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Narrator: WELCOME TO A WORLD WHERE CUDDLY KNOWS NO BOUNDS...
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
...A PLACE FILLED WITH NEW BEGINNINGS.
WITNESS THE MIRACLE OF CUTE.
[ WHIMPERS ]
FROM THEIR FIRST STEPS INTO THE WILD...
[ MEOWING ]
...TO THEIR ADVENTURES WITH NEW FRIENDS,
IT'S THREE DIFFERENT KITTEN COMING-OF-AGE STORIES.
AND THEY'RE AWE-INSPIRINGLY ADORABLE.
BECAUSE THESE KITTENS ARE JUST TOO LOVEABLE...
TOO CURIOUS...
TOO CUTE.
-- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
THIS COUNTRY HOUSE, WHICH DOUBLES AS AN ANIMAL SANCTUARY,
IS HOME TO ALL MANNER OF CREATURES...
GREAT AND SMALL...
DOMESTIC AND WILD...
FROM FAWNS TO PIGS...
GOATS TO SKUNKS.
THIS RESCUE SHELTER GIVES DOMESTIC ANIMALS A LOVING HOME
AND WILD CRITTERS REHABILITATION BEFORE THEIR EVENTUAL RELEASE.
[ RACCOONS CHITTERING ]
RULING THE ROOST, OF COURSE, OF THIS CREATURE HAVEN
ARE THE CATS.
THIS CAT, RUBY, A RECENT RESCUE,
HAS EVEN BEEN TREATED TO HER OWN HOMEY GUEST ROOM IN THE BARN.
WELL, SHE DESERVES IT.
SHE'S JUST GIVEN BIRTH
TO A LITTER OF FOUR BLACK-AND-WHITE BABES.
[ MEOWING ]
LITTLE MOO, WITH ONLY A FEW BLACK SPOTS,
IS THE WHITEST KITTEN.
BUT HIS MANNERS AREN'T QUITE SO PRISTINE,
PARTICULARLY WHEN MOM'S TRYING TO TAKE A NAP.
[ MOO MEOWING ]
RUBY AND HER KITTENS ARE CALLED COW CATS.
COW CATS AREN'T AN ACTUAL BREED.
THE NAME REFERS TO DOMESTIC SHORTHAIR CATS
WITH A BLACK-AND-WHITE COAT PATTERN
SIMILAR TO HOLSTEIN CATTLE.
BUT IN THIS RESCUE HOME, WITH ITS ECLECTIC MENAGERIE,
THESE KITTENS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES WEARING BLACK AND WHITE.
MEET BABY SKUNK DUKE.
RESCUED ONLY DAYS AFTER THE KITTENS WERE BORN,
LOVING MOM RUBY TOOK IN THE ODDBALL ORPHAN
AS ONE OF HER OWN.
BUT ONE OF RUBY'S KITTENS ISN'T QUITE SO QUICK
TO WELCOME THE NEWCOMER.
MOO SNIFFS COMPETITION FOR MOM'S ATTENTION.
[ MEOWING ]
SO WHEN DUKE SEEKS MOO OUT FOR A WARM BODY TO CUDDLE...
...MOO MAKES IT MORE OF A SCUFFLE THAN A SNUGGLE.
[ MEOWS ]
LUCKILY, MOO'S SISTER BESSIE IS MORE ACCOMMODATING.
AND DUKE SOON FINDS HIS SPOT IN THE KITTEN CLUSTER...
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
...WHERE, SPYING A SLEEPING MOO,
HE CAN'T HELP BUT TRY FOR ANOTHER SNUGGLE.
AND THIS TIME, MOO'S NOT REALLY IN A POSITION TO TURN HIM AWAY.
BEHIND THE CLAPBOARD WALLS OF THIS TYPICAL SUBURBAN HOUSE
LIVES A RATHER ATYPICAL HOUSE CAT
BECAUSE MILLY PREFERS BEING OUT OF THE HOUSE,
SCOPING OUT HER BACKYARD TERRITORY.
