Didn't know that carrots hibernated. Nice glove hats, by the way. I think the lack of dialogue is a nice way for the show to be viewed internationally. It seems to be Japanese but made for an American audience. The clay animation, assuming it's all clay, is well done, no fingerprints or anything. I'm guessing Nora and Mini are mother and child or older and younger siblings. I'm not sure if there's any continuity between episodes since one of the rude carrot-people gets eaten in the first one, and here they get made into soup.