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Post by Juxapose on Feb 4, 2008 16:36:08 GMT -5
Once upon a time, there was a young man who took over a farm in Mineral town named Jun. The villagers expected so much from Jun and his farm, that he spent his entire farming life working. However because of his farm, he rarely had time to interact with the other villagers. From morning, noon, and night, all he did was work. After 5 years of working in the farm, he thought he was already used to being alone. But there are some feelings that people can never get over.
It is now the night before the Valentines Festival in Mineral Town. All the villagers are getting ready for this romantic event, but Jun is not very happy about the festival. Instead, he is sitting near the Spring mine by the pond at 10:00 PM where he can be alone.
He sighs as he thinks about his situation. As he stares out over the pond, he says, "Once again, Valentines day is coming tomorrow. I never thought that things would end up this way. I wonder how did Tony handle being alone all the time. He never got married, and never had children of his own. Now I took over his farm, and it looks like I might end up the same way."
Jun takes out a spa boiled egg from his rucksack and says, "Well, no use crying about it. I decided to become a farmer of my own free will. Time to eat!"
Suddenly, a noise is heard from the bushes nearby. "Who's there!" yelled Jun
His yell scares a rabbit out of the bushes, and it hops away. "Darn, it was just a little rabbit making noise. Well, back to dinner." As he is about to eat his egg, he finds that he no longer has it. "Huh! No, I dropped my egg in the pond! Will my luck get any worse than this? It's a good thing no one saw me drop it, or they would think I was littering."
Suddenly, the pond starts to glow. Jun takes a step back as the pond's light grows stronger. After the light fades, Jun rubs his eyes and sees a pretty girl with green hair floating over the pond.
"Oh my god, I'm losing it. I've been single for far too long, and now I'm seeing strange light and girls appearing out of no where."
The girl notices Jun standing over by the mines. She floats over to where Jun is standing at and says, "Hi!"
Jun freaks out, and yells, "Oh my god, it's not my imagination! It's a ghost! Please don't take my soul, I promise never to drop anything in the pond, I swear!"
"Hey, you're Jun right?" said the green haired beauty.
"Uh, Yeah. How do you know my name?"
"I'm the Harvest Goddess silly. I know the names of everyone who lives in Mineral Town."
"Uhh. . . Harvest Goddess?" asked Jun. He stops and thinks about the situation. "No way! I know that the people in the town worship her, but I would never think that she's actually real." he thought to himself.
The Harvest Goddess starts to stretch her arms. Then she says, "Wow, it's been a long time since someone dropped an offering for me. Feels nice to breath real air for a change. Thank you so much Jun."
"How long has it been since your last offering?" asked Jun curiously.
The Harvest Goddess takes a moment to think, "Lets see. . . 20. . .30. . . 40. . . 50. . . 60. . . I think about 70 years or so."
Jun was shocked at her answer. "Jeez! That's a long time to be in that pond!"
The Harvest Goddess smiles at Jun, and says, "Since you've been so nice to drop me an offering, I'll grant you 1 wish. And don't wish for something silly either like a million dollars or something like that. I don't like stingy people."
Jun is once again shocked to hear that she is willing to grant him a wish. He thinks about what he wants, but he has no idea what to wish for. "Hmm. . . A wish? What kind of wishes can you grant?" he asked.
The Harvest Goddess says, "Lets see. . . I know! Do you have a girl that you like?"
Jun's face turns red at her question. "Umm. . . No." he said feeling embarassed to admit.
"No? Why not?" she asked.
"Well, look at me, I am a farmer. The whole town is counting on me to make a lot of money and food for the whole town. Because of that, I don't hang out with the other villagers and date girls. Just last year, the last single girl got married." Jun then looks away, and continues, "It's not easy for me to be a farmer and have a love lfe. Not to mention that tomorrow is the Valentines Festival too."
Harvest Goddess looks at Jun curiously, "The Valentines Festival? What's that?"
"It's a festival that only couples are allowed to attend. Since I've always been single, I never get to attend." explained Jun.
The Harvest Goddess becomes very interested in the festival. "Wow, that sounds interesting. Wouldn't it be nice if we could go together?"
"Yeah, I wish." said Jun jokingly.
"I see, so that is your wish." responded the Harvest Goddess. She places her hands together like if sher was going to pray, and she glows brightly.
"Hey wait, hold on a second!" yelled Jun. "I was only kidding!"
"Oh mighty Harvest Lord. Please use you powers to help me grant this man's wish." After a minute, the Harvest Goddess descends to the ground. The blinding light starts to fade, and the Harvest Goddess is now standing on the ground instead of floating.
Jun cannot believe what he just saw. He points at her feet, and yells, "What just happened? Your not floating anymore!"
