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“He’s got his mother’s eyes and his father’s ambition.” ~ Superman Mist settled as the sun peeked out from the cloudy sky. The winter morning was just like any other. The neighbourhood in Udaipur's Fatehpura area woke to the paperboy’s cycle bell at dawn. “Paper! Paper!” He carried on with his duty, throwing the papers perfectly at each doorstep and even to the second-floor balconies of the apartments. A newspaper landed between the black railings of the first-floor apartment, in between the nicely placed pots of flowering plants. A wind chime with small blue elephants and horses, attached to tinkling bells, swayed in the breeze. “Baccha! Are you awake?” A voice rang from the kitchen. It smelled of buttered bread and cheese omelettes in the small apartment. Sundays were spent at home cooking the best food, and also for occasional visits to their favourite places. “Amar?” She frowned at the silence, peeking out of the kitchen briefly, spatula in hand. A boy, about seven, in his whit...
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