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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    #¤=/=~.,.,
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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 ¨¨,,¨.,,¨.
,¨,,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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