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The Eleven O'Clock Sparrow
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A boy of about ten sat alone on the far bench, swinging his legs. He was the only other person in the whole square. Elias walked over. 'You waiting for the sparrow too?' he asked. The boy looked up, surprised. 'You know about the sparrow?'
'I scared it off,' Sam admitted, looking guilty. 'I tried to feed it bread crumbs and it flew up to the roof of the bakery. It won't come down.' He pointed to the tiny brown shape on the dark, shuttered bakery. 'Now it's stuck up there.'
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Elias dug an old bag of birdseed from his coat pocket. 'Forget the bread,' he said. 'Watch.' He scattered seed along the fountain's edge and stepped back. After a long, quiet minute, the sparrow drifted down from the bakery roof and began to eat. Sam beamed. 'You did it!'
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