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00:07That's me, Fred the house cat.
00:09When my family leaves for the day,
00:11I don't just sit inside watching the world go by.
00:14I become...
00:19Nature Cat! Backyard Explorer extraordinaire!
00:24Tally-ho! Tally-ho!
00:27We're climbing 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.
00:45Tally-ho! Tally-ho!
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.
00:59We're getting muddy hands!
01:00Tally-ho! Tally-ho!
01:03Tally-ho!
01:05Tally-ho!
01:06Tally-ho!
01:07Right or wrong?
01:12We're going to see Cousin Marvin,
01:14go and see Cousin Marvin,
01:16go and see Cousin Marvin,
01:16go and see Cousin Marvin,
01:17can't wait to see you, Marvin!
01:20I can't wait to see Marvin Tutu also, also!
01:23Baby!
01:24Baby!
01:25I know!
01:26It has been such a long time
01:28since we went to the marsh!
01:30Oh man, oh man!
01:31I bet the marsh is just beautiful
01:33with the cattails and milkweed and bloom!
01:36Yeah, yeah, and oh, the herons!
01:38The herons looking for fish!
01:40And don't forget about all that muck!
01:42I love you, muck!
01:43The marsh is just marvelous!
01:47Follow me!
01:48Onward!
01:49And marshward!
01:51Nutri-cat!
01:53Roll back!
01:55Here we go again!
01:57Oh man!
01:59Whoa!
02:04Whoa!
02:05Whoa!
02:07Whoa!
02:10Ha-ha!
02:11The marsh!
02:15Oh no, what happened to the marsh?
02:18Oh no!
02:19Where are all the herons?
02:21And where are all the fish?
02:23And frogs!
02:24And dragonflies!
02:25And where is all the water?
02:28I know, I know!
02:30Why does it always have to be water?
02:31But where is it?
02:35Howdy cuz!
02:36Howdy cuz indeed!
02:38Marvin, what happened to your home?
02:40Ah, Squeaks!
02:42We've been dried up and dried out!
02:44But how?
02:45And who, what, where, where, and why?
02:47What he said!
02:48Remember how I showed you
02:49where the stream flowed into the marsh?
02:51Well look, the stream dried up about two weeks ago
02:54and without the stream water animals have moved on in search of food.
02:58And the plants are not doing well either.
03:01And the muck's drying out!
03:03No!
03:04What about Cousins Harold, Buster, Marion, and Zazu?
03:08Packing up as we speak.
03:10Gonna move out later today.
03:11And me too.
03:13That's just not fair!
03:15We gotta do something to save the marsh!
03:17And save the muck!
03:19Let's get a look at the stream.
03:22Cousin Marvin, do you know how all this happened?
03:25Well, I have an idea.
03:27Something has stopped the water upstream.
03:30Yeah, there should be water flowing in that stream.
03:33Exactly, Hal.
03:34If something has happened to the stream,
03:37then the marsh has no steady source of water.
03:39How do we get water back in here, Marv?
03:42Allow me!
03:44Hey, stream water!
03:45Where are you?
03:46Please come back!
03:47It's me, Hal!
03:50Okay, that's a very good try, Hal.
03:52But I think it's time to investigate
03:54and see what happened to the stream water.
03:56Agreed, Daisy!
03:58Come on!
03:58Holly-ho!
04:02Used to be plenty of water flowing down this stream right into the marsh.
04:05Now, just a whole lot of nothing.
04:08But why?
04:10Why, I ask you?
04:12Maybe it all just disappeared.
04:13Like some sort of stream magician made it all go poof!
04:17Gone!
04:18Tiddy!
04:19Or more like ta-dout!
04:22Hey, I was being serious.
04:24I don't think it's so funny.
04:26No, Hal!
04:26Someone else is laughing!
04:28Come on!
04:30I know that laugh.
04:33Yippee!
04:34So fun!
04:35Look out for work!
04:39Ronald!
04:41Oh, hello!
04:43Nature Cat!
04:45Ronald, do you realize what you've done?
04:48I do, I do!
04:50I've built the most awesome water slide that's ever been built!
04:53Ever!
04:54Am I right?
04:55Oh, yeah!
04:55Right on, Ronald!
04:57You guys can slide if you want.
04:59Oh, yeah, baby!
