A Humorous but Truthful Look at Building Zion--Let Someone Else Do it!

 What is One Reason why Zion has not been built?

Once upon a time, there was a little red hen who lived on a farm. She was friends with a lazy dog, a sleepy cat, and a noisy yellow duck.  One day the little red hen found some seeds on the ground. The little red hen had an idea. She would plant the seeds.

The little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me plant the seeds?"  "Not I," barked the lazy dog. "Not I," purred the sleepy cat. "Not I," quacked the noisy yellow duck. "Then I will," said the little red hen.  So the little red hen planted the seeds all by herself.

 

When the seeds had grown, the little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me cut the wheat?"  "Not I," barked the lazy dog. "Not I," purred the sleepy cat. "Not I," quacked the noisy yellow duck.  "Then I will," said the little red hen.  So the little red hen cut the wheat all by herself.

 

When all the wheat was cut, the little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me take the wheat to the mill to be ground into flour?" "Not I," barked the lazy dog. "Not I," purred the sleepy cat. "Not I," quacked the noisy yellow duck. "Then I will," said the little red hen.  So the little red hen brought the wheat to the mill all by herself, ground the wheat into flour, and carried the heavy sack of flour back to the farm. 

 

The tired little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me bake the bread?"  "Not I," barked the lazy dog. "Not I," purred the sleepy cat. "Not I," quacked the noisy yellow duck.  "Then I will," said the little red hen. So the little red hen baked the bread all by herself. 

 

When the bread was finished, the tired little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me eat the bread?"  "I will," barked the lazy dog. "I will," purred the sleepy cat. "I will," quacked the noisy yellow duck.

 

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

 

 

The Zion moral of this story is, people were and have been busy with their own lives and were thinking that somebody else or a big organization would build Zion.   In order for all to partake of Zion, we all need to do it together.