In a dream, a character sees several of these objects after being saved by a figure with a deep cut in its hand while stuck in a snowstorm. These objects are produced by a half-blind shoe repairman named Saifo (“SIGH-foh”). A silent orphan appears to smile (20[1])after watching a character perform a (20[1])technique with one of these objects in (20[1])Fremont, California. As he retrieves (20[1])a blue one of these objects, a character who is sexually assaulted in an (*) alley by three (10[1])boys (10[4])shouts (10[3])“For (10[1])you, (10[1])a thousand (10[1])times (10[2])over!” (10[4]0[1])At the (10[1])end of a 2003 novel titled for these objects, the protagonist rediscovers his love for “fighting” with these objects, which he once did with his childhood friend Hassan. (10[2])For (10[1])10 (10[1])points, a Khaled Hosseini novel is titled (10[1])after a “runner” (10[2])of (10[1])what toys? (10[2]0[1])■END■ (10[3])