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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 @&§:=:.,¨,
.¨,.«/$%#£ threw   it    out    the   window,   and £#%$/«.,¨.
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,~~^%&§#@#    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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