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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!
00:20Backyard 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!
00:34Nature Cat!
00:35Nature Cat!
00:36Nature 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!
00:47Tally-ho!
00:48We're the favorite nature guide.
00:50We 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!
01:01Nature Cat!
01:02Nature Cat!
01:02Nature Cat!
01:02Tally-ho!
01:03Tally-ho!
01:07Freezing in the summer season.
01:12Looks like everything's in place
01:14for my annual Nature Cat Summerfest.
01:17Fun in the summer sun time!
01:20Summerfest!
01:20Yes!
01:21Baby!
01:22First up is our Summerfest Sprinkler, Rolick!
01:29And then my Summerfest bike ride, my Summerfest kickball game, ha ha!
01:34Nothing can ruin my wonderful Summerfest!
01:38Not even that ominous cool breeze.
01:42Well, those very large dark clouds are approaching from over yonder.
01:45Those clouds aren't just large, Nature Cat.
01:47Those are super tall cumulonimbus clouds.
01:51Wow!
01:51They're like dark, scary, puffed up cloud towers.
01:54Well, hell, you're right.
01:55They look kind of angry.
01:57Whoa!
01:58They're moving toward us pretty fast.
02:00I think a storm is coming.
02:02Hey, hey!
02:03This is your DJ Johnny Spins playing some summertime tunes on this glorious summer day.
02:08You hear that?
02:09Glorious summer day!
02:11No mention of a storm at all.
02:13Oh, this just in from the neighborhood weather service.
02:15A really big thunderstorm is approaching the area.
02:18So, you know what that means?
02:19I know!
02:20I know, too!
02:21I know, too, too!
02:22And so do I.
02:24Head inside!
02:26Quick, everybody into my doghouse!
02:30You okay, Nature Cat?
02:31Of course I am, Daisy!
02:33Wanna know why?
02:34Because I declare that instead of a summer fest, we're going to have a stay inside during the storm fest!
02:41Doghouse ho!
02:46Here are your stay inside during the storm fest t-shirts!
02:50Oh, what fun we shall have!
02:52Just like that thunderstorm from season one!
02:54Remember, we'll make a pillow fort and count the seconds between the thunder and lightning!
03:00Hey, in season one there was no whatever that is!
03:05Yeah, the thunder and lightning are the same, but we didn't hear that pinging sound in the other storm!
03:10Hey, I can see from over here!
03:13What is that stuff?
03:14It's not rain!
03:16It's so bouncy!
03:17Why is it bouncy?
03:19Must be one of those rubber ball storms you're always hearing about, right guys?
03:23Am I right?
03:24Oh, that's a nice idea, but you made it up!
03:26Whatever those bouncy things are, you must admit this is exciting!
03:30It's just...
03:31Nothing can ruin this stay inside during the storm fest!
03:34Not even the fact that the rain has stopped and it's not dark anymore and the sun's peeking through the
03:38clouds!
03:39Oh, right!
03:40The storm has passed!
03:42So, it's back to our warm, wonderful summer fest!
03:47Tally, snow?
03:50Snow?
03:50Um, I'm pretty sure it's not supposed to snow in summertime!
03:55I'd say this looks like an early winter, but winter doesn't come after summer!
03:59Whoa!
04:00So, did we just skip over fall?
04:03Did we just fast forward right past it?
04:05Oh!
04:06Seriously!
04:07Oh!
04:07No matter, my good friends!
04:09Let's take advantage of this opportunity and have ourselves a good old-fashioned winter fest!
04:16Tally ho ho ho!
04:21Hey guys!
04:22Is it just me or does it not feel that cold outside?
04:25I mean, it's not as hot and sticky as it was before the storm, but it doesn't feel like winter
04:30either!
04:31But the snow is really cold under my feet!
04:34And you know I always trust my feet!
04:36You know that!
04:37Let's all trust Hal's feet and have ourselves a winter fest!
04:41Oh yeah!
04:43Let's make some snow angels!
04:45Baby!
04:47Let's make some snow angels!
04:50Oh!
04:51Whoa!
04:52Okay!
04:53Um, guys, this isn't working.
04:55This doesn't feel soft like snow.
04:58It feels like little pebbly things!
05:00Wait!
05:00My sled!
05:01It keeps getting stuck on whatever this bumpy stuff is!
05:05Well, I'm having a great time making this snowman!
05:09Of course, it's not a very good snowman!
05:11You can tell it's a snowman though, right?
05:14I mean, it looks like a snowman, right?
05:16Come now, friends!
05:18Let's be positive!
05:19Nothing can ruin this winter fest!
05:22Okay, now that I look at it closely, I see that this snow is not snow at all.
