Collecting Yams in Yap

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0:00:04 > 0:00:09# In our big round planet out in big starry space

0:00:09 > 0:00:12# Let's meet some friends around the world

0:00:12 > 0:00:14# And go from place to place

0:00:14 > 0:00:19# Our life may be so different Different country, different name

0:00:19 > 0:00:22# Different language Different weather

0:00:22 > 0:00:24# But inside, we're just the same

0:00:24 > 0:00:26# Let's meet our friends around the world

0:00:26 > 0:00:29# Hello and how are you?

0:00:29 > 0:00:33# We are the children of the world We are its future too

0:00:33 > 0:00:37# We are, let's meet our friends around the world

0:00:37 > 0:00:39# We are. #

0:00:43 > 0:00:46We're off on a colourful journey around the world.

0:00:46 > 0:00:49I wonder who we're going to meet today?

0:00:52 > 0:00:56This is a beautiful island called Yap in the Pacific Ocean.

0:00:56 > 0:01:00And this is a village where a five-year-old girl,

0:01:00 > 0:01:03her older sister and auntie live.

0:01:05 > 0:01:07Let's meet them.

0:01:07 > 0:01:08Yes, please!

0:01:10 > 0:01:12- ALL:- Hello!

0:01:12 > 0:01:14Hello!

0:01:14 > 0:01:16SHE SPEAKS IN HER OWN LANGUAGE

0:01:16 > 0:01:19She says her name is Putin.

0:01:21 > 0:01:24And here is her big sister and her Auntie Christina.

0:01:27 > 0:01:30They're off on their way to dig some vegetables,

0:01:30 > 0:01:32and it's quite a long way.

0:01:37 > 0:01:40Through the bushes and trees they walk

0:01:40 > 0:01:44to the place where vegetables called yams grow.

0:01:44 > 0:01:46Yams?!

0:01:46 > 0:01:50Yes. Yams grow in the ground, like...

0:01:50 > 0:01:52like potatoes or carrots.

0:01:56 > 0:01:58There.

0:02:01 > 0:02:05Auntie Christina is digging for the yams in the ground.

0:02:05 > 0:02:08It's hard work to dig up the deep roots of the yam.

0:02:16 > 0:02:18Come on, Auntie Christina, you can do it!

0:02:24 > 0:02:26Putin's helping now.

0:02:29 > 0:02:30Oh! There's the yam!

0:02:30 > 0:02:32Yes.

0:02:37 > 0:02:42Putin puts the yams carefully into her basket.

0:02:50 > 0:02:52There! Finished.

0:02:52 > 0:02:55They've collected enough yams.

0:02:59 > 0:03:02They walk through the bushes and trees

0:03:02 > 0:03:05back to their home to cook the yams.

0:03:09 > 0:03:11Nearly there, Putin.

0:03:18 > 0:03:20But before they cook the yams

0:03:20 > 0:03:24they have to be cleaned and scrubbed with some water

0:03:24 > 0:03:27to get rid of the dirt and the soil.

0:03:27 > 0:03:29Scrub, scrub, scrub!

0:03:31 > 0:03:33They are very dirty yams.

0:03:39 > 0:03:42Next, the yams are peeled.

0:03:54 > 0:03:57Auntie Christina lights the fire to cook the yams

0:03:57 > 0:04:00whilst Putin and her sister watch.

0:04:09 > 0:04:11There!

0:04:11 > 0:04:13The yams are in the pot.

0:04:13 > 0:04:15THEY SING

0:04:15 > 0:04:18Aw! What a lovely song.

0:04:24 > 0:04:26- Bye-bye!- Bye!

0:04:26 > 0:04:28It was lovely to meet you.

0:04:32 > 0:04:37# In our little human planet On our journey we met you

0:04:37 > 0:04:39# We've seen some friends around the world

0:04:39 > 0:04:41# And learned about you too

0:04:41 > 0:04:46# Our life may be so different Different country, different name

0:04:46 > 0:04:48# Different language Different weather

0:04:48 > 0:04:51# But inside, we're just the same

0:04:51 > 0:04:55# We are the children of our world We are. #

0:04:57 > 0:04:59Little Human Planet!