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Three verses have been dropped from this playful version of the English ballad in which Cock Robin is killed, mourned, and buried by his avian friends. In the imaginatively envisioned illustrations, the initial and final spreads reveal the birds to be a party of costumed children. The uncluttered design works well with the spare text and oversize illustrations.