02x12 - A Prickly Problem / A Shedtime Story

[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 favourite 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: A Prickly Problem.

Nature Cat: What a beautiful relaxing day with nature!

Squeeks: Sure is, Nature Cat!

Daisy: Ahh Love it!

Hal: Ahh what she said and what she said, baby!

Nature Cat: Absolutely nothing

could stop this relaxing feeling!

Squirrel: Ohh watch out people!

Coming through!

Nature Cat: I've got to stop saying that!

Rabbit: Outta' my way!

Animals: Look out!

(BOING!)

(THUD!)

(SLAM!)

Daisy: What's all the excitement?!

Squeeks: Heya, Norman!

What's all the hubbub, bub?

Norman: It's game over, man!

GAME OVER!

(knocks) Hal: Ding-dong! Ding-dong!

It's Hal! This is my home! Is anyone there?

Squirrel: NO!

GO AWAY!

THERE'S NOBODY HOME!

Hal: Yep yep, okay well, nobody's home, guys.

Heh Heh let's move it out ...

(knocks loudly)

Squeeks: Open the door! We know you're in there!

(grunts)

Nature Cat: Friends!?

Could someone please answer one question?!

Hal: Uh, did everyone wipe their feet?

Animals: Yes

Nature Cat: Okay, two questions.

The other one being - what is going on?!

Norman: We're hiding in here because we're scared

and need protection!

Nature Cat: In need of protection?

Nature Cat: What do you need protection from?

For I am not scared of ANYTHING!

Norman: A porcupine.

Nature Cat: Ahhhh! A PORCUPINE?!

Nature Cat: Where?!

Norman: There's been a sighting in the woods,

right near your house!

Daisy: Protection from a porcupine?

Why?

Norman: The quills on their backs are like sharp needles!

And porcupines can even sh**t them at you from way far away!

Like this!

Norman: Zing-zing-zinggity-zing

Nature Cat: Ahhh!

P-p-please don't do that Norman!

Norman: Sorry.

Anyway we're hunkering down in Hal's doghouse to stay safe.

Squeeks: Oooh! That does sound scary!

Are you % sure it was a porcupine?

Norman: No. Nature Cat: Phew!

Norman: I'm % sure!

Nature Cat: AHHH!

Daisy: Interesting... I met a porcupine once.

I walked by him and said--

Daisy: Beautiful day.

Daisy: And then he said-- "Yep".

Daisy: Anyway, he seemed nice and did not sh**t his quills.

Squeeks: Well once I was in the forest...

Squeeks: CHEESE!

Squeeks: ...and I found some loose quills lying on the ground

all casual like.

Sure looked like they could have been

sh*t from a porcupine's back.

I don't want to make assumptions but...come on...

Nature Cat: I saw one once!

He was terrifying!

Nature Cat: AHHH!

Nature Cat: I still have nightmares about it!

Norman: Running away was the right move!

Once my great uncle was hiding nuts for the winter when

a porcupine sh*t quills at him!

My uncle ran away in a heap of pain!

AND IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU, TOO!

(dramatic gong)

Squeeks: Sorry, just trying to amplify the dramatic effect...

eh, too much?

Daisy: Maybe my porcupine didn't sh**t his quills

'cuz he didn't want to.

Or maybe they can't sh**t their quills at all.

Or maybe they can!?

Awe boy, I don't know!

All I do know is that we're all scared of something

we've never seen happen.

Norman: Well we're not taking any chances,

we're staying put.

Hal: Okay, I understand, but I just have one slight question

and a follow up: How long will you stay in here?

And for the follow up: How long will you stay in here?

Norman: Forever!

Hal: Well forever can't be that long, so you can all stay,

just to be safe.

Daisy: Whoa, whoa, whoa, okay,

Before you take in every animal, Hal,

we should get to the bottom of this.

It's time for a little scientific investigation!

Oh yeah, oh yeah!

Squeeks: Count the mouse in, sister.

Let's find out if everyone has a right to be scared.

Hal: Ooh-ooh-ooh-me-me-me!

I wanna come, I wanna come!

Me! Hal!

Nature Cat: You know what? I love this plan!

It's a great plan!

The best plan!

I'll see you when you return!

Squeeks: Are you sure, Nature Cat;?

Why this adventure could be amazing!

Exciting! Prodigious!

Nature Cat: Amazing?

Exciting? That last word?!

Okay I'll come.

But first--

Nature Cat: A little porcupine protection! Ah ha ha!

Norman, where was he last seen?

Norman: In the forest clearing.

Daisy: Okay then!

Time for a little-- say it with me peeps--

All: Scientific investigation!

