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Juniper's Rag To Riches Challenge

Meet Juniper

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Juniper dreams of being fabulously wealthy. Her goal in life is to earn 1,000,000 simoleons. She believes with a lot of work, she can achieve her dream.
Life for Juniper has not been easy. Her parents divorced when she was ten. They fought over custody. Each parent insisting the other take her. Neither budged. So Juniper was shipped off to live with her uncle, his wife, and their three young children. She spent the days caring for her cousins and doing chores. Her uncle told her she could stay until the day she turned eighteen. Her cousins would point to the door, snicker, and say, "out, out, out."

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Juniper was allowed to babysit the neighborhood children. She saved up all she could and hid the money under her mattress. She went to retrieve the envelope on her eighteenth birthday and discovered that it was gone.
She tried to plead with her uncle and his wife to give her more time, but they refused to listen. The cousins giggled. Juniper picked up her suitcase and left.
Juniper had nowhere to go and no money. She had no clue where her parents had gone after leaving her with her uncle.
She walked for hours. She came to a park and exhausted slept on the bench.

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In the morning, she spotted a pond. She decided to try fishing and discovered she liked it. She wasn't very good at it. Still, she managed to get a few fish to sell. She gathered some flowers and any other collectables she could find. She ate leftover picnic food.

Her days were busy. She was exhausted each night.

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Juniper found an empty plot. She needed $500 for a land permit. She, also, needed to learn some handiness and logic skills to be able to build on that land.

She headed to the library to read some books and play some chess.

Comments

  • sFX_BuildersFX_Builder Posts: 34 Member
    Interesting storyline. I hope this story will inspire people to come up with stories just as similar. Very good!
    ~ SimFX Building Team | Zach C
  • Lotus26Lotus26 Posts: 23 Member

    Thank you. I'm glad you like it.


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    Juniper continued to work hard to complete her long term goal of becoming wealthy. She continued to build her skills and sell whatever she could collect. She purchased a plot of land and put up a tent.

    Juniper, however, was lonely. She had no family or friends. She met Dan. They met a few times. They parted ways in part due to her embarrassment at living in a tent.

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    Juniper would sometimes go to the local nightclub. She would play the piano and earn tips. At first, she was paid to stop playing, but in time she improved and her tips increased.

    There she met Loario. He was a mixologist. He would give her free food and drinks. They went on a few dates. He made her feel at ease. This was a new feeling for her as she was never good enough for her family. She confided in him that she was currently living in a tent, but was in the process of building a small house. Loario seemed understanding, but she felt ashamed the following day and began to avoid him. After all, who would want a girl who lived in a tent, a girl that was unwanted by her own family?

    She quit going to the nightclub. She was unable to get a full time job. She was told she had no experience and besides it was difficult to keep her clothes clean without a washer and with all the collecting she did. She found a job as a lifeguard. It was part time, but that gave her the freedom to fish.

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    She was able to build a small, plain house, but she was proud of it. She was only able to have the bare necessities.

    While out, she met Johnny. There was an immediate attraction. She pushed thoughts of Loario out of her mind or at least she tried to.

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    To her dismay, Juniper discovered that she was pregnant. At first, she was unhappy. She barely could support herself. She spent most of her time earning money or building her skills. She was exhausted. How would she raise a child?

    Then she thought that having a baby would be the end of her being all alone. She would have a family. Someone to love and care for that would love her back. Juniper would make the best of the situation.

    Johnny, however, was not pleased. He did not want to become a father. How could she do this to him? You helped she told him. He stormed off, leaving Juniper, as usual, alone.




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