Chicken Little

There once was a hen who was called Chicken Little. One day an acorn fell on her head. "Oh my goodness!," She cried, "The sky must be falling. Someone must tell the king!"
She ran down the path intending to find the king and tell him. On her way she ran into Ducky Lucky.
"Where are you going in such a hurry?" asked Ducky Lucky.
"The sky is falling," said Chicken Little, "And someone must tell the king."
"How do you know the sky is falling?" asked Ducky Lucky.
"Because I felt it with my own head," answered Chicken Little.
"Then I will go with you to tell the king," said Ducky Lucky.
They ran and ran, until they met up with Goosey Loosey.
"Where are you going in such a hurry?" asked Goosey Loosey.
"The sky is falling," said Chicken Little, "And someone must tell the king."
"How do you know the sky is falling?" asked Goosey Loosey.
"Because I felt it with my own head," answered Chicken Little.
"Then I will go with you to tell the king," said Goosey Loosey.
The three friends continued on until they met up with Henny Penny.
"Where are you going in such a hurry?" asked Henny Penny.
"The sky is falling," said Chicken Little, "And someone must tell the king."
"How do you know the sky is falling?" asked Henny Penny.
"Because I felt it with my own head," answered Chicken Little.
"Then I will go with you to tell the king," said Henny Penny.
They continued on the path until they came across Foxy Loxy.
"Where are you going in such a hurry?" asked Ducky Lucky.
"The sky is falling," said Chicken Little, "And someone must tell the king."
"How do you know the sky is falling?" asked Ducky Lucky.
"Because I felt it with my own head," answered Chicken Little.
Foxy Loxy thought about this for a few minutes, and then he said, "I know a shortcut to get to the king, if you follow me, I will show you a faster way to get there."
Ducky Lucky, Henny Penny, Goosey Loosey and Chicken Little thought this was a fine idea. They followed Foxy Loxy. He brought them to the entrance of a cave.
"Are you sure this is the way to the king?" asked Henny Penny doubtfully.
"Trust me," said Foxy Loxy, and they did. But the cave was not a shortcut, it was Foxy Loxy's den, and Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, Goosey Loosey, and Chicken Little were never seen again.

A folk tale, this story has several versions that I have been able to find. Several of them include "I saw it with my own eyes" as part of Chicken Little's explanation, but I've chosen not to put that section in, since it's not always included and because if she really had seen the acorn she would have known that it was not a piece of the sky. This story is fairly well known, and allusions to Chicken Little are often made when someone feels that someone else is being unreasonable or is extrapolating ridiculous ideas from sketchy information.

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