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,,¨,,,=*=£ 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        %%:=~.¨.,,
.¨..~~;$$§    watched him fall and turned around    §$$;~~..¨.
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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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