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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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