To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.’

Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.’