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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. 618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgh1DOzDRLC
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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. 618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTe4yLojrTv
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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. 618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GMI7pCucU
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My father and fufosa (uncle) kept going back and forth between home and the vet.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycCKAbSi7D
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The doctors had prescribed some medicines and injections to give her.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskP1ju4GXv
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"Go pray", Mumma cried out. 618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8VR3e9QPD
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To say that we were stunned, would be an understatement, she was perfectly fine before we left. 618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgVZityVtB
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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. 618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQbeJ2wurE
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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*618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9jZzwgHL3
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It felt like an eternity but it had hardly been 2 minutes, as we sat there praying. 618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdAHLi0apq
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Unmistakable sound of wailing made us sprint towards the living room.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPt1I58lo2b
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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. 618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0e6jWmQ4tl
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Buasa and both my cousins shook her, trying to wake her up as they sobbed and screamed.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6exCrz6d1r
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I escaped to the bathroom unable to believe what's happened. 618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nhUdtwH42
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Fufosa not being able to handle it, went out, I don't know where. 618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrKrJjOvtH
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My father kept on getting calls from the neighbors, asking if everything was alright.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxsSq7Zif7
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Everything was pretty much a blur after that.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiJCRCeA7u
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Things got settled in the evening around 6:30, that's when the house went deadly quiet. 618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGB1B1WeoF0
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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. 618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQb9zcAmrD
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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. 618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pOczy8eRj
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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 pieces618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Nn9j7aCFh
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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. 618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCQhXJlMGl
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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.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25O6BdwCTv
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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." 618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQisZvVDWnI
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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. 618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1QCOwybVW
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Love and strength to all those brave people who have loved and lost. 618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeE28qSHUxW
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