Sunny Peak 1

So, here’s where the fun really starts. You dig yourself out of a hole to find yourself next to a large tree; go ahead and walk towards where the river is and you’ll see good ol’ Bijou walking to you right across the river.You’ll then hear a crunching noise and a scream! Go across the river and take a step to your right. You’ll notice that the bush is moving, so go and STICKIE it. A yellow-cream hamster will fall out and exclaim the Ham-Chat BLUSHIE,which will be very useful in times to come.

If you follow where he’s gone[right], you’ll see poor Bijou crying. But you can’t do anything right now to save her. You have to go back to the left and go up, where you’ll see two distraught hams, one pink, and the other blue. Press A and you’ll notice at the bottom of the list of basic Ham-Chats there’s a question mark.

That means there’s a Ham-Chat that you need to learn in order to get the game moving along. Say hamha to them anyway and they’ll tell you their predicament: they want to reach the sunflower to your right, but aren’t tall enough. That’s ok, just pass by them and go up the wooden steps, where you’ll find Oxnard crying! hamha him and he’ll say that Pepper has left him and that he’s BLUHOO.

See that tree stump next to you? Go ahead and climb up the stairs and you’ll hear a ham shout HEYHOO at you. Go back down to where the pink and blue hams were and press A. No more question mark! In its place is the missing chat, heyhoo. Heyhoo the pink ham(ie) and he/she’ll jump on the blue ham(ie)’s head, creating the new Ham-Chat, HAMLIFT. But you can’t learn it yet without apartner, so go back to where Oxnard was and go to the right.

You’ll see in the middle of the clearing a handkerchief. Step on it and an angry hamie will come and scold you, teaching you GOGO. After she pulls the thing from under you, go back to the left where Oxnard was. This time when you go back to the right, it’s a newspaper. Step on it and she’ll come back again. Leave again and come back. This time it’s a strap. But she won’t take it from you because it’s “filthy” and so you receive it. [If you’re wondering what thehole in the top left corner is, it’s a clothes shop. It’s pretty useless at the moment, but when you get more seeds you can buy clothes and take pictures at the photo shoot wearing them.]

As you might have noticed,there's a little pile of leaves above your head. Go to the leaves and right under the tree, do a tack-q so that you hit the tree. This will cause an acorn to fall. hif-hif it and it’s yours. Exit to the right and again you’re in another clearing. Go up and you’ll see Seedric, the acorn-loving ham. Don’t hamha, but hif-hif him and he’ll talk a bit and then ask you for your acorn. Say YEP-P and you’ll get 20 seeds. Good trade when you’re low on money, so gathering acorns is good.

Exit once more to the right and a small ham who seems to be waiting for someone. He won’t give you any useful information, so step onto the feather that looks like the French flag and do a hamha. A bird will fly over and you’ll receive your first Ham Jam, Condor’s Wings. Climb down the vine and you’ll see Pepper on a sunflower leaf. Ignore her and continue going down where there’s a boat. Skip the boat and go to your left to find a worried-looking ham that’s a slate color.

Say LOOKIE to him and he’ll mention his little brother’s missing something. When he realizes you’re talking about Bijou, he teaches you PAKAPAKA. Go back to the boat and get in. Press A and select pakapaka to cut the rope. This sends you falling down the river to a dock. Get off the boat and talk to the orange-brown ham that’s walking around. Say yep-p to his question and he’ll teach you PUTPUT. Exit to the left, and you’ll see something swimming in the water: Seamore! Go up and heyhoo to get his attention.

Do him the favor of getting that potty seat off his shell and he’ll teach you OFFDOFF. He will then take the training seat with him to the Clubhouse. After he leaves, go to the battery that makes up part of the bridge. When you’re right in front of the battery, press A and select offdoff. Exit to the left and putput the battery in the boat. Get in and dock at the place where Bijou is and she’ll ramble a bit and then teach you MEGA-Q. She’ll be following you from now on.

