04x11 - Light Up the Night/Tracked and Found

[bunniefuu]

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

♪ Molly of Denali

Let's go!

♪ She's Molly of Denali ♪

[laughing]: Whooo!

♪ 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: "Light Up the Night."

[wind blowing]

[giggling]

TRINI: Molly, Vera--

human hockey puck! [murmurs]

[grunts]

Whee!

[laughs]

Do it again!

Okay!

[grunts softly]

Whoa! What do you call that?

What?

This?

[gasps]: Yeah!

I don't know!

It's just some backwards, spinny, turn-y thing.

Right, Vera?Yeah.

[grunts]

Ooh, so pretty!

You're like the lady on my music box.

[groans]: I wish I could do it.

I bet you can, with a little practice!

Put your weight on the foot in front, bend your knees,

give a little hop and turn-- that's it!

Hm.

[grunting]

[moans, grunts softly]

[groans]

[chuckles]

[all giggling]

[sighs]: It's harder than it looks.

But I bet if I keep practicing, I can get the hang of it.

DANIEL: Trini!

Time to go!

Can we skate again tomorrow?

Aaha'!We'll meet you at your house

bright and early tomorrow morning-- nenahaal'yàa!

VERA: See you then!Can't wait.

♪ ♪

I'm ready!

♪ ♪

Wow! Trini is so good!

♪ ♪

[crowd cheering and applauding]

MOLLY:Amazing!Whoo!

[barks]All right! Trini!

CROWD [chanting]: Trini! Trini!

DANIEL: Trini! Trini! Trini?

MOLLY: Trini!VERA: Trini?

Huh?

[chuckling]

[gasps]: Let's go skating!

DANIEL: Make your bed first, please.

We'll help!

[grunts]

[groans]

[grunts]

Why don't blankets ever behave?

[giggles]Wait.

[groans]: Hang on.

[sloshing]

[breathes deeply]

What's that?My glitter jar.

You shake it and watch the glitter fall.

Supposed to help you calm down.

I have one, too! It helps me relax.

And it's so pretty.

My dad says it's easier to do something

if you're relaxed and don't think about things too much.

[exclaims]

Chyaa'!Right on!

Works every time.

Now, let's go skate!

I think I know how to do

the backwards, turn-y, spinny thing now.

I practiced all night in my sleep.

[laces tying]

Let's try this again.

[yelping, screams]

[grunts]

Trini!Whoops!

Lost my balance.

Oop!

[yelping]

[grunts]

[gasps][groans]

[yelping]

[yelling]

Mr. Rowley!

[exclaims][moaning]: Look out!

[groans]

Everyone in Qyah can do

the backwards, spinny, turn-y thing except me.

That's not true.

Oops!

[laughs]: Well done!

Yes, it is!

[groans]

I bet you could do it if you weren't thinking so hard.

And maybe you could relax a little?Oh!

Good idea!

Meet me at the lake in ten minutes!

♪ ♪

Give it a shake if you see me getting tense.

You sure you don't want to wait till tomorrow?

Yeah, aren't you tired from all that practicing before?

Uh-uh-- I'm not stopping till I can do the spinny thing.

What if I drop it?

Plastic, can't break-- come on!

[moans]

MOLLY [voice trembling]: Uh, you still seem a little tense.

VERA: Maybe relax a bit first?

I am relaxed.

[yelping, falls]

[groaning]

[exhales softly]

Put your weight forward!

[yelps, falls]

Not too far forward!

Whoa!

[groans]

MOLLY: Bend your knees!

[yelping]

[groans]

VERA: Don't look down!

[yelping]

Work! Please work!

Don't look up![yelps]

[panting]Don't spin so fast!

Don't spin too slow!

[grunts]

[groans]

[yells]: I quit!

Don't say that!

Yeah, just take a break.

We'll practice again tomorrow.

No, I am never going to get this,

ever, ever, ever!

