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In my return back through the passage, I heard the same words repeated twice over, and looking up, I saw it was a starling, hung in a little cage. ‘I can’t get out, I can’t get out,’ said the starling.
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Mann reflects on the plight of a caged starling, symbolizing captivity and longing for freedom.
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