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One day Chicken Little was playing in the yard when, whack!, an acorn hit her on the head. “The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” she said. “I have to tell Cocky Locky.” “Cocky Locky! Cocky Locky! The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” Cocky Locky said, “It is? Well then, we have to tell Ducky Daddles!” “Ducky Daddles! Ducky Daddles! The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” Ducky Daddles said, “It is? Well then, we have to tell Goosey Poosey!” “Goosey Poosey! Goosey Poosey! The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” Goosey Poosey said, “It is? Well then, we have to tell Turkey Lurkey!” “Turkey Lurkey! Turkey Lurkey! The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” Turkey Lurkey said, “It is? Well then, we have to tell the king!” But on the way to tell the king, they met Foxy Woxy. “Foxy Woxy! Foxy Woxy! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! We have to tell the king!” Foxy Woxy said, “I can help! Follow me! I know a shortcut to the king. ” Foxy Woxy led Chicken Little, Cocky Locky, Ducky Daddles, Goosey Poosey, and Turkey Lurkey right to his den. He licked his lips and said, “Step inside to see the king.” “Tricky Foxy Woxy! The king is not in there!” they shouted and ran away as fast as they could. At last they arrived at the castle. “King! King! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! A piece of it fell on my head!” “The sky is not falling. An acorn fell on your head,” the king chuckled as he plucked the acorn from Chicken Little’s head. And so Turkey Lurkey, Goosey Poosey, Ducky Daddles, Cocky Locky, and Chicken Little went back home. “Whew! The sky is NOT falling!”

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The Story of Chicken Little: The Sky is Falling

© Written by Tasha Guenther and illustrated by Leanne Guenther
Fairy tale based on the original story first collected by Danish librarian Just Mathias Thiele.

There was once a big farm near a vast field, and here there lived a hen named Penny. She was great friends with everyone, and those who knew her gave her many names.

She was a tiny hen. The other chickens in the yard would tease her for her size. They often termed her “Chicken Little.” While Penny surprisingly loved this name, her favorite thing to be called was “Henny-Penny,” given to her by the other fowls that lived nearby. The rhyme was perfect, it was sweet, and she liked it very much.

One morning, as Henny-Penny was plucking worms in the henyard, an acorn dropped from a tree right onto her head! She had no idea what had hit her, however, and so she started shouting:

“The sky is falling! The sky is falling!”

She ran around in circles for a while, calmed herself, and then got right to waddling—she had to alert the king!

She waddled and waddled and waddled until she found her excellent friend Rooster-Booster.

“What’s the matter, Henny-Penny?” he asked.

“Oh, Rooster-Booster, the sky is falling! The sky is falling! And we must alert the king!” she cried.

“Oh, we must, we must!” he cried back.

Henny-Penny and Rooster-Booster waddled and waddled and waddled until they saw their wonderful pal Ducky-Chucky.

Now, Ducky-Chucky was basking in the sun near the pond’s edge when he noticed the two chickens fast-approaching.

“Henny-Penny, Rooster-Booster: hello! Fine day, isn’t it?” Ducky-Chucky giggled and splashed into the water.

“Oh, Ducky-Chucky, the sky is falling! The sky is falling! And we must alert the king!” Henny-Penny exclaimed.

“Oh, we must, we must!” Rooster-Booster chimed in.

Ducky-Chucky bounded from the pond and joined his friends immediately. As he shook his little webbed feet free of water, he felt the warm sun dry them quickly and wondered how the sky could fall on a warm summer’s day such as this one.

He looked at the concern on his friends’ faces, nevertheless, and shrugged his wonders away.

Henny-Penny, Rooster-Booster, and Ducky-Chucky waddled and waddled and waddled until they met up with the brawny Goosie-Brucie floating with ease at the other end of the pond.

“Oh, Goosie-Brucie,” Henny-Penny began, “the sky is falling! The sky is falling! We must alert the king!”

“Oh, we must, we must!” Rooster-Booster chimed in.

