Today is Fride's birthday. She has wanted to go with her dad to work. He is a dentist and helps the poor with their teeth. There she meets a little boy who needs to have a bad tooth pulled.
It's Saturday. Fride and her friend Anna are going to go swimming in a lagoon. But Dad wants them to join him in a dangerous sailboat. It keeps capsizing.
Celine, seven years old, can barely see and comes to the ship to have surgery. After the surgery, Fride wants to know if she can see now. Then Fride must travel to the city to find Celine and her family.
Today Fride and her dad are traveling to a friend who lives by the jungle. Fish are growing in his garden, and Fride has to eat it for dinner. But before dinner she experiences something strange. A funeral party.
A mother comes from afar with a little baby named Anicette. Her lips are split in two and need surgery. After the surgery, Fride wants to travel to see how the little baby is doing.
Fride is making a film with her siblings Bendik and Linde. But her father wants to take them on a trip that sounds boring. There, Fride hears about slaves for the first time. It makes her think.
Today the ship is leaving Benin. At the last minute Fride discovers that the stuffed animal Captain Sabertooth has not experienced anything in this country. She has to do something about it.
Now the family has come home for Christmas to see Grandma. In front of the fireplace she finds all the cards Fride has written to her. Fride starts thinking about all the children she met in Benin.