Based on a true story. Names have been changed to protect the innocent... and otherwise. A nice bedtime story for your children, narrated by Vishnu Littledas (not related to Chicken Littledas).

One day Chicken Littledas was walking in the Iskcon woods when -- KERPLUNK! -- a falling guru fell on his head from a parampara tree. "Oh my goodness!" said Chicken Littledas. "The Iskcon sky is falling! I must go and tell the GBC!" (GBC= Governing Body of Cuckoos)

On his way to the GBC's palace, Chicken Littledas met Hari Henny Penny. Hari Henny Penny said that she was "going into the Iskcon woods to hunt for offensive worms infesting the Iskcon environment."

"Oh no, don't go!" said Chicken Littledas. "I was there and a part of the Iskcon sky fell on my head! Come with me to tell the GBC."

So Hari Henny Penny joined Chicken Littledas and they went along as fast as they could. Soon they met Cocky Locky Adhikary, who said, "I'm going to the Iskcon woods to hunt for bhakti lata seeds. I have been really missing the nectar lately!"

"Oh no, don't go!" said Hari Henny Penny. "The Iskcon sky is falling there! Come with us to tell the GBC."

So Cocky Locky Adhikary joined Hari Henny Penny and Chicken Littledas, and they went along as fast as they could.

Soon they met Goosey Loosey Goswami,who was planning to go to the Iskcon woods to look for the best parampara tree to sit under and enjoy it's fruits.

"Oh no, don't go!" said Cocky Locky Adhikary. "The Iskcon sky is falling there! Come with us to tell the GBC." So Goosey Loosey Goswami joined Cocky Locky Adhikary, Hari Henny Penny and Chicken Littledas, and they went along as fast as they could.

Soon they met Turkey Lurkey Turley, who was planning to go to the Iskcon woods to save the fallen berries that were being stepped on and crushed there, but he was also in it for the big bag of gold that would be awarded. So he said "you go ahead, I'll be right behind you, hee hee!"

So Turkey Lurkey Turley joined Goosey Loosey Goswami, Cocky Locky Adhikary, Hari Henny Penny and Chicken Littledas, and they all went along as fast as they could. Then who should appear on the path, but sly old master illusionist Foxy Woxy Swami. "Where are you going, my fine feathered friends?" asked Foxy Woxy Swami. He spoke in a polite gayish manner, so as not to frighten them.

"The Iskcon sky is falling!" cried Chicken Littledas. "We must tell the GBC." "I know a shortcut to the GBC palace," said Foxy Woxy Swami sweetly. "Come and follow me."

But wicked Foxy Woxy Swami did not lead the others to the real GBC palace. He led them right up to the entrance of his foxhole of Illusions. It appeared for awhile as if it were the real GBC Palace, but alas it was only a perfectly constructed illusion. Once they were inside, Foxy Woxy Swami was planning to gobble them up!

Just as Chicken Littledas and the others were about to go into the fox's hole, they heard a strange sound and stopped. They had hoped to hear the sweet chanting of the Holy names.

Instead it was the GBC's hunting dogs, growling and howling. The Illusionist Foxy Woxy Swami ran, across the meadows and through the forests, with the hounds close behind. The story goes he ran until he was far, far away and never dared to come back again.... or did he?

Some say that it was a trick just to make Chicken Littledas and friends thought they were now safe, when actually Foxy Woxy Swami was a collaborator in the whole deceptive plot! Others say "No, he was working on his own!" But who knows? And who cares?

After that day, Chicken Littledas was always seen with an Umbrella when he walked in the Iskcon woods. The Umbrella was a present from the GBC, even though the Founding Lord of the Iskcon woods had forbidden the GBC never to open the Umbrella for ANYONE !

Anyway, the story goes that if by chants or no chants -- KERPLUNK -- another so-called " guru " or even a whole temple fell in the Iskcon woods, Chicken Littledas didn't mind a bit. In fact, he didn't notice it at all. He had his Umbrella!

THE END
...or is it?

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