The Little Red Hen (الدَّجَاجَةُ الحَمْرَاءُ) Vocabulary

Vocabulary terms and definitions covering key characters, places, and items from the Arabic text on page 25.

الدَّجَاجَةُ الحَمْرَاءُ (Ad-Dajajah Al-Hamra')

The Little Red Hen, the protagonist who carries the wheat, moves the flour, and brings the baked bread back to the farm.

القِطَّةُ (Al-Qittah)

The cat, one of the hen's friends who declines to help transport flour but volunteers to help eat the bread.

الفَأْرُ (Al-Fa'r)

The mouse, one of the hen's friends who refuses to assist with work but offers to help eat the bread.

الكَلْبُ (Al-Kalb)

The dog, one of the hen's friends who responds with "Not I" when asked for help.

الحِنْطَة (Al-Hintah)

Wheat, which the Little Red Hen carried to the miller to be ground into flour.

الطَّحَّان (At-Tahhan)

The miller, who ground the wheat and placed the flour into a sack.

المَزْرَعَة (Al-Mazra'ah)

The farm, the place to which the hen brought the bag of flour and the bread.

الطَّحِين (At-Tahin)

Flour, produced by grinding wheat, which the hen asked her friends to help transport to the baker.

الخَبَّاز (Al-Khabbaz)

The baker, who prepared and baked the bread from the flour.

الخُبْز (Al-Khubz)

Bread, baked by the baker and brought back to the farm.