I tried your code and I got the correct(?) output:

mv89psg6zh4: A bird in a sink keeps getting under the running water fr
+om a faucet. A bird...
[download]

Since all your keys were the same I even changed two of them to mv89psg7zh4 and mv89psg8zh4 and again got the expexted output:

mv89psg7zh4: A bird is playing in a sink with running water.
mv89psg6zh4: A bird in a sink keeps getting under the running water fr
+om a faucet. A bird is bathing in a sink. A bird is splashing around 
+under a running faucet. A bird is bathing in a sink. A bird is standi
+ng in a sink drinking water that is pouring out of the facet. A fauce
+t is running while a bird stands in the sink below. A bird is bathing
+ in the sink. A bird is taking a bath.
mv89psg8zh4: A bird is playing in tap water.
[download]

PS: What do you see when you uncomment the print statement inside your read loop?

---

---

Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!

Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.

Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.

Please read these before you post! —

• How do I compose an effective node title?
• How do I post a question effectively?
• Markup in the Monastery

Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:

a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr

You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)

	For:		Use:
	&		&
	<		&lt;
	>		&gt;
	[		&#91;
	]		&#93;

Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?

See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.