We’ve Lost the Little Red Hen
Sep 7, 2007 Politics
The two-and-a-half-year-old son of one of my favorite columnists, Bob Lonsberry, brought home one of Bob’s favorite pieces of literature from the library the other day: “The Little Red Hen.” But he was a little disturbed by what he found inside:
If you don’t produce, you don’t consume. If you can’t work to provide your bread, you don’t get any bread.
I love it. It’s such a true and rational principle. If you don’t work, you don’t eat. By the sweat of their brow they shall eat their bread.
The little red hen is my hero, and “The Little Red Hen†is one of my favorite pieces of literature. So I was excited last night to see that Jack had brought “The Little Red Hen†home with him from the library.
Except it looked different.
There was a subtitle.
“The Little Red Hen Makes A Pizza.â€
That’s curious.
The title wasn’t the only thing that changed. Have a look.
