The Case of the Missing River

**The Case of the Missing River** is the fortieth episode of Season 2 of Fishtronaut and is the ninety-second episode of the series.

## Summary

The episode opens with Billy and Mac showering themselves with their garden hose while they meet Marina who is with Samira, Marina's friend from Saudi Arabia whom she met on the Internet. Samira introduces herself to the twins as they tell her and Samira that they were washing the dirty sidewalk, which is the reason why the weather was not rainy for a long time, making it dirty. Zeek then uses the watering hose for drinking as the twins decide to get their rubber duckies. Samira then confuses Zeek for using portable water to wash the sidewalk like Billy and Mac while Zeek doesn't know what portable water is. Samira tells him that portable water is clean water that can be used for drinking while Marina tells him that everyone at the Beanstalk Care Center uses portable water for everything. Zeek is curious that Samira is from Saudi Arabia as he tells her if there are bananas in her country. Samira says that there are no banana trees in Saudi Arabia, since banana trees grow on moist ground and the ground in her country is a very dry desert. Suddenly, a P.O.P. arrives towards the gang.

**P.O.P. Clues:** a bromeliad and a miniature fountain

Receiving the clues, Zeek confuses the fountain clue for a faucet thing and the bromeliad clue for a part of the pineapple. The gang decides to start their investigation at the bromeliad area at the tropical forest before checking on what the fountain clue means. Meanwhile at the tropical forest, Fishtronaut sees a bromeliad tree as Marina notices her AquaWatch that he is pretty close to them and the gang decides to meet him at the bromeliad tree. The gang arrives at the beautiful bromeliad tree, which makes home for lots of insects and some animals, like beetles and frogs that raise their baby tadpoles in the pools of rainwater. Samira then tells her how water should be used wisely. Zeek thought water never runs out, but Fishtronaut corrects him that the water is always the same water that sprays out of the fountain and falls and then the pump sprays it out of the fountain again, recirculating the water. Marina found out what Fishtronaut said is like the recirculation on the planet (the water evaporates into clouds as the same water that falls as rain and if people are not careful of how water is used, there won't be a lot of water anymore). After the conversation, Fishtronaut says that the mission has something to do with water, but the mission has nothing to do with forests, but at the Beanstalk. Marina tells Zeek not to drink fountain water and she explains that the water comes from a river close to the Beanstalk and the gang decides to arrive to the Beanstalk.

Meanwhile, the river close to the Beanstalk has dried up and it has not rained for a long time. Samira explains that there are ways to get by with less water, as a group of people have been doing this a long time ago, such as the Bedouins (people from Saudi Arabia) who spent their whole lives traveling through the dry deserts where it almost never rains and for thousands of years, the Bedouins know that their whole body when covered protects them from the sun, which keeps them from sweating too much and losing too much water; the Bedouins live off at the part with a small amount of water at oases or cisterns (a type of well that stores rainwater). Zeek thought that the gang must wait for rain to drink water, but Marina says that there is still portable water from the water tank at the Beanstalk. Fishtronaut began thinking of plans to use less water to last until the rain arrives by restoring water just like the water used at the bromeliad and the fountain. Back at the Beanstalk, Marina tells Billy and Mac to stop wasting water, since water must be conserved and reused wisely. Samira and Fishtronaut planned a project to reuse the water at the Beanstalk by collecting portable water and storing them in a water tank, bringing a sand filter to keep out impurities, and filter used water and store them for things that shouldn't be needed for drinking, such as washing the dirty sidewalk. Fishtronaut brings the gang to work to conserve the portable water.

Having conserved the water, rain arrives towards the park, restoring the dried up river. Marina then tells Zeek that water *still* needs to be conserved, even when it rains. Samira then explains that in Saudi Arabia, the Bedouins store precious rainwater and Fishtronaut explains that rainwater is stored in the cistern built in the Beanstalk. Suddenly, another P.O.P. arrives towards the trio and Samira.

**P.O.P. Rewards:** Bedouin outfits and food from Saudi Arabia

Receiving the reward, the gang decides to pretend that they are in a Bedouin camp as everyone enjoys a picnic with Saudi Arabian food.

## Musical Interlude Lyrics

*Fishtronaut is a real fish. He's got scales and flippers too, but he's not like the others; this fish is one of a kind. He's a hero of the day, the best agent you can find*

*Call Fishtronaut; the people know his name, Fishtronaut. He has a suit he wears, so he can hover in the air. He can swim and he can fly. He doesn't even need to walk. He's the greatest fish, you know? And this fish can even talk!*

*The people know his name: Fishtronaut! And they all know his name: Fishtronaut!*