The Secret of the Lone Red Boot

The only keepsake left from his brother is the other boot. Mohammad's comrade picked it up from the ground in his final moments and placed it in the ambulance beside the body, along with the kit bag. For years now, that red boot has rested on the mantelpiece like a sacred treasure, a witness to those bloody years.

All he has left of his brother is Putin's lanyard, which Muhammad's comrade picks up from the ground in the last minutes and puts it with the bag of clothes next to the body in the ambulance. Now, for many years, that red boot has been placed like a sacred treasure on the edge of the fireplace to be the narrator of those bloody years.