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: Onward and songward.
(light guitar strumming)
(piano keys)
(symbols smashing) (harmonica)
Daisy: Hey you groovy guys and gals!
What's with all the music?
Nature Cat: Today, in our own backyard,
we are holding the first annual Woodstock Chella Palooza!
Daisy: Woodstock Chella Palooza!
Man oh Man! I love Woodstock Chella Palooza!
But one teeny tiny question...
What's Woodstock Chella Palooza?
Hal: Hey, that's usually my line.
I think, right?
Isn't that right, baby?
Daisy: Sorry, Hal.
It just makes more sense for me to say it this episode.
Cool?
Squeeks: Woodstock Chella Palooza
is a music festival, Daisy!
Nature Cat: But not just any music festival!
No no no no!
It's music festival that honors nature!
Daisy: Oooh! I love music! And I love nature!
That's win-win for me, baby!
Hal: Hey, I thought I always said that too!
Daisy: You do too too also!
Hal: Oh, okay!
Daisy: So, what kind of nature songs are we going to sing?
Nature Cat: Our own songs, Daisy!
Daisy: Whaaaaat?!
Squeeks: Yeah, man, that's the best part of
Woodstock Chella Palooza, we make up the songs ourselves!
Daisy: Gosh, I've never made up my own song before.
I'm not sure I can do it...
Nature Cat: Of course you can, Daisy!
It's all part of...
Squeeks/Hal/NC: Woodstock Chella Palooza!
Squeeks: Baby!
Nature Cat: ♪ Grab your guitar! ♪
Squeeks: ♪ A piano too! ♪
Hal: ♪ Clap your hands! Stomp your shoe! ♪
Nature Cat: ♪ Make up a song! And you just can't lose-a! ♪
♪ At Woodstock Chella Palooza! ♪
♪ Woodstock! Hey! Chella Palooza! Come on! Come on! ♪
♪ Woodstock! Hey! Chella Palooza! ♪
Squeeks: ♪ Sing about nature, sing about the sky. ♪
Hal: ♪ Sing about the trees or the Mountain high, ♪
Nature Cat: ♪ You'll be inspired ♪
♪ when you see the views-ahhh, ♪
♪ At Woodstock Chella Palooza! ♪
All: ♪ Woodstock! Hey! Chella palooza! ♪
♪ Come on! Come on! ♪
♪ Woodstock! Hey! Chella Palooza! ♪
Hal: ♪ Sing about animals! ♪
Squeeks: ♪ Sing about plants! ♪
Hal: ♪ Sing about elephants! ♪
Squeeks: ♪ Sing about ants! ♪
Nature Cat: ♪ Sing about whatever you choose-ahhh! ♪
♪ At Woodstock Chella Palooza! ♪
All: ♪ Woodstock! Hey! Chella Palooza! ♪
♪ Come on! Come on! ♪
♪ Woodstock! Hey! Chella Palooza! ♪
♪ Woodstock! Hey! Chella Palooza! ♪
♪ Come on! Come on! ♪
♪ Woodstock! Hey! Chella Palooza! ♪
♪ Woodstock Chella Palooza! ♪
♪ Yeah! ♪
Daisy: Wow! It blows my mind you just made up that song!
Oh you guys, I've never really...umm...
I've never made up a song before.
Hal: Anyone can do it!
Just, I dunno, take a tune from another song
and like I don't know...
put your own nature words to it...I guess...
Daisy: You can do that?!
Hal: Check it out!
Hal: ♪ Nature Cat, he had a yard, Y-A-R-D yard! ♪
♪ And in that yard he had some... ♪
♪ Pinecones!? ♪
♪ Y-A-R-D, Yard! ♪
Hal: ♪ With a pinecone here! And a pinecone there! ♪
♪ Pinecone! Pinecone! Everywhere a pinecone! ♪
♪ Nature Cat, he had a yard! ♪
♪ Y-A-R-D, Yard! ♪
♪ Y-A-R-D, Yard! ♪
Daisy: Wow!
