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Mar 1, 2004 1:02AM PST

Once upon a time, on a farm in Arkansas, there was a little
red hen who
scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered quite a few
grains of
wheat.
She called all of her neighbors together 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 do it by myself," said the little red hen. And
so she did;
The wheat grew very 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 do it by myself," said the little red hen, and
so 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'm to be the only helper, that's discrimination," said
the goose.

"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen. She
baked five
loaves and held them up for all of her neighbors to see.

They wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share. But the
little red hen
said, "No, I shall eat all five loaves."

"Excess profits!" cried the cow.
"Capitalist leech!" screamed the duck.
"I demand equal rights!" yelled the goose.
The pig just grunted in disdain.

And they all painted "Unfair!" picket signs and marched
around and
around the little red hen, shouting obscenities.

Then a government agent came, he said to the little red hen,
"You must
not be so greedy."

"But I earned the bread," said the little red hen.

"Exactly," said the agent. "That is what makes our free
enterprise
system so wonderful. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as
much as he wants.
But under our modern government regulations, the productive
workers must divide
the fruits of their labor with those who are lazy and idle."

And they all lived happily ever after, including the little
red hen, who
smiled and clucked, "I am grateful, for now I truly
understand."

But her neighbors became quite disappointed in her. She
never again baked
bread because she joined the "party" and got her bread free.
And all the
Democrats smiled.. 'Fairness' had been established.
Individual initiative
had died but nobody noticed; perhaps no one cared, as long
as there was free
bread.

Bill Clinton is getting $12 million for his memoirs.
His wife Hillary got $8 million for hers.
That's $20 million for memories from two people who for
eight years repeatedly testified, under oath, that they
couldn't remember anything.

God Bless America!

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