05:26It's just little balls of ice.
05:27Hey!
05:28It is little balls of ice!
05:30And look!
05:31It's all different sizes!
05:33Pea-sized, marble-sized...
05:34Oh, this one looks like a ping-pong ball!
05:37I bet that's why it bounced when it fell from the sky.
05:40Just ping-pong, ping-pong!
05:42And I guess I bit wrong!
05:44Man, oh, man!
05:45Do you see these rings inside this one?
05:47Like rings in a tree!
05:49I wonder what caused these rings!
05:52And I wonder what made these things fall in this thunderstorm and not in other thunderstorms.
05:57You know?
05:57I wonder how something frozen could fall from the sky in the middle of the summer!
06:03And I wonder when we're going to get back to our winter fest!
06:06Oh, face it, Nature Cat, it's too hot to be winter!
06:10Squeaks is right!
06:11We only thought it was winter because we thought this was snow!
06:14But it's not snow, so it's not winter!
06:16Ha!
06:17This is so confusing!
06:19Who knew my feet could be so wrong?
06:21I trusted you feet.
06:23Wait!
06:24I'll prove that it's winter!
06:26When I turn this back on, we'll be hearing some joyful wintertime holiday music!
06:31And if it's winter, nothing can ruin this winter fest!
06:35And it looks like the sun's shining again on this great summer day!
06:40Hope everyone is safe after that big thunderstorm!
06:42We're getting some reports of hail in the area!
06:45I'm sorry, who, me?
06:46That's right!
06:47Hail!
06:48Wait, how?
06:48Did you say how?
06:49A whole lot of hail!
06:51A how lot of how?
06:52Is that what you meant to say?
06:53That's what this stuff must be!
06:55Hail!
06:56I've heard of hail, but I've never seen it up close before!
07:00Man, oh man!
07:01This is so cool!
07:02Hey!
07:03We have a caller!
07:04Caller!
07:05You're on the air!
07:06Hi!
07:06I'm Hal!
07:07First time caller!
07:07Long time listener!
07:08Great show!
07:09Look, anyway, are you talking to me?
07:11Because if so, you're saying my name wrong!
07:13I am Hal!
07:14It's pretty short.
07:15Hal!
07:16Not Hale!
07:17There's an I in there, I think!
07:18Oh, sorry!
07:19But I'm not talking Hal!
07:20I'm talking hail!
07:22All those little balls of ice that fell during the thunderstorm!
07:26Are you seeing hail where you are?
07:27Oh, you mean those cold little bouncy rocks?
07:30You try to make a snowman with them, it looks real weird!
07:32Those are hailstones!
07:34Did you notice this storm was stronger than usual?
07:37And that the clouds were very, very tall?
07:39Hey!
07:40That's right!
07:41Those storm clouds were taller than usual!
07:44That's what was different about this storm!
07:46But what made the hail fall?
07:48And why does it have those rings inside?
07:50And why did it ruin my summer fest?
07:52First of all, I'd like to give a shout-out to Mr. Chewinski,
07:54and can I make a request, Johnny Spins?
07:56I'd like to hear a song about hail that answers all of our questions!
08:00You got it!
08:01And here's a great summertime hail jam by Doggone,
08:05dedicated to you, Hal!
08:06In a summertime storm cloud,
08:09Upward winds blow the clouds so tall as high!
08:12At the top of the cloud, it's extra freezing,
08:15And that's where little ice crystals fly!
08:18The ice slams into super-cold water,
08:21Drops that extra chilly storm!
08:24They freeze together at the top of the cloud,
08:27And that's what makes the hail fall!
08:30To the top of the cloud,
08:32When the air is colder at the top of the cloud,
08:34There's more super-cool water at the top of the cloud,
08:38It freezes together at the top of the cloud,
08:40Then the hail gets bigger!
08:42In a summertime storm cloud,
08:44All that wind keeps the hail blowing up and down,
08:47But as the hail gets heavier in that cloud,
08:50The wind can keep it from falling to the ground,
08:53Cause with every trip up to the top,
08:56Of that extra chilly zone,
08:59Those drops of water freeze into another icy layer
09:03On that hail storm!
09:05Yeah!
09:05To the top of the cloud,
09:07When the air is colder at the top of the cloud,
09:10There's more super-cool water at the top of the cloud,
09:13It freezes together at the top of the cloud,
09:15Then the hail gets bigger!
09:17The wind can't blow it back up and around,
09:20The hail falls down to the ground!
09:22Yeah!
09:23If the wind can't blow it back up and around,
09:26The hail falls down to the ground!
09:28Yeah!