05:02Oh, no, baby!
05:05Thanks to your water slide, Ronald.
05:08Blocking the part of the stream, Ronald.
05:11The marsh where my cousins live, Ronald!
05:14Has gone dry, Ronald!
05:16The slide must go, Ronald!
05:19The slide's not going anywhere, Nature Cat!
05:22You have to take it down!
05:24No, I don't!
05:25You must!
05:26I must not!
05:27But you gotta!
05:28No!
05:29The only thing I have to do right now is this!
05:37There's gotta be something we can do.
05:38Anything to get water back to the marsh!
05:41Worry not, Squeaks!
05:43For Nature Cat has...
05:45An idea!
05:49Let's push the slide!
05:52We're moving this slide out of here, Ronald!
05:55The marsh needs the stream water, Ronald!
05:58Yeah!
05:59And my family needs the stream water!
06:05You don't own this stream, Marvin!
06:08Well, you don't own it either, Ronald!
06:11No one does!
06:13Exactly!
06:13Me!
06:14Therefore, I have the right to build whatever I want here!
06:18But my family has the right to a marsh with lots of water in it, Ronald!
06:24Rights are like rules that tell everyone what is allowed and what is not allowed!
06:30Everyone has the right to a healthy home with clean air and water!
06:35And they do not have the right to disturb the home of others!
06:40And I, of course, have more rights than them!
06:43No way, Ronald!
06:45All animals have equal rights here in Natureland!
06:48What are you talking about, Squeaks?
06:50What am I talking about?
06:52He didn't know what I'm talking about!
06:54I'm talking about rights!
06:56It's like... rights, you know...
06:58Like...
06:59Like how?
07:01Like me?
07:02How?
07:02Yeah!
07:03Hell!
07:04The baby birds in the nest near your doghouse!
07:06You know the ones!
07:08They have the right to be there even if they're chirping wakes you up in the morning!
07:12Right?
07:12They are so, so, so chirpy!
07:15But I wouldn't move them!
07:16No way!
07:17It could hurt them and that wouldn't be right!
07:20So you see, Ronald!
07:22This is our responsibility to Nature!
07:26We still live for Nature!
07:27We project it!
07:29Nature cannot stand up for itself!
07:33Yep!
07:34My family has Nature rights!
07:37And so does the marsh!
07:39What about my rights?
07:40Don't I have the right to a water slide?
07:43Not when it causes a lot of harm and affects the rights of all the living things in the marsh!
07:49But how exactly is my slide hurting your rights, huh?
07:55Here's how, Ronald!
07:59Okay!
08:00So?
08:01I see the marsh!
08:02Big wow!
08:03But, Ronald!
08:05The marsh used to look like this!
08:08Oh my!
08:10It's...
08:10It's beautiful!
08:13It was beautiful!
08:15And so important to the life of many things here!
08:19You tell them, Marv!
08:20The stream fed the marsh with water!
08:22But now, there's no stream water, so...
08:25No marsh water!
08:26No marsh!
08:28Look, not only did we have rights, but so did the grass and the flowers and the creatures
08:35that left!
08:36And the muck!
08:37You can't forget about the muck!
08:40Gosh!
08:41I didn't know all this would happen by putting up my slide!
08:44I'm so sorry!
08:46I didn't mean to do this!
08:47I never wanted to take away other animals or nature's rights!
08:51I...
08:53I...
08:53I...
08:54I...
08:57Ah!
09:01Ronald!
09:02Ronald!
09:04Ronald!
09:04Ronald!
09:05Ronald!
09:06Ronald!
09:09I...
09:10I don't know what to do!
09:12I can't just take away the slide!
09:14My friends counted on me, and I told them I'd make a fun slide for them
09:22They're getting much needed fun from the stress of being a cat. It is quite stressful
09:27Well, cats got rights too just like he says. What are we gonna do Nature Cat, what are we gonna
09:32do?
09:33I mean, what are we gonna do?
09:36How are we going to keep everyone and nature happy and healthy?
09:48I have an idea. Look, how about we move the slide downstream a little bit so it won't block the
09:55marsh stream
09:56Water will go back to the marsh and Ronald's slide will still work
10:02Move the slide downstream
10:05Daisy, that's crazy. So crazy it might just work. Marvin, I do believe that would solve it Cousin Squeaks
10:14Ronald, I'm not so sure, Nature Cat. Come on, Ronald, why?
