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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 ,¨..,~=^&#
¶&$^=-~¨,, ARMS AND HE FLEW OUT.  BUT AS  SOON AS I ,,¨~-=^$&¶
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¶@**=-,,,¨ I   TOOK   THE   JACKDAW  BY   MY   HAND ¨,,,-=**@¶
&§%;«:¨¨.¨ THREW    IT   OUT   THE    WINDOW,   AND ¨.¨¨:«;%§&
@%:«:....¨        INTO WHAT I'M SHIELDED FROM       ¨....:«:%@
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%†/~~¨¨.,¨    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 ¨¨~-;^§£@#
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^*»,,,,¨., 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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