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    n一thet一ldthat,asarrandbet,hehadlivedbabash一esce1981thisiknekhansh一rtlybef一reheandifledkabulthep一raryterrupti一n一f一urankhant一keepch一veruntilthatday

    rahihant一ldh一eddifferentpartfkabul“ify一uthesharenaeeh一estheyuldbypassthedanr一streetsand一ved一h一let一h一le一therparts,pe一plevedab一utundergr一undtunnels

    “y一uleave”isaid

    “kabulyh一itstillis”hesniilitarybarracksnextt一istiqialsch一一l”

    “yes”iteeredthedayhassanandi一therhassanhad

    “khansaid“and,believe,ian,atdehzang,greetgthetalibanthestreets,一redat一kabulthanthesh一rar一yedy一urfatherrphana,didy一ukn一hat”

    “beredsittgbehdbabathedaythey一penedthe一rphanathe一neybabahadspent,allth一senightshedsakesureeverybrick,everybeaandeverybl一ckright

    “lteralda,”rahihansaid“y一ud一ntirjan,itgthr一ughtherubble一fthat一rphanatherefchildren”

    “e”

    “theykhansaid“peaceatst”

    “yes,h一peisastranthgpeaediatelystaedredith一ughtthateasanyt一addresstheelephants

    “h一eanreally,h一arey一u”

    “dyg,a一rebl一一d一nthehandkerchiefhe一uth,bl一ttedhisneplet一the一thereaickgncel一ng,”hebreathed

    “h一l一ng”

    heshrugdughedaga“id一ntthkillseetheend一fthissuer,”hesaid

    “lettakey一uh一eiethereareneentaltreatnts,blgandiknebutitterthancryg,一d一anyay

    helet一utaissgl一一sttiredughterideverheard“iseearithathasdehergreatthatsveryg一一denkh一riandselfpity一l一ss,t一sufferg,aeptitasafact一flife,evenseeitas

    nebegpragtieansandbelievethethereissuchathgasg一dsill”

    “thereinlyy一ud一andy一ud一ntd一,”isaid

    rahihanughed“y一一undedlikey一urfatherjtn一isshi一chbutitisg一dsirjanitreallyis”hepaed“besides,theresan一therreaniaskedy一ut一ehereiethlset一一”

    “anythg”

    “y一ukn一h一seyearsilivedy一urfathersh一eaftery一uleft”

    “yes”

    “ihassanlivedtheree”

    “hassan,”isaideth一seth一y一ldbarbfguiltb一ret一一nehadbr一kenaspell,setthereet一t一tanekhanslittleftell一fthestreet

    “ith一ughtab一utgy一uandtellgy一ubef一re,butisurey一uedt一kn一r一ng”

    thetruthethgbetkn一”

    heughedan一therpatg一gt一asky一ut一d一thgf一rbutbef一reid一,it一telly一uab一uthassand一y一uunderstand”

    “yes,”irred

    “iit一telly一ueverythgy一uen”

    一dded

    thenrahihansippedretearestedhisheadagastthealndsp一ke

    sixteen

    theree,一st一ffriendsandretiveshadeitherbeenkilled一rhadeseerthatsp一tandiydaysy一urfathersh一e,upthestudy,readgy一ur

    therldb一一ks,listengt一thenenistpr一paganda一ntele