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    khan,”babasaid.“butenoughaboutthat.youaskedaboutsinanditotellyou.areyoulistening”

    “yes,”isaid,pressinglipstogether.butaynoseanddeasnsound.thatgotgigglingagain.

    babasstonyeyesboreintoneand,justlikethat,iore.“iantospeaktoyounton.doyouthinkyouhaforonce”

    “yes,babajan,”ittered,rveling,notforthefirstti,athoeoaloneonhislapandidbeenafooltoeit.

    “good,”babasaid,buthiseyesatterullahteaches,thereisonlyonesin,onlyone.andthatistheft.everyothersinisavariationoftheft.doyouuandthat”

    “no,babajan,”isaid,desperatelyagain.

    babaheavedasighofiatienan.ireeredallthetishedidntehountilafterdark,allthetisiatedinneralone.idaskaliingho,thoughikisiheydalldiedalonghtheirparents.

    “an,youstealalife,”babasaid.“youstealhisehttothetruth.,youstealtherighttofaiess.doyousee”

    idid.iddleofthenight.grandfather,arespe,butthethiefstabbedhihroat,killinghinstantlyandrobbingbabaofafather.thetothekunduzregion.theyhangedhirohebranchofanoaktreekhan,notbaba,ethatstory.iotherpeople.

    “thereisnoaanan.andifiever.doyouuand”

    ifoundtheideaoffrightening.“yes,baba.”

    “iftheresagodoutthere,theantthingstoattendtothandrinkihirstyagain.”

    ifillhisglassatthebarandu.butihadlikehinotatall.

    inss.”thefarsiteaapoendyouroppohadsixtysendstoreplyeletterthatendedyours.everyonein,beisfaussookoered,“good.”

    thatyfathersaloofness,ihersbooks.thatandhassan,ofurse.ireadeverything,ru,hfez,saadi,viarkting.ythersbooksnotthe

    bhistoryones,iuyallothebookstorenearincardboardboxes.

    ofurse,rryingapoetendidntreadpoetryandgodforbidtheyshouldeverenrealboysplayedsothenstrueafghanistandidnthavetvsyet.hesignedupforsoepassionin.butiyo,albledaboutthefieldonseyaroverheadfrantiopen”thereieabundaoapassionatespea,uldntiifakediforaslongaspossible.iselftothebleakfactthathissoherplayorer.

    ireeroibabatooktotheyearlybuzka**ouantthattookplathedstofalee,atfullgallop,anddropitinasringanddoeseverythinginitspohithatday,theenonthefieldbellobledtheupperbleaflyingfroheirhorsesuths.

    atonepointbabapoiosoone.“ar,doyouseethatnsittingupthereenaroundhi

    idid.

    “thatshenrykissinger.”

    “oh,”isaid.ididntknoighthaveasked.butatthent,ichedhhorrorasohechapandazfelloffh

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