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A pathetic shadow, torn between her envy and thrill of being seen with Masomma, sharing in the attention as a weed would, lapping up water meant for the lily upstream.

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Khaled Hosseini
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 4
Medical Writer
Novelist
Physician
Physician Writer
Writer
Cabool
Envy
Upstream
Meant
Lily
Shadow
Lilies
Seen
Pathetic
Attention
Torn
Water
Thrill
Would
Weed
Sharing
Lapping

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