Intro
This is the 37th story in the Smallville series and it tells the tale of a group of weary travelers who were turned away from Smallville because of food and housing shortages. They came from the heat and drought in the south and they heard there were tornadoes reported in the east, so they went north where they were also turned away from Lakeland. They traveled on to Pumpkin Hollow where they were given the option to stay or go. They heard there were meadowlands to the east so they chose to go. This group founded the town of Misty Meadow in approximately year 50 SVT.
Map is # 213132257 Plains, Small, Harsh, Disasters On, Wildlife Start E6 deer, grouse, boar, grass
Mods enabled and load order:
Starting and Map Changing Mods: Call of Nature Soundtrack, Banished UI Maps, Labor Window, RK Minimized Status, CC light Rain, New Flora Edit, Plain (Jose Rios), Wildlife Starts (see note*)
Tweak Mods: Better Fields, Bigger Wheelbarrows, Fishing Dock 25%, Hunting Season, Increased CC, Longer Living Orchards, 1:1 Alternative, Rock Respawn
Major or Must Have Mods: An Empty Square, Nomad Sign Complete, Kid GrowHuntFish (testing), Kid Old Town, Kid Tiny, Kid Tiny Builder (testing) Kid Workplace Village, Storage Crates v1, NMT 3 Series Clay Chain, MNT3 Series MultiFloors, RK Stone Walls Kit 1,
Supporting Mods: EB Natural Irrigation Deco Addon, Fenceless Pasture, Firewood Storage, Garden Walls, Garden Walls Utility Patch (testing), Garden Walls Utility, Greenhouse, Kid Abbey, Kid Mist, Kid New Well, RK Carts, RK Pigs as Livestock (with fertilizer)
Important Note * This story contains 4 new mods +1 patch, some still being tested, 2 mods being released now:
Kid Mist - is deco mist separate from Fairy Tale
Wildlife Starts - created by
@kid1293 contains tany's grouse, CC bison, RK wild animals, and grass. The grass (thatch) is different than RK's and will conflict with RKEC which already has wild animal. This mod was created for those who do not or can not use RKEC.
Do not use this mod with RKEC. Thanks
@RedKetchup for sharing the animals.
So, weary traveler, welcome to Misty Meadow. My name is Cierrat and my husband is Camerichael, Cam for short. You will soon meet the other five founding families and their children. There were 21 of us, 12 adults with 9 children. Cam and I were the oldest so we were put in charge of the group and then our town. We came here from Pumpkin Hollow. I'd be happy to tell you all about Misty Meadow from the very beginning.
Hi. Here is promised Wildlife Starts. A collection of start conditions with animals and some grass. Thanks RK! :)
Nothing else is changed. I have added some buttons to collect things. I am sorry if you get double buttons.
E6 = Easy 6 families
M5 = Medium 5 families
H3 = Hard 3 families
Deco Mist
Hi. I try to be ahead of requests and wishes. I place this little mod plus source code here.
It is an adaption of the Crop Disease, colored white and smaller. Placed on an invisible square.
The square is maybe hard to find. You must click it to remove the mist.
One small and one a little larger mist on my toolbar under Deco.
wow,how do you rate?? i have tried to do something similar to the wildlife start for 2 years. LOL wheni get done with the RK tests ,i will have to test this mod with the RK. i am thinking the RK will add to it. i will add it to my testing list. someday i hope to play a normal game again..... before summer,i hope.
:)
@brads3 Those animal are so cool and you know how I like to pick and chose mods. RKEC has all RK wild animal on every map, Kid's bison are different - CC's and the grass is different also. RK fodder farmer will not work, only gathers thatch and the flowers are not gatherable so florist will not work either. RKEC already has it all. :)
yes and no, i might be able to get the thatch to work as fodder in the stable barn.the RK doesn't have grouse. i already can have wild animals with KID's bison. i have lots of work before i try adding mods to the RK though.RED added some surprises and adjusted a lot.
Chapter 1
Our town began the same as most other towns with the basic necessities of housing and food. The folks at Pumpkin Hollow gave us 2 carts of supplies and a herd of sheep. We did not have far to go. We followed the small stream east of the Hollow and make several rafts from downed branches to cross the river when we came to it. The early spring thaw had not begun so the river current was slow and the water level low. The cold wind from the north caused small pockets of mist to rise from the sun warmed ground especially along the river. The water was warmer than the air.