[grunts]

[groans]

I am never skating again!

MOLLY: Oh, Trini!

I think it's like your dad said.

You just need to calm down a little and not think so hard.

I'd need a glitter jar as big as this lake

to help me calm down.

Uh, ooh, what's up with Trini?

She's frustrated.

She can't do the backwards, spinny, turn-y thing.

Oh, hm, that's a tough one.

This usually helps her calm down.

But she says it'd take a glitter jar as big as this lake

to help her relax.

Does she now?

Hm, how could we do that?

Now, step back-- you'll need to keep a safe distance.

And never try this on your own-- it could be dangerous.

♪ ♪

Whoa!Whoa!

Water is supposed to put out fire,

not catch on fire.

Hm, but there's something in this ice that helps it burn.

I don't see firewood or anything.

You can't see it, although sometimes you sure can smell it.

[laughs]

Oh, I know what it is!

Grandpa Nat told me about it this summer.

Tooey, Trini, and I were canoeing,

and there were all these stinky bubbles in the lake.

Shchada'a said the permafrost at the bottom of the lake

was thawing, and as it thawed,

all this gas that had been trapped

at the bottom of the lake rose to the surface.

And that's what made the stinky bubbles.

While you were explaining it, I could see it in my mind!

But how does that make ice catch on fire?

Uh...

Oh!

See these white patches? They sort of look like bubbles.

So maybe the bubbles are still coming up!

But instead of going into the air and stinking things up,

they get trapped in the ice!

Yup. [chuckles]

And that trapped gas is what's catching on fire.

MOLLY: So pretty.

It just needs a little more color.

A little food coloring with some water, and...

Ta-da!

♪ ♪

So pretty. [giggles]

[sighs]

Time to get Trini.

This way-- come on.

I don't know what you're up to, but it's not gonna work.

I am never skating again.

Never, never...

[gasps]

♪ ♪

Whoa!

We made you a giant glitter jar.

So you could relax and skate again!

ALL: Huh?

[gasp]: Whoa!

Shroonchyaa.

This is incredible.

♪ ♪

[sighs]: It's all so beautiful.

[gasps]: Trini!

You did it!

Did what?

The backwards, spinny, turn-y thing!

[squeals]: I did?

And the ancestors are here to see it.

I wonder if they'll stay around.

Let's keep skatingand see.

Dad?

You were right.

It is easier to do something when you're relaxed.

[sighs]

Mahsi'choofor this giant glitter jar.

It was really Mr. Rowley's idea.

Thank you, Mr. Rowley.

You're welcome, kiddo-- shall we do it again?

There's just one more thing I'd like to do.

What's that?

Human hockey puck!

[grunts]

[laughing]

Hey, everyone!

Molly here to answer your questions about life in Alaska.

[taps key]

Darius in Illinois asks, "How can I learn

how to make an ice sculpture?"

Let's see if my friends in Fairbanks can help.

♪ ♪

[cheers]

♪ ♪

GIRL: We are here in Fairbanks, Alaska.

GIRL: We went to the ice park

and saw incredible things made out of ice.

Some of the world's best ice carvers

come here to make ice art.

It's amazing

what you can make out of ice.

BOY: We want to learn how to ice-carve,

so we're searching for classes.

Okay, guys, what if we looked up

"Classes for ice carving"?

The Academy of Ice Carving and Design.

BOY [laughs]: That's not in Alaska.

So I think we should go more specific.

"Teachers for ice carving."

"In Fairbanks,Alaska."

Oh, you added "Fairbanks, Alaska," cool.

"Teachers for ice carving

in Fairbanks, Alaska"-- how do you guys like that?

I like that.Yeah. Okay.

ALL: "Ice art classes."

GIRL: We found it, guys!

Perfect! Wow, okay, okay.

BOY: We're going to make

our first-ever ice sculptures.

GIRL: This is our teacher, An Zhe.

He's a champion ice carver.

