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The Little Red Hen
Once upon a time a cat, a dog, a mouse and a little red hen lived together in a little red barn. The cat, the dog and the little mouse liked to snooze all day. So the little red hen
did all the housework. She also did all the work in the garden.
One day she found some grains of wheat. "Who will help me plant these grains of wheat?" she asked.
"Not I," said the dog.
"Not I," said the cat.
"Not I," said the mouse.
"Then I will," said the little red hen. "Cluck! Cluck!"
So she planted the grains of wheat.
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Very soon the wheat grains began to grow and the green leaves came out of the ground. Little red hen watered and tended to the wheat plants.
The sun shone and the rain fell and the wheat kept on growing till it was tall, strong and ripe.
"Who will help me reap this wheat?" asked the little red hen.
"Not I," said the dog.
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