Today is the first day of the Acorn Festival, and I rushed over to town hall to speak with Tortimer. Er, I mean, Cornimer. He sang a nutty song about acorns for me.
He then introduced himself as the mysterious Cornimer. 😛
Cornimer explained that he uses his special powers to scatter acorns around town. He compared himself to the tooth fairy, but in reverse. There’s got to be a better way to say that.
He told me to bring him all the acorns I can find, but not any rotten acorns. If I take him enough acorns, he will give me prizes. So I began my search. Acorns appear under regular (non-fruit, non-cedar) trees, from what I can tell. So I began picking them up.
I returned to him with some acorns, but before he accepted them, he gave me my fortune. Apparently I’m a medium acorn.
He then gave me a mush stool in exchange for my first seven acorns. I continued my search as I made my rounds. Many of my villagers were also talking about the festival.
The acorns come in various shapes, which you can see when you open your pockets.
As far as I can tell, the shapes don’t matter. Other than the rotten ones of course, which you don’t want to give to Tortimer. I just put mine in the recycle bin at town hall.
Puddles was still sick today, but I didn’t buy her any medicine. I was actually going to, but I just forgot. Oops. But if the five doses I’ve already given her haven’t helped, I don’t know that a sixth would’ve made a difference anyway.
During one of my stops at town hall, I made a 15,000 bell mortgage payment.
In all, I gave Cornimer 42 acorns. In addition to the mush stool, he also gave me a mush end table, a mush lamp, and a mush chair.
There are more items to earn, so I’ll be playing more this week.
I chatted with Rod outside of Able Sisters, and he said it would be funny if Joey and Hopper turned out to be brothers. They may both be birds, but they’re different species. Joey is a duck, and Hopper is a penguin.
He then said it would be hilarious if they were actually sisters! Yes, that would be quite a surprise. 😛
Puddles was still sick, and I gave her some medicine…for the 5th time! I’m getting tired of this. But at least Puddles was very grateful. She even said I was at the top of her friend list. And I believe she actually meant it.
Today was Kiki’s birthday, so I attended her party. Baabara was also there to help her celebrate. For Kiki’s present, I gave her a ring! A life ring, that is.
Despite the shocked look on her face, she seemed to enjoy the gift. She then thanked me by giving me a lovely wall.
When I visited Hopper, I saw that he was trying to move out of town. I wasn’t about to let that happen, so I kept talking to him until I got him to reconsider.
On the bulletin board, there was a notice about the upcoming acorn festival. It starts on Monday! The Virtual Console version of Wild World (which is what I play) came out right after the acorn festival ended last year, so this will be my first time. I’m looking forward to giving it a try!
The flea market was going on today, so most of the animals inside their houses were trying to sell their 
I went over to the museum, and Blathers seemed a bit sad. He told me how it was once his dream to be an archaeologist, traveling the world to find new fossils (especially dinosaurs). I told him “good luck,” and he took that as a challenge. So he said he’s now going to find time to do some fieldwork of his own. I’m not sure how that’s possible when he’s working at the museum 24/7, but good luck, pal.
Downstairs, I went on a safari with a singing dog. Well, sort of.
Puddles was still sick, so I bought some medicine for her. She’s still not fully recovered yet though.
I caught a few fish, sold them, and then made a 20,000 bell mortgage payment at town hall. That was all I did for tonight, but I’ll be playing again very soon. Hope to see you next time.