03x13 - More Than A Monkey Wrench/Trailblazers
Posted: 01/20/24 19:40
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!
Hal: More than a monkey wrench .
Daisy: All right, Nature Lovers, it's time to bring out your
tools for our nature adventure!
Hal: I've got binoculars and a magnifying glass
for discovery time, baby.
Squeeks: I've got a cheese grater and a nut cr*cker
for snack time.
Daisy: And I have a few shovels for planting time!
Daisy: We have all the tools we need for our hike.
Hoist! Nature Cat: Oh, Daisy,
there's no need for you to carry that big,
heavy backpack of tools!
Daisy: But Nature Cat,
tools make all the tough jobs we face on our hike easier,
we need our tools!
Nature Cat: I know all about what tools do,
and that is why I am in possession
of the ultimate tool! Fan fare, Hal!
Hal: [mimics fan fare]
Nature Cat: Behold!
The Norwegian Navy Wrench!
Squeeks: A wrench?
A wrench is just a tool that can help turn things.
What's the big deal?
Nature Cat: Don't let the name fool you, Squeeks,
for the Norwegian Navy Wrench
is a wrench and so much more!
Hal: How much more we talking here, Nature Cat?
Nature Cat: Glad you asked, Hal, old pal!
Say you have some nails that need hammering!
Hal: I do have some nails that need hammering.
Isn't that a coinky-dink?
Wink! Wink! To camera.
Nature Cat: Well, Hal,
you're in luck, for the Norwegian Navy Wrench
has a hammer!
[click] [bang bang bang]
Squeeks/Daisy/Hal: Whooaah!
Nature Cat: But wait, there's more!
Have a log that needs to be cut in two?
Daisy: Oddly enough, I do.
Nature Cat: Well, the Norwegian Navy Wrench has a saw!
[click] [sawing]
Squeeks/Daisy/Hal: Ahhhhh!
Nature Cat: But wait! There's more!
Got some spaghetti that needs straining?
Squeeks: Why yes I do!
Nature Cat: Happily, the Norwegian Navy Wrench
has a spaghetti strainer!
Squeeks: [slurp]
Squeeks: Mmmm-mmmm! Perfect al dente.
Just like grandma used to make.
Nature Cat: You bet it is, Squeeks.
And guess what?
Squeeks: There's more?
Nature Cat: Yes! Because the Norwegian Navy Wrench has...
a can opener, screwdriver, fishing rod,
berry splitter, wire snippers, toe nail clippers,
lemon zester... It has a tool for everything.
And it's made in Norway, you just know they make good stuff.
Daisy: That is a very impressive tool!
Nature Cat: Yes it is!
So drop that heavy bag!
We have every tool we need for our hike
right in the palm of my hands.
Daisy: Well, okay then! I guess we don't need these.
Nature Cat: Yowch!
Daisy: Whoops, sorry, Nature Cat.
Sorry about your footsie.
Nature Cat: No worries, the Norwegian Navy Wrench also
has a bruised bunion icer.
Nature Cat: Ahh.
Onward and yonward!
Nature Cat: What's the first thing
on our nature adventure to-do list?
Daisy: Let's see.
Oh, right, we're planting some new saplings here to replace
the trees that were blown down in the storm.
Squeeks: Here's sapling!
Hal: Don't worry, little saplings,
we'll find a good home for you.
Where did I put my sapling, anyway?
[giggles]
Daisy: Alrighty, let's dig some holes and plant those saplings!
Hal: But we left our gardening tools at home.
Daisy: Oh great.
How can we dig a hole now?
Nature Cat: Have no fear, the Norwegian Navy Wrench comes
equipped with its very own shovel tool.
Squeeks: Uhhh, Nature Cat, why are you brushing the dirt?
Nature Cat: Oops! I seem to have hit the wrong button.
Nature Cat: Voila!
Squeeks: That's a tennis racket!
Nature Cat: Don't worry... I can find the right tool...
[click, click]
I know it's here somewhere.
Hal: Oh, these poor saplings are never going to get planted.
Daisy: Hey, wait a minute, Hal,
you're always digging up holes in the backyard.
Hal: It's true.
I dig with my claws all the time.
Like this!
Hal: Whoa! This soil is really hard.
I am not getting very far with my claws at all...
Ouchie!
I think I broke a nail.
Daisy: Looks like we definitely need a tool for this job.
It's a toughie.
Nature Cat: Hmm...
[muffled cry]
Squeeks: Heh heh. Plunger.
Nature Cat: [muffled] Help!
[digging sound]
Hal: Hey what's that?
Hal: Ooh! It's a little gopher!
Hiya, gopher, it's me, Hal!
Watcha doing?
Daisy: It's a pocket gopher, Hal!
Looks like she's digging with the stone.
Squeeks: Interesting. So the dirt
must be too hard for her to dig with her claws,
like Hal, so she's using the stone.
Daisy: Do you know what this means?
Hal: Not even a little bit.
Daisy: It means the gopher is using a tool!
Squeeks: But it's just a stone, it's not a shovel!
Daisy: But she's using the stone to dig through the hard dirt,
so that makes it a tool. Hal: Whoa!
What a smart little gopher!
Squeeks: Huh.
Well if a gopher can use a tool from nature, so can we.
Come on, let's find some flat stones
and dig through that dirt!
Daisy: It's working!
The stone makes a sweet digging tool!
Hal: And now our saplings are planted!
Squeeks/Daisy/Hal: Hooray!
Nature Cat: Uuuhh!
