A lot to learn from Chicken Little

In an old fable, Chicken Little (in Britain, we hear, it’s Henny Penny) gets hit on the head by a leaf or an acorn and panics, thinking the sky is falling.

Here, for the internet age, is a slightly updated retelling I find amusing and instructive: The Story of Chicken Little.

In 1943, during World War II, Walt Disney Productions made an animated version of the tale, at the request of the United States government, with the aim of counteracting Nazi propaganda tactics.

To say nothing about ordinary folks, by false propaganda even sincere people dedicated to following a spiritual path may sometimes get tricked into thinking the sky is falling.

In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is said that one can learn from the python and the bumblebee. Similarly, there’s a lot we can learn from Chicken Little.