Diary of a Farmer
Chapter 5
Author's notes: I'm so excited. The Harvest Moon for girls games are coming out in the United States in July. The next volumes in all my favorite manga are coming out too. July's going to be one expensive month. I'm glad I have to put my fanfics on I can never get my sister to read them. Its funny, my grandmother is reading this story and likes it a lot; she also finds all the spelling errors spell check doesn't. She was raised on a farm so she's giving me suggestions. On to chapter 5.
I've done it this time, Jack thought to himself. He had been working so hard and then things had gone black. Am I dead? He wondered. Jack opened his eyes slightly and was blinded by a bright light. Yep, I'm dead for sure, there's the bright light. Just then a beautiful girl leaned over him.
"Oh you're awake." She said. He voice was soft and calming, an angel? As Jack's eyes started to focus he saw the light was hanging from the ceiling; he was lying down.
"Where am I?" he managed to say.
The girl smiled. You're at the Mineral Town Clinic, I'm Elli the nurse. You passed out from exhaustion; Zack came by the farm and saw you lying there so he brought you here. How are you feeling?"
"A little tired." Jack replied "I thought I was a goner for a second there." Elli laughed.
A man wearing a white coat entered the room.
"Ah, you're awake. I'm the doctor. You shouldn't push yourself like that. You're alright but try to take it easy for a while. Did you eat today?" Jack shook his head; he had forgotten to eat today.
"I see." said the doctor "You should eat a big breakfast before you do that much work, and take breaks every once in a while."
Jack nodded "I'll remember that."
"You're free to go but its too late for you to walk all the way home, your welcome to spend the night at the clinic." The doctor said.
"I will." Jack replied "Thanks."
The doctor bid Jack and Elli goodnight and headed up the stairs. Elli turned to Jack.
"Are you hungry? You said you hadn't eaten today."
When Jack thought about it he really was hungry. His stomach growled.
"I'll make some sandwiches for us, I haven't eaten much either." Elli walked off and came back shortly with a plate of small sandwiches. "I hope you like egg salad. It's all I had in the refrigerator."
"They're great." said Jack after taking a bite.
The two of them sat there for a while eating there midnight snacks and chatting between bites. He found out Elli had a little brother, Stu, and grandmother, Ellen, who lived in Mineral Town also. She took care of them by earning money working at the clinic. Elli had been raising her brother since he was a baby. They're parents had died and they had come to live in Mineral Town with they're grandmother. Jack wondered how Elli could keep such a cheery face while talking about it all, she was very strong. When they finished Elli went up to her room and Jack feel asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
The next morning Jack woke up around nine thirty thanked the doctor and Elli then headed home. On the way home Jack passed the supermarket. The doctor had told him to eat a good breakfast so Jack decided to go in for a few groceries. No sooner had he opened the door when he heard Karen's voice.
"Jack!" she shouted happily "Where have you been? Are you feeling ok? Zack was in earlier and told us what happened."
"I'm fine Karen." Jack replied.
"I'm glad." said Karen hugging him.
Jack was a little surprised by Karen's actions; she really had been worried.
"Tell me the next time you don't feel well, I'll come take care of you."
Jack smiled; Karen was a very sweet person. As soon as Karen released Jack the bell on the door clanged and Ann walked in carrying a shopping basket.
"Hi Karen!" Ann said cheerfully. She then looked at Jack. "Jack, its great to see you again. Are you feeling ok?"
Ann knew too? Jack thought. Even the smallest news spread very quickly in a little place like Mineral Town; He was only in the clinic one night but everyone was concerned. People were never this nice in the city; Jack had barely known his neighbors back home.
"Yeah, I'm feeling fine now. Thanks for asking Ann."
Ann smiled and giggled softly. "That's good to hear. You have a lot of work to do on the farm, we don't need you getting sick now do we? I'd just have to come down there and take care of you until you felt better."
Ann was cut off by Karen before she could say anymore.
"What did you need ANN!" said an irritated Karen
The air suddenly turned tense. Jack felt a little uncomfortable, Karen sounded like she was jealous.
Ann just smiled "Whoops, almost forgot what I came for. Were out of eggs at the Inn and ya can't make omelets for breakfast without eggs, now can ya?
Karen quickly put a package of eggs in Ann's basket and began escorting her to the door.
"Well Ann I'd love for you to stay and chat but I'm sure there are lots of customers back at the Inn waiting for your famous omelets so let's not keep them waiting."
"But…" Ann weakly protested
"Don't worry, you can pay me later." Karen said closing the door behind Ann.
Ann opened the door again. "Jack!" she called "Come by the Inn for lunch today, my treat." And then closed the door before Karen could say anything. Karen said something under her breath and turned to Jack and smiled.
"Ann's so silly" she said "She talks on and on and forgets what she's supposed to be doing; She's been that way since we were little, we're best friends"
Karen sounded cheerful and relaxed again far from how she sounded only seconds ago.
Jack found all the groceries he needed, said bye to Karen, and headed back to the farm.
Both Karen and Ann had acted rather strangely, especially Karen, and Jack wondered why. Perhaps it had something to do with him. For a moment it had seemed like Ann had been flirting with him and Karen got jealous, but that couldn't have been what happened, could it? Jack didn't feel much like thinking about it anymore all he needed was a quiet day working on the farm.
When Jack arrived home he was surprised to see a brown dog sitting on his porch. Jack was a little worried at first thinking it might be a wild dog but as he got closer Jack saw the dog was groomed and was also wearing a collar.
Must belong to someone in the town, Jack thought. "Hello there." he said smiling at the dog. It began to wag its tail but didn't get up; the dog was quite chubby for its size. Jack extended his hand toward the dog, slowly so he wouldn't startle it. The dog sniffed Jack's hand and then let Jack scratch her head and behind her ears.
"Excuse me." the little voice was almost a whisper.
Jack turned around and saw a little girl standing outside the gate. Her brown hair was braided into to two pigtails which hung down on either side of her face and she had big brown eyes, they looked like doll eyes; In fact she looked like a little doll standing there.
She spoke again "Mister Farmer Sir, that's my doggy."
Jack smiled; she was so shy. He picked up the dog a carried it to the gate.
"It's a very nice dog" he said "What's its name?"
"Hannah." she said
"Oh, what a cute name, what's yours?"
"May."
"That's a very cute name too."
May smiled and giggled a little. "Thanks Mister Farmer."
Jack laughed "My name is Jack."
"Well then thanks Mister Jack. I'm real glad you found Hannah. She's gonna have puppies soon so Grampa and me were worried about her."
"What's your Grandpa's name? I don't think I've met him yet."
"Barley, but I call him Grampa, You can call him Grampa too if you want to."
Jack laughed.
"Well I gotta go home so Grampa don't worry about me too. We live at Yodel Ranch if you wanna come see us, bye bye."
What a cute little girl.
Authors notes: Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I started writing this chapter before I left on summer vacation but didn't finish. I just got back about a week and a half ago. I was in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Beijing. The trip was amazing! I want to go back but the only place I'm back at is school. I'm in 10th grade now taking Japanese and AP World History so I might not get to update as often as I'd like to but I'll try my best. Don't worry I WILL finish this story. Thanks everyone for the support and ideas
you give me in your reviews. I've been getting quite a few votes from you all on which girl Jack should choose in the end and I thank you, I'm having a hard time deciding. Also would you prefer him just ending up with just one of the girls or five different endings, one for each girl? I'm looking forward to your reviews! Bye.