August 11 Today, I was running around town like normal, but today, I saw a building where I hadn't noticed one before. I walked inside and a big owl was standing in the middle of the room, sleeping.
"WAKE UP!" I screamed. "BWAAAAAAAAAAK!" he screamed as he awoke, startled. "Oh, hello. I am Blathers. Welcome to the museum." "Museum?" I said. "Boring..." "No no, I assure you, this museum is absolutely not boring at all." "Okay!" I said. "I'm gonna go look around!" And I started running toward the insects exhibit, but Blathers stopped me. "My apologies, but there are currently no exhibits on display. Our museum is as of now empty."
August 12 "That's ludicrous!" exclaimed Static when I told him about the museum. "Who would fund an empty museum??" "His name is Blathers," I smiled. "Blathers! That means he talks a lot." "I suppose so," said Static. "Hey," I said, "your name is Static. Does that mean you can shock people?" "Yeah!" he said. "I can zap you just by touching you!" He stuck out his finger and began reaching for my shoulder, and I screamed and ran away.
August 13 I asked Blathers why the museum didn't have anything. "Well," he pondered, "nobody has donated anything. Our hallowed halls would greatly benefit from any contributions you may have." Immediately after that, I called a town meeting. "We have to help fill the museum! Everyone, work your hardest to gather paintings, fossils, fish, and bugs!" "No, we're not going to," said Robin. "What?" I asked. "Why not?" "We're just not," said Punchy. "You alone are in charge of filling the museum," said Admiral. "But why me? Why won't you guys help?" "That's just the way it has to be," said Pompom.
August 14 I worked hard and caught a lot of bugs to donate to the museum. Blathers was happy for every bug I gave him until we got to the ladybugs. "Oh, I'm sorry," he said, "but the museum can accept only one ladybug." "But why??" I asked. "They're friends! You have to accept them both!" "I'm afraid not," said Blathers, releasing one ladybug into the exhibit, but handing the other one back to me. "TAKE THE LADYBUG!" I screamed into his ears. But he refused, so after I left the museum, I squished the stupid ladybug.
August 15 This morning, I got a letter from Redd, saying that he was in town. It also told me what the password was. So I ran to his tent, told him the password, and he let me in. I was about to scream, "You ripped me off!" but then I saw a painting in the back of the tent that I could donate to the museum. "I want that painting!" I screamed. "I am desperate for a painting like that!" The welfare of the museum depended on this. "Oh, you're desperate?" he asked. "Very." "Well, in that case, I can probably sell this painting to you for only 20,000 Bells. It's a real bargain!" "Deal!" I shouted. My wallet was much lighter after that.
August 16 "This painting is a counterfeit!" exclaimed Blathers. "No it's not!" I said, "It cost 20,000 Bells!" "Well then," he said, "I'm afraid you've been duped! This painting is obviously a fake. Look, Mona Lisa's face is drawn on in crayon. The real painting, I assure you, was not done in crayon. Indeed, the original was done in oil. I apologize, but I simply cannot accept this donation." He handed the painting back to me, but I pushed it back. "Take it!" I whispered, "Nobody will know." "I'm afraid not!" spatted Blathers. "I will uphold this museum's integrity above all else!" "Take it!" I shouted. "No!" Blathers took the painting and tore it up. Oh well.
August 17 Blathers told me that he would like to have dinosaur fossils for his museum, so I decided to dig around for some today. I was digging lots of holes all over the place, when suddenly, I saw a MUMMY crawling out of one hole. I screamed and ran over to the mummy and started whacking it with my net. "Die, mummy! Die!!!" I screamed heroically. "I'm not a mummy!" cried the mummy. Then I realized that it wasn't a mummy, it was Lucky! Oh no, I'd mistaken Lucky for a mummy! So I stopped hitting him. Unfortunately, at the same time, I saw Admiral running up to me. "What is wrong with you?" he shouted as he had to pull me away from Lucky. Then I told him about Lucky falling into holes, mummies wandering the earth, Blathers craving dinosaur fossils, and me bravely brandishing my net, and by the time I was done, Admiral was too overwhelmed to continue yelling at me.
August 18 I got a letter today from Lucky:
A little while later, Admiral came up to me. "Do you know why Lucky left?" he asked. "His feelings were hurt." "Oh," I said. I guess I should have apologized to Lucky. Oh well, too late now.
