03x02 - Freezin' in the Summer Season/Total Eclipse of the Sun

[bunniefuu]

That's me, Fred the house cat.

When my family leaves for the day,

I don't just sit inside watching the world go by.

I become...

♪

Nature Cat, backyard explorer extraordinaire!

♪ Oh, go go go ♪

Tally ho!

♪ Go go go ♪

Tally ho!

♪ We're climbing up the trees now ♪

♪ We're swinging through the breeze now ♪

♪ We're getting muddy knees now ♪

♪ With Nature Cat ♪

♪ Nature Cat, Nature Cat ♪

♪ Nature Cat, Nature Cat, Nature Cat ♪

♪ So what are we waiting for? ♪

♪ We're so excited to explore ♪

♪ All that nature has in store with Nature Cat ♪

♪ Go go go Tally ho! ♪

♪ Go go go Tally ho! ♪

♪ He's our favorite nature guide ♪

♪ We just can't wait to get ♪

♪ Outside! ♪

♪ We're swinging through the trees now ♪

♪ We're jumping in the leaves now ♪

♪ We're getting muddy knees now

♪ With Nature Cat!

♪ Nature Cat, Nature Cat Tally ho!

♪ Nature Cat, Nature Cat, Nature Cat ♪

♪ Tally ho! ♪

Daisy: Freezin' in the summer season

Nature Cat: Looks like everything's in place

for my annual Nature Cat Summer Fest!

Fun in the summer sun time!

Daisy/Squeeks: Summer Fest! - Hal: Baby!

Nature Cat: First up is our Summer Fest Sprinkler Frolic!

All: (Laughing)

Hal: Doh!

He he he!

Nature Cat: And then my Summer Fest Bike Ride!

My Summer Fest Kickball game!

Nature Cat: Ha ha! Nothing can ruin my wonderful Summer Fest,

not even that ominous cool breeze,

or those very large dark clouds approaching from over yonder

Daisy: Those clouds aren't just large, Nature Cat.

Those are super-tall cumulonimbus clouds!

Hal: Wow! They're like dark,

scary puffed-up cloud towers!

Squeeks: Uh, Hal you're right.

They look kind of angry.

Daisy: Whoa!

They're moving toward us pretty fast.

I think a storm is coming.

Johnny Spins: Hey-hey! This is your deejay Johnny Spins,

playing some summertime tunes on this glorious summer day!

Nature Cat: You hear that?

Glorious summer day!

No mention of a storm at all!

Johnny Spins: Ooh, this just in

from the Neighborhood Weather Service,

a really big thunderstorm is approaching the area.

So you know what that means!

Squeeks: I know!

Daisy: I know too! Hal: I know too too!

Nature Cat: And so do I.

All: Head inside!

Hal: Quick! Everybody into my doghouse!

Daisy: You okay, Nature Cat?

Nature Cat: Of course I am, Daisy!

Wanna know why?

Because I declare that instead of a Summer Fest,

we're going to have a

"Stay Inside During the Storm Fest!"

Doghouse-ho!

(Thunder)

Nature Cat: Here are your Stay-Inside-During-the-Storm

Fest T-shirts!

Oh, what fun we shall have!

Just like that thunderstorm from Season One! 'Member?

We'll make a pillow fort, and count the seconds between

the thunder and lightning

(Light tapping)

Squeeks: Hey! In Season one there was no...whatever that is!

Daisy: Yeah, the thunder and lightning are the same,

but we didn't hear that pinging sound in the other storm.

Hal: Hey, I can see from over here!

Daisy: What is that stuff? It's not rain.

Squeeks: It's so bouncy!

Why is it bouncy?

Hal: Must be one of those rubber ball storms

you're always hearing about. Right guys?

Am I right?

Squeeks: Hal, that's a nice idea but you made it up.

Nature Cat: Whatever those bouncy things are,

you must admit, this is exciting!

Yes yes,

nothing can ruin this Stay- Inside-During-the-Storm Fest,

not even the fact that the rain stopped and it's not

dark anymore and the sun's peeking through the clouds!

Nature Cat: All right, the storm has passed!

So it's back to our warm, wonderful Summer Fest!

