Wednesday, January 25, 2023

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...batul, where are you 
 Sitting outside in the courtyard batul jumped up hearing her mother's voice,  after returning from the well  with water she hadn't gone inside,  she had sat down on the  cot and perhaps  fallen asleep  from which she just  woke up, before  batul could  speak  Shakur was  by her side 
She was impatient  because  several of her calling out batul  had gone u answered,  where had she been,  shakura looked at her daughter  yawning and  stretching  sitting in the cot in the middle of the yard  , she was without her veil,  batul explained it was simple she had  taken a nap , it was  so stuffy inside,  she  was ready now to get out of her cot, 
Why is the main door left open 
Shakura looked at the door doubtfully,  the door was shut but not chained nor bolted, batul had forgotten it , batul going inside stopped  she replied perhaps it escaped her mind,   who else' besides mother  bolted it,  she lied straight faced, 
Did sayyad come in asked Shakira  perplexed 
He thinks hundreds of times before coming here  during the daytime  and you suspect him at night batul was quick to reply 
Shakur still wasn't satisfied,  somehow  batul wasn't replying as usual 
Batul thought just for a second to tell mother all then changed her mind 

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