Can a mask follow a path?

Hi Hi,
I making an animation for a preloader. In the animation, a 'line' draws a picuture. There are many lines, and I would like a mask to follow the lines so that it appears that they are being drawn. There are so many that it would be difficult to do this manually by moving a mask frame by frame with motion tweens.
Any ideas?
thanks!

yes. that's what you wanted: your mask to tween along a path.
if you want something else, like making a line appear to grow, you would tween your mask to enlarge and gradually reveal more of your line.

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