Pierre Delye and Cécile Hudrisier revisit the tale of the Little Red Hen with great verve.

This is the story of a Little Red Hen: red of feather, red of crest and tender of heart. One day, she finds some wheat and decides to plant it. She doesn't like to work alone, so she asks her three friends Duck, Cat, and Pig to help. But they're all already busy reading, sunbathing, or resting. All day long, the little hen keeps asking them for help. But the answer is always the same. There's no time! And so our hen mows, harvests, gathers, and gets on with her work—all on her own, all day long! As her anger mounts, she devises a plan to punish her three lazy friends...