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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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