10:20Because then we gotta take into consideration how moving the slide downstream will affect nature there
10:26Oh man, oh man, Ronald, you know, sometimes you really do surprise me
10:30Just looking out for nature's rights
10:33Hey, uh, fishies, we want to put a slide here, but you can still swim under or around it. Is
10:40that cool with you?
10:44Flowers, listen up. We're thinking of moving the slide downstream, but it won't bother you or your sunlight or your
10:50water or anything, okay?
10:56I'm so glad the slide won't bother you all
11:26The slide is still fine.
11:29Good. Now let's check on the stream and marsh.
11:32Tally-ho!
11:39Well, golly, the marsh is on its way back.
11:44And so are the frogs and herons.
11:49And so is the muck. Hi, muck. It's me, Hal.
11:53Oh, hi, Hal. Oh, we missed you so much.
11:56It's great to see you.
12:01Nature has rights, Ronald.
12:03And we need to defend those rights.
12:05Because nature can't.
12:07Right you are, Nature Cat.
12:08Right you are.
12:19Okay, Granny. Oh, man, oh, man.
12:21That sounds amazing.
12:23Okay, bye-bye. Love you.
12:25Love you, Daisy dear.
12:27See you soon.
12:29Great news, everyone.
12:30Granny Bunny wants to know who's in the mood for a wintry surprise.
12:35Hey, I sounded just like her.
12:37A wintry surprise?
12:38Oh, yeah, I'll cut the mouse in.
12:40Oh, me too, too, also.
12:42I can't wait to see what's so wintry and surprisery and all at the same time, baby.
12:47Haha, yes.
12:49It does sound surprisingly wintry to me.
12:53Where do we go?
12:55Granny Bunny only gave one clue.
12:57To meet her on top of the really big hill today in Sunset Park.
13:01Woo-hee!
13:02I know, right?
13:03Onward and yonward!
13:05Wait!
13:06Nature Cat, are you sure you're warm enough in that t-shirt?
13:09Don't you want your hat and scarf?
13:10I have to agree with Daisy.
13:12It can't hurt to layer up, Nature Cat.
13:14Layer shmire!
13:16This mighty fur and unshakable courage are all I need to keep warm.
13:22Tally-ho!
13:25Okay, so it's getting a tad chilly, gang.
13:27Do you feel that nip in the air?
13:28Haha, because I'm definitely feeling a nip here.
13:31And there it is.
13:32Yes, Nature Cat, of course there's a nip.
13:34It's winter.
13:35Nature Cat, you really need warmer clothes.
13:38According to this weather report, it's only going to snow a lot more and keep getting colder.
13:42Ha!
13:43I laugh in the face of wintery weather.
13:46Neither the coldest of climates, nor the most blustery of blizzards will stop me.
13:53Can't go on too cold.
13:56Nature Cat, you got anything in your pockets to keep you warm?
13:59Uh, hmm.
14:00Let's see.
14:07Nope, that's a big nothing.
14:09Wait, what's that thing hanging out of your pocket, Nature Cat?
14:12Oh, right, the shirt.
14:15Let's try this one on, shall we?
14:21So cold still, it's not enough.
14:25I'm afraid that my journey has come to a bitter and frosty end.
14:32Hello, Daisy, my sweet little tulip.
14:36With all of the snowfall, the wintery surprise is going to be even more amazing than I had originally thought.
14:42Are you almost here?
14:44Oh man, we're working on it, Granny Bunny.
14:46Okie dokie, my precious Daisy.
14:48See you soon, dear.
14:50Love you.
14:51Oh boy, now I can't wait to find out what Granny Bunny's wintery surprise is.
14:55And I never, ever want to let Granny Bunny down.
14:59If only I could find a way to warm up.
15:02Not to worry, I know just what Nature Cat needs.
15:05A little love in your heart.
15:08One, two, three, bear hug!
15:11Works easy, doesn't it?
15:12No, hold on!
15:13Hey!
15:14Careful!
15:16Hey, look, it's a snow goose!
15:21Hi, snow goosey!
15:23It's me, Hal!
15:25Fascinating!
