It Just Keeps Falling . . .

Year: One
Season: Winter
Day: One

All hopes seem lost! The first snow fell on the Ninth Day of Fall, killing what little grass I had that survived the typhoon . . . and it’s been raining and snowing since! I can’t believe it; we haven’t had a clear day since Summer! I only have five bales of Fodder left and I have had to take drastic measures including rationing the Fodder. I have also spent my entire 2000g savings as well as the 3000g I earned from my sales to Van.

I managed to plant some Potatoes though I’m afraid that all this snow and rain is going to kill them before they get the chance to even sprout out of the ground. My income has been severely cut as well now that Miel is only giving me 1 Normal Milk a day, that means I’m only making around 200g a day. A poor amount considering I was making around 1000g when I first started the farm. At least all the eggs from the Chickens are helping to make up some of the loss. What’s more, I have to propose to someone soon, I’m not sure if I can even keep the farm going through the Winter let alone provide for a family. I know that if I can just survive for nine more days, once Spring comes I’ll be saved. I just have to survive for nine more days . . . hopefully I will be able to do it.

Year: One
Season: Winter
Day: Two

Some good news for once! Though it’s still raining and snowing constantly, there have been a few things on the farm to be happy about. Mitsuki is an adult now, what a cute Chicken she turned out to be. Everyone is doing well, especially Nanao, who gave me a Golden Egg! A few more of these and I might be able to buy enough Good Fodder for the rest of the Winter! My Potatoes also have seemed to survive all the rain and snow; it looks like I’ll have a Winter harvest after all. I’ve also decided on who I’m going to propose to and plan on doing it on the Seventh Day of Winter. With Van coming tomorrow, I think I’m going to manage to survive my first Winter on the farm!

Year: One
Season: Winter
Day: Three

I woke up this morning to a strange “mufu” sound. I knew it wasn’t Miel or any of the others and was puzzled by this occurrence. As I did my daily routine, I could swear that I still heard that sound and it seemed to come from the North Pond. When I went to sell some goods to Van, I asked him if he knew what it was. He laughed at my worried expression when I spoke of the strange sound and told me that there wasn’t anything to worry about. That the sound I heard came from a creature called Mukumoku who came to the valley during the Winter and left in the Spring. He told me that I should introduce myself to the creature and when I did, to make sure I gave it a flower . . . apparently Mukumoku was very fond of the many flowers in Forget-Me-Not Valley but because he came in the Winter, he didn’t get to see many.

After I returned to Hyde Farm and put all of the goods I bought from Van away, I searched the Storage Room for my stash of Happy Lamps I picked last Summer. After some time, I finally found them and headed to the North Pond. I slowly approached and tried to be as quiet as I could until I stepped on a twig and broke it. Immediately, I heard a loud “MUFUMUFU” which startled me and I quickly turned to head back down the road only to find a giant white fuzzy thing standing in front of me. There is no animal I know of that even resembles this creature. He was tall and stood on two legs with his arms hanging so low that they brushed the ground. His fur was a mixture of whites and grays, and the hair on top of his head stood straight up like a stock of wheat. His face was pink and his eyes were bigger than Miel’s, it felt as if he was going to stare a hole in me. I held out the flowers and he quickly grabbed them with his four-fingered hand. He let out a soft “Mu” sound as he smelled the flowers. Then to my surprise, he quickly shoved the bouquet into his mouth and started to chomp away. He let out another sound which I took to be a “mmm, this is good, thanks” and slowly lumbered back towards the pond. I couldn’t help but wonder as I lay in bed, what that Mukumoku was. I’m just glad he like the flowers I gave him or it could have been me that he ate.