I grabbed my slingshot today and headed up to the north part of town. But before any balloons floated by, Rolf approached me, pinged me, and gave me his picture! Wow!
Three minutes later, a balloon present floated by. I shot it down, and it contained a tall lantern. Wait, not my golden slingshot? Hmm.
Anyway, I returned home to put Rolf’s pic in my villager photo room. His favorite quote is “I could eat you for lunch, you know.” Wow, that’s harsh. 😛
That’s not the same quote he has in New Leaf. But I hit a milestone with this pic, because it’s my 20th villager picture! Here’s a look at them all.
Back outside, Olivia showed me a letter she received from a secret admirer. Apparently her secret admirer thinks she looks like a potato. 😂
I returned to the gate, where I waited for the next balloon present. This one was yellow, and it contained a clackercart. A bit later, I shot down the last balloon of the day: a purple one that contained a water bird.
As for the golden slingshot, the online guides I’ve seen say it will appear by the 16th balloon…and I’ve now shot down 18. And I’m sure I did not miss it (or any balloon) today, because I went up to the gate at every xx:x4 during my session.
So it seems that the online guides aren’t entirely accurate, or at least not complete. Perhaps there’s some randomness involved and it won’t always be the 16th balloon. At any rate, I’ll keep trying later in the week and I’ll let you know what happens!
Bunnie apparently thought I caught her doing something embarrassing or suspicious, and she begged me not to tell anyone. The only problem was that I didn’t actually see anything out of the ordinary. I guess it’s her lucky day. 😛
Peanut was still sick with a cold, so I gave her some more medicine.
Before wrapping up my game for the day, I caught a jewel beetle, a birdwing butterfly, and an emperor butterfly…all in a span of 30 seconds! They sold for a total of 7,900 bells. That might not be a huge sum, but it’s pretty good for 30 seconds of work. 😉
Unfortunately, there were no visitors in town today. But I’ll be back later in the week with another update or two.
The golden slingshot is carried by an orange balloon. I think it’s meant to be golden, but it looks more orange to me.