She smiles and says, "The Harvest Lord heard your wish, and he granted it. So for the next 24 hours, I am in your care."
"Harvest lord? What does that mean?"
"He is the king of all the Harvest Goddess around the world. He is very powerful, yet he created us to watch over the world in his place. He has removed my Goddess powers for a day, and I am now human. Now we can both attend the festival just as you wished."
Jun thinks for a minute. "Well, this is going to be a problem. The festival is tomorrow, so where will you stay until then?"
"You're going to take care of me for tonight. So I'll stay at your house for the evening." answered the Harvest Goddess.
Jun's face becomes red again. He knows that he never had a girl over his house before. However, he also knows that she had no place to stay, and it would be odd to ask someone else to care for a stranger for the evening. "Oh man, I guess I have no choice." said Jun.
They walk back to the farm together. When they got there, The Harvest Goddess becomes quite surprised at the sight of his farm. She stops, and stares at everything. Jun looks back at her, and asks, "Is this really the first time you've seen a farm?"
She shakes her head and says, "No, I've imagined this farm many times before in the pond. But looking at it with real eyes is just such a great feeling."
"Well, it's getting late. So let's go inside." Jun takes the Harvest Goddess back into his house. The Harvest Goddess was also amazed at the sight at the interior of Jun's house.
"Wow, this is such a big house! I can't believe you live here by yourself!"
"Well, it's nothing fancy, but it is home. We should go to sleep soon, why don't you take a bath first."
"Don't be silly." said the Harvest Goddess. "I'm a Harvest Goddess, I don't need to take a bath."
Jun stares at her awkwardly. "Right. . . Well, in that case, I'll take one."
Jun goes into the bathroom, and prepares a bath for himself. After soaking himself in the hot water for about 15 minutes, the bathroom door opens up. The Harvest Goddess walks in wearing nothing but a towel.
"Excuse me Jun. Can I wash your back?" asked the Harvest Goddess.
Jun just stares at the Harvest Goddess for a minute while his nose bleeds. "HOLY COW!!! Harvest Goddess, why are you in my bathroom?!"
"I just told you, I wanted to know if I could scrub your back for you."
"You can't just walk in while other people are taking a bath!"
"Really? I thought that humans do this all the time."
"Yeah, but only couples are allowed to do that!"
The Harvest Goddess thinks for a moment without leaving the bathroom. "Hmm, Couples. When a man and a woman are married, they are allowed to wash each other?"
"Yeah, so please. Get out and get dressed."
The Harvest Goddess leaves the bathroom to allow Jun to finish his bath. He sits in the tub for about an hour before he is calm enough to walk out. When Jun left the bathroom, he saw the Harvest Goddess waiting in the kitchen. She is looking at all of Jun's cooking tools curiously without a clue as to what they were.
"Wow, you have so many interesting things in your house."
"I use those to cook my meals. I don't mean to brag, but I'm pretty good with them." Jun looked away, and blushed. "Hey Harvest Goddess, where did you learn about the whole back washing thing?"
"I saw it in this book I found." said the Harvest Goddess holding up one of Jun's dirty magazines.
"What the!! Where did you find that magazine?"
"Under your mattress." The Harvest Goddess opens the magazine, and starts to flip through the pages. "I saw lots of interesting things here. Strangely, people were hugging each other with no clothing on at all. I don't really understand it at all, but I read something about a woman washing a man's back. I thought everyone does it, so I wanted to give it a try."
Jun quickly snatches the magazine away from the Harvest Goddess' hands. His heart is beating rapidly as he thinks, "Oh god, I can't believe she found it. I just tainted the mind of a goddess. I'm going straight to hell for this!"
"Is something wrong?" asked the Harvest Goddess.
"Nothing. Why don't you forget about everything that you saw in this thing. This was not meant for your eyes."
The Harvest Goddess is confused, but she says, "If you say so. By the way, where will I be sleeping?"
Jun has completely forgotten that he only has one bed in the entire house. He takes a look at the bed, and then at the Harvest Goddess. He stands between the bed and goddess without a clue as to what to do with his situation.
"That is one huge bed!" yelled the Harvest Goddess.
"Yeah, I used to own a smaller bed, but I didn't think I was going to end up single forever, so I bought a big bed. Why don't you sleep on the bed, I'll be fine on the floor."
"But the bed is so big, we could both easily fit in it. Can't we just share it?" asked the Harvest Goddess.
Jun thinks for a second, he imagines him and the Harvest Goddess together in the same bed sleeping together. Then later on, he places his arms around her, and wispers sweet words in her ears.
"ACK!!! I just had an indecent thought!" yelled Jun out loud. "All right, cam down Jun. You can control yourself!"
"What's wrong?" asked the Harvest Goddess.