AND EVERYTHING SHE SEES IN THAT TERRITORY SHE COUNTS AS HERS...
EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT.
RESIDENT CHIHUAHUA SHAKEZ HAS TO CONSTANTLY KEEP AN EYE
ON THIS SASSY HOUSEMATE.
MILLY IS A DOMESTIC SHORTHAIR WITH A CALICO COAT.
AS A RESCUE CAT, MILLY'S BACKGROUND IS UNKNOWN,
BUT THE KINK IN HER TAIL HINTS AT AN ADVENTUROUS PAST.
HER PRESENT JUST GOT PRETTY ADVENTUROUS, TOO,
WITH A BRAND-NEW LITTER OF SEVEN KITTENS.
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
BY THE LOOKS OF THINGS,
THEIR MYSTERY DAD DIDN'T LOOK MUCH LIKE MOM MILLY.
THE KITTENS ARE A RAINBOW OF THREE ORANGE TABBY...
TWO BLACK...
ONE GRAY...
AND ONE TORTOISESHELL.
[ KITTEN MEOWING ]
THIS IS DAISY,
WHO, RIGHT NOW, SEEMS TO HAVE TAKEN A WRONG TURN
EN ROUTE TO LUNCH.
BUT WITH MOM'S MURMURS OF ENCOURAGEMENT...
[ MILLY PURRING ]
...LITTLE DAISY FINALLY MAKES IT TO THE TABLE.
MEANWHILE, HER REDHEADED BROTHER GUS
ISN'T CONTENT WITH JUST ANY OLD SEAT AT THE FEAST.
THIS AMBITIOUS KITTEN SHOOTS FOR A TOP-TABLE RESERVATION.
CHIHUAHUA SHAKEZ IS COMING TO GRIPS WITH REALITY.
THESE SEVEN MINI-MILLIES MIGHT SOON SPELL TROUBLE
FOR THIS PEACE-LOVING LAPDOG.
A FEW MILES AWAY, A RURAL HOMESTEAD IS HOME
TO SOME PRETTY TYPICAL INHABITANTS...
PLUS A MUCH MORE UNUSUAL ONE.
CHILAILI IS A SAVANNAH, A BREED OF CAT CREATED IN 1986
AS A HYBRID OF A DOMESTIC CAT AND THE AFRICAN SERVAL.
WEIGHING IN AT UP TO 30 POUNDS,
AND WITH ENOUGH WILD GENES
THAT IT'S OUTLAWED IN CERTAIN U.S. STATES,
THE SAVANNAH LIVES UP TO ITS WILDCAT ROOTS.
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
AND CHILAILI'S WORLD JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT WILDER...
AND LOUDER...
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
...WITH THIS TINY TROOP OF ROARING JUNGLE CATS --
FIVE ROARING CATS, TO BE EXACT.
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
WHILE SAVANNAHS COME IN A VARIETY OF COLORS,
IN THIS LITTER, THERE SEEM TO BE JUST TWO SHADES --
THE BROWN STRIPED TABBY OF THIS LITTLE BOY, ZAZU,
AND THE SILVER SPOTS OF HIS SIBLINGS,
ONE OF WHICH IS SISTER NALA.
NALA IS THE FIRST OF THE KITTENS TO OPEN HER EYES
AND TAKE IN THE BIG, WIDE WORLD...
[ NALA MEOWING ]
...OR, AT LEAST, HALF OF IT.
AND WITH THAT ADVANTAGE OVER HER PACK,
SHE STARTS TO SET OFF ON A SOLO EXPEDITION.
[ NALA MEOWING ]
BUT A HUNGRY BELLY SOON CUTS SHORT NALA'S ADVENTURE.
AND THIS WILDCAT RETURNS
TO FIGHT WITH THE NATIVES FOR HER SPOT AT THE TABLE.
