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Drake-lake, and Drake-lake met Duck-luck, and Duck-luck met
Cock-lock,and Cock-lock met Hen-len, and Hen-len met Chicken-
licken, and Chicken-licken had been at the wood, and the sky
had fallen on her poor bald pate, and we are going to tell the
King.”

So Gander-lander turned back, and met Turkey-lurkey. “Well,
turkey-lurkey, where are you going?” And Turkey-lurkey said,
“T’m going to the wood for some meat.” Then Gander-lander
said, “Oh! Turkey-lurkey, don’t go, for I was going, and I met
Goose-loose, and Goose-loose met Drake-lake, and Drake-lake
met Duck-luck, and Duck-luck met Cock-lock, and Cock-lock
met Hen-len, and Hen-len met Chicken-licken, and Chicken-
licken had been at the wood, and the sky had fallen on her poor
bald pate, and we are going to tell the King.”

So Turkey-lurkey turned back, and walked with Gander-lander,
Goose-loose, Drake-lake, Duck-luck, Cock-lock, Hen-len, and
Chicken-licken. And as they were going along, they met Fox-
lox. And Fox-lox said, “Where are you going, my pretty
maids?” And they said, “Chicken-licken went to the wood,
and the sky fell upon her poor bald pate, and we are going to
tell the King.” And Fox-lox said, “Come along with me, and I
will show you the way.” But Fox-lox took them into the fox’s
hole, and he and his young ones soon ate up poor Chicken-licken,
Hen-len, Cock-lock, Duck-luck, Drake-lake, Goose-loose, Gander-
lander, and Turkey-lurkey, and they never saw the King to tell
him that the sky had fallen