03x06 - Forget-You-Not/Fire, Food, & Family

[bunniefuu]

Hey, everyone-- it's me, Molly!

♪Molly of Denali ♪

Let's go!

♪ She's Molly of Denali

[laughing]: Whoo!

♪ By plane or sled or snowshoe ♪

♪ She is ready to explore

♪ From Kaktovik down to Juneau ♪

♪ Always wanting to learn more ♪

Yeah!

♪ Together with her best friend Tooey ♪

♪ Always by her side And Trini!

♪ Discovering the outdoors

♪ On adventures day and night

♪ Come along with Molly

♪ Molly

♪ Through fields of fireweed

♪ Come along with Molly

♪ Molly

♪ From tundra to the sea

Mahsi'choo-- let's go!

♪ Molly of Denali

Yeah!

♪ She's Molly of Denali

♪ Come on ♪ Let's go!

♪ Molly of Denali

♪ She's Molly of Denali

MOLLY: "Forget-You-Not."

TRINI: Then Grandpa Nat took us to the lake and we saw

the Northern Lights dancing in the sky!

Like this![laughs]

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

JOY: That sounds amazing, Trini-bear.

I've been all over, but I've still never

seen the Northern Lights.

When you come home, I'll show you how to find them.

It might be a little late in the season

for Northern Lightsby then.

Oh.

When are you coming back?

Well, we're headed to our next base in a few minutes.

And we'll be there for a while.

It might not be for another month.

[sighs]

[swallows]

I bet I can guess what you're eating.

[talking with mouth full]

[swallows]

Oh, I can translate.

Peanut butter and fireweed honey.

[laughs]: Mmm, I love those!

I can't wait to be home with my two favorite people

eating peanut butter and fireweed honey

sandwiches every day.

Ooh, and we'll pick your favorite flowers!

Forget-you-nots.

I think you mean forget-me-nots.

TRINI: Oh, right.

I forgot.

[laughing]

Well, it's time for me to ship out.

I love you, Trini-bear.

TRINI: I love you, too, Mom.

DANIEL: Love you, honey!

Talk to you soon.[computer chirps]

[sighs]

You'll see-- that month is gonna go by like that.

I know, but I still wish she was here right now.

I can make her a peanut butter and fireweed honey sandwich.

Hey!

Do you think I could send her one in the mail?

Um, it might not taste so good by the time it got to her.

But we could send her some peanut butter

and a jar of honey.

Yeah, and other stuff!

All her favorite things from home.

A care package.

A Qyah care package!

Layla's taking the mail to Nenana tomorrow morning.

If you get me what you want to send to Mom by then,

it would be waiting for her at the new base.

To the Trading Post!

It's a Qyah care package

with all my mom's favorite things.

Cool project.

Sending your mom some love from Qyah.

Want some help?

Sure!

I made a list of what I want to include.

Fireweed honey,

a video of the Northern Lights,

and forget-me-nots.

Oh, I think we have some fireweed honey.

It's right over... here?

Sorry, we're all out, Molly.

How about some fireweed jelly instead?

Hmm, okay, thanks.

How much is it?

Please, it's our gift to Joy.

Mahsi'choo.

I'd still like to get some fireweed honey, though.

I know that's her favorite.

Why don't you try Auntie Midge?

That's a great idea.

She always has honey with her tea.

Come on!

Good luck.

And Trini, tell your mom I said hi.

Wait.

Why don't you say hi yourself?

I could record it and then we could send it to Joy

after Trini sends the package.

Yeah, my mom would love that!

Sounds like fun.

Ready when you are.

[phone camera chirps]

A big hello from Alaska, Joy.

I just ran out of fireweed honey,

but here's some tundra tea for you to try.

If you do find honey, it goes really well with it.

[slurps]

It's so good, Mom.

[phone camera chirps]

Got it.

Mahsi'choo, Auntie Midge.

Mom is gonna love this tea.

But I still want to get her that fireweed honey.

Nat might have some.

Why don't you try him?

[Grandpa Nat chuckles]

There might be one jar back here.

Huh.

Nope, sorry.

[phone camera chirps]

But I do have something else for you, Joy.

My extra-special twice-smoked luk gaih!

[phone camera chirps]

Oh, wow!

I've had this before.

It's amazing.

Uh, thank you, Grandpa Nat.

I bet it would be really good with fireweed honey.

Huh, you might be right.

Why don't you go see Maurice?

I'm sure he'll have some honey.

Fireweed honey?

[chuckles]: Sure, but you'll have to wait a week.

I sent my last batch to Vera's grandma in the Philippines.

A week?

[groans]

Does your mom like spicy food?

