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The Jam-Filled Dumplings were the best, you didn't know what flavor they were until you bit into it! Maybe that's why you thought Bubu might like it, he's always been too reluctant to try new food. So you decided to share your dumpling with Bubu and when he ate it he declared that it was his new favorite food! Now it's the only thing he'll eat...
<span class="mu-b">Favorite Snack: Jam Filled Dumplings</span>
<span class="mu-b">+1 to Relationship: Bubu</span>
Soon the elders asked all the Little Ones to behave and go watch the waters for the salmon. You found a spot at the edge of the waterways to sit with Bubu and Kari. Before you saw any salmon, you heard soft singing from down the waterways but couldn't discern the lyrics. It got nearer and louder and once you were able to make out the lyrics, you began singing along too. You sang about welcoming the salmon, and it did not take long for you to see them swimming up the waterways.
After all the salmon passed you, your elders let you play and eat. You didn't have any coins left, but some games and snack stalls were free, and you didn't mind waiting in line to throw coconuts at a net if you did it with Kari or Bubu. Soon your elders called for you, so you and the other Little Ones came to an open field surrounded by tall houses. The Grown-Ups had been busy while you were at play to prepare to serve salmon tacos.
<span class="mu-i">We are normally forbidden from being guests to the Seas Below and the creatures from there are forbidden from being guests to the Earth and Trees. The Salmon is a guest from the Seas Below and because they took it upon themselves to visit Us, We must be good hosts. The Salmon is a polite guest, gifting their flesh for Us to enjoy when We are being good hosts. To host the salmon, We clean and clear the waters so they may swim easier. A tired Samon is a tasteless Salmon. We watch over their babies so they would return as Grown-Ups and continue to appreciate Our hospitality. </span>
Maybe it's because you were too young to appreciate it, but those Jam-Filled Dumplings were definitely tastier than salmon tacos. Despite that, the salmon tacos was still your favorite part of the festival. It is this one time in the year where Our whole family comes together, and it is a Memory that all your new friends you made who lived on the other side of the world will have as well. It made you excited to know that you have family throughout the world, and that one day you must visit them and they must visit you.
