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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. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXwCYq8MZy
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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. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCqzFc9Y9V
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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. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJlxiR6UnJ
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My father and fufosa (uncle) kept going back and forth between home and the vet.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7AwxBZas8
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The doctors had prescribed some medicines and injections to give her.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EModMtTwP
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"Go pray", Mumma cried out. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWGCRVPLhv
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To say that we were stunned, would be an understatement, she was perfectly fine before we left. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQb8SvCRZgz
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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. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2SZdZQtB1
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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*809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqXXdIlbeu
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It felt like an eternity but it had hardly been 2 minutes, as we sat there praying. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgTWRRQTFZ
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Unmistakable sound of wailing made us sprint towards the living room.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEKvPffPLB
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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. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DIufdgsgO
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Buasa and both my cousins shook her, trying to wake her up as they sobbed and screamed.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTYyVe9t61
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I escaped to the bathroom unable to believe what's happened. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAiWvah1RT
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Fufosa not being able to handle it, went out, I don't know where. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2V8JxYz8i
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My father kept on getting calls from the neighbors, asking if everything was alright.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMvCDqBpUa
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Everything was pretty much a blur after that.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUqpUjGPcc
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Things got settled in the evening around 6:30, that's when the house went deadly quiet. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTK7VIhTgL
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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. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8TZF51P6k
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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. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2n22Yprla
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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 pieces809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoj1f4IsRbL
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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. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Ls8wkrbsl
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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.809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ259lCQQpjA
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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." 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jp7uIeI99
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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. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCN83FqUYN
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Love and strength to all those brave people who have loved and lost. 809Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlOVoNRm76
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