I handed my mother money for the sacrifice. "Did you see the cow you purchased?" she asked. "Your brother sent you photos." "Why would I look at the animal I'm going to slaughter? It's going to die. I don't want to feel anything." "Then how do you call it a sacrifice?" she said. I stopped. …
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