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The story we're about to tell you begins with a trip.

It all began the day the "gueros"...

...moved to Barra de Potosi.

Dylan, Andrea, and Lucas had been here on vacation...

...but this time they were staying here for good.

Mom, are we there yet?

Mom, are we there yet?

Mom, are we there yet?

Mom, are we there yet?

Mom, are we there yet?

Mom, are we there yet?

Mom, are we there yet?

Don't you wake up your brother, Dylan.

Mom, are we there yet?

Mom, are we there yet?

Mom, are we there yet?

Mom, are we there yet?

Mom, are we there yet?

Dylan is asking if we're there yet.

One minute less than the last time you asked.

Don't get your brother all riled up, please.

Mom, are we there yet?

I don't want to get there.

What?

You don't want to get there?

We have to get there...

...for my birthday party.

This water is for me.

- What is Dylan watching? - Sit down.

Look! He's watching the pirates!

He's watching the pirates!

Oh! A pirate ship!

Many, many years ago, hundreds of years ago...

...pirates started to fancy...

...attacking the Spanish ships...

...to steal the treasures they carried.

Those ships traveled between Europe...

...and what was then called The New World.

The American continent wasn't that new...

...but the Europeans had only just discovered it.

So, they arrived with their ships...

...and started stealing everything they could.

The Spaniards stole the gold...

...and other riches from the peoples of the Americas.

And the pirates stole those same riches...

...from the Spanish ships. Robbery upon robbery!

One of the first pirates was an Englishman...

...Francis Drake.

First, he attacked ships on the Caribbean Sea.

And then, he continued along the Atlantic coast.

He became very rich, and made his queen rich too.

The queen of England was so happy...

...with all the treasures the pirate gave her!

Later, Drake got the idea to sail on and on...

He circled the American continent and got to the Pacific Ocean.

He kept sailing North until he reached the loveliest beaches.

There, he found a navigation route he simply loved!

The Manila Galleon...

...used to sail from the ports of Acapulco and Zihuatanejo...

...with so many goods!

It crossed the Pacific, reaching the port of Manila...

...in the Philippine Islands.

The Manila Galleon was also known as The Nao of China.

Francis Drake, known as 'El Draque' by the Spaniards...

...had many lairs, that is, hideouts...

...in the sandbars and bays along the Americas' coastline.

He liked it there, so maybe...

...just maybe...

...'El Draque' might have left some forgotten treasures...

...hidden somewhere in Mexico.

This is me, the one who is telling you all this.

My name is Jacinta, and my dog's name is Toto.

We live in Barra de Potosi, at the Refugio animal shelter...

...since my parents are biologists and they work here.

What you see back there are the bones of a whale.

And this is Ermi, a hermit crab.

His house is a shell, and he always wears it.

Look, Toto, come here.

Don't you eat it.

No, you shouldn't do that.

Ermi.

Ermi.

He likes to...

...walk around.

- Jacinta, time for breakfast. - All right.

Bye, Ermi!

Hurry up, Jaci. Your ride is here.

Hi, Julieta!

No school for you, Toto!

Hurry, girls! We'll be late!

We're running late.

Careful with that rock.

Hurry, we're running late!

This is our school.

And this is teacher Avi...

...with his daughters, Fabiana and Mati.

I'm going to tell the teacher!

I'll tell my dad you're here.

Mati is my best friend.

We're both in first grade...

...since we're already six years old.

It's sinking, it's sinking. In threes!

Recess is over, kids. Back to the classroom.

I know what you're thinking.

"Don't tell me your school is on the beach."

Well, it is! Our school is by the sea, on the beach.

Mr. Gorilla, who cut your hair?

And the barber, how much did he charge?

Hey, Mati...

...how does it feel that your dad is our teacher?

It feels nice.

He teaches me lots of things.

This girl is Aranza.

Aranza?

She doesn't have a mom, but she has lots of siblings.

I brought lunch for your siblings.

Make sure Alondra eats hers, she didn't eat breakfast.

Her sister Zindu is like a mother to her.

Oh, and an extra one for Julio.

Sure, there's always an extra one for Julio.

