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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 ##¤§^/~^..
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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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