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THE LITTLE RED HEN

The Modern Telling of "The Little Red Hen"

Tom Potter wrote:

The little story below, about the "Little Red Hen", kind of sums up my attitude, about what has happened to the American society. Over the years, I started many businesses, and many of the people I trained, took over my businesses, opened their own businesses and of course went on to work for other companies. A few years ago, although I enjoy working, creating and starting new businesses, and in fact, had a couple of great products ready for the market, I closed my last five businesses and dropped out to spend the rest of my life just goofing around, reading, traveling, sitting in the woods and contemplating my navel, etc.

Now, I didn't mind, in fact I loved, giving people opportunity, and spending a great deal of time and money, on people who were eager to work and learn, but I always resented the fact, that the laziest, most insecure members of society, for their own selfish interests, constantly came around and told me what to do with my creativity, productivity and work product, which was to give it to them to distribute to their constituency, after keeping most of the booty for themselves.

The Modern Telling of "The Little Red Hen"

Once upon a time there was a little red hen who scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered some grains of wheat. She called her neighbors 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," said the little red hen. And she did. The wheat grew 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," said the little red hen. And 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 am to be the only helper, that would be discrimination," said the goose.
"Then I will," said the little red hen.

She baked five loaves and held them up for her neighbors to see. They all wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share. But the little red hen said, "No, I can eat five loaves myself."
"Excess profits," cried the cow.
"Capitalist leech," screamed the duck.
"I demand equal rights," yelled the goose.
And the pig just grunted.

They painted 'unfair' picket signs and marched around and around the little red hen, shouting obscenities. Then the government agent came and he told the little red hen, "You must not be greedy."
"But, I earned the bread," said the little red hen.
"Exactly" said the agent, "That is the wonderful free enterprise system. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But under modern government regulations, the productive workers must divide their product with the idle."

... And they lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who smiled and clucked, "I am grateful. I am grateful." But, her neighbors wondered why she never again baked any more bread...

 

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