Chilly’s mood had finally improved after seeing the party that had been prepared for him at Theo’s café. But when he noticed everyone praising Koko, he felt heated up again, and left the party. Aaloo went after him when he saw him leaving. Now Aaloo will tell us what happened next…
I felt really bad seeing tears in Chilly’s eyes. This party was all for him so why was he leaving? I thought, ‘Let me try talking to him once and then everything should be fine.’
I followed him. I caught up to him and called out, “Chilly, where are you going? Come on, let’s have a Chilly shake together!”
Chilly turned around, started crying and in between sobs he said, “Bwahaha! Do whatev… you wan… sob sob… It is… my partyyy… sss… what Koko… doing herrr…? Sniffle sniffle… A…you my frien… oo… Koko…sss? Bwahaha!” Chilly wasn’t able to speak clearly.
Just then, Parsley came and said in my ear, “Aaloo, what is he saying? How will we understand him if he talks while crying?” I thought he was talking clearly. So I told Parsley, “He is saying, ‘Do whatever you want. It is my party, so what is Koko doing here? Are you my friend or Koko’s?”
And before I could say anything to Chilly, Parsley burst out, “Aren’t you ashamed, Chilly? Aaloo did so much for you. Even though you lost, he has arranged a grand party for you! And after all that, you’re saying these things to him!”
Chilly stopped crying, became red with anger and started shouting, “Then he shouldn’t have! I didn’t ask him to throw a party for me. But I threw a party for him. Every time he went for skating practice, I used to go and cheer him on and I didn’t say to him, ‘Maybe Kulfi will win.’ I always said, ‘Aaloo, you’ll definitely win, you can do it.’ I never made Kulfi my friend!”
I never meant to hurt Chilly, but I did. So I simply said, “Sorry, Chilly. But please listen to me… Let me explain…