[click, click]
Ta-da! I found the right tool.
Now we can finally dig!
Hal: But we already dug! Ya dig?
Nature Cat: Impossible!
You couldn't dig because you didn't have the proper tool.
Hal: We used flat stones to dig, just like the gopher!
Nature Cat: Gopher!
Don't be silly, Hal,
wild animals do not use tools.
Hal: This one did. It used a rock as a tool!
And we used it too! And it worked!
Daisy/Squeeks: Oh yeah!
Nature Cat: Well, my shovel will work even better!
[clink!]
[click]
Nature Cat: Let's just move on to the next thing on our list,
shall we?
Daisy: Next on our list, investigate under a rock!
Daisy: They call this Gawking Rock,
because when you look underneath it,
there's so much to see that you just have to gawk!
Hal: Come on! Let's see what's underneath!
Hal: Arrgggh!
Little help! Little help, please?
Squeeks: Grrrrr! A little more help.
Daisy/Squeeks/Hal: [struggling]
Daisy: This rock is too heavy to lift.
Nature Cat: Luckily, the Norwegian Navy Wrench has
a handy rock lifter tool!
Nature Cat: Hold on just a second.
Nature Cat: I'll have this rock lifter out in no time.
Nature Cat: [struggling]
Hal: He's never getting it out, is he?
Squeeks: I sincerely doubt it.
[crackling]
Daisy: Ooo! What's that sound?
Squeeks: It's that bird over there!
Hal: Ooh, its doing something with that piece of bark.
But what?
Daisy: Whoa! Did you see that?
That bird tried to pry the bark off the trunk
to find some bugs underneath.
And guess what he used?
A little piece of bark!
Hal: Does that mean the bird is another user of tools?
You know, like the little cute gopher?
Squeeks: Well maybe we could be like the bird!
But a small piece of bark won't pry up the rock.
But big stick might work!
Hal: Ask and ye shall receive, Squeeks!
Errp!
Squeeks: It worked!
Squeeks/Daisy/Hal: Whooah!
Nature Cat: The Norwegian Rock Lifter is ready for action!
Squeeks: Oh, thanks! Well, we already lifted the rock.
Yeah. We watched this bird use a small piece of bark
to lift up some bark on that tree over there.
Hal: The birdie used it as a tool, baby!
Daisy: Yeah, and we figured out how we could use the same idea
to lift up the big rock.
Nature Cat: Haha! No way!
I'm sorry, but wild animals do not use tools!
Now if you'll excuse me,
I'll show you how a rock should be lifted.
Nature Cat: [struggling]
Yow!
Hal: You see how well our tools work?
And we got the idea...[laughs]
from a bird! [laughs] Go figure.
Nature Cat: Animal Tools, Shmanimal tools!
Let's just do the next thing on our list.
Daisy: Next on the list... hmm...
Oh Squeeks, your favorite.
Nutty Snack Time!
Squeeks: Yummy!
Squeeks: Pecans! Walnuts! Almonds!
My favorites!
[crunch]
Squeeks: Oww! They still have their shells!
Nature Cat: Not to worry, my Norwegian Navy Wrench
has its very own Norwegian Nutcracker Tool!
Hal: That does not look like a nutcracker.
Nature Cat: Oh no! Come back, Norwegian Navy Wrench!
Squeeks: Oh! Zounds!
We're never going to eat these tantalizingly delicious nuts!
Never! Never! Never!
[cracking]
Squeeks: Excuse me? Who is interrupting
my nut based soliloquy?
Hal: It's that otter!
Squeeks: And what is the otter doing?
Daisy: Looks like it's hitting those clam shells against that
rock on its tummy.
Squeeks: Waitaminute!
Is it doing what I think it's doing?
Squeeks: Yes!
It's using the rock to open the clam shell
so it can eat what's inside.
Daisy: That otter is using a rock as a tool!
Squeeks: I wonder if I can use the same kind
of tool for my nuts.
Squeeks: It worked!
The rock's a great nut cracking tool!
Nutty snake time!
[gobbles]
Nature Cat: Come back here, wrench!
[whirring] [click, click]
Nature Cat: Oh no! My wrench!
[grunting]
Nature Cat: I can't reach it. I can't reach my wrench!
Squeeks, can you fit?
Squeeks: No way, man! I just housed all these nuts.
Nature Cat: Oh no!
I'm never going to get my wrench back!
My wonder tool is lost! Forever!
Daisy: Don't worry, Nature Cat, maybe we can find a tool
in nature to help with this tough problem.
Just like the animals do.
Nature Cat: Daisy, sweet Daisy. I appreciate you trying to help,
but wild animals simply do not use tools.
Nature Cat: Oh. I see, haha, well I sure do stand corrected.
Animals do use tools!
Daisy: Now that we have that settled...
what's the problem here?
Oh, the crack is too narrow for any of us to reach.
Squeeks: Copy that, Dais.
There's no way I'm going in there.
But is there anything around here we can use to reach it?
Nature Cat: I dunno, maybe this stick?
Daisy: Sweet idea, Nature Cat!
It looks straight enough to poke in there!
Nature Cat: But you do realize it's just a stick?
Hal: We sure do, now give it go, Nature Cat.
Nature Cat: And let's see if we can move my wrench.
Daisy: You can do this, Nature Cat.
Hal: I believe in you!
Squeeks: I believe in the power of nature's toolbox!
Nature Cat: It worked! I got my wrench back!
All: Hooray!
Nature Cat: We just made and used
a tool like those wild animals did!
Hal: Wait, let me get this straight.
