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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     ¨¨,~»=†&§#
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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?" ¨¨,^»=%&&@
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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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