Ducky-Chucky looked back up at the blazing sun and again wondered how the sky could fall on a warm summer’s day such as this one.

Goosie-Brucie wanted to protect his fowl friends, and he wanted to join them on their journey to the nearby palace, but he had a question about the sky above.

“Henny-Penny…” he started. “How do you know the sky is falling?”

“Well, it fell right on my head!” she answered.

Goosie-Brucie puffed his chest feathers instantly and moved right along, shrugging his question away.

Henny-Penny, Rooster-Booster, Ducky-Chucky, and Goosie-Brucie waddled and waddled and waddled until they came to the farm fence. They noticed the eccentric Turkey-Perky pecking on the other side.

“Oh, Turkey-Perky, the sky is falling! The sky is falling! We must alert the king!” Henny-Penny squealed.

“Oh, we must, we must!” Rooster-Booster chimed in.

Again, Ducky-Chucky, now hot as ever and missing his pond, wondered how the sky could fall on a warm summer’s day such as this one.

Goosie-Brucie again asked aloud, “How do we know the sky is falling?”

“It fell right on my head, I say, I say!” Henny-Penny shouted in desperation.

Now, Turkey-Perky stopped pecking and turned to the group:

“Rooster-Booster, did you see the sky fall?”

“No, I did not,” the rooster replied quietly.

“And, Ducky-Chucky, you look strained: how are you feeling?” Turkey-Perky asked.

“Well, I am concerned, I am hot, and I wonder how the sky could be falling on such a beautiful day,” he replied.

“And Goosie-Brucie,” Turkey-Perky turned to the burly bird, “You do not see any sky falling, do you?”

“No, I do not,” the goose responded.

“Ha-ha! Well, then, I will come with you on your merry way, but we’ve all got some doubts, Penny!” the turkey said with glee. He was interested to see where this adventure would go.

Henny-Penny, Rooster-Booster, Ducky-Chucky, Goosie-Brucie, and Turkey-Perky waddled and waddled and waddled until they could see the palace just beyond the farmer’s field.

As they waddled over the last hill of the vast field, they saw a flash of reddish-brown before them. It was Mr. Fox!

None of the fowl friends had met this sly creature before, but they had heard rumors of his trickery and appetite. Henny-Penny and Rooster-Booster were oblivious, though, and desperate to keep moving. Ducky-Chucky suddenly shivered, forgetting the day’s heat, while Goosie-Brucie’s chest became even puffier; Turkey-Perky just stopped and smiled.

“Hello, hello, hello,” cooed the fox.

“Oh, Mr. Fox, the sky is falling! The sky is falling! We must alert the king!” Henny-Penny shouted.

“Oh, we must, we must!” Rooster-Booster chimed in. But the other birds stayed silent.

“Ah, yes, the sky is falling! And I know where the king is!” replied a delighted Mr. Fox. He licked his lips and gestured the birds to follow him past a large tree and back over the hill. 

Henny-Penny and Rooster-Booster began to waddle and waddle and waddle in the direction of Mr. Fox. Turkey-Perky whispered something to Ducky-Chucky and Goosie-Brucie, and then the three waddled closely behind the rest.

As Mr. Fox led Henny-Penny and Rooster-Booster into a hole in the hill just under the tree, Ducky-Chucky bounded into action. There was a small patch of water beside the opening, and the duck giggled with delight as he splashed his feet loudly.

Rooster-Booster and Mr. Fox re-emerged from the hole, suddenly distracted by all the quacking and splashing. Goosie-Brucie looked at Turkey-Perky, who gave him the signal, and stood right under the tree over the hole. The goose puffed his chest out as hard as he could muster and bumped the trunk, causing the tree to shake. Several acorns fell, covering the hole and hitting Mr. Fox, knocking him out cold. Turkey-Perky pecked and pecked and pecked up the acorns until there was just enough room for the tiny hen to escape out of the hole. “Chicken Little” indeed! By now, she had seen the acorns collapse and knew what had fallen on her head earlier.

