'Wheat' rings a bell. It's not Malvina Reynolds' 'The Little Red Hen' you're thinking of?
A little he found a grain of wheat
Said, This looks good enough to eat ...
But nobody will help her turn it into bread, so she refuses to let them have a bite when it's done -
"and that's why they call her red".
I can't remember more now but I've got it at home. Susanne