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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 out 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.
00:45With Nature Cat! Tally ho! Tally ho!
00:48Tally ho!
00:49We're the 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're getting our pets!
01:01Tally ho!
01:02Tally ho!
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01:56Tally ho!
01:57I think so.
01:59OK, OK, pets.
02:01Any other questions?
02:02Yes, I was told breakfast would be served.
02:04Where is the, um, breakfast?
02:07Yes, that will be over by the...
02:11Picnic table.
02:13Heads up.
02:15Comin' through.
02:17Oh, good job, everyone!
02:20Remember, when we board our floats,
02:22I want the smallest in front and the tallest in back.
02:25This is so everyone can see everyone.
02:27I'll stand in the back, Nature Cat.
02:31Oh, hello, human ma...
02:33What can I say? You grow up fast in this town.
02:40Good one!
02:41Truly inspired, Squeaks.
02:43But right now, we have a lot of work to do.
02:46Being the boss does not look fun.
02:50Please pause your preparation.
02:53Hey, Nature Cat, maybe pause your bullhorn.
02:56We can hear you fine without it.
02:59Sorry.
03:00A little nervous, I guess.
03:02That's OK, Nature Cat.
03:04You're doing spiffy.
03:06Good thing I've got my whistle.
03:09Let's try out the float-mobiles.
03:20Now, in an orderly fashion, we will all board the...
03:26Floats.
03:27Sorry.
03:28Comin' through again.
03:33Hey, why can't I drive the tractor?
03:35I thought about that, Squeaks.
03:37And I don't think your feet will reach the tractor pedals.
03:40Ugh, I knew you'd say that.
03:41OK, so I can't physically reach the gas pedals.
03:44So what?
03:45It's OK.
03:46I have a way bigger job for you, Décor Captain!
03:51Ugh!
03:51Yeah!
03:52Yeah!
03:54Yeah, I mean, it only makes sense given my...
03:56my sense of taste.
03:58Let's get to work.
03:59I can't wait to go tell Daisy.
04:01I see it now.
04:02Nautical.
04:03Yeah.
04:05OK, paraders!
04:07Sorry, Nature Cat.
04:08You're gonna have to lose the whistle.
04:09It's off-brand.
04:10Hmm.
04:11But how will I get their attention?
04:15Listen up, pets!
04:17Whoa.
04:19OK, tractor driver.
04:23Yeah, that works.
04:24Start your engine!
04:36Yes, Décor Captain, I have to say.
04:39Dirty air and teary pets is not part of the theme.
04:43Yes, Squeaks.
04:44Can't be good for us either.
04:46And what's that smoke, baby?
04:48I think it comes from the gas that makes the tractor go.
04:54Speaking of gas, it looks like we're out of gas.
04:58Oh no.
04:58I forgot to fill the gas tank!
05:02I never forgot the gas last year when the parade was amazing!
05:06And I don't think there's enough time to get to the gas station and back before the parade starts.
05:11Well, let's just put something else in the engine to make it go.
05:14I don't know.
05:15Catch up?
05:16I don't think that's how it works.
05:17Only gas makes this tractor move.
05:19When the tank is empty, the tank is empty.
05:22Well, so how do we move our floats?
05:24And what about our parade of pets?
05:27Sigh.
05:27I don't know.
05:28I seem to have messed everything up.
05:32Tough break!
05:33Told you!
05:33You don't have what it takes for this job, Nature Cat.
05:37Nonsense, Ronald!
05:39The pet parade must go on!
05:44We need ideas and fast!
05:47How can we move the floats without fusing gas?
05:50And it should be a way that doesn't make all that smoke!
05:53Oh, look at those funny windows!
05:56Oh, those are solar panels!
05:58They collect energy from the sun that powers the house.
06:01They turn on the lights and other stuff.
06:03Those panels are just a bigger version of my solar charger.
06:06Oh, I want one.
06:08Can I have yours?
06:09Could we use the sun's energy to move the floats?
06:12Whoa, whoa, if there's not enough time to get over to the gas station,
06:15no way are we getting to the sun and back.
06:17No travel necessary.
06:18All the sun needs to do is shine down.
06:21Too bad we don't have solar-powered tractors, though.
06:23Yes, solar power's great, but not right for what we need.
06:28With so many kinds of energy, there has to be something that'll do the work for us to move the
06:33tractor.
06:35Look! Giant pinwheels!
06:38I don't think that's what those are, Hal.
06:42Those are called wind turbines.
06:44When the wind turns those big blades, they make electricity.