Henny-Penny, Rooster-Booster, Ducky-Chucky, Goosie-Brucie, and Turkey-Perky waddled and waddled and waddled back home to safety. Henny-Penny hugged her fowl friends and kissed Turkey-Perky on the cheek, grateful that the fox had not eaten them—and that the world was not ending! Instead, they all lived happily ever after.

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My name is Tasha Guenther. I currently live in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, while I finish my Ph.D. in Cultural Studies with a concentration in digital cultures at McMaster University. I am an avid academic essay/book chapter writer, but I also enjoy writing short stories and non-fiction pieces. You can read more of my DLTKsCrafts work here!

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5 Is it true that the sky is collapsing?. . Mothers raising sons

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Is it true that the sky is collapsing?

First we raise dust, and then we say that nothing is visible.

Charles Berkeley

Chicken Little was an alarmist. We all know Aesop's popular fable about how an acorn fell on the Chicken's head, after which he went crazy. That is, not just a little worried or a little alarmed, but completely gone crazy. Not understanding what had happened, Chicken Little, on the basis of the bruise he received, decided that the heavens were falling to earth. It is clear that this state of affairs caused real stress in the Chicken, as a result of which he immediately went to the King to warn of the impending end of the world. nine0003

On the way, Chicken Little is joined by a number of other characters with strange names (Kud-Kuda, Cockerel-Golden Scallop, stubborn Goose-Crystal) and with an equally nervous character. At some point, they meet the cunning Sister Fox, who plots and (depending on the version of the story) gracefully implements an evil plan to eat them.

The moral of the story is that you don't have to believe everything you hear or read, so this tale is a great introduction to the subject. nine0003

The thing is, you've already made one mistake, and we haven't even started. "Chicken Little" is no Aesop's fable; moreover, the Chicken is not a chicken at all. This story originates in the folklore of Indian Buddhists, in the Jataka collection, where the chicken is a hare and the acorn is a mango. The fox is not there, but there is a wise lion, one of the incarnations of the Buddha, who returns the hare to the tree and points out his mistake, calming the rising panic.

I lied to you, but you bought it. See what's happening? I said, "We all know Aesop's popular fable about how an acorn fell on the Chicken's head..." and you believed me. This is very simple, since not many people know Aesop's fables or check the facts they read or hear. You can say anything about antiquities - and it will work. nine0003

The hidden meaning of the hare and mango Jataka is the need to use one's own beliefs and experience to draw conclusions, and not just blindly believe other people's words. The Buddha said (I'll paraphrase it a little): don't believe what you read, saw on the evening news, in a documentary on the Discovery Channel, heard from a teacher or a priest; Believe only when you yourself have checked and evaluated it.

Good advice, and parents should remember it.

And now let's take a look at what they say about the boys now, how they are doing, and most importantly, what the numbers say about them. nine0003

“Before the age of 21, boys die three times more often than girls”

Nonsense.

Sounds rather gloomy though.

Oddly enough, I heard this conclusion of a “specialist” in child rearing on TV while collecting materials for this chapter. Even I, the father of two sons, who knows everything that is possible on this subject, felt goosebumps running down my skin.

Then I caught myself in this reaction and calmed my nerves.

— How can they say that? I asked my wife. nine0003

“Yeah,” she replied.

— After all, this is completely useless and only frightens people.

- I know.

— To say that they die three times more often is meaningless.

- Of course.

— And what does this statistic have to do with those who raise sons in the real world?

“I know,” she repeated again. By this time, she had grown accustomed to my occasional outbursts of resentment about TV shows and had learned to simply nod her head in response until the anger that I had struggled to contain subsided. nine0003

Why did I call this statement nonsense?