Nature Cat: Tally-SNOOW??

Squeeks: Snow?

Uh, I'm pretty sure it's not supposed to snow in summertime.

Daisy: I'd say this looks like an early winter,

but winter doesn't come after Summer.

Squeeks: Woah, so did we just skip over Fall?

Did we just fast-forward right past it?

How?

Seriously, how?

Nature Cat: No matter, my good friends!

Let's take advantage of this opportunity

and have ourselves a good old-fashioned Winter Fest!

Tally-ho-ho-ho!

Squeeks: Hey guys...

Is it just me or does it not feel that cold outside?

Daisy: I mean, it's not as hot and sticky

as it was before the storm,

but it doesn't feel like winter, either.

Hal: But the snow is really cold under my feet!

And you know I always trust my feet!

You know that!

Nature Cat: Let's all trust Hal's feet

and have ourselves a Winter Fest!

All: Oh Yeah! Yippie!

Squeeks: Let's make some snow angels, baby!

Squeeks: Um, whoa...okay...

Uhm guys? This isn't working.

This doesn't feel soft like snow.

It feels like little pebble-y things.

Daisy: Wait...my sled,

it keeps getting stuck on whatever this bumpy stuff is.

Hal: Well, I'm having a great time making this snowman!

Of course, it's not a very good snowman.

You can tell it's a snowman though, right?

I mean it looks like a snowman, right?

Nature Cat: Come now, friends, let's be positive!

Nothing can ruin this Winter Fest...

Okay...now that I look at it closely,

I see that this snow is not snow at all!

It's just little balls of ice!

Daisy: Hey, it is little balls of ice!

And look, it's all different sizes.

Pea-sized, marble-sized...

Hal: Oooh! This one looks like a ping-pong ball!

I bet that's why it bounced when it fell from the sky!

Ping pong! Ping pong!

Hal: And I guess I bet wrong.

Daisy: Man-oh-man do you see these rings inside this one?

Like rings in a tree.

I wonder what caused these rings?

Squeeks: And I wonder what made these things fall in this

thunderstorm but not in other thunderstorms? Ya know?

Hal: Hm, I wonder how something frozen could fall from the sky

in the middle of the summer!

Nature Cat: And I wonder when we're going to get back

to our Winter Fest?

Squeeks: Ugh! Face it, Nature Cat,

it's too hot to be winter.

Daisy: Squeeks is right.

We only thought it was winter because

we thought this was snow.

But it's not snow. So it's not winter.

Ha! This is so confusing.

Hal: Hm! Who knew my feet could be so wrong?

I trusted you feet.

Nature Cat: Wait! I'll prove that it's winter!

When I turn this back on, we'll be hearing some

joyful wintertime holiday music!

And if it's winter, nothing can ruin this Winter Fest.

Johnny Spins: And it looks like the sun's shining again

on this great summer day!

Hope everyone is safe after that big thunderstorm!

We're getting some reports of hail in the area--

Hal: I'm sorry. Who, me?

Johnny Spins: That's right, hail!

Hal: Wait. Hal? Did you say, Hal?

Johnny Spins: A whole lotta hail Hal.

Hal: A Hal lotta Hal?

Is that what you meant to say?

Daisy: That's what this stuff must be!

Hail!

I've heard of hail but I've never seen it up close before!

Man-oh-man, this is so cool!

Johnny Spins: Hey, we have a caller!

Caller, you're on the air!

Hal: Hi, I'm Hal, first-time caller, longtime listener.

Great show. Look, anyway, are you talking to me?

Because if so, you're saying my name wrong.

I am Hal, pretty short.

Hal, not "hail" there's a "I" in there I think.

Johnny Spins: Oh, sorry, but I'm not talkin' "Hal,"

I'm talkin' hail!

All those little balls of ice

that fell during the thunderstorm!

Are you seeing hail where you are?

Hal: Oh! You mean those cold little bouncy rocks?

You try to make a snowman with them it looks real weird?

Johnny Spins: Those are hailstones!

Did you notice this storm was stronger than usual,

and that the clouds were very, very tall?

Daisy: Hey! That's right,

those storm clouds were taller than usual!

That's what was different about this storm!