- Goodbye. - Bye, take care.

That day, the "gueros", that is, the blondies, finally arrived...

...at the House of the Moon.

- Why is Andrea so angry? - I don't know.

Let's go.

The blondies' father is from England.

Only his kids understand him when he speaks.

Go on, put your things in your room.

I'm not going to like the school here.

I didn't go today and I'm not going, ever.

- Hi, Zindu. - Hi, Aranza!

- How was your day? - Need help?

- Hand me the battered fish. - What's for lunch?

Michel, first put down your bag and wash your hands, please.

Go tell your uncle the food is on the table.

If Julio hasn't eaten yet, bring him along.

This one's alive.

Look, this one's alive, too.

Uncle, lunch is ready.

Can you please give me the bony fish?

You haven't eaten yet? Come with us, then.

I saved my treasure for you, Dylan.

It's been waiting for you for 400 years.

400 years!

Dylan!

- My name is Brandon. - I'm Julio.

Good morning, kids!

Dylan, this is your new classroom...

...and your classmates.

- Andrea, right? - Y-yes.

We've been expecting you. Aranza?

Take her to the fifth and sixth grade classroom.

Don't be so sad. You'll love this school.

Everyone here is nice, you'll see.

Don't be sad.

Kids, open your notebooks and write this down.

Natural resources of Barra de Potosi.

If you look up the word Potosi in the dictionary...

...you'll find it means abundance, extraordinary wealth.

That is because the place we live in...

...is very rich in natural resources.

Erick, will you help me with this drawing?

Good drawing!

"Protection of our natural resources and sustainable fishing."

We have over 213 bird species.

Mati, it looks a lot like here, right?

It's important for us to know about our resources...

...because they help us live.

What if we do research projects as a group?

- Is that OK? - Yes!

It can be about mangroves, about birds...

...fish, turtles, whales.

Yes!

Jaci, can you show them the whale, please?

Who here has seen a whale before?

Have you seen how big they are? They're big and beautiful!

They come to the coast of Guerrero...

...right in front of Barra de Potosi.

They eat crustaceans. What are crustaceans?

- Food! - Food, and little crabs.

They have their babies and swim away.

- They're very big! - That's right.

- And black! - Black and big.

- This color. - As big as two boats together!

Thank you, Jaci. Go to your seat.

- How big? - About 15 meters.

- Can she sit with me? - Sure.

Go ahead, Mati.

So, we'll work on our research topics.

We're planning a day trip with Jacinta's parents, the biologists...

...whose job is to study nature.

We're going to visit he turtle preserve.

The next day, we went to the turtle preserve.

They protect the turtle eggs...

...so that neither humans nor other predators...

...will eat them.

And when the baby turtles are born...

We have to help them get to the sea...

...so they can swim away and live their lives.

If a wave hits you, don't move.

It will push the turtles back, and we could step on them...

...and hurt them.

Don't squeeze them.

Hold them like this.

Slowly.

Get up, sweetie.

- Have you named them? - You can do it, baby turtle.

- Have you named them? - Good luck, Pepe!

- One, two... - Free them!

Let them go on their own.

Mine is winning!

- Have you wished them luck? - Good luck!

My turtle is winning!

It's also very lucky!

We have to let them do it on their own.

Look how far mine is!

At the Refugio shelter, we have many animals...

...like iguanas.

But my favorite animal is a porcupine.

Her name is Lala.

Come, Lalita.

Lalita likes to eat...

...her tortillas.

Are you hungry too, Pepe?

He wants a snack, too.

He's craving your food...

...because you're eating so much tortilla.

Why did you drop it? You don't want any more?

You don't.

Good night, Lala. Sweet dreams!

Jaci?

You can read a little longer, but you have school tomorrow.

Toto, come here. I'll read you a story.

Alejo was a little crab...

...a hermit crab who...

...lived on a beautiful beach.

His life had been happy...

...until the day...

...when he had to move to a different home.

The seashell...

...where he used to live...

...no longer fit him.

The beach was dirty and full of trash...

...so Alejo the crab...

...got confused and crawled into a broken bottle top.

Poor little crab!

