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buoyedbyrahihansnote,igrabbedthestoryandhurrieddoattress.thatetheysleptinthehouse,e.ishookhassanaifheedtohearastory.</p>
herubbedhissleepcloggedeyesandstretched.“”</p>
“heti.thisstorysspecial.iyself,”itoened.</p>
“thenihavetohearit,”hesaid,alreadypullingtheblaoffhi</p>
<therblefireplathee;thisehassanahetale,hisfaceshiftiedclappingsoundhhishands.</p>
“shallah,aragha.bravo”heing.</p>
“youlikedit”isaid,gettiasteandhoitivereview.</p>
“soday,inshallah,youer,”hassansaid.“andpeopleallovertheories.”</p>
“youexaggerate,hassan,”isaid,lovinghiorit.</p>
“no.youous,”heinsisted.thenhepaused,asifonthevergeofaddingsothioaskaquestionaboutthestory”hesaidshyly.</p>
“ofurse.”</p>
“arted,brokeoff.</p>
“tell,hassan,”isaid.isled,thoughsuddenlytheinsecureesosureheedtohearit.</p>
“ayask,ankillhiselledanonion”</p>
ie.ivedlipssoundlessly.itappearedthatonthesanightihadleaedaboutoneofingsobjectives,irony,iroducedtoospitfalls:theplothole.taughtbyhassan,ofallpeople.hassanreadandhadenasinglewordinhis</p>
entirelife.avoice,ldanddark,suddenlyyear,doesheknohatilliteratehazarahellneverbeanythingbutaok.hoicizeyou</p>
“itofinishthatsentence.</p>
becausesuddenlyafghanistangedforever.</p>
five</p>
sothingroaredlikethuheearthshookalittleaatattatofgunfire.“father”hassancried.wesp</p>
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