Jun takes a step away from the Harvest Goddess and says, "Nothing, don't worry about it. Just sleep on the bed, I'll just get some extra sheets and sleep on the floor."
"But I don't mind sharing the bed."
"Well, I do mind!"
The Harvest Goddess has no idea why Jun is acting the way he is. However, she feels that since she is staying at his house, she'll have to obey his rules.
She lays on the bed and falls asleep quickly. Jun rests on the floor, but takes his time falling asleep. As he lays on the floor, he thinks to himself, "Wow, such a strange night this turned out to be. A Harvest Goddess just appeared out of nowhere. Now she's my date for the Valentines Festival. On top of that, I almost saw her naked! I must admit, she has a beautiful body. . ." Jun slaps himself, and continues to think, "What am I thinking! I shouldn't have such thoughts about the goddess. Control yourself!"
The Harvest Goddess turns on the bed, and she is now facing Jun. He looks at her, and thinks, "What is she doing? Oh, she's rolling around in her sleep. I guess I didn't noticed before, but she is beautiful! If she could only stay human forever, we could go out more often."
Jun sighs and falls asleep. He wakes up in the morning, and looks at his bed. He notices that the Harvest Goddess is not there.
He sits up and says, "Wow, was all that just a dream? Maybe I fell out of my bed last night, and hit my head pretty hard. Yeah, maybe that's what happened, there is no such thing as the Harvest Goddess or the Harvest Lord. It's all part of my imagination."
"Good morning Jun!" yelled the Harvest Goddess.
Jun looks up at the Harvest Goddess who is in his kitchen cooking food. "Harvest Goddess? I guess it wasn't a dream after all."
The Harvest Goddess smiles and says, "I hope you're hungry, because breakfast will be ready soon."
After Jun changes in the bathroom, the Harvest Goddess lays out a lot of food on the table for Jun. She put out enough food to feed a family of six people.
"Wow! You made all this food? How did you know all the food that I like?" asked Jun.
"You have all the recipes that you like written in your cookbook in the kitchen. I have no idea how much food humans eat, so I made everything in the cookbook."
"Well, there's too much food for me to eat, so why don't you eat some with me?"
The Harvest Goddess giggles and says, "Don't be silly. I'm the Harvest Goddess, I don't need to eat at all."
Jun stares at the Harvest Goddess awkwardly again, and says, "I see. . . Well, thanks for the food!"
Jun eats as much food as he possibly can, but he cannot not finish it all. He takes a look at the clock after he had his fill, it's 7:00 AM. Jun takes his tools, and starts to leave his home to do his chores.
"Where are you going?" asked the Harvest Goddess stopping him from leaving.
"I have to work. Just because there is a festival, that doesn't mean I can take off from work. If I work fast, we might be able to make it in time for the last few hours."
"Oh, you don't have to worry about work. It's already taken care of." said the Harvest Goddess.
"What does that mean?" asked Jun as he opened his door.
As he looks out the door, he notice seven little men running around working on his farm. Jun freaks out and says, "What the? What the heck are those things?"
"They're my little Harvest Sprites." said the Harvest Goddess
"Harvest Sprites?" asked Jun.
The Harvest Goddess claps her hands, and the sprites stop working. "Aqua, Bold, chef, Hoggy, Nappy, Staid, Timid! How are the chores coming along?"
"Almost done with watering the plants!" answered the Harvest Sprite wearing light blue.
"Harvesting is almost done!" answered the Harvest Sprite wearing purple.
"Cows and sheep are happy, just need to brush them!" answered the Harvest Sprite wearing red.
"All barn animals fed, need to work on the chickens!" answered the Harvest Sprite wearing yellow
"I brought 20 boards of wood from the forest!" answered the Harvest Sprite wearing orange.
"Eight large fishes caught and shipped. Need to feed the fishes in the pond!" answered the Harvest Sprite wearing blue
"Field 80% weeded!" answered the Harvest Sprite wearing green.
All the Harvest Sprites grouped together and said, "We are almost done Harvest Goddess!"
"That's wonderful!" said the Harvest Goddess cheerfully.
"That's pretty convenient." said Jun scratching his head.
"Now that you don't need to work today, we can go to the festival."
"Well, the festival starts at 10:00 AM. We are still about 3 hours too early."
"Is that so?" Said the Harvest Goddess. "Then how about taking me on a tour of your farm!"
"Sure!" said Jun. He takes the Harvest Goddess around his farm, and introduces her to his little family of cows and chickens. The Harvest Goddess takes a great interest in the farm. Although she knows what are cows and sheep, she has never seen them up close before. She is very surprised to learn about where the eggs and milk come from. After about 3 hours, it is time to head over to the festival.
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