Aaloo-Chilly - Chapter05

After Aaloo won the skating competition, Chilly had held a surprise party for him. During the party, Chilly had started getting all heated up inside, so he left without saying bye to anyone and came home. Now the party has ended, Aaloo has come to meet Chilly at his house. However Chilly has absolutely no intention of meeting Aaloo. Let’s see what happens next… 

 


I was so heated up inside, but Aaloo did not care about me at all. All he was interested in was his trophy.
Aaloo kept praising himself non-stop, without getting bored of listening to himself. I, on the other hand, was reaching the end of my tether having to listen to him. I could understand that he won, but who keeps on talking about themselves nonstop? He even had the nerve to tell me, “Did you know Theo wants to change the name of the ‘Chilly Shake’ to ‘Aaloo Shake’? But I told him to name it ‘Aaloo-Chilly Shake’ since Chilly’s singing competition is coming up soon, and he is surely going to win.” 

I thought to myself, ‘First of all, Aaloo has sneaked his name into the Chilly shake and, on top of that, his name comes first! What is there to be happy about in all this?’ 
But then, Aaloo said, “Thank you, Chilly. You have helped me a lot.” He then handed his trophy to me. These lovely words and actions cooled me down so much so that even my desire to have a cool drink disappeared! I immediately told him… 

 Now I will have to win. Just as I was leaving, Aaloo said, “Do not stay up late. It is not good for your voice. We will meet tomorrow morning for your rehearsal.” I fell into a sweet slumber thinking about my rehearsal.
(The next morning...)


Up until now, we had been meeting for Aaloo’s skating practice, but now we will be meeting for my singing practice. When I win this competition, I will not forget to mention Aaloo’s name in my victory speech, like he did. 

 

My beautiful voice and Aaloo’s encouragement are the reasons for my success. Everyone told me that Kiki the Koel could not be defeated, but I had full confidence in myself.
Just as I was about to take the trophy, Parsley flew down and stood right in front of my face. I got a shock when I saw Parsley all of a sudden and so up close. Not just that, but he was also ‘singing’, as in squawking loudly. It is one of life’s biggest misfortunes to hear Parsley sing. It is the kind of noise that makes you wish that your ears would close up.
But what is Parsley singing? Why do I feel so dizzy?