No; it was not the sparrow with a bow and arrow. No—more likely a boy with an air rifle killed him, or a man with a gun who did not know what a wicked thing he was doing.
He did not know that he had killed one of his best friends.
He did not know that without the work of beautiful Robin Redbreast and other birds the world might go hungry.
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What if robins do eat a few cherries? They like mulberries better. A wise farmer plants a Russian mulberry tree for the robins, and the mulberries save the cherries.
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