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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. 813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZZv1Cjifp
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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. 813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8ki4XgY28
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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. 813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYsQCM5MmM
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My father and fufosa (uncle) kept going back and forth between home and the vet.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1BhyOsyjO
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The doctors had prescribed some medicines and injections to give her.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9W1TQ0VQk
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"Go pray", Mumma cried out. 813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11vJMQM4uY
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To say that we were stunned, would be an understatement, she was perfectly fine before we left. 813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkejFM6zh17
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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. 813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEc42wJfYhS
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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*813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIszIo2d9bS
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It felt like an eternity but it had hardly been 2 minutes, as we sat there praying. 813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNdI6oXoSX
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Unmistakable sound of wailing made us sprint towards the living room.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNO3hNA2ay
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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. 813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdS6VHZcL67
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Buasa and both my cousins shook her, trying to wake her up as they sobbed and screamed.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hsqHDkCpz
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I escaped to the bathroom unable to believe what's happened. 813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9oYyq2TKF
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Fufosa not being able to handle it, went out, I don't know where. 813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdglKoWM8NY
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My father kept on getting calls from the neighbors, asking if everything was alright.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCGmDAkJ6C
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Everything was pretty much a blur after that.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2MddjCjde
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Things got settled in the evening around 6:30, that's when the house went deadly quiet. 813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1s02RAeK2
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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. 813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8a43tbhC1
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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. 813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgzz9Zb1R1
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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 pieces813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0zJ2ZAzJX
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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. 813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPR1rCW8Gh
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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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQp7KwEXeeR
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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." 813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLecsyq1jMS
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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. 813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMu0oYo4RR
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Love and strength to all those brave people who have loved and lost. 813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cWYhqzUj1
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