There were more trees on this side of the river that we would need for building houses and heating them. There was a large dead tree down and extending into the river, a good place to fish from. We soon had a cluster of houses and a pasture cleared for the sheep and a 9x12 field plowed and planted with wheat. By early autumn we had a smith making iron tools and a tailor making warm coats from leather and wool or down. Germann, who would become forester, and Edmundo, the woodcutter, both agreed that the hardwood trees wood be best cut for firewood and the pines for building. We soon had a beautiful knotty pine town hall, 2 small sheds, and the beginnings of a hostel. We were told when we left Pumpkin Hollow to expect migrants since many folks were leaving their farms here in the north because of the climate change. We put a welcome sign in front of the town hall.
Our small meadow was beautiful with golden meadow grass but our golden grains of wheat were a disappointment, only 372 units were harvested. We collected branches for firewood and wild foods and herbs. Had it not been for Soccoris, our hunter, we would have been very hungry that first winter. He got a bear which was rare for this area but there was plenty of deer, grouse, and wild boar. We had not seen any but were not happy to hear there were wild boar in this area. We heard grizzly tales back in Pumpkin Hollow about Stevieve the hunter who was trampled by a wild boar.
Chapter 2
By early spring of year 2 our population had grown by 5 newborns, our first son, Eugenerald, included. Fishing, hunting, and gathering were good, but we worried about our ability to provide food for a growing population. We needed another means of getting food should the need arise. We began building a trading post. As the early spring temperature began to rise, so did more mist. More meadow grass appeared where trees had been cut and beautiful wild flowers began to bloom. The misty meadow across the river was more beautiful every time I looked at it.
I was gazing across the river one spring day when in the distance I saw a small group of people heading south. I called out to them but they didn't hear. The river was high and swift, they would not be able to cross as we had. Building a bridge became top priority and another builder was assigned to help. We only hoped we would be in time. All 15 of them made it safely to town. They were in remarkably good condition, they must have known a lot about survival. They would only say they came from someplace north of here. Cam thought perhaps they were wood elves.
Top priority now was building more housing. It was indeed nice to have more help to gather branches and wild foods. One of the gatherers spotted a wild boar by the small lake. From now on the children would have to be watched more carefully, the river was not the only danger now. Another danger presented itself as the summer sun and north wind dried and rustled through the wild grasses and ripening wheat crop, we fear there might be fires. A water pump was build by the main storage barn and a water pond by the town hall and housing units. The newcomers living there said we might want to reduce the risk even more by cleaning up all the dry plant debris littering the vacant crop field.
Again the newcomers were quite knowledgeable and instructed us on how to build cleaning sheds. One shed was built to clean up wasted food and animal droppings from the sheep pasture and another shed was built by the wheat field to clean up plant debris. Next they instructed us on the building of a compost bin where both the animal fertilizer and plant debris could be turned into enriched compost to return to and improve the earth. They told us we could add other surplus items we had no other use for to the compost bin: mushrooms, roots, thatch, flax, down, feathers, and even fish. They told us to turn the pile often and the compost would be rich and odor free.
Chapter 3
One of the newcomers found a mother tree in the forest to the north that could be used by our forester. Another advised us on building a greenhouse for seedlings as places downriver that were devastated by tornadoes were in need of seedlings for reforesting. We had seen such a greenhouse in Smallville, Lakeland, and Pumpkin Hollow and heard of the need for seedlings. We constructed the greenhouse next to the trading post, assigned a worker to act as botanist, and by early spring of year 3 we already had seedlings sprouting.
The newcomers also told us that we could use our compost in a greenhouse to grow food year round in the enriched soil. Our head builder soon had a new greenhouse designed and built next to the compost bin. The newcomers had an assortment of seeds we could grow but we had a few potatoes left that were already sprouting so we used those. We could always build more greenhouses to grow the other foods: beans, berries, carrots, corn, oats, peppers, pumpkins, squash, or tomatoes.
As our town grew in this harsh climate it was good to have a reliable source of food year round. Counting the newcomers and newborns, our baby girl Berylee included, our population was 46. Before we knew it 2 of the young children had grown and reached school age and we had no school. When we realized our mistake we began building a school immediately.
Our compost bin soon used up the fertilizer we had cleaned up but we had plenty of plant debris on the stockpile that could be composted. There was also thatch that the forester had collected. Since the wind, the sun, and the cold quickly aged the fertilizer laying in the pasture, it was safe to use directly in a greenhouse without composting first. There would be little danger of it burning the roots of newly sprouted plants. We would water it well in the greenhouse that was built not far from the pasture and fertilizer. We would grow more potatoes.
