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The worst was when village children started taunting me.<\/p>\n

\u201cHanh has no husband! Hanh has no husband!\u201d they\u2019d chant, following me through the market.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWho\u2019s the father? A ghost?\u201d\u201cMaybe she doesn\u2019t even know who the father is!\u201d<\/p>\n

I was eight months pregnant, carrying heavy bags of rice from the mill, when I finally broke. A group of teenagers\u2014kids I\u2019d known since they were babies\u2014surrounded me and started their cruel games.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoes the baby have a father?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it a demon child?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWill it have a face?\u201d<\/p>\n

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The worst was when village children started taunting me. \u201cHanh has no husband! Hanh has no husband!\u201d they\u2019d chant, following me through the market.   \u201cWho\u2019s the father? A ghost?\u201d\u201cMaybe she doesn\u2019t even know who the father is!\u201d I was eight months pregnant, carrying heavy bags of rice from the mill, when I finally broke….<\/p>\n

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