AS FOR BROWN BROTHER ZAZU, WITH HIS EYES STILL CLOSED,
WHILE HE CAN SENSE ALL THE ACTION NEARBY,
HE FOLLOWS HIS INSTINCT TO SINK RIGHT OFF TO SLEEP.
AS FAR AS ZAZU IS CONCERNED, THE WILD SIDE IS OVERRATED
WHEN THERE'S A WARM BLANKET UNDERFOOT.
COMING UP...
CALICO CAT GUS IS CAUGHT CONSUMING SOMEONE ELSE'S LUNCH.
AND BABY SKUNK DUKE MAKES A NEW FRIEND.
Narrator: AT THE CALICOS' SUBURBAN RETREAT,
MILLY'S LITTER OF SEVEN IS UP ON THEIR PAWS
AND TAKING OVER NEW TERRITORIES...
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
...MUCH TO CHIHUAHUA SHAKEZ'S DISMAY.
AT LEAST KITTENS CAN'T GO OUTDOORS.
BACK INSIDE,
LITTLE TORTOISESHELL DAISY MAKES HER FIRST TENTATIVE EXPLORATION.
BUT THAT'S AS FAR FROM MOM AS THIS LITTLE KITTEN WANTS TO GO.
BUT HER RAMBUNCTIOUS REDHEAD BROTHER GUS
IS HAPPY TO TAKE THE LEAP OF FAITH.
THAT'S ENOUGH TO INSPIRE DAISY TO EXPLORE, TOO.
GUS' JOURNEY TAKES HIM ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK DOOR,
WHERE HE DISCOVERS SOMEONE HIDING OUT.
PRETTY SOON, ALL THE KITTENS WANT TO BE WHERE SHAKEZ IS.
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
THOUGH THERE'S A BARRIER BETWEEN THEM,
SHAKEZ IS TAKING NO CHANCES WITH HIS NEXT SAFE HOUSE.
BUT WITH SHAKEZ OUT OF SIGHT, BOLD GUS SEES AN OPPORTUNITY...
...AND LAYS CLAIM TO THE CHIHUAHUA'S CHOW.
MOM MILLY'S FINE WITH THAT.
IT'S LESS WORK FOR HER.
GUS HAS ALL THE MAKINGS OF A CANINE-CONTENDING HOUSE CAT.
[ SHAKEZ WHINING ]
BACK IN THE ANIMAL SANCTUARY'S BARN,
MOM RUBY'S LITTER OF FOUR IS NOW THREE WEEKS OLD...
...THE SAME AGE AS THEIR ADOPTED SKUNK BROTHER DUKE.
BUT ALL THINGS AREN'T EQUAL IN THIS BLENDED FAMILY
BECAUSE A SKUNK'S MOBILITY DEVELOPS QUICKER
THAN A KITTEN'S...
...WHICH IS GIVING MOO, THE WHITEST KITTEN,
CAUSE FOR COMPETITIVE CONCERN.
SEEING CAREFREE DUKE UP ON HIS TOES AND TROTTING AROUND,
MOO TRIES TO USE HIS LEGS LIKEWISE.
[ MOO MEOWING ]
BUT KEEPING UP WITH THIS SPEEDY SKUNK...
...IS NO WALK IN THE PARK.
WHEN HE SEES THE SKUNK PULL OFF A MASTERFUL STANDING SCRATCH,
MOO IS COMPELLED TO PROVE WHAT A KITTEN CAN DO
AND SHOWS HOW HE CAN SCRATCH THE SAME.
BUT BEFORE THE RIVALRY CAN ESCALATE,
THERE'S A DISTRACTION.
LOTTIE, THE ORPHANED FAWN, IS CURIOUS
ABOUT THESE NEW ARRIVALS.
AND DUKE IS CURIOUS TO MEET THIS LONG-LEGGED CREATURE...
...LOTTIE LESS SO.
SHE WASN'T EXPECTING A SKUNK IN A PILE OF KITTENS.
