What is the moral of The Little Red Hen?

If you won't help with the work, you can't expect to share the reward. It also celebrates hard work and doing a job yourself when nobody else will.

Does the Little Red Hen share her bread?

In the traditional story, no. She eats it with her chicks, because the others refused to help at every step. In this retelling the animals help the next year, and then everyone shares.

Where does The Little Red Hen come from?

It is a folk tale with no known author, told in America and England since the 19th century and printed in countless children's readers and picture books.

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The Little Red Hen

Who will help plant the wheat? Not I, says the cat. Not I, says the dog. A funny bedtime retelling of the folk tale about doing your share.

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The Little Red Hen

The Cat

The Dog

The Duck

The Chicks

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The Little Red Hen is an old folk tale, well known in America and England since the 19th century and a long-time favourite of early reading books. A hen finds a grain of wheat and asks her farmyard friends to help grow it into bread, but they always say Not I, until the bread is ready to eat. This version keeps the classic ending, then adds a gentle second spring in which everyone pitches in.

故事告诉我们

Those who share the work share the reward. It also shows that helping is never too late: the lazy friends learn their lesson and do better next time.

适合

Ages 3–7

讲给孩子听的小贴士

Let your child say every Not I with the cat, the dog and the duck; the repetition is the fun.
Count the steps from seed to loaf: plant, cut, thresh, mill, bake.
Afterwards, ask what the cat, the dog and the duck could have said instead.

常见问题

What is the moral of The Little Red Hen?: If you won't help with the work, you can't expect to share the reward. It also celebrates hard work and doing a job yourself when nobody else will.
Does the Little Red Hen share her bread?: In the traditional story, no. She eats it with her chicks, because the others refused to help at every step. In this retelling the animals help the next year, and then everyone shares.
Where does The Little Red Hen come from?: It is a folk tale with no known author, told in America and England since the 19th century and printed in countless children's readers and picture books.