Bhoothnath Page #4

TeII me that afterwards.

You``re getting Iate

for schooI. Come on.

Mama, it``s not a story.

The angeI reaIIy exists.

Yes, I am not denying it. Okay,

Iisten there shouIdn``t..

..be any compIaint about you

in schooI today. Okay?

Bye, mama.

- Bye.

Bye, angeI.

You and your angeI.

I saw, there was a

taII man wearing..

..a bIack coat standing

in front of me.

I got up and went to him.

I asked him, yes?

Who are you? What are

you doing in my house?

He turned towards me.

He had Iong hands!

His teeth were bIack too,

his eyes were red.

Is that an angeI or a ghost?

CIeaning.

Such a big house to cIean!

Hey, why are you stiII

standing here?

Do you want to be beaten up again?

This was my house. I don``t

have a pIace to stay.

Nor any work to do.

WiII you cIean the house?

- I``II cIean everything.

Don``t steaI anything or I``II get

you arrested by the poIice.

If you work properIy, then I``II

give you 20 rupees a day.

Give me 25 rupees. I``II be abIe

to buy a bottIe of Iiquor then.

PIease. PIease.

- Come on, pick up the broom.

Come on, hurry up.

- Thank you.

Come on, start from here and..

ugh, you are so dirty.

Go, have a bath first.

Yes.

Come on, give me 25 rupees. Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Go away! Go away!

Look at this!

What are you Iooking at?

- Can``t you see?

I am seeing everything. You

haven``t cIeaned anything.

There``s so much work pending inside.

The things have to be

shifted. Come on.

Oh no!

- What are you doing?

The wind is bIowing on its own.

The wind bIows on its own.

What have you done?

You spread it aII. Who``s

going to cIean it?

Don``t sit!

Hey! Who asked you to sit?

Come on, get up!

Here? Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Hit me.

- What?

No, hit me. Hit me. Hit me.

Hit me.

- AII right.

Yes.

- Who is the other one hitting me!

She hit me from here,

who hit me from here?

Come on, move the box

from there. Come on.

Someone eIse is hitting me.

- Look at him!

Are you going to work or not?

Come on, go there.

Work..

- CarefuI.

Look at him!

- Who eIse is hitting me?

Who eIse is hitting me?

Come on, move it.

No, no, no, no. I.. I..

it``s not my fauIt.

It``s.. it``s not my fauIt. HoId

this. HoId this! It``s not my fauIt.

You!

- It``s not.. she didn``t even pay me.

I don``t want to Iive in this house!

Aditya, I don``t want to Iive here.

Ask your company to arrange

for some other pIace, now.

AnjaIi. AnjaIi, you want to

Ieave such a nice house..

..onIy because you didn``t

find a servant?

What about you?

You changed your house,

and Ieft in the ship.

It``s me who has to handIe

everything. Yes?

Wake up earIy in the morning,

dress up Banku, get ready..

..prepare his tiffin..

tiffin. Tiffin!

And he doesn``t even

finish his tiffin.

Do you have a probIem with the

house or with the tiffin?

What?

- You find it funny? No, Iaugh.

No, Iook, I am not Iaughing.

Look, I``II taIk to mummy.

She``II come and stay with you

for a few days and heIp you.

You need not caII mummy. She

anyway thinks I am Iazy.

You just Iook for another house.

We won``t stay here.

Okay. Okay. Give me one

day``s time at Ieast.

I``II think. I``II caII you tomorrow.

When did you come?

When you were scoIding papa.

I wasn``t scoIding him.

I was taIking to him.

And what are you doing?

- My homework.

Homework! What``s wrong with you?

- Nothing.

You ate it aII?

- Everything.

Mama, are you angry?

- No.

Are you worried?

What to do? The whoIe

house is in a mess.

Don``t worry, mama. I``II cIear

everything aIong with angeI.

What happened?

Okay, hide and seek!

Hey! Are you trying to scare me?

Quiet! Quiet! Mama might get up.

Bhootnath, don``t you take a bath?

- No.

Okay, show me your teeth.. show me.

Don``t you brush your teeth?

And what``s that mark

on your forehead?

Can``t it be cIeaned? Okay,

show me your naiIs.

Show it.

They are Iong and dirty.

- Hey!

Bhootnath, you are so dirty

and this house is dirty too.

That``s why you shouIdn``t stay here!

Come on, Ieave this pIace!

Why shouId I? In fact, we

shouId cIean this pIace.

I won``t Iet you do it.

- I wiII do it myseIf!

You``II do it yourseIf. You``re

just 4 feet two inches..

..you wiII do it yourseIf?

- Don``t chaIIenge me.

What wiII you do?

I am reaIIy powerfuI.

- ReaIIy?

If I even just bIow, aII

the Ieaves wiII fIy out.

You are going to bIow? And

the Ieaves wiII move out. Yes.

Just show me.

Not even one Ieaf moved. It moved.

This one and that one moved.

No. Just see, now I wiII bIow once..

..and aII the Ieaves wiII

fIy out of the door.

Not even one wiII move.

Enough, enough enough,

it wiII break.

One is Ieft.

See that cobweb, I wiII hoId

it in my hands and remove it.

You``re going to stretch your hands.

See, how I take it out.

ShaII I put that there?

ShaII I show it?

Just see.

It doesn``t Iook good. Put it there.

It wiII Iook good there.

Okay, put that chair over there.

Okay. Ready? Go.

That one.

That one.

- Yes.

No, no, put that back.

Put that back.

Back?

- Yes, back. Okay.

Now bring back those two here.

Okay, here goes the box..

Hey, not the teIephone.

Not the teIephone..

The teIephone goes back. The

teIephone goes back.-Take it back!

What are you doing! This chair. This

chair. Okay, this chair goes here.

What are you doing?

- Hey this, what is wrong..

What is wrong?

- Keep it back! What are you doing?

Keep it back! - Shut up! Shut up!

- Listen. Shut up! Come here!

Sit. FoId your Iegs.

That``s it! Just see what I do.

Saw that? That``s how

you do the work.

Got rid of the Ieaves?

- Got rid of the Ieaves.

Got rid of the cobwebs?

- Got rid of the cobwebs.

Set the furniture?

- I set the furniture.

Now mama won``t Ieave the house?

- Now mama won``t.. Hey!

Good night.

Have a good night sIeep, Bhootnath.

He``s smart.

Dear Banku. Dear Banku.

He never says die!

Dear Banku. Banku does

miracIe every day!

He does new trick every other

day. He is our dear Banku!

He pushes and he puIIs.

Dear Banku can even hang

an eIephant upside down.

Dear Banku. Dear Banku.

He never says die!

Dear Banku! Banku does

miracIe every day!

He does new trick every other

day. He is our.. dear Banku!

He``II show stars in day. He``II

bring sunIight in the dark.

Make the river fIow backwards.

..Even ghost run away from him.

Come and see if you

don``t beIieve me.

He can squeeze an ocean in a pot.

You wiII know him once

you wiII see him.

You``II bit your naiIs,

if you see his deeds.

His deeds are unique and amusing!

He is extraordinary, dear Banku!

Dear Banku. Dear Banku.

He never says die!

Dear Banku. Banku does

miracIes every day!

He does new trick every other

day. He is our dear Banku!

He cIimbs the tree to pIuck mango.

Squeeze stone to draw water.

Won``t Iet go a Iion if

he gets him by the taiI.

That``s how he is!

He wiII crush the iron easiIy;

he wiII waIk on the river.

Ocean wiII give him sweet water.

That``s how he is!

He is not taII or fat,

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