August 19 Admiral told me this morning that I shouldn't tell anyone why Lucky moved away. He said it would be a good idea if I didn't make everyone turn on us like what happened in Garthton. Later, I was running in circles around the holding pond, and I noticed that Kiki was sitting under a tree, crying. So I ran over to her and told her to stop crying. She told me how she was really sad that Lucky was gone. She said, "I had a really big crush on him. But I never told him! Now I wish I had!" Then she began crying again. I told her to stop crying again, but she didn't stop, so I went back to running around the holding pond.
August 20
Someone new moved into town! I was trying to fish when she came over to introduce herself. "Hello, li'l ears, how is your fishing going? It doesn't look like it's going very well. I just moved into town today. My name's Ruby! My parents named me Ruby because my eyes are as red as rubies." "Are you sick?" I asked. "I'm not sick, I'm just albino!" she said. "That means I don't, like, have any pigment! That's why my fur is white and my eyes are red! You know, it's not every day you see an albino rabbit! Aren't you impressed, li'l ears?" "Yes," I said, but I was starting to get annoyed. "I have to go now," I said, and I ran away.
August 21 I passed by Ruby's house on the way to Nook's store (I wanted to buy materials to fix the hole Canny left in my wall), and she opened her door and stopped me to talk to me. "Li'l ears! I was, like, up ALL morning unpacking my things! I thought I'd stop to talk to you!" "Why do you keep calling me 'li'l ears'?" I asked. "That's, like, my nickname for you! Because you have little ears, get it?" she said, standing in her doorway. "See, my rabbit ears are big! Yours are small, so that makes me 'big ears' and you 'li'l ears'! Get it?" I rolled my eyes, but I don't think she noticed. "I think you should come inside and see the way I arranged my furniture!" said Ruby. "It's so beautiful! It's, like, a dream room," she said, turning around to look inside at her furniture. While she was turned away, I ran away so I wouldn't have to listen to her anymore.
August 22 I was standing outside my house today, trying to fix my wall. I had cut down trees for the wood to board up my wall, but I was perplexed because Nook doesn't sell hammers, and I couldn't figure out how to nail the boards up. Unfortunately, Ruby was walking by at the time, and she started to talk to me. "Li'l ears! When I was young," she said, "I always wanted to be a pop star. But there was always something I didn't have that was holding my back. Do you know what it was?" "Good looks?" I asked. " 'Good looks'?? Why would you say that?" I shrugged. "Aaaaugh!" she screamed as she ran away, flailing her arms in the air.
August 23 Ruby ran up to me today. "Hey, look! It's 2 o'clock! My favorite time! Yaaaaay, NUMBERS! Oh! Right right right! You wanted to talk, didn't you, li'l ears?" "Um, well..." I said. She, of course, continued talking: "So I became a member of the HRA, but judging by the way they score me, I'm, like, a complete decorating doof... AAAAAA! Why can't they see how totally awesome I am, li'l ears?!" "Um..." "I wonder what Tom Nook is gonna have in his store tomorrow! There's NO WAY I'm gonna sleep until I know, li'l ears! I just gotta get furniture to make the HRA happy!" And she kept talking, and I never got a chance to get away from her!
August 24 For the past few days, Ruby has really been bugging me, so I went to Static's to complain. "Ruby's bothering me!" "What are you doing?" asked Static. "Tattling on her?" "Ruby won't stop talking to me!" I said. "It's really annoying!" "I know," admitted Static. "She's even more annoying than you!"
