The Little Red Hen

Little Red Hen : Reader's Theater Script

 

Characters:

Narrator:

Little Red Hen:

Cow:

Pig:

Dog:

Setting A farm

Scene I.

Narrator: The Little Red Hen found a sack of wheat seed and rushed to tell her friends. Perhaps they would help her plant the seeds.

Little Red Hen: "Cow, will you help me plant my seeds?"

Cow: "Not I, not I. It is too hot to do such work."

Little Red Hen: "Pig, will you help me plant my seeds?"

Pig: "Not I, not I. it is too hot to do such work."

Little Red Hen: "Dog, will you help me plant my seeds."

Dog: "Not I, not I. It is too hot to do such work."

Narrator: So the Little Red Hen planted the seeds all by herself.

Scene II.

Narrator: Several weeks went by and the seeds began to grow. The Little Red Hen decided to ask her friends to help her tend and weed the garden.

Little Red Hen: "Cow, will you help me weed the garden?"

Cow "Not I, not I. The shade is too cool to leave."

Little Red Hen: "Pig, will you help me weed the garden?"

Pig: "Not I, not I. The mud is too cool to leave."

Little Red Hen" "Dog, will you help me weed the garden?"

Dog: "Not I, not I. The doghouse is too cool to leave."

Narrator: So the Little Red Hen weeded and tended the garden all by herself.

Scene III

Narrator: As the weeks went by, the sun ripened the wheat until it was ready to harvest. So the Little Red Hen decided to ask her friends to help her harvest the wheat.

Little Red Hen" "Cow, will you help me harvest the wheat?"

Cow: "Not I, not I. It is too hot today."

Little Red Hen" "Pig, will you help me harvest the wheat?"

Pig: "Not I, not I. It is too hot today."

Little Red Hen: "Dog, will you help me harvest the wheat?"

Dog: "Not I, not I. It is too hot today."

Narrator: Once again the Little Red Hen had to do all the work herself. She harvested the wheat. When she was finished, she asked her friends to help her grind the wheat into flour.

Little Red Hen: "Cow, will you help me grind the wheat into flour?"

Cow: "Not I, not I. It is too close to milking time."

Little Red Hen: "Pig, will you help me grind the wheat into flour?"

Pig: "Not I, not I. It is too close to supper time."

Little Red Hen: "Dog, will you help me grind the wheat into flour?"

Dog: "Not I, not I. It is too close to supper time."

Narrator: So the Little Red Hen ground the wheat into flour all by herself.

Scene IV. The next day

Narrator: The Little Red Hen decided to bake her flour into bread. She decided to give her friends another chance to help her.

Little Red Hen: "Cow, will you help me bake this flour into bread?"

Cow: "Not I, not I. It is too hot to bake."

Little Red Hen: "Pig, will you help me bake this flour into bread?"

Pig: "Not I, not I. It is too hot to bake."

Little Red Hen: "Dog, will you help me bake this flour into bread?"

Dog: "Not I, not I. It is too hot to bake."

Narrator: The Little Red Hen baked the bread all by herself. When it was done, she let it cool for awhile. Before she knew it, the time came to cut and eat the bread. Looking around, she didn't see anyone.

Little Red Hen: "Hum, I wonder who will help me eat this bread?"

Cow: (rushing up) "I will!"

Pig: (rushing up) "I will!"

Dog: (rushing up) "I will!"

Little Red Hen: "No, you won't. I did all the work. I get the rewards of that work...this bread."

(The cow, the pig, and the dog all hang their heads.)

Narrator: The Little Red Hen enjoyed the rewards of her hard work very much.

The End