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00:07That's me, Fred the house cat.
00:09When my family leaves for the day, I don't just sit inside watching the world go by.
00:15I become...
00:19Nature Cat! Backyard explorer extraordinaire!
00:24Tally-ho! Tally-ho!
00:28Climbing out the trees now!
00:30We're swinging through the breeze now!
00:31We're getting muddy knees now!
00:33Nature Cat! Nature Cat! Nature Cat! Nature Cat!
00:36Nature Cat! Nature Cat! Nature Cat!
00:38So what are we waiting for?
00:40We're so excited to explore
00:42All that nature has in store!
00:44With nature cat! Go! Go! Go!
00:46Tally-ho! Go! Go! Go!
00:48Tally-ho!
00:49We're the favorite nature guide!
00:51We just can't wait to get outside!
00:53We're swinging through the trees now!
00:55We're jumping in the leaves now!
00:57We're getting muddy knees now!
00:59With nature cat!
01:00Tally-ho!
01:02Tally-ho!
01:06Tally-ho!
01:26Tally-ho!
01:28Tally-ho!
01:32Tally-ho!
01:33Tally-ho!
01:35Tally-ho!
01:36Tally-ho!
01:38Tally-ho!
01:38Tally-ho!
01:41Tally-ho!
01:43Tally-ho!
01:53Tally-ho!
01:55Tally-ho!
01:56Can I just try it on for a teeny weeny while?
01:59Sorry, Ronald.
02:00If you want to wear the helmet,
02:02you need to become a Knight of Nature.
02:05Fine.
02:06What silly thing do I have to do, Nature Cat?
02:09If you want to be one of the Knights of Nature,
02:11you gotta go on a quest.
02:13Do a quest!
02:14Huzzah!
02:16Quest?
02:16What's a quest?
02:18A quest is a search for something.
02:20Fine, fine.
02:22Let's get this quest over so I can get my helmet.
02:25What do I have to search for?
02:26If you want to know what your quest is, Ronald,
02:29then you'll have to pick it from the Tree of Quests.
02:32Quests?
02:32Quests?
02:33Ronald?
02:35Okay.
02:36Let me just grab a quest.
02:41Oh!
02:42Uh-oh.
02:43Oh, I'm never going to get my quest.
02:50Of course you will, Ronald.
02:52How?
02:54Wow!
02:54Whoa!
02:55Unhand me!
02:56What are you doing?
02:57Helping you get your quest!
02:59Huzzah!
03:00Whoa!
03:01I got it!
03:02Yee-hee!
03:03Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
03:07Huzzah!
03:08Huzzah!
03:10Huzzah!
03:10Huzzah!
03:10Huzzah!
03:10Oh, Ronald, what quest did you get?
03:13My quest is...
03:14Wait!
03:15Every quest announcement needs a royal fanfare.
03:18Read it again.
03:19My quest is...
03:24Huzzah!
03:25The quest to find dragonflies!
03:27Ooh!
03:28A quest for dragonflies!
03:31Huzzah!
03:34Huzzah!
03:35Huzzah!
03:36Huzzah!
03:50Huzzah!
03:51I don't want to find any insects!
03:52They're too boring!
03:54Huzzah!
03:55Boring?!
03:55Huzzah!
03:56Huzzah!
03:56Huzzah!
03:56Huzzah!
04:20Huzzah!
04:21Huzzah!
04:22Huzzah!
04:23Let's get this quest over with!
04:24Hold on just a second, Ronald.
04:26Let's see what royal tools you need for your quest.
04:29Hear ye!
04:29Hear ye!
04:30Do-do-do-do!
04:32These are the tools the Knights of Nature need on their quest for dragonflies.
04:37We need a royal underwater viewer!
04:41So, what do I do with this?
04:44You view things underwater!
04:46Underwater?
04:47But I thought I was looking for an insect!
04:49Patience, dear Ronald!
04:52Our quests become clearer as we follow them!
04:55Tell him what other tools he needs, Sir Hal!
04:58A royal notebook and a royal pencil!
05:02With a tiny little royal eraser on the end!
05:05What do I do with these?
05:06You use them to sketch what you see and make notes on what you observe!
05:10And now that you have all your tools, let the quest begin!
05:14Whoa!