By autumn a tiny fishing pier was built on the small lake. Not far from there a medium size barn was built before the end of year 3.
;D Did I really do this many yellow houses? It looks ...rather nice, if I may say so.
You have many bright ideas,
@Abandoned :)
:) I liked that Happy Haven texture as soon as you made it in Houses for Sale long ago, the wood is a bit different than the brick was but it is just as nice. I am Happy to have so much more of it now :)
Chapter 4
Year 4 began with a cold wet spring. It was raining and only 43F degrees when Newelly, the General Goods Merchant returned. He had stopped by briefly the previous spring with stone tools and chestnut seeds. He said there were not many riverboat traders that would come this way and he probably would not have much to offer but he would try to fill special orders and would except our seedlings in trade. This spring Newelly had 12 pigs with him. We'd eaten pork back in Pumpkin Hollow and found it to be quite tasty. Our hunter had yet to kill a boar, we decided we wanted some pigs.
We used almost all of our trade goods for four of the pigs, so imagine our dismay when the riverboat had only just left our dock when one of the pigs jumped into the water and swam across the river. Two others soon followed and then the fourth and last one did the same. It was only a few days later that 11 migrants came from Pumpkin Hollow traveling along the same creek we had when we came here. They saw our pigs there along the creek with a large group of wild boar. We built a pasture for the pigs but with the presence of the wild boar we thought it too dangerous to go after our pigs. Our concern now was building housing for our new families.
By summer the pigs made their way to the pasture on their own. Newcomer Gradyn, the herdsman, put out wheat and wild oats to lure them there. His wife Aleighton took over the job saying the poor things needed some special attention after their ordeal in the wild, and she would clean the pasture herself.
hahaha,looks like your pigs behave as well as the bannies do.
:)
@brads3 I admit it is rather funny but seriously there is a problem and Kid and I have been struggling trying to find the cause. I am going to post more on the problem under Workplace Village thread and will add link here later.
http://worldofbanished.com/index.php?topic=2730.msg57920#msg57920
I see only one solution to the pig problem. Sausages. :P
Quote from: Gatherer on February 04, 2019, 02:58:37 PM
I see only one solution to the pig problem. Sausages. :P
roasted on the spindle with garlic
:D I was thinking pork chops ;D There just happens to be a butcher in Workplace Village mod :)
Chapter 5
Two other newcomers had taken over the farming. They agreed that it was not only the harsh climate that was affecting the harvest totals but the soil itself. Stantonia said the wheat field's soil contained too much sand and drained too fast, even after it rained the corn was not getting enough moisture. Audio said the cabbage field's soil contained too much clay, it was very dense and heavy and did not dry out fast enough, many of the cabbage's outer leaves rotted. At least the plant debris could go into compost. It would take an awful lot of compost to improve these fields, it was best used in the growing house.
It was then we discovered that 2 workers in the growing house required more compost then we were producing, the plant debris was used up and they had been waiting for compost. Thus the growing house with 2 workers produced far less potatoes then the greenhouse with 1 worker using fertilizer. We still had an ample supply of fertilizer.
At the beginning of year 5 we reduced the number of workers in the growing house to 1 and began composting thatch instead of plant debris. The mother tree foresters collected some thatch as they planted new trees but it was not enough. Audio and his family moved from the hostel to one of the new houses near the mother tree, he was now one of the foresters and his wife, Cecelin, began gathering wild foods from a workplace set up in their yard. The hostel was now empty but the 14 migrants that arrived in late spring did not want to stay, they were headed south.
East of the growing house we built a fodder farmer hut. A forester would cut trees allowing more grass to grow in the meadow. We would have more thatch for the compost bin. Meanwhile on the other side of town, we built another greenhouse to make use of our surplus fertilizer rather than composting it. Another well and cleaning shed were built nearby, plant debris cleaned out of the 2 greenhouses would go to the compost bin. A second bin was built over by the growing house and fodder farmer. The forester working there collected logs, thatch, stone, and branches for firewood. Laborers who were collecting branches spotted a large group of boars not far from the pig pasture. We were concerned that our pigs would again try to make a break for it and join up with the wild ones.
An update on runaway livestock problem. I have done a bit more testing to determine cause of problem.
First test, I again started a new map with the same mods and map set up conditions but with a different map seed. When riverboat merchant came I ordered pigs. When pigs arrived I traded for 3 of them. The stayed at trading post until pasture was built, they then went to pasture. It would appear the problem is not with the Workplace Trading Post.
