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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.
00:15I 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!
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! 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!
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03:42Leaf Fairy.
03:43Leaf Fairy?
03:44Yep, and I'm going to stop her from using Leaf Fairy magic to make all the leaves fall.
03:49Um, who told you this was how to stop leaves from falling?
03:53Well, my best friend Charlie the dog knows a dog whose best friend's sister's best friend's cousin, best friend's brother,
03:59who just so happens to be my best friend Charlie the dog, told me about the Leaf Fairy.
04:04Hal, you had me at Charlie the dog.
04:07I'm in!
04:08Oh, me too!
04:09Which way is the Leaf Fairy so we can stop her?
04:12Wait, how can you really be sure that there even is a Leaf Fairy?
04:16Then how can you explain all the leaves turning colors and them falling from the trees, Daisy?
04:21Huh, I can't.
04:23Then you're either with me or with me.
04:26With you!
04:27With me!
04:29Onward and yonward to find the Leaf Fairy word!
04:35Taddy ho!
04:39Leaf Fairy, show yourself!
04:42Leaf Fairy!
04:45Leaf Fairy!
04:47Leaf Fairy!
04:51Leaf Fairy!
04:53Leaf Fairy!
04:53Leaf Fairy!
04:54Well, Leaf Fairy, where are you?
04:56It's me Hal!
04:57Oh!
04:58Ahhh!
05:01Oh!
05:10It's not the Leaf Fairy, but Gracie hibernating.
05:16Now to find the Leaf Fairy.
05:21Leaf Fairy? Leaf Fairy!
05:24Oh, Leaf Fairy, where are you?
05:28Excuse me, Gooseys? Have you seen the Leaf Fairy?
05:32They don't have time to stop, Hal. They're flying south of the window.
05:35Oh, the pretty colors not staying on the trees is so wasteful.
05:40Like the trees are just throwing the leaves in the trash.
05:43We must find the Leaf Fairy and stop this madness!
05:47But Hal, we looked everywhere.
05:50Hey! I've never seen tracks like those before!
05:53Oh! Fairy tracks! They gotta be fairy tracks! Come on!
06:10Fairy sounds!
06:14This is it!
06:15Get ready to stop the Leaf Fairy.
06:17And don't fall for any of those Leaf Fairy magic tricks!
06:21No idea what you're talking about, but we are with you, Hal!
06:27Huh?
06:31Hello!
06:33Oh, Chickadee!
06:34Oh, I thought you were the Leaf Fairy.
06:37Uh-uh. The name's Leslie.
06:39Sorry that I'm not the Leaf Fairy, but there's no such thing as a Leaf Fairy.
06:43Oh, yes there is!
06:45Allow me to explain. We are on a top secret mission.
06:49To stop the colorful fall leaves from falling off the trees.
06:53By stopping the Leaf Fairy.
06:55Oh! Well, I can tell you why the trees drop their leaves, even why the leaves change colors.
07:00And it's not by a Leaf Fairy.
07:02It has to be the Leaf Fairy!
07:05Hal, I'm not so sure you can handle the truth.
07:07Of course I can handle the truth, Leslie!
07:09I mean, I can handle and I can truth and all at the same time, obviously.
07:14Come on. I'll show you why trees drop their leaves in the fall.
07:19Oh, hey! That's where Gracie is hibernating.
07:22And more Goosies are getting ready for the winter by heading south.
07:27Hi, Goosies! It's me, Hal!
07:29Well, like animals, some plants also need to get ready for winter.
07:34Man, oh, man!
07:35I have some garden plants that look like they die every fall, but then grow again in the spring.
07:42They must use something special to get ready for winter.
07:45Yep. See this plant?
07:47Everything above ground dies, but the roots stay alive under the ground.
07:51That's one way some plants survive winter.
07:54Some trees drop their leaves in the fall and go dormant.
07:57They slow way down and stop growing. Sort of like Gracie's hibernating.
08:01I just wish those leaves could stay all red and beautifully up there forever.
08:05But if the leaf fairy doesn't make the leaves fall and change color, then what does?
08:10Oh, we gotta go back to when the leaves are green and still on the tree.
08:14The leaves are working hard to make food for the tree so it can grow.
08:17Oh, you're talking photosynthesis!