August 25 Ruby woke me up at four in the morning. She was shouting through my window. "Li'l ears! Listen! You know Kiki and Robin? They have such a weird relationship. They're both kinda self-centered, so it's hard to tell what they're thinking. Maybe they just don't think at all, li'l ears!" "Go away. Sleepy time," I murmured. "This one time," continued Ruby, "I just happened to look up and saw such a beautiful sunset... Since then, I always look up when I walk around town!" "GO AWAY!" I screamed. "IT'S SLEEPY TIME!" "Look at the pretty stars! Do you see any constellations, li'l ears?" "I see you going away!" I said, as I grabbed my net, threw open the front door, and began chasing Ruby, holding my net high above me in the air. "LI'L EARS!" she shouted. "Cut it out! Why are you chasing me with your net? Gosh, this is so not like you!" "Shut up!" I screamed. "SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!" And that's why Ruby left town this afternoon. August 26 I was chasing a cricket early this evening, when suddenly, I heard a really big explosion in the sky. I looked up and saw fireworks!!!!! I ran over to where it came from, and saw that Punchy, Pompom, and Static were launching fireworks. I asked why. "It's a week-long celebration!" Punchy smiled as he lit a firework. It shot into the air, and exploded into a colorful red explosion. He started singing, "They're getting high, up in the sky, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!" He clapped on each of the last three notes. "I wanna light one!" I said, grabbing a firework from Pompom. "No!" Static said, harshly. He reached over to grab it from me, but I was too quick. I lit it and threw it into the air, where it exploded. KABOOM! "Good riddance to bad rubbish!" I said. "What do you mean by that?" asked Pompom. "Ruby's gone! Celebration!" I smiled and started jumping around like exploding fireworks. Pompom gasped. "That's not what we're celebrating!" She sounded sad. "We're celebrating the anniversary of the founding of Treehut!" exclaimed Static. "Not that Ruby left!" Oh. That's boring. I'm going to celebrate that Ruby's gone.
August 27
Fireworks!!! I love them! I spent all day lighting them off. Nook ran up to me earlier today. "Don't point that thing at me," he said. I turned and shot my Roman candle into the river. He continued, "Everyone has been telling me how relieved they are that you haven't started any fires." "Actually..." "Thanks to you, I've sold more fire extinguishers than ever! Everyone says they feel much better having them nearby."
August 28 I did something silly today! I got a pear, and put a firework inside it. Then, I lit the firework, and it blew up the pear into itty-bitty pieces! "Wow, that's cool!" said Punchy, who happened to be nearby. He shook an apple tree and said, "Let's blow up an apple!" "I have a better idea!" I said. "Let's put the firework in the apple, and try to get Nook to eat it! Then... KABOOM!" "No way!" said Punchy. "He would get a stomachache!" Oh yeah. I forgot that Nook is allergic to apples.
August 29 I love fireworks so much! I spent all night dreaming about them. Then, the first thing I did when I woke up was shoot off more fireworks! KABOOM! "You stupid idiot!" Admiral shouted a minute later, as he burst in through my front door with his fire extinguisher, "fireworks are for outdoors only! Get out of the house!" I ran outside, and Admiral put out the fire. A minute later, Admiral walked out of the house, and screamed again. "NOOOOO! STOP!" He aimed the fire extinguisher at the tree in my yard, where I was pointing my Roman candle. He put out the tree fire, but then another firework shot out of my Roman candle and caught it on fire again. "Ugh!" Admiral groaned, and he pointed the fire extinguisher at me and sprayed.
August 30 I dreamed about fireworks again, and when I woke up, I was surprised because there was a fire in my house again. I ran to the door, opened it, and shouted, "My house is on fire again!" A few seconds later, Admiral came running over with his fire extinguisher, and put out the fire. He looked mad. "I told you not to shoot fireworks inside!" he said. I told him how I didn't mean to, and that I did it in my sleep. "In your sleep?!" Admiral asked, dumbfounded. "You're out of control," he said, grabbing all my fireworks and heading out the door with them. "You can't be trusted with these anymore."
August 31 Admiral wouldn't give me my fireworks back. I ran to Nook's store, but Nook wouldn't give me any either. "Sorry," he said, "but Admiral convinced me that you're a safety hazard." I ran outside, saw Kiki, and asked if I could have hers. She said, "I'm sorry, but I already lit them all!" She pointed at her trash can, which was filled with used fireworks. "I need fireworks!" I screamed. I ran over to Robin, and asked her for fireworks, but she said, "No way! I saw what you did, several days ago! After Mr. Nook was done talking to you, you spent hours shooting fish in the river with your Roman candles! So I'm not giving you any fireworks!" Then, I ran over to Punchy, who was waving a pair of sparklers around. I asked if I could have a sparkler, but he said, "No, I promised Admiral that I wouldn't give you any." "But I'll be careful with them!" I said (crossing my fingers). "That's what you said about my fishing rods!" he exclaimed.
September 1 The fireworks celebration ended today, and I didn't get to play because nobody would give me fireworks. After everyone was asleep, I went digging through everyone's trash cans, looking for unused fireworks. I couldn't find anything except for already-used fireworks, and they only had enough explosives to make tiny little sparks. Then, I had a brilliant idea. I gathered as many fireworks as I could, then I poured all their leftover explosives together into a big bucket. I attached a fuse and lit it. A second later, KABOOM! It was really loud and colorful. Then I realized that everyone must have heard the explosion. I got scared that they would get mad at me, so I ran back to my house and hid under my bed.
