Aaloo-Chilly – Chapter19

Chilly had broken off his friendship with Aaloo and left. Everyone had been asking Aaloo why, after Chilly’s behaviour, he still wanted to be Chilly’s best friend. Aaloo then told them his childhood story. 
Everyone used to tease Aaloo by calling him ‘Colourful Crybaby’. Chilly then taught Aaloo that whenever anyone teases you, you should flash a nice, big smile at them. Would Aaloo be able to smile when he was on the skating rink and everyone was teasing him?
As soon as I wore the skates, all the other baby elephants started teasing me, shouting, “Colourful Crybaby! Colourful Crybaby!”

I felt very scared and alone once again. Just then, Chilly zoomed toward me and said, “Have you already forgotten what your colourful friend taught you? Smile…!” He then loudly told all the baby elephants, “Tell me your names! I need to write all of them down in my notebook. When I become the best singer, I won’t give my autograph to any of you. How dare you trouble my best friend!” 
Just imagine! He wasn’t even a singer yet, but he already had the confidence of a winner. Hearing him talk like that made me laugh.
Seeing me laugh, Chilly shouted, “Colourful Crybaby! You sure learned fast…” Hearing this brought an even bigger smile to my face.

That smile worked like magic. Whenever they teased me, I smiled at them. It stopped being fun for them to call me ‘Colourful Crybaby’. In a few days, they completely stopped teasing me. Since then, Chilly and I have never been apart.

Parsley, who up until now had been angry with Chilly, now said, “None of you knew, but my brother Chilly is the world’s best brother.”
I told Parsley, “Whatever happens, Chilly and I will never break up. Come on, let’s go find him.”
      We all went into the jungle to search for Chilly. Parsley flew ahead. First, we went to the lake, but he wasn’t there. Then we went to the school, but he wasn’t there either. We went to his house, but there was still no sign of him. After hearing what happened, Chilly's mother also joined us to look for him. Then I remembered — he must have gone to the river, the same river where we became best friends. As we got closer to the river, my faith grew stronger that Chilly would definitely be there. Suddenly, I heard a splashing sound from the water. I felt so happy thinking that we had found Chilly, and I ran ahead.
However, when I reached the riverbank, I saw Parsley swimming in the water. For the first time, I felt irritated with Parsley. I asked angrily, “What are you doing here instead of looking for Chilly?”

 

 

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