Second test, again a new map, same mods, same map set up conditions, same map seed as Misty Meadow. Same problem - pigs arrive, pigs leave trading post and go to southwest corner of map.
@kid1293 It would seem to me that updating one of the mods after Misty Meadow was started could not be the cause either. :-\
I don't know how livestock and wildlife could be connected, but if anyone has a livestock problem while using the Wildlife Start mod available earlier in thread, please let us know.
Quote from: Abandoned on February 06, 2019, 10:42:42 AM
Second test, again a new map, same mods, same map set up conditions, same map seed as Misty Meadow. Same problem - pigs arrive, pigs leave trading post and go to southwest corner of map.
I would add to the question. Do anyone experience problems on certain maps?
As it is, it seems to be map related. How can that be?
I will do more testing with map and mods when Misty Meadow story is done.
Chapter 6
There was a lot of oinking, grunting, and snorting going on in the pig pasture but the wild boar soon passed by and our pigs settled down again. Up until now there had only been that one lone boar on this side of the river, and only one sighting of grouse up to the north by the mother tree. A small herd of deer remained in the fodder field over the winter however. A hunting workplace was built in the yard of one of the new houses but by the time it was finished, the herd had moved on. No other wildlife was sighted in the area for the rest of the year.
A group of migrants were spotted across the river to the north but they did not cross the small creek and disappeared over the hills instead. The grouse were nowhere to be seen. We traded for what little down and wool Newelly the merchant had with him when he came to port. We ordered pumpkin and bean seeds plus seed potatoes. We wanted to see how the seeds would do in the field compared to how they did in the greenhouse.
To make an accurate comparison we had to insure that the growing house would not run short of compost again. We hoped that workers could keep carts filled with the needed materials close by the compost bins and the greenhouses.
In early winter of year 6 Newelly returned with more wool, down, and bean seeds.
Chapter 7
By early spring of year 7 two new 8x10 crop fields had been cleared and one was planted with beans as were the growing house and the greenhouse that grew potatoes the previous year. The green house using fertilizer grew far more potatoes that year. We wanted to plant the pumpkin seeds that Newelly the merchant just brought but decided to plant more wheat in the 2nd new field instead. We traded seedlings and firewood. Newelly said there was also a need for tools and coats downriver and they would have a good trade value.
In spring 9 migrants arrived in town. We welcomed them gladly, we only had 2 laborers and 1 builder but we did worry about our education rate going down farther. It was only 32% but we did have 8 students in school now and 20 young children who would soon follow. We built another school to ensure that none of those children missed out on an education. We built more houses and more backyard workplaces began to appear. The house next to the new school had a fish smoker in their yard. In summer the school children got to see wild grouse for the first time as the flock made its way past the school to the fodder field.
That summer we had our first meals of pork and green beans from our hothouses as we now called them. It was much warmer inside the growing house and greenhouses than it was outside. Harvesting the new crop fields had not begun, the wheat had been planted late. By the time the harvesting was completed the last group of newcomers all had homes and there was a grinder workplace in one of the back yards. We would have wheat flour.
In late winter we took a closer look at our bean harvest totals. In this harsh climate the 8x10 crop field with 1 worker produced 560 beans. The nearby greenhouse with 1 worker using fertilizer and water produced 1,328 beans while the growing house with 1 worker using compost produced 860. Last year their potato harvests totaled 1,708 and 860 respectively. We thought the growing house should be more productive than it was.
@kid1293 Here are bean and potato totals ;D
Chapter 8
In late winter of year 7 there was an unexpected thaw and we were surprised when a group of wild boar crossed the river and rooted around eating the stubble and plant debris that had been left in the new crop fields. We were even more surprised to see several baby piglets with them. When they finished eating they filed past the pig pasture. Luckily food had just been put out for our pigs and they were so busy eating and snorting and grunting that the wild boar past on by without being noticed.
The close presence of those wild boar got us thinking of that trampling death back in Pumpkin Hollow and the fact that accidents and deaths could happen at anytime and we were ill prepared, we had no cemetery. We designated an area behind the hostel and put a fence around it. We had only just completed it when another group of migrants arrived. We welcomed the group of 10 and began building more housing.
Due to the early thaw and light rain it was drier than normal that spring of year 8 and there were even more downed branches. We were again concerned with the possibility of a fire. Several more water pumps and a well were constructed around town. One of the newcomers suggested we consider building stone or even brick houses to reduce the fire risk. We did have a lot of clay soil to make brick with. The process would take awhile but we were in need of houses now, the hostel was full and we still had 1 homeless family. A baker workplace was built in the yard of one of the new houses. Aylie, the baker and her husband, Ayde, both said it should not be too hard to shape and bake bricks. Our 2 builders agreed that the kind of houses we were talking about would require lumber, glass for windows, and possibly even roof tiles. They were willing to build them if they had the materials. We would get them the materials.
