Once there was a little chick, a chick that lived on a rural farm. Let’s say the farm was in rural Alberta, for argument’s sake…

This little chick was called Chicken Little. How appropriate was that?

Anyhow, Chicken Little had a bit of a problem. Well, two if you included the one he had at night, while he was in bed, but that one is pretty common amongst youngsters.

The bigger problem was that Chicken Little tended to exaggerate things. He would forever run around making mountains out of gopher holes. He drove all his little farmyard companions crazy with his wild exaggerations.

His favourite exaggeration of all was based on his kindergarten science observations – his presumption that the sky was falling. Falling, and would soon crush everyone on the little rural farm. He had pie charts, a scale model of a squished farm, and testimony from an expert in the field (the wheat field). But no one would believe Chicken Little, because he was always exaggerating.

One night, he managed to triangulate the exact day that the sky would fall, and it happened to be Wednesday morning. Armed with anecdotal evidence, and a skookum Powerpoint presentation, Chicken Little called a town hall meeting, to try and save the little rural farm.

Farmer Brown (aren’t they all called Farmer Brown?), fed up with this annoying little chicken, told Chicken Little that he finally believed him, and he would be shipping him off immediately to a safer place, to the far-away Colonel Sanders Plumping Ranch. Chicken Little was thrilled, and packed his bags right after evening dinner. He hopped the 7:45 Greyhound, and was welcomed at the plumping farm with open arms.

The next day, Wednesday morning, the sky fell, exactly as predicted. Everyone on Farmer Brown’s farm was crushed, and I don’t mean that as a reference to being hugely disappointed. They would have been menu items at an IHOP…

I guess I should have thought ahead for a moral here, but if a little chicken is telling you to watch your backside, it might be prudent to listen to what he’s saying…

Chow for now!!