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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...
00:18Nature Cat! Backyard explorer extraordinaire!
00:24Tally-ho!
00:26Tally-ho!
00:27We're climbing out the trees now.
00:29We're swinging through the breeze now.
00:31We're getting muddy knees now.
00:33Nature Cat!
00:34Nature Cat! Nature Cat!
00:35Nature Cat!
00:36Nature Cat! Nature Cat!
00:37Nature 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!
00:46Tally-ho!
00:47Tally-ho!
00:48He's our 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.
00:58With Nature Cat!
01:00Tally-ho!
01:02Tally-ho!
01:03Tally-haw!
01:06Nature Cat's Nature Stories.
01:11It's time to play cow boy, horsey, stargazer, and artist.
01:16I'm the cowboy!
01:18I'm the stargazer!
01:19I'm the horsey, baby!
01:22And I am the artiste.
01:24Follow those hats!
01:40That wind came on so suddenly!
01:42Where'd it come from, huh? That's a good question!
01:45Where does wind come from?
01:46I'm glad you asked.
01:48For behold, you will find the answer in Nature Cat's Nature Stories!
01:54Ooh! What are Nature Cat's Nature Stories?
01:57They're silly stories I make up to explain things in nature!
02:00Wait a minute! You can't just make up stories to explain nature!
02:04Nature is explained through science!
02:06I know that! But sometimes it's fun to make up silly stories about it as well!
02:12Ooh! Ooh! I want to hear one of Nature Cat's Nature Stories!
02:15Me too, too, also!
02:17This story is called Where the Wind Comes From!
02:21Hooray!
02:22Once upon a time, there was a hot and sweaty, yet very handsome king!
02:31I declare that this day is too hot! I need something to cool me down!
02:36Where is my royal helper? Royal Helper Hal!
02:41Here I am, your majesty!
02:44Royal Helper Hal! I am hot and dripping with sweat! I say, what shall I do to cool my royal
02:51brow?
02:52Hmm!
02:53Perhaps we can cool off by running around and shouting woo-woo-woo!
02:58Let's give it a royal try!
03:00Woo-woo-woo!
03:01Woo-woo-woo!
03:03Woo-woo-woo!
03:04Woo-woo-woo!
03:04Woo-woo-woo!
03:05Woo-woo-woo!
03:06That didn't work at all, royal helper Hal! I'm hotter and sweatier than ever!
03:11Ah, forgive me, your majesty!
03:14Wait a tick! When you bowed down, it moved the air and made me feel a bit cooler!
03:19So what we need to cool you off is to move the air!
03:22Yes, yes! Send for the royal messengers!
03:26Royal messengers! Oh, royal messengers!
03:31Royal messengers reporting for duty, your kingliness!
03:35Go to my royal subjects in the east and tell them to move the air to cool me off!
03:41To the east!
03:44Dolphins!
03:46The king requests that you flap your tails and move the air to cool him off, eh?
03:51You heard her, fellas! For the king!
03:56It's working! The air is moving!
03:59Thanks, Dolphins!
04:01Whee!
04:05Well, King Nature Cat, how do you like the moving air from the east?
04:10Well, it is cool, but it's making me too wet! I don't like it at all!
04:17Oh, poor king! The moving air is cool, but also wet!
04:21Please go to my royal subjects in the north and tell them to move the air to cool me off!
04:27To the north!
04:29Snowy owls, we have a message from the king!
04:33The king? Oh, boy! What's the message from the king?
04:36The king requests that you move the air so that he may cool off!
04:40You heard the mouse! Come on, owls! Let's move some air!
04:44For the king!
04:47Faster, owls! Faster!
04:50They did it! The air is moving!
04:53Thank you, owls! For the duty you have done, Peel King! Whatever, whatever! Bye!
04:59Whee!
05:02So, your majesty, how do you like the moving air from the north?
05:06It's too-too-too cold! The king doesn't like it! The king doesn't like it!
05:11Have no fear, your royal pickiness! We will try to get the air to move in the south!
05:17To the south!
05:21Flamingos of the south, hello! The king needs you to move wind to cool him off!
05:26For the king!
