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Last night, Meli came over briefly to sell some perfect cherries (they were the premium item for the day).<\/p>\n

\"MeliShe posted a message on the bulletin board, warning my villagers not to mess with me. She even told them of my laser vision. I didn’t even know she knew about that!<\/p>\n

\"Alright<\/p>\n

As of today, April is upon us. Some of the trees around town are now pink.<\/p>\n

\"PinkBlanca was at the event plaza to remind me that it’s April Fools’ Day.<\/p>\n

\"Blanca:And yes, that is April Fools’ Day and not April Fool’s Day (note the placement of the apostrophe). I’ve actually had it wrong for years…but I have Animal Crossing to blame. Animal Crossing games have listed the holiday as April Fool’s Day both on GameCube<\/a> and in City Folk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So it bugs me not only because I’ve had it wrong for all this time, but also because I didn’t notice it in New Leaf until now. This is the third April Fools’ Day since the game’s release, after all. Oh well. Hopefully I’ll remember it for next time.<\/p>\n

As part of the day’s trickery, villagers will try to fool you. Aurora told me that if I make a store purchase of at least 500 bells, Tom Nook will dance for me.<\/p>\n

\"Aurora:<\/p>\n

I then began my search for Blanca, who will appear as a clone of each villager in their houses. My first encounter occurred in Pashmina’s house. Both of them tried calling the other a doppelganger…but neither of them could pronounce (or spell) it correctly. So they ended up calling each other a wafflehanger and a waffle gangster.<\/p>\n

\"Pashmina:\"Pashmina:I knew the real Pashmina’s birthday was on December 26th, so I was able to tell which was which. I handed the faker a towel, and she washed off her face–revealing that it was really Blanca.<\/p>\n

\"Blanca:Pashmina thanked me and gave me her picture. I then continued on, going from house to house. For most villagers, I knew either their birthday or their favorite quote, so I didn’t have much trouble. But then I got to Peck’s house.<\/p>\n

\"Peck:Peck hasn’t had a birthday since he’s moved into town, and I haven’t received his picture, so I didn’t know his quote either. But when the two Pecks listed what they were good at, one said rock-paper-scissors and the other one said chugging milk. I took a guess, figuring that chugging milk would be wrong…and I was correct!<\/p>\n

\"Blanca:With Peck out of the way, I knew the last couple villagers would be no problem. And indeed, I got them all correct…just like last year<\/a>. Interestingly, Dizzy was Blanca’s last victim both last year and this year.<\/p>\n

When I went over by the desert, I spotted the faceless cat once again. Blanca congratulated me on figuring everything out, but also left me a warning to be prepared again next year.<\/p>\n

\"Blanca:I went into my house to take a look at my two new villager pics. Pashmina’s favorite quote is “Before you judge someone, walk a mile in her hooves.”<\/p>\n

\"Pashmina'sAnd Peck’s favorite quote is “The best defense is a good offense.”<\/p>\n

\"Peck'sAnd if you haven’t seen this (I’ve already posted it to Twitter<\/a> and Tumblr<\/a>), I have a little gift for all of you. Just scan this in Animal Crossing–it can be used in New Leaf or Happy Home Designer.<\/p>\n

\"Special<\/a>I hope you all had a nice April Fools’ Day! See you next time!<\/p>\n

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