This sounds like the fable Little Red Hen. In that story all of the other animals leave when she asks for help in planting wheat, harvesting it, grinding it into flour and baking bread. No one wants to help then, but everyone volunteered to help eat the bread after the work is done The hen told all the other animals sorry, but no one wanted to help do the work so I'm not sharing my bread. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Red_Hen
