American Stories: Chicken Little - March 09, 2023

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1. 0:00And now, an American children's story from VOA Learning English.
2. 0:09Today's story probably had its start long before it was published in Europe long ago.
3. 0:17It might have first been known as Henny Penny.
4. 0:21But the story has been told to American children
5. 0:26at least since the mid -1800s, under a title similar to Chicken Little.
6. 0:35Generations have heard and thought about the lessons of the little chicken who causes big problems
7. 0:43for a group of well-meaning but not so thoughtful birds.
8. 0:51Today's version is based on two examples of the story.
9. 0:56One is called Remarkable Story of Chicken Little.
10. 1:01John Green Chandler had it published in the city of Boston, Massachusetts in 1842.
11. 1:10Katherine Pyle published her 1918 version in Mother's Nursery Tales.
12. 1:20The story has taken on its own American qualities and is a little like a parable,
13. 1:27a story that teaches a moral lesson.
14. 1:31Later retellings, including a few movie versions,
15. 1:36have made changes to some of the characters or aimed to teach different ideas.
16. 1:44Here is the story Chicken Little in VOA Learning English.
17. 1:52One day Chicken Little fell asleep under some flowers.
18. 1:58Cow wandered by, reached over the fence, and bit off some flowers.
19. 2:06The noise wakened chicken little, just as a flower petal fell on her tail.
20. 2:14Squawk, squawk, cried chicken little, frightened by the petal's landing.
21. 2:20The sky is falling, she continued,
22. 2:24her call rising louder with her terror.
23. 2:29Squawk, squawk!
24. 2:31And she jumped up and began to run.
25. 2:35moving as fast as her two legs could carry her.
26. 2:40She did not stop running until she came to the barnyard.
27. 2:46There she found Henny Penny scratching in the dirt of the barnyard.
28. 2:53Oh, Henny Penny, do not scratch.
29. 2:57Run! cried Chicken Little.
30. 3:00The sky is falling.
31. 3:03The scratching stopped.
32. 3:06Then Hen called out, How do you know that, Chicken Little?
33. 3:11I saw it with my eyes, I heard it with my ears, and part of it fell on my tail.
34. 3:19Let us run until we get someplace."
35. 3:24Squawk, squawk, cried Hen in return, a look of shock on her face.
36. 3:32Then run she did, speeding away from the barnyard.
37. 3:37Chicken Little followed close behind.
38. 3:42They almost ran right past the little lake, just as Ducky Lucky was going in for a swim.
39. 3:52Oh, ducky-lucky, ducky-lucky, do not try to swim!
40. 3:57cried Henny-Penny.
41. 4:00The sky is falling.
42. 4:03Seriously, Henny-Penny?
43. 4:05Why do you think that?
44. 4:07asked Ducky-Lucky.
45. 4:10Chicken Little told me.
46. 4:13How do you know the sky is falling, Chicken Little?
47. 4:17I saw it with my eyes, I heard it with my ears, and part of it fell on my tail.
48. 4:26Oh, let us run, until we get some place."
49. 4:31Ducky Lucky was persuaded.
50. 4:35Yes, we had better run, he yelled, and the three took off,
51. 4:42Ducky Lucky waddling faster than he ever had before.
52. 4:47The birds ran and ran until they came to a green meadow,
53. 4:54and there was Goosey Lucy eating the green grass.
54. 5:00Oh, Goosey Loosey, Goosey Loosey, Do not eat, run!
55. 5:07cried Ducky Lucky.
56. 5:09Why should I run?
57. 5:11asked Goosey Loosey.
58. 5:14Because the sky is falling.
59. 5:17How do you know that, Ducky Lucky?
60. 5:21Henny Penny told me.
61. 5:24How do you know that, Henny Penny?
62. 5:26Chicken Little told me.
63. 5:30How do you know that, Chicken Little?
64. 5:33Because I saw it with my eyes, And heard it with my ears, And part of it fell on my tail.
65. 5:42O, let us run some place.
66. 5:46Yes, we had better run, cried Goosey Lucy.
67. 5:51away they all ran, Goosey Lucy in the lead,
68. 5:57and they ran and ran until they came to the turkey-yard,
69. 6:03and there was turkey-lurkey strutting and gobbling.
70. 6:09O turkey-lurkey, do not strut!
71. 6:13cried Goosey Lucy.
72. 6:15Why should I not strut?
73. 6:18asked Turkey-Lurkey.
74. 6:21Because the sky is falling.
75. 6:24How do you know it is?
76. 6:27Ducky-Lucky told me.
77. 6:30How do you know, Ducky-Lucky?
78. 6:33Henny-Penny told me.
79. 6:36How do you know, Henny-Penny?
80. 6:39Chicken-Little told me.
81. 6:42Chicken Little, how do you know this for a fact?
82. 6:48I could not help knowing.
83. 6:50I saw it with my eyes, I heard it with my ears, and a part of it fell on my tail.
84. 6:58O, let us run until we get some place."
85. 7:03Yes, it would be best to run, said Turkey Lurky.
86. 7:09So away they all ran, first Turkey Lurky, and then Goosey Lucy, and then Ducky Lucky,
87. 7:17and then Henny Penny, and then Chicken Little.
88. 7:23They ran and ran until they came to Foxy Loxie's house.
89. 7:30Foxy Loxy was resting,
90. 7:34spread out across the doorway.
91. 7:37She kept yawning, opening her mouth wide so that all her sharp teeth showed.
92. 7:47But her mouth snapped shut at the sudden arrival of the frightened birds.
93. 7:53turkey-lurkey and goosey-loosey and ducky-lucky and henny-penny
94. 7:59and chicken-little.
95. 8:03Her eyes softened and her ears stood up.
96. 8:08She was so very happy to see them all and smiled sweetly.
97. 8:15Well, well, the fox said.
98. 8:19What brings you all here?"
99. 8:22Foxy-loxy, prevent yourself from yawning, cried the old turkey-lurky.
100. 8:29Indeed, the sky is falling.
101. 8:33How do you know that, turkey-lurky?
102. 8:36asked the fox.
103. 8:38Goosey-loosey informed me.
104. 8:41How do you know that, Goosey Loosey?
105. 8:45Ducky Lucky told me.
106. 8:48How do you know that, Ducky Lucky?
107. 8:51Henny Penny told me.
108. 8:54How do you know that, Henny Penny?
109. 8:57Chicken Little. How do you know that, Chicken Little?
110. 9:02I could not help knowing, for I saw it with my eyes, and I heard it with my ears,
111. 9:10and part of it fell on my tail.
112. 9:13Oh, where shall we run?
113. 9:16We ought to go some place."
114. 9:20"'Well,' said the fox, "'you come right into my house,
115. 9:24and I will protect you and take such good care of you that even if the sky falls
116. 9:32you will not know anything about it.
117. 9:36So in ran turkey-lurkey,
118. 9:40and goosey-loosey, and ducky-lucky, and henny-penny, and chicken-little.
119. 9:49Foxy-loxy waited for a while, and then shut the door firmly behind her.
120. 10:03She would not care of them all.
121. 10:08And maybe she did.
122. 10:11But no one ever saw Chicken Little or her friends again.