SLEEPY LITTLE MOO BRINGS OUT LOTTIE'S MOTHERING SIDE.
MOO'S PLEASED TO HAVE WON LOTTIE'S AFFECTION.
HE'S EVENED THE KITTEN-VERSUS-SKUNK SCORE,
NOT THAT CAREFREE DUKE EVEN KNEW THERE WAS A COMPETITION.
BACK AT THE SAVANNAHS' HOMESTEAD,
THE 3-WEEK-OLD KITTENS' EYES ARE NOW OPEN.
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
THOUGH FOR SOME, IT FEELS GOOD TO GIVE THEM A REST.
BUT FOR LITTLE WILDCAT NALA,
LIFE ON THIS BLANKET IS FEELING A LITTLE...
[ NALA MEOWING ]
...TAME.
SO SHE SETS OFF ON A QUEST TO FIND A LIVELIER PLAYMATE.
[ NALA WHIMPERING ]
BUT THERE'S A ROADBLOCK.
[ NALA MEOWS ]
A MIGHTY HURDLE WON'T DETER THIS FEISTY EXPLORER.
LITTLE BROTHER ZAZU, WHO'D RATHER SLEEP THAN EXPLORE,
IS WORRIED THAT HIS SISTER IS MISSING.
[ ZAZU MEOWING ]
HE SPOTS HER BUT DECIDES SCALING THE STEP IS TOO MUCH WORK.
[ ZAZU MEOWS ]
AND BEFORE NALA CAN CONTINUE HER SEARCH
FOR A PLAYMATE WHO CAN KEEP UP,
MOM CHILAILI CALLS HER BACK FOR BATH TIME.
[ NALA MEOWING ]
AND NALA'S DESCENT ISN'T QUITE AS TRIUMPHANT AS HER ASCENT.
[ NALA MEOWS ]
THIS LITTLE WILDCAT-IN-WAITING
WILL HAVE TO SHARPEN HER JUNGLE SKILLS ANOTHER DAY.
COMING UP...
IT'S A SKUNK-KITTEN FACE-OFF.
AND SAVANNAH KITTEN NALA DISCOVERS SOME FEATHERY FRIENDS.
[ CHICKS CHIRPING ]
Narrator: AT THE CALICO CATS' HOUSE,
TWO WEEKS HAS GIVEN MILLY'S SEVEN-STRONG LITTER
DOUBLE THE ENERGY.
AND RAMBUNCTIOUS REDHEAD GUS...
...IS BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS...
AND LEADING HIS SIBLINGS INTO PLACES THEY SHOULDN'T BE.
SHAKEZ THE CHIHUAHUA WANTS NO PART OF THIS MISBEHAVIOR
AND ESCAPES WHERE THE KITTENS CAN'T FOLLOW.
[ SHAKEZ BARKING ]
BUT ADVENTUROUS MOM MILLY
BELIEVES THE BACKYARD IS A GREAT PLACE FOR KITTENS
AND DECIDES TODAY IS THE DAY HER TROOP WILL HEAD OUT.
OF COURSE, BOLD GUS HAS TO LEAD THE WAY.
AND TIMID DAISY IS THE LAST TO VENTURE OUT.
AND WHEN SHE DOES, SHE DOESN'T STRAY FAR FROM MOM.
SHAKEZ DOESN'T LIKE WHAT HE SEES ONE BIT.
AND MATTERS ONLY GET WORSE
WHEN IT SEEMS GUS IS ON A MISSION
TO TRACK THE CHIHUAHUA DOWN.
[ SHAKEZ BARKS ]
GUS LOOKS FOR HIS TARGET IN EVERY DIRECTION.
BUT WHEN SHAKEZ DOES A DRIVE-BY, GUS IS LEFT IN THE DUST.
TURNS OUT
THE ELUSIVE LAPDOG CAN RUN LAPS AROUND HIS KITTEN CONTENDER.