GIRL: First I thought of a design,

and then we drew it on the ice.

I'm making a star.

GIRL: Our teacher showed us how to use the tools.

Okay, good job.

BOY: There were some curved chisels,

so that you could make, um, smooth curved lines,

and then there was also a flat chisel,

so that you could just take big chunks out.

GIRL: It took a lot of work,

but it was all worth it.

BOY: I made a lynx,

because it's my favorite animal, and they just look cool.

I think it's very fun, like,

making shapes and cool stuff in ice.

[laughs]: Now I'm an ice sculpturist.

ALL: Ice is cool!

[taps key]

Mahsi'choo!

Thanks for asking, and see you next time.

MOLLY: "Tracked and Found."

MOLLY: Hey!

It's me, Molly![John groans] JAY: Yes!

And you're just in time.

Tooey and I are facing off against his brothers

in this cool video game...

"Animal Trackers !" Yes!

Last time we played, we got whupped.

But this time, we have a secret weapon.

"Molly's Tracking Guide."

We've been studying tracks and fur

and broken branches for days.

And now...

...the whupped are going to be the whooppeed!

Uh, wait.

[chuckles]: You know what I mean.

JAY: It's Jay-day, baby! Sorry, John.

[grunts]: Good game, Jay.

Your turn, Molly!

Wish me luck-- nenahaal'yàa![camera chirps]

Time to put your tracking guide to the test.

[game starting up]

Whoo! Team Molly all the way!Go, Molly! Whoo-hoo!

[John laughing]

Wow, where's the sibling loyalty?

[ringing]

Tooey, can you get that?

Hello?

Hey there, Tooey-- where's Jay?

He's here. Here.I'm here!

You're all together--perfect.

Just wanted to remind you about our look around today.

You mean our moose hunt? How could I forget?

Tooey! Your first hunt for dinjik?

[yelps]

We don't talk about it like that.

We say we're looking around for an animal.

If we're lucky, they give themselves to us.

Yes! [grunts]: Ooh! Close call, close call!

The trail cameras picked up a deneege,

so bring a canoe with you.

TOOEY [over phone]: Moose, camera, canoe-- okay, Dad!

You know my spot past Big Rock Bend?

[all respond]

When you see my canoe, go left along the shore.

[all exclaiming and laughing]

Then cut straight up the bank at the river birches.

[all exclaim]

Then veer right at the big boulder, got it?

[game ends, Jay groans, others cheer]

[laughs]: Great!

See you later.

[call ends]Wow, they are really excited about having a look around.

Sorry, Dad, what did you say?

[phone chirps]

Uh, Dad?

Did anyone hear where to go?

Ah, don't worry.

We've been out past Big Rock Bend with Dad tons of times.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I can find him-- let's go!

[growling]

Aw, you'll have to stay here, Khi.[barks]

Ookami boys, move out!

♪ ♪

TOOEY: There's Dad's canoe!

Told you I could find him.

Remember what Dad said about seeing a deneege

on the trail cameras?

If we see one, keep your distance.

Where are you going, Little Wolf?

Dad said we go straight.

No way, he said to go right.

I thought he said left.

Hey, I found Dad's canoe, right?

Pretty sure I can find him, too.

♪ ♪

[bird chirping]

I'll be out of your way as soon as my boys arrive.

[chirps]

[stomach growls]

Shh, shh, shh, shh-- don't worry.

I packed lots of salmon strips.

The boys will be here soon.

I gave them great directions.

Anything look familiar?

Nothing, and Dad didn't leave any tracks, either.

Ah!

The boulder.

I swear,

Dad said something about a boulder.

He did!

Whoa.

Look at all of the animal tracks.

It's like some kind of animal highway.

I've seen this way before when I've been here with Dad.

I think this is the trail-- let's follow it!

[stomach growling]

[Kenji sighs]

[bush rustling]

♪ ♪

Cranberries. Yum!

Thanks for the tip!

