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To: LindyBill who wrote (18261)	12/1/2003 11:00:11 AM
From: fred woodall	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793670

Fresh Bread American Style > >Once upon a time, on a farm in TEXAS, 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 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. >