Collecting Yams in Yap Little Human Planet

# In our big round planet out in big starry space

# Let's meet some friends around the world

# And go from place to place

# Our life may be so different Different country, different name

# Different language Different weather

# But inside, we're just the same

# Let's meet our friends around the world

# Hello and how are you?

# We are the children of the world We are its future too

# We are, let's meet our friends around the world

# We are. #

We're off on a colourful journey around the world.

I wonder who we're going to meet today?

This is a beautiful island called Yap in the Pacific Ocean.

And this is a village where a five-year-old girl,

her older sister and auntie live.

Let's meet them.

Yes, please!

-ALL:

-Hello!

Hello!

SHE SPEAKS IN HER OWN LANGUAGE

She says her name is Putin.

And here is her big sister and her Auntie Christina.

They're off on their way to dig some vegetables,

and it's quite a long way.

Through the bushes and trees they walk

to the place where vegetables called yams grow.

Yams?!

Yes. Yams grow in the ground, like...

like potatoes or carrots.

There.

Auntie Christina is digging for the yams in the ground.

It's hard work to dig up the deep roots of the yam.

Come on, Auntie Christina, you can do it!

Putin's helping now.

Oh! There's the yam!

Yes.

Putin puts the yams carefully into her basket.

There! Finished.

They've collected enough yams.

They walk through the bushes and trees

back to their home to cook the yams.

Nearly there, Putin.

But before they cook the yams

they have to be cleaned and scrubbed with some water

to get rid of the dirt and the soil.

Scrub, scrub, scrub!

They are very dirty yams.

Next, the yams are peeled.

Auntie Christina lights the fire to cook the yams

whilst Putin and her sister watch.

There!

The yams are in the pot.

THEY SING

Aw! What a lovely song.

-Bye-bye!

-Bye!

It was lovely to meet you.

# In our little human planet On our journey we met you

# We've seen some friends around the world

# And learned about you too

# Our life may be so different Different country, different name

# Different language Different weather

# But inside, we're just the same

# We are the children of our world We are. #

Little Human Planet!