Squeeks: But what made the hail fall?

And why does it have those rings inside?

Nature Cat: And why did it ruin my Summer Fest?

Hal: First of all I'd like to give a shout out to

Mr. Chewinsky. And can I make a request, Johnny Spin?

I'd like to hear a song about

hail that answers all of our questions.

Johnny Spins: You got it!

And here's a great summertime hail jam by Dog Gone!

Dedicated to you, Hal!

Dog Gone: ♪ In a summertime storm cloud upward winds ♪

♪ Blow that cloud so tall and high. ♪

♪ At the top of the cloud ♪

♪ it's extra-freezing ♪

♪ and that's where little ice crystals fly. ♪

♪<span tts:fontStyle="italic"> The ice slams into super-cold water drops ♪

♪ In that extra-chilly zone ♪

♪ They freeze together at the top of the cloud ♪

♪ And that's what makes a hailstone ♪

♪ To the top of the cloud Where the air is colder ♪

♪ At the top of the cloud ♪

♪ There's more super-cool water ♪

♪ At the top of the cloud It freezes together ♪

♪ At the top of the cloud, then the hail gets bigger ♪

♪ In a summertime storm cloud all that wind ♪

♪ Keeps the hail blowing up and down ♪

♪ But as the hail gets heavier in that cloud ♪

♪ The wind can't keep it from falling to the ground ♪

♪ 'Cause with every trip up to the top ♪

♪ Of that extra-chilly zone. ♪

♪ Those drops of water freeze into another icy layer ♪

♪ on that hailstone. Yeah! ♪

♪ To the top of the cloud ♪

♪ Where the air is colder. At the top of the cloud ♪

♪ There's more super-cool water. ♪

♪ At the top of the cloud, ♪

♪ it freezes together. At the top of the cloud. ♪

♪ Then the hail gets bigger. ♪

♪ If the wind can't blow it back up and around ♪

♪ The hail falls down to the ground, yeah! ♪

♪ If the wind can't blow it back up and around ♪

♪ The hail falls down to the ground. Yeah! ♪

♪ From that super tall summertime storm cloud. ♪

♪ Hail storms! ♪

Johnny Spins: Did that answer all your questions?

Daisy: Sure did, Johnny Spins! I think I got it!

So because the storm cloud grows so high in the sky,

where the temperatures are really, really cold,

you may see ice balls fall from the sky...

even though it's hot down here on the ground. Woah.

Johnny Spins: That's right, Hal's friend!

Squeeks: I see. I see.

And the more the hailstone travels up and down

in the cloud, the more ice layers it gets,

so it grows bigger and heavier, right?

Johnny Spins: You got it, Hal's other friend!

Nature Cat: Ah-ha! And when the wind isn't strong enough

to keep blowing that bigger, heavier hailstone

back up to the top anymore,

it falls out of the cloud and down to the ground.

Squeeks: So that's why hailstones are different sizes!

Some stay in the cloud longer than others!

(Gasps) This blows my mind, man.

Hal: Thanks for the catchy and educational song,

Johnny Spins!

Johnny Spins: You're welcome! Thanks for calling in!

And now, back to some summertime tunes!

Squeeks: Hmm. So this bigger hailstone spent more time

in the cloud than this one.

Hal: And this one went up and down in the cloud

over and over and over and over again!

Whew! You must be exhausted, little fella!

Nature Cat: Who knew that hail was such a glorious

and fascinating thing?

(Sigh) But it still ruined my Summer Fest.

Nature Cat: All I really wanted for us all today was

a Summer Fest, full of summertime fun!

Why has everything ruined my Summer Fest?

Squeeks: But Nature Cat, don't you see?

It never stopped being a Summer Fest.

Daisy: Yeah! Thunderstorms happen in the summer,

and hailstorms do too.

Hal: Hail fits right into your Summer Fest!

Nature Cat: You're right!

Hail does fit into my Summer Fest.

(Gasps) But oh no! A lot of it has melted.

Daisy: Wait I see some by Hal's doghouse!

Daisy: The shade from Hal's roof sure kept them nice and cool!

Squeeks: But they won't stay frozen forever.

They're going to melt soon, you guys.