(upbeat music)

Hal: If my mom calls

tell her that her little Halsie Walsie says hello!

Oh, Little Halsie Walsie is me, by the way. See ya!

Squeeks: So if the porcupine is dangerous,

then we don't wanna startle him.

So we should walk quietly and speak quietly.

Hal: And look quietly.

Like this. Mmmmmm

Nature Cat: Er, yes, being quiet is a great idea.

Daisy: Okay this is where the porcupine was last seen!

Oh look!

We can observe the forest clearing through this bush.

Nature Cat: Gee, no porcupine!

Well I guess we tried!

Oh well, time to go home!

Squeeks: Ah! Egad!

Nature Cat: A P-p-p-porcupine!

Daisy: Well, he doesn't seem dangerous.

Nature Cat: Well whaddaya know?

Yup, they eat twigs and leaves just like we were wondering!

Mystery solved!

Okay can we go home?

Taxi!

Daisy: Nature Cat, that's not what we came to find out.

And don't worry, you're safe.

Just be quiet.

Nature Cat: Right, I can do this.

I just have to be quiet,

and so quiet I shall be.

(twig snaps) Uh oh.

Pinkus: Huh?! Who's there?!

Hal: Oh no his quills!

They look like they're getting ready to go--

--zing-zing-zing-zing-zing!

Nature Cat: Hey!

Don't do that!

Onward and let's-get -out-of-here-ward!

Squeeks: Let's do it fastward and waste no time ward!!

(Heavy Breathing)

Hal: Awe phew! That was close,

wuh wait! Is there something on my back?!

Squeeks: More like somecat.

Nature Cat: Well I was just...

-I, you see, what I was doing ...haha' I just had ta-

-I was scared! Okay?

He almost sh*t his quills at us!

Daisy: No, he raised his quills, but didn't sh**t them.

Hmmm.

We need more scientific investigation!

It's time for a bird's eye view!

(Chirping)

Nature Cat: There!

Wow, those quills are like needles!

Are they made of bone?

Are they like an eagle's sharp claws?

Well I'm sure not gonna touch 'em to find out!

Hal: Uh what I wanna know is,

wuh-whoah!

how are you so good at balancing up here? Huh?

Nature Cat: Heh! Climbing trees is what cats do.

We never fall off

--WHOAH!

Squeeks: Nature Cat!

Pinkus: Huh! Nature Cat!?

Squeeks: Goodness!

Imagine if you had fallen

and landed on that pin cushion of a beast!

Nature Cat: Nope, I'd rather not imagine that, thanks.

Hal: I can't tell, did the porcupine sh**t his quills?

Daisy: No. The porcupine's quills went up...

but nothing happened.

Nature Cat: But if he COULD sh**t them,

wouldn't he have done it? Owl: Hoo?

Nature Cat: The porcupine.

Owl: Hoo?

Nature Cat: The porcupine!

Owl: Hoo?

Nature Cat: The porcupine! We've been talking about.

The critter with the quills!

We think he sh**t them!

Wait, who keep saying saying "hoo"?

Owl: Hello! That was me.

What are you all doing up in this tree?

Hal: Hoooo, us? Heh-heh-heh!

You get it? Hoooo, us?

Heh-heh-heh! Like the owl?

Anyone? Heh-heh-heh!

You'll get it, just let it sink in!

Heh-heh-heh!

And then when it sinks in tell me, because I don't get it.

Daisy: We're investigating a porcupine.

A lot of us have heard that they sh**t their quills!

Owl: Ugh! Here we go again.

There are so many wrong ideas about nature out there.

Like how everyone thinks I can turn my head all the way around.

Hal: But we heard you can!

Owl: We can turn our heads a great deal, yes,

but not all the way.

Here, watch.

Owl: See?

The things others get wrong about nature!

You wouldn't believe it!

Nature Cat: Hm! Interesting...

If the stories about owls are wrong,

then maybe the stories about porcupines are, too.

Daisy: And from what we've discovered

through scientific observation, the porcupine doesn't appear

to be able to sh**t his quills.

Squeeks: Well there must be a way to find out for sure.

Nature Cat: Ha!

Well, the only way to be sure is to get a closer look!

Hahaha!

And who would be foolish enough to get close to a porcupine?

I mean, that is something I would never, in a million years,

ever do

--WHOAH!

All: Nature Cat!

Nature Cat: Ahh!

Don't sh**t your quills!

Pinkus: Don't yell and scream at me!

Nature Cat: Me, yell and scream at you?

Pinkus: Me, sh**t my quills?

Ha! We can raise them up like this, but that's all!

