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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 ,¨.¨,.,«\*
†~^.¨.....       turned around, h¨e was back.       .....¨.^~†
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¤£§/~-,.¨. i   took   the   jackdaw   by   my  hand .¨.,-~/§£¤
@&%*^~,.¨. threw   it    out   the    window,   and .¨.,~^*%&@
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##@@&*/=.¨    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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