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The four of us were sitting in front of the Mandir (temple) at home and praying, my cousin's hands shook as she held onto the book of Ganesh Aarti (Indian deity), my other cousin ringing the bell and both me and my sister sat there with folded hands, all of us wishing that she pulls through. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrePWKG0Iu6
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It was the ninth day of Navaratri, (Navaratri is a Hindu festival that spans nine nights and is celebrated every year. Young girls are invited to the devotees' houses, where they wash their feet as a mark of respect, and then offer food to them) we had just come home after a substantial meal next door, smiling and comparing our inexpensive gifts. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIInzHnhdU
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We stopped short, our eyes landing on the small bundle of black, white and fawn coloured, barely five months old, floppy, lying on the ground in the living room, breathing heavily. Next to her, my mother and buasa (aunt) sat, injecting her with medicines and slowly dripping water in her mouth. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvRjAsjOdQ
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My father and fufosa (uncle) kept going back and forth between home and the vet.847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1MP1mJvfE
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The doctors had prescribed some medicines and injections to give her.847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpja0BzXEw
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"Go pray", Mumma cried out. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEPT9QvJNm
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To say that we were stunned, would be an understatement, she was perfectly fine before we left. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzY7hCNe9uf
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My cousins had come to stay with us for a few days and they had gotten floppy as a present from one of their close relatives, I remember my cousins being ecstatic over having her as their new family member. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCDYtCGCYR
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"Go", Mumma reminded us again, softly this time. We quickly made our way to the only hope that had left. *GOD*847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKY2XA77W95
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It felt like an eternity but it had hardly been 2 minutes, as we sat there praying. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAd8ENOyRh
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Unmistakable sound of wailing made us sprint towards the living room.847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPRsY1UEru
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I can't forget the sight in front of me, for the longest time I'd just look at that spot in the living room and see her body laying there. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCSIaINQdf
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Buasa and both my cousins shook her, trying to wake her up as they sobbed and screamed.847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0uBR8DbcM
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I escaped to the bathroom unable to believe what's happened. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwqmpNltyd
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Fufosa not being able to handle it, went out, I don't know where. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolpsxx4yIT
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My father kept on getting calls from the neighbors, asking if everything was alright.847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyu4WZXJchG
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Everything was pretty much a blur after that.847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHOQVhA40O
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Things got settled in the evening around 6:30, that's when the house went deadly quiet. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSobCaB5D7
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Me and my cousin (the one my age) were sitting on the balcony. I didn't know how to comfort her, so I kept silent, staring at her as she stared at the setting sun. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXmnDYBWGd
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"It's Navaratri and all the girls are worshipped today, then why did they take her?" She asked.
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"She'll be happy wherever she goes", she continued on. "Only two months with her but the pain of losing her is unbearable", she finally looked at me, as she whispered with tearful eyes. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsN4xk2Q54
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The next day, when I went out to buy something, I ran into my neighbor and the what they said broke my heart into pieces847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAtiJqHjRY
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"We heard a lot of crying yesterday, I called your father and found out your relatives' dog died, the way everyone was crying, we thought someone passed away." and then he laughed, I was speechless, I just stood there and stared at him, thinking had it been my cousin here instead of me she would've effed him up good but I just left without saying anything. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5417zEUwF
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I can't begin to imagine what my relatives went through that day. It's something not a lot of us can understand until we've experienced it.847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ586qXsRM4f
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Years later after losing another dog of 10 years, my cousin said to me "It's like she took part of my soul with her, I have a hole in my heart now, which only she can fill." 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdiqhNYke0
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Dogs are the greatest gift to humanity, and it's true, when they leave they take a part of our soul with them. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSv3lIXnB0
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Love and strength to all those brave people who have loved and lost. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPYucJ12Gb
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