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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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