Hal: I know! What if we put them in the freezer?

Daisy: Hal, you're a genius!

Hal: Do geniuses get ice pops?

I mean, as long as we're going to the freezer.

Nature Cat: Great idea, Hal!

We'll wrap up these hailstones and put them in the freezer so

we can enjoy them in the winter when it's nice and cold.

But first, we need to capture this hail

for our Summer Fest memory book.

Get Summer Fest-y and grab a hailstone!

Squeeks: These hailstones are so cool.

Hal: And they're cold, too too!

Daisy: Wow! I can't believe that ice can actually

fall from the sky in the summertime!

Nature Cat: Everybody say, "Best Summer Fest ever!"

All: Best Summer Fest ever!

(Click)

Nature Cat: (Sigh) This really is the best Summer Fest ever.

Daisy: Total eclipse of the sun.

Hal: Hello, doghouse.

Hal: Goodbye, doghouse! Haha!

Hal: Hello again, doghouse.

Hal: Goodbye, doghouse! Hee-hee!

Daisy: What'cha doing, Hal?

Hal: Mr. Chewinsky is making my doghouse disappear.

It's...magic, baby!

Nature Cat: Oooooh! Can I try?

Hal: Sure! Just hold up Mr. Chewinsky in front of you

and make him block out something you don't want to see!

Nature Cat: Hmm..

(Ronald snoring)

Nature Cat: Perfect.

(Ronald snoring) Nature Cat: Goodbyye, Ronald!

Nature Cat: Hello, Ronald...

Nature Cat: Hehehe!

Houston: Everyone! Today is the day!

Today is the DAY!

Squeeks: Houston? Is that you?

Did you have some sugar?

Houston: Yes! It is me!

Daisy: But you're not usually this...excited.

About anything. Ever.

Nature Cat: Uh, are you okay, Houston?

Houston: Today...right here, in this very place,

we will be able to see,

A total

eclipse

...of the sun!

Squeeks: Oh wow!

I don't know what that is!

Houston: Well ma'am, a total eclipse happens when

something is totally blocked out so you can't see it.

Nature Cat: Uh... sure. We all know that.

Houston: Of course we all know that sir!

So when a total eclipse of the sun happens, it means the sun

will be totally blocked out so we can't see it!

Hal: Can't see the sun?!

Squeeks: What's gonna block out the sun?

Hahaha!

Houston: The moon!

Squeeks: Ah yes, yes, the moon, the moon, the moon...yeah.

Houston: The moon always circles the Earth and sometimes

it gets in line with the sun and blocks it out!

And it will get dark in the middle of the day!

Daisy: Say Whaaaaaat?

Squeeks: You got us into some trippy stuff man! I dig it!

Nature Cat: In-credible!

Hal: Dark? In the middle of the day?

Houston: It doesn't often happen that you are in the right place

to see the sun totally blocked out,

so my cousins are coming from all over the world

to enjoy the eclipse with me!

Raise the roof. What? What?

Daisy: Man oh man!

This is gonna be sweeeeet!

Ronald: Yes. It will be amazing...

Amazingly disastrous!

All: What?

Nature Cat: What are you talking about, Ronald?

Ronald: Well. According to my great, great,

great grandfather's almanac,

when there's a total eclipse of the sun

and it gets dark out during the day...

straaaange things happen. (laughs)

Hal: What? What strange things happen, Ronald?!

WHAT!?

Ronald: The moon will take a bite out of the sun!

Birds won't be able to chirp!

Flowers and plants will whither up and die!

Hal: Ohhhhhh boy?

This sounds very confusing, and really scary.

Houston: Ronald, there are a lot of ideas

about what happens during a solar eclipse,

but many of them are not true.

An eclipse of the sun is certainly strange

but it need not be scary.

(Hal whimpering)

Squeeks: I like the sound of this eclipse of the sun!

I don't want to miss this!

Daisy: But how can we watch the eclipse?

You're never ever supposed to look directly at the sun.

Houston: Have no fear.

I pre-ordered special solar glasses for everyone!

Houston: The only safe way to look up at the sun

during an eclipse is with these glasses.

Nature Cat: Hey! I can't see anything!

Mine are broken!

