Big Top had his belongings all packed up in boxes tonight. He was planning on moving out of town, but I made him reconsider.
Static was sick with a cold, so I gave him some medicine. He said I was so nice to him that he regrets calling me names. 😛
It was raining in town, so that limited some of the bugs that appear. But I was still finding some good ones, and one new one: a dynastid beetle. When I went to the museum to donate it, I saw that Blathers had more dialogue once again. Wow, Wild World really does so much for character development and back stories for the non-playable characters (NPCs).
Back when Blathers was at university, he was asked by his professor to help out one day. He had to hand out exams and check for cheaters. But the room got a bit hot, so he opened up a window. That was a mistake, because a fly flew into the room!
Due to his fear of bugs, he couldn’t take his eyes off the fly. He kept grinding his beak, and that eventually gave him a cramp in his face muscles. Poor guy.
Once I had spoken with all of my villagers, I went down to the beach. Going from side to side, I kept an eye out for good fish and bugs. I caught a number of good ones, and when I was done, I was able to make a whopping 65,000 bell payment on my mortgage at town hall.
I returned to the beach to catch a few more bugs and fish, and there I caught a shark! Even though I’ve caught a hammerhead before, this was my first regular shark.
After donating it to the museum, I ended my game for the night. I’d have to say it was a pretty good night. A new bug, a new shark, a large mortgage payment, and I saved Big Top. Now I’m going to go play some Splatoon 2. 🙂
When I visited Big Top, he told me not to worry because everybody already chased away “that brown thing.” But I didn’t know what brown thing he meant! Could he be referring to the cocoa-colored thing that was in his can of food 
I decided to do some more bug-catching, and after a while, I spotted a birdwing butterfly!
I took it to the museum, and I noticed Blathers had a new story to tell me. He told me about when he first started working a part-time job at the library. Some older books had mold in them, and it was his job to open the books and lie them on the windowsill to dry them out in the sunlight.
He said that some of the reference books get eaten by “book lice.” So to avoid the bugs, he was holding a book by the corners…and he let one rip.
The book, that is. Sounds like a very bad day.
I went to the museum to donate it, and I noticed Blathers had some new dialogue once again. He said he misses the days of living in a big city. Apparently, no one from the Farway Museum wanted to move away to curate the new museum opening up in Forest. So, they sent him.
That actually sounds like the plot of the 
Outside of town hall, the message of the week said that if you lose something big, just pretend pirates took it. 😛
While walking on the beach, I saw something I hadn’t seen in Wild World before: A scorpion! Fortunately, it wasn’t moving much, so I walked over to it and caught it! 😀 I think I really lucked out getting it on my first try!
While coming up between Nookington’s and Able Sisters, I spotted an even bigger bug in the distance! Oh wait, that’s just Gracie.
I’m not even going to waste my time on Gracie. 😛
I finished up my night with some fishing and bug-catching. Since the shop was closed, I once again filled up my pockets with things to sell next time.