01x20 - Winter Champions/Hus-Keys

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MOLLY: "Winter Champions."

Hey everyone, it's me, Molly.

There are so many things I love about winter in Qyah.

Like dogsledding, ice fishing, snowball fights.

But winter weather in Alaska lasts a long time--

eight months.

So how do my friends and I pass the time?

We compete to see who can become winter champions!

It all started the first day of winter.

Tooey and I were playing ping-pong

against Oscar and Trini.

(grunting)

Whoa!

(Trini grunts)

(grunting)

(gasping)

We win!

Winter champions!

Huh?

Huh? Huh?

You know, 'cause Molly and I are champions,

and... it's winter.

Oh. Oh.

We want a rematch.

And not in ping-pong.

MOLLY: After that, everything became a winter champion event,

like who could find the biggest icicle.

BOTH: Winter champions!

MOLLY: Who could spot a white ptarmigan first.

BOTH (whispering): Winter champions.

MOLLY: Who could spot a white ptarmigan last.

BOTH (whispering): Winter champions.

So it's almost the end of winter now, and the score is tied.

We need one more big thing

to decide who the ultimate winter champion is.

Luckily, my friend Nina came by the Trading Post yesterday

and said...

You should do an outhouse race.

Wait, like outhouse?

Like an outdoor toilet?

Yeah.

(laughing): That's crazy.

How did you even come up with that?

I didn't.

I lived in Anchorage, and people did one there every winter.

They built outhouses,

and teams would race them down the street.

That sounds hilarious, and fun, and perfect.

Hmm, I just have to convince Mom and Dad to let me.

We're convinced.

Seriously?

Yeah, you're getting exercise outdoors,

being creative.

Just one rule.

No bathroom humor. Mm-hmm.

Okay.

I can roll with that.

We'll let that one slide.

(laughter)

First step was figuring out the rules.

Nina went out of town on an assignment,

so I couldn't ask her, but I had a plan.

Okay, um, what are

some keywords I should use to search?

"Outhouse race?" And "rules."

That's what we're trying to figure out, right?

Right.

(keys clacking) "Outhouse race rules."

Here's an article about an outhouse race

in the Anchorage Outdoor News.

That's the race Nina told me about.

TOOEY: Hey, look!

There are the rules.

Rule number one:

"Each team must build their own outhouse."

Rule number two:

"Each outhouse must contain

a roll of toilet paper and toilet seat."

Rule number three:

"One person must be seated inside

while the other team member or members push or pull them."

That's it.

What? No trophy?

How will the world know which team won?

Hmm.

The community garden doesn't have an outhouse.

So how about

rule number four: "Whichever team wins

gets to put their outhouse in the community garden."

ALL: Uh-huh.

Uh, have any of us actually built something

as big as that before?

How about one more rule?

Rule number five:

"Each team is allowed one grown-up helper."

MOLLY: Oscar and Trini picked the town mechanic, Connie.

Tooey and I pick...

I would be happy to help.

Hurray! Ana'basee, Mr. Patak.

We already have a design.

MOLLY: See?

We put skis on the bottom to make it go

really fast on the snow.

Hmm, pretty good.

But I'm worried

that your structure might tip over.

(phone ringing)

Excuse me a moment.

Hmm.

What did he mean?

I don't know.

But I know how to find out.

Mr. Patak, can we use your tablet?

MOLLY: All right.

We don't want our outhouse to tip over.

So what are some words we can search?

Mr. Patak called our outhouse a structure.

MOLLY: "Structure."

And maybe "not tip over"?

"Not tip over."

What else?

He pointed to the bottom of the drawing.

Worth a sh*t.

"Bottom."

Hmm.

There's a website called

"How to Build a Sturdy Structure."

I think sturdy means "strong and solid."

We want that.

Oh, I see our mistake.

"If an object has a wide base,

it will be more balanced and less likely to tip over."

I still don't get it.

Here.

If I try to balance the mallet like this...

