That’s me, Fred the housecat.

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 ♪ ♪ We’re 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 ♪ We’re Nature Cat!

Tally-ho!

♪ Nature Cat, Nature Cat, Nature Cat ♪ Tally-ho!

♪ ♪ Two, three!

I’m splashing in the rain!

♪ ♪ See!

♪ ♪ Splashing in the rain!

♪ (Chuckling) ♪ What a fabulous feeling, I just can’t contain!

♪ ♪ Leg kick!!

♪ ♪ I’m showering under clouds!

♪ ♪ With suds all around!

♪ ♪ The rain is super keen ’cause it gets me squeaky clean!

♪ Wow!

♪ Let my garden plants drink, so they’ll grow and not shrink ♪ ♪ With colourful flowers of orange, green and pink!

♪ Drink up!

♪ I hide from the rain with so much disdain ♪ ♪ Just cowering... ♪ Yep!

♪ Cowering from the rain!

♪ (Grunting) (Muffled): Someone, anyone, a little help?

Ah.

Thank you.

Ah!

Rain is just so... wet.

There is nothing about rain that I like.

What about rainbows, Nature Cat?

Without rain, there’d be no rainbows!

(Gasping) Rainbows!

I always wanted to see a rainbow!

Ohhhh, rainbows!

I love rainbows!

Me too!

With the all that rain, and all the bows, and all the-- wait, what’s a rainbow?

Oh, a rainbow, heh, it’s one of the most beautiful things in nature, Hal!

Allow me, Daisy.

♪ Behold!

Magnificent rainbow!

♪ ♪ Its dazzling colours, love it!

♪ ♪ There’s red, orange, yellow, green, blue ♪ ♪ Indigo, and violet!

♪ ♪ Yes, all these pretty colours, way, way up high!

♪ ♪ Behold!

Magnificent Rainbow!

♪ ♪ Streaking across the sky!

♪ That’s a rainbow, Hal!

What do ya think?

It’s... it’s like a beautiful colourful party for my eyes that everyone’s invited to!

Huh.

Well put, Hal.

Thanks, just the "artiste" in me!

Gosh, I’ve always wanted to see a real rainbow out in nature!

Me too!

Me too!

Me too too also!

I wanna see a rainbow today!

Can I?

Can I?

Can I?

Can I?

Can I?

Yes!

I hereby proclaim that today we will go in search of a rainbow!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

I just remembered, my granny bunny loves, loves, loves rainbows!

(Texting) Hi, Granny.

I am going to send you a picture of a real rainbow today!

Oh, this’ll certainly make her day!

(Beeping) Oh, Granny wrote back.

"I can’t wait to see it!

Rainbows always make my day!"

Told ya!

Aw!

Mmm.

So sweet!

I love Granny Bunny.

She’s just so granny and so bunny, and all at the same time!

(Nature Cat gasping) It stopped raining, so there’s no time to waste!

There’s a rainbow around here somewhere, now let’s go find it!

ALL: Hooray!

(Beeping) Granny says "hooray" too!

Onward and yonward!

(Grunting) No rainbow over here in the sky!

Yeah, no rainbows up here!

(Hal sniffing) Rainbow?

Where are you?

It’s me, Hal!

Hello Rainbow!

Are you there?

Rainbow?!

Hmm... No rainbow under here.

But it’s stopped raining!

A rainbow’s gotta be up there somewhere!

(Beeping) Granny Bunny!

Oh, hello there, Daisy darling!

Did you find the rainbow yet?

No, not yet.

We’re still looking, Granny.

But I’m feeling pretty good about it.

Okay sweet.

Well, you let me know!

Toodle-oo!

Bye, Granny Bunny.

Love you.

Don’t worry, gang!

There are plenty of other places to look!

Tally-ho to the rainbow!

♪ Nothing.

Nothing.

Nothing.

No things.

No rainbows here!

No rainbows here!

Nothing here either!

ALL: Nothing here.

SQUEEKS: Wait!

Hey, guys!

Look at this cool crystal I found!

Squeeks, we’re looking for rainbows, not rocks!

