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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    ,:~;*@£###
###£%†=,¨,    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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