cu - cant seem to get ~%take working

[Kerr PM]

I am trying to transfer a file from school to my home, ~%put works fine
but when I try and use ~%take <file> I get the following message
stty -echo; if test -r <file>; then (echo '~>':<file>; cat <file>;echo '~>');
else echo cant\'t open: <file>; fi; stty echo
badly placed ()'s
stty -echo; if test -r <file>; then (echo '~>':<file>; cat <file>;echo '~>');else