05:28Yay! It worked! Thanks, flamingos!
05:32Whee!
05:37Okay, here's the southern wind. What do you think?
05:40Wait for it, wait for it.
05:42I declare this wind is too warm!
05:45Yep, there it is.
05:46Oh, no! The king is not cool! All is lost!
05:50We still have one more chance! To the west!
05:53To the west!
05:54Last one!
05:56Hey, elephants! The king needs you to flap your ears and move the air to cool him off!
06:01For the king!
06:02No, thanks! We don't want to help the king!
06:05Uh-oh! I'm out of ideas! I think we failed our royal mission!
06:09Not yet, we didn't!
06:10Happy birthday, elephants!
06:12Oh, boy! It's our birthday!
06:15Mm-hmm! It sure is! Make a wish and blow out the candles!
06:20It worked! The air is moving!
06:24But once the candles are out, they'll stop moving air!
06:27Don't worry, I used trick candles.
06:30Whee!
06:31Whee!
06:33Uh-oh!
06:35Whee!
06:36Ah! This air feels wonderful!
06:40It's not too cool, not too warm, just refreshing!
06:44I declare that moving air shall be called...
06:47Wind!
06:48Hooray!
06:48Yay!
06:49Yay!
06:51And that, my friends, is where wind comes from!
06:56Yay!
06:56Great story!
06:58Sorry, Nature Cat, but wind has nothing to do with elephants or dolphins or owls or flamingos.
07:04Wind happens when cool air pushes warmer air out of the way!
07:08I know that!
07:09But sometimes it's just fun to make a silly nature story like people did long ago!
07:14Oh, I want to make up a silly nature story!
07:17Me too too also as well!
07:19Why not make one up together?
07:20Yeah! It could be about sticks!
07:23Yeah! Or puddles!
07:24Oh, I know! How about fireflies?
07:27Oh, I saw so many fireflies last night!
07:30Fireflies! Yes! Yes! That's it!
07:32Okay, this story is called How the Firefly Got Its Light!
07:36Once upon a time...
07:39There were two fireflies that were just called flies because they didn't have their light yet.
07:45Yeah, and they were having a party!
07:48Wow, we sure know how to throw a party!
07:50Wing bump!
07:54Hmm...
07:56Oh, no! It's too dark! No one can see!
07:59Ah!
08:01Our fiesta is a disaster!
08:04We need the sun to bring us light and save our party!
08:07Come on!
08:08Oh, no! The sun's sleeping!
08:11Let's wake her up!
08:12Cock-a-doodle-doo!
08:14Hold up! Wait a minute!
08:15Who's waking me up before me rise?
08:17Hi, sun! It's me, Fly Hal!
08:19Look, we need light so we can have our party!
08:22Sorry, kid. I'm off-duty!
08:25Oh, no! What now?
08:26Don't worry, pal! I'm gonna lasso us up some light!
08:30Or maybe not!
08:31That tracks! That tracks!
08:33Oh, no! Our party is ruined!
08:36Oh, no! Our party is ruined!
08:40Aw, man!
08:41I hate to see a grown bug cry!
08:47Hey! Look! We light up!
08:49And now we can save the party!
08:52Hooray!
08:52Thank you, sun!
08:55Hoosh, hoosh, hoosh!
09:02And that's how the firefly got its light!
09:05That was a terrific nature story!
09:08Um, that was entertaining and all, but the scientific reason that fireflies light up is because of bioluminescence.
09:14You know, when living things glow!
09:16Oh!
09:17I know that, but it's still fun to think of it happening because of a bug party!
09:25That's true.
09:26Hey, Daisy! Why don't you make up your own silly nature story?
09:29Me? I wouldn't know where to begin! I can't make up a nature story!
09:34Sure you can, Daisy! Just use your imagination!
09:37Okay, okay, I'll give it a try.
09:41But what should my story be about?
09:43Oh, I got it!
09:44My story is called, How the Sunflower Got So Tall!
09:51Once upon a time, there was a queen!
09:53Oh, no, no, no, no, it was a bug!
09:55No, no, I mean a giant!
09:58Yes!
09:58It was a giant!
