Henny-Penny: The Sky is Falling!: NOPE! It isn't! A Summary and Analysis of the Chicken Little Folk Tale By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University): We might summarise the moral messages of the story as follows: 1) don’t form incorrect conclusions from insufficient data; 2) don’t stoke fear in others without good cause to do so; and 3) don’t take other people’s word for things, especially when those other people are making extraordinary claims (which should require extraordinary evidence).