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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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