You run with Disasters ON. Is that really good for a story?
Maybe not, but I thought I would try to use disaster On more often to try to make stories more exciting. ;D
Is there anything that triggers disasters to happen - length of time or population?
Chapter 9
We needed clay to make bricks and roof tiles so we consulted Audio who, when farming the cabbage field, said the soil contained a lot of heavy wet clay. After some consideration and soil testing he suggested we dig for clay on the east side of town near the grassy meadow or fishing pond. We chose a spot south of town near the pond to dig a clay pit. We extended the road from the storage barn south and placed a stockpile near the site. Several trees had to be cleared away so we thought the location would also be good for a tiny lumberer to begin cutting lumber. When he had enough lumber cut he could always cut firewood if we needed it.
Stantonia, the farmer who said his wheat field contained too much sand was consulted next. We would need sand to make glass. He too spent some time examining the soil around town and reported that the soil on the west side of town especially north of the trading post seemed to contain the most sand. Halling and his wife Onettie who were the mother tree foresters said the soil in their planting area was very good but was a bit sandier towards the river. We dug a tiny sand pit by the river near the trading post.
Year 8 ended with another late winter early thaw. Newcomers who moved into the two new houses by the cemetery didn't mind that at all, they both had backyard workplaces set up. We would have venison sausages to eat and hide coats to trade. The thaw did not last long but was followed by cold and snow well into the new year. Again wild boar and grouse were spotted closer to town and the crop fields in the south. The beginning of year 9 was cold and damp. The fog and mist were thicker than they had been before and a lighthouse was built in the north. There were more coughs and colds and our health was suffering. We discovered the baker had used up our supply of herbs making herb bread. A backyard herbalist workplace was set up near the growing houses. We needed to spend some time studying our supplies.
Chapter 10
After studying our inventory records we realized we had plenty of tools and coats, and plenty of leather, wool, and furs to make more.
Our food supply and variety of foods was very good. We had bear meat, mutton, pork, venison, sausages, fish, and smoked fish. We had plenty of potatoes, beans, and other vegetables and wild foods. We had flour, bread, and wild oats but our wheat crop did not do so well, 11% was lost to an early snow. We would grow oats in the second growing house that was being built next to the first one.
Since the only fruit we had was wild berries we decided it was time to plant the plum seedlings we had in an orchard that was cleared south of town. We would also plant strawberries in one of the greenhouses. Our surplus of fertilizer and compost was good. Our stockpiles were full of stone, iron, logs, firewood, and now lumber. We would discontinue cutting logs into lumber until we knew just how much would be needed. We needed more clay before we could start making bricks and roof tiles.
There was a problem in the clay pit. Matha and Brandis, the 2 young women working there were not happy. Brandis thought the work was too heavy, Matha was afraid of heights and was afraid she would fall, both of them dislike having the wild boars so close by. Our solution was to build a Tiny Clay Pit where one of the women could work, and one of the men could work in the deeper clay pit. In early spring of year 10, Elany began working in the tiny clay pit and Morrison worked alone in the bigger pit.
When Newelly came to port that spring he had 1 cow and 2 scrawny chickens he had picked up along the way, he asked if we would take them off his hands. An animal shed was built by the wheat field as well as a house for one of the young people who wanted a place of her own. She set up a workplace dairy and would make cream as soon as there was enough milk. The mere mention of strawberries and cream prompted the building of another greenhouse to grow more strawberries. The harvests were well underway by then and we look forward to some harvest totals.
(Note: Some production numbers shown below have since been adjusted and are currently being tested)
Chapter 11
In spring of year 11, a shortage of herbs and another cold damp spring with a lot of coughs and colds prompted us to build a House of Cures. If an outbreak of some type of disease should strike we would only need to assign someone skilled in the healing arts to work there. A small chapel with a pretty window was built next to the cemetery.
Near the tiny sand pit a tiny glass workshop was built to make glass for brick houses. Germann the botanist complained that the northwest winter wind had blow a lot of sand into the seedling greenhouse so a short stone wall was built in front of the tiny sand pit.
A tiny brick workshop was built by the 2 clay pits. The workshop would need firewood to bake the bricks. We collected more downed branches so our supply of firewood was good. If need be, the nearby tiny lumberer could start work again, cutting firewood.
