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00:08That's me, Fred the house cat.
00:10When 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!
00:25Tally ho! Tally ho!
00:28We're climbing up the trees now.
00:30We're swinging through the breeze now.
00:32We're getting muddy knees now.
00:34Nature Cat! Nature Cat! Nature Cat!
00:36Nature Cat! Nature Cat! Nature Cat!
00:39So what are we waiting for?
00:41We're so excited to explore all that nature has in store.
00:45We can take that! Go, go! Tally ho!
00:47Go, go, go! Tally ho!
00:49He's our favorite nature guide.
00:52We just can't wait to get outside!
00:54We're swimming through the trees now.
00:56We're jumping in the leaves now.
00:58We're getting muddy knees now.
01:00We'll get our time! Tally ho!
01:03Tally ho!
01:04Tally ho!
01:27Tally ho!
01:28What!
01:28Played hard this morning.
01:29Ready for some quiet me time.
01:32Hoooo!
01:35Rabbit.
01:36Swiss.
01:38Blue.
01:40There we go.
01:50Salamander? Where'd you come from?
01:53Oh, I love tree frogs. Big fan, big fan. I've never seen you guys around here before. I'm Squeaks, hello.
02:00Oh, everything smells wet and earthy, like me. I could use a shower.
02:08What is all this? This wasn't here when I went to sleep. This gleaming green world. What is all this?
02:16Moss. I like moss, it turns out. And yes, I speak fluent, moss critter. Not a lot of people know
02:24that.
02:27Oh, oh, oh, you're saying moss needs moisture to survive and grow more moss, and the rain really helped.
02:35Let's play!
02:39Where is Squeaks? We have to get back to playing after our nap time.
02:43Whoa, you guys have to see this, Benny!
02:46Look at this. It's all green and lush and all at the same time.
02:50Ah, the beauty is just breathtaking. I just lost my breath.
02:58Man, oh, man. Look at all that moss.
03:02Moss? Is that even a word?
03:05Moss. Sounds weird. Moss.
03:08Of course it's a word. Mosses. It's, well, I never thought about what moss is.
03:14Is it a plant?
03:15It looks leafy and green, like the plants in my garden.
03:19And check out those little stalks.
03:22Hey! When you look closely, you can see it's lots of individual mosses that make up this big clump here.
03:30Woo-hoo! Yeah!
03:31We must leave the magic of nature, because we have a mouse to find!
03:38Bye, moss. It's great meeting you. Hope to see you around. I'm a girl.
03:45Okay, snap, snap! You found me, you guys!
03:47So that's a little game I like to call hide-and-seek. I made it up. It's fun, right?
03:54Well, of course I was easy to find. I'm way bigger than you guys. Come on, man.
03:58Oh, you guys ragging on me. You guys are hilarious.
04:02Squeaks, we found you!
04:05Oh, my other friends. Hey, guys!
04:07We were worried about you, Squeaks!
04:09But it looks like you've been having fun in the moss, and he even made some cute new friends.
04:16Um, yes, this is Salamander and Tree Frog.
04:19And they're here because, like the moss, they enjoy a shady, wet environment. As do I.
04:25Well, I know moss is a word, and I think moss is also a plant.
04:31Tree Frog told me moss was one of the very first plants to grow on land a very long time
04:35ago.
04:36Moss is a lifestyle. Moss is...
04:43What's so funny, Squeaks?
04:45Sorry. Inside is an inside joke. Moss critter humor. Doesn't translate.
04:52So are you a moss critter now, too?
04:55Well, more of a leader. Maybe a president. Probably a queen.
04:58A queen?
05:00That's right.
05:01I am queen of the moss, and this is my kingdom. I call it Mossylvania.
05:06Well, it all sounds fun, and we'll have to come back sometime, but now the four of us need to
05:12head back to my place for playtime!
05:15Bye, moss critters! Come on, Squeaks!
05:18I appreciate your care, but I have no plan, nay desire, to return to non-moss civilization.
05:24I have found my purpose. My people. I am the moss queen, and I shan't abandon my royal domain.
05:30We don't want to lose you, Squeaks! Not over moss!
05:35But what'll we do without you?
05:37Yes, I have loved you, but the moss is my destiny. Be well. Goodbye.
05:45We have to get Squeaks back! Ugh! What could a moss queen want that she doesn't already have?
05:51Ooh, a tarantula! A zebra? A tarantula zebra! A speedboat! Tickets to Hamilton!
05:56I wonder... If there were more moss in our backyard, would Squeaks come back?
06:02Moss! What a weird word. Are you in this yard? Moss! Don't make me say it again, please! I don't
06:08see any moss.