(thudding)

But if I balance here, where the bottom is wider...

♪ Ta-da! ♪

Oh.

So we should make the bottom of our outhouse wider?

Exactly.

♪ ♪

Quyanapaq.

Hmm, sorry about that.

I was saying your outhouse might tip over because...

The bottom wasn't wide enough.

TOOEY: But it is now.

That's right.

How did you...

The internet. The internet.

Ah.

What are we all sitting around here for?

Let's get building.

(hammering)

♪ ♪

(hammering)

MOLLY: It took a couple days,

but soon our outhouse was ready to test.

All set.

Ready, Mr. Patak?

(whistle blowing)

(panting)

(laughing)

seconds.

Heh, not bad.

Yeah!

But is it fast enough to b*at Oscar and Trini?

Maybe we should check out the competition.

♪ ♪

All right. Woohoo!

(cheering)

What? Whoa.

Yes!

All right, that's the way!

Wow, they're fast.

You think they're faster than us?

You know, it's hard to tell from this distance.

But...

Way faster than us.

(sighs)

How are we going to make our outhouse go faster, Tooey?

(sighing): I don't know.

The winter championship isn't looking so good.

But we had a good run.

(gasping): That's it!

Uh, what's it?

How we can make the outhouse go faster.

We can add sails, like on a sailboat.

And use the wind to push you along.

But sailboats are only on water.

Would a sail work if it wasn't on water?

Hmm. Well, let's look it up.

What should we search?

We could just type in the question we're trying to answer.

So, "Do sails work on land?"

MR. PATAK: "Do sails work on land?"

TOOEY: "How land sailing works."

MOLLY: Whoa.

They're sailing across the desert.

(chuckling): Yep.

As long as there's wind,

a good sail can take you just about anywhere.

This says,

"Some historians trace land sailing

back to Ancient Egypt."

I guess that answers your question, Tooey.

You don't need water to sail.

And if it works on sand...

It'll work on snow.

Only one problem.

What if Oscar and Trini see our sail and build one too?

Then we'll have to be clever about it.

MOLLY: It took a couple days,

but soon our secret sailing outhouse was ready,

and just in time for the big race.

(skis scraping on snow)

Attention, one and all!

Welcome to the first-ever winter champion outhouse race.

First team to cross the finish line wins.

On your mark...

Get set...

Flush!

(cheering)

♪ ♪

(cheering)

They're pulling away.

Tooey, now!

Right!

Whoo! Yeah!

They're gaining on us.

♪ ♪

(cheering)

MOLLY: It was a tie.

Can you believe it?

The bad news is there was no winter champion.

The good news is...

the community garden now has two new outhouses.

And they both work great.

So I guess we'll have to wait till next winter

to decide the true winter champion.

In the meantime, I'm enjoying spring.

Snow's melting,

the trees should be blooming soon.

TOOEY: Hmm.

It'd be cool to be the first person

to spot the first green leaf.

It would.

You know, you might even call that person a...

Spring champion! Spring champion!

You're on!

Let's do this!

MOLLY: Ooh, there's one.

TRINI: That's not a leaf, this is a leaf!

Hey everyone!

Molly here to answer your questions about life in Alaska.

Mei in Iowa asks, "Are there really

outhouse races in Alaska?"

Yes!

My friends in Anchorage will be racing in one.

ALL: Hi, Molly!

GIRL : We're in the CITC Fab Lab in Anchorage.

We can pretty much make anything we want here.

Right now, we're getting ready for the outhouse race.

We're going to make our designs.

We compared a diagram of the outhouse

to last year's race.

GIRL : It looks like the first-place winner

from last year pulled and pushed.

GIRL : We came up with ways to improve our outhouse.

GIRL : There's two people up front pulling,

and two people in the back pushing and steering.

BOY: And then we also Googled "aerodynamics."

GIRL : We're gonna put some holes in the back

to make it more aerodynamic.

'Cause as soon as the air goes inside,

it'll rush out of the back,

and it should help make the quickest outhouse,

so we can win.