- Do you feel good at school? - More or less.

More? Or less?

I can't believe it!

Look, Mati! A bottle-top crab like the one in my storybook.

Yes! A bottle-top crab like in Jaci's storybook.

I'm picking it up.

How cute!

He's very shy.

Why is his shell a bottle top?

Sometimes, they make mistakes because...

...humans leave trash on the beach.

Sometimes, little crabs make mistakes...

...and I think this one chose a bottle top by mistake.

- Can we take off his shell? - No.

We have to wait until he's ready to molt...

...if we don't, we can really hurt him.

Julieta and her sister Jazmin spend all day swimming.

They're so lucky!

Well, they can only swim when the hotel has no guests.

Julieta, get out of the pool! You have homework.

Well, it's the high season now...

...so double rooms are 750 pesos per night...

...and triple rooms are 650 pesos per night.

Let me just check if we have vacancies.

Let me check.

- Where are you going, Julieta? - To play!

We've talked about this, why are you acting like this?

You two talked about it. No one asked me.

I don't want to live here.

- Hi, Andrea's dad! - Hi, Julieta!

Hi, Andrea! Hi, Andrea's mom!

Nice to see you, Julieta. Want a quesadilla?

Make it two.

I'm so glad you moved here.

- What is it? - A fish.

No, thank you.

No, I saw shadows and a pirate in the window.

Really?

Pirates were English. They are friends.

Scorpions are very dangerous.

Look.

They are not friends. Don't touch scorpions.

- Lucas. - What?

Never touch scorpions.

Don't! No!

I'm serious.

We'll have to fumigate. No more scorpions.

That was the day when Dylan started to realize...

...that the view in Barra de Potosi looked very similar...

...to the map in his pirate game on the tablet.

One, two, three!

Diving in the deep ocean I fell in love with a mermaid.

Without hesitation, we got married in Caleta.

Nine months later...

...she gave me the news.

We had a little mermaid one year later...

...with an angel's face and a fishtail.

She looks voluptuous.

What is volu... voluptuous?

Chubby, I think.

Can I see it?

See the way she moves her hips.

Come on!

I saw one! It's there!

- Quickly, get it, David! - Here?

It got out!

There must be some here. Step aside, Dylan.

- Here's another! - Where?

Here.

Look, I have two.

Here's one, Michel!

- Where? - Here! There are two!

You lost one.

- Ready? - No, I can't do it.

Let me try. Wait, Dylan, you'll get pinched.

Pull hard.

It hurts a lot!

It hurts, it hurts a lot.

I learned how to fish for crabs.

Take one.

- When did your tooth fall out? - Yesterday.

Will you hand me a tortilla, please?

Thank you.

How do I open it?

You can tear off the claw, like this.

There is meat inside.

Bite it first.

There's meat on that one.

That one over there.

That's it, bite it.

Why don't you sell the crabs?

Because they're very tasty.

- Don't you like them? - Yes, but don't you need money?

Yes, we do need the money...

...because Uncle Owen needs a new engine for La Chinita.

- What is "La Chinita"? - It's a boat.

What happened to it?

The engine is too broken.

I have a plan to make some money.

What's the plan?

We have to find the treasure.

- What treasure? - A pirate's treasure.

The other night, I saw a pirate.

So, what happened?

I don't know what he said to me.

He gestured at me.

I saw...

...a ship.

It had a pirate flag on it.

Maybe they came here to hide a treasure.

We have to look for a pirate's chest.

So, how do we find it?

We have to search on YouTube.

Understood?

- Yes. - Sure.

That day, I asked Aranza if she was also going...

...to the House of the Moon with Dylan and Andrea.

She said yes...

...because it was time to look for the pirate's treasure.

Are we going?

Alondra came to ask if it was time to go.

And I said we could swim a little longer.

Do you like it? Should I fix it for you?

Why don't you put it on?

You look so pretty!

I like this one.

Do I look nice? Really?

Such cute things!

- Do you like my wings? - You look beautiful.

How cute!

- Your house is lovely, Andrea. - Thank you.

- What are you doing? - Looking for the X.

- What X? - For the treasure.

