Editing The Wise Little Hen (section)

== Analysis ==
Dr. Tracey Mollet suggests that the short's narrative reflects the economic reality of the time, [[Great Depression|the Great Depression]], and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|President Roosevelt's]] efforts to bolster the agricultural sector. Mollet surmises that Peter Pig and Donald Duck's actions, not helping to cultivate and harvest crops, is a rejection of "early [[New Deal]] policy of self-sufficiency in farming".<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Mollet |first=Tracey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NcyDwAAQBAJ |title=Cartoons in Hard Times - The Animated Shorts of Disney and Warner Brothers in Depression and War 1932-1945 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |year=2017 |isbn=9781501328770 |pages=27–30, 60 |language=en |access-date=March 27, 2023}}</ref> The short reinforces the belief in New Deal policy by having Donald and Peter pay a consequence for their [[rugged individualism]] by being fed castor oil as the Hen and her chicks eat their crops.<ref name=":0" /> The featured song also draws upon contemporary elements as it references the "harsh weather [that] had antagonized the crises in the rural sector" across the 1933-1934 winter as the Hen seeks to grow corn "so she is 'not left short when winter comes again'".<ref name=":0" /> The short's end reinforces the "self-sufficiency of the hen" in contrast to "Donald and Peter's laziness [which] is punished as they are left hungry".<ref name=":0" />