WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:04.460 One morning, the little red hen found a 2 00:00:04.460 --> 00:00:06.660 few grains of wheat beside the garden gate. 3 00:00:07.340 --> 00:00:10.140 She gathered them into her basket. Cat was 4 00:00:10.140 --> 00:00:12.620 stretching beneath the pear tree, and Duck was 5 00:00:12.620 --> 00:00:15.440 splashing in a puddle. Hen held up a 6 00:00:15.440 --> 00:00:18.060 grain. 'If we plant these,' she said, 'we 7 00:00:18.060 --> 00:00:19.620 can grow wheat and make bread.' 8 00:00:21.245 --> 00:00:23.305 Hen asked, 'Who will help me plant them?' 9 00:00:23.445 --> 00:00:26.325 'Not I,' said Cat. 'This sunny spot is 10 00:00:26.325 --> 00:00:29.425 lovely.' 'Not I,' said Duck. 'I am having 11 00:00:29.425 --> 00:00:31.945 a splash.' Hen looked at the soft brown 12 00:00:31.945 --> 00:00:34.905 earth. 'Then I will begin.' She made little 13 00:00:34.905 --> 00:00:37.725 holes, placed the grains inside, and covered them 14 00:00:37.725 --> 00:00:40.785 gently. Last of all, she watered the ground. 15 00:00:42.500 --> 00:00:44.960 Rain fell, and the sun came out again. 16 00:00:45.780 --> 00:00:48.240 Soon, little green shoots pushed through the soil. 17 00:00:48.940 --> 00:00:51.760 Every day, Hen checked the patch. She pulled 18 00:00:51.760 --> 00:00:53.780 out weeds and brought water when the earth 19 00:00:53.780 --> 00:00:56.560 was dry. The shoots grew taller than her 20 00:00:56.560 --> 00:01:00.180 basket. At last, their tips turned golden and 21 00:01:00.180 --> 00:01:01.100 nodded in the breeze. 22 00:01:03.020 --> 00:01:05.660 Hen called to her friends. 'The wheat is 23 00:01:05.660 --> 00:01:08.240 ready. Will you help me gather it?' Cat 24 00:01:08.240 --> 00:01:11.640 rolled onto a warm stone. Duck was watching 25 00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:14.100 ripples in the water. Neither came to help. 26 00:01:14.800 --> 00:01:17.480 So Hen gathered the wheat herself. She rubbed 27 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:19.420 the ripe heads over a cloth until the 28 00:01:19.420 --> 00:01:22.480 little grains dropped out, pattering like gentle rain. 29 00:01:24.100 --> 00:01:26.620 In the kitchen, Hen poured the grains into 30 00:01:26.620 --> 00:01:29.080 her little hand mill. She turned the handle 31 00:01:29.080 --> 00:01:32.240 slowly. Round and round it went, with a 32 00:01:32.240 --> 00:01:36.000 soft rumbling sound. Pale flour fell into the 33 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:39.320 bowl below. Hen brushed a dusty feather against 34 00:01:39.320 --> 00:01:42.360 her cheek and smiled. Her basket of grains 35 00:01:42.360 --> 00:01:43.800 was becoming something new. 36 00:01:45.445 --> 00:01:47.925 Hen mixed the flour with water and yeast, 37 00:01:48.345 --> 00:01:51.085 then folded and pressed the dough. She left 38 00:01:51.085 --> 00:01:53.085 it in a bowl beneath a clean cloth. 39 00:01:53.705 --> 00:01:56.145 While she rested, it grew soft and puffy. 40 00:01:56.845 --> 00:01:58.465 Then she shaped a loaf and put it 41 00:01:58.465 --> 00:02:01.745 in the oven. Soon, the kitchen smelled warm 42 00:02:01.745 --> 00:02:05.505 and toasty. Even outside, Cat and Duck noticed. 43 00:02:07.275 --> 00:02:09.515 The loaf cooled on the table, its crust 44 00:02:09.515 --> 00:02:12.875 a beautiful golden brown. Cat and Duck hurried 45 00:02:12.875 --> 00:02:14.935 to the door. 'May we have some?' they 46 00:02:14.935 --> 00:02:18.675 asked. Hen shook her head kindly. 'I planted 47 00:02:18.675 --> 00:02:21.575 the wheat, gathered the grain, ground the flour, 48 00:02:21.855 --> 00:02:24.735 and baked this loaf. Today, I am going 49 00:02:24.735 --> 00:02:27.015 to enjoy it.' She sat down for a 50 00:02:27.015 --> 00:02:27.835 well-earned rest. 51 00:02:29.650 --> 00:02:32.270 The next morning, Cat came carrying the empty 52 00:02:32.270 --> 00:02:35.590 basket. Duck brought the water jug. 'May we 53 00:02:35.590 --> 00:02:38.390 help with the next patch?' asked Cat. Hen 54 00:02:38.390 --> 00:02:41.830 smiled and moved aside. Together, they planted a 55 00:02:41.830 --> 00:02:44.790 fresh row. There would be more watering, more 56 00:02:44.790 --> 00:02:47.670 waiting, and another loaf one day. But this 57 00:02:47.670 --> 00:02:50.110 time, the work had already begun with three 58 00:02:50.110 --> 00:02:50.790 willing friends.