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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. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eomx05Faj
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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. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Dzk7uqwqO
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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. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGIRNe1wdZ
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My father and fufosa (uncle) kept going back and forth between home and the vet.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WCewcy5Uk
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The doctors had prescribed some medicines and injections to give her.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUG5Qe11rOi
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"Go pray", Mumma cried out. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBl8rzMK3zW
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To say that we were stunned, would be an understatement, she was perfectly fine before we left. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtRNGLh4wx
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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. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWkn2T7C6C
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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*808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Hx8KHjT9r
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It felt like an eternity but it had hardly been 2 minutes, as we sat there praying. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDRwRI98ru
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Unmistakable sound of wailing made us sprint towards the living room.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJwemImw6R
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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. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaP3cNS6Iqp
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Buasa and both my cousins shook her, trying to wake her up as they sobbed and screamed.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz00R2yI7Wl
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I escaped to the bathroom unable to believe what's happened. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFsYkbwi35
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Fufosa not being able to handle it, went out, I don't know where. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rBPLS0zyo
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My father kept on getting calls from the neighbors, asking if everything was alright.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsOarG3KYO
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Everything was pretty much a blur after that.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzaF4AYWMtP
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Things got settled in the evening around 6:30, that's when the house went deadly quiet. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zw2CgCeNr
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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. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQYuzjF1WM
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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. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKM36NzO5x
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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 pieces808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfn4a3CRiG
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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. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqd0vLGVg2
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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.808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhqFmAqX22
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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." 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdIi6HYyUv
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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. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKM3G2Jsve
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Love and strength to all those brave people who have loved and lost. 808Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6TnbEKPVw
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