09:28From the super-tall summertime storm cloud hailstones!
09:34Did that answer all your questions?
09:36Sure did, Johnny Spins!
09:37I think I got it!
09:39So because the storm cloud grows so high in the sky,
09:42Where the temperatures are really, really cold,
09:44You may see ice balls fall from the sky,
09:47Even though it's hot down here on the ground!
09:49Whoa!
09:50That's right, house friend!
09:51I see, I see.
09:53And the more the hail stone travels up and down in the cloud,
09:56The more ice layers it gets so it grows bigger and heavier, right?
10:00You got it, how's other friend?
10:01Uh-huh!
10:02And when the wind isn't strong enough to keep blowing
10:04That bigger, heavier hail stone back up to the top anymore,
10:08It falls out of the cloud and down to the ground!
10:11So that's why hail stones are different sizes!
10:13Some stay in the cloud longer than others!
10:16Ooh!
10:16This blows my mind, man!
10:18Thanks for the catchy and educational song, Johnny Spins!
10:22You're welcome!
10:23Thanks for calling in!
10:24And now, back to some summertime tunes!
10:27Hmm, so this bigger hail stone spent more time in the cloud than this one!
10:31And this one went up and down in the cloud over and over and over and over again!
10:37Ooh, you must be exhausted, little fella!
10:39Who knew that hail was such a glorious and fascinating thing?!
10:45But it's still ruined my summer fest!
10:48All I really wanted for us all today was a summer fest!
10:51Full of summertime fun!
10:53Why has everything ruined my summer fest?
10:56But Nature Cat, don't you see?
10:59It never stopped being a summer fest!
11:01Yeah!
11:02Thunderstorms happen in the summer!
11:04And hail storms do too!
11:06Hail fits right into your summer fest!
11:08You're right!
11:09Hail does fit into my summer fest!
11:11But oh no!
11:13A lot of it has melted!
11:15Wait!
11:16I see some by Hal's doghouse!
11:18The shade from Hal's roof sure kept them nice and cool!
11:22But they won't stay frozen forever!
11:23They're gonna melt soon, you guys!
11:25I know!
11:25What if we put them in the freezer?
11:27Hal!
11:27You're a genius!
11:29Do geniuses get ice pops?
11:30I mean, as long as we're going to the freezer!
11:32Great idea, Hal!
11:33We'll wrap up these hail stones and put them in the freezer so we can enjoy them in the winter
11:38when it's nice and cold!
11:40But first, we need to capture this hail for our summer fest memory book!
11:45Get summer festy and grab a hail stone!
11:49Oh, these hail stones are so cool!
11:51And they're cold too, too!
11:52Wow!
11:53I can't believe that ice can actually fall from the sky in the summertime!
11:57Everybody say, best summer fest ever!
12:00Best summer fest ever!
12:02Best summer fest ever!
12:06This really is the best summer fest ever!
12:11Total Eclipse of the Sun!
12:16Hello, doghouse!
12:18Goodbye, doghouse!
12:20Hello again, doghouse!
12:22A goodbye, doghouse!
12:25Whatcha doing, Hal?
12:27Mr. Chewinski is making my doghouse disappear!
12:30It's magic, baby!
12:32Ooh!
12:33Can I try?
12:34Sure!
12:35Just hold up Mr. Chewinski in front of you and make him block out something you don't want to see!
12:41Hmm...
12:45Perfect!
12:47Goodbye, Ronald!
12:50Hello, Ronald!
12:53Ha!
12:54Everyone!
12:56Today is the day!
12:57Today is the day!
12:59Today is the day!
13:03Yes!
13:04It is me!
13:05Yes!
13:05But you're not usually this, uh, excited about anything.
13:08Ever!
13:09Uh, are you okay, Houston?
13:11Today, right here, in this very place, we will be able to see a total eclipse of the Sun!
13:18Oh!
13:19Whoa!
13:21I don't know what that is!
13:23Well, ma'am, a total eclipse happens when something is totally blocked out so you can't see it.
13:29Ha-ha!
13:29Sure!
13:30We all know that!
13:32Of course we all know that, sir!
13:33So when a total eclipse of the Sun happens, it means the Sun will be totally blocked out so we
13:39can't see it!
13:40Can't see the Sun?
13:42What's gonna block out the Sun?
13:44Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
13:46The Moon!
13:47Ah, yes, I said the Moon, the Moon, the Moon, yeah.
13:50The Moon always circles the Earth, and sometimes it gets in line with the Sun and blocks it out.
13:56And it will get dark in the middle of the day!
14:00Say what?
14:01You got us into some trippy stuff, man!
14:04I dig it!
14:05Incredible!
