Chicken Little Jane (1919‪)‬

Popular children's book, first published in 1919. The story begins: "Chicken Little--Chicken Little!" Mrs. Morton's face was flushed with the heat. She was frying doughnuts over a hot stove and had been calling Chicken Little at intervals for the past ten minutes. Providence did not seem to have designed Mrs. Morton for frying doughnuts. She was very sensitive to heat and had little taste for cooking. She had laid aside her silks and laces on coming to the ranch, but the poise and dignity that come from years of gentle living were still hers. Her formal manner always seemed a trifle out of place in the old farm kitchen. On this particular morning she was both annoyed and indignant. "She is the most provoking child!" she exclaimed in exasperation as Dr. Morton stepped into the kitchen."