SQUEEKS: But wait!

When the sunlight hits it just so... Whoa!

Rainbow colours!

Beautiful!

Whoa!

What!?

Look at the colours!

Hi, rainbow!

It’s me Hal!

So nice to make your colourful acquaintance.

But it’s not the same as seeing a real one.

And there’s certainly no way to take a picture of this rainbow for Granny.

Agreed!

But it is perfect for my rock collection!

Oh, for sure, Squeeks!

Let’s keep searching for that elusive rainbow!

And I know just the spot.

Tally-ho!

To the rainbow!

(Grunting) We’re almost at the peak.

This way we can see the whole sky and the rainbow!

I can feel our luck about to change!

HAL: Whoa!

DAISY: Oh!

SQUEEKS: Hey!

Pull us up!

DAISY: Hurry, Nature Cat!

Hurry!

HAL: Don’t let go!

(Straining) Don’t worry, Nature Cat is here to save the-- (Beeping) Hold on, Nature Cat!

Gotta take this.

Oh, hello there, Daisy!

Just checking in, honey!

Any sign of the rainbow?

Not yet, Granny.

We’re still looking!

But I’m still feeling hopeful.

Okay, honey.

Well, you hang in there.

Don’t worry, I will!

Love you.

(Beeping) Okay Nature Cat, ready now.

Ahem.

As I was saying.

Nature Cat is here to save the day!

Hii-yah!

(Grunting) Ohm it feels good to be on solid ground again!

Thanks, Nature Cat.

No problem at all!

Now, back to the task at hand.

Get ready, because behind this ridge is going to be the rainbow!

Tally-ho!

(Thunder rumbling) ALL: No rainbow!

Did we miss it?

I mean, guys, we can see the whole sky now and there’s no rainbow.

And look!

The storm moved off.

You can still see it raining over there!

Guys, come on.

We really should’ve seen the rainbow by now.

Where are you, beautiful rainbow?

We can’t give up!

I just know we’ll find the... rainbow!

There it is!

HAL: Where?

SQUEEKS: I don’t see one!

It was right there?

Ah, maybe my mind was playing tricks on me?

Anyway, where was I?

Oh yes!

Don’t give up gang, because we will find the... rainbow!

Look!

Look!

Look!

Look!

Look!

Look!

Nature Cat, there’s nothing there!

Nature Cat, this is getting old.

That hurts, Nature Cat.

Right here.

But the rainbow was there!

Really!

Oh well.

We tried!

I guess it’s time to go home.

Yeah, we gave it a whirl.

BI think we should call it a day.

Hey, you guys, wait!

Well, looks like Granny Bunny’s going to have to wait a bit longer to see a rainbow.

I better let Granny Bunny know.

She’ll be so disappointed.

Show yourself, rainbow!

I’m not leaving until I see you!

You hear me?

I’m Nature Cat and this cat’s staying until I find you!

Where are you, rainbow?

(Sadly): Rainbow?

(Gasping) The rainbow!

Ha-ha!

I knew I saw it!

Aha!

That’s it!

To see a rainbow, the sun must be out while it’s still raining off in the distance!

(Laughing) Yes!

That’s it!

It’s still raining over there, but not for long!

I gotta alert the gang before it’s too late!

Tally-ho to the rainbow!

Ha-ha!

Whoa!

Ow!

Ow!

Ow!

Ow!

Ow... Ah!

Ahhhh!

Ow, ow, ow!

Whoa-- whoa!

Whoa!

Ugh!

Just as I planned!

Now behold!

The Rainbow!

Huh.

Take two, ahem.

I said, behold, the rainbow!

I just don’t understand!

The sun is shining, and it’s still raining off in the distance.

Where’s the rainbow?

Oh, Nature Cat, look!

NATURE CAT: The rainbow!

That’s it, my back has to be to the sun so I face where it’s still raining!

(Gasping) Oh, it’s so beautiful!

ALL: Behold the rainbow!

Granny, look, we found it!

Oh man oh man!

That is the most magnificent rainbow I have ever seen!

Oh!

Let’s get a picture!

