August Bug-Off

Broccolo told me he was having bad dreams last night. He blamed them on some iced tea he drank. Come on, mouse, you and I both know it wasn’t iced tea in your cup.

Broccolo: Drinking iced tea late at night always gives me the craziest dreams, toasty!The Bug-Off insect-catching competition was held today, so I kept my eyes open for rare bugs while making my rounds. I spotted a rainbow stag, and I knew I had to catch it!

I caught a rainbow stag! Someone tell me, already! Where's the rainbow?!I took it to Nat, the judge of the Bug-Off, and he examined it and said it scored 84 points. That took over the top spot. Nat rewarded me with an exotic chair.

Nat: Sweet buttery monarchy! However did you manage to find a rainbow stag? It's RARER than rare!I took a little nap, and then returned to the game after 6:00 when the competition was over. Nobody topped my 84-point rainbow stag, so I was the official winner of the Bug-Off.

Nat: A 84-point rainbow stag. By the king's crown! It seems that YOU caught this one!Nat said that he’ll send me my prize (the trophy) in the mail. I celebrated my win by popping off a couple of my party poppers that have been sitting there sinceĀ New Year’s Eve.

Firing a party popper while standing next to Nat, the Bug-Off judge.

Alfonso Arrives

I found Kitt on the peninsula today; she said it was a great day for a walk. But this is a dead end, so exactly where are you walking?

Kitt: Having a nice afternoon, Jeff? It's a great day for a walk.I found a new house in the southeast section of town. It belongs to Alfonso the alligator, who just moved in today.

Alfonso: Eep! My place still isn't ready, and neither am I! I'm Alfonso, and I just moved here today.Twiggy asked for a new catchphrase, so I gave her one. Twitter peeps be like…

Twiggy: Yessss! I can feel a new flame burning inside me! Retweet me! Retweet me!I had an argument with Gladys. I told her ostriches can’t fly, and then she proved me wrong.

Gladys flips as she takes her medicine, which makes her appear to fly.When I went in to visit Static, I think I interrupted something. The look on his face says it all.

Static stands near his men's toilet as he looks at me with an annoyed look on his face.I left him alone to…tend to his business. Outside, Bunnie asked me to play a game of hide-and-seek. I thought it was odd that she was holding an umbrella when it wasn’t raining.

Bunnie: OHMIGOSH! Boy J! Let's play hide-and-seek!Bunnie gave me ten minutes to find her, Fang, and Twiggy. I found Fang first, hiding behind a tree. He couldn’t believe it; his jaw dropped.

Fang: What?! How did you defeat my ninja stealth haze, toasty?I soon found Bunnie and Twiggy, who were also hiding behind trees. Bunnie couldn’t believe that she lost, since she “invented’ the game. Oh, please. Hide-and-seek has been around a lot longer than you have!

Bunnie: How can I lose? I, like, INVENTED this game!Still, she rewarded me with an ornate rug for winning the game.

No Carpets For Me!

Bud’s goodbye letter arrived in the mail today. He said he needed a town with more ‘tude.

Yo, Jeff. I'm packing up and leaving town today. Forest is nice, but I need a town with more 'tude! -Bud
From your bud Bud?

I decided I needed a new shirt, so I bought a racer 6 shirt at Able Sisters.

Mabel: That's a racer 6 shirt. Yeah, that item costs just 380 bells.Even though it was raining when I first started the game, the rain soon stopped falling. I saw a balloon present floating by, so I grabbed my slingshot and shot it down. It contained a surfboard!

Shooting down a balloon present against a cloud-filled sky.Hiding by my waterfall, I found Saharah the camel! She was in town looking for old carpets.

Saharah: I came from far away. I wish to trade carpets. It is for carpets that I came to your town today.I couldn’t ask Gladys for carpet, because she was sick with a cold. I bought some medicine for her, just to be nice for a change.

Gladys: I...I'm OK... I took my medicine... Everything's going to be fine...Absolutely none of my villagers had any old carpet for me! I even fished Twiggy’s missing house key out of the river in hopes that she would give me at least one carpet…but no.

Static had other things on his mind, though: He heard rumors that I might have a men’s toilet! I wonder who leaked the information. He ended up buying it from me for 674 bells.

Static: Personally, I could never believe it, but they say you got a men's toilet and didn't tell me!