When I was in my first grade Henny Penny was one of the children's story I really cannot forget. I remember my first English book with the Henny Penny story in it and my teacher even asked us to memorize it. Until now I still can memorize its first few lines that says...Henny Penny is a hen, Henny Penny is a big hen, Henny Penny lays eggs, Henny Penny lays ten eggs. And for the kids and the kids at heart out there, here's another Henny Penny story for you.
ONE fine summer morning a Hen was picking peas in a farm-yard, under a pea-stack, when a pea fell on her head with such a thump that she thought a cloud had fallen. And she thought she would go to the court and tell the king that the clouds were falling: so she gaed, and she gaed, and she gaed, and she met a Cock, and the Cock said,—
“Where are you going to-day, Henny-penny?”
And she said,—
“Oh, Cocky-locky, the clouds are falling, and I am going to tell the king.”
And Cocky-locky said,—
“I will go with you, Henny-penny.”
So Cocky-locky and Henny-penny they gaed, and they gaed, and they gaed, till they met a Duck. So the Duck said,—
“Where are you going to-day, Cocky-locky and Henny-penny?”
And they said,—
“Oh, Ducky-daddles, the clouds are falling, and we are going to tell the king.”
And Ducky-daddles said,—
“I will go with you, Cocky-locky and Henny-penny.”
So Ducky-daddles, and Cocky-locky, and Henny-penny, they gaed, and they gaed, and they gaed, till they met a Goose. So the Goose said,—
“Where are you going to-day, Ducky-daddles, Cocky-locky and Henny-penny?”
And they said,—
“Oh, Goosie-poosie, the clouds are falling, and we are going to tell the king.”
And Goosie-poosie said,—
“I will go with you, Ducky-daddles, Cocky-locky, and Henny-penny.”
So Goosie-poosie, and Ducky-daddles, and Cocky-locky, and Henny-penny, they gaed, and they gaed, and they gaed, till they met a Turkey. So the Turkey said,—
“Where are you going to-day, Goosie-poosie, Ducky-daddles, Cocky-locky, and Henny-penny?”
And they said,—
“Oh, Turkey-lurky, the clouds are falling, and we are going to tell the king.”
And Turkey-lurky said,—
“I will go with you, Goosie-poosie, Ducky-daddles, Cocky-locky, and Henny-penny.”
So Turkey-lurky, and Goosie-poosie, and Ducky-daddles, and Cocky-locky, and Henny-penny, they gaed, and they gaed, and they gaed, till they met a Fox. So the Fox said,—
“Where are you going to-day, Turkey-lurky, Goosie-poosie, Ducky-daddles, Cocky-locky, and Henny-penny?”
And they said,—
“Oh, Mr. Fox, the clouds are falling, and we are going to tell the king.”
And the Fox said,—
“Come with me, Turkey-lurky, Goosie-poosie, Ducky-daddles, Cocky-locky, and Henny-penny, and I will show you the road to the king’s house.”
So they all gaed, and they gaed, and they gaed, till they came to the Fox’s hole; and the Fox took them all into his hole, and he and his young cubs eat up first poor Henny-penny, then poor Cocky-locky, then poor Ducky-daddles, then poor Goosie-poosie, and then poor Turkey-lurky; and so they never got to the king to tell him that the clouds had fallen on the head of poor Henny-penny.
