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.,¨¨,,~:$$ ^when i got home  from away, climbed all $$:~,,¨¨,.
.,...¨~~:$ the  way  to the  top, and there  was  a $:~~¨...,.
¨¨,¨,.,-~/ bird in my  room, not too unreasonable a /~-,.,¨,¨¨
,,¨¨,¨.,,= bird  but  still  an  unwelcome guest at =,,.¨,¨¨,,
¨,.,¨..-~; this hour,  that  had  let  himself  in. ;~-..¨,.,¨
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,,¨,.,»^†* the window  was  open  and so i waved my *†^»,.,¨,,
¨,¨,:~**@§ arms and he  flew out. but  as soon as i §@**~:,¨,¨
,,¨.=;*¤@@       turned around, h.e was back.       @@¤*;=.¨,,
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.,,«^%&@¶# i   took   the   jackdaw   by   my  hand #¶@&%^«,,.
¨,,.-*%¤¤# threw   it    out    the   window,   and #¤¤%*-.,,¨
,,.¨,~;§£@       into what i'm shielded from        @£§;~,¨.,,
¨.,.¨^~=%*    watched him fall and turned around    *%=~^¨.,.¨
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..,¨.¨-~** i  heard the thump as he hit the ground. **~-¨.¨,..
,..,,^«:$¤ 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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