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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. 1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbKL856LMu
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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. 1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJC9w2zYClM
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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. 1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjT7LA0HoXS
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My father and fufosa (uncle) kept going back and forth between home and the vet.1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzawTbLzyhP
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The doctors had prescribed some medicines and injections to give her.1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGouypzkT4
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"Go pray", Mumma cried out. 1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHs8Mbpn0e
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To say that we were stunned, would be an understatement, she was perfectly fine before we left. 1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGp4UTvvrm
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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. 1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOHBvl3hti
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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*1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUKigSrQLR
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It felt like an eternity but it had hardly been 2 minutes, as we sat there praying. 1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaI1TnLzIf
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Unmistakable sound of wailing made us sprint towards the living room.1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1cjAmrQtT
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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. 1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJyMnoqBpE
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Buasa and both my cousins shook her, trying to wake her up as they sobbed and screamed.1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4n02DLDn2
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I escaped to the bathroom unable to believe what's happened. 1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzkEzQLPGf
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Fufosa not being able to handle it, went out, I don't know where. 1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8Th3rx1OI
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My father kept on getting calls from the neighbors, asking if everything was alright.1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMBqL4K7QH
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Everything was pretty much a blur after that.1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9woEIqIVC7
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Things got settled in the evening around 6:30, that's when the house went deadly quiet. 1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczlKznJb78
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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. 1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFm5hesnMi0
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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. 1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeN3ZMjgom
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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 pieces1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUCC7kBf2A
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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. 1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaBJ99TM1g
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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.1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtbUSiMZ15
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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." 1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLfauwfH2O
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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. 1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0yFfcmrtr
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Love and strength to all those brave people who have loved and lost. 1088Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0B6ElgwP5
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