[chuckles][bird chirps]

Do you think the boys are getting close?

[chirps][gasps]

What a view!

Shouldn't be long! This is definitely the way.

TOOEY: Oh, it's the way, all right.

Right back to where we started.

Oh, man! I'm sorry.

I wish I'd paid more attention to what Dad said.

[sighs] Me, too.

Me, too.

[phone ringing]

Dad! Thank goodness! We're here, but...

[line buzzes, Kenji groans]

No signal.

[exhales]: But at least you're here.

[squeaks]

Nagoonberries, too?

Ena baasee',my animal friends,

and for all that the land provides for me.

Mm!

KENJI [on voicemail]: You've reached Kenji...

[grunts]: It keeps going to his voicemail!

How are we supposed to find anything

if we can't even find Dad?

Wait a minute, that's it!

What's it?

We know Dad is looking around for a...

[quietly]: ...moose, right?

So if we find one, we might find Dad!

How are we gonnado that?

Maybe one left some tracks in that animal highway.

That's a great idea, Tooey!

And it did rain hard yesterday, so the tracks should be fresh.

So who knows what their tracks look like?

Ooh! Let's see if Molly will send us

some pages from her tracking guide.

Sure!

That's why I made a tracking guide in the first place.

Not just for me, but for my friends, too.

I put in all kinds of pictures of different tracks,

fur, and hair tufts-- everything!

I double-checked all my sources

to make sure everything was right.

Yeah, you definitely know how to find good sources.

Moose tracks are similar to deer tracks, but bigger.

They're about four to five inches wide.

And try not to mix them up with caribou tracks.

Caribou aren't here this time of year.

I'm sending you pictures

of the stuff on deer and dinjik

so you can compare their tracks, fur, and more!

Got it! Mahsi'choo,Molly![call ends]

Think you can get us back to that animal highway?

I've done it once already today.

I can probably do it again.

[gasps]: John, Jay! Look at these tracks!

Are they what we're looking for?

Check Molly's tracking guide.

[phone button beeps]

It matches!

♪ ♪

Is this hair?

♪ ♪

Oh! It went over this way!

Keep a lookout-- it could be close by.

[quietly]: Shh! They have really good hearing.

[rustling]

[bird caws]

[quietly]: That raven turned itself upside down.

Dad says that means something is nearby.

[wind blows]

We're downwind of it.

TOOEY [softly]:Whoa.[grunts]

[grunting softly]

I wish Dad were here.

[gasps]: Looks like he was!

JOHN: I don't see his tracks.

TOOEY: There! Under the hoof track!

Oh, I see it now.

The deneegemust've walked by after Dad.

Now that we've found Dad's footprints,

we can track him instead!

Look at you, Mr. Tracking Expert.

[chuckles]: Way to go!

♪ ♪

TOOEY:There!

Looks like that way!

[Kenji eating, murmuring]

[quietly]: What's that sound?Is it the moose?

No.

[laughs]

It's the munchies!

Dad!Boys!

Oh, we found you!

Where have you been?

We couldn't find you because...

Well, because when you were telling us where to go,

we were playing a video game.

We should've stopped as soon as you called.

We weren't paying attention.

[sighs]: Kids, looking around is important.

It's how we make sure we have enough food

to last through winter.

[all apologizing]

[sighs]:Well, there's still some daylight left.

We could have another look around before it's too late.

No, it wouldn't be right.

The deneege?We saw him.

He deserves better-- we didn't come here in the right way.

I am grateful

to see you showing the animal proper respect.

♪ ♪

TOOEY: Thank you for letting me see you.

If you ever decide to give yourself to me,

I promise to come in a better way

and to work together with my family.

Hey, Dad? I'm sorry today was a waste of time.

Oh, it wasn't a waste.

Look how much you learned--

respect, being in the right mind, and...

[chuckles]: ...tracking me.

Thanks, Dad.

♪ ♪

[bellows]

♪ ♪