One afternoon, as a blackbird raced across a rooftop, it tripped and fell down a chimney and became lodged in the chute. The blackbird struggled and struggled but was unable to free itself. The chimney, which felt sympathy for the scared bird, nudged one of its bricks out until it fell to the ground below. Quickly, the blackbird squeezed out of the hole and flew away. The next day, the home's owner noticed the brick lying in her yard, and then glanced up at the chimney, which had deteriorated from years of neglect. So the owner fixed and cleaned the chimney, and the chimney lived happily for years to come.

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