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&#$=,~~.,¨ \WHEN I GOT HOME FROM AWAY,  CLIMBED ALL ¨,.~~,=$#&
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##@#%$\-~. BIRD IN MY ROOM, NOT TOO  UNREASONABLE A .~-\$%#@##
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&*/,.,.¨.¨ ARMS AND HE FLEW OUT. BUT  AS SOON  AS I ¨.¨.,.,/*&
###@£%:«..       TURNED AROUND, H¨E WAS BACK.       ..«:%£@###
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#@@@§^==., I  TOOK   THE   JACKDAW   BY   MY   HAND ,.==^§@@@#
#§&$*=/~.. THREW    IT   OUT   THE    WINDOW,   AND ..~/=*$&§#
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###@£^=~.. I HEARD THE THUMP AS  HE HIT THE GROUND. ..~=^£@###
¶§#%%^=--, MY MOTHER  CAME  RUNNING.  "ANGEL!  WHAT ,--=^%%#§¶
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#£#£¤^=-., BUT SHE WOULD COME  ANYWAY AND SO I KEPT ,.-=^¤£#£#
&¤§†,,..,, IT  TO   MYSELF.   "ARE  YOU  ALLRIGHT?" ,,..,,†§¤&
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##@#@=\»~. "I  HURT A BIRD", AND  I  COULD SEE  HIM .~»\=@#@##
#@¶§$*:«.¨ THROUGH THE WINDOWS, TRYING TO  FLY WITH ¨.«:*$§¶@#
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