05:17Onward and questward!
05:25No dragonflies here!
05:28No dragonflies here!
05:31No dragonflies here!
05:33No dragonflies here!
05:33But there is a nice shiny helmet!
05:36Maybe I should observe this instead!
05:39Uh-uh-uh!
05:40Shame!
05:40Shame!
05:40I know your name, Ronald!
05:42You shall not receive your helmet until you complete your quest for dragonflies!
05:48Whoa!
05:50Well, how am I supposed to find dragonflies?
05:53Nature is too big!
05:54Why don't you check out your scroll for clues?
05:57Clues?
05:57Hey, Al!
05:59What do you know?
06:00Clues to the quest!
06:01Here's clue number one!
06:03Go tell each royal son, tell every royal daughter!
06:06If you want to find a dragonfly, you must be near the water!
06:11Aha!
06:12I know what it looks now!
06:15Uh, what are we doing here?
06:17It's a water fountain!
06:19Dragonflies must get thirsty and come here for a nice cool drink!
06:28Um, I don't think dragonflies use water fountains, Ronald!
06:33This is too hard!
06:34I'll never finish my quest!
06:36No, don't be upset, little knight-to-be!
06:39The knights of nature are here to help you!
06:42Absolutely!
06:43What say, you lady squeaks?
06:45I say, if dragonflies live near water, maybe we should check out a lake or pond!
06:50Good thinking!
06:52Henceward to the pond!
06:59There they are!
07:01Dragonflies!
07:02Crusty quest over!
07:03Where's my helmet?
07:04Not so fast, Ronald!
07:06Let's observe a little closer!
07:09Oh, Ronald!
07:10Those aren't dragonflies!
07:11Those are blackflies!
07:18Ooh!
07:19Here they are!
07:20Ronald for the win!
07:22Now, where's my helmet?
07:23Okay, those are mayflies!
07:26This is too hard!
07:28This is too hard!
07:29I don't see dragonflies anywhere!
07:30And we're near water!
07:33Maybe you should check for more clues!
07:36Oh, yeah!
07:36Clue number two!
07:38Look for dragonflies when they're at an early age!
07:42You may find them underwater when they're in their larval stage!
07:46Hmm!
07:47Uh, what is a larval stage?
07:49Oh, here's the life cycle of a dragonfly!
07:51It says the larval stage starts when the dragonflies hatch from eggs!
07:55When they're in this stage, they're called nymphs!
07:58And the nymphs live underwater for quite a while!
08:01Ooh!
08:03And what am I supposed to do with this information?
08:06Uh, maybe you could start by looking for dragonfly nymphs under the water!
08:12Right!
08:12Underwater!
08:14Water!
08:15Why does it have to be water?
08:17Oh well!
08:18If I want the helmet, I have to get a little wet!
08:22Now, for my royal tools!
08:24Where's the royal underwater viewer?
08:35Look!
08:36Is that a dragonfly nymph?
08:39Man, oh man, it is!
08:42Whoa!
08:43That nymph sure moves quick!
08:44Oh!
08:45It says here that the nymph squeezes water through its skills really fast to push itself forward!
08:51That's amazing!
08:52I want to remember that!
08:54How can I remember that?
08:56Use your royal notebook and your royal pencil!
08:59The one with the little royal eraser on the end of it!
09:02Oh yeah!
09:03There!
09:04I am a knight of nature!
09:06Where's my helmet?
09:07Huh?
09:10Not so fast!
09:12You're doing well!
09:13But the quest wasn't to find a dragonfly nymph!
09:16It was to find a dragonfly!
09:19But where am I going to find a dragonfly?
09:22Uh, Ronald!
09:23Scroll!
09:25Clues!
09:26Quest!
09:27Right!
09:27Clue number three!
09:29One day the nymph will leave the water and to its larval skin say bye!
09:35Then it will unfurl its wings and become a dragonfly!
09:39Wait a minute!
09:40Come on!
09:41How can an animal lose its skin?
09:43Well, insects have exoskeletons!
09:46And when they grow, they have to shed them!
09:48It says here a growing nymph can shed its skin up to 18 times in its lifetime!
09:54Wow!
09:56Look at this one over here!
09:57The dragonfly is coming out of its exoskeleton!