06:09Maybe we can plant some moss! We can! A moss garden!
06:15It says here, moss does well in lots of places, even where other plants won't grow.
06:21Like this spot. Nothing really grows here. It's shady, and the soil isn't good.
06:27But it stays damp, so maybe moss will do well here.
06:30So, how does one make a moss garden? Maybe we can buy some moss seeds?
06:36What? Oh! Moss doesn't make seeds like most plants. They release spores from those little stalk things we saw.
06:43And the spores grow into new moss!
06:47But it says we don't need moss spores to make a moss garden. We can transplant moss from a place
06:52that's similar to this yard.
06:54Ronald's yard has tons of moss, and his yard is like our backyard.
06:59Yeah, let's get us some Ronald moss, and bring our squeaks home!
07:07Woo! Okay, this is another game that I like to call tag. I invented this one as well.
07:16Tag!
07:17Go-hoo-woo! Well played, Salamander! That was great!
07:21You know, my buddy Hal was the best tag player of all time. Like, the best.
07:27Oh, Hal.
07:31Okay, tag!
07:41Um, Ronald can be a little cranky when he's woken from his naps. Maybe we shouldn't wake him. Trust me,
07:47don't do it.
07:48We'll just ask him nicely for some of his moss and be on our way.
07:52It's my moss, and you can't have it! It's where I do my best napping!
07:57Please, Ronald. We want to make Squeaks a moss garden so she'll come home.
08:02Well, if we don't get her back now, she'll stay in mossylvania forever!
08:07Mossylvania?
08:08As a moss enthusiast, surely you've heard that Squeaks is now queen of the moss over yonder?
08:14Queen? Ridiculous! Go ahead! Take my moss! Lure her back!
08:18Then I will replace her as moss king! And Napbear as our comfy king!
08:25But if you wake me again, then you cannot have any moss!
08:38Hello, tiny strands that are kind of like roots!
08:49Nice work, Hal!
08:55Behold, Ronald, the moss king, napping in mossylvania!
09:03Hmm! Says we should make the dirt very wet before we lay down the moss!
09:16I was thinking Squeaks might like some pretty rocks to sleep behind in her moss garden!
09:21And a bench! Squeaks loves to sit.
09:24Hear ye, hear ye! This shall be a moss garden fit for a moss queen!
09:34Pat, pat, pat! I'm patting for Squeaks!
09:37Squeaks likes moss, and she's the boss!
09:40Moss needs to stay very moist! That will help it grow!
09:44Master! It will look great! And Squeaks will love it!
09:48I hope!
09:51Okay. Sorry.
09:54I know what it's like to be very small. You just gotta make it work for you, you know?
09:58A good rock to stand on will help. Here you go.
10:03Squeaks! We want to show you something we hope you'll like!
10:07Or love!
10:08Is this a trick to get me to abandon my reign as the queen of moss?
10:12Trick? I've got trick! Somebody throw something!
10:15Watch this, you guys! He can do this all day!
10:18Yuck!
10:23Please, Squeaks, we just want to show you something!
10:26Fair if you insist. Will you come, salamander, tree frog?
10:31Over here, Squeaks!
10:32So, what am I looking at here? Cause we are on a tight schedule back in Mossylvania, game-wise.
10:38We're no Mossylvania, but we do get how cool moss is. Just like you, Squeaks.
10:44So, without further ado, we present the mossy garden for Squeaks the Moss Queen, made by Nature Cat, Daisy and
10:53Hal, with moss from Ronald's backyard!
10:57You kinda have to use your imagination and picture what it'll look like all grown in.
11:02We were thinking you could be a moss queen here! With us!
11:06Oh, please come back!
11:08Guys, this means so much to me, but I can't abandon the ones who changed my life, who saw in
11:14me the queen I was always meant to be.
11:16We were thinking that with this new habitat, even more moss queen-loving critters will come around!
11:22Moss is a critter magnet!
11:24You know, I think I might have gotten carried away with the whole queen thing. I'm so small, it's nice
11:29feeling big for a change.
11:30But I want to be with all my friends, the big ones and the little ones.
11:34So?
11:35So, I guess what I'm saying is...
11:38Let's all jump rope together!
11:43Woohoo!
11:47So, now that your moss queen is leaving Mossylvania, I am ready to replace her as your king!
11:54And find a kingly napping spot in the moss!
12:00Uh, I'm sorry, what was that?
12:04Whoa!
12:12Leaf Moving Machine Mayhem!
12:20Ah, practicing Tai Chi in nature always makes me feel so... calm.
12:27Ah!
