MURKLAND - TUESDAY - CHAPTER 3

COLLECTING MANIA

The next morning, I wake up and decide that this is the day to collect, collect, collect! I quickly eat some cereal and I am ready to go.

I am so excited to get going that I almost forget to check on my trash piles.  And to my surprise...

Here is plant # 2! I decide that I should nurture my little trash treasure and water it from my "rain" barrel water. And then I am off...

I practically run around as fast as I can collecting...

I started off rummaging in a garbage can and someone came by to see what I was doing. Oh hello! Did you want to dumpster dive, too?

Then I saw this nice set-up and ooohhhh did it look YUMMY! And smelled good, too!  Yum! Like a little temptation trying to divert me from my task.  NO!  No food!  Later!

So, running away from the food temptation (can you believe I actually ran away from free food?) and onto finding frogs....did you know you could breed them? Well, they kind of do it on their own, but I got a new frog!

 Harvesting flowers, fruits, vegetables, herbs....

I even went back to that little community garden I found and everything was ripe and ready! Yeah me!

 Hammering at rocks and finding all sorts of minerals and treasures. Then it was go, go, go and repeat this all over again.  All day long, running here, running there, running everywhere. Collecting, Collecting, Collecting. I just feel so exhausted thinking about it.

As the day wore on, so did my aroma and it wasn't very pleasant. It was like a green wind that I couldn't escape from. It just followed me around wherever I went. A green ghost cloud. Shucks! No shower day today.

Luckily other Murklanders didn't seem to mind how I smelled and I met my other neighbor, Jeep Girl. We chatted a bit.

I even met Dusty and decided to do a little fishing. Maybe I would catch something this time.

Well, Dusty caught something. Ok, Dusty, yah, it's cute, but remember you can't eat it...

I tried all afternoon...fishing in different places..casting out..

And everytime I think I've caught something...and hope wells up inside me...

...Nada....not one little fish. I am never going to get the hang of fishing.

 Plus, I smell so bad now, maybe that is why the fish are staying away! I downright STINK! Anyway, it's getting late and I decide to head home.

 I finish off the day roasting a whole bag of marshmallows that I found. Ok, so I was a teensie bit hungry.

I gaze up at the stars, and think about the great day I had collecting and how much I was going to make when I sell them! Yes!  Granite Falls here I come! Plus, tomorrow is shower day. I just know that tomorrow is going to be another great day!