"The Gigantic Turnip" or "The Enormous Turnip" is a cumulative Russian and Ukrainian fairy tale, collected in Arkhangelsk Governorate and published in 1863 by folklore researcher Alexander Afanasyev in his collection Russian Fairy Tales, a collection not strictly Russian, but which included stories from Ukraine and Belarus alongside Russian tales. The tale is also considered a Ukrainian fairy tale, well-known as adapted by Ivan Franko.

The Little Red Hen is an American fable first collected by Mary Mapes Dodge in St. Nicholas Magazine in 1874. The story is meant to teach children the importance of hard work and personal initiative.