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suspended from the ceiling above me.
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Later, as I grew worse,
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I could see the bags in the daytime
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with my eyes open
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and I was gripped by the fear that
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they were going to fall and drench me
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with some horrible liquid.
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Day and night
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I begged my mother and father
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to take the bags away,
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pointing to them,
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shaking with terror because no one