imi, Since you have been very nice to me from the beginning I am going to explain you the story through other people’s comments. Please read: Ashley writes: Starts with pretty simple stuffs, but deeper it goes, decidedly weirder it gets, and at the end, manages to explain readers how it was a supposed confrontation between life and death. Tamang Lady says: weave your own imagination on it nepalonmymind writes: So, he did survive his mom, the failed driving test, drugs, and his own superficiality and turned out all right didn't he? And what wonderful insights we get into who he is now. All he needed was more luck and life. (the ‘luck’ clue was in my Dashain greeting in the end, she seems to have unraveled it). sunnydev writes: A kid who mothers his own mom, does all teen age mischiefs, falls for a buddha Aama, realizes how beautiful life is with love and family and struck to death by mishap. Between nepalonmymind and sunnydev the story has been explained in its totality. Now your assignment is to find out the sentence in this story that talks about Iraq War without mentioning the word Iraq or war. If you can figure that out, I will change your ‘Incomplete’ grade to B+. Others, I'm not going to stop writing. I think khabardar was just being playful, he was not being mean. Nails, You make me feel above average. Thanks.