September 2 Guess what I found under my bed last night. A box of fireworks! I guess Admiral didn't see them when he confiscated my fireworks. I ran outside and started shooting them. Static ran up to me, closed the fireworks box, and started yelling at me. "The fireworks celebration is over! We're not allowed to shoot them off anymore! And how did you get more fireworks? They are off-limits for you!" "But I want fireworks!" I said. Then I started crying. Pompom walked over, and said, "Static, let him shoot just one more. Then he has to put them all away until next year." "Fine," said Static. He opened the box, handed me a sparkler, and then shut the box and walked away with it. "Okay," said Pompom, "this is your last firework until next year. Make the best of it!" But then I dropped it in a puddle and it wouldn't light. I spent all afternoon crying. September 3
I was running around town, shaking trees to see if Static had hid my fireworks in them. Suddenly, I saw Joan the sow walking around. I remember meeting her last year. I ran over to her, and she asked if I wanted turnips. "Yes!" I said. "Okay, sweetie," she said. "They're 103 Bells each. How many?" "SEVEN HUNDRED!" I screamed. She said it would cost 72,100 Bells, which is a lucky coincidence, because that's pretty much all the money I had! "Whew," she said, handing over the turnips, "that's a load off my back!" I ran home and played with my turnips all night.
September 6 I started to get bored with my new turnips, so I ran over to Static's house to ask for my fireworks back. He said, "No. Why don't you go back home and roll around in your turnips for a few more days?" So I went to Punchy's house, and he let me in. "Try eating them," he suggested. "Turnips are very high in vitamin A." I took a turnip out of my pocket and took a bite. "Yucky!" I said, spitting it out. Punchy grabbed a napkin and wiped the turnip spittle off of his table. "Please don't do that..."
September 7 I went over to Admiral's house to ask him what I should do with my turnips. "You got 700 turnips?!" he asked. "What in the world did that cost?" I pulled out my receipt. "72,100 Bells." "What?!" exclaimed Admiral. "That's money you should be using to pay off your house!" "Pffft." "Nook has been very patient with you about you not paying off your house, but maybe it's time for you to pay up. Maybe you should sell your turnips to him." "No way!" I said. "Last time I tried to sell him turnips, he stared at me and called the police!" "That's because you threw his cash register into the lake." "How did you know about that?" I gasped. "I got bored when we were on the train, so when you fell asleep, I read your diary." "Did you like it?" I asked. "No," he said. "Reading it was the biggest waste of time in my life."
September 8 I went to Nook's today and asked if he would buy my turnips from me. "Let's see, 700 turnips..." he said, pressing buttons on his cash register. "Can I push buttons too?" I asked, walking around the counter. "No," said Nook, pushing me back to the other side. He finished pressing buttons. "...at 68 Bells each... I would be willing to pay 47,600 Bells for the lot of them." I noticed that 47,600 is less than 72,100. "You're trying to rip me off!" I yelled. I got angry and ran out of the store so that I wouldn't shake Nook by the scruff of his neck. I saw Static holding his net up, sneaking behind a cricket, so I ran over to him to ask for help. "Nook is trying to rip me off! I bought my turnips at 103 Bells each, but Nook said he'll only give me 68 each!" "Yeah..." mumbled Static, trying not to get distracted. "The price changes twice a day." "That's stupid!" I said. "You're stupid!" muttered Static. "Go away! You're scaring the cricket!" "OOOGA-BOOGA!" I screamed to the cricket. It got scared and jumped into the river. Then I felt Static hitting me on the head with his net.
September 9 I went to Nook's late tonight to see what price he was buying turnips for. "I am currently buying turnips at 102 Bells each," he said. "YOU'RE A RIPPER-OFFER!" I shouted. "I'll just come back and sell them tomorrow." "Actually," said Nook, "that's no good. I don't buy turnips on Sunday. And your turnips will probably be spoiled by then, anyway." "But I want more money!" I said. "If you don't sell them, they'll spoil!" "But I'll lose money if I do!" so I left.
