why did chicken little say "the sky is falling"?

Answer 1

The Sky is Falling, also known as Chicken Little, Chicken Licken or Henny Penny is an old, classical fable of unknown origin about a chicken who believes the sky is falling. The phrase has also become used to indicate a hysterical or mistaken belief that disaster is imminent.
Origin

The origin of this fairy tale is unknown. Sometimes it is listed as one of Aesop's Fables. However, it is not. The basic motif, and many of the elements of the tale, can be found in one of the stories in the Jataka. That version features a rabbit or hare as the central character, rather than a chicken.

Answer 2

Because when the original sotry was written, many people thought of the sky as some blue shell over them, so when an apple fell on his head, he figured a piece of sky fell on him, and the rest of the sky was next.

Answer 3

He thought the sky was falling.

Answer 4

Well, in the story, because he got hit on the head, I think it was by an apple.
In the movie, it is because a piece of the spaceship that makes it "invisible" falls off and hits his head.

Answer 5

Because a peice of "the sky" hit him on the head.

Answer 6

an apple fell out of a tree and hit him on the head and he thoght it was a piece of the sky.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

An acorn dropped out of the tree onto his head

Answer 9

Because a piece of a spaceship fell on his head if I remember the movie right.

Answer 10

To scare the other animals into helping bake the bread.