Rockie and her baby brother Rocco wander into picture-book land, where a monkey gives them a magic seed to plant. But when a magic tree grows and bears fruits, they find out that the fruits aren't good for eating.
Educational theme: Generosity toward natural life.
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!
"Rocco Plants a Magic Seed."
Mmm! These rock crackers are good, aren't they?
Yeah!
Look! A fish!
This cracker sort of looks like Puckoo.
Puckoo?
Puckoo, the multi-colored fish.
If we collect seven scales, he can regain his original form and go back inside his picture book.
Picture book?
Mm-hmm.
Here's a picture book.
Hmm? Rocco, how did this get here?
Oh... Is this THAT again?
Whoa!
Rockie! Rockie!
Huh? Oh, Rocco.
Are we in picture-book land?
Hey.
I'm a monkey, an easy-goin' monkey.
Ohhh... I'm hungry.
Hm? What's this here?
Shucks. It's just a stone.
Hey, that looks good.
Hey! Yo!
Huh? Rapper?
Uh... I guess not.
Hey, give that to me.
Whoa, whoa.
You can't have it.
Hm? Th-Then how about, I'll trade this magic seed for what you have there?
Magic seed?
This looks like a plain old stone, right?
But believe it or not, it grows into a magic tree.
A magic tree?
Then delicious fruits will grow on it... maybe.
Here.
Have this.
Oh? Great.
Here.
Your magic seed.
See ya!
Wow.
Delicious fruits, he says.
Let's plant it and see.
Yeah, yeah.
Here we go now.
Aye, aye.
Here we go now.
Aye aye aye.
I can't wait to see the fruits.
Isn't this exciting?
Yeah! Yeah!
Hello, excuse me.
Huh?
We are brother and sister crabs.
Yes we are.
You two are being fooled.
That is no magic seed.
Huhh? It isn't?
That monkey is totally dishonest.
He once gave me what he said was a magic wand, and it was just a plain stick.
And he ate all the chestnuts we grew with loving care.
What he gave you was a plain stone, I bet.
Huhh? Really?
Rockie! Look! Look!
Uh-huh?
Wow! A bud has grown out.
Whoa!
Those fruits look so good!
I can't believe it! It was true then.
No way!
Hey, I'll take over the watering for you.
Huh?
Oh? Mr. Monkey, you're going to help us?
Yeah! So you guys can go and have a nap or something.
Okay?
We'll leave it to you then.
I never thought fruits would actually grow.
I'll have them all to myself.
Ugh!
Wh-What's this? It's bitter!
So much for this!
That monkey is sometimes honest, I guess.
I wonder how much that magic tree has grown.
What?
It's all withered.
Mr. Monkey!
Huh? Wha... What's up?
You watered the tree for us, didn't you?
Huh? Oh... well, I...
You DIDN'T?
But you see, those fruits taste horrible.
Huhh? You ate them?
Yeah, yeah, I tried that fruit.
It tasted so bad I spit it out.
Yeah.
So there you go.
Bye!
Hey, wait.
Just as expected.
Ooh, he's so nasty.
Rocco, even if we get more fruits to grow, they aren't edible.
Right. It's no use caring for it.
Hey.
Did the tree get a little better?
I see.
The tree is happy to get water.
In that case, let's do what we can until the tree gets well.
Yeah!
Hang in there.
Get well.
Grow tall now.
Wow...!
It's beautiful.
It really is.
Oh. Fruits have grown on it again.
Yeah, but they're not edible, right?
Uh... Rocco...
It's good!
Huh? Really?
It's good!
Huhh?
Huhh?
I get it.
The first ones weren't ripe yet.
A-ha! If that's the case...
Mr. Monkey!
Hop, step and jump.
They're right. This is delicious!
And there are more over here.
Ugh. The branches are in the way.
Ugh! How mean!
How could you do this to the magic tree?
Wh-What's going on?
Ow, that hurt.
Look what you've done to the tree.
I'm really mad now.
Ouch!
Snip, snip, snip.
Stop that!
Promise not to hurt the tree?
I promise.
Then I trust you can help with the watering.
Uh... Uh-huh...
Here we go now.
I'm a monkey watering the tree now.
You're a great help, Mr. Monkey.
Right on.
I'm a hard-workin' monkey, yeah.
I hope you keep well, magic tree.
Yeah, yeah.
Rockie? Rockie?
Oh, Rocco.
We've come back home.
Hi, Rockie.
Oh, hi Shelly, hi Curly.
I've just been on another trip to picture-book land.
Huh? Really?
Rockie!
A scale!
Hmm.
If we add this to what we've already found...
We've got six!
That means... we're missing just one.
Great.
We just have to find one more.
Yeah!
Yeah, yeah!
That's all for now!