Chicken Little
Level 2, 3

Retold by Steven Kellogg Adapted by Ashly Ramsey 

Narrator 1: One bright and sunny day, Foxy Loxy sat in his poultry truck, hidden behind shrubbery when he spotted just what he was looking for. 
Foxy Loxy: Poultry coming! 
Narrator 2: It was Chicken Little, merrily skipping down the road. 
Foxy Loxy: That little featherhead will make a tasty chicken salad sandwich. 
Narrator 3: But before Chicken Little got close enough for Foxy Loxy to pounce, an acorn fell from an oak tree and hit her on the head! 
Chicken Little: Help! Help! The sky is falling! 
Narrator 4: Her cries were heard by Henny Penny. 
Henny Penny: What's the matter? 
Chicken Little: The sky is falling! A piece of it hit me on the head! 
Henny Penny: Call the police! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! 
Narrator 1: The whole time, Foxy Loxy had been watching Chicken Little and Henny Penny with delight from the bushes. 
Foxy Loxy: That hen has a plump pair of drumsticks and they'll be mighty tasty southern fried. 
Narrator 2: He was about to charge forward and capture the two chickens when Ducky Lucky heard the noise. 
Ducky Lucky: What's all this cackling about? 
Henny Penny: The sky is falling! A piece of it hit Chicken Little on the head. 
Ducky Lucky: This is terrible! 
Chicken Little, Henny Penny, and Ducky Lucky: Help! Police! The sky is falling! 
Narrator 3: Foxy Loxy shivered with greed when he imagined how delicious Ducky Lucky would taste simmered in spices and sauces. 
Narrator 4: But before he could spring from his hiding place, the cries of the group were heard by Goosey Lucy and Gosling Gilbert. 
Foxy Loxy: What luck! I'll toast the bite-sized one as soon as I get home, and I'll pop the fat one in the freezer until Christmas! 
Goosey Lucy: What's going on? 
Chicken Little, Henny Penny, and Ducky Lucky: THE SKY IS FALLING! 
Narrator 1: Foxy Loxy almost fainted with delight when Turkey Lurkey came running across the field. 
Foxy Loxy: There's my Thanksgiving feast! This is the luckiest day of my life! 
Narrator 2: He was about to pounce on his victims when suddenly he realized it was six against one. 
Foxy Loxy: That turkey and goose look like pretty tough birds. I'll avoid a scuffle by outsmarting those foolish fowl. 
Narrator 3: Foxy Loxy pulled out his police costume and put it on. He changed the side of his truck from poultry to police. He then approached the group. 

Foxy Loxy: Officer Loxy at your service, folks. What seems to be the problem?" 
Birds in unison: THE SKY IS FALLING! 
Chicken Little: A piece of it hit me on the head! 
Foxy Loxy: This is an emergency! Into the truck, and I'll take you directly to headquarters! 
Narrator 4: The birds hurried into the back of the truck and Foxy Loxy could not believe his good fortune. 
Narrator 1: Suddenly, as she looked more closely at the fox, Chicken Little remembered the wanted poster she had seen in town: Foxy Loxy for kidnapping poultry. 
Chicken Little: It's Foxy Loxy! Run for your lives! 
Narrator 2: The birds tried to escape, but Foxy Loxy threw Chicken Little into the truck and locked the door. 
Narrator 3: Before driving off, the fox couldn't resist reading the recipes he had selected for each one of his captives. The birds looked at Foxy Loxy through the bars on the truck in horror. 
Foxy Loxy: And as for the nonsense about the sky falling, an acorn is what beaned the dim-witted chick! 
Narrator 4: With a triumphant laugh he threw the acorn skyward, and jumped in the truck. 
Foxy Loxy: On to the kitchen! 
Narrator 1: The acorn soared above the treetops and lodged itself in the propeller gears of a sky patrol helicopter piloted by Sergeant Hippo Hefty. 

Narrator 2: The gears jammed, the propeller stopped turning, and the helicopter plunged toward earth. It crashed into the cab of the poultry truck. Foxy Loxy leaped from the wreckage screaming: 
Foxy Loxy: THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING! 
Birds in unison: Stop that thug! 
Narrator 3: Sergeant Hefty flattened the fleeing fox. 
Sergeant Hefty: .You're under arrest! 
Foxy Loxy: You mean I'm under a fat hippo. 
Narrator 4: During his trial, Foxy Loxy insisted he was innocent. But the judge sent him to prison on a diet of greenbean gruel and weed juice. 
Narrator 1: On her way home, Chicken Little recovered the acorn. She planted it next to her coop. 
Narrator 2: Years later, when the acorn had grown into an oak tree, her grandchildren loved to snuggle beside Chicken Little and listen to her adventure.