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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?" ¨¨¨,,.,~^*
=«,¨,¨,¨..                                          ..¨,¨,¨,«=
~,¨..,¨.,¨ "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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