01x02 - Cabbagezilla/Name Game

[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: "Cabbagezilla."

♪

Hi, everybody!

Molly here to show you the vegetables

in my friend Trini's garden.

Hello.

Yeah, so when Molly said that vegetables grow big in Alaska,

I was like, [scoffs]

"Please, I'm from Texas, I know big."

I had no idea.

It's because the sun stays out a long time in the summer.

Like, way past our bedtime.

And that extra sun

is what makes this amazingness happen.

Giant zucchini, giant cauliflower, and...

ta-da!

Big Green, my prize-winning cabbage.

Well, it hasn't won yet, but it will

at the Alaska State Fair in one week.

You call your cabbage Big Green?

Yup.

Because it's big and green?

Yup.

Sadie names all her cabbages.

Who?

[gasps]

Come with me now.Whoa.

TRINI: Sadie Albert is a five-time cabbage-growing champion.

Whoa.

One of her cabbages weighed pounds?

Yup. And check out her hat.

So cabbage-y.

She's not in the contest this year,

which means I'm going to win.

Whoo-hoo!

And when I do win,

I'm going to hang my photo right here next to hers.

Ah, except it'd be cool

if my photo was, like, -D or something

and sort of comes out at you.

[moose mooing, Molly gasps]Shh.

Dinjik,moose.

[mooing]

Stay away from my garden, moose.

Got it?

♪

[grunts]

Yeah, that's right.

You know better than to mess with Texas.

Hmm.

[ringing]

Denali Trading Post.

TRINI [on phone]: It messed with Texas.

Sorry, moose problems.

Be right there.

♪

Look what that moose did.

He ate there and there, well, he didn't eat there,

but I bet he licked it!

[groaning]: I'm going to lose the cabbage contest.

You know what we need?

A pillow to cry in?

♪ The internet!

Yours is better.

♪

So we type in what we want to search for.

Which is there's this girl, me,

and a cabbage named Big Green

that I grew from a seed.

And suddenly there's a moose who's barging in

and stealing my glory.

Um... let's start with,

"Keep moose out of garden."[typing on keyboard]

[clicking mouse]

Okay, moose, moose, a-ha!

"To protect your garden from larger animals like moose,

you'll need a fence that's at least five feet tall."

Dad!

Molly and I are buildinga fence.

DANIEL:Okay!

Knock yourselves out.

♪

Let's see that moose mess with Texas now.

[ringing]

Denali Trading Post.

TRINI [on phone]: It messed with Texas!

Again!

Mega moose problems.

On my way.

♪

TRINI: Halt, moose.

It's just me.

Whew.

Look what it did.

It ate there and there,

and I can't tell if that bite was from last time

or this time.

I am so furious.

I don't get it.

Why didn't the fence work?

We did everything the website said.

Oh, I wish there was some expert we could ask.

Hmm... there is.

Your hero, five-time cabbage contest winner

Sarah Matthews.

You mean Sadie Albert?

Oh, yeah.

Wow, you were not even close.

Let's go.

♪

MOLLY: Sadie... uh...

TRINI: Albert.

Right.

Sadie Albert.[typing on keyboard]

[clicking mouse]

We're in luck.

Your hero has a blog.

And if we click on this,[clicking mouse]

we can write to her.

Subject heading: "Emergency Moose Problems."

What do you want to say, Trini?

Dear Sadie, This is Trini Mumford,

your biggest fan

and winner of this year's giant cabbage contest.

Trini, the contest hasn't even happened yet.

[chuckling]: Okay.

Write, "probably the winner."

Maybe the winner.[typing on keyboard]

Hmm, can you do yelling in a message?

Yup, capital letters.

A moose keeps eating my cabbage!

We have a fence,

but it's not working.

Do you have any more ideas?

We need your help.

Sincerely, Trini,

from Texas, and Alaska.

MOLLY [clicking mouse]: Okay.

♪ And send!

Uh, it could be a while before she writes back.

But this is an emergency.

[exhales]:Trini,

the chances that she'll respond right away...

[computer beeps]

are apparently very good.

"Dear Miss Mumford, it's so nice to hear

"from future giant cabbage contest winner.

Just installing a fence won't work."

Now you tell us.

"When I have moose trouble,

"I tie colorful things to the top of the fence

that will blow in the wind."

