content: then she began to blame the sparrow , but the old man stopped her at once , saying : " do n't blame the sparrow , it is your wickedness which has at last met with its reward . i only hope this may be a lesson to you in the future ! " the old woman said nothing more , and from that day she repented of her cross , unkind ways , and by degrees became a good old woman , so that her husband hardly knew her to be the same person , and they spent their last days together happily , free from want or care , spending carefully the treasure the old man had received from his pet , the tongue - cut sparrow .
answer: the sparrow had punished her .
question: what made the woman repent of her unkind ways ?
target: what made the woman repent of her unkind ways ?
references: what made the woman repent of her unkind ways ?