12:28What was that? A mountain lion? A brown bear?
12:31It was just Ethel, baby!
12:35Hey Ethel, what's up, honey? Why are you wearing like that?
12:38Because I'm angry, that's why!
12:41Litterbugs keep dumping litter in the park where I play chipmunk chess!
12:46And the food they dump is starting to smell!
12:48And the plastic containers are flying in the air and getting caught in the trees!
12:53And my salamander friend, Stevie, got stuck in an old bottle!
12:57It's unhealthy, I tell ya, and it makes me mad!
13:01Ow!
13:04Well, instead of roaring so loudly, Ethel, maybe there's something you can do to stop the littering!
13:09Me? I can't do that! I'm just a little chipmunk!
13:13But Ethel, sometimes someone who is really small can help make big changes!
13:20Perhaps you need to hear a little story!
13:23It's the story of a little kitten and his little friends who helped make a big difference!
13:27Oh, I love that story!
13:30Oh, I would like to hear a two, please!
13:32Very well, then!
13:35Once upon a time, many years ago, when I was known as Nature Kitten,
13:42I was playing with my friends in the park!
13:44Woohoo!
13:47Leaves! They're everywhere!
13:49I know! Isn't it wonderful?
13:52No! It's not wonderful! Leaves are messy! And really annoying!
13:57In fact, I wish these leaves would just leave already!
14:02Did someone say they want to get rid of leaves?
14:05Yes! Ronald did!
14:07Well, then do I have the invention for you!
14:12Leaves fall from the trees! They fall like rain!
14:16They make big mess! They're kind of a pain!
14:20Wanna lose those leaves of brown and green!
14:24Well, I have a device that can get the ground clean!
14:27It's my new patented leaf-moving machine!
14:31My big high-tech leaf-moving machine!
14:35My super-great leaf-moving machine!
14:39Wow! That is the greatest invention in the history of the entire world!
14:44I need to have one!
14:45I think it's terrible!
14:48No one in their right mind would want one of those things!
14:51I wanna leave-
14:52Yeah!
14:54No one wants one!
14:56Huh, Nature Kitten?
15:07Nature Kitten says, put your hands on your head!
15:16Nature Kitten says!
15:18Nature Kitten says!
15:20I guess we do what Nature Kitten says!
15:23Ahh!
15:27We'd have to do something to stop these leaf-flowers!
15:34I don't like those leaf-blowing machines either!
15:37They take away all my hiding spots!
15:39What did you do?
15:40Well, we went to Daisy's Granny Bunny for some advice!
15:44And she said we should find out everything we could about what the leaf-moving machines were doing to Nature!
15:49So that's exactly what we did!
16:00Excuse me, my squirrely friends!
16:03But have you been bothered by all this recent leaf-blowing?
16:06Oh yes, very much so!
16:08Those smelly machines make a lot of smoke!
16:11It makes it really hard to breathe!
16:14Makes a lot of smoke hard to...
16:18How do you spell breathe?
16:20Man, oh man!
16:21All that smoke can't be good for a squirrel's lungs!
16:24Let's see what else we can find out about these leaf-moving machines!
16:29Holly-ho!
16:34Well, I tell ya, that leaf-blowing noise really...
16:40Keeps me from falling asleep!
16:43Oh, I haven't had a decent day's sleep in weeks!
16:47The machine causes so much noise!
16:50Make it stop, man!
16:52Make it stop!
16:56Hello, Bulls! It's me, Hal! All business today!
16:59Can we ask you a few questions, please?
17:01Sorry, we can't stay and chat! We're moving!
17:04Moving? Why are you moving?
17:06Those leaf-moving machines are messing up our homes by blowing so much soil around!
17:11We had to re-dig the entrance!
17:14Destroying animals' homes!
17:17Now please excuse us!
17:19Wait! Don't go!
17:20But we need to find someplace else to live!
17:23You might not need to!
17:25Because my friends and I are going to try to convince our neighbors that they don't need those leaf-moving
17:30machines!
17:31Well, how are you gonna do that?
17:33By telling them everything I wrote in my notebook!
17:39Let's see if we can convince Ronald to stop using his leaf-moving machine!
17:43Ahem! Excuse me, Ronald!
17:47I said excuse me, Ronald!
17:51Ronald!
17:53Oopsie to the oops!
17:55Sorry, Nature Kitten!
17:56Can you please stop with that leaf-moving machine, Ronald?
18:00But my leaf-moving machine is the greatest invention ever!
18:04Why would I ever stop using it?
18:06Because it's loud, and it stinks, and we're against leaf-moving machines!
18:12Well, I think it's amazing!
