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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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.,¨,¨¨¨¨.~ arms and  he flew out.  but as soon as i ~.¨¨¨¨,¨,.
¨¨¨.,...,-       turned around, h,e was back.       -,...,.¨¨¨
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..¨..,«=$¤ threw    it   out   the   window,    and ¤$=«,..¨..
.¨.¨:-/%$¤       into what i'm shielded from        ¤$%/-:¨.¨.
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¨,...,»;§$ 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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