The Case of the Scalding Sands

**The Case of the Scalding Sands** is the forty-eighth episode of Season 1 of Fishtronaut and the forty-eighth episode of the series.

## Summary

The episode begins with Billy and Mac in their Tree House packing their snacks and their toy cars. The twins then are planning to find a golden soccer ball in the desert, leaving the map behind. Meanwhile at Cicada Beach, Fishtronaut, Marina, and Zeek are making sand sculptures. Marina has made a sandcastle, Fishtronaut has made a submarine, while Zeek made a strange sculpture (Zeek describes it as a mashed banana with walnuts, chopped apples, and honey). All of a sudden, a P.O.P. arrives towards the trio.

**P.O.P. Clues:** a bottle of water and a compass rose

Receiving the clues, Marina describes the compass showing the way from North, South, East, and West. Marina then gives Zeek a leaf so Zeek could imagine this as a map leading to Monkey Island, which reminds Fishtronaut of the compass clue so no one could get lost. The trio then decides to go to the marsh. Meanwhile, at the desert, Billy and Mac are telling each other if this is the right way without the map and forgot their canteen and the map in the Tree House. The twins then decide to follow the footprints way back to the Tree House, but a wind blows across the footprints, covering some of them with sand. Meanwhile at the marsh, the trio finds a marsh crab hiding in his burrow. The marsh crab asks them if they are on a mission. Zeek thought of trying to find someone lost in a wet place, but the crab says that the trio arrived in the right spot, but with the low tide and would be underwater soon. Fishtronaut asks the crab if he saw anything different. The marsh crab explained to them that Billy and Mac walked by his burrow earlier. The trio decides to go back to the Tree House to see what happened to Billy and Mac.

Meanwhile at the desert, a camel finds the twins resting behind a large rock. Billy and Mac thought they were lost in the desert as the camel explains how the twins ended up in the desert. The twins tell the camel that they were looking for the golden soccer ball and the twins wanted to return home. The camel agrees to take them back, but the problem is that it might take a while for the camel since it's very hard to find the right path in the desert. Back the Tree House, the trio didn't find the Billy and Mac in the Tree House. Marina makes a suggestion to Fishtronaut to call Agent Rosy Barb, which may have something to do with the ocean. Upon calling Rosy Barb, he tells her that Billy and Mac are lost somewhere in a wet place. He then tells Rosy to investigate to know if Billy and Mac are there. Meanwhile, Marina and Zeek found out that the map that Billy and Mac forgot to pack was actually the drawing of a map of the desert. Suddenly, Rosy began calling Fishtronaut by telling that there is no sign of Billy and Mac in the wet place. She then tells him that the water bottle clue means that someone is thirsty. Fishtronaut found out that Billy and Mac must be thirsty in the desert. The trio decides to go to the desert in the park to ensure if Billy and Mac might be in danger.

Back at the desert, the camel tells the twins to know if they are safe and the twins see an oasis of golden soccer balls and ice cream. However, it turns out that the oasis is actually a mirage, which doesn't exist as explained by the camel. Billy and Mac tell the camel that they are thirsty in the desert. As the camel kicks the cactus, he suggests them to try the cactus water as they thought that cacti are useless. Meanwhile, Fishtronaut, Marina, and Zeek are at the desert, Marina tells Fishtronaut and Zeek that the desert is very hot during the day and very cold during the night (in which the trio can't stay for a long time). Fishtronaut then encounters a scarab beetle digging a trail in the sand. The scarab has never seen a fish in the desert before, but he saw Fishtronaut in the desert. Fishtronaut then tells him that he's looking for the twins who were lost in the desert. The scarab explains that he and the other scarabs have very sensitive legs and could feel everything that happens in the sand. Fishtronaut then explains to know what he felt in the sand; the scarab then explains that there are two twins in the oasis up North. Fishtronaut tells him that it is difficult to find Billy and Mac in the desert. The scarab then tells Fishtronaut if he were him, he would try to catch the lift with the camels. The trio then decides to ride on the camels to find Billy and Mac.

Meanwhile, the camel takes the twins to the oasis, a place in the desert where plants and flowers flourish, because of water flowing underneath the sand. Billy then tells the camel if he is thirsty, but the camel says that he had a drink a couple of weeks ago. The camel then explains that he and his species can store water for up to twenty days and camels wouldn't survive in the desert without the water. Billy tells him that he and the twins are spending the night in the desert. The camels says that he and the twins will spend the night in the desert to rest. All of a sudden, Fishtronaut, Marina, and Zeek find Billy and Mac through a caravan of camels. Zeek then tells Billy and Mac to know how they ended up in the desert. It all started when Billy and Mac found a treasure map in one of their books, but Fishtronaut says that it's just an illustration of the treasure map while Marina says that stories readers believe in are not always real. The twins thought there was a golden soccer ball in the desert and if it weren't for the camel, the twins would be in trouble and really thirsty. All of a sudden, a P.O.P. arrives towards the trio.

**P.O.P. Rewards:** a golden soccer ball

Receiving the reward, the twins decide to play with the soccer ball with Fishtronaut, Marina, and Zeek.