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00:08That's me, Fred the Housecat.
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! Nature Cat! Nature Cat! Nature Cat!
00:39So what are we waiting for?
00:41We're so excited to explore
00:43All that nature has in store.
00:45Nature Cat! 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!
00:54Flaming through the trees now.
00:56We're jumping in the leaves now.
00:58We're getting muddy knees now.
01:00We've got our time!
01:01Tally-ho!
01:03Tally-ho!
01:04Tally-ho!
01:07Tally-ho!
01:08ATV Adventure!
01:24Tally-ho!
01:27Tally-ho!
01:31Tally-ho!
01:34Tally-ho!
01:38Tally-ho!
01:39Tally-ho!
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01:50the obligatory sunset picture at the top we are going to do it all just us and
01:55the beautiful sights smells and sounds of nature
02:09hello Ronald oh hello nature cat what do you think of our ATVs ATVs all-terrain
02:18vehicles yep these babies can get you anywhere you want to go in nature across rocky terrain steep
02:26hills or to the top of mighty mountain and the best part about ATVs when you ride them there are
02:34no rules no rules no rules well actually how are you going to get to the top of mighty mountain
02:42nature cat with those who needs feet when you've got wheels see you on the mountain nature cat let's
02:50ride yeah well we will use our feet just like this I don't think they can hear you nature cat
03:08yep they're gone oh who would want to experience nature on an ATV when you can walk around the
03:17beautiful outdoors yeah right yeah now come on we've got animals a babbling brook and sunset to see
03:27tally-ho isn't this peaceful gag
03:47hey I'm walking here I'm walking here
04:01no rules no rules no rules there should be lots of rules for ATVs well actually there kind of are
04:09there are ATVs need to stay on the marked trails otherwise they can hurt trees and other plants see
04:18so there are rules hey how'd you know that Daisy oh I must have just read it in a nature
04:23book somewhere
04:25it wasn't enough for Ronald to ruin our hike now he's ruining nature too with that ATV
04:32well now that Ronald is gone we can get back to hiking we still have a lot to see
04:37you're right squeaks I've got my camera ready keep your eyes peeled for any animals
04:53this will make a great photo wait where are the deer going
05:08what's that I can't hear you I'm having too much fun enjoying nature on my loud ATV
05:18enjoying nature well you're ruining it for the rest of us
05:22yeah yeah I mean no rules
05:30hey you need to I mean you need to ride quietly
05:34ride quietly yeah we're visitors and it's important to be respectful to the animals that live here
05:42you should drive slowly on your ATV to keep the noise down so you don't stress the animals
05:47Ronald definitely wasn't doing that he scared off the deer loud ATV noise makes it harder for
05:54animals to hunt or avoid danger another ATV rule that Ronald isn't following wow you sure know a lot
06:01about ATVs Daisy do I oh I didn't notice let's hope that's the last ATV we see today yeah yeah
06:11there's
06:11no way those ATVs can ruin the babbling brook you're right this way gang
06:18the brook we're here listen to the birds singing the calm rustling of leaves oh the babble of the
06:30babbling brook babble now this is more like it I'll set the camera up to get our photo
06:42everybody say cheese cheese where I'll just get a little mouse inside joke for you
06:50cheese cheese oh my god no rules Ronald oh is there anything worse than water
07:02yes more water ATVs should only cross streams and rivers at designated crossing points like that one
07:12let me guess another rule that Ronald and his ATV are breaking if ATVs cross the water in the
07:20wrong areas they can cause erosion along the water banks and pollute the water hmm everyone knows
07:28that right um right first Ronald said there were no rules now there are three why must Ronald ruin our
07:37perfect day with ATVs why cheer up nature cat why the birds are still singing the leaves are still rustling
07:51and the brook is still babbling babble babble babble babble babble babble babble you're right
07:56and the best part is we still have all day to uh oh I'm not sure there's as much day
08:04left as you
08:05think nature cat yeah the Sun is starting to set if we don't hurry it'll be dark by the time
08:10we reach
08:11the peak we're doing it just a little further nothing can stop us now oh now it's interesting looks
08:30like they got their ATVs stuck in the mud shame haha now they won't be able to ruin the rest
08:36of our day
08:37with their ATVs get off and push you two now I'm not only wet I'm muddy too you always want
08:51to avoid
08:51riding on soft ground especially off the trail it can leave deep ruts that don't fill back in this makes
08:58it
08:59harder for hikers and it looks like you can also get stuck guess that's why you should stay on the
09:04trail huh oh Ronald not only have you ruined our last day camping but you said there were no ATV
09:12rules
09:13there aren't oh yes there are stay on the path don't ride over plants ride slowly to keep the noise
09:22down
09:22only cross streams and rivers at designated crossing points and stay on the path I know I already said
