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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. 1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzof7ieLjp
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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. 1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmpoZYE3We
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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. 1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2q6BNe76f
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My father and fufosa (uncle) kept going back and forth between home and the vet.1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVCi9pvDxQ
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The doctors had prescribed some medicines and injections to give her.1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Z2BI4s8bW
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"Go pray", Mumma cried out. 1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndagyLYeYo
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To say that we were stunned, would be an understatement, she was perfectly fine before we left. 1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnXTv1aJvK
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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. 1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSWKq8ymf1
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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*1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndrH05YEJK
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It felt like an eternity but it had hardly been 2 minutes, as we sat there praying. 1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNXO2YirK7
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Unmistakable sound of wailing made us sprint towards the living room.1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcmvTd0oaE
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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. 1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmhLltRSpG
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Buasa and both my cousins shook her, trying to wake her up as they sobbed and screamed.1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6v9iZ6GKgq
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I escaped to the bathroom unable to believe what's happened. 1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72ZKY9NIfm
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Fufosa not being able to handle it, went out, I don't know where. 1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTJqM79ttR
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My father kept on getting calls from the neighbors, asking if everything was alright.1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7M1vmPnOQP
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Everything was pretty much a blur after that.1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEwVwxHkhE
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Things got settled in the evening around 6:30, that's when the house went deadly quiet. 1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iQmTfJYrH
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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. 1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rrGPjSLT3
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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. 1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MiMT5w0lB
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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 pieces1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PXsWDklMv
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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. 1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOtAA0GZ4c
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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.1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZIz2mN4X7
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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." 1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9PDz8LOKw
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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. 1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuwDHa4yV0
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Love and strength to all those brave people who have loved and lost. 1043Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUreLdt14r5
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