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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 ¨¨.~~;%@£@
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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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