15:26That goose seems warm and comfy in the cold with just feathers?
15:29Gimme some what?
15:31She looks French.
15:32Do you think she's French?
15:34Pardon me, mademoiselle, snow goose.
15:37May I ask, um, who are you wearing?
15:40Your plumage is fabulous!
15:42Where'd you get the feathers?
15:44Ah!
15:44Oh, they came from your skin.
15:46I understand.
15:47Mm, mm, mm, mm.
15:47Very nice, very nice.
15:49Yeah, you look so feathery with all your feathers.
15:51And aren't your feathers just the greatest?
15:53I love them feathers!
15:56Feathers?
15:58Ah!
15:59Ah-ah!
16:01Je les adore eux.
16:03C'est fantastique.
16:04She says her feathers provide protection from the cold and wind,
16:08so they're fashionable and comfortable.
16:09Then she said more stuff in French I didn't understand.
16:11Hmm, two kinds of feathers, eh?
16:15And those fluffy feathers underneath the outer feathers look like they're what's keeping you warm.
16:20Maybe that's what I need.
16:22Something fluffy underneath this shirt to keep me warm.
16:25Protection from the cold is what Nature Cat could sure use now.
16:28I have an idea.
16:30Excuse me, Snow Goosey.
16:31May we pretty please borrow your feathers to give to Nature Cat to keep him warm?
16:36I'll give them back to you later, I promise.
16:39Ah!
16:41Hmm.
16:42Ooh!
16:43Maybe I can stuff something in here to help me stay warm like how the feathers and the comforter work?
16:48Sweet idea, Nature Cat.
16:50But like what?
16:50What about this?
16:52Wow!
16:53That is so crazy!
16:54It might just work!
16:59Ha-ha-ha!
17:01It's starting to work!
17:02Now I can feel the warmth!
17:05Woo-hoo!
17:06Yeah!
17:06Ah!
17:08Now we're back on track to see what Granny Bunny's wintry surprise is!
17:13Tally-ho!
17:19Ha-ha!
17:20I'm warmer now and we are almost at Granny Bunny's wintry surprise!
17:26Nothing can stop us now!
17:30I gotta stop saying that.
17:34Uh, if we can't make it across this snow, we'll never make it to the top of the hill!
17:39And find out what Granny Bunny's wintry surprise is!
17:46Whoa!
17:47Check out that snowshoe hare!
17:49It's having no problem at all traveling on top of the snow!
17:53Whoa!
17:53Look at her!
17:54How is she doing that?
17:56I wanna do that!
17:57Why can't we do that?
17:59Maybe it's a magical hare with special magical powers!
18:04No!
18:04There's gotta be a scientific explanation!
18:08Hmm...
18:08Oh!
18:08You know, maybe there's something special about the hare that helps it walk on the snow!
18:12Let's ask!
18:13Winter greetings, snow hare!
18:15It's me, Hal!
18:17Hiya!
18:18What's happen, Hal?
18:18Hey!
18:19How you doing?
18:20We noticed you're moving pretty easily on the snow!
18:23Very impressive!
18:24Oh!
18:24Oh!
18:24Is it because your feet are really big?
18:26I mean, no offense!
18:27It's just, are those what help you walk across the snow like that without sinking?
18:31Or...
18:31Is it magic?
18:33And if so, could you whisper to us your secret?
18:35We promise we won't tell anyone and we'll quietly be on our way!
18:38Oh, I'm no magician, Nature Cat!
18:40And there's no secret!
18:41Nope!
18:42No, looky here!
18:43See these feet of mine?
18:44Yeah, Daisy's right!
18:45My back feet are longer and wider than my front feet!
18:48And I can spread my toes really wide to help me stay on top of the snow when I run!
18:52Oh, wow!
18:53My back feet aren't big like yours!
18:55That must be why I sink down into the snow and you don't!
19:00That's cool!
19:00They don't call me a snowshoe hare for nothing, you know!
19:03Gotta go!
19:04See ya!
19:05Yeah!
19:05I just wish we had feet like the snowshoe hare does!
19:09Snowshoes!
19:09That's it, Hal!
19:10Hal, you're a genius!
19:11Oh, why thank you!
19:13And just a quick follow-up question, why exactly am I a genius again?
19:16Think about it, Hal!
