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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. 710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqX5v1QPsL1
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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. 710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpEgTSUpqg
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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. 710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVDrfdz0w2
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My father and fufosa (uncle) kept going back and forth between home and the vet.710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErsL86EtOa
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The doctors had prescribed some medicines and injections to give her.710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuFL5oCvUP
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"Go pray", Mumma cried out. 710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgb1nYqd1q7
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To say that we were stunned, would be an understatement, she was perfectly fine before we left. 710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpGEMtY0nf
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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. 710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBxFbk3h7G
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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*710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVj4g8QwNe
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It felt like an eternity but it had hardly been 2 minutes, as we sat there praying. 710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY16Kz2LDe0
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Unmistakable sound of wailing made us sprint towards the living room.710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp19nSULLWz
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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. 710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9PJIyhQIL
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Buasa and both my cousins shook her, trying to wake her up as they sobbed and screamed.710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBv7KxIDdt8
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I escaped to the bathroom unable to believe what's happened. 710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQV64C83VHo
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Fufosa not being able to handle it, went out, I don't know where. 710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTHPvfw9V8
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My father kept on getting calls from the neighbors, asking if everything was alright.710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTckrNb0VJ
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Everything was pretty much a blur after that.710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0EmyPMa8F
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Things got settled in the evening around 6:30, that's when the house went deadly quiet. 710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofcsJCem2x
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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. 710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DUIpQTVjH
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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. 710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlD1Ocb6Qa
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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 pieces710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9jLAKOzdt
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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. 710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvx1cdj0Vw
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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.710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9LocUFVPQ
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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." 710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7y79XyO6w
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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. 710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyUft55XVZ
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Love and strength to all those brave people who have loved and lost. 710Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgx6LdTXOx
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