Blathers Rips One

Crazy Redd was in town today (on Tuesday, as I suggested to Lyle). I gained access to his tent by using the password “Redd is 35.” Inside, Redd had a lovely painting for sale. I bought it for 3,920 bells.

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 last month? Eww!

I caught two new bugs, a brown cicada and a robust cicada. So I headed up to the museum to donate them both. I also gave Blathers the lovely painting, and fortunately, it was the real deal!

When I ran into Baabara outside, she showed me a love letter she got from her secret admirer! It said her shins were like stalks of celery, slathered with peanut butter and raisins! That’s hilarious! 😀

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.

Anyway, even though I’ve been making good progress on my bug collection, it seems that I still need 17 more bugs before my collection is complete. That sounds like such a lot.

At town hall, I made a 30,000 bell mortgage payment. I also found a zipper shirt in the recycle bin, so I took that over to Puddles, since she’s been asking me for new clothes. She enjoyed the shirt, and she gave me “my favorite” thing, mint glasses.

Pretty sure that’s not my favorite thing. Maybe she was thinking of mint chocolate chip ice cream. 😛