08:19We learned about that season three in our nature plant episode.
08:23Ho-ho!
08:25Now that episode was a hoot.
08:27Can we roll a quick clip, Phil?
08:29It's because plants need water and carbon dioxide and the sun so they can make their own food.
08:35That's how plants make green beans.
08:37And it's how strawberries and tomatoes and trees and grass grow.
08:40It's all because of photosynthesis!
08:44Now that was really weird.
08:47But right.
08:48When the days get shorter, these trees stop making food in their leaves.
08:52And because the leaves aren't making food anymore, the color changes from green to other colors.
08:57The reds and yellows and purples and oranges.
09:00Oh, no!
09:01Here goes another leaf!
09:03Why?
09:04Oh, why are these leaves falling?
09:07Because the food factory is closed for the winter and the tree doesn't need the leaves anymore, Hal.
09:13Right on, Nature Cat.
09:15Dropping the leaves makes it easier for the tree to save energy by slowing down until the spring.
09:20Then it will use the food it stored in the fall to grow new leaves so it can start making
09:23food again.
09:24Yay!
09:26And that, Hal, is the truth about fall leaves.
09:29There is no leaf fairy and you should really want the leaves to fall.
09:33Oh, okay.
09:34No leaf fairy.
09:36No leaf fairy.
09:36Leaves should fall.
09:38No!
09:38I can't handle the truth!
09:41Hal!
09:42Hal!
09:42Wait!
09:46Hal!
09:47We're with you!
09:48Remember?
09:49Huh?
09:52Hal, my pal!
09:53Hal, where are you?
09:55Hal!
09:57Oh, I was worried that Hal couldn't handle the truth.
10:00Hey, hey, hey, hey!
10:01I think I found Hal!
10:03Follow me!
10:06Hal!
10:08Hal?
10:08Where's Hal?
10:12Hal?
10:13You okay, buddy?
10:15There's no Hal in here!
10:17Hal?
10:18No one's judging you, okay?
10:20You wanna come out?
10:24Halbert Alexander Dog!
10:27Yes, hello?
10:28Hal, why are you so sad?
10:29It's just that since I can't stop the leaves from falling, then they'll all just blow away!
10:35Bye, yellow leaf!
10:36Bye, orange leaf!
10:38Oh, buy other little orange leaf!
10:40Oh, buy other other orange leaf!
10:42Oh, what a waste of leaves!
10:45Oh, Hal, it's not a waste!
10:48The leaves may not be making food anymore, but they can still help nature!
10:51Oh, yeah?
10:52Like what?
10:53Look under here!
10:54Under the leaves are where lots of bugs, snails, and other small critters spend the cold winter!
10:58I would never ever want little buggies or snailsy whalesies to be cold in the winter!
11:04I guess leaves are like a blanket, huh?
11:07Yep!
11:07And leaves are also good for the soil!
11:10Oh, oh, oh!
11:11I know this one, Leslie!
11:13The leaves break down and feed the soil, which helps the flowers and veggies and other plants grow!
11:20I love hearing that leaves have a future helping plants!
11:24I can handle the truth, Leslie!
11:26I understand why it's important for leaves to turn colors and fall in the fall!
11:32But I'm still gonna miss them!
11:34Bye-bye, red leaf!
11:35Oh, Hal!
11:36You don't have to say goodbye to the colorful leaves!
11:39Really?
11:40Really, really!
11:43So you put the leaves inside books and keep them in there for a few weeks.
11:49And when done, da-da-da-da!
11:52They'll look like this and will keep their beautiful color for longer!
11:56I can decorate my doghouse with these!
11:58Let's make a lot!
12:04Thanks, Leslie!
12:06Oh, you're welcome, Hal!
12:08Ha ha ha!
12:12Maage over troubled water!
12:17Here comes Hal!
12:19Like lightning through the slalom!
12:22Woof!
12:23Woof!
12:23And another woosh!
12:24Tootoo, baby!
12:26Ow, what are you doin'?
12:28Getting ready for Nature Cat's big ski day, obviously.
12:31Ski day? But it's summer!
12:34Sorry, Brendan. Looks like I don't need you after all.
12:39Woo!
12:42Now, you can't go snow skiing on a hot summer day.
