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Today we're going to read The Little Red Hen, written and illustrated by Margot Zemach.

Once upon a time a little red hen lived with her chicks in a small cottage. She worked hard to keep her family well fed. In the evenings, she sang while she worked.

One day when the little red hen was out walking with her friends, the goose, the cat, and the pig, she found a few grains of wheat. "Who will plant this wheat?" she asked her friends, the goose, the cat and the pig. "Not I," said the goose. "Not I," said the cat. "Not I," said the pig.

"Then I'll do it myself," said the little red hen. And she did.

One morning the little red hen saw that the green wheat had sprouted. "Oh, come and see the green wheat growing!" she called to her chicks.

All summer the wheat grew taller and taller. It turned from green to gold, and at last it was time for the wheat to be harvested. "Who will harvest this wheat?" she asked her friends, the goose, the cat and the pig. "Not I," said the goose. "Not I," said the cat. "Not I," said the pig.

"Then I'll do it myself," said the little red hen. And she did.

At last the wheat was all cut down and it was time for it to be threshed. "Who will thresh this wheat?" she asked her friends, the goose, the cat and the pig. "Not I," said the goose. "Not I," said the cat. "Not I," said the pig.

"Then I'll do it myself," said the little red hen. And she did. At last the wheat was threshed, and the little red hen poured the golden grains into a large sack, ready to take mill to be ground into flour.

The next morning the little red hen asked her friends, the goose, the cat and the pig, "Who will take this wheat to the mill to be ground into flour?" "Not I," said the goose. "Not I," said the cat. "Not I," said the pig.

"Then I'll do it myself," said the little red hen. And she did.

The next day the little red hen asked her friends, the goose, the cat and the pig, "Who will bake this flour into a lovely loaf of bread?" "Not I," said the goose. "Not I," said the cat. "Not I," said the pig.

"Then I'll do it myself," said the little red hen. And she did.

At last the bread was baked and the little red hen called to her friends, the goose, the cat and the pig, "Who will eat this lovely loaf of bread?" "I will!" said the goose. "I will!" said the cat. "I will!" said the pig.

"Oh no you won't!" said the little red hen. "I found the wheat and I planted it. I watched the wheat grow, and when it was time I harvested it and threshed it and took it to the mill to be ground into flour, and at last I've baked this lovely loaf of bread."

"Now," said the little red hen, "I'm going to eat it myself." And she did!

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