Nature Cat: Huh! Really? Is that so? Ha haha!

I can't tell you what a relief it is to hear that.

Ha ha!

But, uh, what were you saying about me yelling

and screaming at you?

Well, you see, the porcupines have been talking about

a monster named Nature Cat.

When he sees a porcupine he screams to scare them!

Talk about terrifying!

Nature Cat: Heh-heh-heh!

Yeah, imagine that.

I guess it seems we've both heard things that aren't true

without investigating them.

Pinkus: Heh-heh! Name's Pinkus.

Glad I was wrong about you, Nature Cat.

Nature Cat: That makes two of us!

I mean, well, five of us.

Come on down and meet Pinkus!

He says porcupines can only raise their quills,

and he's also very nice!

Hal: Hi, Pinkus!

I'm Hal, that's Squeeks, that's Daisy, and I am Hal!

Squeeks: Sadly, Mr. Pinkus there are a lot of ill informed

creatures out there who were scared of you because they

didn't know that you can only stand your quills up.

Not me of course...

Pinkus: I'd be happy to inform them!

Plus, I'd love to meet more animals

so we can live peacefully in the woods.

Nature Cat: Then...

onward and yonward!

Pinkus: Alright, everybody,

here I go.. Just takes a little bit of focus.

Gotta focus in here for a second...Lock in...

good solid base..Nggggggg!

Pinkus: See? We can only make our quills stand up.

That's it!

Norman: I'm still unsure.

My uncle knew everything!

Well, except the time he thought moss only grows

on the north side of trees.

And he was lost for weeks!

And the time he said chocolate milk came from chocolate cows.

You know what, come to think of it,

he was wrong about a lot of things!

And I've been retelling his stories!?

Awww, now I feel bad, Pinkus!

Pinkus: Ah, it's okay, Norman, the reality is my quills are for

protection from the weather and enemies.

When some enemy tries to grab me, wouldn't you know it,

the pointy ends of the quills get stuck in the animal

and come off me.

Luckily that's never happened to me.

Heh-heh, it would really mess up my hair!

Squeeks: Wu-wa-Wait, what?

The quills are hair?!

Pinkus: That's right, Squeeks!

Nature Cat: Well how do you like that? Ha!

Pinkus: Yep and all I want to really do

is live my life in peace.

Squeeks: And so do we!

We're so glad to have you as our new friend, Pinkus!

(cheering) Crowd: Welcome to the neighborhood, Pinkus!

(crowd cheering)

Squeeks: A Shedtime Story.

Daisy: Alrighty, First Officer Squeeks,

what are the weather conditions?

Squeeks:(Static) The sun is shining,

with a light breeze out of the northwest.

A perfect spring day to fly, Cap'n!

Daisy: Okay then prepare for take off.

♪(upbeat music)♪

(Giggling)

Nature Cat: According to my precise calculations,

this paper plane is going to fly super far!

Tally-ho!

Hal: Oh! try it like this Nature Cat, baby!

Ahahaha!

Hal: Eechie!

Nature Cat: Eechie!

I'm not sure how this helps launch a plane, Hal?

Hal: Oh it doesn't. I just got very itchy!

(Scratching)

Nature Cat: Ahhhhh! Hal!

You're...you're losing your fur!

Hal: Hmmmm...that's funny.

I wonder why?

Daisy: I think you're just shedding, Hal.

Lots of animals do it.

Hal: Ugh-uh-ahh! Shedding sure is itchy!

(Scratching)

Squeeks: Well maybe you just need a good brushing.

Squeeks/Daisy: Oooh! Brushy Time!

(brushing)

Hal: Ahhhh! That feels so much better.

Nature Cat: All right, Hal. Let's go play.

Nature Cat: Ahhh!

Hal!

Well, if you're here, then what's this?

Hal: That's my fur!

Oh I bet I can weave it into a friendship bracelet.

Nature Cat: A bracelet?!

Hal! That's your fur! It came off of your body!

Hal: I'll say it did!

Nature Cat: AHHH!

(Shudders)

This is my worst Nightmare!

Nature Cat: I'm hairless!

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Nature Cat: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Never leave me, fur!

Never leave me!

Squeeks: I'm sure Hal's fur is fine.

It's like Daisy said, he's just shedding.

Nature Cat: No!

When you shed you lose a little fur here and there,

but this is a whole pile of fur!

Look at it!

That's a lotta fur!

Squeeks: Well, when I brushed him,

some of his fur flew in the air.

So maybe he has the Furry Flu?

I don't know...

Nature Cat: The Furry Flu!?

Hal: The Furrywhatsy- whoosit-whatsa-furry-now?

