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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     *:~:....,.
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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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