Barnyard survival

Once upon a time, there was a Little Blue Rooster who saw that his barnyard had run out of bread and that the farmer had become too tired and penniless, after years of "excessive exuberance," to provide his animals with any more. The Little Blue Rooster knew that all the animals were going to starve to death unless they got together, put aside their differences, and learned to make and bake their own bread, all by themselves. So he and his advisers found some wheat out in the fields and threshed it themselves.

When the wheat was threshed, the Little Blue Rooster said, "Who will help me take this wheat to the mill?"
"Not I," said every single Republican in the House.
"Not I," said 38 out of 41 Republicans in the Senate.
"Not I," said the Limbaugh Bird, and I'll kill any Republican who tries to help.
"We will," said the Little Blue Rooster's fellow Democrats.
"Then it's just us who will do it," said the Little Blue Rooster. And the Democrats did.

They carried the wheat to the mill and had it ground into flour. Then the Little Blue Rooster said, "Who will help me make this flour into bread?"
"Not I," said every single Republican in the House.
"Not I," said 38 out of 41 Republicans in the Senate.
"Not I," said the Limbaugh Bird, and I'll kill any Republican who tries to help.
"We will," said the Little Blue Rooster's fellow Democrats.
"Then it's just us who will do it," said the Little Blue Rooster. And the Democrats did.

They made big loaves of bread and baked the loaves until they were hot and brown and fluffy and wonderful to smell. Then the Little Blue Rooster said, "Who will help me eat this wonderful bread, and join me in taking all the credit for saving the barnyard?"
"Oh! We will," said all the House Republicans.
"And we will," said all the Senate Republicans
"Hrmph, I will;" said the Limbaugh Bird, puffing his feathers up so he looked extra fat and pompous, "actually, it was my idea to begin with."

"No, No!" said the Little Blue Rooster. "Me and my Democrats will also do that all by ourselves."

And they did.