How old were you
when you got your first gun?
Thirteen or fourteen.
I remember when my daddy
gave me that gun.
He told me that I should never
point at anything in the house...
and that he'd rather
I shoot at tin cans in the backyard.
But he said that soon the temptation
to go after birds would be too much...
and that I could shoot
all the blue jays I wanted...
if I could hit 'em.
But to remember it was a sin
to kill a mockingbird.
Why?
I reckon 'cause mockingbirds
don't do anything...
but make music for us to enjoy.
Don't eat people's gardens.
Don't nest in the corn cribs.
They don't do one thing
but just sing their hearts out for us.