Dylan, is the internet getting slower?

Of course it is, the internet is always slow here.

- Should I tie it? - Yes.

It's my favorite color.

So handsome!

- What game are you playing? - We're not playing.

- Yeah, right. - We're not playing.

We're looking at Drake's map to find his treasures .

They say...

...where there's a fire, there's a hidden treasure.

Pirates put an X to remember...

...where they hid their treasures.

"Mps of prate trsures?"

You missed an A, and an E.

"Meps of pirade treasures?"

You missed an A.

You missed an E, and have an extra T.

Finally!

So many maps!

Almost every map has an X.

Some look fake.

Like these, they look like drawings.

I think back then, they had no technology or tablets.

Can we look at this one?

It'd be cool to have the printed maps.

- Does your dad have a printer? - Yes, 'cause he's a biologist.

Toto! Come, Toto!

That black one!

Which black one?

Let's switch places.

Tell me, what do you need? Explain it to me.

Everything that's on the tablet.

All of them? I can't, they're too many.

- Ink is expensive, you know? - Yes.

No.

Jaci's dad, we don't know which is the right map.

That's why we want to print all of them.

I can get you a real map on your tablet.

An authentic one, very precise.

It could work for you.

We live here.

Right here.

- Here we are. - Yes, it's true!

- Is this Barra de Potosi? - The Morros are there!

Los Morros look small, they should be bigger.

Here they are.

Those white things are crashing waves?

Yes, it's a satellite picture, it's a real photograph.

- Taken from a satellite? - Yes.

Here are Los Morros.

- And The Guamilule. - And our school?

The school is...

...here.

Pirates would've loved a map like this one.

- How come? - They only had maps drawn by hand.

But this one is perfect.

- Will it be on my tablet? - Yeah, exactly.

Do you have a name?

Every research project must have one.

- Crabs, "cangrejos"! - Yes, Cangrejos!

- Are you taking all of them? - Yes, teacher.

Be very careful.

- They'll hold on tight. - See you tomorrow!

Goodbye, teacher!

Hold tight!

We are Cangrejos!

You look more like a pack of sardines to me.

Hold tight or I won't start the car.

Cangrejos! Cangrejos!

Cangrejos! Cangrejos!

Diving in the deep ocean I fell in love with a mermaid.

Look! He's up there singing.

That's Uncle Chalino.

- Doesn't he fall? - Uncle, won't you fall?

I hope not!

Let's ask him.

Have you seen an X somewhere around here?

You're buying me an XX beer?

That sounds perfect with this heat!

No, just one X! Have you seen one X?

- I'll drink just one. - Uncle, we're serious.

We are looking for an X.

This is where we are, in this blue dot.

This is...

...Barra de Potosi.

And here are Los Morros.

But there's no X.

Maybe since they took it from space...

...they didn't see the X.

- Please show me where we are. - There.

In that blue dot.

They could've hidden the treasure here.

I found the X here.

Some of us got our dad's color...

...and others got our mother's color.

But my sister Zindu says we're all beautiful.

- What is it, son? - I'm looking for an X.

An X? There's lots here.

No need to look there, they're right here.

Come over here.

Do you want an X? Are you looking for an X?

Look, there's lots here.

There's one, two. So many of them!

Get inside the square and you'll find many.

They're everywhere.

The edge of the square is full of Xs.

I want you to sweep them all into that pile of salt.

When you finish with all the Xs here...

...I have more over there, get them all together.

Okay, son? Put your heart into it.

There you go.

You know how it's done.

There you go!

SALT FOR SALE

Let's hold tight.

There's a better view from above.

It's a good thing we're up a tree!

Do you see an X anywhere?

Be careful.

Mati, you're all the way at the top!

Don't fall down!

Should we keep looking for the X?

Fabiana, Mati, I'm going to get us some dinner.

- Jaci, are you staying? - Yes!

I'll be right back.

What's this?

It's an anchor.

- Like what pirates use? - They'd need five of these.

What are you watching?

Look! It's Jacinta's dad and Juan Carlos.

I'm going.

Grab the regulator, too.

Can you do it?

Hi, Lucas, are you diving with us?

