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it to the park, where he'd find other daws and 

 settle down. And that's what he did, but Jackie 

 came back to Deal again that same day; the 

 strangest thing was that mother and father made 

 a great fuss over it and fed it just as if they were 

 glad to have it back. Next day it got into the 

 parlour and broke some more things, and mother 

 scolded him for not getting rid of the bird, and 

 father said he knew how it could be done. One 

 of his pals was going to Dover, and he would 

 ask him to take the bird and let it go up by the 

 castle where it would mix with the jackdaws there, 

 and that would be too far away for it to come 

 back. But it did come back, and after that he 

 sent it to Ashford, and then to Canterbury, and 

 I don't know how many other places, but it always 

 came back, and they always seemed very glad to 

 see it back. All the same, mother was always 

 scolding him about the bird and complaining to 

 father about the damage it did in the house. Then 

 one day Aunt Ellen came to see mother, and told 

 her the best way to get rid of the daw would be 

 to send it abroad; she said her husband's cousin, 

 Mr. Sturge, was going out to his relations in 

 Canada to work on their farm, and she would get 



