. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Once upon a time, Little Red Hen decided to make some bread. "Who will help me plant the wheat," she asked. "I will," was the hearty reply of the watchdog. "But first I must be sure that your crop-growing procedures meet all the requirements of OSHA, EPA, FIFRA, XYZ, and all the ; Being a bureaucrat at heart, he busied himself with making endless inspections and filling out triplicate forms . . and never did find time to help until planting season was long gone. But the Little Red Hen was a reaUst
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Once upon a time, Little Red Hen decided to make some bread. "Who will help me plant the wheat," she asked. "I will," was the hearty reply of the watchdog. "But first I must be sure that your crop-growing procedures meet all the requirements of OSHA, EPA, FIFRA, XYZ, and all the ; Being a bureaucrat at heart, he busied himself with making endless inspections and filling out triplicate forms . . and never did find time to help until planting season was long gone. But the Little Red Hen was a reaUst, and resolved at the appropriate time, "All right, 1 shall plant the ; And she did. The wheat grew beautifully, and when it had turned a rich golden color, the Little Red Hen said, "Who wiU help me harvest the wheat?" "I will," enthusiastically replied the pig. But he was in the habit of chiseling on the food-stamp program . . making verbal state- ments and filing forms shot through with falsehoods. The strain and sweat of the harvest was not for him. The Little Red Hen . . knowing that time, tide, and harvest wait for nobody . . said, "Then I will harvest the ; And she did. With a bountiful harvest in the bin, the Little Red Hen asked, "Who will help me grind the flour and bake the bread?" "I will," quoth the rooster. But he was a barnyard politician . . full of loud crowing and bragging, invariably promising far more than he could accompHsh. And that is the way this promise turned out to be . . one part good intentions to two parts hot air. The Little Red Hen, knowing that bread is created by neither rhetoric nor regulation, said firmly, "Then I shall do the ; And she did. When the hot loaves of heavenly-smelling bread came from the oven, the Little Red Hen was approached by the watchdog, the pig, and the rooster. She looked them straight in the eye and told them that she had been offered 2
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