In early winter we had 388 lumber, 48 bricks, and 100 pieces of glass. We thought it was time to start building the first brick house. The foundation was laid during the winter thaw and the needed materials were waiting on the stockpiles to be brought to the building site. Weather permitting we would have a newly built brick house come spring.
Chapter 12
The winter thaw lasted long enough for 1 plum to grow and be picked. It was a sure sign we would have a plum harvest that year. The building materials had been delivered and by early spring the brick house was completed. The firebricks made a very attractive looking house.
In spring 9 migrants arrived in town, they were on their way south to Monkstown. They heard there was a monastery there and they wanted to live in a place of peace and hope. It would be a very long and difficult journey and they had young children with them. It was peaceful here and we had high hopes that our town of Misty Meadow would continue to thrive. Cam suggested we build an Abbey across the river, it would be a peaceful secluded retreat. The families agreed to stay. We needed more housing first.
We did not have quite enough material for a second brick house because the brick maker was experimenting with roof tiles that we currently had no use for. The foundation for a second house was laid and the builders were just waiting for more bricks to be made. While they waited they build a short brick wall around the yard of the first house where there was now a back yard preservist workplace just waiting for the plums to be harvest. We had a large surplus of wild honey that would be used for jam making.
In early autumn a clay pit fear became a reality. Oralie, the stone cutter, fell and was crushed by a rock in the big clay pit. We were distracted by the death and burial in the cemetery next to the chapel and failed to start the plum harvest early. The total harvest of 602 plums was not bad considering we did lose some of the harvest to an early frost and snowfall in late autumn. By early winter we had our first fruit jam from the workplace preservist.
By late winter the second house was built near the first one. We needed more houses. We still had building materials on hand and were producing more. The tiny clay pit was producing well, better than the bigger deeper pit. The size and depth of the larger pit no doubt responsible for the extra time it took to dig out the clay. We would build more stone or brick houses next year, and an Abbey.
Chapter 13
In early spring of year 13 we assessed the land across the river and realized there was a lot of work to be done. But first, a workplace forester was set up not far from the tiny lumberer to insure the town had enough logs for firewood while we were busy on the other side of the river. A second floor was added to one of the brick houses for the workers. The rest of the year was devoted to clearing an area across the river of trees, stone, and iron. It was hard and heavy work but it paid off. By late autumn of year 13 the beautiful Abbey, complete with bell tower, was finished.
There were deer, grouse, and wild boar in the Misty Meadow so it was decided that the Abbey garden would be enclosed with a stone wall. Apple trees would be planted within the wall. By early spring of year 14 work was well underway and continued on throughout the year. By early spring of year 15 the wall was almost complete. Two bee hives were set up to pollenate the apple trees and 2 fountains were built for fire fighting and beautification.
Things continued to go well in town also. The last brick house that was build now had a workplace brewer in its backyard. Misty Meadow had 14 backyard village workplaces in all.
By the end of year 15 the Abbey garden was complete. Two tiny houses for the apple farmers and bee keepers were build with the protective walls. We looked forward to the first apple harvest. The area was indeed a place of peace and hope for the future. We looked forward to spring.
are your grouse small or big enough to be turkeys?
;D sorry
@brads3 They are the size of chickens, too small to be turkeys, turkeys would be cool 8)
Grouse are double the size of chickens. They could go for a hunched down turkey
if they are made three times the size. :)
Chapter 14
Spring of year 16 was everything one hoped it would be, sunny days that were pleasantly warm with gentle breezes that did not blow the meadow mist away. The meadow flowers bloomed early and it appeared we would have our first harvest of apples from the Abbey garden. The farmers were in their fields planting and the cleaning shed workers were already busy working in the pastures, the fields, and the hot houses. The compost bins got their first good turning of the spring season and the fresh compost was taken to the growing houses as needed.
Misty Meadow had a population of 124, 77 adults, 22 students, and 25 young children. All were 100% happy and healthy. Our education rate was improving and now that the Abbey garden was finished we could concentrate on building more houses and another school.
And so weary traveler, my story about Misty Meadow has come to an end. There is room in the hostel if you decide you want to stay. Its another beautiful day. I hope you will enjoy it.
The End
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Kid GrowHuntFish http://worldofbanished.com/index.php?topic=2878.0
Kid Tiny Builders http://worldofbanished.com/index.php?topic=2879.0
Thanks for story and thanks for testing new mods. :)
My pleasure :)
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