He was almost at Bitsa's house and was thinking happily about his first piece of birthday cake, when there was a sudden whooshing noise from above, followed by an enormous SPLAT, right in front of him.  It was an ice-cream comet!

The comet had crashed into the ground, right on the path to Bitsa's house, leaving an enormous sticky mess in Squiff's way.  That sort of thing happened quite a bit on Blerg, and normally nobody minded too much, because it meant when it was time for dessert you could just go outside with your shovel, and get as much as you liked.  Of course, it was very important to wash your shovel first.