By and by, Chicken-Little stopped to rest under a tree. An acorn fell from the tree and struck her on the head.

The acorn struck very, very hard. Poor, foolish Chicken-Little thought that a piece of the sky had fallen.

She did not look up to see if it were true. She started off to tell the king about it.

On the way she met Henny-Penny.

"Where are you going

so fast?" said Henny

Penny.

"Oh!" said Chicken

Little, "a piece of the sky has fallen. It struck my head. Now I am going to tell the king."

"I will go with you, Chicken-Little," said Henny-Penny; and on went the two.

Soon they met Cocky

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going so fast?" said

Cocky-Locky.

"Oh!" said Henny-Penny, "Chicken

Little says a piece of the sky has fallen.

It struck her head. We are going to tell

the king."

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"I will go with you," said Cocky-Locky;

and on went the three.

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By and by they met

Ducky-Daddles. "Where

are you all going?" said Ducky-Daddles.

"Oh, oh!" said Cocky-Locky, "a piece

of the sky has fallen. It struck ChickenLittle on the head. We are going to tell the king."

"I will go with you, then," said DuckyDaddles; and on went the four.

On the way they met Goosey-Poosey.

"Where are you going?"

said fat Goosey-Poosey

to the four.

"Oh!" said Ducky

Daddles, "a piece of the sky has fallen.

It struck Chicken-Little on the head. We are going to tell the king."

"I will go with you," said GooseyPoosey; and on went the five.

By and by, they met

are you going?" said Tur

key-Lurky to the five.

"Oh, oh!" said Goosey-Poosey, "a piece

of the sky has fallen. It struck Chicken

Little on the head.

We are going to tell

the king."

"I will go with you," said TurkeyLurky; and on went the six.

At last they met Fox

Lox. "Where are you

all going so fast?" said.

Fox-Lox.

"Oh, oh!" said silly Turkey-Lurky, "a piece of sky has fallen. It struck Chicken-Little on the head. We are going to tell the king."

"Come with me," said Fox-Lox. "I will

show you the way." Then off the six went with Fox-Lox.