The sky is falling, the sky is falling” Chicken Little exclaimed. Of course in the old fable the sky does not fall, it is simply an acorn that sets off the end of the world lament.
There are different versions of the Fable, but the basic premise is that a chicken eats lunch one day, and believes the sky is falling down because an acorn falls on her head. She decides to tell the King, and on her journey meets other animals, who join her in the quest. Finally, they come across Foxy Loxy, a fox who offers the chicken and her friends his help.
After this point, there are many endings. In the most famous one, Foxy Loxy eats the chicken’s friends, but the last one, usually
This is only an excerpt of Equity – The New Debt A Fable for 2009
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