Purple Roses for Bob

Today was the day that Bob moved out of Forest. He sent me this goodbye letter:

Dear Jeff, Moving day is finally here, and I keep thinking of the fun times we had. Those memories are what I'll take with me to my new town, not just boxes and stuff. -From BobI took the bus to the city and saw Phineas there. I was hoping he’d give me a purple balloon, to honor Bob, but he gave me a red one instead.

Jeff the mummy holding a red balloon from Phineas in the city.But I chose to honor Bob in a different way. I got a dozen purple roses out of storage and planted them where his house was. And they will remain there until another house takes that spot. Yeah, I know I’ll lose the flowers when that eventually happens, but I don’t care.  R.I.P. Bob.

Purple roses on the ground where Bob's house once stood.Saharah was in town, looking for old carpet. So I trapped her on the edge of a cliff (so I could easily find her later) and began asking my remaining villagers if they had any. I couldn’t ask Blaire though, because she was sick. So I bought her some medicine.

Blaire flips upside-down as she takes some medicine.When I circled back around, I saw something I did not expect to see. Saharah was free from the trap, but Octavian was now in it! All without the holes ever disappearing!

Octavian in the trap, despite no apparent way he could have gotten there.Wow, that’s quite a magic trick illusion! I guess the moral of the story is that if you want an animal to remain trapped, don’t use a cliff as one of the boundaries. That was pretty funny, though. I’m sure Octavian was just thinking “How did I get here?”

Anyway, three of my villagers had old carpeting for me: Octavian, Avery, and Melba.

Melba: No, go right ahead! I don't need new flooring just yet, so you're welcome to my old one!I then returned to Saharah (who fortunately didn’t wander off very far), and gave her the three carpets. In exchange, she gave me a classroom floor. It is an item I needed, so I was able to mark if off of my checklist.

The classroom floor on display in my house.