Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-02
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THE LITTLE RED HEN.

THE LITTLE RED HEN.
Once upon time there was a lit.
tie Red Hen who lived in a little
house in, the edge of the woods,
Away off in. the woods in another
little house lived the old Mother
Fox and the Young Fox. ntrThese
Foxes We're very fond of poultry, and
had often tried. to catch the little
Red, Hen, but they couldn't. But one
day the Young Fox said: Mother,
I'm going to catch the little Red
Hen today. : You have kettle Of
boiling water on when come home
tonight and We'll have her fof sup
per-" ss {.
"All right said HIS mother eYou
catch the little Red Hen and I'll see
that the waters hot" \, \,
SO the Young Fox. threw q bag
oyer his shoulder and started toward
the little Red Hens house. = s q
Wheg he got there and saw der at
work in her garden he was so pleas
edaluat 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 Icng
time. and finally went to the door
and raped. Now, there was living
with the little Red Hen a rat and
a cat. When they heard the knocl,
the little Red Hen said: who VIII
go to the door?"
The rat said. Il won't" and the
cat said, u won't.
II will, then" 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
a 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 he want
ed to show her little looking glass
he had in his pocket, and still she
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 pump, and he pounced on her,
popped her into his bag, tied up, the
bag, and, throwing it over his should
err, started off for home.
The day was hot and the road was
long and the Young Fox was tired.
| So when ne came to a COOL shady
| place he thought he would lie down
and take 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 hole In the bag and crawled
out Then she found stone about
as big as she was. She put that
into the bag, took out her needle
and 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.
ls:By and by he woke up, rubbed his
eyes and looked at the sun. why,
1 + !
ut must be getting late! Mother will
l.be worried about me. What good
Sleep Il: did have!" he said. PIebing
up the bag he started OFF for home
again. How heavy this little Rcd
Hen is! What good supper we
will have!" When he came in sight
Of his house he saw his mother
standing in the door watching, for
him. Hello, mother" he called, els
the. water hot?" quite hot, my SOM
Have you got the little Red HEMP"
Fright here in my bag" ~ he said. So
tbesiwent into the house, united the
neck Of the. bag, held it up oyer
fhe hot water and down pumped
the stone and. up went the hot water
filnds scalded them So badly that #
was several days before they were
well. After that they never troubled
the little Red Hen again.-Mrs..s AS
L. s. Aberdeen in. the Circle. '