05x02 - Molly of Idaho/Cinder Cones and Broken Bones

[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: "Molly of Idaho."

MOLLY: If you were ever thinking about going into

a deep, dark lava tube without an extra flashlight,

I definitely wouldn't recommend it.

And...

[laughing]: And I'm telling this all wrong.

It all started when I had this great idea

to use Grandpa Nat's microphone to record nose whistles.

Not mine, the horse's.

[horse exhales]

[phone camera chirps] Hey, everyone.

It's me, Molly. [horse neighs softly]

Vlogging to you from a horse ranch in Idaho.

I'm helping Grandpa Nat with his documentary,

Indigenous Ways of Knowing Volcanoes.

We're staying with Grandpa's friend Rose

and her grandson Stormee.

Hi.

They are from the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.

And this is Geh Tand, which means "fast horse" in Shoshone.

He's super-gentle.

We're using Shchada'a'smicrophone

to listen to Geh Tand up close, because Stormee says

he sometimes whistles through his nose. [phone camera chirps]

[snorts, exhales]

Hmm? Uh, nope.

Hmm.

[exhales]

Hmm?

Nuh-uh. Hmm.

[whistles]

[gasps]

[laughs]: I heard it!

Tsaande duyupa--good boy.

[car approaches]

[whinnies softly]

[doors open and close]

GRANDPA NAT: Howdy, buckaroos! [chuckles]

Hi, Shchada'a! Hi, Grandma Rose!

Hi, Kagu.

We're gonna visit AdaMichael,

and then we're going to the lava fields for the interview.

Is it okay if we stay?

Stormee was gonna teach me how to ride a horse.

Sure.

Happy trails.

[chuckles]: We'll see you later.

Maybe one day, Molly will ride in the Indian Relay Race.

Nenahaal'yàa! See ya!

What's the Indian Relay Race?

It's a horse race.

You ride around a track four times

on four different horses,

and you have a team of helpers who hold the horses

because you have to...[grunts]

...get on and off them fast.

Chyaa'.Right on.

When I'm old enough, I'm gonna ride in the race

just like my Uncle Michael.

Can you teach me that?

Sure can.

[Molly grunting]

Oh, almost.

[whinnies]

[neighing] [yelping]

[grunts]

Whoa!

[nickers]

Try this.

Thanks.

[gasps]

Oh, no.

[whinnies]

[exclaims]

Grandpa's microphone.

We didn't put it back in his camera bag.

He can't do his interview without it.

We can take it to him.

They're at my Uncle Michael's.

It's only a couple of miles from here.

But how?

We can't drive.

[whinnies, snorts]

Oh.

Right.

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[whinnies]

STORMEE: I know the way.

I ride to my uncle's house all the time.

Can we go faster?

I need to make sure Grandpa has his microphone.

My cousin says the number-one rule of the Indian Relay Race

is go fast.

Oh, I thought the number-one rule was to practice.

[chuckles]: Oh, yeah, that, too.

I guess there are two number-one rules.

♪ ♪

[grunts, sighs]

[horse neighs]

Molly, this is my ada,Michael.

He's my uncle.

He's also an Indian Relay Race champion.

Hi, Molly.

Hi.

[yelping, grunts]

Hi.

[chuckles]: If you're looking for your grandparents,

they just left to do the interview.

Oh.

We have Shchada'a's microphone.

They're up at the lava fields.

I'll take you.

Mahsi',but how?

Do you have another horse?

[chuckles]: Oh, right.

♪ ♪

So is the number-one rule

for the Indian Relay Race go fast or practice?

Neither.

I'd say the number-one rule for the Indian Relay Race is

stay alert.

Hmm.

Stay alert?

For what?

For anything.

Sometimes the horses bump into each other.

Sometimes they buck off

the rider. Yikes!

What's it like being bucked off a horse?

[truck jolts]

[Molly and Stormee yelp]

[chuckles]: Kinda like that. [phone button beeps]

[birds screech]

[car approaching] Oh, good.

