Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18
THE LITTLE RED HEN

n NCE upon a time there was a
little Red Hen who lived in
" little house in the edge of the
woods. Away off in the woods in an
other little house lived the old Mother
were very fond of poultry and had
often tried to catch the little Red Hen,
| they couldn't. But one day the
Young Fox said: Mother, I'm going
to catch the little Red Hen today.
You have a kettle of boiling water on
when L come home tonight and we'n
lave her for supper "All right" said
his mother You catch the little Red
Hen and I'll see that the waters hot.
So the Young Fox threw bag over
his shoulder and started toward the
little Red Hens house.
When he got there and saw her at
work in her garden he was so pleased
that he sat down and laughed. When
the little Red Hen heard him laugh
she was so scared that she threw
down her hoe and ran to the house as
fast as she could, and shut and locked
the door behind her. The Young Fox
waited outside long time, and finally
went to the door and raped. Now,
there was living with the little Red
Hen Rat and a Cat. When they
heard the knock the little Red Hen
said, WHO will go to the door?" the
Rat said, Il won't" and the Cat said,
Il won't" 81 will, them" said the
little Red Hen; SO she went to the
door and opened it and there stood
the Young Fox. She was too much
frightened to shut the door, but turned
and ran into the front room and flew
up to picture on the wall, and there
she sat. The Young Fox tried to get
her to come down. He told her how
much he thought of her, how ne want
ed to show her a little looking glass
he had in his pocket, and stlll sne
would not move.
Then he ran round and round and
round after his tail until the little Red
Hen got so dizzy that she fell down
plump, and he pounced on her, popped
her into his bag, tied up the bag ana,
throwing it over his shoulder, started
off for home.
The day was hot and the road was
long and the Young Fox was tired. So
when he came to a cool, shady place
he thought he would lie down and take
a nap He threw the bag down beside
him and was soon fast asleep. AS soon
as the little Red Hen heard him snore
she took her little scissors out of her
pocket, shipped a hole in the bag and
craWled out. Then she found a stone
about as big as she was. % put that
into the bagt took out her needle ana
thread and sewed up the hole and then
away she ran for home as fast as her
little legs would carry her.
The Young Fox slept on and on. BY
and by he woke up, rubbed his eyes
and looked at the sun. why, it must
be getting late! Mother will be wor-
ried about me. What good sleep
did have" he said. Picking up the
bag he started off for home again.
How heavy this little Red Hen is!
What a good supper we will have!"
When he came in sight of his home he
saw his mother standing in the door
watching for him. Hello, mother"
he called, sis the water hot?" "Quite
hot, my son. Have you the little Red
HEMP" Fright here in my bag" he
said. So they went into the house,
united the neck of the bag, held 1t up
ever the hot water and down pumped
the stone and up went the hot water
and scalded them so badly that it was
several days before they were well.
After that, they never troubled the lit
tie Red Hen again.