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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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