Pre-Kinder Lambs

The Little Red Hen.

The Little Red Hen is an English folktale that has been passed on from storyteller to storyteller for many generations before it was written down. A writer and expert on English folklore by the name of Joseph Jacobs is believed to have been the first to write and publish the story in the late nineteenth century. Many other writers and artists have recorded various versions of the story.

In all versions, the little red hen is a hard working character. Most of the versions have a lazy cat, but depending on the storyteller or writer the other characters may be a mouse, a dog, a goose, a duck, a cow or a horse. Sometimes these characters are dozing off, sleeping or just playing. Sometimes the hen bakes bread, or a cake, and yes in one version the hen bakes a pizza! The animals don't want to help and the hen does not share what she has baked, well, with one exception.