<font size="6">A</font><font size="4">s Chicken-licken was going one day to the wood, whack! an acorn fell from a tree on to his head.</font> </p></p> "Gracious goodness me!" said Chicken-licken, "the sky must have fallen; I must go and tell the King."</p> So Chicken-licken turned back, and met Hen-len.</p> "Well, Hen-len, where are you going?" said he.</p> "I'm going to the wood," said she.</p> "Oh, Hen-len, don't go!" said he, "for as I was going the sky fell on to my head, and I'm going to tell the King." </p> So Hen-len turned back with Chicken-licken, and met ****-lock. "I'm going to the wood," said he.</p> Then Hen-len said: "Oh, ****-lock, don't go, for I was going, and I met Chicken-licken, and Chicken-licken had been at the wood, and the sky had fallen on to his head, and we are going to tell the King."</p> So ****-lock turned back, and they met Duck-luck.</p> "Well, Duck-luck, where are you going?"</p> And Duck-luck said: "I'm going to the wood."</p> Then ****-lock said: "Oh! Duck-luck, don't go, for I was going and I met Hen-len, and Hen-len met Chicken-liken, and Chicken-liken had been at the wood and the sky had fallen on his head, and we are going to tell the King."</p> So Duck-luck turned back, and met Drake-lake.</p> "Well, Drake-lake, where are you going?"</p> And Drake-lake said: "I'm going to the wood."</p> Then Duck-luck said: "Oh! Drake-lake, don't go, for I was going, and I met ****-lock, and ****-lock met Hen-len, and Hen-len met Chicken-licken, and Chicken-licken had been at the wood, and the sky had fallen on to his head, and we are going to tell the King."</p> So Drake-lake turned back, and met Goose-loose.</p> "Well, Goose-loose, where are you going?"</p> And Goose-loose said: "I'm going to the wood."</p> Then Drake-lake said: "Oh, Goose-loose, don't go, for I was going, and I met Duck-luck, and Duck-luck met ****-lock, and ****-lock met Hen-len, and Hen-len met Chicken-licken, and Chicken-licken had been at the wood, and the sky had fallen on to his head, and we are going to tell the King."</p> So Goose-loose turned back, and met Gander-lander.</p> "Well, Gander-lander, where are you going?"</p> And Gander-lander said: "I'm going to the wood."</p> Then Goose-loose said: "Oh! Gander-lander, don't go, for I was going, and I met Drake-lake, and Drake-lake met Duck-luck, and Duck-luck met ****-lock and ****-lock met Hen-len, and Hen-len met Chicken-licken, and Chicken-licken had been at the wood, and the sky had fallen on his head, and we are going to tell the King."</p> So Gander-lander turned back, and met Turkey-lurkey.</p> "Well, Turkey-lurkey, where are you going?"</p> And Turkey-lurkey said: "I'm going to the wood."</p> Then Gander-lander said: "Oh! Turkey-lurkey, don't go, for I was going, and I met Goose-loose, and Goose-loose met Drake-lake, and Drake-lake met Duck-luck, and Duck-luck met ****-lock, and ****-lock met Hen-len, and Hen-len met Chicken-licken, and Chicken-licken had been at the wood and the sky had fallen on this head, and we are going to tell the King."</p> So Turkey-lurkey turned back and walked with Gander-lander, Goose-loose, Drake-lake, Duck-luck, ****-lock, Hen-len and Chicken-licken. And as they were going along, they met Fox-lox. And Fox-lox said: "Where are you going?"</p> And they said: "Chicken-licken went to the wood, and the sky fell on to his head, and we are going to tell the King."</p> And Fox-lox said: "Come along with me, and I will show you the way."</p> But Fox-lox took them into the fox's hole and he and his young ones soon ate up poor Chicken-licken, Hen-len, ****-lock, Duck-luck, Drake-lake, Goose-loose, Gander-lander, and Turkey-lurkey; and they never saw the King to tell him that the sky had fallen.</p>