FOR NOW, SHAKEZ CAN ESCAPE THE RAMBUNCTIOUS REDHEAD.
BUT WITH GUS GROWING IN SPEED AND BOLDNESS,
WHO CAN SAY FOR HOW LONG?
[ SHAKEZ BARKING ]
BACK AT THE ANIMAL SANCTUARY,
IT'S TIME FOR THE 5-WEEK-OLD COW CAT KITTENS
TO GRADUATE FROM THE BARN TO THE MAIN HOUSE.
OF COURSE, ALONG FOR THE RIDE...
IS ADOPTED SKUNK BROTHER DUKE.
AT FIVE WEEKS, THE KITTENS ARE NOW BIGGER THAN THE SKUNK,
AND THEIR LEGS ARE WELL-ADAPTED TO CLIMB...
WHILE DUKE'S STUMPIER SKUNK LEGS -- NOT SO MUCH.
COMPETITIVE BROTHER MOO IS PLEASED
THE KITTENS ARE OUT IN FRONT.
[ MOO MEOWING ]
BUT NOT FOR LONG.
IT SEEMS THIS SKUNK HAS SOME ***.
SO, MOO TAKES HIS KITTEN CLIMBING ADVANTAGE
TO THE NEXT LEVEL...
...FORCING THE SKUNK TO SURRENDER.
BUT SOMETIMES, VICTORY CAN BE A LITTLE LONELY.
[ MOO MEOWING ]
AND SEEING HIS CAREFREE BROTHER PLAYING DOWN BELOW...
...MOO DECIDES TO JOIN HIM.
[ MOO MEOWS ]
AND THIS COMPETITIVE KITTEN FINDS THAT HAVING A RIVAL
ISN'T NEARLY AS FUN AS HAVING A CHUM TO PLAY WITH.
BACK AT THE SAVANNAH HOMESTEAD,
NOW THAT THE KITTENS ARE FIVE WEEKS OLD,
WHAT WAS ONCE A MIGHTY MOUNTAIN IS NOW JUST A BUMP IN THE ROAD.
GOLDFISH GUNTHER KEEPS A TELESCOPIC EYE
ON ALL THE KITTEN CHAOS.
AND NOW THAT THE KITTENS ARE BIGGER,
THEY GET THEIR FIRST EYE ON GUNTHER.
FEISTY NALA'S INTRIGUED.
MAYBE THIS IS THE LIVELY PLAYMATE SHE'S BEEN LOOKING FOR.
BUT FIRST,
SHE HAS TO FIND A WAY UP TO THIS COLORFUL SWIMMER IN THE SKY.
WHILE HIS SISTER IS SCALING NEW HEIGHTS,
MELLOW ZAZU HAS MORE DOWN-TO-EARTH AMBITIONS.
BUT HIS SIBLINGS' MISCHIEVOUS ANTICS INDOORS..
...LEAD TO A TRIP OUTDOORS TO HELP THEM LET OFF STEAM.
AND IT'S OUT HERE THAT NALA COMES ACROSS...
[ CHICKS CHIRPING ]
...SOME INTERESTING NEIGHBORS.
NALA TRIES TO BEFRIEND THE FUZZY BUNCH.
[ CHICKS CHIRPING ]
BUT FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE...
[ CHICKS CHIRPING ]
...EVEN A MINI-WILDCAT IS WILDCAT TOO MUCH.
SEEMS THE NEW CRITTERS NALA COMES ACROSS
AREN'T ALWAYS THE RIGHT FIT FOR FRIENDS.
[ NALA MEOWS ]
COMING UP...
COW CAT MOO SHOWS HIS NEW FRIEND A NEW TRICK.
Narrator: BACK AT THE ANIMAL SANCTUARY,
THE COW CAT KITTENS ARE EXPLORING
EVERY LAST INCH OF THE MAIN HOUSE...
