Chicken Little

Now, where to begin?

How 'bout, "Once upon a time"?

How many times have you heard that to begin a story?

Let's do somethin' else. I got it, I got it, here we go. Here's how to open a movie!

No, I don't think so. It sounds familiar. Doesn't it, to you?

Oh, no, no, not the book.

How many have seen "opening the book" before?

- Close the book. We're not doing that.

Here's what we're gonna do.

Here's what we're gonna do.

Why don't I just go back to the day things took a turn for the worse?

Run for your lives! Everyone run for cover!

SOS! Mayday! Mayday!

Code red! Duck and cover!

You're all in danger!

Ah!

Run for cover!

Run for your lives!

Emergency! Emergency!

Whoa!

Whoa! Aaah!

Look out! Take cover!

Run for cover!

Chicken Little! What is it? What's going on?

The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

The sky is falling? Are you crazy?

No, no, no! It's true! Come with me!

No. Son? What?

It happened under the old oak tree!

I'm not making this up. It's here.

There's a piece of the sky somewhere...

...somewhere on the ground.

It was shaped like that!

It looks like a stop sign? Yes!

Only it doesn't say "stop" and it's blue and it has a cloud on it.

And it hit me on the head!

It looked like a stop sign. Wait! What's that?

Son, is this what hit you? What?

Oh, no, Dad. It was definitely a piece of the sky!

Piece of the sky. It's OK, everyone!

Dad, no. There's been, like, a little mistake.

It was just an acorn that-that hit my son. A little acorn.

No! Dad, no. Quiet, son.

This is embarrassing enough already.

Chicken Little! What were you thinkin'?

Why put your town's safety in jeopardy?

How could you mistake a stop sign for an acorn?

But it... a big acorn level fluh. What did he say?

A big acorn level fluh... It was a big acorn?

An ape throwing coleslaw? A big acorn level fluh...

Gesundheit!

Ladies and gentlemen, it's just gibberish, gibberish of an insane person. Come on, Buck!

Your kid went and scared us all half to death!

Well, what can I tell you, folks, my son, you know... Kids do crazy stuff. You have kids. It's...

No, Dad. It wasn't an acorn.

It was... it was a piece of the sky. Really, it was.

You gotta believe me.

A movie. A movie.

They're makin' a movie.

When? When will everybody forget your big mistake?

When? When will everybody forget your big mistake?

First it was all over the papers, then they wrote a book about it, then the book on tape, then the board game, the spoons with your face on it...

...and the Web site, the commemorative plates.

...and the Web site, the commemorative plates.

You saw them, right? Yeah. I saw them.

Can't eat off 'em.

They're not microwave-safe. You saw the billboards?

I saw them.

Ha! There's a bumper sticker. I knew it was only a matter of time.

Billboards I could live with. Posters I could even live with.

But a bumper sticker. It's... it's like glued on forever.

It doesn't matter. You know why? Because I've got a plan.

Yeah, about that. Well, remember how I told you it would be better for you to lay low, don't call attention to yourself?

Yes, but I... See, it's like a game.

Yeah, a game of hide-and-seek, except the goal is never to be found, ever!

Great!

Now, we've got a plan, right?

I'll see ya later! Remember, lay low.

Yeah. OK.

Bye.

Look, Mama! There's the crazy chicken!

Yes, it is! Crazy chicken. You're so smart. We don't make eye contact. Bye!

That's it. Today is a new day.

How's it going?

Ahem.

Very well. Foxy Loxy. Present, pretty, punctual.

Goosey Loosey.

Master Runt of the Litter.

Present and accounted for, Mr. Woolensworth.

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