She loves spicy food-- why?

[phone camera chirps]

Here you go, Joy.

A jar of jalapeño salmon,

my very own recipe.

Can't wait to see you again.[phone camera chirps]

Wow, mahsi'choo.

Maurice?

Any tips on who might have some fireweed honey?

Hmm...

[phone camera chirps]Honey...

Honey...

TRINI [groans]: Let me guess.

You had some but just finished it?

Nope, got one right here.

What?

No way!

Oh, Mom!

He's got some fireweed honey!

Can we trade you something for it?

Uh-uh.[groans]

It's a gift.

For you, Joy!

Come back again real soon, okay?[phone camera chirps]

Yes!

Thank you, Mr. Rowley.

Look at all these amazing gifts from Qyah!

I just hope I can get the rest of my list

done before tomorrow.

What else is on it?

Some forget-me-nots

and a video of the Northern Lights.

I know where a big patch of forget-me-nots is.

But I'm not sure if there'll be any now.

Let's try!

I'm feeling lucky.

♪

[Trini groans]

Okay, I'm not feeling lucky anymore.

Yeah, I thought it might be a little

too early in the season for forget-me-nots.

What about the Northern Lights?

We could see them tonight,

if the sky is clear.

Is it gonna be clear?

Please, please, please!

Sorry, it says cloudy all week.

[groans]

It's still going to be a great care package,

with all these surprises from the village.

Yeah, I know.

Come on, let's go pack it up.

There's so much here!

But I still wish I could have gotten

everything on my list,

especially the forget-me-nots.

Wait!

Maybe there's a way we can make them.

How to make flowers.

Ooh, here's a site on flowers arts and crafts.

Let's see.

Under the "Making Flowers" heading,

there are a lot of subheadings.

"Fabric Flowers,"

"Painting Flowers," "Paper Flowers."

Ooh, ooh!

Try paper flowers.

Maybe there's a way to make paper forget-me-nots.

[mouse clicks]

MOLLY: "Roses, Daisies."

Here we go, "Forget-Me-Nots."

Okay, it looks like we just need

paper, scissors, and glue.

This is gonna be easy.

Okay, those paper forget-me-nots weren't that easy.

MOLLY: But they're sure beautiful!

And they'll last until you and your mom

get to see the real ones.

[sighs]

Too bad we couldn't get

the Northern Lights video, though.

Wait!

What does this look like to you?

Uh...

A mess?

[shuffling paper pieces]

How about now?

It's kind of like...

[gasps]

The Northern Lights!

Yep, and if we just use a little bit more of this glue,

it'll look just like them.

We did it!

We got fireweed honey,

Northern Lights, and forget-me-nots.

That's everything on my list.

My mom is gonna be so surprised!

I can't wait for her to get this package.

♪

TRINI:Wait!

[pants]: Wait for us!

DANIEL [exhales]: Do you have enough room

for a special delivery to Joy?

Of course.

[plane engine starts]

We did it, Dad!Ha, ha!

[panting]: Hold on!

We left something out.What?

The fireweed honey!

We forgot to pack it.

But it was the most important thing.

How is Mom gonna have her favorite sandwich?

We can send it later, Trini-bear.

She still got all those other cool things.

And when we know where she's based next,

we can send the honey there.

[sniffles]: Yeah.

But it's not the same.

[sighs]: Mom hasn't called yet.

Do you think she got her package?

Do you think she liked it, even without the honey?

[video call ringing, computer chirps]

Mom!

Trini-bear!

Did you, um, maybe get something from us?

Uh, you mean something like this?

[gasps]: You got it!

What a great surprise!

Now I have Northern Lights of my very own,

and flowers that will never wilt,

and so many goodies and videos of all our Qyah friends.

I'm sorry I forgot your favorite thing.

The fireweed honey.

[laughs]: I do like fireweed honey,

but that was never my favorite thing.

It wasn't?

No.

You are my favorite thing.

My favorite thing in the whole wide world.

Well, you're my most favorite thing in the world, too.

You and Dad.

See you hold on to those forget-you-nots--

I mean forget-me-nots--

until you're back here, okay?

You know what?

I think you were right the first time.

These are definitely forget-you-nots.

[laughing]

Hey, everyone, Molly here to answer

your questions about life in Alaska.

Gabby from Miami, Florida, asks,

"Do you get mail in Alaska?"

We do.

My friends are mailing packages right now.

Hi, Molly!

My name's Joselio.

I live in Anchorage, which is Dena'ina land.

I'm gonna make a package for my new friend, Charles.

Anchorage is right here.

Charles lives all the way up here.

