Azis comes from the village of Debren where he has lived for all of his 19 years. There used to be more work for him when his owner farmed plenty of tobacco but over the years the business has gone down and so has Azis’s health. Lack of activity has resulted in arthritis, amongst other things.
Every time we stop by his home, we find Azis alone. The lady who owns him now lives by herself and has a job in the nearby town. But the last time we visited, she was at home and we talked about retiring Azis to the Valley.