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£†*-~.,,,, 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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;»,¨.¨..,, 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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