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He was looking at the mosque。 Shah Faisal Mosque was shaped like a giant tent。 Cars came and went; worshipers dressed in white streamed in and out。 We sat in silence; me leaning against the tree; Sohrab next to me; knees to his chest。 We listened to the call to prayer; watched the building s hundreds of lights e on as daylight faded。 The mosque sparkled like a diamond in the dark。 It lit up the sky; Sohrab s face。
 Have you ever been to Mazar…i…Sharif?  Sohrab said; his chin resting on his kneecaps。
 A long time ago。 I don t remember it much。 
 Father took me there when I was little。 Mother and Sasa came along too。 Father bought me a monkey from the bazaar。 Not a real one but the kind you have to blow up。 It was brown and had a bow tie。 
 I might have had one of those when I was a kid。 
 Father took me to the Blue Mosque;  Sohrab said。  I remember there were so many pigeons outside the masjid; and they weren t afraid of people。 They came right up to us。 Sasa gave me little pieces of _naan_ and I fed the birds。 Soon; there were pigeons cooing all around me。 That was fun。 
 You must miss your parents very much;  I said。 I wondered if he d seen the Taliban drag his parents out into the street。 I hoped he hadn t。
 Do you miss your parents?  he aked; resting his cheek on his knees; looking up at me。
 Do I miss my parents? Well; I never met my mother。 My father died a few years ago; and; yes; I do miss him。 Sometimes a lot。 
 Do you remember what he looked like? 
I thought of Baba s thick neck; his black eyes; his unruly brown hair。 Sitting on his lap had been like sitting on a pair of tree trunks。  I remember what he looked like;  I said。  What he smelled like too。 
 I m starting to forget their faces;  Sohrab said。  Is that bad? 
 No;  I said。  Time does that。  I thought of something。 I looked in the front pocket of my coat。 Found the Polaroid snap shot of Hassan and Sohrab。  Here;  I said。
He brought the photo to within an inch of his face; turned it so the light from the mosque fell on it。 He looked at it for a long time。 I thought he might cry; but he didn t。 He just held it in both hands; traced his thumb over its surface。 I thought of a line I d read somewhere; or maybe I d heard someone say it: There are a lot of children in Afghanistan; but little childhood。 He stretched his hand to give it back to me。
 Keep it;  I said。  It s yours。 
 Thank you。  He looked at the photo again and stowed it in the pocket of his vest。 A horse…drawn cart clip…clopped by in the parking lot。 Little bells dangled from the horse s neck and jingled with each step。
 I ve been thinking a lot about mosques lately;  Sohrab said。
 You have? What about them? 
He shrugged。  Just thinking about them。  He lifted his face; looked straight at me。 Now he was crying; softly; silently。  Can I ask you something; Amir agha? 
 Of course。 
 Will God。。。  he began; and choked a little。  Will God put me in hell for what I did to that man? 
I reached for him and he flinched。 I pulled back。  Nay。 Of course not;  I said。 I wanted to pull him close; hold him; tell him the world had been unkind to him; not the other way around。
His face twisted and strained to stay posed。  Father used to say it s wrong to hurt even bad people。 Because they don t know any better; and because bad people sometimes bee good。 
 Not always; Sohrab。 
He looked at me questioningly。
 The man who hurt you; I knew him from many years ago;  I said。  I guess you figured that out that from the conversation he and I had。 He。。。 he tried to hurt me once when I was your age; but your father saved me。 Your father was very brave and he was always rescuing me from trouble; standing up for me。 So one day the bad man hurt your father instead。 He hurt him in a very bad way; and I。。。 I couldn t save your father the way he had saved me。 
 Why did people want to hurt my father?  Sohrab said in a wheezy little voice。  He was never mean to anyone。 
 You re right。 Your father was a good man。 But that s what I m trying to tell you; Sohrab jan。 That there are bad people in this world; and sometimes bad people stay bad。 Sometimes you have 

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