Original sentence: An "oration" delivered to the city of Boston on July 4, 1844, contains the passage:.Comparing the different versions, we find that in the Scots and English stories the animals want "to tell the king" that the skies are falling; while in the American story, as in the Danish, they are not given any specific motivation.In this modern update, the story is given a satirical and political interpretation.Where there is a "happy ending", the moral is not to be a "Chicken" but to have courage
Edited sentence: An oration delivered to the city of Boston on July 4, 1844, contains the passage:.Comparing the different versions, we find that in the Scots and English stories the animals want to tell the king that the skies are falling; while in the American story, as in the Danish, they are not given any specific motivation.Where there is a happy ending, the moral is not to be a "Chicken" but to have courage