It makes no sense, because it speaks of the general average level, while for parents their own child is much more important. It does not say that of any boy is three times more likely to die before age twenty-one, because that is not true. I believe that person (although this is just my guess, because his fears had no specific context) did a calculation, counting the number of boys who died from various causes, compared it with the number of girls who died from the same causes, and came up with the result, speaking against the boys. nine0003

Here you need to understand what this number means in practice. In my opinion, on a personal level, on the level of you and your son, such statistics are meaningless.

Let's turn to the main causes of death for boys and boys. Of course, the material is not very pleasant, and I will not dwell on it for a long time. However, we still need to look into this issue. I will be as brief as possible so that I can move on to more positive things as soon as possible.

Diseases and injuries are the main cause of death in children. When it comes to illness, there isn't much you can do other than the very basics - vaccinations and a healthy lifestyle. We can prevent accidents, but sometimes they happen despite all the precautions. nine0003

In most parts of the world, there are two main causes of death for young men: suicide and car accidents. We'll talk about cars later, but it's no surprise that boys are more likely to die in car crashes than girls, because male culture is more risky than female culture. Boys do more life-threatening things. So it was, and so it may always be. Risk is inherent in the very nature of boys (all over the world), and we will talk about this later.

This doesn't mean we shouldn't reduce the risks our sons face - we do, but we will never change the fact that boys are much more likely to commit dangerous acts than girls. nine0003

Suicide is another cause of death among young people, and studies around the world show that boys are more likely to die from it than girls. In New Zealand, for example, there are 3.2 boys for every girl who commits suicide. These are alarming statistics, but you can look at them differently. Since 1992, the suicide rate among boys in New Zealand has fallen by 24%. The same is happening in other countries, including Canada and the UK, where it fell by 28%. nine0003

Still, these numbers don't make sense, because if you live in London, Quebec, or Wellington, the overall decline in suicide rates means nothing to you. What matters is how your son feels, not how 90,057 of all 90,058 boys are doing.

If, instead of saying that your son was very likely to die before he was twenty-one, you would read about a 24% drop in suicide rates among boys, you wouldn't be so scared. Call me old fashioned, but if you decide to say that children are dying, put this statement in a meaningful context. Scaring people is an effective way to get attention, but it's unlikely to help anyone. nine0003

No wonder we are so worried about the boys. During the Industrial Revolution, people worried about the impact on their sons from small communities to big cities; in the 1950s, everyone was worried about the influence of fathers who disappeared all day at work; in the 1970s and 1980s we were worried about the divorce of our parents, and now it's all the same plus global warming and the flu.

Eh…

People, relax, don't strain yourself like that!

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The Day the Sky Falls: Love Philosophers by Megan Maxwell

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Maxwell made a solid career in literary circles, writing more than 40 novels. and seven stories for which he received numerous awards. He specialized in romantic comedies, although he took a chance en other products , como el chick lit and erotic . Of the latter, stands out Ask Me What You Want (2012), the first erotic narrative he developed, with which the saga began. nine0057 Ask me .

Index

• 1 summary of the day, when the sky falls
  • 1.1 primer ENCUENTRO
  • 1.2 Great friendship
  • 1.3 Large changes
  • 1.4 All starts all over the analysis,
  • 2.2 Multiple emotions
  • 2.3 Characters
    • 2.3.1 Alba
    • 2.3.2 Nacho
    • 2.3.3 Other characters with swollen eyes from crying. Guy his name is Nacho, is a contemporary of the girl and has just moved with his brothers - Luis, 11 years old, and Lena, 4 years old - to the neighboring house of Remedios.

      Intrigued, the girl starts a friendly chat with Nacho. , Quien le confesses that he lost his parents . Alba, touched by his words, tells him that he can go play at his house whenever he wants. Later, Remedios agrees to visit her so that her grandson can have some fun. There, she tells Teresa about the accident that killed her daughter and son-in-law, parents of three children. nine0003

      During this period, the story goes through very sensitive moments. Between the Lines, Alba tells Nacho that her parents can be her parents and they promise each other a lifelong friendship.

      Implementation

      The day the sky was...

