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`` Chicken Little Jane is a very rash child , I 'm afraid , '' Mrs. Morton said as she laid down the letter a few moments later . `` I only hope she wo n't get into trouble some day on account of it . '' `` Do n't worry , Mother , she always comes out all right . '' Jane came up at noon to bring Ernest his dinner -- a dinner in which a generous quarter of the custard pie played an important part . Sherm and Carol would come right from school she told him . Chicken Little had established herself as head nurse out of school hours . She felt very important and amused Ernest with her airs .