To Kill A Mockingbird: A Short Story Of A Baby Bird

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My dog always seems to find herself in some sort of trouble. So when I saw her sniffing in the direction of a baby bird, I knew exactly what was going to happen next. Let's just say, I hope that it had a good time out of its nest while it lasted.
It was summertime, birds were chirping too loudly and the sun was beating down on everything that it could. For a little girl in second grade, it was the perfect time to go outside, maybe go to a friends house and play. But I was on a mission. I was going to get my older sister outside, along with Ruby, my pet yorkshire terrier, and go on a walk with them. Usually, I didn’t get the chance to walk with Ruby because Katie always thought that I was going to somehow hurt her; that she was going to get …show more content…

Once I had two that would work, I went back to the bird and used them to pick it up. Walking across the yard, the bird almost fell multiple times. I couldn’t help but feel bad for it, and wish that I had made sure that Ruby didn’t go by it. I could see very clearly where her jaws had clamped around it, almost making through one side and to the other. The bird was obviously a baby, a fat one at that, and must have fallen out of its nest.
Finally making it to the farm field, I threw the body as best as I could onto the hard-packed earth. Another thud met my ears, this one making dust fly. I grabbed the sticks in one hand and, winding my arm up, threw it as far as I could into the growing crops. They caught it, and gently set it on the ground.
Katie was no longer outside, most likely having brought Ruby back in to wash out her mouth. I slowly walked towards the garage, not seeing the ground beneath me. I couldn’t believe that she had killed the bird. No wait, I could. She used to be a hunting dog before I got her, and her tail was cut shorter so that she could chase rabbits down to their burrows. We didn’t want her to be a hunting dog, just a family dog, so we never let her go hunting. I guess that she was sick of doing nothing, so decided to do something to change

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