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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 ,¨,,¨,~=%¤
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£=\«:...,.    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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