Paradise Hamsubs presents...`
Knitting Barrette!
Yesterday's snow is everywhere!~noda
Brandy, good morning!
It's all right!~nanoda
Today, I'll play with everyone in the snow!~noda
See you, Brandy.
It's snow, it's snow!
Heke?
Be careful, Barrette!
NOTE: Her Japanese name is "Poniteru", or "Pony Tail"... but we'll stick with the English one.
Oxnard!
Good morning to you, Hamtaro.
Good morning!~nanoda
Who is that girl?~nanoda
Starting today, she'll stay at my home for a while. She's Barrette.
I see. I'm Hamtaro!~nanoda
Nice to meet you!~nanoda
Where are you going?
Barrette!
I don't know; I can't stop it!
We need to save Barrette!~noda
Yes!
I see, it's all right if I just step down.
Heke...
Are you all right, Hamtaro?
Your body must have gotten really cold, right?
You might even catch a cold.
Hey, hey.
You can use this if you want.
A yarn ball?
It's warm, and I can make it anything with it, so it's my precious treasure!
Look!
NOTE: Her 'ami ami' sound is the word for 'knitting'.
Cute!
Oxnard, this is warm!~nanoda
I see...
It really suits you. I like you!
Heke?
It suits him, you say...
You just spun around him.
Eh? You have a hamster guest in your house?
My mom is friends with her knitting teacher, so when she told her she had to go out of town for a while
she offered to take care of her hamster! Her name is Barrette. She's a small hamster.
Barrette?
Right!
That name fits her, and she's so cute!
She is really friendly with Oxnard.
I want to meet her too!
Hey, Kana, will it be fine if Hamtaro and I come to your house to play after school?
Of course!
I can't wait!
Let's hurry or we'll be late.
Yeah!
Welcome to the Ham-Ham Clubhouse, Barrette!
Today winter began, so we decided to perform our Ham-Ham winter festival!~noda
It was such good timing! You can come play too, Barrette!
Ham-Ham winter festival?
Ah... I wonder why I should live from now on?
I don't know at all.
What's up with you today, Howdy?
NOTE: I don't really know how to translate this. Howdy says "Yukisumari", which is something like "Therefore snow/winter"... a word pun with "Yukimatsuri" or "Winter festival".
It's a little hard, but... what do you think? What do you think?
Big joke!
I see, it's just your usual jokes.
NOTE: Dexter also did another pun.
It's just snow.
He made fun of me.
Barrette, please don't mind this big bro over here; he's always like this.
I don't really understand.
Umm... what we were talking about?
That's right - the winter festival!~nanoda
We can have a lot of fun while building stuff in the snow!~dechuwa
But... I will require everyone's help.
Panda, leave it to us!
Okay!
What's wrong? Aren't you feeling well, Penelope?
Today, Pashmina went with her owner June to her grandpa's house, so she won't make it back until late.
I hope she makes it in time for the festival.
Pashmina?
Penelope really likes Pashmina, so when she's not around, she feels lonely!~noda
There's no need to feel sad, Penelope!
You see? There's another little girl, Barrette, here!
What do you mean by that? I'm not a baby girl!
You can be Penelope's big sis for a while.
Well you see, I'm actually in love!
In love?
With whom?
I'm in love with Hamtaro!
Heke? With me?
NOTE: She addresses Hamtaro as '-chan', which means she thinks of him as someone close; I found it cute.
Embarrassed Hamtaro is so cute.
Just so you know, the one who likes Hamtaro is Bijou.
Bijou?
That means that she also loves Hamtaro.
That girl? Pft, I'm not gonna lose!
Hey, Bijou, can you knit?
I'll knit a lot for Hamtaro!
What do you think?
That's incredible!
Barrette's owner is a knitting professor, you see!
After all, Hamtaro's the best suitor for a date with me!
He's so cute!
You think this is cute?
It looks like he's in pain.
Winter... Let's get the winter festival ready!~noda
Yeah!
Barrette, please play with Penelope!~noda
Yes, Hamtaro!
Ham-Hams' snow sculpture?
Like in the winter festival, we have to build a huge snow hamster!
If we build some slides, we can play too!
It sounds like fun!~dechuwa
When Pashmina comes, she'll be very surprised.~noda
Let's hurry up and build it!
Yeah!
Everyone seems to be having fun.
But I promised Hamtaro...
Penelope...
This is my yarn ball - look!
What is on the menu today?
Here!
Sunflower seeds, acorns, and fruits too!
I can make anything with yarn!
It looks like fun. I'm not a baby anymore, so I should be able to help everyone in getting the winter festival ready.
Huh? Penelope?