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
...WHILE THEIR SKUNK BROTHER DUKE
IS FINDING THAT HIS GROWING CLAWS ARE HOLDING HIM BACK.
[ DUKE SQUEAKING ]
SO, HIS NEWFOUND FRIEND MOO HAS AN IDEA
TO SHOW THE SKUNK HOW TO PUT HIS CLAWS TO BETTER USE.
AND SURE ENOUGH...
[ DUKE SQUEAKING ]
...DUKE'S LONGER CLAWS TAKE HIM TO NEW HEIGHTS.
MOO IS IMPRESSED.
AND DUKE IS GRATEFUL TO HAVE LEARNT A NEW KITTEN TRICK.
TURNS OUT HAVING A DIFFERENT KIND OF PLAYMATE HAS ITS PERKS.
AT THE SAVANNAH HOMESTEAD, NALA IS TWO WEEKS OLDER AND WILDER...
AND IS ON THE HUNT FOR SOMETHING...
...ANYTHING THAT CAN POSSIBLY STIMULATE HER.
AND HER SLEEPY BROTHER ZAZU CLEARLY DOESN'T HAVE THE ANSWER.
SO WHEN MOM CHILAILI IS LOOKING THE OTHER WAY,
IT'S TIME FOR THIS WILDCAT TO CROSS OVER THE DOMESTIC BORDERS
OUT INTO THE BARN
TO TRY ONCE MORE TO BEFRIEND HER FLUFFY NEIGHBORS.
[ CHICKS CHIRPING ]
NOW THAT THEY'RE TWO WEEKS OLDER,
NALA HOPES THEY'RE TWO WEEKS MORE FUN.
BUT THE BIRDS STILL AREN'T GAME.
NALA'S PERSISTENT.
MAYBE ONE DAY, SHE'LL TURN THESE FEATHERWEIGHTS INTO FRIENDS.
[ CHICKS CHIRPING ]
IN THE CALICO CAT SUBURB,
ADVENTUROUS HOUSE CAT MILLY IS OUT OF THE HOUSE
AND OUTWARD BOUND.
SO HER LIVELY 9-WEEK-OLD KITTENS,
LED BY RAMBUNCTIOUS REDHEAD GUS, WANT TO GET OUT AND ABOUT, TOO.
AND MAKE THAT ONE MORE WHO COULD ALSO DO WITH A TIMELY ESCAPE.
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
SHAKEZ RETREATS TO HIS FAVORITE JUNGLE GYM,
WHERE HE'S THE KING OF THIS CASTLE.
ONLY TODAY, IT SEEMS A CERTAIN KITTEN
IS ATTEMPTING TO STORM THE STRONGHOLD.
GOOD THING THERE ARE DEFENSES IN PLACE.
[ SHAKEZ BARKS ]
[ GUS MEOWS ]
IT WAS A NICE TRY.
BUT GUS STILL NEEDS TO GET BIGGER LIKE MOM MILLY
BEFORE HE CAN REALLY COMPETE WITH THIS CANINE.
COMING UP...
COW CAT MOO MEETS A STRIKING TWOSOME.
AND NOW A "TOO CUTE" QUIZ.
WHICH ONE OF THE THREE CATS IS RENOWNED IN JAPANESE CULTURE
FOR BRINGING GOOD LUCK?
IS IT THE COLORFUL CALICO...
THE STRIKING SAVANNAH...
OR THE CHARMING COW CAT?
THE ANSWER AFTER THIS.
Narrator: WHICH ONE OF THE THREE CATS
IS RENOWNED IN JAPANESE CULTURE FOR BRINGING GOOD LUCK?
THE ANSWER -- THE CALICO CAT.
ACCORDING TO A JAPANESE MYTH, IT WAS A CALICO CAT
THAT BECKONED A NOBLEMAN AWAY FROM A TRAP,
WHICH HAS GIVEN RISE TO THE GOOD-LUCK TALISMAN
KNOWN AS MANEKI NEKO.
