Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1859-12-30
FOX-LOX.

There is often good deal of wisdom in
the old nursery tales-but it is surprising
how easily we forget as we grow up the les
sons they incucate.
A correspondent has sent us one of these,
which we lay before our readers as applica-
cable in peculiar manner to the present
time. Some of our readers will probably
cut it out of our columns for the amuse-
ment of their children; others will preserve
il for the instruction Of those of ripper years.
The crafty fox who played upon the fears Of
the poultry, and by that means decoyed
them into his den, is type of what is at
tempted to be done at this moment under
our own eyes.
Once upon time Chicken-Iittle strayed into gentle
mans garden where she had no business TO be- While
she scratching under rosebush rose-eaf fell or
her tall which frightened her much that she ran will
all her mightto HenPen. "Oh HenPen," said she "thC
sky is falling" "Why Chcken-Little," said HenP Pen
| "how do you know ~" "Oh," said ChickenIittle, {"
it with my eyes, heard it with my ears and piece
of It fell my tail p "You don't say so said HenPen
| "lets runl" So away they ran to Duck-Luck "0h
nuek-Luck' says Hen-Fen, "the SKY rs iSllngr why
Hen-Pen," says Duck-Lue show do you know itF'-
"ChckenL Little told mel" "Chieken-Litle, how do yor
know t;" "oh, saw It with my eyes, heard it Will
my ears, and piece Of fell on my tail" "Ohi let's
as fast as we CAMP says Duck Luck SO away they
till they came to Goose-Loose. "Oh! Goose Loose sait
DucI-Luek "the sky Is falngp "Why, Duck-Luck" say
Goose Loose ''who told you sol' "Hen-Pen told mel
| "Hen-Pen who told youl" "Chicken-Lttle told mer
"Chicken- Little who told you?" "oh. saw it with M
eyes heard it with my ears and piece of it fell M
tail "oh, come, letsr says GooseLoose. So AVA
they till they came to ey-Lurkey. 0h Turkey
Lurkey, said Goose Loose, the sky is falling" "Why
Goose-Loose, you don't say sol' says TurkeyLurkey-
"Who told your "Duck-Luck told mel" "Why Duck
Luck, who told you:, "Hen-Pen told me-" "Hen-Pen
who told your" "Chicken-Little told me-" "Chicken
Little, who told youi" "0h, saw it with my eyes,
heard 1t with my and part Of Il fell on my tail RI
"0h. come" says Turkey Turkey 'lets be o as fast
we can gOl So they till they to Fox Lox-
"Oh, FOx-Lox says TurkeyLurkey "he sky isfallingl
"Why, Turkey Turkey" says Fox-Lox, ais It possble-
! Who told so:" "GOose- Loose told mel" "GOose
Loose who told your" "Duck-Luck told mel" "Duck
Luck, who told your "Hen-Pen told mel" ellen Pen
who told your" "Chcken-Litte told met 'Chicken
Little who told your "Oh, | it with my eyes,
heard it with my ears and piece Of It fell my tail p
"Oh, dreadful" says FoxLox, ''come all Of you into m
den asquick you can" So he in first and as Tur
keyLurkey followed him in he turned round seized hiI
by the neck, bit of his head, and threw his head
side OF the door and his body the other Next
Goose Loose, and FOX-LOx bit on his head threw Il
one side, and his body the Other. Then Duck
| Luck FoX-Lox treated him the same way. Then cam
In Hen-Pen. FoN-LOx treated her the same way tool
Last of all came Chcken-Lite. Fox-Iox snapped at he
aud gObbed her up at mOuthful So that was the
Of them. And all this from nothing but the ioos
| fright Of Chicken-Little.