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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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