Hal: Now it's your turn, Daisy!
Please give a warm Woodstock Chella Palooza
welcome to Daisy!
NC/Squeeks/Hal: Woo hoo!
Daisy: Ummmm...oh...ummm, uhhh Oh, I'm terrible at this.
I just can't make up a song about nature.
Nature Cat: I believe you can, Daisy.
You just need a little inspiration!
Onward and Songward!
(bird chirping)
Hal: Ooh! I hear something! It sounds like a birdy tweet!
Daisy: Hmm, but how would you make a song out of it?
Nature Cat: Like this perhaps!
Nature Cat: ♪ Here I am, ♪
♪ I'm on the trail ♪
♪ I'm hiking with my feet ♪
♪ I hear the sound, when the birdies call, ♪
♪ They go tweet tweet tweet. ♪
♪ Tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet That's one sound I'm counting ♪
♪ Whooaaa! ♪
♪ Tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet As I'm hiking to the mountain! ♪
Squeeks/Hal/NC: ♪ Whooaaa! ♪
♪ Tweet tweet, Tweet tweet tweet tweet! ♪
♪ Hey! ♪
♪ Tweet tweet Tweet tweet tweet tweet! ♪
♪That's right! ♪
Daisy: That is one sweet song!
Nature Cat: Thanks. But we're not finished yet.
Let's hike and listen to more sounds.
Squeeks: Hey listen, sounds like the brook!
Nature Cat: Yes it does, and it's perfect for my song.
♪ We're walking here, by the brook, ♪
♪ I hear a sound, but it's not verbal ♪
♪ it's the sound the water makes, ♪
♪ It goes burble, burble! ♪
♪ Burble! Burble! Burble! Burble! ♪
♪ <span> The second sound I'm counting!<span tts:fontStyle="italic"> ♪
♪ Whoaaa, burble! Burble! ♪
♪ <span> Burble! Burble! ♪
♪ As I'm hiking to the mountain! ♪
Squeeks/Hal/NC: ♪ Whoaaa! ♪
♪ Burble! Burble! Burble! Burble! ♪
♪ Burble! Hey! Burble! Burble! ♪
♪ Burble! Burble! Burble! Hey! ♪
♪ Tweet! Tweet! Burble! Burble! Burble! ♪
♪ Hey! Tweet! Tweet! ♪
♪ Burble! Burble! Burble! ♪
Daisy: Wow!
How do you do that, Nature Cat?
Nature Cat: I just listen carefully
for the sounds of nature.
(cracking) Nature Cat: I hear something.
Daisy: Oh, I hear it too!
Nature Cat: ♪ See that squirrel with some acorns now, ♪
♪ Look how his eyes twinkle. ♪
♪ Hear the sound ♪
♪ the acorns make, when they fall they skinkle! ♪
Daisy: Uh...Skinkle?
Nature Cat: That's what it sounds like to me.
♪ skinkle, skinkle! skinkle, skinkle! ♪
♪ That's the next sound I'm counting, whoaaaa! ♪
♪ skinkle! skinkle! skinkle! skinkle! ♪
♪ As I'm hiking to the mountain. ♪
Sing with me! All: ♪ Whoaaa! ♪
♪ skinkle! skinkle! ♪
♪ skinkle skinkle skinkle! ♪
♪ Hey! ♪ ♪ skinkle! skinkle! ♪
♪ skinkle skinkle skinkle! ♪
♪ Hey! ♪
♪ Tweet Tweet! Burble! skinkle skinkle! ♪
♪ Hey! ♪
♪ Tweet tweet! Burble! skinkle skinkle! ♪
Nature Cat: That's the sounds we heard today!
♪ The sounds that we were counting ♪
♪ All the sounds in nature, ♪
♪ While we're hiking to the mountain! ♪
All: ♪ While we're hiking to the mountains! ♪
♪ Hey! ♪
♪ While we're hiking to the mountains! ♪
♪ Hey! ♪
♪ While we're hiking to the mountains! ♪
♪ Hey! ♪
♪ While we're hiking to the mountains! ♪
Hal: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
Woodstock Chella Palooza's newest song writing sensation,
Daisy!
