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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. 595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03UNSiGYYy
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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. 595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWWRm4E9RR
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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. 595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmlR2cpn6E
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My father and fufosa (uncle) kept going back and forth between home and the vet.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuS9qc5LLp
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The doctors had prescribed some medicines and injections to give her.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXFVjkzoPi
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"Go pray", Mumma cried out. 595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHHHlmYABF
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To say that we were stunned, would be an understatement, she was perfectly fine before we left. 595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOkugMhIcQ
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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. 595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNA7ZFeGh4T
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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*595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLPg9i2K4b
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It felt like an eternity but it had hardly been 2 minutes, as we sat there praying. 595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkD4xIWZeL
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Unmistakable sound of wailing made us sprint towards the living room.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUeF76IEEG
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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. 595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquyHni55O0
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Buasa and both my cousins shook her, trying to wake her up as they sobbed and screamed.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72Q8rKYvDO
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I escaped to the bathroom unable to believe what's happened. 595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHq5zhuFEZ
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Fufosa not being able to handle it, went out, I don't know where. 595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdiOCeWREmY
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My father kept on getting calls from the neighbors, asking if everything was alright.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrf1pzx7stk
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Everything was pretty much a blur after that.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbT4erLXKrp
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Things got settled in the evening around 6:30, that's when the house went deadly quiet. 595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66AqUnExPY
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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. 595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6bgQKwlPX
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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. 595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtunV1bvw1
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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 pieces595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsU6WDUDIfQ
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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. 595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWd9mWLpVG
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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.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFkQJTE9d0
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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." 595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWBacr1Pl5
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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. 595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGq5k1M94O
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Love and strength to all those brave people who have loved and lost. 595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LJVdT0lhQ
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