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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 ...,«=*£§#
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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    ¨¨~~*^&§£@
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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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