*§/=:¨...¨                                          ¨...¨:=/§*
£*^^»^,¨.¨                                          ¨.¨,^»^^*£
@#$§*~.,.¨                                          ¨.,.~*§$#@
#@@*$†--..                                          ..--†$*@@#
##@¤$**»-¨                                          ¨-»**$¤@##
##£§**-~¨.            view from the tower           .¨~-**§£##
@£&^:»:..,            #######@#######@#@#           ,..:»:^&£@
#§†;«..,,,            ==~«~-~~»=«~~~~~~««           ,,,..«;†§#
$%\~,,.,¨.                                          .¨,.,,~\%$
§†»:..¨,,, \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. ¨.,¨¨,,,,,
.¨.,...,,,                                          ,,,...,.¨.
¨,...,¨,,¨ 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.       .¨¨.,¨¨,.¨
,.,,.,,..¨                                          ¨..,,.,,.,
.,.¨.,¨.¨¨                  #^,,#                   ¨¨.¨,.¨.,.
,¨.,.,.¨,¨ 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      ,¨,,,¨:»\§
%%†«-,.¨¨.                  #:-,#                   .¨¨.,-«†%%
¤&†;~,.¨,,                                          ,,¨.,~;†&¤
@&%^/~:.¨, i heard the thump as he  hit the ground. ,¨.:~/^%&@
#@&%§*~:¨. my  mother  came  running. "angel!  what .¨:~*§%&@#
##¶&£%;«,¨ did you do?"                             ¨,«;%£&¶##
#¶£*^;-.,,                                          ,,.-;^*£¶#
¶#$†\»~¨., don't  come in here,  i  wanted to  say, ,.¨~»\†$#¶
&$%*=-,¨.¨ but she would  come anyway and so i kept ¨.¨,-=*%$&
*††=.¨,¨,¨ 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. ¨,,¨..,¨¨,
¨.¨..¨,,¨,                                          ,¨,,¨..¨.¨
,.¨,¨..¨.,                                          ,.¨..¨,¨.,
,,¨¨¨,¨,¨,                                          ,¨,¨,¨¨¨,,
,¨,,¨.¨¨¨.                                          .¨¨¨.¨,,¨,
,¨,,.,¨,.¨                                          ¨.,¨,.,,¨,
¨.¨.,¨¨,,,                                          ,,,¨¨,.¨.¨
..¨¨¨,¨.¨¨                                          ¨¨.¨,¨¨¨..