says Ducky-daddles.

‘Oh! we’re going to tell the king the sky's a-falling,’ said Henny-penny and Cocky-locky.

‘May I come with you?’

said Ducky-daddles.

‘Certainly,’ said Henny-penny and Cocky-locky.

So Hennypenny, Cocky-locky, and Ducky-daddles went to tell the king the sky was a-falling.

So they went along and they went along, and they went along, till they met Goosey-poosey.

‘Where are you going to, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, and Ducky-daddles?’

said Gooseypoosey.

‘Oh! we’re going to tell the king the sky's a-falling,’ said Henny-penny and Cocky-locky and Ducky-daddles.

‘May I come with you?’

said Goosey-poosey.

‘Certainly,’ said Hennypenny, Cocky-locky, and Ducky-daddles.

So Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, and Goosey-poosey went to tell the king the sky was a-falling.

So they went along, and they went along, and they went along, till they met Turkey-lurkey.

‘Where are you going, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, and Gooseypoosey?’

says Turkey-turkey.

‘Oh! we’re going to tell the king the sky's a-falling,’ said Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Duckydaddies, and Goosey-poosey.

‘May I come with you, Hennypenny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, and Goosey-poosey?’

said Turkey-lurkey.

‘Oh, certainly, Turkey-turkey,’ said Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, and Gooseypoosey.

So Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey all went to tell the king the sky was a-falling.

So they went along, and they went along, and they went along, till they met Foxy-woxy, and Foxy-woxy said to Hennypenny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey: ‘Where are you going, Henny-penny, Cockylocky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey?’

And Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey poosey, and Turkey-lurkey said to Foxy-woxy: ‘We’ re going to tell the king the sky's a-falling.’

‘Oh! but this is not the way to the king, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey,’ says Foxy-woxy; ‘I know the proper way; shall I show it you?’

‘Oh, certainly, Foxywoxy,’ said Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey.

So Henny-penny, Cockylocky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, Turkey-lurkey, and Foxy-woxy all went to tell the king the sky was a-falling.

So they went along, and they went along, and they went along, till they came to a narrow and dark hole.

Now this was the door of Foxy-woxy's cave.

But Foxy-woxy said to Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkeyturkey: ‘This is the short way to the king's palace: you'll soon get there if you follow me.

I will go first and you come after, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-turkey.’

‘Why, of course, certainly, without doubt, why not?’

said Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey.

So Foxy-woxy went into his cave, and he didn't go very far, but turned round to wait for Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey.

So at last at first Turkey-lurkey went through the dark hole into the cave.

He hadn't got far when ‘Hrumph’, Foxy-woxy snapped off Turkey-lurkey's head and threw his body over his left shoulder.

Then Goosey-poosey went in, and ‘Hrumph’, off went her head and Goosey-poosey was thrown beside Turkey-lurkey.

Then Ducky-daddles waddled down, and ‘Hrumph’, snapped Foxy-woxy, and Ducky-daddles's head was off and Duckydaddies was thrown alongside Turkey-turkey and Gooseypoosey.

Then Cocky-locky strutted down into the cave, and he hadn't gone far when ‘Snap, Hrumph!’

went Foxy-woxy, and Cocky-locky was thrown alongside of Turkey-lurkey, Gooseypoosey, and Ducky-daddles.

But Foxy-woxy had made two bites at Cocky-locky, and when the first snap only hurt Cocky-locky, but didn't kill him, he called out to Henny-penny.

But she turned tail and off she ran home, so she never told the king the sky was a-falling.