Daisy: I hear... ummmm... I hear,
uhhhhhh.... I hear....
Daisy: Ooh! That!
I heard that! What was that?
Squeeks: That was the sound of the audience leaving, Daisy.
I'm sorry.
Daisy: Awe that's a real bummer!
Now I'll never be able to make up my own song!
Squeeks: Follow me.
Daisy: Are you listening for sounds in my garden
to make up your song?
Squeeks: Not exactly!
I like to make up my songs in a different way.
Daisy: But how? Squeeks: I like to tell
a story about the things
I see in nature!
Daisy: Oooooh! What kind of story, Squeeks?!
Squeeks: This kind of story!
Goes a little something like this.
Two..three..four...
Squeeks: ♪ There were three little bees, in the garden, ♪
♪ hee-hee! ♪
♪ they were feeling mighty keen, Oh! ♪
♪ <span> Three little bees, in the garden, hee-hee<span tts:fontStyle="italic"> ♪
♪ Then one left to see the queen. Yeah! ♪
Squeeks: ♪ They buzzed and buzzed, why? ♪
♪ Because! Something was brand new! ♪
♪ They buzzed and buzzed, why? ♪
♪ Because! Now there were only two! ♪
♪ Yes! ♪
♪ <span> There were two little bees, in the garden, hee-hee,<span tts:fontStyle="italic"> ♪
♪ Feeling so alive, ♪
♪ Two little bees, in the garden, hee-hee. ♪
♪ Then one flew back to the hive. ♪
Squeeks: ♪ They buzzed and buzzed, Why? Because! ♪
♪ Something had been done, They buzzed and buzzed, why? ♪
♪ Because! Now there was only one! ♪
♪ There was one little bee, in the garden, hee-hee, ♪
♪ Felt like she had to fly, ♪
♪ One little bee, in the garden, hee-hee. ♪
♪ It was time to say goodbye. ♪
Squeeks: ♪ No one and buzzed and buzzed, why? ♪
♪ Because! ♪
♪ Nothing left but flowers and trees ♪
♪ No one buzzed and buzzed ♪
♪ Why? Because! ♪
♪ There were zero bees! ♪
(gasps)
♪ No little bees, in the garden hee-hee! ♪
♪ No insects all yellow and black,
♪ no little bees in the garden hee-hee, ♪
♪ But then all three flew back! ♪
The end.
Daisy: Man oh man!
You just made up a story about nature.
In a song!
I need to do that!
Hal: Then let's get to it!
Put your wings together for Daisy with a story song!
Daisy: A story! Okay, ha! But what can my story be about?
Daisy: Hmmm..uhhhh...ughhh...
Daisy: Oh I got nothing.
I guess I can't be part of Woodstock Chella Palooza!
Nature Cat: Come on, Daisy, we really want you to be part of
Woodstock Chella Palooza!
Daisy: But Woodstock Chella Palooza is all
about making up songs.
And I just can't do it.
Squeeks: Wait a minute! I have an idea.
Can you write a poem for Woodstock Chella Palooza.
Daisy: A poem! Sure! That I can do.
I love rhyming.
Daisy: I love the dirt and the rocks and the grass
and the trees,
Love the birds and the squirrels,
and the worms and the...the bees,
I love Nature as much as Squeeks loves cheese!
Hahaha!
(Gobbling noises)
Squeeks: Cheese!
Daisy: Yes, I love nature!
Nature Cat: That will make a terrific song.
Daisy: But it's not a song, Nature Cat.
It's a poem.
Squeeks: Yes, but, they could be lyrics to a song.
Daisy: It could? - Hal: Yeah!
Lyrics can rhyme just like your poem.
Squeeks: You're a librettist my dear, face it.
Nature Cat: We just need to add some music and your little poem
will transformed into a fabulous song.
Daisy: Oooh! How?!
Nature Cat: Watch and be amazed!