Nature Cat: Stop! Don't come any closer!

The Furry Flu could be contagious!

Daisy: There's no such thing as the Furry Flu, Nature Cat,

so it can't be...

EECHIE!

Hal: Can't be eechie?!

I mean what does that even mean?

Is eechie even a word?

Daisy: Oochie!

Nature Cat: Ahhhhh! It is contagious!

Now you have the Furry Flu too.

Daisy: I'm just itchy.

Nothing a little fur brushing won't help...

Come on Squeeks.

Squeeks/Daisy: Brushy time!

(Brushing)

Daisy: Ah! Much better.

Nature Cat: No! No it is not!

Look at how much fur fell out!

Hal: Ooh! I bet I can weave a friendship necklace out of this.

Daisy: I'm just shedding, Nature Cat.

Look!

Nature Cat: Ah! We gotta get out of here, Squeeks.

Squeeks: Why, Nature Cat:?

Nature Cat: Because if we catch the Furry Flu,

just think what will happen.

Squeeks/Nature Cat: We're hairless!

AHHHHHHHH!

Squeeks: Let's get out of here! Before we catch the Furry Flu!

Daisy: Wait, Nature Cat! Squeeks! Come back!

(Heavy Breathing)

Nature Cat: You mind if we hide in your leaf pile?

Deer: Oh, help yourself.

Daisy: Nature Cat! Squeeks! Where are you guys?!

Hal: Ah! Eechie! Ooh! Getting itchy again.

Daisy: Oochie! Me too!

Nature Cat: Ahhh! Can't let the fur touch me.

(Blows)

Hal: I don't see them anywhere.

Daisy: Let's check this way.

Nature Cat: Are they gone?

Deer: Yup! All clear!

Squeeks: Thanks for the hiding spot, deer!

Deer: You're welcome, darling!

Squeeks: Oh...well I wasn't calling you "dear" as a term of

affection, I was calling you "deer", because you are a deer.

Deer: Ooochie!

Ugh! Why I ough'tta...!!

Squeeks: Well you don't have to get upset.

Deer: No I'm not upset. I-- ahh, excuse me for a moment...

(Scratching)

Squeeks: (gasp) His coat! It's patchy!!

Nature Cat: Another one! Let's get out of here!

Nature Cat/Squeeks: AHHHHHHH!

Deer: Buh bye!

(Scratching)

Daisy: Look! The deer is losing his fur, just like us.

Hal: Oooh! I bet I could

weave a friendship pot holder out of this.

Daisy: Hmmm...I wonder if the deer is shedding too?

Deer: Well, wonder no more. The answer is yes!

Daisy: That's what I thought!

Hal:You too too also?!

Deer: Oh yeah, me too too also!

Hal: But why are you losing so much fur?

Deer: Well, in the fall,

I grow a thicker coat to help me stay warm through the winter.

But when spring comes, I don't need so many layers of hair,

so I shed the extra fur.

Daisy: Cool!

Deer: Yeah, rubbing like this helps me get the fur off that

I don't need in the summer. And take a look!

My summer coat is coming in quite nicely if I say so myself!

Daisy: Hey! Looking good! Your summer coat's more red.

Hal: I always wanted to be a redhead. Wink. Wink.

Daisy: See, I told you, Hal!

We're just shedding because it's spring!

Hal: Yeah! Shedding!

Come on, we have to tell Squeeks and Nature Cat.

Squeeks: Uh-ugh! That was a close call.

Nature Cat: Come on, let's hide in here.

Squeeks: Keep an eye out for...ah! Eechie.

Nature Cat: Eechie. Who's Eechie?

Squeeks: Ah! Oochie!

Nature Cat: Oh no!

Are you...?

Squeeks: ITCHY!!

Nature Cat: Ahhhhh! You're losing your fur too!

Let me out of here!

(Boing!)

Squirrel: Aye-yi-yi! Do I feel itchy!

Nature Cat: Not you too, Squirrel!

Squirrel: Yes, me too! Does this answer your question?

Nature Cat: Yipes!

Daisy: Oh, Nature Cat, we've been looking for you...

Nature Cat: AHHHHHHH!

Hal: Nature Cat! Come back!

Daisy: Where's Squeeks?

Squeeks: Here I am.

Hal: Oh, what's wrong, Squeeks?

Squeeks: I have the Furry Flu too!

And soon, me and you and Daisy and that Squirrel

are all going to lose all our fur.

Hal: We are?

Squeeks: Yes!

And just think how we'll look, Hal!

Think how we'll look!

Hal: We're hairless! AHHHHHHHH! This is so weird!! AHHH!!!

