As I open the door, I'm hit with a bright light; it's a new day, I better get working. But before I start anything, I always have to say good morning to my other villagers. As I shut my door, I skipped over to my neighbour Rowan's house. Rowan has been my neighbour ever since I first moved to this island when it was just Tom Nook and us. We’re basically best friends. As I run towards Rowan's house, I spot him fishing on the way; as I get closer to him, I scream out, "Hi Rowan, it's a good morning. How are you feeling today?" Rowan reels in his cast turn around, and I can see in his face that something was up with him.
"I'm okay today. I miss playing sports with my family, it was my mom's birthday yesterday, and I wasn't able to see her." Rowan said. Before I could say anything else, Rowan sadly walks away, moping around staring at the ground, looking all blue. I know exactly what will cheer him up, but it will take some work to do so.
I continue my usual day, chopping down trees for wood, collecting shells by the beach, and catching bugs. But as I start chopping down this one tree, a beehive falls to the ground right in front of me. I had a second fight or flight reaction; I could either try and catch the bees with my net or run. Run! I ran as fast as I could across the village. If I run fast enough, I might be able to make it inside a house. But I'm not fast enough. The bees are catching up. I can see Cherry's house in the distance as; I might make it. As I get close to Cherry's place, the building is getting bigger as I'm getting nearer, but the bees are getting closer. All I can hear from behind my head is a bunch of angered bees buzzing, wanting revenge. When i'm finally about three feet from the door, I grabbed for the handle, but I was too late. The bees got to me first. As they swarmed my face, I could feel a stinging pain all over my body, and I turned around to see the aftermath; my face was bright red. Of course, once the bees swarmed away, that was when I was finally able to open Cherry's door. As I walked in, Cherry looked frightened by my face. Anybody would. Cherry handed my medicine, saying, "I needed way more than she does" I thanked her and continued with my mission to cheer up Rowan.
After a hard day of working, I think I finally collected enough Nook Miles. This is great, I said to myself. Rowan is going to love his gift, and I hope it makes his day. As I skip over towards Rowan's house, I can see his lights are on inside, which means he's home. There couldn't be perfect timing. As I knock on the door and walk through, I see Rowan sitting on his bed looking at the ground with the same gloomy look on his face. As I walk over, I hand him a Nook Miles Ticket and tell him that he can now visit his family whenever he wants. I can see Rowan's sorrowful face turn around, starting to smile; he looks so cheerful and happy. At that moment, I knew that all the work I put towards that Nook Miles Ticket was all worth it.
Reflection
During the past couple of weeks, I have been consuming Animal Crossing; New Horizons. I enjoyed consuming this game because I haven't been playing for the past months, and it is nice to log on and check up on your villagers once and a while. When playing this game, it made me realize that I needed to add more perspectives in my writing so the readers can understand both sides of the story upon reading. Animal Crossing has taught me this because some days, my villagers aren't always happy. Sometimes, I can cheer them up; that is precisely what I wanted to portray in my writing.
In the first paragraph, I wanted to portray my character as happy that is why my character was skipping across the village, ready for the new day. While on the other hand, Rowan wasn't so content. He missed his family back at home. I wanted readers to understand this by his facial expressions and the way he carried himself around the village. In the second paragraph, my character just got stung by many bees that must have been very painful for the protagonist. On the other hand, Cherry was frightened by my face due to the redness and inflammation; Cherry didn't realize my character's pain to be stung by so many bees. Finally, in the third paragraph, I wanted both the protagonist and Rowan to be content with the day. I have done this by handing Rowan a Nook Miles Ticket; both characters were happy in the end because Rowan had the chance to go home and see his family. At the same time, the protagonist is joyful from helping cheer up others.
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