F lower ▁City ". ▁They ▁are ▁described ▁to ▁be ▁s ized ▁like ▁" medium ▁c uc um bers ", ▁a ▁quality ▁that ▁has ▁earned ▁them ▁the ▁name ▁" short ies " ▁or ▁" mit es ". ▁All ▁f ruits ▁and ▁veget ables ▁growing ▁in ▁F lower ▁City ▁are , ▁however , ▁their ▁regular ▁size , ▁so ▁the ▁Short ies ▁invent ▁s oph istic ated ▁methods ▁of ▁growing ▁and ▁har vest ing ▁them . ▁In ▁N os ov ' s ▁universe , ▁each ▁short y ▁occup ies ▁his / her ▁own ▁n iche ▁in ▁the ▁community ▁and ▁is ▁named ▁accordingly . ▁ ▁The ▁Advent ures ▁of ▁Dun no ▁and ▁his ▁Fri ends ▁ ▁In ▁F lower ▁Town , ▁Dun no ▁gets ▁into ▁he aps ▁of ▁trouble . ▁First , ▁he ▁becomes ▁convinced ▁that ▁the ▁sun ▁is ▁falling ▁and ▁man ages ▁to ▁sc are ▁half ▁the ▁town ▁before ▁Do ono , ▁Dun no ' s ▁bra iny ▁ant ith esis ▁( his ▁name ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁Russian ▁"", ▁I ▁know ) ▁cle ars ▁everything ▁up . ▁Then ▁he ▁proceed s ▁to ▁try ▁music , ▁art , ▁and ▁poetry , ▁but ▁his ▁un orth odox ▁endeav ors ▁only ▁ir rit ate ▁his ▁friends , ▁and ▁he ▁is ▁forced ▁to ▁quit . ▁Next , ▁ign oring ▁the ▁warnings ▁of ▁Sw if ty , ▁Dun no ▁crashes ▁B endum ▁and ▁Tw ist um ' s ▁car ▁into ▁the ▁C uc umber ▁River ▁and ▁ends ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁hospital . ▁He ▁then ▁gets ▁into ▁a ▁fight ▁with ▁his