4:30 sharp
`` Yes , only when I 'm with you it always seems as if she were close by , too . '' `` Happy thought ! Perhaps , it 's because I 'm partial to being in her neighborhood myself . There goes the bell -- I 'll be here at 4:30 sharp . '' Chicken Little was not the only unfortunate that afternoon . Two small boys were late at noon and Miss Brown set them all to writing long lists from their spellers as soon as the other children filed out . Chicken Little watched the clock anxiously , starting up at every distant tinkle of sleigh bells .