Let me get a screen shot here.

Okay, um, how do I do this... Um, oh.

Okay.

Here we go.

Say "rainbow"!

ALL: Rainbow!

(Clicking) Did I get it?

Gonna go post it on my wall.

Thanks, Daisy darling, you made my day!

Bye, Granny Bunny!

(Kissing) Love you.

GRANNY BUNNY: Love you too.

Well, I gotta say, I may have a new found appreciation for rain!

If rain leads to rainbows, then rain is A-okay in my book!

Whoa!

Still not 100% sold on mud puddles though... (Cheering) ♪ HAL: Thoop-thoop, thoop-thoop...

Helicopter Hal coming through!

Thoop-thoop, thoop-thoop... Oh, yeah!

The fall crop is certainly bountiful.

Oh, yeah!

Check out the size of this pumpkin!

(Grunting) Agh!

Um, Nature Cat, do you need some help with that weed?

No, thank you, Daisy.

I got this... (Straining) Look at me!

I’m one of these spinny things!

(Laughing) Wait, what are they anyway?

Maple seeds!

They fall from the trees!

See?

(Munching) Mmm-mmm!

So good!

Here, Hal, try one.

Mmm-mmm-mmm.

Yummy!

No weed gets the best of Nature Cat!

Tally-ho... Ah!

Hey, I’ve never seen a flower like this in my garden.

Where did you come from, little guy?

All right, interloper!

Leave this garden at once, or prepare to face the consequences!

What he said!

Wait, wait, wait!

No, no, Nature Cat!

I love it!

It’s beautiful!

My, my, that is pretty!

Huh.

But I never planted a seed for this flower!

Are you sure?

Oh yeah, I only planted these seeds here.

I’ve got pumpkin plant, acorn squash, and beets, that’s it.

Wait, so seeds come from a store?

Well yes...

But, no not really...

Seeds come from the fruit or flower of the plant that makes them.

So then were did this flower come from?

Ooh, ooh-ooh!

I know that flower!

I know where that came from!

(Sniffing) I got nothing.

I’d love to find out how a seed for this flower got here, because I’d love to get more seeds.

Can you imagine a whole garden of these beauties?

♪ But how did one of these flower seeds get here, if you didn’t plant it, Daisy?

Hmm... Oh, pick me!

Pick me!

Pick me!

Pick me!

Pick me!

Uh, ooh!

Hal?

Taxi.

No wait, a subway?

Agh!

A Bus?

More maple seeds!

Whee!

Oh!

So that’s what these wingy things are for.

Whee!

(Laughing) They carry the seeds away from the tree to grow somewhere else!

So, the maple seeds travelled through the air!

Yep!

So it looks like plants can scatter their own seeds so they can grow into new plants in the spring!

Yeah, Daisy!

Maybe this flower came from a seed that travelled through the air!

(Clicking) Time to investigate how this flower got here!

We’ll get to the bottom of this plant mystery!

Onward and yonward!

DAISY: Hal!

This way!

♪ Aha!

(Chuckling nervously) Nice doggie.

Nice doggie... Ahh!

Hey, um, excuse me, fellas.

Have you seen a plant like this?

Oh, hey!

That flower looks very familiar to me.

Me too!

The way it’s all flowery and white, and white and flowery...

I got nothing.

I remember where I saw a flower like that!

Head over to the big rock at the edge of Sunset Park.

Why thank you Ms. Robin!

To the big rock!

Tally-ho!

HAL: Flower?

Oh, flower, where are you?!

I’ll look this way!

And I’ll look this way.

SQUEEKS: Ow!

Not here.

Or there.

(Sniffing) Oh.

Here it is!

Hi, I’m Hal!

Nice to meet you.

How are things?

NATURE CAT: Hmm...

I wonder if the seed for this flower got here the same way as the one in Daisy’s garden?

I wonder why there’s only one plant here?

I wonder where the seed came from.

I wonder why this flower looks so familiar?

Do I look familiar to you?

Because you look familiar to me.

Hey, check this out, you guys.

Look how the wind catches the dandelion fluff and blows it away.

