After Opie accidentally kills a mother bird with his new slingshot, he takes on the job of raising her babies himself. He grows very attached to them, but then has to set them free when they get big.
Opie is having a grand old time with his new slingshot. His father warns him to be careful with it, but when he inadvertently kills a bird, he is genuinely heartbroken. He reluctantly confesses to Andy what he has done but the real problem is that there are now three motherless hatchlings in the nest. Opie decides that he's going to raise them and he meticulously takes care of them, but eventually comes to the realization that he will soon have to let them go free.—garykmcd / edited by Hans Delbruck