10:00Oh!
10:00Ooh!
10:01It's so cute!
10:02It's shedding its skin!
10:04Ooh!
10:05Ooh!
10:06Look how blue it is!
10:08And look at its big eyes!
10:09Such gorgeous eyes!
10:11Hi dragonfly!
10:12It's me, Hal!
10:13Can you see me with all those hundreds of eyes?
10:15Whoa!
10:17More dragonflies!
10:18Whoa!
10:19Look how they fly!
10:21Awesome!
10:22So, Ronald, have you come around on insects yet?
10:25Still boring?
10:27No way!
10:27Especially not dragonflies!
10:29Dragonflies are amazing!
10:31Music!
10:33Dragonflies, dragonflies!
10:35They've got long bodies, got big eyes!
10:37They're the water in the skies!
10:39Dragonflies!
10:41They've got six legs, two pairs of wings!
10:45You can see them fly near ponds and springs!
10:48They fly so fast as they flit around!
10:53They fly forwards, backwards, up and down!
10:56Yeah!
10:57Dragonflies, dragonflies!
10:59They've got long bodies, got big eyes!
11:01In the water, in the skies!
11:04Dragonflies!
11:05Their bulging eyes can see great too!
11:09And when you look at them, you know that they see you!
11:13So head to a marsh, or the pond!
11:17A dragonfly might sit on your palm!
11:20Yeah!
11:21Dragonflies, dragonflies!
11:23They've got long bodies, got big eyes!
11:25In the water, in the skies!
11:28Dragonflies!
11:29Dragonflies, dragonflies!
11:31They've got long bodies, got big eyes!
11:33In the water, in the skies!
11:37Dragonflies!
11:42Uh, aren't you forgetting something, Ronald?
11:47Do I need to make the eyes bigger?
11:49No!
11:50This!
11:51You're now one of the Knights of Nature!
11:55The Knights of Nature!
11:57Hurrah!
11:59Woohoo!
12:01This is the happiest day of my life!
12:04Thanks, Nature Cat!
12:05Uh, Nature Cat?
12:06Where are you, Nature Cat?
12:08Nature Cat?
12:09Nature Cat?
12:10Nature Cat?
12:11Nature Cat?
12:12Water woes!
12:16Ah!
12:17A spectacular summer day!
12:20Nary a cloud in the sky!
12:22I am one with nature!
12:24Getting my knees all dirty!
12:26Aw, my knees are all dirty!
12:29Oh, man, oh, man.
12:30I appreciate your enthusiasm, Nature Cat,
12:32but these tomato plants aren't looking too good.
12:35A few tomatoes are growing,
12:36but they're way smaller than last year.
12:39I hear you, sister.
12:40My sunflowers are looking more like dandelions.
12:42Ugh!
12:43Meh, what she said, baby.
12:45I was just so amped to have a blooming and colorful garden
12:48that would be the crown jewel of the neighborhood.
12:51But now I'm just plain sad.
12:54Me too, too, also.
12:55Ugh!
12:58Seeing you all unhappy is just unbearable!
13:02This calls for action!
13:03Think, Nature Cat!
13:05Okay, plants small and weak need to grow big and strong.
13:09Of course!
13:11We shall run your plants through my Nature Cat-approved exercise routine!
13:16A one, a two, a leaf and spin!
13:20And then we do it all again!
13:22Add a twirl and please don't fall!
13:25Watch the plants grow big and tall!
13:29Guys!
13:29What is it? What happened? Someone pull a hammy?
13:31You guys, that was an incredible fitness routine.
13:34And your outfits are stellar, but it's not gonna work!
13:40And what, pray tell, makes you say that?
13:43The reason my garden looks droopy is because I haven't watered it from my rain barrel lately.
13:48Whoa! It's totally empty!
13:50Yep! I ran out of water.
13:52How did you run out of water?
13:53I mean, isn't there, like, enough water for, like, I don't know, like, everything in the world?
13:57Forever and ever?
13:58Well, it hasn't rained in quite a while to refill the barrel.
14:01And I've been watering every day, so...
14:04We have to get water from somewhere else for your garden?
14:07Ugh! No rain really stinks!
14:09Wait a minute! Time out!
14:11Did you just say, no rain stinks?
