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The Little Red Hen-Modern version

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.

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 dropout & 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.

'Fairness' had been established.
Individual initiative had died, but nobody
noticed; perhaps no one cared.....as long as there was
free bread that "the rich" were paying for.

Bill Clinton is getting $12 million for his
memoirs.
Hillary got $8 million for hers.
That's $20 million for memories from two people,
who for eight years,
repeatedly testified, under oath, that they
couldn't remember anything.

IS THIS A GREAT COUNTRY,

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The Little Red Hen-Modern version