Nature Cat
Meet Gracie the Toad
Clip: Season 1 | 2m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
Squeeks' pal Gracie sings about the difference between frogs and toads.
Squeeks has a play date with her pal Gracie. When Nature Cat calls Gracie a frog - Gracie is offended. But what's the difference between a frog and toad? Gracie sings a musical number to help better explain.
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Nature Cat
Meet Gracie the Toad
Clip: Season 1 | 2m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
Squeeks has a play date with her pal Gracie. When Nature Cat calls Gracie a frog - Gracie is offended. But what's the difference between a frog and toad? Gracie sings a musical number to help better explain.
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Ready?
Ready!
Ready!
Whoa, whoa, wait, wait, wait!
Not ready!
Okay, now we'’’re ready.
After you, oh captain, my captain!
Tally-ho!
(Laughing) Huh?
Hi there!
(Screaming) Gracie!
You made it!
How are you?
Oh, it'’’s just a friend of Squeeks.
Yes, well, right, apologize for the reac-- how goes it, young frog?
Ugh, don'’’t call her a frog!
Aye-yiyi!
Why not?
Because I'’’m a toad!
A thousand pardons.
But quite honestly, frog, toad, toad, frog, what'’’s the difference, right?
(Chuckling) What'’’s the difference?
I'’’ll tell ya what'’’s the difference!
♪ When you see a little buddy who has a bumpy body ♪ ♪ Slowly hopping down the road ♪ ♪ That'’’s a toad ♪ ♪ I'’’m a toad ♪ ♪ There'’’s another animal that kinda looks like me, you know ♪ ♪ But let me make it clear ♪ ♪ He'’’s a frog ♪ ♪ I'’’m a toad ♪ ♪ Frogs are different than toads ♪ ♪ This is how it goes ♪ ♪ Frogs have longer legs ♪ ♪ And they lay their eggs in bunches ♪ ♪ Toads lay their eggs in a zigzaggy line!
♪ Hey, uhh, Mr. Frog?
Who, me?
Yeah!
Come and help me out with this little number, would ya?
Okay?
Tell me something about yourself.
♪ My skin is wet ♪ ♪ My skin is dry ♪ ♪ I prefer to walk ♪ ♪ I can jump real high ♪ ♪ Here'’’s another thing that'’’ll help you understand ♪ ♪ I like to hang out in water ♪ ♪ And I like to hang out on the land ♪ ♪ Look at our feet, this is how it goes ♪ ♪ Frogs'’’ feet have webs ♪ ♪ Toads'’’ feet have toes!
♪ ♪ And here'’’s the truth!
♪ ♪ If you kiss me, I will not turn into a prince!
♪ ♪ We are both amphibians ♪ ♪ Maybe a little vaudevillian ♪ ♪ We started out as tadpoles ♪ ♪ And Momma, would you look at us now!
♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ ♪ Mistaken for each other ♪ ♪ Though we have a different mother ♪ ♪ So we both put on a show, to say that-- ♪ ♪ I'’’m a frog ♪ ♪ And I'’’m a toad!
♪ (Cheering) (Ribbitting) Duly noted, young toad.
And an absolutely marvellous musical number!
Did you rehearse that?
I mean-- brava!
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