“Because the sky’s falling down.”
“How do you know it is?”
“Duck-luck told me!”
“How do you know, Duck-luck?”
“Hen-pen told me!”
“How do you know, Hen-pen?”
“Chicken-diddle told me!”
“How do you know, Chicken-diddle?”
“I couldn’t help knowing! I saw it with my eyes, I heard it with my ears, and a part of it fell on my tail. Oh, let us run, run until we get some place.”
“Yes, we’d better run,” said Turkey-lurkey, so away they all ran, first Turkey-lurkey, and then Goose-loose, and then Duck-luck, and then Hen-pen, and then Chicken-diddle.