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,--

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"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