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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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