The Brave Red Hen

                     The Brave Red Hen

Once upon a time, there was a red hen who lived on a farm.

 She was friends with a lazy fox, a sleepy cat .

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One day red hen found some grain of paddy on the ground. The red hen  had an idea. She would plant the grain . The red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me plant the grain ?"
"Not I," barked the lazy fox. .
"Not I," purred the sleepy cat .
"Then I will," said the red hen . So the red hen planted the grain all by herself.

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When the grain had grown, the red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me cut the paddy?" "Not I," barked the lazy fox.
"Not I," purred the sleepy cat .

"Then I will," said the red hen . So the red hen  cut the paddy all by herself.

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When all the paddy was cut, the red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me take the   to the mill  to be ground into flour ?" "Not I," barked the lazy fox.
"Not I," purred the sleepy cat .

"Then I will," said the red hen . So the  red hen  brought the paddy to the mill  all by herself, ground the paddy into flour , and carried the heavy sack  of flour  back to the farm .

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The tired red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me bake  the rice ?" "Not I," barked the lazy fox .
"Not I," purred the sleepy cat 
"Then I will," said the red hen . So the red hen  baked  the rice all by herself.

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When the rice  was finished, the tired  red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me eat  the rice ?" "I will," barked the lazy fox.
"I will," purred the sleepy cat .

"No!" said the red hen . "I will." And the red hen  ate  the rice all by herself.

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