January 21, 2012—SnyderTalk Editorial: The Little Red Hen

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When I was a young boy, the Little Golden Books version of The Little Red Hen was one of my two favorite bedtime stories.  My mother read it to me so often that it was tattered and torn.  My other favorite was The Little Engine that Could.  Those simple books helped to shape my life at an early age, and I am thankful that my mother was wise enough to fill my mind with thoughts of doing things and never giving up.  To this day, the principles that I learned from those books influence my thinking and for a good reason: they work.  The Bible is the only other book to have had a greater influence on my life.  I’m thankful that my mother introduced me to it as well.

Today is South Carolina’s GOP primary, and the process of deciding who will lead this nation in 2012 is well underway.  I think it’s an appropriate time to share President Ronald Reagan’s version of The Little Red Hen.  I was just beginning my doctoral program when I first heard President Reagan deliver his version to a radio audience.  It reintroduced those tried-and-true principles to me at a time when I was studying business and economics and preparing to teach college students how to compete successfully in a free enterprise system.

Below is President Reagan’s version of The Little Red Hen.  I hope you enjoy it and that it will influence your thinking about the importance of returning to our roots as a nation:

Once upon a time there was a little red hen who scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered some grains of wheat. She called her neighbors 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,” said the little red hen. And she did.

The wheat grew 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,” said the little red hen, and she did.

At last the time came to bake the bread. “Who will help me bake 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,” said the little red hen.

She baked five loaves and held them up for the neighbors to see.  They all wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share. But the little red hen said, “No, I can eat the five loaves myself.”

“Excess profits,” cried the cow.

“Capitalist leech,” screamed the duck.

“I demand equal rights,” yelled the goose.

And the pig just grunted.

And they painted “UNFAIR!” picket signs and marched round and around the little red hen shouting obscenities.

When the government agent came, he said to the little red hen, “You must not be greedy.”

“But I earned the bread,” said the little red hen.

“Exactly,” said the agent. “That’s the wonderful free enterprise system. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But under our modern government regulations the productive workers must divide their products with the idle.”

And they lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who smiled and clucked, “I am grateful, I am grateful.” But her neighbors wondered why she never again baked any more bread.

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