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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. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmynqaQ824
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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. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCh7Q5nWVw
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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. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuXKrJgifh
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My father and fufosa (uncle) kept going back and forth between home and the vet.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuKmBzizE2
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The doctors had prescribed some medicines and injections to give her.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpeBiGcxpV
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"Go pray", Mumma cried out. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrNdJxztan
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To say that we were stunned, would be an understatement, she was perfectly fine before we left. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVk5P6cSdrC
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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. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrzLrkZcA1
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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*848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4dNkNeaVf
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It felt like an eternity but it had hardly been 2 minutes, as we sat there praying. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYI4ySrF5Bb
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Unmistakable sound of wailing made us sprint towards the living room.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSSoLLazfw
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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. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkx1U5tQRE
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Buasa and both my cousins shook her, trying to wake her up as they sobbed and screamed.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLY4UYivtFD
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I escaped to the bathroom unable to believe what's happened. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk080PdEGvl
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Fufosa not being able to handle it, went out, I don't know where. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8TXnRzfyv
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My father kept on getting calls from the neighbors, asking if everything was alright.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKCRvjlBPu
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Everything was pretty much a blur after that.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcs0ROZBhA
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Things got settled in the evening around 6:30, that's when the house went deadly quiet. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJI3VfVGQqd
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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. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhA4L6XblxG
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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. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8h9pkYxQa
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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 pieces848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4sGuvuWhx
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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. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3zkdvIIK7
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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.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAqGkI9ECg
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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." 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZfFZdosxq
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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. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLsVkZqRQI
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Love and strength to all those brave people who have loved and lost. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbAEax6yx1
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