CHAPTER 6: JUST NUTS

    If there is one creature that could truly break my control and infuriate me, that's फ्रेड the Squirrel. Do I need to explain why? As Skipper said, "As dumb as a sack of hammers." But he is very vital to my plan now. He's easier to fool and convince because of his own stubborn judgement. And he could just jump from पेड़ to tree, unlike Skipper who'll be waddling.
    I stood on the zoo walls that faced central park. I scanned the area for Skipper. He just entered the park himself, and he is not in ahurry. He is muttering to himself, occasionally stopping in his pace, perhaps he's practicing the lines he want to say to Lilly.
    A love's fool indeed, I thought. That would buy me some time. I spied फ्रेड sitting on a branch of his tree, munching on a nut. I quickly approached via his blind side, made sure he's in earshot and begun my operation.
    "What do आप plan to do upon finding Lilly Skipper?" I said.
    I played the recording. "I trust my instincts और than Lilly. Like I कहा if I need to take down some of my men. I'll do it. If I learn that Lilly is patronizing with the enemy I'll throw her to Hoboken."
    "Aye aye Skipper," I replied to the unpresent Skipper.
    Then I walked to Fred's view.
    "Hey आप Pigeon!" फ्रेड called. "Where's the flatheaded one आप were talking to?"
    "Pigeon?!" he called me a pigeon! Pfft. "I'm not a pigeon."
    "But you're a bird right?"
    "Yes but pigeons can fly, while I a पेंगुइन naturally cannot." Without my inventions' help of course.
    "Then आप must be a chicken."
    "Did आप even hear the word penguin?!"
    "Chicken."
    "Whatever! If आप find a female penguin, pigeon, chicken with a choker's हार and a tattoo on her hip just tell her to come home! I'll give आप a pack of almonds if आप are able to find her."
    "Almonds आप say? Why didn't आप just say so?" and he pounced off his पेड़ for the search.
    Good. Glad that's over. I almost thought it wont work.
    I stealthily followed Fred, making sure Im not to be found द्वारा him, Skipper या the humans walking by. And then he found her after 15 minutes. I hid behind a bush, stayed my distanced and watched.
    She sat on a पेड़ branch, looking sad and discouraged. That almost broke my दिल to watch, so I focused on फ्रेड and their conversation through my binoculars, their voices faint but understandable enough.
    "Hey! You, female chicken!" again फ्रेड with the chicken!
    "Are आप talking to me?" Lilly asked.
    "Nellie is our name right?"
    "Lilly."
    "That's funny, I could have sworn its Nellie."
    "You must be the infamous फ्रेड the squirrel." Lilly कहा when she remembered our past stories about him.
    "Uh-huh. There was that tall grumpy chicken who wanted me to tell आप to come home. Tell him I did! And remind him he owes me almonds."
    "Tall and grumpy? That must be Kowalski."
    "Yeah and the flatheaded one was looking for आप too."
    "Skipper?" I cant help but notice Lilly's eyes lit up.
    "Mmmhmmm. I herd him say something about आप patronizing with the enemy and throwing आप to Hobolen, Koboken I think."
    "What? Hoboken?! आप heard him say that?"
    "It's Koboken. Yes I heard him say that. I think its a fancy दिन spa, congratulations."
    Lilly fell silent then her flippers were clenched into fists.
    "This time his paranoid imagination is going too far!" She turned to Fred, "Are आप lying? Are आप making this up? I swear I'm going to..."
    "Hey! Hey!" फ्रेड raised his paws in defense. "There's a pack of almonds at stake why would I lie?"
    "I'll remind Kowalski of your almonds." she कहा coldly and she jumped of the tree. She proceeded to the direction of the HQ.
    I scanned the park once again for Skipper. Not very far, I found him meticulously checking trees for a sign of Lilly. Statistically speaking, Im 100% certain they'll find one another.