That's miles away.

Let me show you what I'm gonna put

in the box going to Charles.

I'm including these because I love basketball.

This pen.

Now we both have matching pens.

My favorite card game.

I'm Mexican.

I painted this for Día de los Muertos.

It's where you celebrate your ancestors

and the people that you love.

I'm excited to learn about Charles's culture.

Hi, Joselio.

This is your friend Charles from Utqiagvik.

I'm sending you a box of my favorite things.

I'm Iñupiaq and Filipino.

I'm including some of my snacks from my culture.

These are qaqqulaaqs.

This is pancit canton.

And this is my family's cooking recipe.

It's called sinigang.

This is a hat that I got you

in the Iñupiat Heritage Center.

JOSELIO: It's time to mail my package to Charles.

There's other surprises in there for him, too.

[gasps]: My package is here!

I got the box!

Let's open it!

♪

We got some playing cards, my family could play!

Charles put a recipe in the box.

A basketball?

JOSELIO: Whoa, cool hat.

CHARLES: Thank you, Joselio.

JOSELIO: Thank you, Charles.

Bye, Molly! Adiós,Molly.

MOLLY: Mahsi'choo!

Thanks for asking and see you next time!

MOLLY: "Fire, Food, & Family."

[wind howling]

MOLLY: Wow!

Trini, do you hear that wind?

It's so loud!

Your parents aren't flying home in this storm, are they?

No, they're going to stay in Sitka till the blizzard ends.

Grandpa's been staying with me and Suki.

[panting]

When is all this snow ending?

I don't know!

It's been three days.

My dad was feeling so cooped up,

he's out in the blizzard making Texas barbecue.

DANIEL: Lookin' good!

Whoa! [laughs]

[giggles]

Suki's definitely been cooped up inside too long.

She keeps wanting to play with Grandpa's special kindling.

[Grandpa Nat grunts, chuckles][Suki barks]

Yeah, Four Spots has been bouncing with energy.

[snores]

[gasps]: You guys should come over tonight!

Suki and Four Spots can have a play date!

And we can all eat Texas barbecue, Alaska-style.

Alaska-style?

Moose brisket!

Great!

I'll askShchada'a.

Whoo!

It's snowing even more out there.

But the brisket's done.

And there's enough for

Molly and Grandpa Nat if they come over?

There's enough for half of Qyah.

But I don't think it's safe for Nat and Molly to travel.

MOLLY: Sorry, Trini.

Grandpa hates to turn down moose brisket,

but the snow's coming down too hard to go outside.

Okay.

Well, maybe you can come tomorrow for leftovers.

Sounds good.

Enjoy the blizzard!

Well, I guess it's gonna be

another night of funny chicken videos.

[chickens clucking on phone]

Actually, Trini, let's turn off the phone.

We should save battery power in case we need it.

Why would we need it?

[power clicks off]

Uh, Dad?

Yep, power's out.

How much battery is there on the phone?

Uh, one percent?

[chickens clucking]

[video stops]

Well, what now?

I have a joke for you.

Where was the sled dog when the lights went out?

In the dark.[chuckles]

Ooh, yeah.

I guess you've heard that one.

Everyone's heard that joke, Shchada'a.

Well, don't worry.

On a dark winter night, you only need three things:

ko', shih, zhehk'aa.

Fire, food, and family.

[match strikes]

And here's ko'.

♪

Your mother kept the kindling dry,

just like I taught her.

I'm grateful for the trees that provide us

with this wood to keep us warm.Me, too.

[sighs]: I'd also be grateful for some cocoa right now.

[laughs]: I'll get the kettle.

Even the refrigerator light doesn't work.

Oh, better shut that door.

We don't know how long the power will be out,

and we need the fridge to stay cold

so the food doesn't spoil.

Oh, right.

The real trick is gonna be how to stay warm.

Without our electric heating,

it's gonna get chilly fast.

Well, at least we've got a bunch of wood for the stove.

Hey, why is it so wet?

Well, the tarp blew off the wood pile,

so all the logs got covered in snow.

Damp wood is not easy to burn.

[log hissing, Daniel coughs]

[coughs]Well, that's not gonna work.

Sounds like maybe it's time for

fuzzy slippers, huh, Four Spots?

MOLLY [sighs]: That feels better.

My feet were sweating in those wool socks.

When you've got good dry wood,

one of these stoves can put out a lot of heat.

[exhales]: Too much sometimes.

[slurps]

[sighs]

I once spent a day outside during a blizzard.

This is much better.

You were stuck in a blizzard?

Yep, a big gust of wind blew me off my dogsled

and dumped me in the snow.