The stick which is also a tool that some animals use in nature
was used to save the real tool that Nature Cat
bought in a store,
that didn't really help us out in nature today?
Squeeks: I think you put a nice and tidy bow
on this curriculum, Hal. Good work.
Hal: Thanks! Anything to help the curriculum advisors out.
Nature Cat: Hey!
I know what I want to do next on the hike, my friends.
Daisy: What's that?
Nature Cat: Search for more animals using tools!
All: Yeah!
Nature Cat: Onward and toolward!
Hal: Trailblazers.
Nature Cat: Isn't it so fun to explore a trail
we've never hiked before?
Hal: Sure is!
So many new nature sights and sounds and smells, baby!
Daisy: Oh yeah! Just listen to that bird!
I've never heard that call before!
[bird chirping]
Squeeks: [gasps]
And smell these wildflowers!
Oh the natural eau de parfum!
Nature Cat: And whoa ho ho!
Nature Cat: ...check out this new nature sight!
Daisy: A bent tree?
Say whaaat!?
Squeeks: Whoa, man. I've never seen a tree like that before.
Hal: I know! It's so bendy
and so tree-ey
and all at the same time...y!
Nature Cat: How do you think it got all... bendy?
Daisy: I dunno. Maybe a storm came
and the wind made the tree lean over,
and then the tree grew up from there?
And then you know it just stayed that way...
Squeeks: Oh maybe it was trying to get away from
something...like it had an annoying neighbor at one point.
Hal: Or maybe a giant came over and sat on it, or something!
Haha! That'd be really weird!
Nature Cat: Hmmm... speaking of weird,
it looks to mine eyes
like this part of the tree is pointing to something...
Daisy: A tree pointing? Ha ha!
Come on, Nature Cat, a tree can't just point to
something...it's a tree.
Nature Cat: A ha!
It 'tis pointing to something! To some sort of path!
Squeeks: I don't know if I would classify this as a path,
Nature Cat. It's pretty narrow
and there's like plants everywhere!
Hal: Yeah, I mean, where would you even walk?
There's no where to walk. It's crazy.
Nature Cat: Well, then why would this tree point to this?
Daisy: Actually, maybe you're right.
This really could be a path!
NC/Squeeks/Hal: Really?
Daisy: And that tree could really be pointing to it!
NC/Hal/Squeeks: Really really?!
Daisy: Yes! Yes!
It says here that sometimes trees bend
due to natural causes,
but people also used to bend trees to mark trails.
Squeeks: Why would anyone bend a tree?
Daisy: As trail markers!
Long ago before phones or GPS,
people bent trees as a way to tell other people
which way the trail went
so they wouldn't lose their way.
Hal: Woah! Squeeks: That's amazing!
Nature Cat: I cant believe it!
Daisy: Wait!
This also says people sometimes bent trees to show the way
to really special places!
Nature Cat: Oooh! A special place?
I wonder if this tree leads to one...
Me thinks we should explore and find out!
Hal: Me thinks so too too also!
Squeeks: And we have plenty of food,
water and supplies for a little detour.
Let's go!
Daisy: Wait, hold on, Squeeks.
As we go along, let's tie these bright strings to trees so we
can find our way back!
Nature Cat: Ha ha, yes!
Now let's find the special place
that this bendy tree is pointing to!
Onward and Yonward!
Daisy: So what do you think this special place is going to be?
Maybe it's a place where people used to live.
Nature Cat: Or a cave filled with treasure!
Squeeks: A rock quarry filled with
more cool rocks than the eyes can see!
Hal: Orrr.... maybe,
just maybe if we play our cards right,
this leads to a dead-end that leads to nowhere!
Nature Cat: That's silly, Hal!
Ooof!
Nature Cat: A dead-end...
good call Hal..
Hal: Yes! See I told you! I'm right!
A dead-end!
And this is the most special dead-end I've ever seen!
Daisy: Aww.
It looks like the trail has ended.
But which way do we go?
Squeeks: Aww rats, man.
Now we're never gonna find the special place!
Nature Cat: Don't give up just yet, Squeeks.
The path has to be around here somewhere!
Nature Cat: Ah ha! It's another bent tree!
Come on!
Hal: And another path!
Daisy: Man-oh-man this is so cool!
Nature Cat: Wow. It's starting to look like these bent trees
really are trail markers...
Squeeks: But we're in the middle of nowhere, you guys.
Where's this tree trail taking us?
Nature Cat: Only one way to find out!
Onward and yonward!
Nature Cat: Ha ha!
We will be at the special place any moment!
I can feel it!
Nothing can stop us now!
[boink]
Nature Cat: [groan]
I gotta stop saying that!
Hal: [gasp] Another dead end!
Squeeks: This brush is in the way!
Thickets...
Nature Cat: Brush, shmush!
This shouldn't be a problem --
Nature Cat: Ow! It's a problem!
It's a big problem!
Daisy: Yeah, I guess this brush must have grown up a lot when
people stopped using the trail.
But how are we going to find the trail if we can't get through?
Hal: Oh, I was so hoping we'd find the special place!
Nature Cat: Don't despair, my good friends!
I'm getting through! We're all getting through!
Ha ha!
Hal: Hold it! I can get us through these bushes.
[clears throat] Excuse me bushes, Hal here, would you
please part so me and my friends can get through, please?
Anything?
Well I guess that's a no. Alright, thank you, bushes.
Nature Cat: Uh, can you start the inspirational-action
montage music, please!
[inspirational music] ♪
Nature Cat: Hup!
