Event Story – Pull up! Potato Party!! ch. 4

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Dino: Listen up, Jay, while you're digging make sure to be careful so you don't damage the potatoes.
When you notice the top of the sweet potato, for example, that's your cue to start burrowing around it with your hands.

Jay: I start burrow, I see.

Keith: ... Dino, that's just the way dogs dig holes.

Dino: Huh, is that weird? I've been digging up sweet potatoes like this with my bare hands since I was a kid.

Keith: Jay, no need to mimic that beast. If you've got modern conveniences, it's a lot simpler to use those instead.

Jay: Modern conveniences...? How about this powerful right hand of mine, then?

Keith: That's TOO powerful.

Dino: Haha, that hand is the most powerful thing Jay has! ♪

Jay: With this, I feel like I can handle any tough rock we come across.

Keith: How far do you plan to dig!
Still, coming all the way to learn how to dig up sweet potatoes from Dino seems a bit intense for just a potato digging event, doesn't it?

Jay: I'm also in chaperoning the kids, you know? I want to make sure I can teach them properly.

Dino: Benji-kun and Licht-kun are also taking part, huh?

Jay: Yeah, both of them are really looking forward to it!

Keith: Heh~ Gotta make sure you do it right, then. 

Jay: Yeah.
You know you can jump in anytime, right?
I mean, you're super popular among the kids in the kids' space, too.

Keith: I'm not that popular, really. Compared to you, I'm just a funny old guy.

Jay: I think the kids would be super happy if Dino cooked up some pizza and you made sweet potato cookies for the tasting party, Keith...

Dino: Ugh, the event sounds super fun, but we have patrol duty at that time.
I really wish I could treat the kids to some pizza though...

Keith: ... Aand that's how it is. Just hang in there, Jay.

Jay: Oh well, that's too bad, but there's nothing we can do. I'll bring back some souvenirs, so look forward to it!

Dino: Can't wait to enjoy the delicious flavors of autumn!



Sage: Alright, I think it's done.
What do you think, Licht-kun? I think it turned out pretty good, don't you?

Licht: ... Is that a sweet potato puppet?

Sage: You don't know him? It's a character called "Little Sweet Potato", created specifically to promote sweet potatoes.
Have you ever seen those drawings in the veggie aisle at the supermarket?

Licht: Oh, I've seen those before...

Sage: That's him. It seems like he's becoming super popular among kids these days.

Licht: Ooh... But, why a puppet...?

Sage: I was thinking that when I explain about sweet potato digging, using Little Sweet Potato might make it fun for the kids to listen.

Licht: I see. I think the kids younger than me would probably be excited about it.

Sage: You think? Hehe, good ♪

Licht: So, how does Little Sweet Potato talk?

Sage: Huh-?
You're right. How does he talk?

Licht: You don't know?

Sage: Hmm. I did a lot of research while making him, but I don't think there were any lines.

Licht: So, he's not going to talk?

Sage: ......
"I tot know how to talk! I'm from a southern country​, and I'm tuber cheerful~!"

Licht: S- Sage...?

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