AT THE SAVANNAH HOMESTEAD,
THE 10-WEEK-OLD KITTENS HAVE BEEN TREATED TO SOME NEW TOYS.
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
BUT WILDEST WILDCAT NALA HAS NO NEED FOR A PRETEND GOLDFISH
WHEN SHE'S NOW BIG ENOUGH TO GET EVEN CLOSER TO THE REAL THING.
BUT TODAY, TO NALA'S SURPRISE, SHE GETS A PARTNER IN MISCHIEF.
HER SLEEPY BROTHER ZAZU,
WHO SEEMS TO HAVE SHAKEN HIMSELF OUT OF HIS STUPOR
TO JOIN IN THE FUN...
EVEN IF HE STILL SOMETIMES DROPS OFF.
[ ZAZU MEOWS ]
BUT FOLLOWING HIS SISTER'S WILD LEAD,
ZAZU DISCOVERS THAT PLAYTIME SHOULDN'T BE MISSED.
TURNS OUT THE FEISTY PLAYMATE NALA WANTED
WAS RIGHT UNDER HER NOSE ALL ALONG.
BACK AT THE ANIMAL SANCTUARY,
WHILE THE COW CAT KITTENS AND ADOPTED BROTHER DUKE
PLAY HAPPILY INDOORS...
...MOO IS DRAWN TO SOME NOISES FROM OUTDOORS...
[ GRUNTING AND CLUCKING ]
...IN THE RESCUE HOME'S BIG BACKYARD.
HAVING LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDS
IN ALL SHAPES, SIZES, AND SMELLS,
MOO IS OFF TO MEET THE MAKERS OF THESE STRANGE SOUNDS.
HERE'S A FAMILIAR FACE -- LOTTIE THE FAWN,
WHO SEEMS TO HAVE FOUND A NEW BABY TO MOTHER.
BUT THIS CRITTER MOO'S NEVER SEEN BEFORE...
OR THAT ONE.
BUT ALL THESE CRITTERS SEEM TO HAVE PAIRED OFF ALREADY.
[ MOO MEOWING ]
SO IT'S A WELCOME SIGHT WHEN A CERTAIN SKUNK TURNS UP.
MOO HAS HIS MISMATCHED MATE,
JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER HAPPY TWOSOMES AT THE SANCTUARY.
OVER IN THE CALICO CAT SUBURB,
CHIHUAHUA SHAKEZ HAS RETREATED TO THE KITCHEN...
[ SHAKEZ WHINING ]
...MOTIVATED BOTH BY HIS STOMACH...
...AND A DESIRE TO DITCH A CERTAIN CREW OF KITTENS.
[ SHAKEZ BARKS ]
BUT BOLD GUS, OF COURSE, CAN'T BE SHAKEN FOR LONG.
AND SOON, IT'S A KITTEN-FILLED KITCHEN.
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
[ SHAKEZ BARKING ]
LUCKILY, THE LAPDOG'S PESKY HOUSEMATES
ARE SOON DISTRACTED BY A TANTALIZING SIGHT --
AN ISLAND IN THE AIR THAT LOOKS WORTH EXPLORING.
BOLD REDHEAD GUS IS THE FIRST TO ATTEMPT TO CLIMB ABOARD.
BUT IT'S TIMID DAISY
WHO FINDS THE NERVE TO MAKE THE LEAP OF FAITH.
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
ALL THE RACKET BRINGS MOM MILLY
TO CHECK UP ON HER BROOD'S MISCHIEF-MAKING...
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
...WHICH GIVES SHAKEZ THE PERFECT CHANCE
TO MUSCLE IN ON MILLY'S KITTY DINNER FOR A CHANGE.
BUT GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE,
AND BOLD GUS IS SOON A PARTNER-IN-CRIME.
AND FOR NOW, AT LEAST, THE DUELING DUO CALL A TRUCE.
COMING UP...
DUKE THE SKUNK FINALLY MEETS HIS OWN KIND.