Oooh ah! Woah.
[thud] Nature Cat: Owe! Ouchie!
I'm okay!
All: Ahh! Whoa!
Hal: Woah an arrowhead! Cool!
NC/Daisy/Squeeks: Woaah!
Hal: Op, nevermind! It was just a rock!
Nature Cat: Whoaa!
[boing]
Nature Cat: Wooaah!
[boing] [crash]
Nature Cat: Tally hut!
[thud]
Nature Cat: [gasps]
There is just absolutely no way
to get past that brush!
Hal: [sigh] I know!
And if only we could go through that hole
like that deer is doing right now...
NC/Daisy/Squeeks: Huh?!
Hal: Oh, well! I guess we'll never find a way
past this to the special place.
Nature Cat: [gasps] There's a hole in the thicket!
Hal: you're a genius!
Hal: I knew you were going to say that!
I saw it coming a mile away. My catch phrase for seasons.
Hey, maybe we can get some new scripts for season , guys?
Huh? Punch it up a little?
Squeeks: Hey, Hal might be onto something,
It looks like there is a trail here.
Squeeks: The deer's following it,
but it's hard to see because of all the brush.
Nature Cat: Hmm...
So maybe deer and other animals follow trails, too?
Do they make their own little trails?
Daisy: Well, the wild animals are probably like us.
They want to find the easiest routes to get to the places that
are important to them.
Squeeks: Like where they find food or water.
Hal: So have we been following a deer trail this whole time?
Squeeks: Maybe the deer trail is what people long ago followed
to create their own trail,
and then they made the markers so they'd remember how to go.
Hal: Yeah! So many people and animals
have followed this trail!
It must lead to someplace special!
Nature Cat: Well, what are we waiting for?
Onward and through-ward!
Daisy: Oh, I can't wait to find out what the special place is!
Nature Cat: Me too! I just love a good nature mystery!
Hal: You mean like the mystery of the moving brush?
Nature Cat: Come on Hal that brush can't move on it's own --
Nature Cat: Ahhh!
The brush is moving on it's own!
What are we going to do?!
[rustling]
Nature Cat: W-w-what could it be?!
[rustling]
Squeeks: Oh dear, more deer!
Daisy: I think I get it!
Deer and other animals follow the same path
over and over again making a trail form.
Ba-bam!
All: Whoa!
Nature Cat: Look, we're almost through!
Daisy: Okay, now what?
How do we know which direction to go?
Nature Cat: No idea!Hal: What he said.
Squeeks: You guys, remember,
it's like we learned in season one.
When we go into a unknown area, we need to STOP.
S, Stop. T, Think.
O, Observe. And P, Provolone!
No, Plan! Sorry.
Cheese on the brain.
Nature Cat: I've stopped!
Daisy: I've stopped too!
Hal: Stopped too too also as well!
Squeeks: Okay, now think!Nature Cat: I'm thinking!
Daisy: In addition I am also thinking!
Hal: I'm..wait...wait a minute...am I thinking?
Yep. I think I think. I think I'm thinking...
Yes...yep, I'm thinking now.
Yeah it hurts!
Squeeks: Now we observe!
Nature Cat: Observing!
Daisy/Hal: Observing!
Hal: Tah-deee! Look what I found!
My plan is to follow this bent tree marker.
Nature Cat: Tally ho!
Nature Cat: So this path led us to...here?
Another dead end.
Squeeks: Oh come on! This is getting ridiculous!
Nature Cat: I don't understand...
I don't see any other bent trees of deer trails in the area.
How is this a special place?
Nature Cat: [sobs] It looks like we've
come all of this way for nothing.
Daisy: Cheer up, Nature Cat!
Maybe the special place is beyond the lake
and we just have to cross it!
Squeeks: Maybe it's in the lake! Maybe it's a lost city.
A city of cheese. No that would be gross.
It's underwater...eww...
Hal: Or maybe the lake is the special place
because there's a lot of fresh water and food.
I mean that seems pretty special to me!
Nature Cat: Hal, it bears repeating, but you're a genius!
Hal: Did you hear that other Hal?
I'm smart!
Daisy: Back in the day,
you couldn't just turn on a faucet to get a drink,
you had to find a water source because everyone
and everything needs water to survive!
Nature Cat: So, the path led people through the woods
to a place where they could find water
and maybe set up camp? Makes sense.
Squeeks: Sure does! They could fish and hunt for other food.
Wow. It's like stepping back in time,
it's so peaceful around here.
[inhales deeply] Oh, finally I can breathe!
Hal: I like finding water to cool off
after a long journey. Oooh.
Nature Cat: And animals still use the trail
to get what they need to survive.
Everyone: [cheers]
Hal: You know what I'd like to use it for?
NC/Squeeks/Daisy: What?
Hal: Swimming time!
Daisy: Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Squeeks: Wooo swimming!
[splash, splash]
Hal: You coming in, Nature Cat?
Nature Cat: No thanks. I'm just going to take a moment
and appreciate how beautiful
nature truly is.
Hal/Daisy: [cheering]
Daisy: Wasn't the special place so sweet?
Squeeks: Yeah it really was!
Nature Cat: Me thinks it was the prettiest scene I've ever seen!
Squeeks: You know, I'm glad we were able to find
the special place, but how do we get home again?
Daisy: Good thing we planned ahead.
We can use the bright strings we tied to the trees
to make it back safely!
All: [cheers]
Nature Cat: We will be back,
and we know just what to look for
to find our way back here!
