The Little Red Hen

This is the Little Red Hen. Her name is Jen, or Jen the Hen.

Jen the Hen has three little chickens. They are small. They are yellow. They are very, very nice.

Jen the Hen and her three chickens live in a little house in the forest.

Jen the Hen has three friends. They are a cat, a dog, and a duck. The cat's name is Pam, or Pam the Cat. She is grey. Her eyes are green. Her tail is long. She is a big, fat cat.

The dog's name is Tug, or Tug the Dog. She is black and white. Her eyes are brown. Her ears are long. Her tail is short and funny. She is a big dog.

The duck's name is Chuck, or Chuck the Duck. She is brown. Her tail is very short. She is a big, fat duck.

Jen the Hen has five seeds. She is counting the seeds now: "One, two, three, four, five. I have five seeds."

"Help me to plant the seeds, please," she says to her friends.

Pam the Cat says, "I don't want to help you. I want to play with a mouse."

Tug the Dog says, "I don't want to help you. I want to play, too."

Chuck the Duck says, "I don't want to help you. I want to swim."

"Can you help me to plant the seeds?" Jen the Hen says to her little chickens. "Yes, we can," they say.

Pam the Cat is not working now. She is playing with a mouse. Tug the Dog is not working. She is playing with a ball. Chuck the Duck is not working. She is swimming.

Jen the Hen and her little chickens are working now. They are planting the seeds.

Jen the Hen says to her friends, "Help me to make bread."

"We don't want to make bread. We want to sleep," they say.

Now Jen the Hen is making bread, and her little chickens are helping her.

"Do you want to help me to eat the bread?" says Jen the Hen.

"Yes, I do," says Pam the Cat. "I am hungry."

"Yes, I do," says Tug the Dog. "I am hungry, too."

"Yes, I do," says Chuck the Duck. "I am very hungry."

"Yes, we do," say the chickens. "We are very hungry, too."

"But now I don't want to give you the bread," Jen the Hen says to Pam the Cat, Tug the Dog, and Chuck the Duck. "I want to give the bread to my little chickens. They are nice and kind. They always help me."