What are the 2 reasons for liking the story 'Overcoat' by Ruskin Bond
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“ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀᴄᴏᴀᴛ” ɪs ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴏʀʏ ᴏғ ᴀᴋᴀᴋʏ ᴀᴋᴀᴋɪᴇᴠɪᴄʜ ʙᴀsʜᴍᴀᴄʜᴋɪɴ. ғʀᴏᴍ ᴀᴄᴋɴᴏᴡʟᴇᴅɢɪɴɢ ʜɪs ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴏɴ ʙᴏɴᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀᴋᴀᴇʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇsᴛ ᴏғ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴɪᴛʏ.
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The story Overcoat is set up in a hill station. It’s about a merry encounter with a ghost. And here it goes.
The weather was clear and frosty. But as the noon came up over the Himalayan peaks, I could see patches of snow still lay on the roads of the hill station. I would have been quite happy in bed, with a book and a hot-water bottle by my side, but I’d promised the Kapadias that I’d go to their party, and I felt it would be churlish of me to stay away at the last moment. So I padded up myself before setting out for Kapadias on the moonlit road.
It was a walk of just over a mile to the Kapadias’ house. I had covered about half the distance, when I saw a girl standing in the middle of the road.
She must have been sixteen or seventeen. But she looked rather old-fashioned, with long hair hanging up to her waist, and a flouncy sequined dress, pink and lavender in colour that reminded me of the photos, in my grandmother’s family album. When I went closer, I noticed she had lovely eyes and a winning smile.
‘Good evening,’ I said. ‘It’s a cold night to be out.’
‘Are you going to the party?’ she asked.
‘That’s right. And I can see from your lovely dress that you too are going. Come along, we’re nearly there.’
She fell into steps beside me as she commenced walking. We soon saw lights from the Kapadias’ house shining brightly through the deodars. The girl told me her name was Julie. I hadn’t seen her before, but then, I’d only been in the hill station for a few months.