Hal: AHHH! I don't want to lose all my fur!

Squeeks: Me neither!

Daisy: Oh we're not going to lose all of our fur.

We're just shedding, remember?

Hal: But what if we shed all of our fur at once?!

Then we will be hairless!

Squirrel: Whoah easy, big boy!

When you shed you don't lose all your hair at once!

Hal: Wait you don't?

Squirrel: Nuh uh! It happens a little at a time.

Our fur is an outer cover that protects us.

Hal: Like a furry suit of armor!

Squirrel: Kind of.

And sometimes we need more fur, like when it's cold.

How do you like me now?!

Squirrel: Sometimes we need less, like when it's warm.

And sometimes, we just gotta be a little fancier,

to get a date! You know what I'm saying!

Squeeks: Woah! I can't believe our fur can do all that!

Daisy: Let's go tell Nature Cat the good news!

Hal: Wait! I need some more of this fur first.

I'm gonna weave a friendship blanket.

(Boing!)

(Scratching)

Nature Cat: Ahhhh! More itching!

(Scratching)

Nature Cat: Ahh haa!? I can't lose my fur!

I can't lose my fur!

Don't worry precious fur!

I won't let anything happen to you!

(Scratching)

The Furry Flu is everywhere!

Daisy: Nature Cat! Be careful!

Nature Cat: I am being careful! Because I have to protect my...

Eechie!

Hal: Your eechie?

Nature Cat: Oochie! Oh no!

I feel itchy!

(Scratching)

Squeeks: Nature Cat! Just calm down.

Nature Cat: How can I be calm...

...I have The Furry Flu!

Nature Cat: Mother!

Squeeks: Yup he's falling!

Daisy: Quick! We need something soft for him to land on!

Hal: Oh whoah, I can weave something!

♪(upbeat music) ♪

Whooaaah!

♪(upbeat music) ♪

Ahhh-eeeehh-yaaaa!

Hal:Tah-dee!

A furry friendship pillow!

(Boing!)

Daisy: Oh! Nature Cat, are you okay?

Nature Cat: No I am not okay! I am suffering from The Furry Flu!

And soon I will be--

Wait!

Daisy: You won't be hairless, because you don't have

The Furry Flu!

Nature Cat: I don't?

Hal: No! None of us do! We're just shedding.

Daisy: That's right, Hal!

Daisy: ♪ Fur covers up our bodies ♪

♪ It protects us every day! ♪

♪ But when that fur's worn out, too thick or too thin, ♪

♪ It's time to go away! ♪

♪ Hal: In the winter, thick fur covers us from ♪

♪ our toes up to our head ♪

Squeeks: ♪ But when the weather starts a changing, ♪

♪ You know it's time to shed! ♪

All: ♪ Our Time to Shed! ♪

♪ Our Time to Shed! ♪

♪ It's and important thing that you should know, ♪

♪ And so it must be said. ♪

♪ When our fur's not quite right for the job, ♪

♪ It's our time to shed! ♪

Bear: ♪ When summer comes, we shed fur, ♪

♪ so our coats become thin. ♪

Deer: ♪ In cold months our fur gets thick like a blanket♪

♪ to keep us warm and cover our skin. ♪

Squirrel: ♪ Winter coats keep us warm, ♪

Goat: ♪ From our toes to our head. ♪

Squirrel/Goat: ♪ When the seasons start a changing ♪

♪ Then it's our time to shed! ♪

All: ♪ Our time to shed! ♪

♪ Our time to shed! ♪

♪ Lots of animals do it, nothin' to fear or dread, ♪

♪ When our fur's not quite right for the job, ♪

♪ It's our time to shed! ♪

Squeeks: ♪ Some grow a whole new colored coat. ♪

♪ That's white, or grey or red! ♪

Daisy: ♪ Or ones that blend in like camouflage!♪

♪ Animals must ♪

♪ Shed ♪ ♪ Shed ♪

♪ Shed ♪ ♪ Shed ♪

All: ♪ Our time to shed! ♪

♪ Our time to shed! ♪

Lots of animals do it,

♪ nothing to fear or dread, ♪

♪ when our fur's not quite right for the job ♪

♪ it's our time to shed! ♪

♪ Our time to SHEEEEED! ♪

Hal: ♪ Yeah. ♪

Nature Cat: Ahh, well, that is a relief!

I am so glad I won't be totally hairless!

Squeeks: Okay, now that we're calm again,

can we go back to flying airplanes?

Hal: I have a better idea.

We can fly hair planes!

Wink wink!

♪

(Boing!)

All: Ha ha ha ha!

[Voice over] 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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