“doyouthinkfatherisdisappointedin”</p>

“iknoylifeinkabul.iknohat.”</p>

heedonhislips.heburiedhisfaissfather,aoo,”heisssasaandrahihansahib.butsotisiladtheyrenot...theyrenothereanyre.”</p>

“.hedrek.</p>

“bee...iodirty.”hesuckedinhisbreathaoutinalong,sodirtyandfullofsin.”</p>

“yourenotdirty,sohrab,”isaid.</p>

“thosen”</p>

“yourenotdirtyatall.”</p>

“theydidthings...thebadnaherte.”</p>

“yourenotdirty,andyourenotfullofsin.”itouedratoaedhisheadonyarheachsob.</p>

akinshipexistsbetthesabreast.noyshirt,isahassefhadirrevocablyboundus.</p>

idbeenlookingfortherightti,therightnt,toaskthequestionthathadbeenbuzzingaroundinheadandkeepingupatnight.idecidedthenthere,rightnohthebrightlightsofthehouseofgodshiningonus.</p>

“eliveinaridwife”</p>

hedidntansyshirtahi</p>

foraentioned,asifthequestionhadntbeeall.thenoneday,sohrabanditookataxianekohvieoftheuntain.”persohrabto,bayassortntoffadingbruises.</p>

tree.itday,thesunperiliessnaosasandpakoras.soeeredfronoldvie,ybepakeeza.kids,nyoftheohrabsage,ansoffihesttightenedyuntrynroyingtheirownland.</p>

“ileandtoldhitportant.</p>

toyhalfbrothersson,playing</p>

yhesongendedandanotheroarted,oneididntregnize.</p>

“look,”sohrabsaid.helesssky.“didntknoabad,”isaid.</p>

“her,”hesaid,hiseyestragthebirdsular</p>

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