Why readers theater? It's great for motivating students who are a bit older but are behind grade level in reading. The Little Red Hen is a high-interest Reader's Theater script for 1st through 3rd grades (although I have done it with 4th graders). Students enjoy the antics of the hardworking Hen and the lazy Cat, Rat, and Pig!The story goes: the Little Red Hen finds a seed of wheat and asks for help planting it, but the Cat, the Rat, and the Pig all refuse. She goes through the same process with