GIRL : To build the outhouse,

first we have to cut out all of the wood pieces

and then screw them together.

GIRL : Next we're going to put the map of Alaska on it.

We're all Alaska Native,

and we want to represent our culture.

GIRL : We're about to race.

ANNOUNCER: We are ten minutes away from starting our outhouse race.

GIRL : Our team name is Central Huskies.

ANNOUNCER: All right, three, two, one, go!

(cheering)

All right, Huskies!

(cheering)

We won the first round!

ANNOUNCER: Three, two, one, go!

GIRL : We won the first race.

We won the second race.

We lost the third race.

GIRL : Even though we didn't win the whole thing, we still had fun.

ALL: Bye, Molly!

Mahsi'choo!

Thanks for asking, and see you next time.

"Hus-Keys."

Now, click on that icon.

(pinging)

Now I see you, Auntie Merna!

(no audio)

But I can't hear you.

Click the button for the sound.

Just don't click the red button...

(pinging)

(sighing): I lost you again.

(pinging)

Complicates everything and... oh!

There you are!

Can you see me?

I see you, Auntie. Hi!

Basee', Molly.

Thank you!

(yapping)

(barks, pants)

(gasping): Is that your new puppy?

She's so cute.

I named her Dolt'ol

because her face is like the full moon.

(barks)

Suki, this is your cousin Dolt'ol.

(barks)

(barks)

(yips)

(barking)

Now the dog relatives can see each other too.

Oh, there they are.

I've been searching for these all morning.

MOLLY: What?

My keys.

I always set them down, and then I can never find them.

I wish I could help with that.

Me too, Molly.

Maybe you could get the computer to find them for me.

I don't think it works like that, Auntie.

Is there a button I could push that...

(pinging)

(sighing): Just not the red one.

(drumming)

Yeah!

MOLLY: Got it.

Thanks.

Let's make another video, but this one

will be really noisy.

Hi, Kenji.

Hi, Molly.

Are you packing for your trip, Dad?

Yes.

I'll be gone for five days.

But I can't find my wallet.

I can help.

Thanks.

(door closing)

Luka!

Wallet!

(sniffing)

What's Luka doing?

My dad always loses his wallet,

so I trained Luka to find it for him.

(gasps) That's amazing.

Good boy.

Got it.

KENJI: Thanks, Tooey.

(whines)

And Luka. (barks)

Auntie Merna is always losing her keys.

She should train her dog to find them for her.

It's easy.

(gasps)

We can make a video

that would show Auntie how to do it.

Yes! We can use Luka.

KENJI: Don't forget,

I'm taking Luka with me on my trip.

Come on, boy.

Ikimashou. Let's go!

See you kids later.

Okay,

plan B.

(bird screeches)

(panting)

You know, it takes a long time to train a dog.

I worked with Luka for two weeks

before she found her first wallet.

Suki's super smart.

(fly buzzes, Suki whines)

(barks)

(loud thud)

(whines)

(chuckling nervously)

Here. I wrote down

all of the steps for training a dog to find lost keys.

Okay, looks easy enough.

Tooey, why don't you take the video

and walk me and Suki

through the steps?

Okay!

"Step one:

Get your dog excited about the keys."

MOLLY: Suki-bear, look at this.

Do you want to play with this?

(barks, pants)

(gasps) Yes!

She did it.

She's interested in them.

Okay.

Now...

"Step two: Praise and reward."

So compliment her and give her a treat

when she does something right.

(panting)

Good girl.

Who has the best ears?

(yaps)

You do. Yes, you do.

(whimpers)

(pants)

This is easy.

She'll be trained in no time.

What's step three?

TOOEY: "Toss the keys."

It's basically fetch.

Oh, Suki's great at playing fetch.

Ready, Suki? Ready?

Go get 'em. (keys land)

(whimpers)

Huh.

This might take longer than I thought.

Hey, Molly.

Are you still editing the video from yesterday?

