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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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