Author's POV
"Happy Birthday to you!! Happy Birthday to you....Happy Birthday to our Ilavenil....Happy Birthday to you"
Everyone sang in chorus as Agathiyan's one-year-old daughter, cradled in his arms, attempted to blow out the candle for quite some time. When she failed, her lips quivered, and she began to cry loudly, silencing everyone else. Now, instead of cutting the cake, they were trying to soothe her. Believing that blowing out the candle would calm their little sister, her brothers extinguished it, which only made her more upset, causing her to cry louder and flail her arms and legs.
Now the task is even more difficult now all her cousins were making funny faces and even dancing to distract her nothing worked....Her elder sisters Malar and Alar even brought her favorite toy and gave her candy she didn't even touched it....the more she cried the more worried everyone was...Infact Agathiyan was almost went into hyper mode he was literally doing everything his daughter likes even he went on fours and made sounds like sheep which always works in pacifying his daughter but now it went in vain...following him Aadhavan became elephant , Aadhi became the duck, Maaran was horse, shiva was a sparrow etc. Her grandpa Aadhiran and his two brothers were showing them to her and laughing but she still didn't convinced......
Suddenly the light went off and slowly one by one the candles were lit all around the hall.........Ilavenil stopped her loud cried and looked at those candles in astonishment the ladies finally found the way....Ilavenil forcefully got down and slowly taking step by step waked towards her mother and raised her hands up...
"maaaaa ookkuuu"
She said raising her arms more as Thulir was the one who have the final candle in her hand while the other ladies took a seep back.....Thulir bend to her level and showed the lamp Infront her little daughter.....Ila's eyes lit up she smiled cutely showing her three teeth, 2 in up and 1 below...
"Ipo oothu Ila"
She claped her hand and tried to blow the candle but she failed to do this time...she pouted and looked at her mother.....her lips quivered....nonononooo surely no one is ready for another Ilavenil entertaining session.....Thulir asked
"Amma help panava kannu"
Ila shook her head and with her small hands she placed it on her mother's mouth signing her not to blow....she again tried to blow the candle again failure tears brimmed in her eyes....
"Intha ilaa ipo try panu"
Umaiyazh came to rescue with Ila's small hand fan and passed it to her....Ila looked at her Athai sadly...
"Ena ma...Ipo try pani parein itha use panu ithu Ilapapa odathuthane....."
Illa nodded vigorously and attempted to blow out the candle once more, but to no avail. She turned to her mother and aunt with a pout. Noticing the hand fan, she took it from Umaiyal and, after several attempts, managed to turn it on properly, finally extinguishing the candle.....
Ila clapped her hands in glee, laughing so heartily that she toppled backward onto the floor, yet her laughter did not cease. Everyone else finally let out s relived sign and smiled at the little princess who is still laughing sitting on the floor......Her siblings gang now got the way to make her happy, Malar lifted Ila in her hands and took her closer to every single candle surrounded by the vandu gang and made her blow the candles one by one...for each time she does that everyone clapped and cooes her that made Ila even more happy......
Thulir stood up Umaiyazh held her hands in support,
"I am alright Yazhu.."
Thulir said to her
