---- The mask he bought was terribly a scary one. Bhirab nath rimal ýkadamý ko ghar nera pugda he saw a couple of women walking uphill toward him. He decided to put the mask to test. The lady who saw him first screamed her lung out and ran back down, the other lady who was much older than Naresh thought just dropped silently on the road like a sack of potato. Naresh quickly took his mask off. He was worried---manchhe le samatera hamro tolma aaimai tarsaune tai haina bhanera dana dan diye bhane? He walked as quickly as possibleýmask lai shirt bhitra lukayera. Tala kholalo faant ma aayera farkera hereko ta noone was chasing him. Taba po uslai saas aayo. He smiledýmask ta khatarako kineko ho maile bhandai. Gharma pugera bhat khaisake pachhi, he came to his room. He kept on staring at the mask for a minute. Afailai pani dar dar lagya jasto bho uslai. Then he quickly got out with the mask. Anilko ghar pachhadi bisale ra tyasko kakako ghar thyo. Bisaleko jhyal bahira gayera, he knocked on the window and put his mask on. Tyasko bainile po jhyal kholiýthen Ammmmaaaaaa! Bhanera chichyadai she disappered. Ek chhin ho halla bho. After about half an hour, Naresh went to Bishale ko kakako ghar tira and knocked on his grandmaýs window. Aamaile jhyal kholya matrai ke thin mask dekhera raam raam raaam bhandai dangrangai. Naresh quickly disappeared. *Aamai ta sita ram bhain ki ke ho?* man ma chiso pasyo Nareshko. Gharma aayera kan thado parera sutya jasto gari rahyo. Bahira halla khalla suniyena. Bholipalta ta byapak halla bhaisakya re chha raati khyak ra bhut aako bare. Sunaune le afno aru masala thapera sunauda sunauda Naresh nai chhakka parne gari aljhisakeko re chha kuro ta. He liked that. Anil ra Nareshko ghar jodiyeko thyo. He did not even tell Anil about his mask. Raati bhaye pachhi Naresh went to Anilýs house to show him his mask and reveal the bhut suspense. Mukundai aaipugya rahenchhan, the main entrance was closed but not locked He got in. Anilýs house was one those old jhigatiko chhana bhako house and his room was on the first floor. Dhoka bata bhitra chhinra saath Naresh put his mask on. Tyo talama aandhakar thyo mathlo talama batti balya thyo. Since Naresh knew where that kathko khudkila khudkila bhako bharyang was, he had no problem in getting there even in that dark with the mask on. Bharyangko pahilo khudkiloma pugnai ke lagya thyo mathi arko bharyang bata kohi orliyo. Anile hola, he thought and positioned him quite strategically in deadliest position-bharyang pachhadi ko khudkiloma jhundiyera. Bharyang sakinu bhannu nai Anile ko kotha ko dhoka aaunu thyo. Anil usko dhokama aaipugeko sochera Naresh le khudkiloko bich bata tauko nikalera kasto darlagdo swar nikalam bhanera sochya matra ke thyo Anil ko amale bharyang ka khudkilo ko bich bata tyasto bhayanak taukole chiyai raheko dekhin. Sato putlo udyo unko----tyai bhutko darle mukundai na.aaipuge pani dhoka launa aaudai garya re chhin---chichyaudai bharyan bata gultin. Bhut baneko Nareshko pani sato putlo udyo. Ek hath le mask thutera, Naresh niskiyo tyaha bata. Naresh couldnýt sleep well that night. Anilko aama lai khas kehi bhayenachh. But she was badly shaken up. Naresh tried to tell Anil about the mask the all day next day but he could not. Later at night, Naresh decided to take on Anil too. Since Anil and Naresh were best friends, Naresh knew Anil risaye pani things will be ok quickly. Naresh and Anil shared the same wall and had a few knocking patterns established to communicate. Naresh knocked on the wall twice, which meant are you there? Anil knocked back twice. Alikati mehanat garyo bhane Naresh afno jhyal bata Anilko jhyal ma jaana sakthyo. It probably was around 11 PM. Naresh quietly came out of his window with his mask on and tried to get on Anilýs side. Anil must have heard some movement outside so he came to his window to check that out. Anilko usko jhyal bahira patti mask lako Naresh sanga aakasmaat jamka bhet bho. ýAaye ma%$#@ ---chichyayera Anil battiyo kothako arko tira. Naresh enjoyed the moment and came back to his room. Naresh haseko sunyoAnil le uta patti. Bholi palta bihanai Anil came to Nareshýs room and got really mad at him for doing what Naresh was doing with the mask. Especially, he was mad for causing unnecessary tension to his mother. ýkoi heart attack bhe ra marya bhe ke garthis?ý Anil asked. sachhai! Naresh felt bad too. Tyai saajh Naresh and Anil were sitting on bhatkya pool. *I guess I should tell everybody, especially to your mother,* Naresh said. *Are you asking for some serious problems to chase you?* Smoking his second yak in 20 minutes Anil asked Naresh. So, what should I do? Naresh seemed really worried. A light cool breeze occasionally with some foul smell was wandering around. Naresh and Anil were sitting on one of the sattaris (wooden beams) of bhatkya pool over the dry embankment of dhobikhola. Filter nera pugnai lageko yak churos Anil ko hath bata liyera Nareshle dhit marne gari tanyo. Pich.cha thukera Anil le bhanyo "fyalde yai kholama---lyachhas haina bokera?" Neelo rangko shirt debre hath le bahira batai chhamdai Nareshle arko ek sarko churos tanera *chha * ma tauko hallayo. "Fyal de yahi and forget about it" Anil suggested. Few minutes later carefully scanning the surrounding, Naresh threw it on the water and saw it flowing southbound toward kaalo pool --paani ma chhachalkidai. Even then it looked really scary. Bholipalta raatiko bhat khaisake pachhi Anil said * bhare raati ma kaha aaja gaf saf garne ani ootai ma ka sutne--- ma dhoka khulai rakh dinchhu* . They frequently used to do that. Nareshýs uncle never liked Naresh hanging out with Anil. When Naresh made sure his uncle retreated in his room for the night, he quietly walked out and went to Anilýs house. Anil ko kothama chhireko matrai ke thyo, Naresh ta ek chhin lai khangrangai bho.----- last part post garna baki chha.----