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##£@@=^=.¨ BIRD IN MY  ROOM, NOT TOO UNREASONABLE A ¨.=^=@@£##
#@¤%%†«.., BIRD  BUT  STILL AN  UNWELCOME  GUEST AT ,..«†%%¤@#
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$§^«.,¨¨,. THE  WINDOW WAS OPEN  AND SO I WAVED  MY .,¨¨,.«^§$
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§£*=»,.,.¨ I   TOOK   THE   JACKDAW  BY   MY   HAND ¨.,.,»=*£§
##%=†»,..¨ THREW   IT   OUT   THE    WINDOW,    AND ¨..,»†=%##
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##§£§†«.¨.     HELD HIS GAZE THROUGHOUT THE FALL    .¨.«†§£§##
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==»,.,...¨ I HEARD THE  THUMP AS HE HIT THE GROUND. ¨...,.,»==
;-:¨,,,.,, MY  MOTHER  CAME  RUNNING.  "ANGEL! WHAT ,,.,,,¨:-;
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#@#§%/»,., 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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