06:47Oh, so it's like the solar panels, but catching the wind to make power instead of the sun.
06:52Yes, and the cool thing about wind, just like solar, you can't run out of it.
06:57It's not like gas.
06:59And you can also use the wind's energy to move a sailboat, or fly a windsock named Irwin.
07:04Right, Irwin?
07:06Right you are, Hal.
07:08Yes!
07:09Let's catch the wind to get our float wheels moving.
07:12Hang in there, wind.
07:16Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Sail in the wind! Oh yeah!
07:20Whoa! Nice work with the nautical theme, decor captain.
07:26Just doing me job, matey. Sorry.
07:33Irwin is the king of the world! I sure am!
07:39Good thinking, Nature Cat. It's almost parade time and it looks like we've found our energy solution.
07:44Lucky we got a good breeze.
07:47Yes! Nothing can stop our fed parade now!
07:57I have to stop saying that.
08:01You sure do, Nature Cat.
08:03Yeah man, wind energy is great, but it requires wind. What else we got?
08:08I have an idea!
08:11We'll use our own energy to move these floats.
08:14Ready? Push!
08:21That's a lot for one dog.
08:28This never happened last year when the parade was super amazing.
08:33Phew! Looks like we'll need the energy and push power of more pets.
08:38Or at least more snack breaks.
08:44As always, I love your enthusiasm and strong design sense squeaks,
08:49but right now we have got to get these floats moving.
08:53Pedal pushers at your service.
09:08Really think you can push these all the way down the parade route?
09:11We're going to pull them with our bikes.
09:13The bikes will help us do the work.
09:15It's pedal power!
09:21Nope, not enough of you to pull these floats the whole way.
09:25I hate to admit it, but Ronald's right.
09:29To get the power we need, we'll need more pedaling pets.
09:32We need more bike riders.
09:34Allow your parade organizer to find them.
09:37Tally how!
09:38No!
09:39No!
09:40No!
10:06Oh, no, where's Nature Cat?
10:08The parade should start soon.
10:11Tally-ho!
10:16Now that is a parade coordinator.
10:23Take off, Captain! Do your thing!
10:27Stand back!
10:30Woo-hoo!
10:32Now it's showtime.
10:35Let's roll!
10:44A little help here?
10:46You've got it, Squeaks!
10:48Yeah!
10:49I love a good pet-powered parade.
10:52Let's do this every year!
10:55Hey, Jimmy Cat!
10:58Nice work, Jimmy Cat!
11:01Hey, Ronald! What do you think?
11:03This is great!
11:05I have to admit, there's nothing like pet power!
11:07You did it, Nature Cat!
11:09This is the best parade of pets ever!
11:12It sure is!
11:13And we found the right energy for the job!
11:15And a kind of energy that doesn't pollute the air!
11:18Pet power!
11:20Everything works better when we're a team!
11:23So, I think we should share the parade organizer job next year!
11:27Oh, yes! I would love to!
11:28And I would love your whistle now!
11:30You got it, Hal!
11:34I would like the bullhorn, please, but you can keep the clipboard!
11:37All yours, Decor Captain and Chief Pedal Pusher!
11:41And how about a tractor that uses batteries instead of gas?
11:45Batteries we can charge with energy from the wind or the sun!
11:49Sounds good! Co-organizer!
11:52Yeah, man! Gas is yesterday's news!
12:01Yes, Squeaks! Long live pet power!
12:06Bray the pets! Bray the pets! Bray the pets!
12:14Pals Pals!
12:18Here comes Nature Cat!
12:20He sees an opening!
12:22He takes the shot!
12:29Well, it's just not the same playing hockey in the yard.
12:33Yeah, when are we gonna get to play on real-life ice like the pros?
12:37As soon as the pond is frozen enough to skate on it safely....
12:41And when will that be, Daisy?
12:43Let me check my pond app.
12:46Today the pond is...
12:48Do-do-do-do!
12:49Thick enough for skating!
12:51Yahoo! Yahoo! Yahoo! Yahoo! Yahoo! Yahoo!
12:56Quick question about all this yahoo-ing is...
12:59Why are we yahoo-ing, baby?
13:01Any reason, or...?
13:02Today is the day we've been waiting for, how, old pal?
13:06We are going to play hockey at the pond!
13:08The pond?
13:09Yahoo! Yahoo!
13:10Yahoo!
13:12Now that's the kind of hockey spirit I like to see!
13:16Let's get our ice-kates, tally-ho!
13:26Let's see here. Oh, here it is!
13:28Um, you can't play hockey with those, Hal!
