Book
Chicken Little
by folk tale
- Published
- 1840
- Genre
- Folk Tale
- URL
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henny_Penny
Reading measures
- Suggested reading age
- ages 4–8
Henny Penny, more commonly known in the United States as Chicken Little and sometimes as Chicken Licken, is a European folk tale with a moral in the form of a cumulative tale about a chicken who believes the world is coming to an end. The phrase "The sky is falling!" featured prominently in the story, and has passed into the English language as a common idiom indicating a hysterical or mistaken belief that disaster is imminent. Versions of the story go back more than 25 centuries;[1] it continues to be referred to in a variety of media.
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AnimalsAnimals-Chickens/RoostersHysteriaIrrationalMediaSkyThomas Jefferson Education EarlyWorry