09:29that one but I'm saying it again oh I guess we didn't know those oh and now there's no way
09:36we're
09:36going to make it to the top of the mountain in time for sunset well there is a way we
09:40can still make it
09:41on the ATVs okay I have a confession to make I love ATVs I knew it she can't be that
09:52nice
09:53but Daisy how why granny bunny and I ride them behind her house when you don't follow the rules
10:01ATVs can be really bad for nature but when you follow the rules they can be fun and really useful
10:07like how like when you have to get somewhere quickly say the top of a mountain I don't know
10:14for us ATVs will never replace walking running or skipping through nature but today they are going
10:22to help us see that sunset maybe I could give them a chance if used properly let's help them out
10:31of
10:39the mud thanks for your help nature cat we didn't know we weren't following the rules that's okay
10:44you can help us by giving us a lift to the top of the mountain but we're driving I want
10:51to feel the
10:51wind in my fur I want to ride free let me show you how to drive one of these let's
11:02try sunset here we come
11:26you know ATVs are pretty fun we'll use the right way they can have their place in nature and following
11:34the rules means you waste less time stuck in the mud and have more time for fun we made it
11:47the ATVs
11:48got us up the mountain before the sunset it's beautiful it sure is thanks Daisy now let's take that picture
12:13nature buddy breakup
12:18all right nature buddies let's all enjoy the nature buddy clubhouse
12:25oh boy I'm gonna go to the nature buddy library to read my favorite book cheese cheese cheese
12:33what happened to the nature buddy library where are all the scrumptious food books
12:37uh sorry that may have been me you see I was reading about cat toys and that led me to
12:46a book about silly
12:47toy cucumbers which sent me searching for a book about vegetables which led me to a book about farming
12:54which made me really want to read a book of nursery rhymes about farm animals which was by the way
12:59yeah yeah awesome but now I can't find my cheese book anywhere it's too messy
13:08and too dangerous your mess made me get smushed by books ninja gut sorry squeaks oh clean up the
13:16library as soon as I have a little nap okay kitty bed here I come
13:25strange where did my kitty bed go has anyone seen my comfy kitty bed oh I saw your comfy kitty
13:31bed baby
13:32oh good where is it Hal I buried it you buried my kitty bed yes I borrowed it for a
13:42game of hide and go dig
13:43well can you quickly unbury it please oh I would like to you know but
13:50unfortunately and this is the hard part for me and you I forgot where I buried it
13:58but Hal I'm sleepy and I need my bed to take a nap well I'll help you find it as
14:06soon as I have a refreshing drink of watery water from my favorite water bowl
14:24Daisy you used all my water and now I'm thirsty and I have no water to quench my thirsty thirstiness
14:29sorry Hal I'll fill up your water bowl as soon as I have a little snack
14:35oh no what happened to the tomatoes I was growing and my cucumbers and my green beans
14:43that was actually me
14:47oh it smells delicious
14:55squeaks how could you
14:57I'm sorry you just grow such tasty veggies
14:59that was really selfish of you to eat them all and not save any for the rest of us
15:04well it was kind of selfish of you to use all the water from my water bowl to water the
15:09plants in the first place
15:10what about you you buried my kitty bed and didn't even bring it back which is so selfish
15:17yes that's the selfish cat who messed up the library made the bucks farm ahead
15:22you're selfish
15:23you're selfish
15:24you're selfish
15:25you're selfish
15:25you're selfish
15:26you're selfish
15:26you're selfish
15:28man oh man this is not how nature buddies should act
15:32well then maybe we shouldn't be nature buddies anymore
15:35yeah forget the nature buddies I'll go out and enjoy nature all on my own
15:39I'm a lone wolf mouse
15:42me too so no one will eat my vegetables
15:45fine are we saying we won't be friends anymore
15:49if nature has taught me anything
15:51it's that you don't need anyone ever
15:53it's survival of the fittest out there
15:56and I am the most fittestest kitty you've ever seen
15:59I'm gonna go do nature all on my own
16:02me too
16:04I'm leaving too
16:05me too too also also
16:13sorry little butterfly I'm not in the mood to frolic with you today
16:17hell not in the mood to frolic something must be wrong very wrong what's wrong
16:21well butterfly my friends don't want to be friends anymore but that's okay because in nature animals get along by
16:29themselves they survive alone with no one to help them
16:33I'm like that finding nectar all on my own
16:35I spend my days flying by myself as a migrant self
16:38I'm a lone butterfly
16:39and I'm a lone doggy
16:41except at night
16:42yeah at night
16:44wait huh what do you mean at night
16:46explain please
16:48and a flashback would help that would be nice
16:52well as I make my way to where I'll spend the winter
16:54I prefer to spend the night roosting with lots of other monarchs
16:57it's safer and warmer for me that way
17:00so you're not always a lone butterfly?
