Harvest Moon Another Wonderful life Tina's Diary

Takakura: It all started with a letter... I hadn't gotten a letter in a long time... it was in a bright red envelope and it was from the daughter of an old friend, she wrote about her life in the city and asked all kinds of questions about the farm. On the last line, she said this... "I want to try working on the farm." To a city girl, a place like Forget-Me-Not Valley must be interesting. I guess. While I was thinking of that, I was reminded of my old friend. Of his face...

Entry 1

I want to share my life story with you. You'll hear the ups and downs of my eventful years. 4 months is a year and a season is a month. A minute is an hour and there's 10 days a month. I'll teach you some things as well as I tell my story. My name is Tina. I'm 26 years old. I'm mostly a perky person. You know, anime style perky. I care for others and I'm good listener. But enough about my personality. I'll tell you about my day. I met Takakura by the beach. I wanted to try to work on the farm. He brought me to the farm and showed me all of the buildings. Two little dogs showed up with bandana's around their necks. One had pointy ears and the other had floppy ears. I asked Takakura if I could keep one and he let me have the one with the floppy ears. I named him Danny. Takakura asked me to name the farm, I called it Natsume farm. We went inside the barn and Takakura gave me my first cow, I named her Keko. Takakura fixed up my late father's house for me, he made sure I could move right in. He had me meet a few people in town. So after Takakura was done showing me these things and giving me a tour, he left and three elves showed up. They introduced themselves as Nik, Nak, and Flak. They said they wanted to be my friend and left. So that was the end of my first day on the farm. Next week I'll set to work.

Takakura: ... So that's how her life on the farm began. I figured she would either get tired or like it and stay. In the end, the choice was hers to make...

Several days later...

Chapter 1 the beginning Entry 2 day 1 Spring

I woke at 5:00 am and went out to milk my cow. I went over to Vesta's farm and I talked with her brother Marlin. We reintroduced ourselves and I bought some fertilizer from him. I went back to my farm and put the fertilizer in my field for my cow to eat, who I had let out. I went to the tool shed and got out a record, a heavy hoe, a heavy sickle, a watering can, and some tomato seeds. I tilled some fertile ground and planted the tomato seeds and put some fertilizer on the seeds and watered it. I trained my dog 5 times today. Afterwards, I decided to visit Romana's villa, and I heard some piano playing. Her granddaughter Lumina was playing it and as I walked in a guy named Rock walked in with me. Romana said that Lumina's playing was excellent, but she should play more freely. After that Romana left and Lumina asked if she could talk with me. She asked what her aunt meant by playing more freely. FYI she calls her grandma aunt because Romana doesn't want to sound old. I told her she needs to have more fun. Then Rock immediately left. Lumina told me about her late mother and how she played as well. She felt that she had to play as well as her mother did. Playing the piano was fun at first, but she grew afraid of making mistakes. But, now that I've told her this, she'll be able to play freely like her aunt Romana wanted- and have fun. After that I picked some flowers and gave some to Celia because she's a nice person. I also talked with the old woman Nina and her husband Galen. As I was crossing the bridge, I saw Muffy, the girl who works at the Blue Bar. She asked if she could talk to me. She said that she was dumped by a man from the city and that he was cheating on her- and he told her that he loved the other woman more than her. Muffy was kind of sad, but she said that there were other fish in the sea. She told me she felt better after talking about it with me, and she said she wished to do this again sometime. Which I thought was weird, because then she'd have to get dumped again. So after our little chat I ordered a miracle potion for Keko. It's supposed to get her pregnant. So Takakura will buy it for me. He also sells things for me when I put it in a container. I made sure to milk Keko again. I have to talk to my cow and dog every day. And I guess that's the end of my first day working on the farm. I went to bed at 8:00 pm. P.S. It was a little foolish that I spent 2,500 G, when all I had to start out with was 3,000 G, but, I really wanted my cow to get pregnant, so I think it will be worth it. And changed my record from Breeze to Calming winter. I think that's what it is called. And I saw a turtle with a bandana. It makes me wonder what other animals are out there.

Entry 3 Day 2

I milked Keko and fed and trained Danny. I watered my plants too. I took a trip to Romana's and talked with her, her butler Sebastian, and Lumina. I noticed there were two cats there. I talked with Nina and her husband Galen. I went to Vesta's farm and I had a little chat with Marlin. He said, "Oh, it's you," He asked me if everything was going well on my farm, I nodded in response. He asked if I liked crops. I told him yeah, and he smiled and told me that was good, and that most people, especially if they are living on their own, don't eat enough vegetables. He asked if there was anything he could do for me, dealing with vegetables, I should ask. I suddenly asked him what his hobbies were. He told me, he didn't have many, if any hobbies, unless you count drinking. I couldn't help but think, is he an alcoholic? Marlin hoped that my farm life would be easy. I told him that it was very kind of him to say that. He stuttered and told me not to do that and he doesn't know how to react when people say things like that. I found myself feeling a little sad. Marlin noticed my sad face and told me not to worry and that he's not mad or anything. I got happy at that. Then he told me to visit anytime. After that, the rest of the day was just a blur. After I milked Keko for a second time, Takakura said he had the miracle potion, he brought a bull and told me to wait outside the barn. I think I may be scarred for life. So, the deed was done and Takakura took the bull away. After that I trained Danny a few more times and I went to the forest. I came to a big tree surrounded by two mushrooms. A very small door was on the tree, but I couldn't fit inside of it. I decided to eat one of the mushrooms and then everything got all swirly. Apparently the mushroom made me shrink and I went inside the door. It turns out the tree was the home of the elves. I talked to them and then I went back home. And that was the end of my second day.