10:00And the giant loved big things!
10:02She had a big spoon to eat her oatmeal.
10:05And she had a big soccer ball to play soccer with.
10:07And she even had a giant hanky for when she had to sneeze!
10:12Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
10:14Choo!
10:15Choo!
10:16Choo!
10:16Choo!
10:17But what the giant loved most was to touch the flowers' shiny and smooth petals.
10:22But they were all too small.
10:24So the giant had a big idea!
10:27I'm going to grow a giant flower!
10:31She tried watering the flowers with a giant pail of water.
10:34She tried planting the flowers in a giant mound of dirt.
10:38She tried...
10:39Um...
10:40She tried...
10:41I have no idea what the giant can use to grow giant flowers!
10:45Don't think about what you really use to grow flowers!
10:47Think wild!
10:48Think kooky!
10:49Think super-duper silly!
10:51Like...
10:52Like real silly!
10:54I got it!
10:57In order to grow her giant flowers, she would sing them a giant song!
11:02Come on and grow!
11:03Don't be small!
11:04Come on and grow!
11:05Big and tall!
11:07It's working!
11:08I'm going to sing even louder and bigger to make them grow some more!
11:13Come on and grow!
11:14Don't be small!
11:15Come on and grow!
11:17Big and tall!
11:18The flowers were almost giant-sized.
11:21So the giant sang one more time in the biggest, loudest voice she could muster.
11:26Come on and grow!
11:28Come on and grow!
11:28Don't be small!
11:29Come on and grow!
11:30Big and tall!
11:32Oh, man!
11:33Oh, man!
11:34Oh, man!
11:34Giant flowers!
11:36Oh, yeah!
11:37Oh, yeah!
11:38Giant flowers!
11:39Oh, yeah!
11:42And that's how the sunflower grew so tall!
11:45Yay!
11:46Great story, Daisy!
11:48Yeah!
11:50Thanks, guys!
11:51Even though it isn't scientific, it really is fun to come up with stories about why things
11:55are the way they are in nature.
11:57Now, come on, gang!
11:58Let's get back to our game of cowboy, horsey, stargazer, and artist!
12:03Uh-oh!
12:04Looks like the elephants are blowing out candles again!
12:12Pattern Problema!
12:17Coming through, baby!
12:30Aw, Hal!
12:31Your mommy's gonna love this new nature-inspired wallpaper when she gets here!
12:35Don't you think?
12:37Yeah, I just really want it to be all nature-y and outdoorsy while being indoorsy and all at
12:42the same time.
12:43You know what I'm saying, Squeaks?
12:45I hear you, big dog.
12:46How does it look?
12:48Well, my...
12:50Um...
12:51Guys, this just isn't working.
12:53Yeah, um...
12:54That doesn't look so good.
12:55We have to get organized!
12:58Hmm...
13:00Hmm...
13:02Hmm...
13:04Hmm...
13:04Hmm...
13:04Hmm...
13:05We could, uh...
13:10I can't focus with all that banging going on out there!
13:14Where is it coming from?
13:20Ronald!
13:23Ronald!
13:25Ronald!
13:26Ronald!
13:27Ronald!
13:27Ronald!
13:27Ronald!
13:28Ronald!
13:28Oh, hello, Nature Cat!
13:31Hello, Ronald!
13:33Would you mind not playing your drums till we finish wallpapering Hal's doghouse?
13:38You're wallpapering Hal's doghouse?
13:41Why, that's so... so... wallpapery!
13:46Then you'll stop till we finish?
13:49Oh, yeah, sure, absolutely!
13:51Not!
13:52This is Ronald's drum time!
13:55And during Ronald's drum time, Ronald drums all the time!
13:58Oh, thank you!
14:01Ronald!
14:03Ronald!
14:04Yeah, I don't know, it's just not looking right to me!
14:07Me either, Hal!
14:08I can't seem to put my paw on it, but something's not right!
14:11Let's not mince words, it's a disaster!
14:14What did we do wrong?
14:17Everything!
14:18I just wanted it to feel outdoorsy and indoorsy and all at the same time!
14:23Oh, what should we do?