"They'll bother the moose

"and keep it away from your garden.

"Sincerely, Sadie Albert,

five-time giant cabbage contest winner. Retired."

Dad!

I need colorful things that will blow in the wind!

♪

[sighs]

You're going to be safe tonight, Big Green.

[Suki panting]

[phone ringing]

Denali...TRINI [on phone]: [screams]

I'll be right there.

Oh, no.

♪

[Trini sighs]

Maybe I should just take the fence down

and invite the moose over for dinner.

Hey, would Sabrina Andrews give up?

You mean Sadie Albert?

Yes!

[groans]: What is it with that name?

Dear Sadie, putting things on the fence didn't work.

That's the capital letters part.[Molly typing on keyboard]

[sighs] There's one night left before the fair.

I need all of your secrets.

Sincerely, Trini Mumford.

[Molly typing, clicking mouse]

Did she write back yet?

Trini, there is no way

she'll respond right away two times in a row.

[computer beeps]

Oh.

"Dear Trini, you might need to stay up all night

"and protect your cabbage.

"That's the only way to knowfor sure

that a moose won't mess with it."

Dad!

Molly's sleeping over.

DANIEL: Remember girls,

wake me up if you see a moose.

Pleasant dreams.

I mean, good luck staying awake.

[yawns]

Why don't you watch for the moose first,

and wake me up in a little bit.

No problem.

I'm wide awake.

[breathing deeply, snoring]

[groaning, breathing deeply]

♪

[animal chewing outside]

[groaning]

[gasps]

Molly, wake up.

It's the moose.

[chewing continues]Ready?

Ready.

[both screaming]

♪

Hares?

It was hares the whole time?

Hey, there's the moose.[mooing]

TRINI: Hi, moose!

[embarrassed]: Sorry.

Friends?

[grunts]

I said I was sorry.

♪

Welcome to the Alaska State Fair.

[cheers and applause]Let's get that cabbage weighed.

Whoa, I can't believe the judge is,

is... uh, is...

Sadie Albert?

Thank you.

[scribbling]

[whispering]: Come on, Big Green.

I believe in you.

SADIE: pounds.

Impressive.

Yes!

Way to go, Trini!

Are you Trini Mumford?

The one with the moose problem?

[embarrassed]: Um, bunny problems actually.

But yes, ma'am.

How old are you?

Uh, seven, but I am allowed to compete.

My dad checked the rules.

Oh, I know you're allowed to compete.

I just wanted to check.

Check what?

That you are indeed...

[on microphone]: the youngest person to ever win second prize

in the giant cabbage contest.

[cheers and applause]

DANIEL: You did it, Trini!

Really?

♪

Mind if I get my picture with you?

Only if I can get my picture with you.

Say cabbage.

Cabbage.

[phone camera clicking]

MOLLY [voiceover]: And that's how Trini won a ribbon

at the Alaska State Fair.

Next year, I'm winning first.

So what are you going to do with Big Green now?

I have a bunch of ideas: put it in a museum,

hollow out the middle and turn it into a chair.

But my dad said we shouldn't waste food.

So he's going to help me make cabbage soup.

Wow, that's going to be a lot of soup.

Not just soup.

We're going to make cabbage rolls, cabbage slaw,

cabbage casserole, grilled cabbage,

eggs-cabbage-sausage and cabbage,

[fading]: cabbage kabobs, fried cabbage, cabbage a la mode.

♪

Hey everyone, Molly here

to answer your questions about life in Alaska.

Colin in New Jerseywrites,

"Trini's giant cabbage wasso cool.

How can I grow vegetables?"

Let's see.

♪

GIRL: Today we are at the community garden.

A community garden

is a garden that the community can take care of.

For a seed to grow, it needs soil,

it needs water, and it needs sunlight.

GIRL: Here in Alaska,

we have more sun than other places.

So that causes the vegetables to get really, really big.

That's perfect.

GIRL: This is Liv.

She's a gardener,

and she taught us a lot about different plants.

So what words should we use

to look up what we can grow in Alaska?

GIRL: Alaskan plants.

Oh, okay. So Alaskan plants.

BOY: The other plants we learned that grow in Alaska are:

zucchinis, cabbage, and lettuce.

Are you guys ready to put some vegetables into the ground?