12:51But Nature Cat said he was skiing today.
12:54What kind of skiing is he skiing with skis?
12:56Well, since we are by the water, I thought we should do a little water skiing.
13:03Water skiing?
13:05But you don't like to go in the water, Nature Cat.
13:08Then you certainly don't like getting wet.
13:10And water scares you too, too, also, also.
13:13A third also for emphasis.
13:16True. I do worry about getting wet.
13:19But luckily, I am such an amazing water skier, I never end up in the water.
13:24Like ever.
13:25Really?
13:26Observe. Houston, fire up the boat.
13:29Yes, sir.
13:33Let us do this thing.
13:38Holly ho!
13:40Woo-hoo!
13:42Ha-ha! Yay!
13:44Go Nature Cat!
13:45Woo-hoo!
13:47Woo-hoo! Go Nature Cat!
13:48Sir, looks like some sort of trouble ahead.
13:52Ha-ha! No rain cloud can stop this water skiing cat!
13:56I don't think it is a rain cloud, sir. I think it is a cloud of bugs.
14:00A cloud of bugs!
14:05Yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck.
14:09I'm wet, I'm wet! The bugs are in my nose and I'm wet!
14:16What happened, Nature Cat?
14:19I water skied through millions of bugs.
14:22Eugh, shah, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck.
14:28I'm guessing those are the bugs.
14:30Nose bugs? Super freaky!
14:33Maybe they're mosquitoes.
14:35I don't know, Hal.
14:37This looks a little different than a mosquito and it hasn't bitten me yet.
14:41Maybe they're something else.
14:43Let's take a closer look, shall we?
14:48Six legs.
14:50That means it's an insect.
14:52And I see feathery antennae.
14:54Hey, that's like moths, but it doesn't look like a moth.
14:57Let's run my insect identifying software.
15:03It's a tiny fly called a midge.
15:06There are lots of kinds of midges.
15:09Some bite and some don't.
15:11This is the kind that doesn't bite.
15:13Midge?
15:15Midge.
15:16Is that even a word?
15:17Midge, midge.
15:19A whole swarm of midges!
15:21Wow!
15:23Midges or no midges, today I'm water skiing!
15:26And no tiny little bug is gonna stop me.
15:30Ha ha!
15:31Time for the kitty cork screw twist!
15:34Woo hoo!
15:35Man, oh man!
15:37Ten out of ten!
15:38Woo hoo!
15:39Yeah!
15:40Heading for the midge swarm again.
15:42You're on the view space!
15:44Around!
15:45Why aren't we going around?
15:46Too many midges, sir.
15:49Whoa!
15:50Oh, my nose!
15:53They're heading for my nose!
15:58Nature Cat, are you okay?
16:00Not again.
16:03I'm fine now.
16:04But how am I going to water ski with all those midges on the lake?
16:09Hey!
16:10Look what we discovered, Nature Cat!
16:12Maybe this can help!
16:14When I raise my arm, they fly around it, away from my face!
16:19That's perfect, Daisy!
16:21I can water ski with one hand in the air!
16:24Houston, let's ride!
16:31Midges dead ahead, sir.
16:33I'm ready, Houston!
16:37I don't think I can water ski with just one hand!
16:40Whoa!
16:41Ha ha ha!
16:43Not the nose!
16:44Not the nose!
16:45Ha ha ha!
16:46No!
16:48Huh?
16:49Huh?
16:49Huh?
16:50Huh?
16:50Huh?
16:51Huh?
16:51Huh?
16:51Huh?
16:51Huh?
16:51Huh? Huh?
16:56Though, I didn't see today.
16:56There is only one thing I can do.
16:59The old
17:00swad and ski.
17:01Houston!
17:02To the boat!
17:03Uh, Nature Cat,
17:05you shouldn't try and swat the midges.
17:07Aren't you the one who's always telling us to respect nature and all living things?
17:11Yes, but these are just annoying little bugs.
17:14Midges couldn't possibly be good for anything.
17:17Oh yes they are.
17:19Midges do lots.
17:20And possibly something else.
17:22Midges are just here to be annoying and prevent me from watching.
17:26Well, not today.
17:28Hold on, Nature Cat.
17:30Maybe the midges aren't important to you,
17:32but they may be important to something else.