Here comes my friend Jessica.

You know what, on second thought,

forget be prepared.

Want to know the real number-one rule of the Indian Relay Race?

What?

Change horses quickly. [chuckles]

I only have two bikes.

Can you find the way?

We'll bike by the cinder cone.

Uh, cinder cone?

♪ ♪

That's the cinder cone.

Whoa!

STORMEE: You can tell it used to be a volcano

because it has really steep sides,

and at the top, there's kind of a bowl in the middle.

This lava rock

is from a volcanic eruption , years ago.

Wow!

STORMEE: Inside the Earth, it was so hot,

the rocks turned to liquid and started flowing out

like a river.

Cool.

These are called lava cascades.

How do you know so much about volcanoes?

I've come here with my kagu, like, a million times.

She knows every inch of this area.

[gasps]: Look!

There they are!

Come on, let's go!

That's the long way.

I know a shortcut through a lava tube.

What's a lava tube?

This is a lava tube.

A cave?

It's a tunnel.

Sometimes when lava flows,

the outside of it cools down and forms a crust.

But the inside stays hot and keeps flowing through,

which makes tunnels just like this one.

Let's go in.

Uh, these tubes are safe, right?

My grandma and I go through here all the time.

Kagusays our people have used lava tubes for , years.

They used them for storing food, for traveling through,

and for hiding when they needed protection.

Some of the tubes are miles long.

This part is a tight squeeze, but it's not that hard.

Kagualways says, "Take it slow and don't bonk your head."

Whoa.

It's dark.

I can't see at all.

I usually have a flashlight.

My phone has one!

Yeah, that's better.

Uh-oh.

My battery just died.

Now it's really dark down here.

Uh, that's weird.

There's a new wall here I don't remember.

How can there be a new wall?

I don't know.

Can we go back?

Yes, but I don't know where "back" is.

I wish my grandma was here.

She could do this blindfolded.

[groans]

Well, if she was here, what would she say we should do?

Uh, she'd say...

She'd say not to worry.

The lava tubes are a good place.

And she'd say...

STORMEE AND ROSE: Our Mother Earth watches over us.

ROSE: The land always takes care of the people

and the people have to take care of the land.

Wow. [chuckles]

She's said it so many times, I can hear her say it.

Actually, I could, too.

GRANDPA NAT: I definitely heard her.

[both chuckle]

Me, too.

Kagu! [gasps]

MOLLY: Shchada'a!

[chuckles]: I knew you'd come through the lava tube.

We came to meet you.

[laughing]: We're glad you did.

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Here you go, Shchada'a.

We knew you couldn't do the interview

without the microphone.

Mahsi',Molly.

Good thinking.

How did you get here?

We rode Geh Tand to Uncle Michael's,

who gave us a ride, but his truck broke down,

so his friend came with bicycles for us to borrow,

and then we took the lava tube.

Well, it sounds like you had a relay race all on your own.

And you remembered the number-one rule

of the Indian Relay Race.

Which number-one rule?

Is it practice or stay alert?

Or go fast?

Or is it change horses quickly?

No, those are good,

but the number-one rule, over all of the others,

is work with a good team.

[chuckles]

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Hey, everyone, Molly here

to answer your questions about life outside of Alaska.

Linden from Hawaii asks,

"What's it like to ride a horse?"

My friend Gator in Idaho can show you.

Tsaan davaiye, Molly.

My name is Gator.

I live on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation

of Fort Hall, Idaho,

home of the Indian Relay.

This is my horse, Trudy.

Trudy is my new horse.

She is years old, just like me,

and I use her to compete in rodeos.

Molly, this is how I brush my horse.

I want her to look and feel good.

It takes all the dirt and mud off of her when I brush her.

The blanket protects her from getting rubbed out

by the saddle.

The saddle helps keep Trudy and I comfortable.

It also helps me keep balance while riding Trudy.

This is the latigo.

It helps keep the saddle tight and in place.

Now that Trudy is saddled and it's nice and tight,

I can go for a ride on her

to keep her in shape and healthy.

