In the nursery rhyme, who saw the sparrow kill Cock Robin?
Harlequin Cock Robin and Jenny Wren and Jenny Wren. Just as the happy pair are on the point of being united, the Cuckoo attempts to kiss Jenny Wren, and the Sparrow, pretending to shoot Cuckoo as a punishment for his madness, kills Cock Robin. A court-martial is held, and, on the evidence of "the fly who saw him die", and "the fish who caught his blood", the Sparrow and his companions are found guilty. As summary justice is about to be wreaked on them, their friend Satana changes them into three bears.<br><br> The next scene takes place in the forest, where Cock Robin is to be
Cock Robin mysteries, to cartoons. Cock Robin "Who Killed Cock Robin" is an English nursery rhyme, which has been much used as a murder archetype in world culture. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 494. The earliest record of the rhyme is in "Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book", published c. 1744, which noted only the first four verses. The extended version given below was not printed until c. 1770. The rhyme has often been reprinted with illustrations, as suitable reading material for small children. The rhyme also has an alternative ending, in which the sparrow who killed cock robin