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.,.~*†££## \when  i got home from away, climbed all ##££†*~.,.
¨,.,~/=§#@ the  way  to  the top, and  there  was a @#§=/~,.,¨
¨,,¨:»*§%@ bird in my room, not  too unreasonable a @%§*»:¨,,¨
¨.¨..^~††¤ bird  but  still an  unwelcome  guest at ¤††~^..¨.¨
...,,,~~^* this  hour,  that  had  let himself  in. *^~~,,,...
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¨¨,.,,¨¨:= the window was open  and  so i  waved my =:¨¨,,.,¨¨
¨.....,¨,, arms and he  flew out. but as soon as  i ,,¨,.....¨
,,¨¨.¨.,,¨       turned around, h.e was back.       ¨,,.¨.¨¨,,
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.,,.,.¨¨., i  took   the   jackdaw   by   my   hand ,.¨¨.,.,,.
¨¨¨.,¨,.., threw   it    out    the   window,   and ,..,¨,.¨¨¨
.,.¨.,.¨,,        into what i'm shielded from       ,,¨.,.¨.,.
.,,¨.,,.,.    watched him fall and turned around    .,.,,.¨,,.
,¨¨¨.¨.¨.,    held his gaze throughout the fall     ,.¨.¨.¨¨¨,
,,¨,,,,.,,     in spite he did not move at all      ,,.,,,,¨,,
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¨¨¨,.,.~«; i heard the thump  as he hit the ground. ;«~.,.,¨¨¨
....,..-:* my  mother came  running.  "angel!  what *:-..,....
,.,¨,.-:%£ did you do?"                             £%:-.,¨,.,
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¨,¨^~^†&#@ don't come  in  here, i wanted  to  say, @#&†^~^¨,¨
¨,.~††%¶## but she would come anyway and  so i kept ##¶%††~.,¨
¨,=*§§£@## it   to  myself.   "are  you  allright?" ##@£§§*=,¨
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,¨,.~†^%@# "i  hurt  a bird", and  i  could see him #@%^†~.,¨,
....-~/^$¶ through the windows,  trying to fly with ¶$^/~-....
¨¨,..,»;*$ his wings  somehow inverted.  they would $*;»,..,¨¨
..¨¨..~-:* not bear  him,  and  he was  infuriated. *:-~..¨¨..
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