      A great friendship is born

      After what happened, the three babies were left in the care of their sweet grandmother Remedios, a closeness that makes Nacho and Alba become inseparable and cements an unbreakable friendship. nine0027 By the age of XNUMX, both are no longer children and develop into adulthood together. . They grew up as a big family, and young people, more than friends, already they were like brothers.

      Big changes

      Alba and Nacho maintain a close relationship always relying on good and bad. Both of them strive to take a step forward in their lives , y there when a deep connection friendship between them is exposed to . Alba falls madly in love with a man, to the point of being blinded in many ways. The subject is controlling and wants to distance himself from the whole family, especially from a beloved friend.

      Although Nacho warns him Dawn from evil that this person calls you , but she does not listen , y finally marries . Her husband takes her to Madrid, separating her from everyone; at this point, Nacho decides to find another direction and moves to London. There, his luck seems to change when he meets his soul mate, but the happiness doesn't last long because the man is dying of a strange illness. nine0003

      Everything starts over

      After the divorce, Alba decides to go to London to reunite with her big friend. without even knowing what he's going through. When you arrive you will find him without that smile and sparkle in his eyes that characterized him. When they see each other, both are deeply moved. She manages to pull him out of this depressing picture and they renew their brotherhood, but they soon discover a terrible reality that puts them to the test. nine0003

      Nacho is diagnosed with a little-known disease. which caused havoc at the time. Must hide because it is said to be highly contagious and deadly, besides has no effective treatment for . Alba doesn't leave her friend and encourages you to keep going every day. In the midst of all this, love is knocking on the door of Alba's heart again, will this be the light she needs in the face of such darkness?

      Analysis of the day when the sky falls

      structure

      The Day the Sky Falls is a romantic novel set between Spain and London, with 416 pages divided into thirty-three long chapters. The story begins in 1974 when its main characters meet for the first time and then continues 80–90 years later. It is narrated in the third person in simple language, making for a smooth and enjoyable read. .

      Multiple Emotions

      This story is full of intense feelings, it's a rollercoaster of emotions. nine0027 Joys and sorrows are reflected, but also a lot of hope in the face of adversity . Similarly, love is shown outside of the couple ( Philos ), which brings family and friends together. In his lines, the author expressed himself on this subject: "Blood makes you a relative, but only loyalty and love make you a family."

      Characters

      Alba

      She is a beautiful woman, a cheerful, educated, kind daughter, an excellent friend and a noble heart . Because of his naivety and romanticism, he is attracted to a bad person, and He must grow up abruptly after a failed marriage . He emerges from this situation strengthened, which will be vital in supporting his best friend Nacho, whom he loves unconditionally.

      Nacho

      Es a lively and sociable person who likes to enjoy life to the fullest . After constantly failing to find a partner, he almost gave up on the idea, but a trip to London makes him magically match up with love. Since childhood, He is a true friend of Alba, loves her very much and it is with her that he shows himself the way he is. nine0028 . Even though he eventually suffered a bloody illness, he never loses his optimism and strives to pass it on to all his loved ones.

      Other characters

      The heroes of the novel are ordinary people who are familiar and have noble feelings. All both primary and secondary complete the story and bring brotherhood and important values ​​to . In addition to the main characters, the participation of grandmothers Blanca and Remedios; parental. Teresa and José; and brothers Louis and Lena.

      Curiosity

      In this narrative , Megan Maxwell describes in a subtle and professional way a disease that has taken many lives in Spain. . Thus, the author reflects the reality of that time and how society faced this condition, since for a long time it was considered taboo.

      About the author

      Maria del Carmen Rodriguez of Alamo was born on Friday, February 19, 1965 in Nuremberg, Germany ; his father is American and his Spanish mother is . When she was only six months old, her mother decided to return with her to Spain . Since then, he has lived in several cities in the country, such as Barcelona, ​​Cadiz and Madrid, so he has Spanish citizenship.

      Literary race

      Because of her son's health problems, she decided to leave her job to take care of him at home.

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