The Little Red Hen (173)

Once upon a time, there was a Red Hen lived in a farm with her chickens. She also lived with the other neighbors, the Goose and the Duck.

One day, she found a grain of wheat. So she asked her neighbors, the goose and the duck, “Who will plant this wheat?” And no one wanted to plant the wheat. So she planted the grain of wheat herself.

When the wheat was ripe she said, “Who will take this wheat to the mill?” And, again, no one wanted to do it. So she took the wheat to the mill.

When she brought the flavor home she said, “Who will make some bread with this fl our?” And as predicted, no one would like to do it. 

When the bread was baked, she said, “Who will eat this bread?” This time it was different. They said “I will, I will.” “No, you won’t,” said the Red Hen. “I shall eat it myself. Cluck! cluck!” And she called her chickens to eat the bread together.

Source: BSE; Inter language XII