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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     ¨,¨,¨^~†%£
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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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