The Little Mother Hen

Once upon a time a mother hen was planning on doing some home improvements.  She thought she would gather her chicks and see who could help.

She said "who will help me clean the boys room so we can paint it?"
"Not I" said Stacey, "Not I" said Dawn, "Not I" said Ryan, "Not I" said Matt, "Not I" said Zach.
"Okay, I will do it myself" said the mother. And so she did.

After the cleaning was done, the mother gathered her chicks again and asked "who will help me move the furniture into the middle so we can paint the boys room"?
"Not I" said Stacey, "Not I" said Dawn, "Not I" said Ryan, "Not I" said Matt, "Not I" said Zach.
"Okay, I will do it myself" said the mother. And she did.


With the furniture all moved into the middle of the room, she again gathered her chicks together and asked "who will help me wash the walls down so we can paint the boys room?"
"Not I" said Stacey, "Not I" said Dawn, "Not I" said Ryan, "Not I" said Matt, "Not I" said Zach.
"Okay, I will do it myself" said the mother. And she did.

Once the walls dried the family was all together so the mother again asked "who will help me tape up the walls so that we can paint the boys room?"
"Not I" said Stacey, "Not I" said Dawn, "Not I" said Ryan, "Not I" said Matt, "Not I" said Zach.
"Okay, I will do it myself" said the mother. And she did.

Without disturbing the video game playing chicks, the mother hen went ahead and started the actual painting in the boys' bedroom.  One of the chicks made his way in
to see what his mother was doing now.  (and to ask her what was for lunch)  "I am painting your room, my Dear and thought I had some little chicks who wanted to help"  "I will" said Matt, "I will, said Stacey, "I will", said Ryan, "I will", said Dawn, "I will" said Zach.


No, I will paint it myself!  And so she did!  It is done, the room is painted (and I even let a few of the chicks paint a little after I did all the work)

To quote Zach when I asked how he liked the new color he said "Ryan and I think it is HIDIOUS!"  They are a little sad that we had to paint over the dinosaur footprints.  I was a little sad too but the room looks fresh and neutral.