Nature Cat: Onward and Home-ward!
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]
♪
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!
Hal: More than a monkey wrench .
Daisy: All right, Nature Lovers, it's time to bring out your
tools for our nature adventure!
Hal: I've got binoculars and a magnifying glass
for discovery time, baby.
Squeeks: I've got a cheese grater and a nut cr*cker
for snack time.
Daisy: And I have a few shovels for planting time!
Daisy: We have all the tools we need for our hike.
Hoist! Nature Cat: Oh, Daisy,
there's no need for you to carry that big,
heavy backpack of tools!
Daisy: But Nature Cat,
tools make all the tough jobs we face on our hike easier,
we need our tools!
Nature Cat: I know all about what tools do,
and that is why I am in possession
of the ultimate tool! Fan fare, Hal!
Hal: [mimics fan fare]
Nature Cat: Behold!
The Norwegian Navy Wrench!
Squeeks: A wrench?
A wrench is just a tool that can help turn things.
What's the big deal?
Nature Cat: Don't let the name fool you, Squeeks,
for the Norwegian Navy Wrench
is a wrench and so much more!
Hal: How much more we talking here, Nature Cat?
Nature Cat: Glad you asked, Hal, old pal!
Say you have some nails that need hammering!
Hal: I do have some nails that need hammering.
Isn't that a coinky-dink?
Wink! Wink! To camera.
Nature Cat: Well, Hal,
you're in luck, for the Norwegian Navy Wrench
has a hammer!
[click] [bang bang bang]
Squeeks/Daisy/Hal: Whooaah!
Nature Cat: But wait, there's more!
Have a log that needs to be cut in two?
Daisy: Oddly enough, I do.
Nature Cat: Well, the Norwegian Navy Wrench has a saw!
[click] [sawing]
Squeeks/Daisy/Hal: Ahhhhh!
Nature Cat: But wait! There's more!
Got some spaghetti that needs straining?
Squeeks: Why yes I do!
Nature Cat: Happily, the Norwegian Navy Wrench
has a spaghetti strainer!
Squeeks: [slurp]
Squeeks: Mmmm-mmmm! Perfect al dente.
Just like grandma used to make.
Nature Cat: You bet it is, Squeeks.
And guess what?
Squeeks: There's more?
Nature Cat: Yes! Because the Norwegian Navy Wrench has...
a can opener, screwdriver, fishing rod,
berry splitter, wire snippers, toe nail clippers,
lemon zester... It has a tool for everything.
And it's made in Norway, you just know they make good stuff.
Daisy: That is a very impressive tool!
Nature Cat: Yes it is!
So drop that heavy bag!
We have every tool we need for our hike
right in the palm of my hands.
Daisy: Well, okay then! I guess we don't need these.
Nature Cat: Yowch!
Daisy: Whoops, sorry, Nature Cat.
Sorry about your footsie.
Nature Cat: No worries, the Norwegian Navy Wrench also
has a bruised bunion icer.
Nature Cat: Ahh.
Onward and yonward!
Nature Cat: What's the first thing
on our nature adventure to-do list?
Daisy: Let's see.
Oh, right, we're planting some new saplings here to replace
the trees that were blown down in the storm.
Squeeks: Here's sapling!
Hal: Don't worry, little saplings,
we'll find a good home for you.
Where did I put my sapling, anyway?
[giggles]
Daisy: Alrighty, let's dig some holes and plant those saplings!
Hal: But we left our gardening tools at home.
Daisy: Oh great.
How can we dig a hole now?
Nature Cat: Have no fear, the Norwegian Navy Wrench comes
equipped with its very own shovel tool.
Squeeks: Uhhh, Nature Cat, why are you brushing the dirt?
Nature Cat: Oops! I seem to have hit the wrong button.
Nature Cat: Voila!
Squeeks: That's a tennis racket!
Nature Cat: Don't worry... I can find the right tool...
[click, click]
I know it's here somewhere.
Hal: Oh, these poor saplings are never going to get planted.
Daisy: Hey, wait a minute, Hal,
you're always digging up holes in the backyard.
Hal: It's true.
I dig with my claws all the time.
Like this!
Hal: Whoa! This soil is really hard.
I am not getting very far with my claws at all...
Ouchie!
I think I broke a nail.
Daisy: Looks like we definitely need a tool for this job.
It's a toughie.
Nature Cat: Hmm...
[muffled cry]
Squeeks: Heh heh. Plunger.
Nature Cat: [muffled] Help!
[digging sound]
Hal: Hey what's that?
Hal: Ooh! It's a little gopher!
Hiya, gopher, it's me, Hal!
Watcha doing?
Daisy: It's a pocket gopher, Hal!
Looks like she's digging with the stone.
Squeeks: Interesting. So the dirt
must be too hard for her to dig with her claws,
like Hal, so she's using the stone.
Daisy: Do you know what this means?
Hal: Not even a little bit.
Daisy: It means the gopher is using a tool!
Squeeks: But it's just a stone, it's not a shovel!
Daisy: But she's using the stone to dig through the hard dirt,
so that makes it a tool. Hal: Whoa!
What a smart little gopher!
Squeeks: Huh.
Well if a gopher can use a tool from nature, so can we.
Come on, let's find some flat stones
and dig through that dirt!
Daisy: It's working!
The stone makes a sweet digging tool!
Hal: And now our saplings are planted!
Squeeks/Daisy/Hal: Hooray!
Nature Cat: Uuuhh!
[click, click]
Ta-da! I found the right tool.
Now we can finally dig!
