The Case of the Little Indian Boy

**The Case of the Little Indian Boy** is the twenty-eighth episode of Season 2 of Fishtronaut and is the eightieth episode of the series.

## Summary

The episode opens with Zeek who is playing with Marina and Fishtronaut as he has a blindfold on. While playing, he accidentally finds a lost Kayapo boy and Marina tells him where the native is from. The native boy responds to them in a foreign language as Fishtronaut finds one of the broken oars. Marina thought that his canoe drifted into the beach and thus one of the paddles is broken. Zeek tells the native boy that he is describing who the three are since he cannot understand the language that he says to them. Marina says that the native boy doesn't speak regular language, but a foreign language far from the park. The native boy reveals his name Abayomi. Suddenly, a P.O.P. arrives towards the trio and Abayomi

**P.O.P. Clues:** a piece of charcoal, a notepad, and an oca

Receiving the clues, Zeek doesn't understand what the miniature hut's name is. Abayomi says, "Oca", a type of home where his natives live in as described by Marina. Marina thinks Abayomi misses his home. Fishtronaut then tells Marina and Zeek is to help Abayomi find his way back home, but the problem is that the two don't know where he really lives. Fishtronaut decides to find and meet Happy Plumb to get help on the clues. Zeek thought Abayomi wants to teach him and Marina a dance, but Marina says that "Uh" (pronounced "Ooh") means "Eat" in Tupi-Guarani language, which indicates that Abayomi is hungry. Upon meeting Happy Plumb, Fishtronaut shows him the clues as Happy Plumb gives him a riddle: "A picture is worth a thousand words". Before Happy Plumb can continue giving the riddle, he falls asleep. Meanwhile at Banana Grove, Zeek gives Abayomi a banana as Fishtronaut tells Marina and Zeek that the clue means the drawing that Abayomi lives in. Marina thinks that one of the drawings is an image of an armadillo on Abayomi's bracelet. Abayomi then says the Tupi-Guarani word for "giant armadillo" as Abayomi draws an image of an armadillo on the notepad, named after the Tupi-Guarani word and Fishtronaut is curious if there is a giant armadillo in the park. The trio and Abayomi decide to find and talk to one of the armadillos in the park.

The trio and Abayomi encounter an armadillo in which Zeek is afraid that he thought he's an actual giant. Abayomi then says that it wasn't actually a giant armadillo, just a regular one as he tells him in a foreign language. The armadillo says that he could be wrong if one giant armadillo exists, but there is still one: in the forest near the caracara nests. When Fishtronaut thinks of a caracara, he uses one of his gadgets the Super Duper Animal Locator. Upon seeing the image of the caracara, he says that the nests are at the spot. However, the Super Duper Animal Locator runs out of battery and the trio follows Abayomi to the spot where the caracara's nests are encountered. As the trio passes through the caracara nests, Abayomi says "Ikeh" while looking at some rocks. Zeek doesn't understand what this word means, as Marina tells him that "Ikeh" means "Here" in Tupi-Guarani language. Fishtronaut then takes a closer look that the rock has the form of a giant armadillo. Marina remembers that the giant armadillo seen by the other armadillo is actually a giant rock, not an actual armadillo.

As Zeek accidentally finds an entrance inside the rock, Zeek sees drawings that tell the stories of natives and a giant armadillo. In the story, we learn that there was a tribe that lived in the clouds and saw a giant armadillo. One of the natives, the bravest of the tribe, ran after it in the clouds as the ancestors keep chasing the armadillo that made a hole in one of the clouds and followed the armadillo to the same hole. This is why the natives started living on the ground near their village and some wanted to stay up in the clouds so that the natives in the sky have fire every night to communicate with others who moved to the ground and the fires later became stars. Zeek found out that Abayomi wants to go home, which is the village that Abayomi's ancestors used to live in. Having solved the case, Marina decides to show the pictures of the drawings to Dr. Green to know which of them has a legend of the giant armadillo and where they lived in modern day.

Back at Cicada Beach, Dr. Green tells the trio that Abayomi comes from a little village close to the park as Dr. Green says that the natives are descendants of the Kayapo, people that used to live in the park for many years ago. Fishtronaut prepares to have the canoe ready for Abayomi to return back to his village as Abayomi thanks the gang for his help. Before Abayomi can leave, Marina doesn't understand what "Rio ele" means. Suddenly, another P.O.P. arrives towards the gang.

**P.O.P. Rewards** a dictionary of the Tupi language

Receiving the reward, Marina found out that "Rio ele" means "good friend" in the Tupi language. Zeek, Marina, and Dr. Green, say "Rio ele" to Abayomi, a type of farewell to him as Fishtronaut decides to bring him back to the village where he lives in.

## Musical Interlude Lyrics

*Every day in the park, we know we can be sure of one thing that right here in the park, an adventure will be waiting*

*Right here in the park, an adventure will be waiting*

*Keep an eye out, there will be clues that the P.O.P. will give us then. What's the answer gotta choose? So, we need your help, my friend!*

## Trivia

* This episode introduces Abayomi, a young Kayapo boy who speaks mostly Tupi-Guarani language.