14:07Dark?
14:08In the middle of the day?
14:10It doesn't often happen that you are in the right place to see the Sun totally blocked out,
14:14so my cousins are coming from all over the world to enjoy the eclipse with me!
14:19Raise the roof!
14:20What, what?
14:21Man, oh man!
14:22This is gonna be sweet!
14:24Yes!
14:25It will be amazing!
14:27Amazingly disastrous!
14:30What?
14:31What?
14:31What are you talking about, Ronald?
14:33Well, according to my great-great-great-grandfather's almanac, when there's a total eclipse of the Sun and it gets
14:40dark out during the day, strange things happen!
14:43What?
14:44What strange things happen, Ronald?
14:45What?
14:46What?
14:46The moon will take a bite out of the Sun!
14:48Birds won't be able to chirp!
14:50Flowers and plants will wither up and die!
14:55Oh boy, this sounds very confusing and really scary!
15:00Ronald, there are a lot of ideas about what happens during a solar eclipse, but many of them are not
15:05true.
15:05An eclipse of the Sun is certainly strange, but it need not be scary.
15:10I like the sound of this eclipse of the Sun. I don't want to miss this!
15:14But how can we watch the eclipse? You're never ever supposed to look directly at the Sun!
15:18Have no fear. I pre-ordered special solar glasses for everyone. The only safe way to look up at the
15:25Sun during an eclipse is with these glasses.
15:30Hey! I can't see anything! Mine are broken!
15:34Sir? Sir? Solar glasses are supposed to be dark. The only thing you can see with them is the Sun.
15:43Ah! There's the Sun!
15:45But look! Part of it is blocked out!
15:48Oh boy, the eclipse has already begun! The right side of the Sun is no longer a complete arc. The
15:54Moon's starting to block part of it.
15:56Soon, the huge Sun will be blocked out by the tiny Moon, and it will be a total solar eclipse!
16:02How do you like me now? Dropping the mic!
16:05But if the Moon is smaller than the Sun, how can it block it out?
16:09I wonder if it's like how little Mr. Chewinski could block out bigger Ronald when Ronald is all the way
16:14on the other side of the yard!
16:16So the Moon may be much, much smaller than the Sun, but it is a lot closer to the Earth!
16:21Oh, that's why the Moon and the Sun look like they're the same size in the sky! Oh!
16:26Pretty cool, huh, Hal? Hal?
16:29Hey, where'd Hal go?
16:31He must have gotten scared by Ronald's stories.
16:34Well, we can't let him miss the eclipse!
16:36We have to find him!
16:38You'd better hurry, ma'am! The Sun will soon be blocked out by the Moon!
16:42Okie dokie! Uh, good luck to you! Uh, toodles! Toodoo! See ya!
16:46Oh, no you don't! You scared Hal! Now you are gonna help us find him!
16:51The Ronald didn't see that coming!
16:54Hal! Where are you, my pal?
16:57Hal! Hal! Hal! Hal! He's not here!
17:02We need to find him soon! He's gonna miss the eclipse!
17:05Hey, there's Norman the squirrel!
17:06Yo, Norman!
17:09Have you seen Hal?
17:11Norman?
17:13Okay, Norman seems a little scattered.
17:16Or he's mad at me.
17:17Huh, what did I do to Norman?
17:19Yeah, he's probably scared, Squeaks.
17:21Scared? Of what?
17:23Scared that the Moon's gonna take a giant bite out of the Sun?
17:28What?!
17:29See?
17:30Ronald, that's not a bite!
17:32The Moon is just blocking that part of the Sun!
17:35Yeah, the Sun is still there!
17:36We just can't see much of it!
17:41Oh, yeah! Your theory makes a little more sense than the moon biting thing!
17:46Yeah!
17:47Come on!
17:47Let's keep looking for Hal! He's missing everything!
17:51Hal!
17:53Hal!
17:55Hal!
17:59Hal!
18:02Hal!
18:03Hal!
18:03Hal!
18:04Hal!
18:06Hal!
18:07Hal!
18:08Well, it sure is getting darker!
18:10And listen, it's gotten really quiet.
18:12I don't even hear a bird chirping!
18:15Look!
18:15That Robin is settling down for night time!
18:18It thinks it's time for bed!
18:20Today's a special one!
18:23A total eclipse of the Sun!
18:29Buddy Owler!
18:31What are you doing here?
18:33It's the middle of the day and I thought you only came out at night!
18:36It's starting to feel at night!
18:38Plus, I want to watch the eclipse!
18:40Hoo!
18:41But, Bonnie!
18:42Birds can't sing or turp during an eclipse!
18:45What you talking about?
