Part 58: All Creatures Great And Small
When last we left our intrepid hero, he was being mobbed by evil frogs. Get close enough to an evil frog and it will leap to follow Sam. This part is easy.
All Sam has to do is lead them into the water.
The frogs jump around in the pond for a moment...
... then poof!
With great flashes of light and puffs of smoke, the magical waters of the pond transform them into normal green frogs.
Everybody cheers. Sam looks proud of himself.
And now the frogs will sit by the side of the pond and turn to stare at Sam with their creepy dead black eyes whenever he runs past.
I should mention that their names are Frog Zappa, Toad Nugent, and Bruce Sproingsteen. I have no idea who could have named them.
Anyway, Petal is upset again.
: Do you think the forest spirits would know why? Can you ask the statue?... sure.
Ah ha! Let's go tell Petal.
: Now, it lies in ruins.
: Yeah, but I needed wood to make my hot tub.
: YOU?! You pulled apart the Temple?!: To get wood. What... that's bad?!: For a HOT TUB?!: Well, what'd you expect me to keep the water in? Hopes and dreams? Hot tubs need wood.
Petal turns to Sam.
: Sam, the Temple is gone, but we can still make this space into an animal sanctuary! I have a Scroll that will give you what you need. Please bring the animals back to the forest!
Can't argue with that. Anyway, Sam goes fishing, mining, and treasure-hunting, and soon enough he has everything he needs.
: Hey, Sam! Did you finish a Scroll?
: I wonder what amazing new blocks we can make with this?!
Well, I'll give you a hint: they're very natural. Sam gets Italian Columns in both Corner and Wall varieties--for sticking in corners and putting on walls, respectively--a pretty wooden Arbor, a giant Clover, giant Mushrooms in Purple, Pink, and Red, and two kinds of Hedge: a normal block-shaped one and a curving Corner piece. Also, he gets a Unicorn Statue like the one up the hill that talks to him. Let's go tell Petal we're done.
Sam's job is not to build a new temple but to restore the old temple to its former glory, so the game tells us what goes where and will brook no argument.
Sam is building these columns by fitting two half-columns together. Efficient!
Greenery everywhere! Also, a unicorn statue. Aw, it's pretty.
: Oh, Sam! That space looks even better than when we built it 14,230 years ago!
Hedgehogs!
A bear!
Raccoons!
Bunnies!!
A pug!!!
Petal is super enthused. Let's go meet the animals!
The other bunny is... sigh... Bun Jovi.
Don't let the cutscene fool you: in-game there's only one raccoon. His name is Rocky. There is also only one hedgehog, and his name is The Hedge.
There are badgers here and there, but they are nervous and burrow underground at the slightest provocation, so Sam can't find out their names.
And, finally, the pug, Doggy Osbourne... wait, was this stage always here?
Anyway, it seems all is not yet well. To the unicorn oracle!
... heck yes! Let's do this!
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Next time on MySims Kingdom: See, Leaf is a guardian of nature after all. In... in his way.
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Video: The Return Of The Animals
D'awwwwww.