Yeah, I'm trying to make it look like

Suki is better trained than she really is.

Tell me what you think.

Suki-bear, look at this.

Do you want to play with this?

(pants)

(gasps) Yes! She did it.

She's interested in them.

Good girl.

Who has the best ears? You do.

Yes, you do.

Ready, Suki? Ready?

Go get 'em. (keys fall)

You found them!

Good girl, Suki.

(growls playfully)

Come on, let go. (whines)

Okay, Suki-bear.

Hey!

Come back! (crashes, whimpers)

What do you think?

(laughing): It's funny.

It's not supposed to be funny, Tooey.

It's supposed to teach Auntie how to train her dog.

Huh.

It won't do that.

(sighs) Our movie star

isn't such a great actor. (Suki snoring)

Any ideas?

Hmm, let's see.

(gasps) Maybe you should add sh*ts

where you're saying each step,

like, "Step one!

Get your dog excited about keys!"

Yes.

And I can put the written step on screen.

That would make it really clear.

Good idea!

And you don't say the word "keys" on the video that much.

That's okay.

Auntie will know what I'm talking about.

No, it's for the dog.

You have to say "keys" whenever you touch the keys,

so the dog learns the word.

It's called a cue word.

It's really important.

Oh.

Then maybe it should be its own step, like,

"Step two: use the cue word-- keys."

Good, but you have to say "keys" a lot,

like, every step.

Maybe we should redo the whole video,

so you can use the cue word more.

No, I think I know how to fix this.

Great!

(snoring)

MOLLY: A'kote! Done.

Huh? (Suki murmurs)

Finally. (Suki barks)

It's a lot better now. Take a look.

(drumming)

TOOEY: Hey, the bongos.

That's me.

Gives it a little pizzazz.

(volcano erupting on video)

(adventure movie music playing on video)

MOLLY (on video): How to train a dog to find your lost keys.

"Step one:

Get your dog excited about your keys."

Jiggle your keys and smile

to get your dog excited about the keys.

Suki-bear, look at these.

Do you want to play with these?

(pants)

"Step two.

Use the cue word-- 'keys.'"

Say the word "keys" a lot,

so your dog learns what the word means.

Suki-bear, look at

(edited in): "the keys."

Do you want to play with

(edited in): "the keys?"

Pretty clever how I did that, huh?

Yeah, I barely noticed.

MOLLY (on video): "Step three: Praise and reward."

Every time your dog touches the keys,

tell her "good dog," and give her a treat.

Good girl.

Who has the best ears? You do. Yes, you do.

(panting)

"Step four: Toss the keys."

Play fetch with your dog

using the keys.

This trains her to find them and bring them back to you.

Ready, Suki? Ready?

Go get 'em.

(edited in): "The keys."

(whimpers)

(laughing)

♪ ♪

(pants)

"Step five: Find the keys."

Now we're ready for a little test.

Pretend to lose your keys and see if your dog can find them.

(overacting): Oh no.

I can't believe what has happened.

My keys are gone!

(groans)

What's that, Suki?

You'll find them?

(barks)

Suki searched high and low for those keys.

When did it snow?

February.

I needed an action sh*t.

You found them!

Oh, Suki, thank you.

And that's how you train your dog to find your keys.

♪ ♪

(dramatic music begins, volcano erupts)

(dramatic music)

The video's so much better.

Thanks.

Do you think Auntie Merna

will be able to train Dolt'ol with it?

Huh. Hmm.

(bird screeching)

AUNTIE MERNA: I have something to show you, Shahnyaa.

Molly.

Hey, Dolt'ol!

(yaps)

Keys! (yaps)

I've been training her the last few weeks using your video.

Has it helped?

(playful growling)

Oh, sorry it's not working, Auntie.

No, it is.

That's where I hid the keys.

She did it!

Good dog.

Yes!

Soon she'll be just as smart as Suki.

Or maybe even smarter.

(barks)

(giggling)

♪ ♪

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