Let's go.

LIV: Let's do it.

I planted lettuce.

I picked zucchini.

I planted the cabbage.

GIRL: So first, you put the hole in the ground.

BOY: And then you put two seeds in, to see which one's good.

You make it deep or shallow,

depending on the size of the seed.

You cover up the seeds and pat it down.

And then we watered it.

And then you have zucchinis.

So this would be what your zucchini plant would look like

once it grows up.

BOY: I like gardening

because I like to eat, and I like nature.

GIRL: I like seeing which plants are edible the most.

GIRL: I like to garden, 'cause I get to be outside,

especially on beautiful days like today.

♪

Mahsi'choo.

Thanks for asking and see you next time.

MOLLY: "Name Game."

♪

[clicking mouse]

Uh, hi, everyone.

You're probably wondering why I look like,

[blowing]: this.

It all started when my aunt came to help with our...

[sniffing]: blueberries.

[bell rings]

Right this way, Merna.

MOLLY [voiceover]: So I love Aunt Merna,

but she isn't the kissy, huggy kind of aunt.

She's more like, uh, this.

[clearing throat]

And she barely talks,

which means I never know what she's thinking.

[sighs][door closes]

Aunt Merna, hello.

Let me get that for you. [struggling]

MOLLY [voiceover]: But if I had to guess what she thought about me...

Uh...

[clearing throat]

MOLLY [voiceover]: It would not be good.

[laughing nervously]

Aunt Merna, um,

I think these jam jars are done.

Ah!

♪

[places jar down]

Hmm.

[clearing throat]

♪

They are done.

[sighs with relief]

Bring them to Dak Niighit.

Dock Niighit?

Yes.

No problem.

Love Dock Niighit.

It's like my favorite dock... of the niighits.

[clearing throat]

[laughing nervously]

♪

MOLLY: Mom!

Aunt Merna wants me to bring these to Dock Niighit,

but I don't know where it is, or how to get there.

[laughing] Sorry, Molly.

I'm not laughing at you.

It's just Dak Niighit isn't a place,

it's me.

But your name is Layla.

[laughing]: Yes,

but I also have a Gwich'in Athabascan name,

Dak Niighit.

It means...

GRANDPA NAT: "She is rising up in the air."

Because ever since your mother was a girl,

she wanted to fly.

Wow.

I can't believe I know someone, like, in my house,

with a Native name.

MOM: Your dad and Grandpa have them too.

What?

My Native name is Nehtan kon,

which means, "Lightning."

Because you are so fast.

In body and spirit.

DAD: And my name is Yaadekuh,

which means, "His chin is big,"

though I think everyone else's chin is too small.

[laughing]

[dog groaning]

So why do you want your own Native name?

'Cause everybody in my familyhas one.

And they're so cool.

They kind of say who you really are.

Okay.

Well, what do you want to say about yourself?

[barking, panting]

[chirping]

Hmm,

I love birds, and Suki, and all dogs.

Hmm,

how about "One who is amazing with animals?"

That sounds like you,

but I'd make sure no one else in town has the same name.

[chuckling]: What are the chancesof that?

Are you kidding?

I found out there was another Tooey

when I started getting his soap-carving magazines

in the mail.

But, on the plus side,

I learned how to carve soap.

Really?

Uh-huh.

Check out this office building I made.

The soap is already kind of office building-shaped,

so I didn't have to do much.

MOLLY [voiceover]: Tooey had a good point,

Um, not about the soap,

but that I should make sure

nobody else had the name I wanted.

DANIEL: Mmm, sorry, Molly.

The library doesn't have a record of Native names.

This is important information.

There should be books about it.

I agree, but no one has written one yet.

[sighs]

I guess I'll have to go around town

and find out for myself.

Good luck.

♪

My uncle gave me my Inupiaq name,

Sanalguruq,

"He who is good at making things."

I was named after him.

Because you carve things out of wood.

[scribbling]

Chaa Ki Hakii.

It means, "Auntie big sh*t leader,"

and I am.

My name is Shoh Ki',

and it means "Bear's head,"

because I am strong, like a bear.

Atsaq.

And it means "Berry."

MAN: Héen Sháak, "Watches over the water."

WOMAN: Kooyhdone.

It means, "Rose blossom."