I wear a cowboy hat over a helmet

because real cowboys wear hats.

You should always wear a helmet.

♪ ♪

I come from a rodeo family.

I am a fifth-generation cowboy.

I started riding horses when I was two years old,

got into riding horses by watching my mom and dad,

watching rodeo, and watching all kinds of cowboys and cowgirls.

Rodeo is a fast, competitive sport.

There are different kinds of rodeo events.

I compete in breakaway,

calf roping, team roping, and bull riding.

Today, I'm a cowboy.

In the future, I hope to be a relay jockey.

See you later-- till next time.

Mahsi'choo.

Thanks for asking, and see you

on our next epic adventure!

MOLLY: "Cinder Cones and Broken Drones."

[phone camera chirps] [imitating air tank breathing]

Hi, everyone.

It's me, Molly.

[imitates air tank breathing]

I got onto an elevator that turned out to be a rocket ship.

[imitates air tank breathing]

So, now, I'm on the moon looking for moon monsters.

[imitates air tank breathing]

[laughs]: Not really.

I'm in Idaho, in the lava fields left by a volcano.

But I think it's sort of like the moon.

See? They even call it "Craters of the Moon."

But the moon doesn't have any plants or animals,

and the lava fields do.

Not many, because it's a hard place to live, but some.

And they're so different from the plants and animals

we have back home in Alaska.

One animal I really want to see is called a pika.

It's in the rabbit family,

and it has tiny round ears.

Isn't it so cute?

It's like a little muffin.

[animal squeaks]

[gasps]

Was that it?

That "eep"?

Over there somewhere.

Listen.

[animal squeaks, plant rustles]

BOTH: Eep!

Now it's over there.

Let's go see!

Wait.

Movement scares pikas into hiding.

We have a better chance of seeing it

if we hold still and listen for it.

[whispering]: Okay.

GRANDPA NAT [in high voice]: I'm over here.

MOLLY [laughs]: Shchada'a!

[both laughing]

[sighs]: Rose and I are ready to start the interview.

Want to help?

Yeah! Yes!

Coming. [phone camera chirps]

Stormee's grandmother Rose is a Shoshone elder.

Grandpa Nat is interviewing her for his documentary.

And I'm in charge of the camera.

And Stormee is going to hold the mic.

So, you'll just have to wait, cute little pika,

wherever you are. [phone camera chirps]

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GRANDPA NAT: Who wants a juice box?

I do.

Me, too.

Thanks.

[slurping]

Mahsi'.

Mmm...

Just need to get Rose in focus.

I feel like a movie star. [chuckles]

I'm ready for my closeup.

MOLLY [giggles]: Ooh.

I love the beadwork on your belt.

Is that a snake?

Yes, that's Doe'gwo'ah.

I have a story about him for the documentary.

Ooh, can't wait to hear it.

Is everybody ready?

Ready. Ready.

[animal squeaks]

[chuckles]: The pika is ready, too.

Okay, this is a Shoshone story.

Duveeshee ah-vayeeshis how we say "very long time ago."

It was believed there was a giant snake in our plains.

It was called Doe'gwo'ah,

and it was miles long.

It was a frightful sight to our people.

It didn't hurt anybody, but our people were afraid of it

because of its great size.

Our people said the snake moved to this area,

what is now called Craters of the Moon,

and went up a large mountain.

And it coiled around the mountain

to warm itself in the sun and soon fell asleep.

MOLLY:Whew!

Glad he moved all the way up there.

Now we can relax.

ROSE: But soon, thunder and lightning came,

and it cracked,

and it flashed around the mountain. [thunder claps, horses neigh]

So much for relaxing.

ROSE: Suddenly, a lightning bolt

hit the mountain, and it woke up the giant snake!

And this Doe'gwo'ah became so angry,

it tightened its coils around the mountain

and started to squeeze.

It squeezed so hard...

[snake hisses] ...that the pressure caused the rocks to crumble,

and the stones to melt,

and fire to burst out of the cracks.