Hal: But we already dug! Ya dig?
Nature Cat: Impossible!
You couldn't dig because you didn't have the proper tool.
Hal: We used flat stones to dig, just like the gopher!
Nature Cat: Gopher!
Don't be silly, Hal,
wild animals do not use tools.
Hal: This one did. It used a rock as a tool!
And we used it too! And it worked!
Daisy/Squeeks: Oh yeah!
Nature Cat: Well, my shovel will work even better!
[clink!]
[click]
Nature Cat: Let's just move on to the next thing on our list,
shall we?
Daisy: Next on our list, investigate under a rock!
Daisy: They call this Gawking Rock,
because when you look underneath it,
there's so much to see that you just have to gawk!
Hal: Come on! Let's see what's underneath!
Hal: Arrgggh!
Little help! Little help, please?
Squeeks: Grrrrr! A little more help.
Daisy/Squeeks/Hal: [struggling]
Daisy: This rock is too heavy to lift.
Nature Cat: Luckily, the Norwegian Navy Wrench has
a handy rock lifter tool!
Nature Cat: Hold on just a second.
Nature Cat: I'll have this rock lifter out in no time.
Nature Cat: [struggling]
Hal: He's never getting it out, is he?
Squeeks: I sincerely doubt it.
[crackling]
Daisy: Ooo! What's that sound?
Squeeks: It's that bird over there!
Hal: Ooh, its doing something with that piece of bark.
But what?
Daisy: Whoa! Did you see that?
That bird tried to pry the bark off the trunk
to find some bugs underneath.
And guess what he used?
A little piece of bark!
Hal: Does that mean the bird is another user of tools?
You know, like the little cute gopher?
Squeeks: Well maybe we could be like the bird!
But a small piece of bark won't pry up the rock.
But big stick might work!
Hal: Ask and ye shall receive, Squeeks!
Errp!
Squeeks: It worked!
Squeeks/Daisy/Hal: Whooah!
Nature Cat: The Norwegian Rock Lifter is ready for action!
Squeeks: Oh, thanks! Well, we already lifted the rock.
Yeah. We watched this bird use a small piece of bark
to lift up some bark on that tree over there.
Hal: The birdie used it as a tool, baby!
Daisy: Yeah, and we figured out how we could use the same idea
to lift up the big rock.
Nature Cat: Haha! No way!
I'm sorry, but wild animals do not use tools!
Now if you'll excuse me,
I'll show you how a rock should be lifted.
Nature Cat: [struggling]
Yow!
Hal: You see how well our tools work?
And we got the idea...[laughs]
from a bird! [laughs] Go figure.
Nature Cat: Animal Tools, Shmanimal tools!
Let's just do the next thing on our list.
Daisy: Next on the list... hmm...
Oh Squeeks, your favorite.
Nutty Snack Time!
Squeeks: Yummy!
Squeeks: Pecans! Walnuts! Almonds!
My favorites!
[crunch]
Squeeks: Oww! They still have their shells!
Nature Cat: Not to worry, my Norwegian Navy Wrench
has its very own Norwegian Nutcracker Tool!
Hal: That does not look like a nutcracker.
Nature Cat: Oh no! Come back, Norwegian Navy Wrench!
Squeeks: Oh! Zounds!
We're never going to eat these tantalizingly delicious nuts!
Never! Never! Never!
[cracking]
Squeeks: Excuse me? Who is interrupting
my nut based soliloquy?
Hal: It's that otter!
Squeeks: And what is the otter doing?
Daisy: Looks like it's hitting those clam shells against that
rock on its tummy.
Squeeks: Waitaminute!
Is it doing what I think it's doing?
Squeeks: Yes!
It's using the rock to open the clam shell
so it can eat what's inside.
Daisy: That otter is using a rock as a tool!
Squeeks: I wonder if I can use the same kind
of tool for my nuts.
Squeeks: It worked!
The rock's a great nut cracking tool!
Nutty snake time!
[gobbles]
Nature Cat: Come back here, wrench!
[whirring] [click, click]
Nature Cat: Oh no! My wrench!
[grunting]
Nature Cat: I can't reach it. I can't reach my wrench!
Squeeks, can you fit?
Squeeks: No way, man! I just housed all these nuts.
Nature Cat: Oh no!
I'm never going to get my wrench back!
My wonder tool is lost! Forever!
Daisy: Don't worry, Nature Cat, maybe we can find a tool
in nature to help with this tough problem.
Just like the animals do.
Nature Cat: Daisy, sweet Daisy. I appreciate you trying to help,
but wild animals simply do not use tools.
Nature Cat: Oh. I see, haha, well I sure do stand corrected.
Animals do use tools!
Daisy: Now that we have that settled...
what's the problem here?
Oh, the crack is too narrow for any of us to reach.
Squeeks: Copy that, Dais.
There's no way I'm going in there.
But is there anything around here we can use to reach it?
Nature Cat: I dunno, maybe this stick?
Daisy: Sweet idea, Nature Cat!
It looks straight enough to poke in there!
Nature Cat: But you do realize it's just a stick?
Hal: We sure do, now give it go, Nature Cat.
Nature Cat: And let's see if we can move my wrench.
Daisy: You can do this, Nature Cat.
Hal: I believe in you!
Squeeks: I believe in the power of nature's toolbox!
Nature Cat: It worked! I got my wrench back!
All: Hooray!
Nature Cat: We just made and used
a tool like those wild animals did!
Hal: Wait, let me get this straight.
