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After a hearty lunch, my parents and my younger
sisters lay down for an afternoon nap and I settled
down with a storybook. The quiet afternoon presented
the perfect backdrop for reading an adventure story.
The silence was occasionally broken by the sound of
my family snoring, the intermittent chirping of house
sparrows, the harsh cawing of a crow the shrill call
of a kite flying high above the ground. Minutes
ticked by. I became deeply absorbed in the book.
Suddenly, I heard a group of street dogs barking
furiously in the distance. I chose to ignore the
commotion thinking that the pack of dogs might
have cornered a hapless pig. But soon, the barking
became louder and more aggressive and the alarmed
cawing of a flock of crows added to the cacophony.
I also heard the disturbance approaching closer.
Curiosity got the better of me. Leaving the book
aside, I rushed to the veranda to see what was going
on.