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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 .,.»^§¤¤@#
##¤==-:¨..       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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