17:35Yeah, things in nature are connected to each other.
17:37Remember Flo the heron in the pond where she lived?
17:41Yeah. When the algae went away, so did the fish.
17:44And then Flo had no fish to eat.
17:46Fine. Let's see why midges are worth caring about.
17:50Yes! Houston, fire up the boat.
17:53Yes, ma'am.
17:58Approaching the dwarf.
18:02Onward and swanward.
18:07Not too close. Not too close.
18:13Houston, let's take a look at what these midges are doing.
18:17Already on it, ma'am.
18:24According to this, it appears the male midges swarm like this to attract female midges.
18:30Once they mate, the females lay their eggs on the water.
18:34And those eggs sink to the bottom, and when they hatch, the baby midges are called larvae.
18:40Oh, baby midges. Oh, I want to see that. Don't you, Nature Cat?
18:45That depends on if they're in my nose or not.
18:48The larvae will be in the water, not your nose, sir.
19:05Oh, hi, cute little larvae. It's me, Hal. What are you doing?
19:08Eating, sir.
19:10Oh, eating what? All this midge watching is making me hungry.
19:14Looks like some kind of algae, ma'am. They're also eating decaying plant and animal matter.
19:20Are you trying to tell me that these midges help keep the lake water clean?
19:24I believe so.
19:25Hmm. Then I guess midges are important to me.
19:29I'd certainly rather ski in a clean lake. Too bad they can't just stay in the water.
19:34That they do not, sir. The larvae grow and transform into an adult midge.
19:39That's when they form wings and fly.
19:42Wow! Look at that!
19:44The fish are eating the midges!
19:48Wow! They're dragonfly food, too.
19:51So, midges help keep the water clean. And they feed other animals.
19:55Midges aren't just annoying little creatures. They're annoying little treasures.
20:00I shall never swat another midge as long as I live.
20:06You okay, Nature Cat?
20:08It does.
20:13I appreciate midges, but I do not like them in my nose.
20:16I guess no water skiing today.
20:18Let's take the boat home, Houston.
20:21Yes, sir.
20:23Wait, Houston!
20:25Yes, ma'am.
20:26Nature Cat, maybe there's a way for you to water ski without the midges flying in your nose.
20:31How?
20:32Oh, I have an idea.
20:34We can dress like midges and do a midgy-midge dance to attract the midges towards us,
20:38leaving you to water ski the day away.
20:41Hal, I don't think that'll work.
20:43Did I mention that we'll be in midge costumes?
20:46I don't think you heard me. I said midge costumes!
20:50Oh!
20:53Do the midgey-midge!
20:55Do the midgey-midge!
20:57Do the midgey-midge!
20:58Do the midgey-midge.
20:59Whee!
21:00Aw, it's not working, Hal.
21:02Maybe we just need to put a little more midge in our step.
21:05Do the midget,
21:07Do the midget,
21:20Is this actually working?
21:23Don't worry about it and keep dancing,
21:25baby.
21:29The midges are flying on my nose.
21:32Mine, too.
21:33Oh, mine, too, also, even!
21:39Well, I guess that didn't work.
21:44Ah, I can finally water-ski in peace!
21:48I think you spoke too soon, sir.
21:52Whoa!
21:58Phew!
22:04Mother!
22:11And stay out!
22:13Oh, I didn't even get a chance to water-ski!
22:16I'm not giving up!
22:18Yeah! If we want to have fun but not be annoyed by the midges,
22:22we need something to stop them from flying up our noses!
22:26You know, in my house, they use screens on the windows
22:29to keep bugs from getting in when the windows open!
22:32So, we just need the same material they use for screens!
22:36Screens are made from netting!
22:38What are we waiting for?
22:40Let's make some midge screens and start water-skiing!
22:47Midges are in front of us, ma'ams and sirs.
22:49We are protected and ready, Houston!
22:52Tally-ho!
22:55It's working!
22:58The midges aren't going in our noses!
23:01Ba-bam!
23:02We're water-skiing and we're not bothering nature!
23:06And it's all thanks to my nature-loving pals!
23:08Thanks, friends!
23:10Onward and water-skiing!
23:14Yeah!
23:14We are!
23:15Woo!
23:16Blue!
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