September 10 I noticed that at the strike of midnight, my turnips all spoiled instantly, and they really stunk up the house, so I had to sleep outside. I decided to sleep next to the river because the ground is soft and comfy there. I woke up the in the morning when I felt someone step on me. I opened my eyes and saw Joan the sow falling down. "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see you," said Joan. She began picking up the turnips that her fall caused her to spill. "Oh, dearie, would you like to buy some turnips? They are 14 Bells each." "No no no no no!" I said. "I'm never buying any stupid turnips again." Then I went home and noticed that I had a letter in my mailbox from the HRA.
September 11 I had to sleep outside again because of the stinky turnips in my house. I slept on the beach in a fortress I made out of sand, but I woke up when the tide came in and got salt water up my nose. Yucky! I decided that I need to get rid of the stupid turnips. I held my breath, ran into my house, picked up all the turnips, put them in my pockets, and ran over to Nook’s store. "Buy these!" I told him. "You smell horrible!" shouted Nook. "Get yourself and your turnips out of my store, NOW!" Jeez, Nook is always mean to me when I’m stinky. I decided to bury the turnips all underground. September 13 Punchy knocked on my door this morning. "Good morning!" he smiled. Then he walked into my house. "Yeesh, you don't really have much to choose from." "Huh?" I asked. "It's Flea Market Week!" he exclaimed. "We all visit each other's houses and make offers to buy each other's stuff at rock-bottom prices!" "Ooooh," I wondered. "You know, the HRA hasn't been to happy about my house lately." "I see," said Punchy, looking around. "This could be the perfect week for me to buy lots of furniture for my house!" "That sure would impress them!" said Punchy. Then he sighed and said, "You have nothing here that I want to buy. And it kinda smells like rotten turnips in here. Oh well." He started walking toward the door. "Be sure to come by my place later this week. Maybe you can buy all my neat stuff!"
September 14 I ran over to Punchy's house today. "Oh, hey!" he said. "I have lots of great furniture to sell today!" He pointed out his TV. "How much would you be willing to pay for this wonderful 18-inch color television?" "Um," I said, "100 Bells." "What?!" said Punchy. "You'll have to go a lot higher than that! Or would you rather look at my microwave?" "What's this?" I asked, walking up to a wondrous bird-shaped toy. "Oh, that's a drinking bird." "I'll give you all my Bells for it!"
September 15 Today, I ran over to Static's house. "You can't possibly afford anything I have," he said. "How much is this?" I asked, pointing at his modern sofa. "Three thousand Bells." "What about that?" I asked, pointing at a box labeled "CONFISCATED FIREWORKS". "You can't have that!" he said. "Please!" "No."
September 16 I went to Robin's house today to see what she had for sale. She had a neat looking computer. "Can I have that?" I asked. "That's definitely for sale," she said. "I'm looking to get a new one. I can sell you this one for 1,000 Bells." "That's too much!" I said. "How about 1 Bell?" "That's really not enough," she said. "Let's compromise," I suggested. "Five Bells." "That's not a compromise!" "Fine," I said. "How about 7 Bells?" Then Robin kindly asked me to leave.
September 17 "I'm looking for some great deals!" I said as I busted my way into Kiki's house. "Oh," she said. "Would you like any flowers?" she asked, pointing at a table covered with all kinds of flowers. "Nuh-uh, flowers are dumb." "Oh," she said. "Perhaps you'd like to take home this baby bear?" she pointed at a little stuffed teddy bear on her sofa. "I don't want a teddy bear," I said. "Teddy bears are stupid." I walked over to her lovely armoire and opened it up. "Oh, don't—" said Kiki. Inside was a framed portrait of Punchy, a ball of yarn, and some flea shampoo. "I want the picture of Punchy," I said. "Oh, no, I can't give you that!" She started to get embarrassed, and asked if I could leave.
September 18 I knocked on Admiral's door, and he let me in. "Well, this is it," he said. He didn't have a lot of furniture, but something of his caught my eye. "Wow," I cheered. "A red boom box!" "No no no no no!" shouted Admiral. "I can't let you buy that." "But why?" I asked. "You'll play it at maximum volume all the time, and I won't be able to sleep at night." "No I won't!" I said. "You're lying!" said Admiral. "You're crossing your fingers!" "Nuh-uh!" I said. "Yes you are!" he pointed. "You're crossing them in front of you! You're not even hiding it!" So he wouldn't let me have the boom box.
