Star Dew continues

Written by TheSimmingSpoonie

Day four of Star’s new adventure arrives and with it comes the rain. She heads out to start her day the only way she knows how since moving here to Henford on Bagley, by checking on her crops.

She can’t quite believe her eyes as the mushrooms she planted just last night have matured and she has some to harvest already! “Wow,” She thinks to herself, “Henford must have some incredibly fertile soil, no wonder I haven’t seen Chocberries anywhere else!”

She also harvests some more carrots and green peas, she has enough peas and carrots in her inventory for their relevant crop bundles, that she can start to sell some of them to make a little extra cash!

As the rain doesn’t look to be easing off any time soon, Star thinks a day indoors might be the way to go today though as she really doesn’t want to catch a cold. So, she heads back inside and has yet another portion of Michael’s delicious Shepherds Pie, yes that’s right, Shepherd’s pie for breakfast, don’t judge her, she really hasn’t got

the simoleons or the skill to create her own meals just yet, she really doesn’t know what she’s going to do once she runs out of it! Star decides to have a go with a cross stitch pattern today, as luck would have it she discovers that one of the patterns that she has uses blue llama wool, and she was fortunate to have been gifted some by another flock of birds on her second day in here in Henford, which brings down the cost of creating it. “Score!” She exclaims out loud. Things don’t go easily though, she keeps pricking herself on the darn needle. As she sits and stitches she thinks about the challenge that is before her. She is not sad about coming here and leaving her old life behind and the people here have been so wonderfully friendly so far. She actually feels incredibly lucky to have been given the opportunity to try something new. She is sad that it had to come at the cost of her Grandfather, and wishes that she had made more time to come and visit him while he was still around.

Feeling a change in the sound around her, Star feels a little disquieted. She also feels a chill in the air, so popping her cross-stitch down she goes and changes into a jumper. Then, she takes a peek out of the front door.

“Snow!!” Star exclaims. She hasn’t seen snow in such a long time. “Boy am I glad I packed my winter woollies.” Remembering that she hasn’t fertilised some of her crops in a couple of days, she gets down to work.

Whistling away, she enjoys the calm and tranquillity that the snowfall adds to the air. Star has always loved the snow, when she was little, her grandfather would take her sledding down the hills surrounding his farm. And she remembers winning a lot of snowball fights, although she can’t help wondering now if he let her win. They made snow angels and snow

Sims and then they would head back inside his shack and warm up with hot chocolate, made from his own farm-grown chocoberries. As she finishes up with the garden tasks she heads back inside. She is an adult now and that means that snow isn’t all fun and games. She remembers hearing tales of her grandfather being cut off from the town for a fortnight or more during the depths of winter. She stands and looks out the window. She can’t help worrying about what will happen if it settles. Will she still be able to get into town for supplies? Or will she be cut off?

Then, with a shake of her head, she decides that she doesn’t have to worry about that just yet. She will just have to wait and see what happens. She does however take a quick trip into town to stock up on some supplies just in case. No harm in being prepared right? And she might just be able to sell her crossstitch too!

She pops her hat on and makes the walk into town. She is pleased to see Agatha Crumplebottom manning the gardening stall, haggling for a moment, Star is able to get a 10% profit on her cross stitch and a 25% discount on the seeds that she wants. They chat for a moment and Agatha says that she doesn’t think that this snowfall will come too much. She has lived in the village all her life and says she has almost a sixth sense when it comes to the weather here.

Star bids Agatha farewell and heads into the pub to try to warm up a bit. She finds Sara and Simon chatting at the bar. Asking Sara if she has any chips that she can have somewhat cautiously joins their conversation. As luck would have it they are discussing gardening techniques, apparently Agatha was telling Sara that she has befriended some wild rabbits that come and help keep her plants, um, fertilised, while a local flock of wild

birds help by singing to them and removing weeds. How fascinating. When she has warmed up enough to brave the outdoors once more she heads back over to ask Agatha about what she just heard. Sure enough, Agatha informs her that befriending the local wildlife can have some amazing benefits, she confirms the information that Sara and Simon gave her and gives Star some advice on what different wild animals may like as gifts. The two are soon chatting like old friends and Star feels like she has made her first friend in Henford on Bagley. She can’t help wondering if Agatha knew her grandfather, but she feels like that may be a conversation for another day. When Star arrives at home, she can’t help but notice how dusty the place has become and she is sure that she hears a little squeak somewhere in the house. “Surely I can’t have mice?” She thinks to herself, she barely has enough to feed herself, let alone another creature and their probable offspring. As she looks around though, she is amazed to find a small bunny-like creature rolling around on her dusty floor. The thing really is quite adorable though, so she feeds it the only thing she has in spades, more dust! It makes contented little squeaks and Star can’t help but feel like she is now responsible for this adorable little creature.

With the snow continuing to fall and wind howling outside, she decides to catch up on her reading, Lucas Dark is calling her name! It is soon time for bed and Star cannot wait until she awakes in the morning, will the world around her be blanketed in snow? She knows one thing though, she’s not one to turn down help, so she makes a resolution to go and befriend some of the local wildlife. Find out what happens in issue 17.