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The Secret Life of Nook Chapter 2: Do You Know Nook?
The next day Seth went out early to see his friend, Nate, who lived in the next acre over. Seth was determined to find out about Nook's past so he could make connections with the way Nook was acting.
"Hey, Nate, are you home," Seth hollered at Nate's door.
"Yeah," Nate said, "I'm over by the pond."
"Good morning," Seth said to the yellow, furry bear. "Have you been to Nook's today?"
"Not yet," Nate said staring at the shadow of a fish in the pond, "I was about to go buy a fishing rod, so I could catch me some lunch. Don't you have to work today?"
"Nope," Seth said, "The old raccoon got a phone call yesterday and now he's acting strange. He let me have a three day weekend."
"Weird," Nate said looking at the shadow more intensely.
"I know," Seth said looking at the sky, "Can you help me with something, Nate?"
"Of coarse," Nate said, "Maybe later."
"Do you really want that fish," Seth asked rolling his eyes.
"Yes," Nate answered as his stomach grumbled with hunger.
"Just wait a second," Seth said as he dug through his pockets to find his fishing rod. He cast out his line in the small pond. The fish tugged and tugged . After a minute of fighting with the fish, Seth finally got the fish. It turned out to be a crawfish. As Seth was trying to get it off the hook it took its mighty claw and grabbed Seth's finger. It took a while for the pain to hit but when it did Seth let out a scream. Just as that was happening Cookie, the pink dog that lived down the hill, was walking by.
"Are you okay, Seth," Cookie asked.
All Seth could do was scream louder and wave the hand that had the crawfish on it.
"Oh," said Cookie as she grabbed for the evil red thing latched on to Seth's finger.
After a while of pulling and tugging the bear and dog finally got Nate's lunch off of their friend's hand. "So, how can I help you," Nate asked, "Since you kindly got me some lunch."
"Well," Seth said as Cookie wrapped his finger in a piece of clothe around his injured finger. "I was doing some research on Nook's past to see if I could figure out why he is acting so oddly."
"Around a month before you moved here there was a rumor going around that he was dealing with Redd. You know Redd, right? He runs the black market and is a pro at ripping people off. I don't know what was going on with that but maybe it could help you," Nate said.
"You should talk to my neighbor," Cookie said, "He has lived here longer than the three of us. And if you want to check out his criminal records you should talk to Officer Copper."
"I think I will do that tomorrow," Seth said. "Right now I think I should go see if they have a bed at Nook's place and get my schedule for next week," said Seth.
"Goodbye," they all said to one another. Seth made his way up to Nook's and to his surprise found it closed. What could this old raccoon be up to, Seth though as he made his way home.
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End Note: I hope you liked it. Again thank you Marie the Hedgecat.