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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. #$%:~,,.,,
¨.,:=*$£¶#                                          #¶£$*=:,.¨
¨,,=††$£## 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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