The stick which is also a tool that some animals use in nature
was used to save the real tool that Nature Cat
bought in a store,
that didn't really help us out in nature today?
Squeeks: I think you put a nice and tidy bow
on this curriculum, Hal. Good work.
Hal: Thanks! Anything to help the curriculum advisors out.
Nature Cat: Hey!
I know what I want to do next on the hike, my friends.
Daisy: What's that?
Nature Cat: Search for more animals using tools!
All: Yeah!
Nature Cat: Onward and toolward!
Hal: Trailblazers.
Nature Cat: Isn't it so fun to explore a trail
we've never hiked before?
Hal: Sure is!
So many new nature sights and sounds and smells, baby!
Daisy: Oh yeah! Just listen to that bird!
I've never heard that call before!
[bird chirping]
Squeeks: [gasps]
And smell these wildflowers!
Oh the natural eau de parfum!
Nature Cat: And whoa ho ho!
Nature Cat: ...check out this new nature sight!
Daisy: A bent tree?
Say whaaat!?
Squeeks: Whoa, man. I've never seen a tree like that before.
Hal: I know! It's so bendy
and so tree-ey
and all at the same time...y!
Nature Cat: How do you think it got all... bendy?
Daisy: I dunno. Maybe a storm came
and the wind made the tree lean over,
and then the tree grew up from there?
And then you know it just stayed that way...
Squeeks: Oh maybe it was trying to get away from
something...like it had an annoying neighbor at one point.
Hal: Or maybe a giant came over and sat on it, or something!
Haha! That'd be really weird!
Nature Cat: Hmmm... speaking of weird,
it looks to mine eyes
like this part of the tree is pointing to something...
Daisy: A tree pointing? Ha ha!
Come on, Nature Cat, a tree can't just point to
something...it's a tree.
Nature Cat: A ha!
It 'tis pointing to something! To some sort of path!
Squeeks: I don't know if I would classify this as a path,
Nature Cat. It's pretty narrow
and there's like plants everywhere!
Hal: Yeah, I mean, where would you even walk?
There's no where to walk. It's crazy.
Nature Cat: Well, then why would this tree point to this?
Daisy: Actually, maybe you're right.
This really could be a path!
NC/Squeeks/Hal: Really?
Daisy: And that tree could really be pointing to it!
NC/Hal/Squeeks: Really really?!
Daisy: Yes! Yes!
It says here that sometimes trees bend
due to natural causes,
but people also used to bend trees to mark trails.
Squeeks: Why would anyone bend a tree?
Daisy: As trail markers!
Long ago before phones or GPS,
people bent trees as a way to tell other people
which way the trail went
so they wouldn't lose their way.
Hal: Woah! Squeeks: That's amazing!
Nature Cat: I cant believe it!
Daisy: Wait!
This also says people sometimes bent trees to show the way
to really special places!
Nature Cat: Oooh! A special place?
I wonder if this tree leads to one...
Me thinks we should explore and find out!
Hal: Me thinks so too too also!
Squeeks: And we have plenty of food,
water and supplies for a little detour.
Let's go!
Daisy: Wait, hold on, Squeeks.
As we go along, let's tie these bright strings to trees so we
can find our way back!
Nature Cat: Ha ha, yes!
Now let's find the special place
that this bendy tree is pointing to!
Onward and Yonward!
Daisy: So what do you think this special place is going to be?
Maybe it's a place where people used to live.
Nature Cat: Or a cave filled with treasure!
Squeeks: A rock quarry filled with
more cool rocks than the eyes can see!
Hal: Orrr.... maybe,
just maybe if we play our cards right,
this leads to a dead-end that leads to nowhere!
Nature Cat: That's silly, Hal!
Ooof!
Nature Cat: A dead-end...
good call Hal..
Hal: Yes! See I told you! I'm right!
A dead-end!
And this is the most special dead-end I've ever seen!
Daisy: Aww.
It looks like the trail has ended.
But which way do we go?
Squeeks: Aww rats, man.
Now we're never gonna find the special place!
Nature Cat: Don't give up just yet, Squeeks.
The path has to be around here somewhere!
Nature Cat: Ah ha! It's another bent tree!
Come on!
Hal: And another path!
Daisy: Man-oh-man this is so cool!
Nature Cat: Wow. It's starting to look like these bent trees
really are trail markers...
Squeeks: But we're in the middle of nowhere, you guys.
Where's this tree trail taking us?
Nature Cat: Only one way to find out!
Onward and yonward!
Nature Cat: Ha ha!
We will be at the special place any moment!
I can feel it!
Nothing can stop us now!
[boink]
Nature Cat: [groan]
I gotta stop saying that!
Hal: [gasp] Another dead end!
Squeeks: This brush is in the way!
Thickets...
Nature Cat: Brush, shmush!
This shouldn't be a problem --
Nature Cat: Ow! It's a problem!
It's a big problem!
Daisy: Yeah, I guess this brush must have grown up a lot when
people stopped using the trail.
But how are we going to find the trail if we can't get through?
Hal: Oh, I was so hoping we'd find the special place!
Nature Cat: Don't despair, my good friends!
I'm getting through! We're all getting through!
Ha ha!
Hal: Hold it! I can get us through these bushes.
[clears throat] Excuse me bushes, Hal here, would you
please part so me and my friends can get through, please?
Anything?
Well I guess that's a no. Alright, thank you, bushes.
Nature Cat: Uh, can you start the inspirational-action
montage music, please!
[inspirational music] ♪
Nature Cat: Hup!
Oooh ah! Woah.
