Introduction / Lyse Doucet. I. Companion / Maryam Mahjoba ; translated from the Dari by Dr Zubair Popalzai -- Daughter number eight / Freshta Ghani ; translated from the Pashto by Zarghuna Kargar -- Dogs are not to blame / Masouma Kawsari ; translated from the Dari by Dr Zubair Popalzai -- A common language / Fatema Haidari ; translated from the Dari by Dr Zubair Popalzai -- Late shift / Sharifa Pasun ; translated from the Pashto by Zarghuna Kargar -- Most beautiful lips in the world / Elahe Hosseini ; translated from the Dari by Dr Negeen Kargar. -- II. I don't have the flying wings / Batool Haidari ; translated from the Dari by Parwana Fayyaz -- Bad luck / Atifa Mozaffari ; translated from the Dari by Dr Zubair Popalzai -- What are friends for? / Sharifa Pasun ; translated from the Pashto by Dr Negeen Kargar -- D is for Daud / Anahita Gharib Nawaz ; translated from the Dari by Dr Zubair Popalzai -- Falling from the summit of dreams / Parand ; translated from the Dari by Parwana Fayyaz -- An imprint on the wall / Masouma Kawsari ; translated from the Dari by Parwana Fayyaz. --

III. Black crow of winter / Marie Bamyani ; translated from the Dari by Dr Zubair Popalzai -- Silver ring / Freshta Ghani ; translated from the Pashto by Shekiba Habib -- Sandals / Maliha Naji ; translated from the Pashto by Shekiba Habib and Zarghuna Kargar -- Worms / Fatima Saadat -- Khurshid Khanum, rise and shine / Batool Haidari ; translated from the Dari by Dr Parwana Fayyaz and Dr Zubair Popalazai -- My pillow's journey of eleven thousand, eight hundred and seventy-six kilometres / Farangis Elyassi ; translated from the Dari by Dr Zubair Popalzai. -- IV. Ajah / Fatema Khavari ; translated from the Dari by Dr Zubair Popalzai -- Red boots / Naeema Ghabni ; translated from the Pashto by Shekiba Habib and Zarghuna Kargar -- Blossom / Zainab Akhlaqi ; translated from the Dari by Dr Negeen Kargar -- Haska's decision / Rana Zurmaty ; translated from the Pashto by Shekiba Habib -- Please turn the air conditioning on, sir / Maryam Mahjoba ; translated from the Dari by [Dr] Parwana Fayyaz and Dr Zubair Popalazai. -- Afterword / Lucy Hannah -- Acknowledgements.