Henny Penny

## Stats

***Henny Penny*** is the sixth episode of the third season of Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, and the thirty-second episode in total. It aired on November 2, 1999.

## Summary

This story takes place on an area on a farm named New Barnyard. It was a week before Election Day and Henny Penny is the announcer of a presidential debate between Lucy Goosey and Turkey Lurkey. Turkey Lurkey insists that he will fix the hole in the fence and so does Lucy Goosey, adding on that they'll educate the youngsters to not go near it. Notoriously, Turkey Lurkey's manager was Foxy Woxy, and he was said to not be trusted especially when he lures a little chick into a bag. In the morning, Henny Penny sits beside a tree and two squirrels trying to throw acorns into their mouth drop one of their nuts onto Henny Penny's head. Confused, she then declares that the sky has hit her on the head and it is falling.

She runs over to the rest of the barnyard to tell this story. She tells Cocky Locky who says they must tell Ducky Daddles, the chief of police. They then meet Turkey Lurkey and thinks that the sky falling would ruin his chance at being the new leader for he'll get the blame. The gang gets to Ducky Daddles who calls his duck squad, commanding that they find why the sky is falling. The gang heads over to Foxy Woxy and all run off except Turkey Lurkey. Foxy Woxy tells Turkey Lurkey that he knows a safe place to go until this ends, and it's through the hole in the fence. Believing that he might just be a hero if he tells everyone this, he holds a town meeting. Lucy Goosey is positive that the sky didn't really fall, but nobody believes her. She and Cocky Locky set out to the tree where the "sky" hit Henny Penny, when another nut falls from the two squirrels, Earl and Merle. Lucy Goosey was right all along. She asks them where Foxy Woxy's safe place is, and Earl tells her.

When the sun rises Henny Penny runs out to get her notepad, where Lucy Goosey shows her that it was an acorn that hit her. Henny Penny doesn't believe it, though. Down inside a hill at a table, Turkey Lurkey asks someone if he was connected with the sky falling, saying that if he won't tell the truth he'll never be allowed in the barnyard again. Cocky Locky and Lucy Goosey jump down the window and state it was just a nut. Nobody believes them and Ducky Daddles almost arrests them, when Henny Penny enters the room with an even bigger story: Foxy Woxy is trying to cook the birds. They head to his hideout to investigate and he is definitely getting a pot of stew ready, but he doesn't admit that to the flock of birds. Henny Penny is able to prove it by finding a bag full of yellow feathers. The birds attack him and he escapes. The birds then head back to get ready for the election. The votes are counted and Lucy Goosey is the winner. Turkey Lurkey thanks her for proving that the sky wasn't really falling after all. Foxy Woxy makes a return and grabs Lucy Goosey, but Henny Penny and some other birds perform their attack on Foxy Woxy and throw acorns at him. Lucy Goosey tells him that the sky is falling once again, and he runs off in belief that New Barnyard is no place for a fox like him. Henny Penny and the rest of her bird friends lived happily ever after.

## Trivia

* There are plenty of animation errors where the characters cut off/aren't drawn in full.
* This is the only episode with extended opening credits, which list the voice actors and actresses.
* While Sharon Stone voiced Henny Penny, Patricia Welch did her singing voice.
* Sharon Stone later served as the narrator for fellow HBO Family series Harold and the Purple Crayon.
* This episode retold the story of "Chicken Little".