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£**»:¨,,,, 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 ,^-*=££@##
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%†=,¨.,¨., threw   it    out    the   window,   and ,.¨,.¨,=†%
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££†^«-,.¨, 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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