Conversations with Søren: My Little Realist

Søren has heard me tell him the fable of The Little Red Hen many, many times. In fact, there is a play of the fable happening next weekend that we are planning to attend. In light of this, when I saw a retelling of the story at the library today, I checked it out.

We came home and Søren requested it as his before nap story. As I was reading, it turns out the Hen is planning to bake a cake rather than bread. Søren turns to me and asked "Mama, how would a chicken know how to bake a cake?" like it was totally unrealistic for the author to suggest such a thing.

"That is a very good question," I said, while amused that the hen baking bread never raised suspicion. Perhaps the way is was retold made it less obvious that it was intended as a fable, and so Søren was less accepting of the silliness, who knows, but this apple has not fallen far from the tree.