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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 ,-=/*£¤###
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##@$^*/»~¨    WATCHED HIM FALL AND TURNED AROUND    ¨~»/*^$@##
#¤*=--»,¨¨    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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