“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”
— Harper Lee
Simplified Meaning:
Mockingbirds only sing beautiful songs for us to enjoy. They don't harm plants or crops. Because they only bring us joy with their music, it is very wrong to harm them.
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