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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. 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjtLNIhcKq
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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. 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJERwv1Aq6
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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. 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFglaf9Mvj4
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My father and fufosa (uncle) kept going back and forth between home and the vet.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡho54nz0uQ1
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The doctors had prescribed some medicines and injections to give her.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYCEbEFBK5
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"Go pray", Mumma cried out. 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSOcD1bR7P
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To say that we were stunned, would be an understatement, she was perfectly fine before we left. 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQdi6ARX5v
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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. 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOW1YbhBgax
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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*683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOeop9oQKv
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It felt like an eternity but it had hardly been 2 minutes, as we sat there praying. 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQol4kp929B
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Unmistakable sound of wailing made us sprint towards the living room.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70lXuAjjch
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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. 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKct1goHSq
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Buasa and both my cousins shook her, trying to wake her up as they sobbed and screamed.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOweTuUD9k
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I escaped to the bathroom unable to believe what's happened. 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaObcAjlsHk
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Fufosa not being able to handle it, went out, I don't know where. 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ddkCDxeHI
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My father kept on getting calls from the neighbors, asking if everything was alright.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoNsZy2z29
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Everything was pretty much a blur after that.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9NH1GzHcx
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Things got settled in the evening around 6:30, that's when the house went deadly quiet. 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgor2GX9sM
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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. 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOL2VibMOLO
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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. 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSH9Fm5WpX7
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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 pieces683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FuJtQmZoM
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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. 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGT8HIaf6Gw
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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.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXumKHbBPJa
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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." 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9Pm6wpgM7
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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. 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYI7fN57Q3
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Love and strength to all those brave people who have loved and lost. 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztcA1LXYkw
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