The End of the Road

I got a letter from Katie’s mom today, thanking me for bringing Katie home. She also sent me a music box.

Hello, Jeff, I really appreciate your efforts the other day, helping bring Katie back home. Please accept this small token of my sincere thanks! -From the Lost Girl's MomThe music box I received from Kaitlin.I walked around town, found one new black rose, and shot down a balloon present. It had a writing desk in it. Chief was home, so I went in his house and talked to him. He asked me to find him a fossil.

Chief: Any luck? Found the buried fossil treasure yet, Captain Piratebeard? I'm waiting, harrumph!Later on, I talked to Curly, who offered to buy my writing desk. I gladly sold it.

Curly: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold up a sec. Tell me that's a writing desk in your pocket!

After finding a fossil for Chief and identifying it, I gave it to him and he thanked me with an imperial tile (carpet).

Chief: And so the last piece falls into place, harrumph! This stego skull will let me... Never mind!As for my town, I decided to remove my patterns and just have dirt paths for a while. A lot of people seem to expect me to change my path patterns to match every season, and that’s not what I ever intended. I’ll put up path patterns again eventually, but for now they’ll just be dirt paths.

Removing my patterns, revealing a dirt path underneath in Animal Crossing: City Folk (ACCF).

One extra bonus is that dirt paths allow flowers more room to breed. I’m not sure if this will result in more hybrids, but it can’t hurt.