.moderninstances.com/ modern instances

The statement was factually accurate and I have met MANY that have not contemplated the depth of the remark.

That we breathe oxygen to live is factually accurate, but as an observation it’s about as deep as a puddle on a dry day. It’s a statement of the bleedin’ obvious.

I have met some who don’t grasp the fact that there are things that we know that we don’t know… and there are things that we don’t know we don’t know.

Just so happens that I discussed the very concept with a client yesterday, and it was no great revelation to him. If you know a lot of people who can’t grasp the concept, I’d start looking for new friends.

Stop being an ass for the sake of partisanship

But if not partisanship, then what?
http://sayanythingblog.com/ Seth Yantiss

Meanwhile, the Pig and the Mule have decreed that the Chicken, (remember the chicken?), should pay the vet for all medical treatment with the bread she makes. The chicken must now work 24/7 to produce enough bread to keep a staff of vets on hand because, since no one (but the chicken) pays for the medical treatment, every hang nail and splinter require dedicated veterinary services. The Vet begins offering services such as nipple augmentation and cock enhancers which the chicken is forced to pay for. She decides to produce nothing instead since she hasn’t been able to eat her own bread for some time. Suddenly, the Vet no longer shows and the animals scramble to pay for the rest of the services.
http://sayanythingblog.com/ Seth Yantiss

Then there’s the Farmer’s wife, who makes a living out of pointing out the obvious, such as the fact that there are things we know, things we don’t know, thing we know we don’t know, and things we don’t know that we don’t know!

You can’t get through a post without bringing this up, can you? The statement was factually accurate and I have met MANY that have not contemplated the depth of the remark.

There was a Dilbert cartoon, where the pointy haired manager asked Dilbert to apprise him of all future unplanned server outages… I have met some who don’t grasp the fact that there are things that we know that we don’t know… and there are things that we don’t know we don’t know.

In fact, I have been asked to list out all unknown problems in projects… I could only list the unknowns that I know about… DUH. Yet my management did not comprehend that there were unknowns that were not known…

Stop being an ass for the sake of partisanship and think about what you’re saying. Not everyone has a deep grasp on quantifiables.
http://www.moderninstances.com/ modern instances

Oh, and you left out the part where the chickenhawk calls programs that are more harmful to the environment “Healthy Forests” and “Clear Skies”!
Dave

Later that night, their farm gets hit with a freak rain-storm. The Farmer gave them 88 billion dollars worth of feed.

They don’t worry about food for a long time. No one, not even the little red hen, does any work.

The Farmer wins re-election. The farm goes bankrupt.

The animals scratch their heads and turn on MTV.

It’s a good day.
robert108

modern instances: Don’t forget that all the animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others, like the environmentalists.
robert108

Seth: Actually, the government takes more of the chicken’s bread in taxes to pay for the medical needs of the unemployed animals. Same result, though.
Andrew

Whoever thought that childrens’ stories could make the best satires?
http://www.moderninstances.com/ modern instances

Then there’s the Farmer’s wife, who makes a living out of pointing out the obvious, such as the fact that there are things we know, things we don’t know, thing we know we don’t know, and things we don’t know that we don’t know!
Dave

You didn’t hear the news, Seth? The YELLOW goose lied about his Vietnam service. He doesn’t deserve any food anyway!!!
http://sayanythingblog.com/ Seth Yantiss

I do not know about you guys but the chicken should have been hauled in front of a judge for cannibalism, illegal abortion or maybe murder.

Now this is pretty funny!

Woof’s post was too..

Maybe the dog, cat and goose should eat the farmer…

By the way, some bread is made with Egg’s.
http://sayanythingblog.com/ Seth Yantiss

Actually, the government takes more of the chicken’s bread in taxes to pay for the medical needs of the unemployed animals. Same result, though.

Heaven help the chicken if the Farmer decides not to feed the animals anymore.
Mr. Bowen

Doubtful, considering that this is America, and the chicken is armed. But keep on fantasizing, WOOFIEPOO.
robert108

Seth: You left out the part where the government confiscates half the bread from the chicken as taxes, takes most of that for itself, and distributes the remaining crumbs to the rest of the animals. The head of the government then goes on farm TV, telling them that he cares about them, feels their pain, and says “It’s for the children”.

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