Nature Cat: ♪ I love the dirt and the rocks ♪
♪ and the grass and the trees! ♪
Daisy: Wow!
Squeeks: ♪ Love the birds and the squirrels, ♪
♪ and the worms and the bees! ♪
Daisy: That sounds so good!
Hal: ♪ I love Nature as much as Squeeks loves cheese! ♪
Squeeks/Hal/NC: ♪ Yes! I love nature! ♪
Daisy: Whoa!<span tts:fontStyle="italic"> Is that a song?
Did I really help write a song?
NC/Squeeks/Hal: Oh yeah!
Daisy: Well, what are we waiting for?!
Daisy: Let's sing my song!
, , ...
Daisy: ♪ I love the dirt and the rocks ♪
♪ and the grass and the trees, ♪
♪ Love the birds and the squirrels, ♪
♪ and the worms and the bees, ♪
♪ I love Nature as much as Squeeks loves cheese! ♪
♪ Yes I love nature! ♪ Everybody!
All: ♪ I love the dirt and the rocks ♪
♪ and the grass and the trees, ♪
♪ I love the birds and the squirrels, ♪
♪ and the worms and the bees, ♪
♪ I love Nature as much as Squeeks loves cheese! ♪
♪ Yes I love nature! ♪
All: ♪ I love the dirt and the rocks ♪
♪ and the grass and the trees, ♪
♪ Love the birds and the squirrels, ♪
♪ and the worms and the bees, ♪
♪ I love Nature as much as Squeeks loves cheese! ♪
♪ Yes I love nature! ♪
♪ <span> Yes I love nature! ♪
♪ Squeeks: And cheese! ♪
Daisy: Thank you, Woodstock Chella Palooza!
I love writing songs about nature!
Daisy: Why did the turtle cross the road?
(crunching and chewing)
Squeeks: Nature Cat, friend,
would you kindly pass the cheese, please?
Nature Cat: Here ya go, Squeeks...
Squeeks: Thank you, Nature Cat, I appreciate that...
Cheese!
(dramatic gobbling noise)
Squeeks: (sighs)
Hal: Oh, I just love the pond, baby!
You know why, baby?
Wow two baby's!
Granny Bunny: Maybe because it's so pondy!
Right, Hal?
Wink. Wink.
Hal: Granny Bunny!?
How did you know that I'd say that?
Am I that predictable!
Daisy: It is so sweet to see our friends here.
Oh hey! There's Fern the salamander!
Hal: And Warren the Bullfrog...
Nature Cat: And Baby Duckling!
Squeeks: Huh, you know who we haven't seen today?
Our pal Phoebe the turtle.
Hal: Hm...I wonder where she is?
(traffic noises)
Nature Cat: Oh, there's Phoebe...
(gasps) Phoebe!!!
Nature Cat: Phoebe,
you cannot cross the road in the middle of traffic.
Granny Bunny: You certainly can not!
Phoebe: But I really have to get across the road right now!
Daisy: Granny says I can never cross the road without her!
Right Granny?
Granny Bunny: Oh, you got that right, sweetie!
Squeeks: Phoebe why does a turtle
have to cross the road anyway?
Hal: Oh, I got this joke.
A turtle has to cross the road because
it has something to do with that chicken
who always has to cross the road,
and I don't know why and I don't even know
why it's funny...hahaha. I really don't.
Phoebe: Every year around this time I leave the pond and<span tts:fontStyle="italic"> <span> go
find a sunny spot by the woods to lay my eggs.
Squeeks: Huh. Well couldn't you lay your eggs
in the water like a frog? Daisy: Or in a nest like a bird?
Phoebe: Well a lot of us turtles that live around the pond like
to lay our eggs over there by the woods.
And it was always no problem
until they built this new road in the way!
Sorry. Sorry.
Sorry. Haha.
Sorry. Sorry about that.
Nature Cat: Too bad they didn't think about the animals that
have to cross it before they built it.
Phoebe: It's too late now, and I really have to get across.
So see ya around! I guess...
Granny Bunny: STOP!
You can't cross the road, it's too dangerous!
