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The Little Red Hen, a classic fable adapted by Daniel Hines. Today we'd like to say a special

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Hi, I'm Landon Wittsen and I host an episode of Who's Amazing Life, a Wondery podcast for kids

and families. In the plant doctor, you've always loved plants, but when you leave home and search

of new opportunities, you discover that your passion for bulbs and blooms can help others,

and maybe even change the world. Listen to the plant doctor and other incredible stories from

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The Little Red Hen, a fat, white, wriggling worm pushed up through the earth. It stretched its long

worm body in the sun of the Barnyard dirt and then it was quickly gobbled up by a little red hen.

Hmm, said the Little Red Hen, nothing starts the day off better than a fat, wriggling worm.

Ha, swear it's better than a cup of coffee. This was a morning tradition for the Little Red Hen.

Each day as the sun rose, she would climb out of her roost and scratch and peck in the dirt,

hunting for worms to feed her chicks. She continued on and soon found another worm,

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