13:32Oh, these aren't for hockey.
13:34These are pom-poms for the frog.
13:36The frog?
13:37Oh, and this!
13:38Uh, you can't play hockey with that either, Hal!
13:42I know!
13:43This is a flag for the fish!
13:46And this is a noise-maker for the turtle!
13:51I'm a little confused!
13:53Why do you need things for a frogfish and turtle?
13:56They're my pond pals, obviously!
13:58We frolic together every time I visit the pond!
14:02We frolic in the spring!
14:06We frolic in the spring!
14:07We frolic in the summer!
14:09We frolic in the beginning of autumn!
14:13And now it's time for me and my pond pals to frolic in the winter!
14:18But what about hockey?
14:20Oh, I'll play hockey!
14:21But only after I frolic with my pond pals!
14:24In that case, let's get you frolicking so we can play some hockey!
14:29Pondward and pondward!
14:34Hello, pond pals!
14:36It's me, Hal Pal!
14:37It's time for some winter frolics!
14:41Pond pals!
14:42Why aren't you joining the winter frolics?
14:47Pond pals!
14:48I'm here!
14:49Can't you come up out of the ice?
14:51You're being rude!
14:53Um, Hal, I don't think they can hear you under all that ice!
14:56Oh, but what about my pond pals?
14:59I wouldn't worry about them, Hal!
15:01I'm sure your pals moved safely out of the pond before it turned to ice!
15:09A little help!
15:14Who would make a hole right in the middle of the ice?
15:20Is it cold out here or what?
15:23Wowza, muskrowza!
15:25That's one icy pond!
15:26Oof!
15:27Hi, ice creature!
15:28It's me, Hal!
15:30Hm?
15:30Me?
15:31Oh, I'm not an ice creature.
15:32I'm a muskrat.
15:34The name's Ricardo.
15:35If you're a muskrat, what are you doing hanging out in ice?
15:39I'm just looking for food in the pond.
15:41But the pond is frozen solid.
15:43Actually, it's not frozen solid.
15:45You see, the ice is only on the top of the pond.
15:49So, there isn't ice on the bottom of the pond?
15:52No, sir.
15:54You see, when water changes from a liquid to a solid, it freezes starting at the top.
16:00And this pond is deep enough that the ice doesn't freeze all the way from the top to the bottom.
16:04So, the ice is floating on top of the water?
16:07Correct!
16:08The musko!
16:09Amazing!
16:10Just amazing!
16:12Now, if you'll excuse me, it's time for a muskalicious snack.
16:17Bye-bye!
16:19Hey, wait, Ricardo!
16:20I have some questions, like 100 million.
16:23Hey, wait, where did he go?
16:24Oh, look!
16:25Ricardo's swimming under the ice!
16:28Looks like he's taking some of that plant!
16:30Well, where did he go now?
16:32It doesn't matter.
16:33Let's just play some hockey!
16:35Not until I find out what happened to my pond pals.
16:39All right, fine.
16:41But try to hurry, won't you?
16:43Yeah, this cat's gotta light the lampy.
16:50Excuse me, Ricardo, quick question, but a most important one.
16:53What happened to the animals that usually live in the pond?
16:56Yeah, do they all, like, move away before the water froze or something?
17:00Oh, no, no, no, musk-alutely not.
17:03You see, many pond animals spend all winter down there.
17:08Under the ice?
17:10You bet.
17:11Oh, no!
17:12My pond pals are trapped under the ice!
17:13I have to do something!
17:15I have to get them out!
17:17Don't worry, pond pals!
17:18Your old pal Hal will save you!
17:21Oh, that's very nice of you, but, um, they actually don't need saving.
17:25They don't?
17:26Well, why didn't you stop me?
17:28I did a whole thing over there.
17:30No, sir.
17:31They know how to make it through the winter.
17:33When the pond freezes over, life still goes on, just at a much slower pace.
17:40See, Hal?
17:41Everything is fine!
17:42Now, come on!
17:43Let's play some hockey!
17:44Game on!
17:51Why aren't we playing hockey?
17:53I don't want to play hockey just yet, Nature Cat.
17:56I want to find my pond pals and frolic with them, even if they're under the ice.
18:00I'll help you explore the ice, Hal.
18:03Oh, me too!
18:04It sounds so cool!
18:06In fact, it sounds cool as ice!
18:09All right.
18:10We'll explore the ice and find Hal's pond, pals.
18:13But right after that, we're playing hockey!
18:16Deal!
18:16Tally-ho!
18:22Anyone see anything?
