Young Newcomer with No Experience Only Hope for Small Farm Town

Farm-based economy may benefit from having farm

PELICAN TOWN — Residents of a small community in Stardew Valley are pinning all of their hopes on a newly-arrived resident who has taken over a local farm despite having no previous agricultural experience, tiny forest sprites have confirmed.

“Those fields have lay fallow since his grandfather abandoned the farm decades ago,” said Lewis, the town’s mayor. “Come to think of it, that’s when our beloved Community Center started to fall into disrepair. It’s like the farm was the soul of Pelican Town, or something. Maybe this new kid can bring that spirit back and turn everything around for us. Hopefully he’s a gullible rube and we can sucker him into putting all of his best crops into restoring my dear, dear Community Center.”

One local business owner was similarly optimistic about the effect that the new farmer would have on the town.

“It’s good news for me, obviously, as the proprietor of a general store,” said Pierre. “Our economy was almost entirely structured around that farm, and it’s been in shambles ever since the old farmer left. I suppose I could have diversified my inventory away from seeds, but it looks like there will be no need, now. Marnie must be over the moon, too. Her ranch is a huge money sink. She only turns a profit when someone is regularly buying animals and medicine. Everyone in town is trying to get a piece of this kid. I saw Willy giving him a fishing pole, obviously in the hopes that he’d become a regular customer at the tackle shop.”

Morris, manager of the local JojaMart, said he was still unsure what to make of the new arrival.

“On the one hand, this explains why our market research on the town was telling us to stock up on seeds,” said Morris. “At least there’s someone around who will buy them, now. Still, we were kind of hoping that we would become the central economic pillar of Pelican Town, and we were very close to accomplishing that goal. This might throw a wrench into our plans. Of course, there’s always the chance that this guy is a gullible rube and we can sucker him into putting all of his gold into building a warehouse for us. That would be really nice.”

At press time, the fledgling farmer was reportedly earning most of his income by collecting and selling seashells.