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Chicken little2/28/2024 ![]() The birds ran and ran until they came to a green meadow, and there was Goosey Loose eating the green grass. Oh, let us run until we get some place.”Īnd the three took off, Ducky Lucky waddling faster than he ever had before. “I saw it with my eyes, I heard it with my ears, and part of it fell on my tail. “How do you know the sky is falling, Chicken Little?” ![]() “Seriously, Henny Penny? Why do you think that?” asked Ducky Lucky. “Oh, Ducky Lucky! Ducky Lucky! Do not try to swim,” cried Henny Penny. They almost ran right past the little lake, just as Ducky Lucky was going in for a swim. Then, run she did, speeding away from the barnyard. “Squawk! Squawk,” cried Hen in return, a look of shock on her face. Then Hen called out: “How do you know that, Chicken Little?” “Oh, Henny Penny, do not scratch-run!” cried Chicken Little. There, she found Henny Penny scratching in the dirt of the barnyard. She did not stop running until she came to the barnyard. “Squawk! Squawk!”Īnd, she jumped up and began to run, moving as fast as her two legs would carry her. “The sky is falling,” she continued, her call rising louder with her terror. "Squawk! Squawk!” cried Chicken Little, frightened by the petal’s landing. The noise wakened Chicken Little just as a flower petal fell on her tail. One day, Chicken Little fell asleep under some flowers.Ĭow wandered by, reached over the fence and bit off some flowers. Here is the story Chicken Little in VOA Learning English. Later retellings including a few movie versions have made changes to some of the characters or aimed to teach different ideas. The story has taken on its own American qualities and is a little like a parable, a story that teaches a moral lesson. Katharine Pyle published her 1918 version in Mother’s Nursery Tales. John Green Chandler had it published in the city of Boston, Massachusetts in 1842. One is called Remarkable Story of Chicken Little. Today’s version is based on two examples of the story. Generations have heard and thought about the lessons of the little chicken who causes big problems for a group of well-meaning but not-so-thoughtful birds. It might have first been known as “Henny Penny.” But the story has been told to American children at least since the mid-1800s under a title similar to “Chicken Little.” Today’s story probably had its start long before it was published in Europe long ago. ![]() And now an American Children’s Story from VOA Learning English.
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