14:24What we need, Hal, is some nature inspiration!
14:29Onward and nature way!
14:35Will drum time ever end?
14:41No, it will not!
14:42Ha ha ha!
14:46Ah, nature!
14:48Hal, you see anything in nature that you love and could see in your house?
14:52Well, I see a lot of things I love, but I'm looking for something I really, really, really love!
14:58Ooh, like that!
14:59Hi, little caterpillar!
15:00Up here!
15:01Look, it's me, Hal!
15:02What exactly is it that you love about that caterpillar?
15:05Well, look at the way the stripey colors line up all yellow and black and white and black,
15:10and then white, black, and yellow again and again!
15:12Yellow, black, white, black, white, black, yellow!
15:15Yellow, black, white, black!
15:16Yellow, black, white, black, white, black, yellow!
15:19Hey, it's a pattern!
15:21Hey, yeah, it's a pattern!
15:23You don't say a pattern sitting right there!
15:26I didn't even see it!
15:27I just love patterns!
15:28But one quick little question, what is a pattern?
15:31A pattern happens when something repeats in a way that you can tell what's coming next!
15:36See?
15:36Yellow, black, white, black, followed by white, black, yellow!
15:40Yellow, black, white, black, white, black, yellow!
15:44Yellow, black, white, black, white, black, yellow!
15:49I can't believe we can still hear Ronald's drumming!
15:54Woo!
15:56Sunflowers!
15:57Hey, Squeaks!
15:58Looks like the seeds are developing nicely!
16:01I know!
16:01I can't wait!
16:02Soon I'll be eating sunflower stew!
16:04Sunflower fricassee!
16:06Sunflowers Rockefeller!
16:07Sunflower parmesan!
16:09Hey, guys!
16:10Another pattern!
16:11Where?
16:12And who?
16:12What?
16:13When?
16:13How?
16:13And why?
16:14See how the seeds grow in a curve?
16:16And the curve repeats!
16:18It's a pattern!
16:19This is awesome!
16:20They go round and around and around and around and around and around and around and around
16:25the way!
16:25Uh-oh!
16:31Look how the snail's shell spirals!
16:34This feels like another pattern to me!
16:36Hello, snail!
16:37Hal here!
16:38Love your spirally shell!
16:39Hello!
16:40Ditto on the fern!
16:41Look!
16:41Another spiral!
16:42Hello, fern!
16:43I'm Hal!
16:44And I just love your spirally pattern!
16:46Hey!
16:47Check out this butterfly!
16:49Wow!
16:50Look at the design on each wing!
16:52I can tell what the opposite wing looks like because it repeats the same pattern!
16:56Whoa!
16:57I just love your pattern too, butterfly!
17:00So many great patterns!
17:02Hmm!
17:02You know, one thing about patterns, they're so much fun to look at!
17:06You know, they're so, um, oh gosh, what's the word I'm looking for?
17:08They're so patterny!
17:12Listen!
17:14A chickadee!
17:19It's the same sound over and over!
17:22Another pattern!
17:23Chickadee!
17:25Chickadee!
17:26Chickadee!
17:27Chickadee!
17:27Chickadee!
17:28Chickadee!
17:28Amazing!
17:30You can see patterns!
17:32You can feel patterns, like with the sunflower seeds!
17:35You can even hear patterns!
17:38Patterns!
17:39Yeah!
17:40There's something, I don't know, comfortable in seeing a pattern and knowing what comes next!
17:46Kinda sweet!
17:46That's it!
17:47I know what we did wrong with the wallpaper!
17:49It was patternless!
17:51That's why looking at it made my head feel all fuzzy!
17:54Huh!
17:54Maybe making a pattern will help!
17:56Yeah!
17:57They're all around us, Hal!
17:58You just need to pick the one you like!
18:00Let nature be your guide!
18:03Okay, okay, let's see, a pattern.
18:05I gotta find a pattern, looking for a pattern.
18:07Gotta figure out what a pattern is first, but then I'll look for a pattern.
18:11Okay, okay, looking for patterns, looking for patterns.
18:14Okay, I need a pattern, I need a pattern, I need a-
18:16Whoa!