14:15And that's supposed to be a bad thing?
14:19That is a good one, Squeaks!
14:22Okay, why is nobody else laughing?
14:24Water! Need water!
14:27Hey, Steve! Long time no see! What's up?
14:33Thirsty! So very thirsty!
14:36Why are you so thirsty, bud?
14:37Well, if you really must know, I just went through the most horrifying ordeal.
14:42Oh, no! What happened, Steve?
14:44It was a dry and sunny morning.
14:47This morning, actually.
14:51You see, the lake where I get my drinking water, near my burrow,
14:55well, the lake's water level is very low.
14:58Oh, the humanity!
15:01So I set out to find a new home where I wouldn't have to go so far to get a
15:05drink.
15:05Luck wasn't on my side, my friends, until I spotted a pond.
15:10Well, I mean, that's good news, right?
15:13One would think so, right?
15:15But I wasn't alone.
15:16Two big, scary, thirsty bears beat me to the punch!
15:20So I got out of there so fast and wound up here.
15:26Aw, here, Steve. You need some water?
15:30Whoa, Steve. Save some for the rest of us.
15:33Ah! Won't I hit the spot?
15:36Hmm.
15:37Daisy's water barrel has no water.
15:39And Steve's lake has not enough water.
15:42What in tarnation is going on?
15:44We need to find out!
15:46Steve, will you take us to your lake?
15:49We gotta see what's going on over there!
15:51Oh, well, absolutely!
15:52Let's go!
15:52To the lake it is!
15:54Onward and follow Steve Ward!
15:59According to my research, people in our neighborhood get their water from this lake, too!
16:04Can you believe it?
16:05Hold on, so that means any time someone turns on a faucet, the water comes from this lake?
16:11Whoa-ho-ho!
16:13Oh, well, no wonder the lake's water level is dropping so fast.
16:16I guess everyone just uses water like there's a never-ending supply, but there is not!
16:22Mmm, we need rain!
16:23Maybe the rain clouds will come tomorrow!
16:26It might rain, and that would definitely help, but we can't make it rain, can we?
16:31Surely if we use our brains and adventurers' instincts we can!
16:34While remaining as dry as possible, of course!
16:37To the backyard!
16:39Tally-ho!
16:41This should make it rain!
16:43To my dearest, most blue and beautiful sky, is I, Hal.
16:48For several weeks now, our neighborhood hasn't had any rain.
16:52If you could rain, that would be, like, totally so, so awesome!
16:56Love, your favoritest Earthbound admirer, Halbert.
17:02Well, that didn't work.
17:04My turn!
17:06The machine I'm about to invade will propel me into the upper reaches of the Earth's atmosphere.
17:11I give you...
17:13Whoa!
17:15The artificial rain cloud project!
17:18Whoa!
17:20Once super high up in the sky, I'll pour water from this can into this rain cloud.
17:25The cloud will then let loose rain!
17:27Or that's my theory anyway.
17:29All right!
17:30Let's do this!
17:31Release the balloon!
17:37Well, that didn't work.
17:39Go, go, go.
17:42Ooh!
17:44Sky spirits awake!
17:45And cast your precipitation down upon Mother Earth!
17:49Daisy's garden in the lake near Steve's house!
17:51It's getting bone dry!
17:53Our plants and animals are thirsty!
17:55Please!
17:55Please don't be shy!
17:57And so, great sky spirits, do not refrain!
18:00I implore you once more!
18:02Let there be rain!
18:07Really?
18:08Nothing?
18:10Ay-yi-yi.
18:11Well, you gotta put yourself out there!
18:14Do not despair!
18:15For if there's one thing I dislike more than water,
18:18it's seeing my friends or other animals sad or in need!
18:22Thus I, Nature Cat, shall overcome my fear of water,
18:27for the time being,
18:28and single-handedly make it rain!
18:32Okay, ready!
18:34Time to get serious!
18:36Either rain or reap the consequences!
18:39So do the right thing and rain!
18:43Immediately!
18:48Uh, maybe I haven't made myself crystal clear,
18:51but I'd really like-
18:51Uh, Nature Cat, I don't think that's it.
18:54Yup, it says here that there's nothing we can do to make it rain!
18:57It's totally out of our control!
