Watching staffers put together Web slideshows about Brazil based on a reporter and photographer’s recent trip has exposed the Littles to new culture, language and sound.

The experience is sinking in. A faint echo heard coming off the top of the tank just the other day: “Vocs podem enviar parao exterior?” (Portuguese for, Can I have it sent overseas?) Curious.

To highlight water-quality issues with the Androscoggin River, the Sun Journal plunked five goldfish in a tank of water from the Andy and named them after the candidates for governor – the people with the power to make change. To read about the project, or watch the govfish cam, visit sunjournal.com.