Possible Clues:

• 'It wasn't me'
• Invariable reply to the Little Red Hen
• Cop-out in the 'Chicken Little' story
• "It must have been someone else"
• 'Wasn't my fault!'
• Turndown of a sort
• Denial of a sort
• Reply in 'The Little Red Hen'
• "Chicken Little" turndown
• Cop-out in "The Little Red Hen"