The Little Red Hen

[Michael Ahr 14]

Subject: Fw: The Little Red Hen

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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

>>> 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 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 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, OR WHAT?