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"Eid Mubarek Dadi Jaan!" Noor squeled.

"Eid Mubarek, ye lo tumhaari Eidi." Dadi gave Noor some money and kissed her forehead.  Noor ran out of the room and rushed to her Tayi Ammi's room. There she saw Arwa. 

"Arwa!! Eid Mubarek!!" Noor hugged Arwa. Arwa was like Noor's younger sister. "Yeh lo, me tumhaare liye Eidi layi houn." She gave her more than half of her Eidi she got from her Dadi.

"Paise kahaan se aye hein?" Arwa asked.

"Dadi ne diye hein. Aur wo bohot zyada hein, mujhe itne zyada nahi chahiye." 

"Acha, theek he, thank you."

"Me ja ke Hala ko dekhti houn aur osse bhi Eidi deni he. Allah fis."

"Allah fis."

Noor hurried upstairs to Hala's room. Noor was Hala's favourite cousin because she always brought her sweets and gifts. She went to meet Hala, then Hadi and Hamza, then her Tayi, Taya, Chacha and Chachi, and then she slowly made her way to Danish's room. She knocked on the door and Danish opened it. 

"Eid Mubarek!" Noor squeled.

"Eid Mubarek, yeh lo." Danish gave her a small bag. Noor opened the bag and pulled out a pack of bangles. "Mene kal li thi, tumhaara dress dekha tha tumhaare room me toh jab me bahir gaya tha toh ye nazar ayi thi, le lo."

"Shukriya, hum me ye bohot achi lagi hein." Noor said quietly.

"Your welcome, aao neeche chalein."

"Ji, chalein." 

They walked downstairs. 

"Bhai, bhai, bhai, ap ko pata he Noor ne mujhe or Hala ko Eidi di he."

"Acha, Noor meri Eidi kaha he?"

"Wo, me, wo humaare pas paise khatam ho gaye hein, jab mille ge to hum apko de dey ge."

"Acha chalo, theek he."

"Noor beta, ye lo tumhaari Eidi." Her chachi came and gave her 2000 rupees.

"Shukriya." Noor waited for her chachi to go back.

"Ye le lein, apki Eidi."

Danish was now fuming in anger, he grabbed Noor's arm and took her outside.

"Ap ka kya masla he, kabhi aap ache hote hein, kabhi aap ke dum se gussa ho jate hein."

"Noor, tum apni Eidi kese kisi aur koo deti ho, mujhe to laga tha ke apne paise se de rahi ho."

"Ha, toh wo humaare paise hein."

"Tumhaari Eidi hai, wo tumhaari he."

"Bas, wo humaare paise hein, hum jo marzi keroun un ke saath." Noor stomped away in anger, pata nahi kya samajh te hein apne aap ko.


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