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#@#¤*%†=,, 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     .,«^%§&#@#
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$=~^..,,¨, my  mother  came  running. "angel!  what ,¨,,..^~=$
/«,¨¨.,.,, 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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