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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    *--....,¨¨
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,,.¨,¨,¨¨,      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 $§;-^¨.¨.¨
,,,,-«:§§§ it  to   myself.  "are  you   allright?" §§§:«-,,,,
¨,,^~/=¤@¶                                          ¶@¤=/~^,,¨
¨¨,»;*&¤£# "i hurt  a bird",  and  i could see  him #£¤&*;»,¨¨
¨-~/*§¤### through the  windows, trying to fly with ###¤§*/~-¨
,«:$*@#### his  wings  somehow inverted. they would ####@*$:«,
¨^-/†@¤¶@# not  bear him,  and he  was  infuriated. #@¶¤@†/-^¨
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