The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the cake she makes from it.

While his wife is away, a lazy man relies on a pooka to clean up the messes that he and his friends make.

A poor Japanese woman maneuvers events to change the lazy habits of her son.

"A timely retelling plays off "The Little Red Hen" with an environmental slant. On top of a hill, inside an old and very fruitful apple tree, lives Little Green Hen. She prunes the tree's branches, rids it of pests, and sows its seeds so that more trees will grow. But soon the work proves too much, and Little Green Hen seeks some help. Dog (who loves sticks), Sparrow (who loves bugs), and Squirrel (who loves burying things) are glad to pitch in....

Gram is ailing and Ninny Nanny, too lazy to care for their simple needs, says she'll catch a leprechaun to discover his hidden gold. Gram thinks it won't work--but does it?

The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or gind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the bread she makes from it.

Not wanting to go to school because there is so much to do all of the time, Junior boards the boat of some lazy pirates who help him see that school is important, even for those who do nothing but eat, sleep, and play all day.

When Xiaolong devises a way to capture the thief who breaks into his family's home, all the people in the Chinese village change their minds about the "lazy" boy.

The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything are bored, but when they discover that someone is reading the book they are in, they take off on an imaginary journey to distant places for zany adventures that wear them out.