Moko se demande pourquoi les nuages viennent tous pleurer au même moment sur son village. Qu’est-ce qui les rend si tristes ? Il questionne le vieux du village qui lui propose d’attendre la fin de la saison des pluies pour comprendre. Une fois les pluies terminées, Moko retourne voir le vieux. Ce dernier lui dit que la réponse est dans les champs et les plantations. Moko découvre en effet que la pluie a permis de faire pousser tant de choses, que le village ne manque de rien. Il pense alors que les nuages ne sont pas tristes lorsqu’il pleut, mais qu’ils offrent toute leur eau pour que la terre soit fertile.

Day after day, Moko has been going to the shore and contemplating the rising sun. On one particular morning, he is accompanied by his friend, the village’s “wise man”. He asks his friend what he might find at the end of the world, he would very much like to go there. The old man tells him that he must leave everything behind and find out; he doesn’t know what lies at the end of the world but that he would very much like to. Moko promises to return and share his discoveries and takes off on a raft. Suddenly he is caught up in a terrible storm and he pleads with the Sea Beast to let him through. The tornado swirls around his raft and lifts him high in the sky then drops him back atop the waves, safe and sound. As the storm fades into the distance, Moko thanks the Sea Beast for keeping him safe and is now convinced that he will finally know what lies on the other side of the ocean.

Ce jour-là, Moko et Meï-Li ramassent des coquillages entre les rochers des plages de sable blanc pour décorer les maisons du village. Moko demande à Meï-Li s’ils ne peuvent pas aller sur d’autres plages pour trouver de beaux coquillages. Meï-Li apprécie l’idée et va demander à un pêcheur qui accepte de les emmener sur sa jonque. Au détour d’un village, Moko voit une grande plaine immense comme un lac. Il est persuadé que c’est la grande vague qui est venue déverser son eau sur les champs pour que le riz pousse. C’est alors que Meï-li ramasse un magnifique coquillage, Moko pense que c’est la mer qui offre un présent. Moko et Meï-Li sont heureux d’avoir vu tous ces beaux paysages et de revenir avec un superbe cadeau. Ils se disent que la mer connaît sans doute un chemin sous la terre, afin d’y envoyer parfois ses vagues pour abreuver les cultures, les rivières et les champs.

There is no rain in sight and Moko is worried. He decides to go and ask the advice of an old wise man who is said to be part magician, part sorcerer. Further confused by the wise man’s explanations, Moko heads nevertheless for the sand dunes. Far in the distance he sees a strange apparition: a cluster of trees around a small lake. He starts to run towards the apparition but no sooner has he begun his run that he can no longer see his destination. Disappointed, he sits on a rock and rests. A woman carrying a jug full of water on her head walks over to him and explains that he simply has to look in the right direction, and there, in the distance Moko sees the lake once again. He decides to head for it while never losing sight of it this time. On his way back to his village, he drops a trail of leaves to be able to return to the lake, but the wind quickly wipes away all of the leaves. Moko thinks that the desert shared a great secret with him and that it is best to keep it to himself.