Here is the story itself: "The Case of Four and Twenty Blackbirds"
Here is a nursery rhyme link to "Who Killed Cock Robin" ... that gives away the killer!
Here is a nursery rhyme link to "Who Killed Cock Robin" ... that gives away the killer!
Here is the one that the story is based on and explains what happened to the queen (Four and Twenty Blackbirds)
And of course, here is (Humpty Dumpty)
And of course, here is (Humpty Dumpty)
Now, for further investigation, here is the link for "film noir" a genre of film, and stories, were there is usually mystery and murder, and it is always rainy and dark out.