18:14Ronald!
18:15Sorry, Nature Kitten, but I love my leaf-moving machine!
18:20Well, that didn't work!
18:22Maybe the problem is you yelled at Ronald and said we were against the leaf-moving machine?
18:26Maybe we should be more positive!
18:28Talk about good things!
18:30Like clean air!
18:32That's a good idea!
18:33But let's try with someone other than Ronald!
18:36I don't think we can change his mind!
18:39He really loves that machine!
18:43Excuse me, Mr. Bear!
18:46I got this Nature Kitten!
18:48Hello, sir!
18:49We are animals for less leaf-moving machines in nature!
18:54Less leaf-moving machines in nature?
18:57Why would I want there to be less leaf-moving machines in nature?
19:01Well, because we are for clean air, and leaves on the ground, and peace and quiet!
19:06The machines are very noisy, as you know, and they are keeping some nocturnal animals from being able to sleep
19:11during the day!
19:12And they also let off a lot of yucky smoke, and that makes it hard for other animals to breathe!
19:18And the machines are blowing away the soil and ruining the homes of some of the animals who live in
19:23the ground, and did you know that some animals live under the leaves?
19:27Oh! I didn't know all of that!
19:30Will you stop using the leaf-moving machine, Mr. Bear?
19:34Yes, I will!
19:35It was giving me a headache, anyway.
19:37And you know what else?
19:38I think I'll join you and help get less leaf-moving machines in nature!
19:44Hurray!
19:45Come on! Let's see if we can get others to join us!
20:10Hurray!
20:17Hurray!
20:21Hurray!
20:21Hurray!
20:22Hurray!
20:23Hurray!
20:23Hurray!
20:23Hurray!
20:24I didn't convince that badger to put down the leaf-moving machine!
20:28It's okay, Nature Kitten!
20:30You can't always change everyone's mind!
20:32But you did change my mind!
20:34Mine too!
20:35You made a very good argument as to why we should get rid of our leaf-moving machines!
20:41Well, I still think there's more we can do to get other animals to join us and put down their
20:46leaf-moving machines!
20:47What now can we do?
20:49Maybe we can put up signs!
20:51And march through the park and neighborhoods so everyone knows how bad those leaf-moving machines really are!
20:57Yeah!
20:58Oh yeah!
20:59Oh yeah!
21:00Hey, that's fun!
21:01That should be my catchphrase!
21:03Come on!
21:03Let's go make some signs!
21:07These leaf-moving machines really are the greatest invention in the world!
21:11Hey, hey!
21:13Ho, ho!
21:13Those big leaf-moving machines have got to go!
21:16Hey, hey!
21:17Ho, ho!
21:18Those big leaf-moving machines have got to go!
21:20Hey!
21:21What's going on?
21:23We're protesting, Ronald!
21:25Protesting?
21:26What's that?
21:27It means we're standing up together to let the whole world know we want to change things!
21:32Is this still about the leaf-moving machines?
21:35Ronald, listen!
21:37I'm not giving up my leaf-moving machine!
21:39And why should he?
21:41Keep moving those leaves, Ronald!
21:44Ronald, these machines are loud!
21:46And they're keeping nocturnal animals like bad raccoons of getting sleep during the day!
21:52They are?
21:53Nah, nah, nah!
21:54Don't listen to them, Ronald!
21:56And you see all that smoke?
21:57It's making it hard for animals like those squirrels to breathe!
22:00I had no idea!
22:03Okay, okay, yeah, that's true!
22:06But it still moves those pesky leaves!
22:09And the machines are blowing away the soil and ruining animals' homes like those squirrels!
22:15Ruining homes?
22:16Don't listen!
22:18What say you, Ronald?
22:20I say we need fewer leaf-moving machines!
22:25Hey, hey!
22:26Ho, ho!
22:27Those big leaf-moving machines have got to go!
22:30Hey, hey!
22:31Ho, ho!
22:32Those big leaf-moving machines have got to go!
22:34Hey, hey!
22:35Ho, ho!
22:36Those big leaf-moved machines have got to go!
22:39Hey, hey!
22:39Ho, ho!
22:40Those big leaf-moving machines have got to go!
22:41Keep your leaf!
22:43I'm outta here!
22:45New leaf-moving machines have got to go!
22:47We did it!
22:55Well, you were all so little, but you helped make a big change.
23:00We sure did.
23:01And you know what? I can too.
23:03I'll form a group, make signs, march and let everyone know it's not okay to dump litter in nature.
23:09We'll march with you, Ethel.
23:11Let's do it. Onward and marchward.
23:18Let's do it.
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