18:24Nothing but mud, leaves, sticks.
18:26Oh, I see a few rocks.
18:29Oh, hey!
18:30I see something!
18:31In the mud!
18:33Oh, I think I see a frog!
18:35Just looks like mud to me!
18:37There's no frog down there!
18:39Wait!
18:40No way!
18:40I think I see it too!
18:41Where?
18:45I can really do without this running gag, writers.
18:50That's a frog!
18:51A bullfrog!
18:52My pond pal!
18:53Come on, pond pal!
18:55Let's frolic!
18:59Uh-oh.
19:01My froggy pal under the ice isn't frolicking.
19:03Let me see!
19:05He's not moving at all!
19:07Why isn't he going under the mud?
19:09The organ!
19:10You see, if this bullfrog buried itself under the mud, it wouldn't get the oxygen it needs
19:16to stay alive.
19:17So, it stays on top where it can take in oxygen from the water through its skin.
19:23Oh, I'm happy you're doing okay, pond pal.
19:26I'll see you when the ice melts and we can frolic again!
19:29Say, now that we've found one of your pond pals, maybe it's time we play some hockey!
19:36Not yet, Nature Cat!
19:37I still have to find my other pond pals!
19:39The turtle and the fish!
19:41Let's keep investigating under the ice!
19:43Oh, all right!
19:46Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
19:47Ha, ha, ha!
19:48Nice try, writers!
19:52Ouch!
19:56Look!
19:57I see something moving under the ice!
19:59Whoa, it's a snapping turtle!
20:01Oh, that's my pond pal!
20:04Let me see!
20:07Another running gag.
20:08I should have seen it coming.
20:09Rule of threes.
20:11And why does Ricardo keep making these holes?
20:14Well, I need these holes so I can pop up once in a while and take a breather.
20:19So, uh, what are you guys looking at?
20:22It's my pond pal, the turtle!
20:26Wowza must growza!
20:28Snapping turtles spend most of the winter slowed way down, buried in the mud, but sometimes
20:34they may move around a little.
20:35You're so lucky to have spotted it today.
20:38So, so, so lucky.
20:39Hey, maybe my turtle pal could come up and take a breather like you did, and we can have
20:44a quick frolic, what do you say?
20:46Come on, pond pal, come and get a breath of fresh air!
20:50Pond pal, why isn't it coming up to breathe?
20:53Well, you see, like the frog, it has other ways to get that little bit of oxygen it needs
20:59when the pond freezes over.
21:00Snapping turtles can absorb oxygen from the water through blood vessels in their, uh, how
21:08do you say, uh, rear ends.
21:10Does that mean turtles can breathe through their butts?
21:15Yep, and now you know.
21:17You're welcome!
21:20Okay, this blows my mind more than anything else we've learned on this show.
21:24Wow, I always thought my tail was helpful, but turtles really have amazing rear ends.
21:30Okay, Hal, now that we've found your turtle pond pal, seems like a good time to play some hockey!
21:36Not yet, I still have to check on my last pond pal, the fish!
21:41Let's find that fish!
21:46Pond pal fish, where are you pond pal?
21:50This fish is hard to find, Hal, maybe we should just give up.
21:54And then go play some hockey?
21:56No, Nature Cat, I can't, okay? I need to find my pond pal.
22:01Okay, then we keep looking!
22:04Onward!
22:05And...
22:06Whoa!
22:07Oh!
22:07Ah!
22:11There's no rule of force!
22:13Whoa!
22:14Gah!
22:15This running gag really paid off!
22:17Hal, look!
22:19Oh, look at all those fish!
22:21And there's my fishy pond pal!
22:23He's moving really, really, really slowly with all the other fishies.
22:29Yeah, pretty muskmazing, huh?
22:32When winter comes to the pond, all of life slows down so the animals can make it through to the
22:38spring.
22:39You see?
22:39Wow!
22:41Everything looks so beautiful through the ice!
22:44And now that we've found all of your pond pals...
22:48You wanna play hockey!
22:51Actually, no!
22:52I thought maybe in honor of Hal's pond pals, we could do a slow winter frolic!
22:58That's a fantastic idea!
23:00Let's frolic!
23:02Whoa!
23:02Pretty good twist at the end there!
23:04Not bad, riders!
23:06Not bad!
23:09Yeah!
23:12Hoorah, hooo!
23:14Hoorah, hooo!
23:15Hoorah, ho ooo!
23:15Yeah!
23:16Yeah!
23:18The post-toaluts-иг
23:19Chau-photo
23:20Amazon
23:21The op heeft
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