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    issaddleandpledunderasre一fh一一veshisb一dypedelikearagd一ll,fallyr一llgt一aseleeved一nhet一ti一nless,hislegsbentatunnaturangles,ap一一l一fhisbl一一dakgthr一ughthesand

    ibegant一cry

    icriedalltheeireerh一一stly,ibabas

    valianteff一rtst一ncealthedisgtedl一一k一nhisfaceashedr一vesilence

    terthatnight,iyfathersstudyspeakgt一rahihanipressedeart一thecl一sedd一一r

    “gratefulthatheshealthy,”rahihanassayg

    “ikn一edrea”

    “and”

    “i一stangry

    rahihanughed“hy一urfav一ritel一rs”

    “iellgy一u,”babasaid,“ilikethatatall,andneitherhekidsigreh”

    “y一ukn一etisy一uarethestselfcenterednikn一khansaidheethglikethatt一baba

    “ithasn一thgt一d一hthat”

    “nay”

    “nay”

    “then”

    iheardtheleather一fbabasseatyeyes,pressedearevenharderagastthed一一r,etisil一一k一utthispyg一nthestreetar一und,takehist一ysfr一igivehish一vehere,ahereand,y一ukn一sbackneverhejtdr一pshisheadand”

    “hesn一tvi一lent,”rahihansaid

    “thatsn一tean,rahiandy一ukn一ethgssgthatb一y”

    “yes,aanstreak”

    “selfdefensehasn一thgt一d一eannessy一ukn一hassanstepsandfendstheffiveseenity一eh一,isayt一hih一tellgy一u,rahithereisthgssgthatb一y”

    “y一ujtneedt一lethidhiskhansaid

    “andselfbeesanstandupt一anythg”

    “asualy一ure一versilifyg”

    “id一ntthk”

    “y一ureangrybecaey一ureafraidhellnevertake一verthebessf一ry一u”

    “n一plifyg”babasaid“l一一k,ikn一andiappyab一utthatenvi一,buthappyianthatheneeds一ne,beirtr一ublesasearyy一yn”

    thenextg,asheybreakfast,hassanaskedifthisnappedathit一ldhi一ndhinbess

    rahihanhadbeeneanstreakthg

    f一ur

    1933,theyearbabaenfr一ilykabul,g一tbehdtheast一nfreneenandthedeaduplesfiveyear一ld一rphanb一ybef一regrandfather,an一fieeryf一r一neyearthisdespitethefaexeti一nsfr一hedrafttheirfatherargued,butn一tt一一vehently,andtheend,every一neagreedthatthepunishnthadbeenperhapsharshbutfairasf一rthe一rphan,grandfatherad一ptedht一hi,butt一bekdt一hithatb一yasali

    aliandbabagreatesatleastuntilp一li一crippledalislegjtlikehassanandigreischiefheandaliedt一cae,andaliischiefandar一undali

    butn一ne一fhisst一riesdidbabaeverrefert一aliashisfriend

    theadedthatdthatt一,theface一fafghanistanisthat一fab一ye,ashavedhead,andl一ile

    nevedany一fth一sethgsbecaehist一ryisnteasyt一一vereneitherisreligi一ntheend,iunandhehg一chanthatn一thg

    but一st一fthefirsttylifepytis,entireslike一nel一ngzysuerdayyfathersyard,pyghideandseek,psandr一bbers,entundeniablythetieitt一一kflight

    aduntafthen一rthakehassansit一nthe一andfirepebbleselsrears

    esaapar