Houston: Sir?

Sir? Solar glasses are supposed to be dark.

The only thing you can see with them is the sun.

Nature Cat: Ahhh. There's the sun!

Daisy: But look! Part of it is blocked out.

Houston: Oh boy! The eclipse has already begun!

The right side of the sun is no longer a complete arc,

the moon's starting to block part of it.

Houston: Soon, the huge sun will be blocked out by the tiny moon.

And it will be a total solar eclipse!

How do you like me now? Droppin' the mic.

Nature Cat: But if the moon is smaller than the sun,

how can it block it out?

Daisy: I wonder if it's like how little Mr. Chewinsky

could block out bigger Ronald when Ronald

is all the way on the other side of the yard.

So the Moon may be much, much smaller than the Sun,

but it is a lot closer to the Earth.

Squeeks: Oh! That's why the Moon and the Sun

look like they're the same size in the sky! Oh!

Nature Cat: Pretty cool, huh Hal?

Nature Cat: Hal?

Squeeks: Hey... where'd Hal go?

Daisy: He must have gotten scared by Ronald's stories.

Squeeks: But we can't let him miss the eclipse!

Daisy: We have to find him!

Houston: You'd better hurry, ma'am.

The sun will soon be blocked out by the moon!

Ronald: Okeedokee! Good luck to you.

Toodles to the ooo...See ya!

Nature Cat: Oh no you don't! You scared Hal.

Now you are going to help us find him!

Ronald: The Ronald didn't see that coming!

Nature Cat: Haaaaal? Where are you my pal?

Daisy: Hal!...Hal!

He's not here.

Squeeks: We need to find him soon

he's gonna miss the eclipse!

Squeeks: Hey, there's Norman the squirrel.

Yo, Norman!

Have you seen Hal?

Norman!?

Squeeks: Okay...Norman seems a little scattered.

Or he's mad at me...Huh, what did I do to Norman?

Ronald: Yeah, he's probably scared, Squeeks.

Nature Cat: Scared? Of what?

Ronald: Scared that the moon's gonna take

a giant bite out of the sun! Heh heh heh he.

NC/Squeeks/Daisy: What?!

Ronald: See?

Daisy: Ronald, that's not a bite!

The moon is just blocking that part of the sun.

Nature Cat: Yeah, the sun is still there,

we just can't see much of it.

Ronald: Oh yeah...Your theory makes a little more sense

than the moon biting thing.

Squeeks: Yeah. Come on. Let's keep looking for Hal.

He's missing everything!

Daisy: Haal?

Hal?

Squeeks: Haaaa-aaaal!

HAAL!

Ronald: Hal!

Haal!

Woaah!

All: Haaal!! Nature Cat: Where are you Hal?!

Nature Cat: Whoa, it sure is getting darker!

Squeeks: And listen, it's gotten really quiet.

I don't even hear a bird chirping.

Daisy: Look, that robin is settling down for nighttime.

It thinks it's time for bed!

Bonnie Owler: ♪ Today's a special one ♪

♪ A total eclipse of the suuuuun!♪

NC/Squeeks/Daisy: Bonnie Owler!

Daisy: What are you doing here? It's the middle of the day,

and I thought you only came out at night?

Bonnie Owler: It's starting to feel like night.

Plus, I want to watch the eclipse!

HOOT!

Ronald: But Bonnie, birds can't sing or chirp during an eclipse.

Bonnie Owler: Whatchatalkin' about?!

I can still hoot! HOOT!

And if that robin didn't think it were night,

he'd be singing a tune.

Ronald: Hmm... You know... That actually makes sense.

Squeeks: Bonnie! Have you seen Hal?

We can't find him anywhere

and we don't want him to miss the eclipse.

Bonnie Owler: I haven't, but you'd better find him soon.

Bonnie Owler: The moon is blocking a lot of that sun.

Bonnie Owler: It will be a total eclipse soon.

Nature Cat: Well, come on, let's go!

Thank you, Bonnie Owler!

Bonnie Owler: ♪ Today's a special one. ♪

♪ A total eclipse of the suuuuuun! ♪

Nature Cat: Daisy! Why are you stopping?

We've got to find Hal.

