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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. 706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMY6BNmff2h
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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. 706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFt3wP1tZYJ
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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. 706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhpWI8TaS0
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My father and fufosa (uncle) kept going back and forth between home and the vet.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeuj46MufH
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The doctors had prescribed some medicines and injections to give her.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRqCJXk0sW
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"Go pray", Mumma cried out. 706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnusEwmBbQ
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To say that we were stunned, would be an understatement, she was perfectly fine before we left. 706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hOT4mI8W7
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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. 706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxrWbqrzeC
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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*706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uG0zKoRt5
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It felt like an eternity but it had hardly been 2 minutes, as we sat there praying. 706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDc1atYyRh
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Unmistakable sound of wailing made us sprint towards the living room.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAQ3zY4JPO
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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. 706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfF8ckhrA2f
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Buasa and both my cousins shook her, trying to wake her up as they sobbed and screamed.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVowd8D35s
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I escaped to the bathroom unable to believe what's happened. 706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKTaSJE3kE
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Fufosa not being able to handle it, went out, I don't know where. 706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9q7ZDOd4Cp
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My father kept on getting calls from the neighbors, asking if everything was alright.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKZV4ZHdsE
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Everything was pretty much a blur after that.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcSQxsmFdZ
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Things got settled in the evening around 6:30, that's when the house went deadly quiet. 706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc80fGbyFPj
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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. 706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVDwMV8Vhd
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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. 706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkC1ntGreFT
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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 pieces706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcmU8MdbTV
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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. 706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9SAAWoDSY
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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.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhlweFl2ZK
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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." 706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdFXDonIML
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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. 706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VlBy5Na8n
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Love and strength to all those brave people who have loved and lost. 706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLKXf4FeJD
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