17:03nope I guess I'm kind of a social butterfly when it's night time
17:06there's safety in numbers you know
17:08but Nature Cat Daisy and Squeak said that animals in nature live alone
17:12and don't need any other animals
17:14definitely true for some kind of animals but other kinds of animals do live in groups
17:18and when you live together in a group you can't be selfish
17:20you have to cooperate
17:22cooperate? animals working together?
17:26come on I'd like to see that
17:27look down Hal
17:30look past your toes
17:32ants? ants work together?
17:35you tell me
17:36oh well that little ant is trying to carry that bread by itself
17:40cause it's nature and animals in nature do everything on their own
17:44come on little ant you can do it
17:46oh you can do it
17:47oh maybe you can't do it
17:49hey wait
17:50other ants are arriving
17:52and now they're all carrying the bread
17:54you're not gonna believe this
17:56but ants are cooperating
17:58yes they are
17:59these ants work to complete a task they can't do on their own
18:02and that helps the whole colony
18:03maybe I should have been more like the ants and helped Nature Cat find his kitty bed
18:08oh I wish the rest of the nature buddies could see this
18:12then they would know that nature cooperates
18:14and maybe they'd want to cooperate and be nature buddies again
18:19so tell me what other animals cooperate in nature little butterfly
18:23butterfly? where are you butterfly?
18:28here I am alone in nature finally
18:31peace and quiet
18:33I can read on my own
18:36excuse me butterfly
18:37I am kind of in the middle of reading here
18:39so maybe flap somewhere else
18:41what the?
18:42hey!
18:43hey!
18:44hey!
18:45seems like you're trying to tell me something
18:47sorry I don't speak butterfly
18:48Hal speaks butterfly but he ain't here
18:51what?
18:52what?
18:52you want me to follow you?
18:54okay fine
18:55calm down man
18:57I'm following
18:58I'm coming
19:02okay
19:03okay
19:04you brought me to see a crow
19:06awesome
19:06the crow seems to be looking for food in that compost
19:09interesting
19:10now it looks like the crow found some food
19:13okay
19:13bet it's gonna eat the food
19:14what's the point?
19:16that makes me hungry
19:17I'm gonna leave now
19:18what?
19:19what?
19:21interesting
19:21okay so the crow's not eating
19:23it's making a caw sound
19:25why is it cawing?
19:27okay so the crow called other crows in to share the corn it found
19:31and now they're all eating
19:33well that's
19:33that's nice
19:34all the crow family gets food and no one goes hungry
19:37ooooo
19:39I see what you've been trying to tell me
19:41I should have saved some of Daisy's vegetables so all my friends could share them too
19:45oh butterfly
19:48butterfly
19:49butterfly
19:51may not be tomatoes but
19:53dandelion leaves are still good for a salad
19:55yeah
19:56I don't need anyone
19:57I can do things by myself
19:59just like wild animals
20:02oh
20:02okay
20:03a little bitter
20:05what is it little butterfly?
20:07oh
20:07you want me to follow you?
20:09huh
20:09okay
20:13ooooo
20:13honey bees
20:15what are they doing?
20:17wow
20:18looks like those bees are carrying pollen into the hive
20:21okay
20:22what gets eaten gets replaced
20:25oh I wish when I used up the water from Hal's water bowl I replaced it
20:30I sure do miss my nature buddies
20:32thanks for showing me this butterfly
20:47what do you want butterfly?
20:49what do you want butterfly?
20:52can't you see I'm trying to take a much needed nap?
20:58you want to show me beavers?
21:00why do you want to show me beavers?
21:05seems like the one beaver is warning the other beavers about something
21:09and now the beavers are all swimming into their lodge for safety
21:13oh right! beavers live together as a family and warn each other when danger approaches
21:21maybe I should have thought of that before I messed up the library and made it dangerous for poor squeaks
21:26hmm
21:27I wonder what the beaver was warning the other beavers about
21:32I'll find out later
21:33right now
21:34I really need a nap
21:37pew pew pew pew pew pew pew
21:48ABCView
22:06WHAAAAARRRRRK
22:06Living together in a group is a really good thing.
22:10But it only works if everyone cooperates.
22:13That butterfly deserves a big old thank you.
22:17Thank you, butterfly.
22:19Now, what do you say we cooperate with some cooperative cooperation
22:24and get the nature buddies back together?
22:27That's a sweet idea.
22:30Let's do it.
22:31Onward and nature buddy clubward.
22:34Tally ho.
22:56Nature has taught us yet another lesson.
22:58What's good for the group is better for each of us.
23:01Even if we have to give something up to make it happen.
23:04And that put a nice bow on this curriculum, nature cat.
23:08And that's what the episode's about.
23:14Thank you very much.
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