Chicken Little, the sky isn’t falling!

Chicken Little, the sky isn’t falling!
(Image: Walt Disney Productions)
Simon Robertson
Chicken Little, also known as Chicken Licken and Henny Penny, is a folk tale with roots dating back centuries. A chicken believes the sky is falling after an acorn hits its head. The chicken spreads panic among other animals (Cocky Locky, Ducky Lucky, Drakey Lakey, Goosey Loosey and Turkey Lurkey), convincing them to warn the king. They encounter Foxy Loxy, who lures them into a trap, and the animals are all eaten. The modern interpretation is that it’s about fearmongering, gullibility, and how media misinformation spreads...

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