Although you have Bijou and can return to the Clubhouse, you have to get Oxnard and Pepper back together! So return to where the pink and blue hamsters where and say hamha. They’ll see that you finally have a partner and teach you HAMLIFT, which is also a handy Ham-Chat. Go back down to where the boat was and drive over to the far end. Climb up to where Pepper is and use hamlift to talk to her. Once she’s down, say bluhoo to her and she’ll teach you OOPSIE. You follow her and see that the two are together once more. You’ll learn GOSSIP-P from them and your first love is saved! [1]

Walk down and you’ll run into Spat! He will ramble and then runaway, showing on the map that Spat is in this area. Bijou will start shaking you and she will teach you SMOOCHIE. You immediately go to the Clubhouse and encounter Boss, where Bijou tells the tragic tale of Spat. Boss acknowledges your dream and all of a sudden, Harmony the love hamie appears. She explains the situation quickly and then goes upstairs.

You are then sent out of the Clubhouse. But before you go back to Sunny Peak, go to the Clubhouse againand hif-hif Snoozer to learn ZUZUZU. Also, talk to Postie and he’ll explain that he’s you delivery ham. (You must do this now or he will not accept your letters later.) Now go to Sunny Peak and run to where the blue and pink hams were.

You’ll see the blue one with a broken heart over his/her head. Hamha him/her and find out what’s wrong. Then, go over to where the sunflower is that they were mooching off of and hamlift. You’ll get 20 seeds. Go down twice and right once to ride on the boat to the sad slate ham and say hamha.You agree on looking for the seat.

Go to where the orange-brown ham is and say hamha and he’ll teach you BESTEST. Go back to the Clubhouse and go into the photo room (you’ll see a little camera on the doormat). Tell Seamore lookie and he’ll give the training seat to you. Go back to the slate ham and give it to him. He’ll run back to where the little waiting ham was and you’ll learn that the slate ham’s name is Arnie and that that little ham is his younger brother.

When they enter the cave, you’ll learn SESAM-E, which opens doors. Use it to go inside and head up into the cave opening. Run across the corridor and you’ll find yourself in what looks like a four-way intersection.Go though the top door and be ready for a surprise. You walk out to find that Bijou isn’t the one following you, it’s Arnie’s little brother!

Say hamha to him and he’ll start crying. Continue walking to the right and buy the bananas from the sales-ham. (If you say no-p to the sales-ham, he’ll drop the price on everything, this works better later in the game, but is still useful when you’re tight on seeds. In this case, say NO-P once and only once to drop the price one sunflower seed.) Go back and give the bananas to the monkey.

Go once more to where the sales-ham was and immediately go back to where the monkey was, in the monkey’s place will be a note and a rock. Hif-hif both of these items and then step on the banana peel. Your clumsiness and pain will cheer up Arnie’s little brother. Go back left to the four-way intersection and Arnie’s little bro will explain which ways to go to get to their house.

From where you are standing, the directions are: left, down, left, up, and up. Use sesam-E to open the door, and you’ll find that Arnie’s not there! This will cause the little one to cry again...Walk towards him, and Arnie and Bijou will enter the room. When Arnie and his little bro reunite, you learn HAMIGOS and another love will form [2]!

Once you’re out of their house, go down once and then go right to get you back to the four-way intersection where the sales-ham is. Go to him and say no-p once and then buy the oilcan. Go up and to the right where there is a cart. Putput the oilcan on the cart but don’t gogo on it yet.

Instead, climb up the ropeto find Spat and the pink ham(ie)! Go to Spat, press A, and select hamigos. After he walks to the right, do this once more and Spat will fall off the bridge, only to rise again and fly away, sending him off the map. [If you follow him while he’s still flying away, he’ll say, “Don’t follow me, pfpth!”] Then after he leaves the screen, pakapaka the pink ham(ie) so that she’sand can teach you LIBERT-T. You follow him/her back to the blue ham(ie) and when reunited, you will learn LOVEDOVE and another love will be saved![3]

Now, go down and then up again to where the pink and blue hams were to find that they’re both lying on the ground. Talk to the pink one and you’ll learn BLOAT-T. (If you want to start polishing rocks, go back into the cave and putput the oilcan on the switch and turn it by pressing A. Climb up to the peak and gogo in the cart. When you fall, you’ll be greeted by two small hams who will teach you RUBRUB.) Now you can return to the Clubhouse for your next mission!