19:17What if we could strap something to our feet that made them like the hare's feet?
19:22Like this, perhaps?
19:24Holy smokes, Nitro Cat!
19:25That kinda looks like the hare's big ol' spread out feet!
19:29Here, gang!
19:29Try these on for size!
19:37Oh, yeah!
19:38Oh, yeah!
19:39Oh, yeah!
19:40It's so much easier to move across the snow now!
19:42Come on, gang!
19:43There's no time to waste!
19:45Tally!
19:46Snow!
19:49You guys, look!
19:50The hill is getting closer!
19:52I can see it in the distance!
19:54Oh, boy!
19:55Oh, boy!
19:55Oh, boy!
19:55Oh, boy!
19:56I'm so happy!
19:56The wintry surprise is so close!
19:59From here on out, gang!
20:00With these snowshoes, the rest of our journey will be a piece of cake!
20:05Mmm!
20:05I love cake!
20:08Onward!
20:09And upward!
20:14Whoa!
20:15Whoa!
20:16Hey, you guys!
20:17I don't know about you, but I'm having a really hard time keeping my balance!
20:21Whoa!
20:22Whoa!
20:22Me too, too, also!
20:23Whoa!
20:24I'm slipping and sliding back, but it's not like the fun kind!
20:27Oh!
20:28Whoa!
20:29Whoa!
20:29This ice isn't so nice!
20:32Thank you, Tally!
20:34Whoa!
20:35Look out!
20:41Man!
20:42Oh, man!
20:42Oh, man!
20:43That ice sure was slippery!
20:45How are we ever going to make it back up?
20:47It's way too hard!
20:49Maybe we can use our speed to our advantage!
20:53Okay!
20:53Back up, everyone!
20:54We're going to get a running start, and then our momentum will take us to the top of the hill!
21:03It's working!
21:04It's working!
21:05It's...
21:06Actually, it's not working!
21:07I stand corrected!
21:08Whoa!
21:10Oh, man!
21:11Oh, man!
21:13Uh...
21:13Let me think!
21:14Oh, I wish we could just climb up like that Wolverine over there!
21:17Okay, how's he doing that?
21:19This time, it's definitely magic!
21:22Right, Hal?
21:22It's not magic!
21:24Look at the Wolverine's toes!
21:26Look how curved and sharp those claws are!
21:29They grip the ice so the Wolverine doesn't slide backwards!
21:32But without claws like his, how will we make it up the hill?
21:36Well, we learned from the snow goose and the snowshoe hare, so how about we learn from the Wolverine?
21:42It's kind of a pattern.
21:43Yes, yes!
21:44Brilliant thinking, Squeaks!
21:45That's it!
21:46We can add spikes to our feet, just like the Wolverine's claws!
21:50But where can we find spikes out here?
21:53Eh, voila!
21:54Sure is a good thing I kept these from Halloween last year!
21:58Really good for the story!
22:06Oh, wow! Sweet!
22:08This seems to be working!
22:10Yeah!
22:10I'm not slipping and sliding anymore!
22:13Oh, I can't wait for the wintery surprise!
22:16Gee, nature sure is filled with all kinds of incredible solutions to problems!
22:25Hey, Granny Bunny!
22:27Oh, Daisy!
22:28You finally made it!
22:29Okay, are you ready for your big wintery surprise?
22:33Sure, Granny Bunny!
22:36Whoa!
22:37So cool, Granny Bunny!
22:39You are all about to take a ride on!
22:41Wait for it!
22:43The best sledding course of all time!
22:46Hooray!
22:48And now that we have the right equipment for this winter wonderland,
22:52we can ride these slopes all day long!
22:55Woo-hoo!
22:57Woo-hoo!
23:02Ah!
23:03Nature never fails to amaze, eh?
23:06What-what?
23:06You can say that again, Nature Cat!
23:08Best wintery surprise ever!
23:11Woo-hoo!
23:13Yeah!
23:14Yeah!
23:15Yeah!
23:16Yeah!
23:17Nature Cat, Squeaks, Daisy, and Hal are cartoon characters,
23:20and not real animals!
23:22To keep all of our animal friends safe,
23:24check with a grown-up before you bring a pet on your next nature adventure!
23:28Wow!
23:30Aha!
23:58Ha-ha!
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