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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 ¨.~*†&@###
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@†:†/«~»,¨ 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    ,~,^:«^*£#
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##£@&=*=^.     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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###@¤$†«:. BUT SHE WOULD COME ANYWAY AND SO I  KEPT .:«†$¤@###
¤%%*-,¨¨¨¨ 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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