Where could she have gone?
Could it be...?
She went to meet Pashmina?
But she might get lost!
Penelope!
Yay, it's snowing!~noda
You shouldn't be so happy.
What's wrong, Maxwell?
Look at the sky, please.
It looks like the weather will get worse.
Then let's hurry up and finish it!
Yeah!
Eh? Penelope and Barrette are gone?
Could it be... they went into the forest to play?
If they get caught in the snow, they'll be in trouble!~nanoda
Hamtaro, we should go search for those two.
Yeah!
I'm going too!
Maxwell, we're leaving the rest to you.~nanoda
Okay, Hamtaro!
How strange... I think I've passed around here already.
It's Penelope!
Penelope!
Wait a second; I'm coming to save you!
I'm going now!
It's all right now,
Episode dedicated to Kristopher
We won't make it in time!
Everyone, let's go and find shelter!
Penelope and Barrette... have they not found them yet?
I'm worried.~dechu
Penelope!
Barrette!
The prints in the snow have disappeared!
Barrette doesn't know this forest! What a problem...
Anyway, we need to find them quickly!~noda
Penelope! Barrette!
Hamtaro... anyone... save us.
Penelope, you're not cold, right? Let's stay close.
Don't cry, Penelope, don't cry.
Or I... I... won't be able to hold it in anymore.
That's right, Penelope! Can you make a drawing of Pashmina?
Penelope, what color is the muffler?
That color, huh? Okay, I'll make a Pashmina!
Come on, come on!
Look, it's Pashmina!
Here, you are not feeling lonely anymore, right?
Somehow, I also feel better!
Because of the snow, I can't really see anything.
I can't take another step.
Don't give up!~noda
Barrette, Penelope!
I-It's yarn!
Could it be... from Barrette?
Yarn?
Could it really be...?
It's Barrette's smell!~nanoda
What?
They're both in that pit?
Let's hurry up and dig it out!~noda
What's up? What happened?
Penelope, Barrette!
Hamtaro!
They're both there!
And they're safe!
We did it!
Everyone!
Penelope and Barrette are all right!
Thank goodness!~dechuwa
At this rate, it might collapse!
But we really wanted to show it to Pashmina!
And we were so close to finishing it!
Poor Snowman...
NOTE: They call him 'Spin spin' ('Guruguru-kun') or 'Round-and-around'.
What should we do?~noda
That's right!~dechuwa
Barrette, can you make a sweater out of yarn like you did for Hamtaro earlier, but a lot bigger?
Like the size of that Snowman!
That's right! It might save it from the wind!
If it's knitting, I can do anything!
I am the best knitter in the world!
Barrette!
We will gather more yarn!~noda
Hamtaro, in my house, there's a lot that we got from Barrette's owner!
Let's hurry and pick it up!
Here we go!
Hang in there, Snowman!
It will be all right, Snowman; you will be warm and feel better.~noda
That's right!
It's because I knitted it!
Everyone!
Let's go.
Come on!
Yay! It didn't collapse!
Okay, let's do our best to finish the Snow Ham slide!~noda
Yeah!
Penelope! Everyone!
I'm sorry I took so long.
Pashmina!
Incredible!
Everyone built this Snowman slide!
Pashmina, come play too!
Yeah!
The Ham-Ham winter festival can start!~noda
Yay!
Barrette, thanks for taking care of Penelope!
It looks so much like me!
Hey, Pashmina...
What is it?
Would you be my friend?
Sure!
All three of us can play!
Yeah!
Let's go!
Snoozer!
I want to have a big sis like Pashmina!
Even though I like Hamtaro, I like Pashmina even more!
It looks like Barrette likes the Ham-Hams a lot, right?~dechuwa
Yeah.
After all, she's one of us!~nanoda
Let's play tomorrow too, Barrette!
I'll come to Oxnard's house to play tomorrow too!
I'll do a lot more knitting, okay?
Thank you very much for this awesome present!~nanoda
Thank you, Barrette!
Today, I went to Kana's house to meet Barrette.
Like her name, she has a beautiful ponytail, and she's a very healthy girl!
Hamtaro?
What is this?
It looks a lot like Hamtaro.
Barrette made it for me!~noda
Today was really fun, but tomorrow will be even better, right, Hamtaro?
Heke!
I am Hamtaro!
I'm Laura!
Heke!
Sandy's owner Hillary has not felt well lately, and she even failed the Olympics test!~noda
It looks like Noel is worried about her. I wonder if she'll be okay?
Okay, I have a good idea!~noda
With the help of the Ham-Hams, we will do our best!~noda
Next time!
Laugh, Hillary!
See you next time!