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I have nothing to say so on to the next chapter.

Jack went back to his farm to plant the seeds and clear some more land. It was getting late so he went to sleep.

"JACK!" Mayor Thomas yelled.

"Huh?" Jack woke up suddenly to hear a voice yelling outside his door. He quickly got up and changed to go outside. "What?" He said sleepily.

"Tomorrow is the Spring Goddess Festival so I hope to see you there! AND you can ask a girl to go with you if you like. Ok. Bye." And the mayor left.

"So he woke me up just to say there is a festival tomorrow..." Jack groaned and went to work on his beaten down farm. After he was done, he decided to go for a walk and maybe stop by the supermarket again.

Jack arrived at the Supermarket to find Karen there. "Great she's here!" Jack thought.

"Oh hi Jack!" Karen said cheerfully.

"Hey."

"Can I help you with something?" She asked.

"Actually, there's a festival tomorrow and I was wondering if you would go with me?" Jack hoped that she would say yes but Karen hesitated.

"Um..." She said.

"Uh oh. She's going to refuse." Jack thought.

"I'm sorry but I already have a date."

"Oh." Jack looked down. "It's ok."

"I'm sorry." She said. Then Rick walked in and went to Karen. "Yea...I'm kind of going with him." She whispered to Jack quietly.

"I don't mind." Jack lied and he left. Meanwhile Karen wondered if she made a mistake or not.

When he came back near his farm later, he heard some yelling. Being curious, he went there to find the Poultry Farm and the man Karen was with earlier.

"I hate you Rick!" The pink haired girl shouted and left the area. Jack went in to find out what happened.

"What's wrong?" Jack asked.

"Oh. Popuri forgot to close the chicken cage last night so one of the wild dogs went in and killed on of our chickens. Say." Rick looked at Jack. "Can you go get her? If I went, then we would just start arguing again." Rick asked.

"Ok." Jack went toward the direction that Popuri went all the way to the hot springs to find Popuri crying by the river.

"Its not fair! Rick didn't have to be so mean! It was my favorite chicken too." She started sniffling again.

"I'm sorry." Jack said. Popuri looked up.

"Do I know you?" She said trying to hold back her tears.

"I'm Jack. I just moved in to the farm that my grandfather used to own." He said.

Popuri thought, "He's not that bad looking and he seems nice to me. Maybe I'll ask him to the festival."

"Hey Jack?"

"Yea?" Jack said.

"You know there's a festival tomorrow and I was wondering if you would come with me?" Popuri asked.

"Uh..." Jack thought for a moment. It was a good way to get to know the people here and she is kind of cute in a way... "Sure. Why not?"

"Great!" Popuri smiled. "I'll be at your farm tomorrow morning."

"Ok." Jack said and Popuri skipped off.

"At least I have a date for tomorrow." He thought and went back to his farm to call it a night.