On Rooting Day, Razana put a plan in motion. As Dera's seeds fell to the forest floor, a family of Sifaka lemurs leapt into active duty, each one had been assigned a seed to plant. As Razana drops down, the adventurous little seed bounded over the age-old borders and lead her lemur, newcomer Reny, on a merry chase. At the tip of the peninsula, Razana ignored Reny's pleadings and planted herself. Water now surrounded her on three sides, though she was far from the forest, farther than any seed has ever traveled.  
     At first Razana loved her home; saplings could bend so she curved over to play with waves or reached up to confer with seabirds. Growing older however, her trunk toughened and she grew top heavy. Suddenly she cannot tipped over and landed on a boulder. Now she was stuck dangling parallel with the Ocean. Unharmed, Razana decided to make the best of it. At least her branches still trailed into the waves.
     Little by little she realized she had separated herself from the complex Web of Life of the forest. For thousands of yeatrs, baobab trees have watched and recorded the world's history for the Forest Team. By growing so far from her family, Razana hadn't learneded her proper role. Eager to experience what baobabs could not do, she neglected to appreciate what the Forest Team did do. Now she realized all her seed pods will eventually drop and drift away on the Ocean's currents. Where do her children wind up? Razana dreamed of finding her missing children and gathering her last remaining offspring to plant by her side. Aided by a group of wacky friends like Rano, a pink backed pelican, Pikabary, a leaf-tailed gecko, and Lalao, Reny's daughter, they tried to collect her remaining seed pods. In spite of their help, these schemes failed.
     In the meantime, out in the Bay of Narinda, a little wave named Toky had to confront the fact he was different. While he knew how to play all the small wave games, Toky was unlike the others. He asked a thousand questions which the other waves ignored. Or they teased him.

     Toky watched the big waves as they raced to the beach and learned that these big waves were called Gifters, and that they gifted the land with debris cleaned from the ocean floor which provided food and shelter for all the land dwellers.
     But what happened to the waves after they Gifted? It seemed as if they... disappear.  He asked his friend Kompana, but the larger wave does not know and isn't really interested. The question haunts little Toky. Do they die?
     Toky accidentally met Razana, their mutual curiosity about life built a solid friendship. For his Gifting, he offered to catch her next seed pod and promised to fling it onto the beach high enough for Lalao and Pikabary to carry back to Razana. Two botched attempts later only one pod remained. He finally caught it, but while leaving Razana's branch, the pod split open which exposed the seeds, Adana, Liana, and Kaody, to the elements. Plans immediately changed. Until Toky grew large enough to launch the pod far up on the beach where the sand is dry, he must wait. Salt water soaked seeds could not sprout.
     Toky and the seed pod full of nattering girls decided to swim around Madagascar. Ocean swimming would help him grow larger. They met a group of Green Sea Turtles led by the beautiful and ancient Lakana. She gave Toky the secret to summoning the various sea currents to help them on their way. WHich Toky insisted he did not need as he could do everyhing himself. Famous last words.
     And at the point to turn north, Toky's curiosity about an underwater glow overcame his resolve and what looked to be a tiny detour turned out to be disastrous. The glow turned out to be krill, millions of tiny shrimp-like creatures, which filled the air with shrill, high-pitched noises as they romped and tried to leap into the pod. Toky raced everywhere. In trying to keep the seeds dry, he lost track of his bearings. 
     Just then a cluster of bubbles reached the surface and suddenly the entire population of krill disappeared. Zanahary, a humpbacked whale surfaced with the pod precariously balanced on his back. Liana, Adana and Kaody were safe!  Ancient whales have the Gift of being the record keepers for the Ocean Team. They perceived everyone's precious gift unique to them. It is Toky's curiosity, Zanahary stated, that was his special quality which set him apart from others. But Toky thought this "gift" had gotten them in trouble. Toky and the girls were now caught in the West Wind Drift. a huge raging current which encircled Antarctica! He is too small to swim against the flow. How can he ever make it home before Planting Day?