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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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¨.,-†§&§¶# threw   it    out    the   window,   and #¶§&§†-,.¨
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¨,,~=*$£@#    watched him fall and turned around    #@£$*=~,,¨
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,¨,«=*$#£#     in spite he did not move at all      #£#$*=«,¨,
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,,~††$@£## i heard the thump  as he hit the ground. ##£@$††~,,
,¨.=*$&¤## my  mother came  running.  "angel!  what ##¤&$*=.¨,
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,,~:=§¤#@# 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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