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-she  did  not  know  what  was  death, she  was  too  small at  the  time, death  had  eaten up  their  small family  like termites  hollow  up  soil  and  trees, in the  middle  of  the  court  yard  on a  cot  was  sleeping  abbu, throngs  gathering  around  him were  speaking  repeatedly  of  janaza janaza, she  did  not  understand  what  it  meant, her  mother  was  crying  badly, she  had  been  sleeping  in her  room , she  woke  up  with the  noise  and  commotion, opening  the  door  she  stood  looking  at  the  strangers  , someone  saw  her  and  picked  her  up  and  hugged  her  crying, she  was  led  to  her  father:s  bed  and  told  he  was  leaving  never  to  return