And my dogs kept going.

Your dogs left you behind?

They didn't know I fell off.

It was a big storm.

I was worried.

I had nothing.

I even lost my hat.

I dug through the snow,

but I couldn't find it anywhere.

[grunts]: Where's my hat?

Ah, there it is.

I can't find Four Spots' booties anywhere.

His toes will freeze.

Well, keep him in your jacket.

What?

I can't just hug him all day long to keep him warm.

[Four Spots whines]

[giggles]: Actually, it's not so bad.

[groans]: This wood just won't burn.

It's too wet.

Did you try zipping it into your jacket?

[both laughing]

I dug in the snow and made a small cave

to keep me out of the wind.

It was dark and cold.

But a lucky thing happened.

You found your hat?Better.

My dogs came back!

I knew they'd come back for you.

[laughs]: I was so happy to see them,

I piled them on top of me.

I had a dog here, and a dog here,

and a dog at my feet.

[whines]

And a dog across my head.

[chuckles]

And you kept the dogs warm!

They kept me warm.

They kept me alive.

If you take care of your animals,

they will take care of you.

[panting]

[whining]

[blows]

[coughs][sneezes]

[whines]

[gasps]: What about our chickens?

All that snow!

They'll be trapped!

Don't worry, they're happy in there.

We insulated the coop to keep them warm, remember?

Oh, yeah, and we added that heater

to keep their water from freezing.

Uh-huh.

Which runs on... [gasps]

BOTH: Electricity!

♪

Aha!

The Big Backyard Chicken Book.

What are you looking up?

There was a chapter called "Chickens in Winter."

[gasps]: Here it is!

I want to know if it's okay for the chickens

to have frozen water.

The headings will help you find out.

TRINI: The first heading says "Winterizing Your Coop."

That's not it.

This one says "Winter Diet."

Nope.

"Frozen Eggs"?

Huh, no, thank you.

"Water Freezing."

Yes! That's the information we need.

Well, what does it say?

[exclaims]: Their beaks aren't hard enough to cr*ck ice!

And they need fresh water every few hours!

We can bring water out to them.

Or...

[squawking]

Come on, Delores, drink up.

Here's some nice unfrozen water for you.

[chickens clucking]

It won't stay unfrozen for long

if I can't get this fire going.

We need that special kindling like Grandpa Nat has.

Hmm-- we could look around here.

Maybe there's something we can use as kindling.

Ooh, a scavenger hunt.

Four Spots, the chickens, and I are on it.

[chickens clucking]

[squawking]

Hey, the blizzard stopped.

Let's go take a look.

[barking]

I wonder if the electricity is out all over Qyah.

But there's light up there.

Whoa.

Shroonchyaa.

[sighs]: I love winter nights.

Me, too.

Shchada'a,when you were in the snow cave,

were you scared?

I was scared.

I was glad my dogs were with me.

But it was a long night.

You didn't fall asleep?

Mm-mm.

I stayed awake telling myself stories

my shchada'ataught me.

It was like he was keeping me company.

Will you teach me that story?

I'll teach you every story I know.

♪

[grunts]: Here we go.

These should make good kindling.

Your blocks?

[gasps]: Your choo-choo.

[laughs]

Your wooden armadillo?

Aww, we can't burn these as kindling.

Why not?

The last time I played with Armabilly,

I was three years old.

Aww, we can't burn these.

Don't worry, Texas, we'll find another way.

[Delores squawks]

BOTH: Delores!

[laughing]

[gasps]: Look!

It stopped snowing!

Maybe we can find some sticks outside?

Well, we need kindling if we're gonna get a fire going.

Kindling... [gasps]

Grandpa Nat's!

That's it!

I hadn't eaten in two days.

But when I finally walked in the door,

my family had a huge feast waiting for me.

How did they know?

They just knew.

That's why I say the three things you need

for a winter's night are...

Ko', shih, zhehk'aa.

Fire, food, and family.

[chuckles]: Yes.

And family might be the most important part.

[bell over door rings, door opens]TRINI: Molly!

Trini?[whimpers]

[chickens clucking]

TRINI: We can't get our stove lit.

Can we please borrow some kindling?

Sure, of course.[laughs]

There's plenty, and dry logs, too.

We have everything you need.

[laughs] Mahsi'.

Thanks.

And we brought some moose brisket to share.

It's the least we could do.

[gasps]: Woo-hoo!

Woo-hoo! Mahsi'choo!

Don't mind if I do.[Delores squawks loudly]

GRANDPA NAT: I think that chicken just took my brisket.

TRINI [laughs]: Delores!

[all laughing, chickens clucking and squawking]

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