Hal: Yeah! You must listen to Granny Bunny!
Phoebe: Oh! But I really need to lay my eggs now!
Sorry. Sorry.
Nature Cat: Fear not, Phoebe!
Nature Cat is here to save the day.
But the question is how?
How shall I save the day...
Nature Cat: Ha ha!
Nature Cat: Climb aboard, Phoebe,
the Nature Cat Turtle Transport is open for business!
Nature Cat: Hang on tight!
Nature Cat: TALLY HO!
Phoebe: This is really high! (nervously laughs)
Phoebe: Ha ha! That was excellent!
g*ng: Woohoo!
Phoebe: Oh thank you Nature Cat.
I'll be laying my eggs now.
Nature Cat: I bid you adieu, Phoebe<span tts:fontStyle="italic"> .
And happy egg laying!
Phoebe: Uh by the way, I should be through
in about an hour ortwo,
so I will be needing a lift back to the pond.
Not to be, uh, needy! Sorry!
Nature Cat: No problem.
Sylvia: Hello, Phoebe.
Phoebe: Sylvia. Hi. How many eggs did you lay?
Sylvia: Seven.
Phoebe: Congrats! Hope to lay about five myself!
I don't know...
Nature Cat: Ah ah-ah! Safety first, Sylvia!
Climb aboard the Nature Cat Turtle Transport.
Nature Cat: Hold on.
Nature Cat: TALLY HO!
Sylvia: Thanks for the ride.
Nature Cat: So shall we finish our picnic?
Hal: Not so fast, Nature Cat.
Look!
Nature Cat: (gasps)
Nature Cat: I got this! Climb aboard!
Nature Cat: Ha ha!
Ha ha!
Ha ha!
Ha ha!
Ha ha!
Ahhgghh!
Nature Cat: (gasping)
Gladys: I heard you're the one giving turtles
a lift across the road.
Yeah I'm gonna need one pretty soon.
Nature Cat: I am. But the Nature Cat Turtle Transport
is officially...grounded!
Gladys: Looks like I'll just have to walk it.
Granny Bunny: You may not cross this road!
It is much too busy!
Hal: What she said!
Squeeks: Nature Cat, the future of these turtles is at stake,
don't you see?
One of them can grow up to be a scientist.
Please.
Daisy: Hey, maybe there's another place to cross the road.
Squeeks: No way, man.
This is a one way street to nowhere's ville.
It just go's and go's...
Hal: Guys, we gotta think of something!
Daisy: I'm thinking a little more information
would be helpful.
Granny Bunny: Ah ho ho! You know what it's time for, sweetie!<span tts:fontStyle="italic"> ?
All: A little scientific investigation!
(clicking)
Hal: Car...truck...another car...a bike...a car...
a motorcycle...a truck... a little car...
Gladys: We turtles don't always cross in the same place.
Sometimes we cross here...
Gladys: Or here...
Gladys: Or even here!
Phoebe: Well we turtles have rights too, you know.
I'm sorry for yelling.
Gladys: Yeah! We were here first.
Nature Cat: Hold onto your shells.
We'll find a way to make a safe turtle crossing.
Right, Daisy?
Daisy: You got it!
And check this out!
Daisy: Some roads like these
have bridges for animals so they can
walk right over the road.
Hal: Yes! A bridge!
Granny Bunny: Oh, Hal,
building a bridge might be too difficult.
Hal: Okay, Granny Bunny!
Love you forever!
Daisy: In that case, there's the tunnel option.
Ba-bam!
Squeeks/NC/Hal: The tunnel option?
Narrator: Right you are, g*ng,
there is always the turtle tunnel option!
g*ng: Hooray!
Narrator: So you've already said
you want to build a turtle tunnel?
Well, many successful tunnel crossings have been built
to allow turtles and other small animals
to cross busy roadways safely.
First thing is to pick a spot that is convenient
for the turtles.
Next, simply dig a tunnel under the road.
And finally,
just insert a tube to keep the tunnel from collapsing.
