Aaloo-Chilly - Chapter26

Aaloo narrated to Chilly all that had happened between Taco and Brownie. Through this Chilly understood how Brownie had lost everything due to jealousy. He realised how he used to feel jealous in the same way towards Koko.

Hearing Aaloo's words, water started trickling from Chilly's eyes and nose. He was wiping his nose on Aaloo's shoulder. Then Aaloo felt something sticky on his other shoulder too. He turned around to look and saw Parsley sobbing away on that side.

"Aaloo, you did so much just to make sure that my brother's lungs wouldn't bleed!" Hearing his words, Aaloo and Chilly couldn't figure out whether to laugh or cry.


Chilly had finally found the secret behind the fire burning through his entire body. Whenever someone praised Koko, or whenever he felt that Koko was doing better than him, his body would burn. He had completely forgotten that he loved singing. Because of this jealousy, his most favourite thing was no longer giving him happiness. Just like Brownie, he too was running and panting in an invisible race. Just thinking about the loss Brownie suffered gave him goosebumps. But at the same time, he also felt happy that his best friend, Aaloo, worked so hard to pull him out of this fire of jealousy. What a beautiful friendship this was, where Aaloo was ready to go against Chilly to protect him from harm, but was not at all ready to support him in his wrongdoings! But there was still something bothering him on the inside.

As if understanding his confusion, Aaloo said, “Go on, ask, Chilly”


"Aaloo, thank you! I understood why you kept telling me that whether I win or lose, I will always remain the best! But why did you support Koko in everything as if she were your best friend? Why did you bring Chilly-Shake for her too? Why were you taking her side instead of mine in the competition?" A hint of complaint was visible in Chilly’s eyes.

Aaloo had been trying to explain this very thing for so many days, and it was only now that Chilly was finally ready to listen.


Aaloo gave Chilly a sad smile and said, "Do you remember when I came to you after finishing the skating competition, and we decided that we would practise singing the next day? After leaving your house, I went to Theo's Cafe to get a Chilly-Shake for you. I bought the Chilly-Shake for you, and right then, I heard a sound. I couldn’t see where it came from. It just felt like someone was crying far away in the dark. Hearing the sound of crying, Theo let out a sigh and tears welled up in Giffy's eyes. I couldn't understand anything."


"A ghost! It was a ghost, right Aaloo? Basil was telling me that a ghost lives in that  banyan tree. It takes Chilly-Shake from Theo's cafe at night, and then cries because it finds it too spicy! But if it finds it spicy, it shouldn't drink the Chilly-Shake in the first place, right?!" Parsley said with his usual confidence.


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