Day 1 (Part 1)

January 1, 2000

I arrived in Leafton today. It really is a nice town! On the bus ride to town, I met a cat named Rover (odd, I know) who gave me a map of Leafton and told me to go to the Town Hall in order to find out about vacant houses.

I went to Town Hall and met a pelican named Pelly, who directed me to the locations of all of the vacant houses.

Is she in a hurry to make me leave???

When I headed off to the first vacant house (which I wanted because it was close to the shop), I saw a lion walking about. His name was Mott, and he seemed pretty cool.

Who's a rookie?!

I went into the house and looked around a little bit, and then left. To my surprise, a raccoon-tanuki-thingy was at the door! His name was Tom Nook, and he was the owner of the house, as well as the nearby shop, Nook's Cranny. He told me that I would need to work there a bit to pay off my debt and learn about life in Leafton. Nook told me to introduce myself to the villagers, and to the Mayor at Town Hall.

Expensive...

Since Town Hall was close by, I decided to go there first. There was a weird old turtle by the counter. I spoke to him, and - without introducing himself - asked me what my favorite animal was! I like dogs and cats, but I said that turtles were my favorite just to be nice. He then introduced himself as Tortimer, the mayor of Leafton! What a shock!

Flattering the Weird Mayor

I left Town Hall in search of my fellow villagers. I came across a tough penguin named Hopper, who told me not to get on his bad side.

But you're not a dog...

I saw three houses close together, all with their lights on, so I decided to go into them and see who lived in them. I met Rosie (an energetic cat), Derwin (a silly duck), and Melba (an adorable koala) by doing this.

Rosie the cat.

Ummm, what's with the heart?

 

I think she's so cute.

Finally, as I was walking near the beach, I met a mouse named Bree. For some reason, she was shocked that I was being nice to her... Kinda sad, really.

That face looks silly.

I went back to my house to nap for a bit before I went to work for Nook.