18:19Hal, you okay?
18:21Ooh, this vine is so spirally.
18:23Wow, another pattern!
18:25Hang on, Hal, my pal!
18:27We'll get you down!
18:28Alley-oop!
18:32Okay, nature cats!
18:33Pull down!
18:34Pull!
18:41Oh no!
18:47Whoa!
18:48Whoa!
18:49Whoa!
18:50Whoa!
18:50Whoa!
18:51Where are we?
18:53I don't have a clue!
18:54Oh no!
18:55We gotta get home!
18:56My mommy's gonna be there soon!
18:58But which way is home?
19:02Drums!
19:03It's Ronald!
19:04All we have to do is follow the drum beats and we're home!
19:08Wait!
19:09That doesn't sound like Ronald's drumming!
19:11Remember it went boom, crash, ting!
19:14Boom, crash, ting!
19:16Hmm!
19:16Hey, hey!
19:17That was a pattern too!
19:19Yeah, it's definitely not Ronald.
19:24Hello, Grouse!
19:25I'm Hal!
19:25Nice wing beating, but it's not Ronald's drum pattern!
19:30Guys!
19:31Another sound!
19:34A woodpecker!
19:35Ugh!
19:36Nope!
19:36Still not Ronald's drum pattern!
19:39Ugh!
19:39Where's Ronald when you need him?
19:42Wait a minute!
19:43That's Ronald!
19:44I'd know that pattern anywhere!
19:47Onward and patternward!
19:57Oh!
19:58Uh-huh!
19:59Now all the world can enjoy Ronald's drum time!
20:04Thanks, Ronald!
20:06You're welcome, Nature Cat!
20:07Anytime!
20:08Wait!
20:09What did I do?
20:19This time we're gonna do it right!
20:21In a pattern!
20:23Oh!
20:23We could make a curvy design like the sunflowers!
20:26Yeah, but I like the caterpillar stripes!
20:28Those are pretty cool!
20:29I really like the butterfly wings pattern!
20:32I'm sort of a snail pattern guy myself!
20:35Thank you, Nature, for the abundance of choices!
20:37Which one should we use?
20:38How about we use all of them?
20:40Great idea, Hal!
20:42Well, we can each make the pattern we like best!
20:57Woo-hoo!
21:01So, what do we do now?
21:03Well, there are four patterns and four walls!
21:05We could put one pattern on each wall!
21:08Uh-uh, not gonna work!
21:09We could just mix them up and hang them up!
21:11Nope, that's what we did last time!
21:13I've got it!
21:14We've got four patterns!
21:16We could put up one of each pattern!
21:17Then...
21:18Start all over again!
21:19Yeah!
21:20Ha-ha!
21:21Yeah!
21:47Oh, I see!
21:48Uh, something like this!
21:50Ta-da!
21:51I love it!
21:52You put the four patterns into another pattern!
21:55Sweet!
21:57Let's do this!
21:58Onward!
21:59Onward!
22:00And...
22:00Yonward!
22:15Lo-vibe!
22:17Lo-vibe!
22:17You put the four patterns into another pattern!
22:28You put the four patterns into another pattern!
22:29Now we're talking wallpaper!
22:31Amazing job, guys!
22:34A pleasing pattern plus another pattern if I ever saw one!
22:37Oh, I'm really, really, really happy!
22:40Thanks, guys!
22:41Ha-ha-ha-ha!
22:42Oh, my!
22:43Oh, my!
22:44Hal, darling!
22:45Look what you've done to your charming little doggy house!
22:48Hi, Mommy!
22:50Hi, house mom!
22:51Welcome!
22:51Barbara!
22:53Good to see you!
22:53How's your knee?
22:54I must say, it feels so naturey and outdoorsy while being indoorsy and all at the same time!
23:00Ha-ha!
23:00That's exactly what I was going for!
23:03Aw, I'm glad you like it, Mommy!
23:05Like it?
23:06Ha-ha!
23:06I love it!
23:07And I especially love the patterns!
23:09They're so...
23:10Oh, what's the word?
23:12Patterny!
23:13Ha-ha-ha!
23:14Wink, wink!
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!
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