And there you have it: a turtle tunnel!
All: A tunnel!
Nature Cat: Yes yes!
We can do this!
We can dig a turtle tunnel!
Gladys: So most of us cross right around here!
Nature Cat: Then it is here we shall dig, aye-what!
Squeeks: Hold up! While we're building the tunnel,
we're gonna need someone else to look after the turtles,
and make sure they don't cross the road.
Daisy: It's gotta be someone responsible and caring
and nice...
Hal: ...and someone who just might be related to you
who might just be so Granny
and so Bunny and all at the same time!
Oh! But who can it be?
g*ng: Granny Bunny!
Granny Bunny: I'll do it! Ba-bam!
Hal: Yes! I wish I thought of that!
I love you Granny Bunny forever.
Daisy: All set, Granny Bunny?
Granny Bunny: Oh yes<span tts:fontStyle="italic"> ! All set, Daisy dear!
Nature Cat: Okay, Hal, all you!
Hal: Can you dig it?
(laughs)
Granny Bunny: Hey you! Stop!
Phoebe: Oh, goodie!
Our very own tunnel!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Sorry. Sorry for being loud.
Nature Cat: Just one moment, my turtle friends
while we properly open the tunnel.
Nature Cat: Today is a momentous day
a day of great celebration
a day that ushers in an era of 'safety first'.
Nature Cat: I hereby declare The Turtle Tunnel
officially open!
Daisy/Granny: Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Hal: Hello, I'm Hal.
Welcome to Turtle Tunnel.
Granny Bunny: Step lively, ladies.
Good luck on the other side.
Hal: Hello, I'm Hal again...
Welcome to Turtle Tunnel, again.
Squeeks: Nature Cat, it's working!
It's really working.
Daisy: Uh-oh! We have a stray!
Granny Bunny: Hey you!
Stop, you can't cross there, honey!
Hal: And another turtle's still trying to cross
the road down there!
Granny Bunny: Ohh! Hey turtle!
You cannot cross there either, dearie!
Nature Cat: Uh, why aren't the turtles using the tunnel?
Hal: I don't get it.
We dug a really really nice tunnel, you dig?
Haha. You get it?
Granny Bunny: Yeah. It's easy to walk through
and safe for the turtles.
Maybe the problem is where we put the tunnel.
Squeeks: No man. Uh-uh. The location's perfect.
Leads right to the woods.
You're in, you lay your eggs, you're out.
What's the problem?
Hmmmm...
I've got it!
The problem isn't the tunnel,
it's getting the turtles to go into the tunnel.
Daisy: You're right, Nature Cat.
Check this out.
Daisy: Hm...I think we need a fence
to funnel the turtles into the tunnel.
Nature Cat: Funnel the turtles into the tunnel!
Yes yes, that's it!
Daisy: Once we put up a fence,
the turtles have to go into the tunnel! Let's go!
Nature Cat: Yes yes! Onward and fenceward!
Hal: Welcome to Turtle Tunnel!
Oh and hey!
Other animals can use the tunnel as well.
Go ahead little guy.
Granny Bunny: How long before the little hatchlings hatch?
Gladys: Two months.
Phoebe: Could be four. We don't know.
Daisy: Well, whenever they hatch,
they can use the tunnel to make it home safe and sound.
Squeeks: Speaking of home, I think it's time.
Nature Cat: You are correct, Squeeks.
Our work here is done!
Phoebe: Oh! Goodbye, Nature Cat, and thank you for your help.
Sorry for the long day! (laughs)
Nature Cat: Glad to be of service, little turtles!
Onward and homeward!
Narrator: 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)
♪
03x03 - Onward and Songward/Why Did the Turtle Cross the Road?
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Centers on house cat Fred, a dreamer of the great outdoors when his family leaves for the day, Fred becomes Nature Cat and with the help of his animal friends, he embarks on action-packed adventures.
Centers on house cat Fred, a dreamer of the great outdoors when his family leaves for the day, Fred becomes Nature Cat and with the help of his animal friends, he embarks on action-packed adventures.