That fluff is carrying the seed!

Maybe the flower we’re looking for has seeds like these dandelions.

(Blowing) Okay, now that is awesome!

But we need to keep looking for where these flowers and their seeds came from.

Onward and yonward!

(Blowing) Oh it’s so fun!

Hee-hee-hee!

Nature Cat, come on!

Uh, yes, of course!

(Blowing) Love that!

(Hal sniffing) Aha!

Oh.

Uh, sorry.

I... thought, you... were... flower... bird... giant... (Squawking) Ahhh!

(Sniffing) This all looks so familiar to me?

Why, Hal, why?

I don’t know, Hal!

I don’t know!!!

Hey, guys, look.

These seeds don’t travel on the wind.

They just fall with the apple from the tree to the ground.

Wah-- Wait.

Let me get this straight.

If these apples are left here all winter, a baby apple tree might grow from the seeds in the spring!

(Gasping) And that’s nature!

(Munching) Good day, my good possum!

Have you seen a flower like this?

Yup.

Where?

Here... ALL: Wow!

Huh, I don’t see evidence of any other flowers.

Or seeds, for that matter.

Good possum, sir, have you by chance seen a field of these flowers anywhere?

Yup.

ALL: Where?

There.

ALL: Where there?

Butterfly Hill.

To Butterfly Hill!

Onward and yonward!

Thank you, and good day, good possum sir!

Yup.

(Hal sniffing) Hi, flower, but not the one we’re looking for!

Hi, another flower, but not the one we’re looking for!

Oh, hello flower, but not the one we’re looking for.

DAISY: Nope... Nope.

Uh-uh.

NATURE CAT: A dead end!

Is there no where else to go?

(Gasping) Hey, that’s it!

(Sniffing) Now I remember why this place is so familiar to me!

I buried good Ole’ Yummy right here a year ago!

What?

What are you looking at?

Uh, Hal, ook-lay ehind-bay ou-yay.

Wha?

Just look behind you.

It’s the flowers!

Hi, flowers!

SQUEEKS: We found the flowers!

Whoo!

Hey, flowers, where ya been all my life?

(Chuckling) Here, I guess!

Whoa!

They’re so beautiful!

We definitely gotta plant a whole garden of them back home.

But we didn’t find out how the seeds got down to our yard from all way up here!

The investigation continues!

Huh... curious.

There’s nothing here to catch the wind like there is on the dandelion.

It just looks like these seeds are at the bottom of each of these pointy things.

Here’s what I don’t get.

Our yard is so far away!

Yeah, how’d the seeds get there?

A taxi?

No wait, a bus!

No, a bike.

No, a skateboard!

No wait, a plane!

Oh no, wait, a car.

Oh wait, a monster truck!

Oh wait, a Segway!

Oh wait...

I got nothing!

I think I know!

Those are the burrs from the flower, and they got stuck to Hal!

Oh, wait, okay.

So Hal carried the flower’s seeds to my garden?

Wait, I did who what where when?

Why?

NATURE CAT: After you buried the bone last year, you had some seeds stuck to you just like you do now.

DAISY: And as you ran home, a few seeds fell off along the path.

SQUEEKS: And then some seeds got enough water and sunlight and soil, and grew into a flower right where they fell off of you, Hal!

So seeds can fly away with the breeze... Drop to the ground beneath the plant... And even stick to the fur of animals!

Wow!

Hmm...

I would love a lot of these seeds to plant back home.

Hal?

Don’t mind if I do!

(Laughing) ♪ La-la-la-la la-la-la ♪ ♪ Lee-lee lee-lee-loo ♪ (Laughing) ♪ La-la-la-la la-la-la Lee-lee lee-lee-loo ♪ (Laughing) Here’s a seed!

And another seed!

Ah, feels good to have solved the mystery.

So next spring, there will be so many of these beautiful flowers, and all thanks to Hal!

Huh.

What should we call these flowers?

How about Hal Flowers!

Love it!

Hi, Hal Flowers!

It’s me, Hal!

(Kissing) 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 grownup before you bring a pet on your next nature adventure.

Yahoo!

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