September 19 I decided to check out Pompom's stuff today. She had a lot of pretty things. "Can I interest you in my daffodil chair?" she asked. The seat of the chair was designed to look like a daffodil. "It would go great with this daffodil table! I'll give you the set for just 500 Bells!" "How about 12?" I asked. Pompom sighed. "I can't go that low!" "You can't, or you won't?" I asked. "I only have 12 Bells," I said. "What can I get for 12 Bells?" "You don't really expect to buy anything for 12 Bells, do you?" "What about your lovely bed?" "Do you really want that? You already have a bed, and this lovely one doesn't really seem your style." "I'll buy it for 5 Bells." "I'm sorry, but I don't think so," she said.
September 20 I got disappointed because I didn't find any neat furniture during the Flea Market, so I ran over to Nook's store. "I NEED FURNITURE!" I yelled. "Well," said Nook, "all I have right now is this modern cabinet (not that you have anything to put in it...) and this table that looks like an apple." "I don't want any of this crappy furniture," I said, grabbing Nook by the wrist. "Show me more furniture." "Well," said Nook, shaking free from my grip and walking over to the counter, "I have this catalog you can look through," he pulled out a little book from under the counter. "If there is something in it that you would like to have, then please let me know." I opened it up. The only things that were in the catalog were things that I already had. "This is dumb. I already have this stuff." "Well, be sure to come back tomorrow. My selection changes every day." "Change it now!" I suggested. "I can't," he said. "Tomorrow, I will have different items available." "I'll buy the stupid apple table," I said. I handed Nook 12 Bells. "Oh," he said, "this isn't enough money." So he made me leave. September 21 I realized how I really need money, so I ran around town today, shaking the fruit trees. I could only carry a dozen-or-so fruits in my pockets, so I had to make a lot of trips. I sold Nook lots of pears, apples, peaches, and oranges, and he gave me lots and lots of money for them. Then I ran to the beach looking for fruit trees, and I noticed that a coconut had washed ashore. "You should try eating it," said Static, who was fishing nearby. "The insides are very sweet and tasty. You'd like it." I picked up the coconut. Then I tried to bite the coconut, but it hurt my teeth, and Static started laughing. "You can't get into a coconut like that!" he said.
September 22 I asked Punchy to help me open the coconut. "Maybe we can stomp on it, or something..." he thought aloud. I tried to stomp on it, but I tripped over it and fell on my face. Punchy laughed a little, and then said, "Maybe we could throw it high in the air and it'll crack open when it hits the ground. I picked up the coconut and chucked it straight up in the air. "Wow, you're a good thrower," said Punchy. The coconut got really high, then it started falling back down, and it hit me on the head. "Owwie!" I started crying. "Uh oh," said Punchy. "Maybe we'll try again tomorrow."
September 23 "Maybe we can hit it with a rock," I told Punchy. "Yeah, we can break it open that way!" I looked around and found a big rock. I picked it up with one hand, held the coconut in the other hand, and swung the rock down. "OWWIE!" I screamed as I slammed the rock into my hand. "Oh, yikes!" said Punchy. He told me to go home and put some ice on it, but I didn't have any ice, so I took lots of aspirins instead.
September 24 "We need a secret weapon," I told Punchy. "That coconut is beating us!" "Hmmm," said Punchy. "Hold on a second." He ran into his house, and came back out, holding something behind his back. "Don't tell Static about this," he said as he showed me a firework. "We'll explode the coconut open!" "Bingo!" said Punchy. Except it didn't go too well. We exploded the coconut into a billion pieces, each too small to eat. Then Static came running over, yelling at us. September 25 Today, I was sitting at the beach, filtering the salt water through my socks to get some salt to use as seasoning for dinner, when I noticed a shell in the sand. "HEY, SOMEONE, COME HERE! LOOK!" After a few minutes of shouting, it seemed like nobody was ever going to come, so I picked up the shell and ran to the museum. "Look, a seashell!" I showed it to Blathers. "That's very nice," he said, "but our museum only handles four types of exhibits: fish, fossils, paintings, and—" "What's this?" I asked, running over to to a flight of stairs running down to the basement. "Either these stairs weren't here before, or I'm going crazy." "It's both," said Blathers. "Those stairs lead to a new addition to the museum. It's a coffee restaurant. A friend of mine will open it tomorrow."
