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Sunshine Vale: Dax's Home Ground

Melon country, and the friendliest square mile in Fruitopia.

The Striped Barn

The old barn where the first Great Picnic sheltered from the rain — now the Vale's community hall, painted in Dax's championship rind stripes. Dances, town meetings, and emergency cocoa distributions all happen here.

Lemonade Creek

The sweet cold stream where every Vale picnic chills its watermelon. The swimming meadow hosts the annual splash contest, which Dax has won, lost, and been disqualified from (excessive cannonball).

The Spitting Fields

The Rind Games' hallowed ground. The record line from Dax's Year 412 spit is painted in gold, and sprouts make pilgrimages to stand on the mark and dream.

The blanket-weavers' lane

Where Dax was raised — a whole lane of households that wove the blankets he grew up under. They still supply every Great Picnic and still tell the story of the three-summer-old who organized the meadow.

Vale character

Sunshine Vale runs on a simple philosophy: work hard in the patches, play hard in the meadows, and never let a neighbor eat alone. Dax didn't invent it — he just became its loudest, happiest proof.