Who Killed Cock Robin?
(AKA The Dead and Burial of Cock Robin)

They Fell Sighing and Sobbing - To Cock Robin's Grave

Lobel presents the text in a box format--the initial question and answer each have a box, as do the following verses. The final verse has a larger box; and, rather that having the text in one box and an illustration next to it, both are in one box, with the words on a large white cloud that forms part of the background of the illustration. This format stresses the uniform nature of the verses, and the difference between the last verse, which is a description (and thus, perhaps, deserving of a little scene, rather than a small picture of the animal named) rather than a question and its answer. This final scene shows Cock Robin's grave on what appears to be a barren heath, with various birds visiting it. The curved linesof the landscape and of the arriving birds may help to make the sense of loss and of caring is more real to the viewer.