September 26
I ran to the museum first thing in the morning to check out the new coffee shop. I ran down the stairs and saw a big pigeon with glasses and a mustache standing behind the counter. "Ah, hello!" he started. "Welcome to the Roost. I'm Brewster, and I make the finest coffee in town. Have a seat, if you want. A cup is 200 Bells." I sat down and gave him money. He poured me a cup of coffee and handed it to me. "One piping-hot, freshly brewed cup. Enjoy." "It's too hot," I said. "I have to let it cool." "...What?!?" he was astounded. "Look pal, this is coffee, not iced tea." "It's too hot!" "...What?!? Look, this... This is coffee. HOT COFFEE." "It's too hot!" "...What?!? Look, pal, this is not iced tea. This is coffee." "It's too hot!" "...What?!?" And we went on for hours until it was finally cool enough to drink. It was nice and tasty! "Yummy!" I said. "...Thanks," he said.
September 27 I was running and jumping around town today when Admiral walked up to me. "Are you all right?" he asked. "Yes,I'mfine,why?" "You've been acting weird lately. Very energetic." "No,I'mprettysureI'mactingnormal." "Have you been drinking coffee?" he asked. "Coffee?Whyyes,Ilovetodrinkcoffee!" I said. "Idranksevencupsthismorning." "Perhaps you should sit down," explained Admiral. "Noway!Ican'tstoprunningaround!" and I started running around.
September 28 I couldn't sleep last night so I stayed up all night and ran around town for a few hours and then I fell down and hurt my ankle and it hurt a little but I kept running around and I saw three crickets and I chased them until they got tired so I caught them in my net and ran around town with them for a few hours and then I started getting thirsty so I ran back to the Roost and drank a few more cups of coffee and then I went upstairs and tried to donate the crickets to the museum but Blathers told me that he already had a cricket so I had to sneak into the insects section and I tried to put them in myself but Blathers saw me and tried to stop me but I was too fast for him and he couldn't catch me.
September 29 I started digging lots of holes this afternoon and Static tried to stop me but I ran away too fast and he couldn't catch me so I kept digging holes and I got thirsty and drank a few more pots of coffee and then I kept digging holes and I dug up a fossil and gave it to the museum and then I kept digging and I hit a rock and a bag of 100 Bells flew out of it so I kept hitting it with my shovel and then 200 Bells flew out and then 400 and then 800 and then 1000 and then 2000 and then 4000 and then it stopped but then I took the money I got and I ran back to the Roost and bought more pots of coffee and I took one over to Punchy's house but he didn't really want any and I tried to force him to drink some but he pushed me out of his house and locked the door and then I couldn't get in so I gave up and started digging more holes.
September 30 Mmmmmmm coffee coffee I love to drink coffee it's so tasty and warm and it fills me with happiness and so I drank lots more coffee and I ran around town and I started shaking trees and a bunch of fruit flew off of the trees and even some bags of Bells fell out of the trees and I wondered why there would be bags of Bells in the tree and I wonder who put them there so I kept shaking trees and a beehive fell out and the bees started chasing me but they couldn't catch me because I'm so fast and I got out my net and tried to catch them but I missed a bunch of times and so they stung me in the eye but I am okay and it doesn't bother me because I have lots and lots of coffee.
October 1 Brewster said he's trying a new recipe and he's adding pigeon milk and the coffee is really really tasty now and it still fills me with happiness so I'm so happy so I ran outside and I saw Static fishing so I thought I would help him so I splashed in the river and Static yelled at me and told me to stop it but I didn't want to stop so I kept splashing and I got wet and I accidentally spilled some coffee in the river so I hope the fishes like drinking it because I really like drinking it and I ran around telling everyone how good coffee is and I saw a shooting star and I tried following it but it was way faster than me so I couldn't catch it.
October 3 I ran back to the Roost yesterday, but Brewster wouldn't give me any more coffee. "Whycan'tIhaveanycoffee?" I asked. "I'mreallyreallythirsty;somecoffeewouldbenice!" "It's making you act very odd," he explained. "I'm going to cut you off, permanently." "ButIlovelovelovelovelovecoffee!Nowcomeon,gimmegimmegimme!" "But you see," he said. Then he paused briefly before continuing, "the coffee I've been serving you isn't even caffeinated." "Coffeeisawesome!!!!!!!!!!!11111oneoneeleventy!" He pushed me out the door. I ran around for a few hours, got tired, and took a 35-hour nap.
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