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A hen, named Henny-penny, was picking up some
corn when something hit her on the head
o
She then assumed that the sky was falling, and decided
she needed to tell the king
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She kept going until she met Cocky-locky, who
asked her where she was going
o
Henny-penny responded that she was going to go
tell the king that the sky was falling
o
Cocky-locky asked to accompany her, and she agreed
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They went along until they ran into
Ducky-daddles, who again asked them where they were going
o
They told him, and then he asked to join them,
and they agreed
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They all went along until they ran into
Goosey-poosey, who again asked them where they were going
o
They told him, and then he asked to join them,
and they agreed
·
They all went along until they ran into
Turkey-lurkey, who again asked them where they were going
o
They told him, and then he asked to join them,
and they agreed
·
They all went along until they ran into
Foxy-woxy, who then asked them where they were going
·
Foxy-woxy excitedly informs them that they were
not going the correct way to the king, and he offers to show them the proper
way to go
o
They all agree and go together to tell the king
that the sky was falling
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They keep going until they come across a narrow
and dark hole, which is Foxy-woxy’s cave
o
Foxy-woxy reassures them that the king is on the
other side, and he leads the charge and expects them to follow
o
They all agree to go
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Turkey-lurkey goes first and doesn’t go far when
Foxy-woxy snaps off his head and throws his body over his left shoulder
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Goosey-poosey, Ducky-daddles, and Cocky-locky
follow in that order, and they all meet the same fate as Turkey-lurkey
·
However, Foxy-woxy had to kill Cocky-locky in
two bites since the first bite only hurt him
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Cocky-locky called out to Henny-penny after the
first bite and called out to Henny-penny, but the scared Henny-penny instead
ran home, so she didn’t tell the king that the sky was falling
Hen.
Bibliography: This story can be found here. Story source: English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1890).
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