Henny Penny
By Paul Galdone found on Old Children's Books
Henny Penny
There was a hen named Henny Penny. She was picking corn in
the cornyard when something hit her on the head. She immediately thought the
sky was falling, and so she went to tell the king. On her travels, she met
Cocky-locky. Cocky-locky decided he wanted to travel with Henny Penny. They
then ran into Ducky-daddles. Ducky-daddles joined in on the adventure. Next,
they ran into Goosey-poosey, who joined them on the road to the king.
Turkery-lurkey was the next to join the crew, before Foxy-woxy joined.
Foxy-woxy told the crew that the way to the king was a different path than they
were on. Foxy-woxy led them to his cave and he entered first. The next person
through the cave opening was Turkey-lurkey, and Foxy-woxy snapped his neck.
Next, Goosey-poosey entered, and foxy-woxy snapped his next. The Ducky-daddles
entered, and again foxy-woxy snapped another neck. Lastly, cocky-locky entered
and foxy-woxy did the same to him; however, the snap didn’t kill cocky-locky.
Cocky-locky yelled out to Henny Penny who turned around and ran home. She was
unable to tell the king that the sky was falling.
Mr. Fox
Lady Mary was young with two brothers and many lovers. Mr.
Fox was the bravest and most gallant of all. Lady Mary cared for Mr. Fox above
anyone else. Mr. Fox had a castle but never asked anyone to visit it. One day
when Mr. Fox was gone, Lady Mary set off for the castle. Lady Mary found a room
with many dead beautiful ladies. She ran out but had to hide from Mr. Fox who
was dragging another new body into the room. Lady Mary waited for Mr. Fox to
pass her hiding place before running home. Before they signed the marriage contract,
Lady Mary told the story of the previous day as if it were a dream. Mr. Fox
denied all of it until Lady Mary pulled out the hand of one of the dead girls.
At that moment, her brothers killed Mr. Fox.
Bibliography:
English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs. Link
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