In the original version of “Henny Penny,” the chicken of the same name is walking in the woods and gets hit in the head by an acorn falling from an oak tree. She immediately thinks the sky is falling.

Henny Penny, (or Chicken Little in some versions) is a fable about a simple chicken, who after being struck on the head by an acorn, believes that the sky is falling. So off she goes, with friends ...

Most have heard the children’s story “Henny Penny” which is “more commonly known in the United States as “Chicken Little.”” As the story goes, an acorn falls on the head ...