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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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