Entry 4 Day 3

Today I talked with the usual people, took care of my crops, cow and dog. I met a man named Van, he buys and sells stuff to me. I gave him some of the milk my cow gave me and some of the flowers I picked, and I bought a brush and a fishing rod. I used the brush to brush my cow and I caught a fish on my first try. I also met Romana's doctor. His name is Dr. Hardy. I think he is missing an eye. He looked creepy but he seems nice. When I talked with Marlin, he told me how he liked the Spring. I think Celia is a little odd. She told me she can't wait for Spring to come. I felt like telling her it is already Spring. I talked with Tim and Ruby today, they run the Inner Inn. They seem like nice people too. Takakura keeps telling me that I should find myself a husband and I think it's way too soon to be thinking of things like that. After all, I've only been here a few days. Last I heard Gustafa playing his guitar. It was kind of sad when he stopped. I used the rest of my money to buy a light hoe and a light sickle. And I guess that was all for today.

Entry 5 Day 4

Today I went to go fishing early in the morning. I found myself fishing throughout the day. I caught 5 fish. The secret is to wait a few seconds after it splashes. All of my instincts were telling me to pull it in the moment it did. Anyway, Romana was talking about Dr. Hardy today, she said that she has to endure him coming and checking up on her, she blamed her old age. And when I went to Vesta's farm, I gave Marlin some rank A milk from Keko. I really hope he likes it. After all he does work hard everyday like I do. It made me feel good to see him smile as I handed it to him. I went to the inn again. There are lots of recipes. I hope to use them soon. I find it sad that I have to eat wild plants. I promise I'll eat a real meal one day. And Takakura brought me my new light sickle and light hoe. I think I summed today well enough. I just hope I'm becoming a good farmer.

Entry 6 day 5

Today was excellent. I went to Vesta's farm, but I couldn't find Marlin, so I went up to the waterfall and I saw him standing there. I talked to him and he almost scared me. He told me, "I don't know what you put it that milk but it was very good." I was very happy about that. I went to Romana's and hung out a little. And I caught a couple more fish. I also found out Keko was pregnant, so the miracle potion was a success. I noticed that training with Danny gets longer, I think it's coming along nicely. Takakura gave me the profits from the milk I sold. I'm slowly gaining money again. That was mostly it for today.

Entry 7 day 6

I didn't do much today. After I milked Keko and trained Danny, I pushed Keko by the troth thingy and used the brush to wash her. I went to Vesta's farm as usual. I talked with Marlin and went inside that house. He has a diary that says, "I feel 2 hearts about her." I caught some more fish and I put them in the freezer with the rest. My seeds have turned into flowers and hopefully the tomatoes will be here soon. I ordered a chicken since I could use one. And I'm hoping to buy some seeds soon. That was my entire day in a nutshell. I may be able to get more things done if I just had some transportation.

Entry 8 day 7

I went fishing in the morning again. I caught one fish. I went to Romana's villa and I went to Vesta's farm. I talked to Vesta and her brother Marlin. Celia and I had a nice chat. She told me how she loves plants and how the crops seem to give her energy. She asked if I liked planting crops, I told her that I don't mind it. She was very happy with that. After talking with Celia, I noticed Nina and her husband Galen, I talked with them and gave Nina another flower. So after that, I left Vesta's farm. Takakura called me and told me that the chicken had arrived. I named her Joli and I also got the bird feed. I let her out of the chicken coop for only a few hours. My tomatoes are almost ripe. I should be able to pick at least one tomorrow. So, aside from brushing, nuzzling, milking and talking to my cow and training my dog- that was the end of my day.

Entry 9 day 8

Today I went to Romana's and Vesta's as usual. I usually visit Romana because she says that she gets lonely. And I got to go into Lumina's room. She has a lot of stuffed animals and tea sets. It's hard to believe she's 18 years old. I also talked with Nina and Galen again, and Galen gave me some advice on milk. I also saw Van today. He went into Ruby and Tim's inn. When I went inside, Tim was being bothered by Van. Van noticed I was there and told me the same story he told Tim. He said he was on a diet that Romana suggested to him. And he was a bit skeptical at first about the method. All he had to do was flap his arms around for an amount of time. He said that when he stepped on his new scale it read 80 pounds. Now Van is a big man. And I'm sure he's no where near 80 pounds. I had a feeling that it went past 0 and kept going. But I didn't want to hurt his feelings, so I just said congratulations. Van was very happy and he told Tim he should try it too. Tim said something like, "Yeah, sure whatever." Van left to go tell Romana about this after that. So later I sold him a bunch of things, there are too many so I wont go into detail. But I did sell all of my fish. And I bought some tomato, melon and carrot seeds from Celia. It was disappointing that I couldn't find Marlin today. But, I was happy that one of my tomatoes were harvested. And my chicken Joli had laid an egg. I believe the last thing I did today was ordering a rooster and more bird feed. And that was the end of this day.

Entry 10 day 9

Today I went to the usual places and I planted the seeds I bought yesterday. It was a lot of work. I have to Till, plant and water. And I got my rooster today, I named him Kenny. And I gave Marlin some milk today. I guess you can call it an apology for not speaking to him yesterday. Words cannot describe how much I want him to like it. I can't help but feel like I want to give him a lot more gifts. I wonder why I feel like that. I guess that's mostly what I did. It started to rain around nightfall, so I put all my animals up and brought Danny inside of my house. And I guess that's it.

Entry 11 day 10

So today the rain stopped and I went to the usual places. I caught a fish today. And I gave Marlin my spare record. It started raining again, so I didn't do much since I don't have to water my plants when it rains. Today is the last day of the month, so I think things have been going well so far. I made sure to take care of all of my animals. I've completed 1\4 of the year. And there is so much more to do.