Riten, You are right. Yo bisaya ma pahile pani lekheko hunu parchha... here is one for you (I hope I have not written about it here before) Bange was my best friend. By the way, Bange's family came from Banke bardiya somewhere there, so we used to call him Banke -- later banke apavramsa bhe ra bange bho. Anyway, Bange ra maile side dine euta keti thiyi down there by the banks of Rudramati a.k.a. dhobikhola. Tyo keti, Suntali, sanchinai suntala jasti thiyi prabho--rasili--. Bange and I used hover around her with all kinds of dreams but all our dreams had the the same end. You just imagine what that dreamend might have been. It should be an easy guess. Dhobi khola ko faant tyati bela hwangai khaali thiyo. A very few houses were there and a few more were being constructed. Suntali baluwa chalthi tyaha. She was independent unlike us but we somehow thought that we own her but not quite. Suntali feri khai kina ho hamlai tyati dherai man paraudaina thi. Dherai mukh chhadeki chha tyasle hamlai tara jati mukh chhadyo uti hami jhan hausera ke bhanne. Kunai din Bange le jiskauda oo muskai wa gaali garina athwa maile jiskauda oosle gaali garina bhane Bange ra mero ris rag hunthyo. Sathi bhaikana pani hami competitor thim ni ta. Tara bange maha daka re chha prabho, malai pachhi tha bho---pachhi mane much later. Maile royera dashaima euta lether ko jyaket hat parya thiye. Man, I had to do a real drama with my mom to have that jacket. Bange always used to have gidh.dhe najar on my it. Everytime he got a chance he used to borrow my jacket. One evening, Bange came to my house and asked for my jacket. It was fagun, I think. Not much cold but that evening it looked like rain is going to fall. So was a bit cool. I said no many times but he did not care. Kept on begging. Said he had to go to Chabel with some of his relatives and will return the jacket tomorrow. We ususally used to go everywhere together but he did not ask me to come that evening with him. huna ta usko naatedar sanga jaana la vanera vani sakya thyo. Je hos jacket diye with his promise to return the next day. Paani darkera pari rahyo raat bhari. Bange bholi bihan aayena. Diuso bhetna gaye bange thiyena. Bange bholipalta aaudai aayena. Bange harayo. Next day, his grandmother told me Bange went to pokhara where his dad was posted. I was mad. Real mad. Bange mero jacket liyera bhagyo. Gharma malai gaali garera basna diyenan. Bange ko sangat feri garya thaha payema gharbata nikalidine samet dhamki diye gharma. Bange aayo pachi tara mero jacket aayena. Mero jacket sahid bhayechha. Bangele mero aankhama chharo halera suntali chhodaune bhayechha tyo saanjh. As scheduled bange got to the place (dhobikholako bhatkya pul) and suntali was already there. Chal pujari mandir mein sakiye si ---per agreement Suntali wanted the money which Bange had failed to secure. Paisa saisa ko bandobasto nabhaye ni dekha jayega bhanera pugya re chha Bange ghatanasthalma. Suntali karauna thali chhe "chor murdar paisa nabhi kina marna aais ta alachhina..."Bange aatte chha. Bangele tap ta hanyo tara suntali le mero jacket jhyap parichha. Suntali lai Bange le chhodayo---Suntalile mero jacket deal ma payi---mero chai jacket ni gayo suntala ni khana paina prabho. *********