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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. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhNruVIaO9
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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. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAwmDbkmuM
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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. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixLhYNwn0n
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My father and fufosa (uncle) kept going back and forth between home and the vet.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoD0fVzXrM
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The doctors had prescribed some medicines and injections to give her.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWZJCLvsB5
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"Go pray", Mumma cried out. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dJHiqockC
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To say that we were stunned, would be an understatement, she was perfectly fine before we left. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeO8CKae7u6
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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. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPi86zPw5G
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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*629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylXTvLQOQL
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It felt like an eternity but it had hardly been 2 minutes, as we sat there praying. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaL7qyJo2IU
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Unmistakable sound of wailing made us sprint towards the living room.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwsP42RvHX
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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. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DkeEQ3guO
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Buasa and both my cousins shook her, trying to wake her up as they sobbed and screamed.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7v5ErxHwOT
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I escaped to the bathroom unable to believe what's happened. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDUSvXdarl
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Fufosa not being able to handle it, went out, I don't know where. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53gDmj3sSD
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My father kept on getting calls from the neighbors, asking if everything was alright.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzsOJDECSE
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Everything was pretty much a blur after that.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2XFuDNmaY
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Things got settled in the evening around 6:30, that's when the house went deadly quiet. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP83rtW6NoR
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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. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxX2MMzaL9
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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. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHRurzxj5B
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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 pieces629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIl2z2fnusS
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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. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPENgKC1ryo
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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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GOU6OX2bM
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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." 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bxQiC9UHZ
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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. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZxKQUzij5
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Love and strength to all those brave people who have loved and lost. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflpSMjX5ko
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