DANIEL: Molly,

I can't believe you made a book about Native names.

Well, I had all this information, so I thought,

"Why not make it fancy with a cover?"

And I even wrote a little explanation

about what Native names are.

"Names are very important in the Alaskan communities.

In the Qyah community, many people have two names."

Yeah.

And see, I didn't just write their name.

I wrote what it means, and why the person got it,

and who gave it to them.

Hmm.

Can I keep this here at the library?

Really?Yeah.

I think other people would be interested

in finding out about Native names.

You were, right?Right!

Why are there blank pages at the end?

Okay, that was an accident,

but a good accident, because now there's room

if someone wants to add their Native name.

[chuckles]: A living book.

I like it.

Thanks.

And the best part,

nobody has my Native name,

which means I get to be called...

"One who's amazing with animals?"

Uh, don't you like it?

It's so me.

Molly, we're happy you want a Native name.

But?

But it's just...

traditionally you don't name yourself.

Your Native name is given to you.

And the person who gives it is...

I got my name from my uncle.

I got my name from Shitsuu, my grandmother.

My great-uncle.

Great-grandfather.

It's given to you by an elder?

Exactly.

So Grandpa Nat can name me.

Except he just left on a science expedition.

He won't be back for a month.

I'll have to wait a whole month?

There is an elder who can help.

♪

[clears throat]

Oh, boy.

MOLLY [voiceover]: It was then I realized I needed a plan.

♪

[insects chirping]

[Suki barking]

[dogs whimpering]Shh, quiet.

Okay, Tooey, you know what to do.

Wouldn't it be easier to just ask Aunt Merna

for the name you want?

It doesn't work that way.

An elder has to give it to you.

You have to earn it.

Now, hand me that chicken.

[clucking]

Hello.

Hi, I'm a child in the neighborhood.

You know, I was thinking, that Molly,

man, she sure is amazing with animals.

I wish I were that amazing with animals.

MOLLY [voiceover]: That was my cue.

Let's go.

[chicken clucking, dogs barking]

No!

[Molly screaming]

MOLLY:Wait!

Ah!

[Molly continues screaming]

Please! Stop!

Whoa!

[groans]

♪

MOLLY [voiceover] : I was not that amazing.

[laughing nervously, chicken clucks]

[clears throat]

And that is how I ended up looking like this.

And now I'm so scared

of the name Aunt Merna's going to give me.

Seriously, this day couldn't get worse.

[phone beeping]

Oh, it's from Trini.

"My dad says come to the library.

It's about your book."

[sighs]: Great,

the pages probably fell out.

I guess today can get worse.

Luckily, I have Tooey's office-building soap

to clean myself up.[clicks mouse]

♪

Molly, quickly, come inside.

[Mom and Dad laughing, shushing]

MOM: It's Molly, she's here.

MOLLY: "Native Name Day Celebration."

What is this?

I was so impressed with your book

that I decided to throw a little party.

You did this for me?

AUNT MERNA: No,

you did this for us.

But I noticed that you don't have a Native name yet.

I will help you with that.

No!

[nervously]: I mean,

I'm sure you're really busy.

Listen up, everyone.

My grandniece Molly has a new Native name,

and it is... Shahnyaa.

It means, "One who informs us."

Shahnyaa.

That's perfect.

[murmuring approval]

Totally suits her.

"One who informs us," huh.

Is that because I taught people about Native names in my book?

And your vlog.

[with disbelief]: You watch my vlog?

Of course.

It has taught even me a thing or two.

Mahsi'choo.

Thank you.

I just, I wasn't sure you even liked me,

because I kept messing up,

and you always seem so mad at me.

Hey, Auntie loves you, Shahnyaa.

MOLLY [voiceover]: I know I said Aunt Merna wasn't the huggy type,

but when she said that, I couldn't resist.

♪

Mmm.

Okay, okay.

Aunt Merna needs her space.

[laughing]

And I have a doctor's appointment.

Hopefully Tooey's mom can get rid of this scratchy throat.

[clearing throat]

So that's why she's always clearing her throat.

"One who informs us."

Huh, not bad,

but I'd like to inform you

that you still have blueberries in your ears.

[laughs]:Oops.

What do you say, Molly,

want to write your name in your book?

I'd love to.

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