18:47I can still hoot!
18:48Hoo!
18:49And if that Robin didn't think it were night, Pete be singing a tune!
18:54Hmm, you know, that actually makes sense!
18:56Bonnie!
18:57Have you seen Hal?
18:58We can't find him anywhere and we don't want him to miss the eclipse!
19:01I haven't, but you better find him soon!
19:03The moon is blocking a lot of that sun!
19:06It will be a total eclipse soon!
19:08Well, come on!
19:09Let's go!
19:10Thank you, Bonnie Owler!
19:13Today's a special one!
19:16A total eclipse of the sun!
19:25Daisy, why are you stopping?
19:27We've got to find Hal!
19:29But guys, look at my California poppies!
19:32They're withering up, right?
19:33I told you so!
19:35Boom shakalaka!
19:35Oh, for goodness sakes, Ronald!
19:37Let's just go look!
19:38Cool!
19:39The petals have closed up!
19:41This proves that my great-great-great-grandfather was right!
19:46Uh, right?
19:47Sorry, Ronald, but my poppies close up like this at night!
19:50Oh, it's a little bit darker than usual, so maybe the dim light is making them do that!
19:55That must mean...
19:57Whoa!
19:59My flowers may be closed up now, but I think that when the eclipse is over, the petals will open
20:04up again!
20:05Hmm, that does make more sense than what my great-great-great-grandfather said!
20:09You know what?
20:10I think the eclipse might not be scary after all!
20:13That's great, Ronald!
20:14Now we need to find Hal!
20:16So we can convince him that it's not scary, too!
20:18But where is he?
20:20I'm sure you've already checked his doghouse, right?
20:24Man, oh man!
20:25Why didn't we think of this sooner?
20:28I really don't like to say this, but...
20:32Ronald...
20:32Mm-hmm!
20:34You are a genius!
20:37Well, tell me something I don't know, Nature Cat!
20:40There he is!
20:43Hal, we've been looking all over for you!
20:46I've been here the whole time, so you didn't look all over the place because I was here in my
20:50house where I usually am.
20:52First place I would have looked, so...
20:55Hey, Hal, we know a solar eclipse might seem weird...
20:58But it could be a once-in-a-lifetime experience!
21:01And we don't want to enjoy it without you!
21:03Thanks, guys, but I'm too scared to go outside.
21:06I mean, what if the eclipse makes something bad happen like Ronald's great-great-great-great-great-grandfather said?
21:12Nope!
21:13Mr. Chewinski and I are staying inside!
21:15Uh-oh!
21:16Fix this, please!
21:18Whoa!
21:18Ha!
21:19Look, Hal!
21:20I think some of the things my great-great-great-grandfather wrote in that book might not be true!
21:25Wait, what?
21:26Yeah!
21:27After watching some animals, birds, and plants, I'm excited to see the eclipse of the sun!
21:31I don't know, Ronald...
21:33Ugh, if only we could show how Halloween Eclipse works so he wouldn't be afraid!
21:37Ha-ha!
21:38I have an idea!
21:41Okay, now look at that big, faraway mountain!
21:44Now remember your Mr. Chewinski game!
21:46Hold up Mr. Chewinski close to your eyes!
21:50Whoa!
21:51Mr. Chewinski?
21:53I-I knew you were powerful, but not that powerful!
21:57And that's just how the eclipse of the sun works!
21:59Small Mr. Chewinski can block the big mountain because the mountain is so far away!
22:05That's how the little moon blocks the big sun!
22:07And it's definitely not the moon taking a bite out of the sun, Al!
22:12Are you sure?
22:13We're sure!
22:15Huh?
22:18Oh boy, it's my cousins from all over the world!
22:22Hello, cousins!
22:23They all came here to see the eclipse?
22:25This must be super special!
22:27Come on!
22:28Hurry!
22:28They call this moment the diamond ring!
22:31Whoa!
22:33And totality will happen in three, two, one!
22:38I give you the moment of totality!
22:41Wow!
22:42It's so quiet!
22:44And it's colder than before!
22:48I'm...
22:50I'm...
22:50I'm...
22:51speechless!
22:52So, what do you think, Al?
22:54Haha!
22:55I like this eclipse!
22:57Look!
22:58The sun is starting to come out again!
23:00You go, sun!
23:03Today's a special one!
23:05A total eclipse of the sun!
23:12Oh, yeah!
23:14Whoo!
23:16Nature Cat, Squeaks, Daisy, and Howl are cartoon characters and not real animals!
23:21To keep all of our animal friends safe, check with a grown-up before you bring a pet on your
23:27next nature adventure!
23:29Aha!
23:30Ha!
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