18:59Well, maybe we should figure out how to make the rainwater
19:03last longer in here than it did last time!
19:06That's it, Hal!
19:08You're a genius!
19:09Mwah!
19:10Why, thank you!
19:11That's the first time this season you called me one!
19:13But we have to figure out how to make the water last longer!
19:18Yeah, that would've really helped Daisy's rain barrel!
19:21And even the lake!
19:23When it hasn't rained in a while, how do you make your water last longer?
19:27You say it hasn't rained in a while and you wanna make your water last longer?
19:31Yes! That's exactly what we wanna know!
19:34Great, then we are in sync, Squeaks!
19:36You know me?
19:39Okay...
19:39It's very important to save the water you have, to conserve water!
19:43I wonder how we do that!
19:45Well, Hal, there are plenty of water-saving techniques to use!
19:49Huh!
19:49He knows me too!
19:51Weird!
19:51Hi, narrator!
19:52It's me, Hal!
19:52You know that!
19:53How about turning off the water while brushing your teeth?
19:56Now that's some smart water-saving, mister!
20:00And how about taking short showers instead of baths?
20:04Baths use way more water than showers, so take short showers, stay clean, and save water!
20:09It's win-win-win, baby!
20:12And hey, let's point out leaks so you can get them all tightened!
20:15Now that's what I call a no-leak zone!
20:18And finally, no more endlessly running hoses and faucets!
20:22Turn them off!
20:23Now get out there and conserve some water!
20:26Those are amazing ideas!
20:28Oh, I totally get it!
20:29So it seems like we should conserve water at all times, not just when it hasn't rained in a while!
20:35That way the water we have will last longer!
20:38So, using less water is a good thing!
20:42Uh, that has to be one of the top five bits of news I've ever heard!
20:46And a plan I can wholeheartedly get behind!
20:50Okay, why is nobody else laughing?
20:53Yup! We can all help by conserving water all the time so there's more for everyone!
20:57And so it's decided!
20:59I, Nature Cat, hereby declare that we will immediately take steps to save water!
21:05Onward and yowward!
21:07Onward and yowward!
21:30Onward and yowward!
21:34Onward and yowward!
21:37Onward and yowward!
21:39Onward and yowward!
21:41Onward and yowward!
21:42Good job saving the water in the neighborhood!
21:44Now if it would only just rain!
21:50Yay!
21:51Uh-oh!
21:53Let's check out the garden, guys!
21:55Come on!
21:56Move it!
21:59Oh, wow!
22:00The plants are looking a little better!
22:02And my rain barrel is nearly full again!
22:04This means that I have water for my garden!
22:07But this time I won't water every day!
22:10Only when my plants are looking thirsty so the water lasts longer!
22:14Oh, whoa!
22:15Same for my sunflower!
22:16You guys, this is huge!
22:18Yeah, no, that's all fantastic news!
22:20But I wonder how our thirsty little friend Steve is doing!
22:23Great idea, Hal!
22:24Let's go back to the lake!
22:26Come on!
22:27Onward and yowward!
22:31You guys, the lake has more water!
22:35It worked!
22:36Look what the rain storm blew in!
22:38Steve's back, baby!
22:40Follow me!
22:41Woo-hoo-hoo!
22:44Wow!
22:45So cool, Steve!
22:46Just like mine!
22:47Yep!
22:48Now I can store rain water just like you, Daisy!
22:51Oh, Steve!
22:52What a smart idea!
22:53Why, thank you very much!
22:54Yeah!
22:55We can't just think water's gonna always be around for us!
22:58We gotta save it now!
23:00Now, I say!
23:01Right you are, Squeaks!
23:02This, my friends, is cause for celebration!
23:05I, Nature Cat, henceforth proclaim every day of the year, Saving Water Day!
23:13Hooray!
23:16Nature Cat, Squeaks, Daisy, and Hal are cartoon characters and not real animals.
23:22To keep all of our animal friends safe, check with a grown-up before you bring a pet on your
23:27next nature adventure!
23:29Ha-ha!
23:31Ha-ha!
23:57Ha-ha!
23:58Ha-ha!
23:59Ha-ha!
24:00Ha-ha!
24:01Have a nice day!
24:02You're moving!
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