Daisy: But guys! Look at my California Poppies.

Ronald: They're withering up, right?

I told you so!

Boomshakala!

Squeeks: Oh for goodness sake Ronald.

Let's just go look.

Daisy: Cool!

The petals have closed up.

Ronald: This proves that my great, great,

great grandfather was right.

Uh, right?

Daisy: Sorry, Ronald,

but my poppies close up like this at night.

It's a little bit darker than usual

so maybe the dim light is making them do that!

Squeeks: That must mean...

Squeeks: (Gasps) All: Whoa!

Daisy: My flowers may be closed up now,

but I think that when the eclipse is over,

the petals will open up again.

Ronald: Hmmm. That does make more sense

than what my Great, Great, Great Grandfather said.

Ronald: You know what? I think the eclipse

might not be scary after all!

Nature Cat: That's great, Ronald.

Now we need to find Hal so we can convince him

that it's not scary too!

Squeeks: But where is he?!

Ronald: I'm sure you've already checked his doghouse, right?

Daisy: Man oh man! Why didn't we think of this sooner?

Nature Cat: I really don't like to say this...

but...Ronald...

Ronald: Mhm? Nature Cat: (Sigh)

You are a genius!

Ronald: Well tell me something I don't know, Nature Cat.

Squeeks: (Gasps) There he is!

Hal: (Whimpering)

Daisy: Hal? We've been looking all over for you.

Hal: I've been here the whole time,

so you didn't look all over the place

cuz I was here in my house where I usually am.

First place I would have looked, so...(whimper)

Squeeks: Hey, Hal, we know a solar eclipse might seem weird.

Nature Cat: But it could be a once-in-a-lifetime experience

and we don't want to enjoy it without you.

Hal: Thanks guys,

but I'm too scared to go outside.

What if the eclipse makes something bad happen like

Ronald's great, great, great, great grandfather said.

Nope. Mr. Chewinsky and I are staying inside.

Ronald: Uh-oh. - Nature Cat: Fix this, please!

Ronald: Woah!

Look, Hal. I think some of the things

my great, great, great, grandfather

wrote in that book might not be true.

Hal: Wait, what?

Ronald: Yeah. After watching some animals, birds and plants

I'm excited to see the eclipse of the sun.

Hal: I dunno, Ronald...

Squeeks: Ugh, if only we could show Hal how an eclipse works

so he wouldn't be afraid.

Nature Cat: Ah ha! I have an idea!

Nature Cat: Okay, Now look at that big, far away mountain.

Nature Cat: Now remember your Mr. Chewinsky game,

hold up Mr. Chewinsky close to your eyes.

Hal: WHOA!

Hal: Mr. Chewinsky.

I knew you were powerful, but not that powerful!

Daisy: And that's just how the eclipse of the sun works.

Small Mr. Chewinsky can block the big mountain,

because the mountain is so far away.

That's how the little moon blocks the big sun!

Squeeks: And it's definitely not the moon

taking a bite out of the sun, Hal.

Hal: Are you sure?

NC/Squeeks/Daisy/Ronald: We're sure!

BEEP BEEP! All: Huh?

Houston: Oh boy! It's my cousins from all over the world!

Hello Cousins!

Hal: They all came here to see the eclipse?

This must be super-special!

Houston: Come on! Hurry!

They call this moment the diamond ring!

All: Whoa!

Houston: And totality will happen in

three...two...one!

Houston: I give you... The moment of totality!

Squeeks: Whoa...it's so quiet.

Daisy: And it's colder than before! Brrr!!

Nature Cat: I'm...I'm...

speechless!

Nature Cat: So? What do you think, Hal?

Hal: Tahaha! I like this eclipse!

Hal: Look! The sun is starting to come out again.

Ha ha ha! You go, sun!

Bonnie Owler: ♪ Today's a special one, ♪

♪ a total eclipse of the suuuuuuun! ♪

Ah yeah!

Hoo!

Announcer: Nature Cat, Squeeks, Daisy and Hal

are cartoon characters and not real animals.

To keep all of our animal friends safe,

check with a grown up before you bring a pet

on your next nature adventure.

Whoa!

Ha ha!

(theme song)

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