Chasing the Turquoise

S5 E3: Midnight-Braids is very unhappy: she has lost the beautiful turquoise given to her by Straight-Gaze. Yakari sets off in search for it, accompanied by Little-Thunder. Just when he finds the precious stone, a chipmunk grabs it and stuffs it inside his cheek. The little creature agrees to give it back but only if Yakari helps to clean out the entrance to his den first. Then Linden gets his paws on it first and thinks it’s funny to tease Yakari and Little-Thunder with it which drives them nuts. The little beaver finally understands that Yakari isn’t joking around, but as he hands the turquoise back to him, it falls in the river and is snatched up by a salmon, which hurtles downstream until it is caught by a big bear. Negotiations with the bear go badly, but then he chokes on the stone when he tries to swallow the fish. Yakari, Little-Thunder, and Linden manage to extract the stone from his throat and save his life... And Midnight-Braids finally gets her turquoise back!