- You want to come with us? - Lucas, do you want to learn?

Pepe gives good diving lessons.

Remember we can't talk underwater...

...so we have to use signals.

Going up, going down.

And the most important signal means you're OK.

When I ask if you're OK, you answer "I'm OK."

If something is wrong with your visor...

...or with your flippers...

...this signal means something is wrong.

If I ask if you're OK, how do you answer?

- I'm OK. - And if something's wrong?

Something's wrong with your ears, or your visor.

This means going up, and this, going down.

Put on your mask.

One, two, three!

Little crab...

...in a bottle top.

Well, you don't have a bottle top anymore.

But you'll always be my bottle-top crab!

Right, friend?

You've gotten so big!

- Hi, Jaci's dad. - Hi!

- How's the whale coming along? - Great, thank you.

- We're getting there. - Does Toto help, too?

Dylan, where's the tablet?

The tablet!

Oops, I dropped it.

Why is its head so big?

Juan Carlos' dad works here...

...and he's the one arranging the whale bones.

How did the whale die?

Nobody knows, the fishermen brought it here.

It smelled awful!

People had to wear masks.

Are you allowed to climb here on your own, Jaci?

Yes, because I'm grown up and very careful.

- How old are you? - Six.

You're tall!

Look, that's where they found the dead whale.

Can I have it?

Pirate treasures? Those are storytales for small children.

We won't share it with you, then, when we find it.

- This is Mexico. - It's a true story.

Pirate Drake did hide in this area.

The X has to be red, or any color?

It can be any color.

- When do we go for the treasure? - I'd like to go today or tomorrow.

We must find the X first. How else?

The X!

Dylan, that's it, right?

- The X! - Dylan, we found the X!

- An X on the rocks! - Los Morros.

What a show!

Don't touch the branches...

...because there might be scorpions in them.

- Especially in the dry ones. - That's how they cafloumage.

- That's not the right word, Dylan. - You're like a cuija, pale, with no color.

Nine months later...

...she gave me the news.

We had a little mermaid one year later.

With an angel's face and a fishtail.

We had a little mermaid one year later.

With an angel's face and a fishtail.

Aranza, is that Uncle Owen?

Yes.

Uncle Owen?

- Uncle Owen? - What's up?

We came to ask if you'd take us to Los Morros.

Why do you want to go? There's only rocks.

Nothing but bird crap.

We need to go because there's an X there.

- What X? - The X of a treasure, please.

- Don't be silly, I'm not taking you. - Please, Uncle!

- Julio, wanna come? - Yes!

- Can I come, too? - I can't fit so many.

Let's draw straws to see who stays and who goes.

Ice cream!

It's not fair, Mati.

Yeah, it's not fair.

It is fair, Jaci. You drew the short straw.

Ice cream!

I want a wafer cone with two scoops of coconut...

- And one coffee scoop. - Sure, these are on the house.

I don't like to lose.

...but I like ice cream.

Lucas, Jazmin, do you want ice cream?

- Come get your ice cream. - Two scoops of coffee, please.

I want one with coconut, vanilla, and strawberry.

Me, I want...

...I want...

- I'm next! - Coconut or strawberry?

- Coconut and strawberry. - You got it!

- And chocolate. - Here you go.

Is Andrea coming?

- Is she your sweetheart? - What flavor are they?

- Coconut, strawberry, coffee. - Get one, it's my treat.

- One coconut, please. - Tell me, I won't tell anyone!

Look, look!

- There are so many, Dylan! - That's true!

Look, Dylan, it looks like a pirate's skull.

Maybe they put it there as a signal.

Look, there's another X on those rocks.

There are too many, Dylan!

- Can we swim there? - No, you can't.

Uncle Owen, there!

- Let us swim around. - No.

- We'll be careful, I can swim. - Me, too.

Come on, Uncle. Please let us do it.

- I don't see any X. - Your eyesight is bad.

- You're too old to see. - Another X!

- Look, another one! - Yes, there's one there, too.

Another one!

- Where, Dylan? - Right there.

Where the wave crashed.

- Can we go in there? - No.

