Rockie returns from picture-book land with a mysterious fish scale in her hand. The school principal identifies it to be a scale of the mythical multi-colored fish Puckoo.
Educational theme: Distinction between right and wrong.
It's starting!
Hurl that big rock with your tail, WHIP-WHIP-WHIP.
Leap across Donut Swamp, THUD-THUD-THUD.
But your heart is tender and warm.
Don't flinch!
Don't mope!
Don't you cry!
Charge ahead, Rockie!
Go, Rockie!
The Search for Puckoo's Scales.
This is really strange.
Hey there, Rockie!
- Hi, Rockie!
- What are you doing?
Hey, guys.
Wow. What's that? It's so pretty.
Well, the other day, I found a book in the woods.
A book?
So I opened it, and found myself in a strange place.
Huhh?
And when I got back, I had this in my hand.
I'd love to add that to my treasure collection.
Research is my game.
Mr. Hardback!
Good day.
Hello.
You're all together.
Hm? Pardon me.
Why, this is...
Ah, just as I thought.
Huh? As you thought?
This is a scale of that multi-colored fish Puckoo.
Huhh? Puckoo?
I did some research after that.
Puckoo is incredibly timid.
When he gets a shock, he flies out of a book
and hides himself by transforming into seven scales.
Seven scales?
Yes.
And this is one of them.
Oh, I see.
When we knocked all those books down, it scared him and he flew away.
And further, we need to collect all seven of those scales in order for Puckoo
to regain his form and go back into the book where he dwells.
The poor fish.
Yeah, really.
All right.
Then let's look for all the rest of the scales.
Sure!
Let's find all seven, and let Puckoo get back to his book.
Puckoo, multi-colored fish-
Puckoo, please come back to us-
Puckoo, all your seven scales-
Puckoo, Puckoo, we will find for you.
We can't find them.
They're nowhere to be found.
Hey, Puckoo's scales! Where are you?
I know! Let's go to Donut Swamp and ask Kapper.
Good idea.
One of the scales might have fallen into the swamp.
Hello, Kapper.
Come out for us, Kapper.
Huh?
Master Kapper, it's time for your snack.
I don't have time for that.
It's the monthly maintenance day, you know.
Great! It's all tuned up now.
If this machine ever breaks down,
terrible things will happen to all the water in Clattery Woods.
I'm going to go out to inspect the waters in the woods now.
Don't you dare touch the machine, you hear?
Maybe Kapper isn't here.
Hmm...
Hey! I'm Rapper, cool man Rapper.
Yo! You guys need help? Yo!
Hello, Rapper.
Have you seen any scales that look like this one anywhere?
Scales?
Uh-huh.
Hmm? Hmm...
Oh! You know what? I think I saw one inside the swamp.
Yeah?
Are you sure, Rapper?
Oh, yeah.
Look for it, and you could find it.
Yeah. See ya!
There's one inside the swamp.
Let's go.
B-But that's not right.
We shouldn't barge in on someone else's home.
Oh... You're right.
It'll be okay.
We'll leave as soon as we find the scale.
Right! You all, follow me.
Okay!
No, no, no, Rockie, we shouldn't do this.
W-We'd better stop them.
Hey! What's holding you up?
We're doing this for Puckoo!
Wh-What should I do?
Hey, wait for me!
Rockie! You shouldn't go in there!
Hello, Kapper? He must be out.
I'm going to be the one to find it.
Whoa! Look at these rare gemstones and fossils!
This place is brimming with treasures.
Forget that! Look for a scale.
Over here? Over here?
I don't see it around here.
We shouldn't touch other people's things like this.
Rockie, let's get out of here.
Yeah, I guess.
What could THAT be?
Hm? What's this here?
What's this box?
That's Master Kapper's precious machine.
Kapper's precious machine?
I know! My sharp intuition tells me that the scale is hidden inside this!
Great. Let's look inside.
Here we go.
Is this Puckoo's scale?
Hmm...
It doesn't look like one to me.
Well, let's take it back and have Mr. Hardback look at it.
Okay.
Hey, it won't come off.
I'll give it a try.
Rockie!
Please.
Let's leave it alone.
No! Don't! Don't!
A great day this is to do the laundry.
Huh? What? What? Huh?
The water has stopped.
Huhhh?
What would be nice for the school lunch tomorrow?
Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.
The river is losing water.
This is a catastrophe.
All the water's gone.
S-So what are we going to do?
I'm Kapper n' I'm a racer!
Hey! Who is the one who broke this important machine?
Huh? Machine? THIS?
Hey, give that back to me.
The whole woods have gone dry.
At this rate, the Clattery Woods are going to turn into a desert.
A desert?
O-Oh, no!
Well, I'll use my expert skills and try to fix it.
How's this now?
What are we to do?
I'm so relieved.
Kapper, I'm sorry.
Please forgive us.
See what you've done?
Even if it's for Puckoo, there are things you shouldn't do.
I'm sorry.
Please forgive us.
W-Well, if you've learned your lesson, that's fine.
So anyway...
what does that scale look like?
This is one of them.
Have you seen one anywhere?
Hmm.
I was inspecting the whole woods today, and I didn't see one anywhere.
Are you sure?
I'd immediately notice something that sparkled so bright like that.
Then...
where could all the other scales have gone?
That's all for now!