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The Eleven O'Clock Sparrow
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On the third spoke, caught in a crack, was a single brown feather. Below it, wedged where the spoke met the rim, sat a tiny twig nest. Two pale eggs rested inside. The sparrow hadn't left the fountain at all. It had been building a home here the whole time.
Elias couldn't leave the eggs. He hurried to the newsstand and found Mrs. Otto, who knew the town's bird-watching club. Within an hour, three volunteers and a wildlife officer arrived. They photographed the nest and filed an emergency protection notice on the fountain. The demolition would have to wait.
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