Briefly outline the main episode contained in a story "A face in the dark"
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The story “A Face in the Dark” by Ruskin Bond is set in Simla, a town in Himachal Pradesh, India where an Anglo-Indian teacher Mr. ... Following a number of questions from the teacher, when the boy finally looks up, Mr. Oliver sees that the boy has no eyes, ears, nose or mouth on his face.
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Mr. Oliver often strolled into town in the evening. He returned after dark and usually took a short cut through the pine – forest. One day, when he was returning, he noticed the figure of a boy who was sitting alone on a rock. Mr. Oliver sensed that something was wrong. The boy was crying and shaking fitfully. Mr. Oliver flashed his torch-light on the boy’s face but was shocked to see that the face had no eyes, ears, nose or mouth. It was just a round smooth head with the school cap on top. Mr. Oliver was frightened and ran away towards the school. The same thing happened when the watchman of the school was found to have a similar face.