And soon, lava began flowing down the mountain.

Oh, no.

Lava!Let's get out of here!

[lava bubbling]

[Molly and Stormee panting]

Whew! I think we're safe.

Yeah, we're lucky this lava is slow-moving on the ground.

[lava explodes, Molly yells]

But not when it's squirting through the air!

Kagu,what happened to the Doe'gwo'ah?

I hope he got away from the lava.

Some say the snake was too slow and couldn't get away.

And some say the snake's burnt bones

are still here at Craters of the Moon.

[groans]

Poor snake.

ROSE: But our people say

that Doe'gwo'ah crawled away to die.

You can see its resting place.

[gasps]:We can?

If you know where to look.

I don't see it.

Me, neither.

But I know how we can.

With Shchada'a'sdrone!

[drone beeping]

He got it for filming volcanoes.

And for getting some video of us.

Just got this thing.

Not really sure how to work it yet.

Okay!

Everyone get together for a picture.

Say "moose meat"!

KIDS: Moose meat! [others chuckling]

[shutter clicks]

Mahsi'choo.

Got it.

Now let's look for the snake, Shchada'a.

Sure, right after I get a shot of that cinder cone, okay?

[drone buzzing]

MOLLY [gasps]: That's the cinder cone we saw

when we were bringing you your mic.

Whoops! [chuckles]

I meant it to go left. [grunting, remote clicking]

[stammers]:Wait!

[drone buzzing]

[buzzing stops]

[groans]Oh, man!

I guess I should have spent more time

reading the operating instructions.

Can't seem to make it fly again.

We'll get it for you, Shchada'a.

Okay, but hurry back.

We need to leave for the airport in an hour.

It's a lot easier going through the lava tubes with flashlights.

[giggles]

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This cinder cone

looks like where the Doe'gwo'ah made the lava come out.

I'm glad I wasn't around for that.

Maybe we'll find Doe'gwo'ah's final resting spot

while we're looking for the drone.

[gasps]: There's the drone!

[tail rattles] [Molly yelps]

And the Doe'gwo'ah.

That's a rattlesnake.

[tail rattling] Don't move.

Go slow.

Back up.

[tail rattling]

Whoa-- a rattlesnake?

I wish I had binoculars to see it up close.

If we don't bother it, it'll leave us alone.

We'll wait until it goes away.

[tail rattles]

This is the first snake I've ever seen in real life.

We don't have snakes in Alaska.

Your first snake is a rattlesnake?

Yup.

It's too cold for snakes in Alaska.

[squeals]: My friends back home will be so excited about this.

♪ ♪

STORMEE: Polar bears.

Nope.

What about penguins?

Alaska doesn't have penguins, either.

They're at the South Pole.

Okay, but if there were penguins,

what do you think they're like?

Hmm.

I bet they're hilarious.

[yawns]

This is taking forever. [plant rustling]

Maybe we should go... [shushes]

[quietly]: Freeze-- don't move.

[speaking through teeth]: It's a ika.

[speaking through teeth]: What did you say?

Ika! Ika!

I...

I have no idea what you're saying.

[pika sniffing]

[gasps]

I can't believe we got to see a pika!

[exhales]: And so close!

That was the cutest little muffin-rabbit I've ever seen!

[both squeak]

Hey, look.

The rattlesnake is gone!

♪ ♪

We did it! We did it! Yes!

[laughing] GRANDPA NAT: Molly!

Did you find it?

We have to get to the airport!

Just in time.

[phone camera chirps] We found the drone and where the Doe'gwo'ah squeezed

and made the lava come out.

And we even saw a pika.

But...

We never did find the giant snake's resting place.

Oh, yes, we did.

[squeals]

Look! [phone camera chirps]

The Doe'gwo'ah.

GRANDPA NAT: I guess that's why they call it the Snake River.

[phone camera chirps]

I guess so.

[giggles]: Well, that's all for now.

Mahsi'choofrom Idaho!

[phone camera chirps]

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