You'll make me mad and I'll turn this boat around.

- See that sign? - Where, Dylan?

That 4 over there. Did you see it?

Did you see it? You'll see in a minute.

Look, I'll show you in a minute.

There's an X over there and something like gold.

Can you stop here?

Do you see that? It's gold. See how it glitters?

Julio, are you seasick?

There's a sign there, as if the treasure is inside.

- See that glitter? - That's not gold.

- It's all in your head. - It is gold.

- It's glittering. - It's not gold, it's seaweed.

- Whoa! There's an X there! - I want to swim there.

I already said no. It's not possible.

See how the wave goes in and comes out stronger?

If you go in, the current will thrash you around.

But I can see a sign, for the treasure.

- I don't see it. - It's a big cave!

I think we'll be fine, the boat can fit through.

There's a skull!

I already said no, don't be stubborn.

- Then, let us swim. - No way!

If you try to swim here, the sea currents will take you.

- I said no. - But I've seen people swim here.

They are expert divers, and grown-ups.

Not like you.

- You know nothing about anything. - Please, let us swim.

I said no.

But the X is right there. I can see it.

- Yeah, me too. - Can't you see it, Uncle?

I think you're all crazy.

Julieta, please hang up. Don't play with the phone.

I'm not playing, this is important.

The X? Really? See you tomorrow.

We'll take everyone.

Who is we? Where? There's no school tomorrow!

Julieta!

The parrot.

Here are some sweets.

Would you like water? Milk? Chocolate milk?

- Chocolate milk. - Me too, please.

I think I'll visit more often.

That's for the candy, I know.

This is the story I was telling you about.

Alejo the crab?

There is a map in my storybook.

We can trace it. Here is Los Morros, see?

The bottle-top crab had a very serious problem.

And the mermaid in the story found a solution.

But where will we find a mermaid to help us find the treasure?

In the sea.

No one here has seen a mermaid.

Mermaids are found at the bottom of the sea.

- Are you sure? - A plan!

- A plan! - A plan, and a map.

That's just what we need to find the treasure.

I printed it for you guys. It's Los Morros from above.

Look, right here.

This X marks where I saw the pirate.

This is the skull island.

- Could the treasure be there? - In any of these three places.

If the treasure isn't here, maybe he moved it...

...to another cave, maybe this one.

So, I saw Pirate Drake, his parrot, and a chest.

- I saw him in the cave. - How did you see it?

When you were lying on the bottom of the boat, like this...

...we went by the cave and I saw him.

And he said things right into my mind.

Maybe so that you wouldn't hear him.

And he said...

...that all his treasures will be mine.

They'll be yours, but you'll share them!

Of course I'll share them!

- What are you doing? - Right here...

...where I drew this arrow, that's El Draque's route.

And what can we do to find a mermaid?

The mermaid is very important.

Dylan was sure...

...that our plan would work.

We took two boats and no one had to stay back.

Only the youngest ones.

Andrea later told us that the fish signaled the way.

- I found something! - The treasure! Yeah!

Really?

The treasure! The treasure!

Andrea, Andrea!

But, guess what!?

Treasure. Treasure.

After all we went through, it turned out...

...the pirate's chest was empty!

The good thing is we sold it because it was a very old trunk!

- Hello, Don Sergio! - Good afternoon.

Hi!

Now Dylan has a new plan to find the treasure.

So we'll return to Los Morros one of these days.

But not today...

...because Michel is telling everyone about the party.

What party?

The party Zindu is throwing us with the money from the chest.

My grandma says the true treasures are...

...us, the children, and the planet we live in!

Come, Lucas!

Let's dance!

Dylan, let's dance!

Cangrejos! Cangrejos!

Cangrejos! Cangrejos!

Cangrejos! Cangrejos! Cangrejos! Cangrejos!

Cangrejos! Cangrejos! Cangrejos! Cangrejos!

We are sincerely grateful for all the support we received from the community in Barra de Potosi We are sincerely grateful for

We remember Chaks [1981-2015] Our pirate who now lives in a star.

This film is dedicated to all rural schoolteachers in Mexico,

Barra de Potosi should be declared