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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 .¨¨¨.=^%§@
@§@*==-.¨¨ 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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