[thud] Nature Cat: Owe! Ouchie!
I'm okay!
All: Ahh! Whoa!
Hal: Woah an arrowhead! Cool!
NC/Daisy/Squeeks: Woaah!
Hal: Op, nevermind! It was just a rock!
Nature Cat: Whoaa!
[boing]
Nature Cat: Wooaah!
[boing] [crash]
Nature Cat: Tally hut!
[thud]
Nature Cat: [gasps]
There is just absolutely no way
to get past that brush!
Hal: [sigh] I know!
And if only we could go through that hole
like that deer is doing right now...
NC/Daisy/Squeeks: Huh?!
Hal: Oh, well! I guess we'll never find a way
past this to the special place.
Nature Cat: [gasps] There's a hole in the thicket!
Hal: you're a genius!
Hal: I knew you were going to say that!
I saw it coming a mile away. My catch phrase for seasons.
Hey, maybe we can get some new scripts for season , guys?
Huh? Punch it up a little?
Squeeks: Hey, Hal might be onto something,
It looks like there is a trail here.
Squeeks: The deer's following it,
but it's hard to see because of all the brush.
Nature Cat: Hmm...
So maybe deer and other animals follow trails, too?
Do they make their own little trails?
Daisy: Well, the wild animals are probably like us.
They want to find the easiest routes to get to the places that
are important to them.
Squeeks: Like where they find food or water.
Hal: So have we been following a deer trail this whole time?
Squeeks: Maybe the deer trail is what people long ago followed
to create their own trail,
and then they made the markers so they'd remember how to go.
Hal: Yeah! So many people and animals
have followed this trail!
It must lead to someplace special!
Nature Cat: Well, what are we waiting for?
Onward and through-ward!
Daisy: Oh, I can't wait to find out what the special place is!
Nature Cat: Me too! I just love a good nature mystery!
Hal: You mean like the mystery of the moving brush?
Nature Cat: Come on Hal that brush can't move on it's own --
Nature Cat: Ahhh!
The brush is moving on it's own!
What are we going to do?!
[rustling]
Nature Cat: W-w-what could it be?!
[rustling]
Squeeks: Oh dear, more deer!
Daisy: I think I get it!
Deer and other animals follow the same path
over and over again making a trail form.
Ba-bam!
All: Whoa!
Nature Cat: Look, we're almost through!
Daisy: Okay, now what?
How do we know which direction to go?
Nature Cat: No idea!Hal: What he said.
Squeeks: You guys, remember,
it's like we learned in season one.
When we go into a unknown area, we need to STOP.
S, Stop. T, Think.
O, Observe. And P, Provolone!
No, Plan! Sorry.
Cheese on the brain.
Nature Cat: I've stopped!
Daisy: I've stopped too!
Hal: Stopped too too also as well!
Squeeks: Okay, now think!Nature Cat: I'm thinking!
Daisy: In addition I am also thinking!
Hal: I'm..wait...wait a minute...am I thinking?
Yep. I think I think. I think I'm thinking...
Yes...yep, I'm thinking now.
Yeah it hurts!
Squeeks: Now we observe!
Nature Cat: Observing!
Daisy/Hal: Observing!
Hal: Tah-deee! Look what I found!
My plan is to follow this bent tree marker.
Nature Cat: Tally ho!
Nature Cat: So this path led us to...here?
Another dead end.
Squeeks: Oh come on! This is getting ridiculous!
Nature Cat: I don't understand...
I don't see any other bent trees of deer trails in the area.
How is this a special place?
Nature Cat: [sobs] It looks like we've
come all of this way for nothing.
Daisy: Cheer up, Nature Cat!
Maybe the special place is beyond the lake
and we just have to cross it!
Squeeks: Maybe it's in the lake! Maybe it's a lost city.
A city of cheese. No that would be gross.
It's underwater...eww...
Hal: Or maybe the lake is the special place
because there's a lot of fresh water and food.
I mean that seems pretty special to me!
Nature Cat: Hal, it bears repeating, but you're a genius!
Hal: Did you hear that other Hal?
I'm smart!
Daisy: Back in the day,
you couldn't just turn on a faucet to get a drink,
you had to find a water source because everyone
and everything needs water to survive!
Nature Cat: So, the path led people through the woods
to a place where they could find water
and maybe set up camp? Makes sense.
Squeeks: Sure does! They could fish and hunt for other food.
Wow. It's like stepping back in time,
it's so peaceful around here.
[inhales deeply] Oh, finally I can breathe!
Hal: I like finding water to cool off
after a long journey. Oooh.
Nature Cat: And animals still use the trail
to get what they need to survive.
Everyone: [cheers]
Hal: You know what I'd like to use it for?
NC/Squeeks/Daisy: What?
Hal: Swimming time!
Daisy: Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Squeeks: Wooo swimming!
[splash, splash]
Hal: You coming in, Nature Cat?
Nature Cat: No thanks. I'm just going to take a moment
and appreciate how beautiful
nature truly is.
Hal/Daisy: [cheering]
Daisy: Wasn't the special place so sweet?
Squeeks: Yeah it really was!
Nature Cat: Me thinks it was the prettiest scene I've ever seen!
Squeeks: You know, I'm glad we were able to find
the special place, but how do we get home again?
Daisy: Good thing we planned ahead.
We can use the bright strings we tied to the trees
to make it back safely!
All: [cheers]
Nature Cat: We will be back,
and we know just what to look for
to find our way back here!
Nature Cat: Onward and Home-ward!
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]
♪