AND NALA AND ZAZU MAKE SOME NEW FRIENDS.
Narrator: BACK AT THE SAVANNAH HOMESTEAD,
NEWFOUND PLAYMATES NALA AND ZAZU SEEM EAGER
TO SEE MORE OF THE BIG, WIDE WORLD OUTSIDE.
PERFECT TIMING.
THEY'RE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A BOLD NEW ADVENTURE
WITH SOME BRAND-NEW COMPANIONS.
IN THE BEGINNING,
THESE JUNGLE KITTENS WERE MORE FLUFFY THAN FEROCIOUS.
BUT AS SOON AS SHE COULD MOVE HER LEGS,
WILDCAT NALA WAS ON THE HUNT TO FIND A LIVELIER PLAYMATE...
...LEAVING HER BROTHER ZAZU TO MORE LEISURELY PURSUITS.
BUT IN THE END, NALA DISCOVERED THAT HER PERFECT PLAYMATE
WAS CLOSER TO HOME THAN SHE'D THOUGHT.
SO IT'S ONLY FITTING
THAT NALA AND ZAZU WILL GO ON TO THE SAME FOREVER HOME,
WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE THIS WILDCAT PAIR
WILL NEVER FIND LIFE TOO TAME.
AT THE ANIMAL SANCTUARY,
THE COW CAT KITTENS ARE ON THE THRESHOLD
OF AN EXCITING NEW ADVENTURE.
TODAY, THE KITTENS GO OFF TO THEIR PERMANENT HOME.
[ CHUCKLES ] AWW.
IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY
THAT THE NEWEST RESCUE-HOME ARRIVALS
WERE FOUR BLACK-AND-WHITE FUZZ BALLS.
[ KITTEN MEOWING ]
AND MAKE THAT ONE MORE.
AT FIRST,
COMPETITIVE MOO COULD ONLY SEE HIS ADOPTED BROTHER AS A RIVAL.
BUT IN THE END,
HE REALIZED THE BENEFIT OF A DIFFERENT KIND OF BUDDY.
DUKE IS STILL A SKUNK, HOWEVER.
AND TODAY, HE GETS TO MEET SOMEONE RATHER SPECIAL.
NOW, DUKE CAN SPEND SOME TIME LEARNING HOW TO BE A SKUNK
INSTEAD OF A CAT.
AS FOR MOO...
Woman: OH, I THINK HE LIKES YOU.
I KNOW.
WITH HIS NEW BIG BROTHER, HE'LL LEARN ONCE AND FOR ALL
THAT SIBLINGS SHOULDN'T SQUARE OFF.
THEY SHOULD STICK TOGETHER.
BACK IN THE CALICOS' SUBURB, BOTH SHAKEZ...
[ SHAKEZ BARKS ]
...AND BOLD GUS HAVE NOTICED SOME SPECIAL VISITORS ARRIVING,
WHICH CAN ONLY MEAN ONE THING.
IT'S TIME FOR THE KITTENS TO MEET THEIR NEW FAMILIES.
JUST 12 WEEKS AGO,
THIS SEVEN-PACK WAS A RAINBOW BUNDLE OF FUZZ.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
FROM THE START, BOLD GUS FOLLOWED MOM MILLY'S LEAD
TO KEEP THEIR CANINE HOUSEMATE ON HIS TOES...
[ SHAKEZ WHINING ]
...WHILE TIMID DAISY, ONCE NEVER STRAYING FAR FROM MOM,
EVENTUALLY BRANCHED OUT.
TODAY, THEIR ADVENTURES CONTINUE
AS THE KITTENS MEET THEIR FOREVER FAMILIES.
DAISY IS SOON SNUG IN A NEW FRIEND'S EMBRACE.
AWW, THANK YOU.
BYE.
AND AS FOR GUS, HE'LL BE STAYING RIGHT HERE WITH MOM MILLY
AND, OF COURSE, A CERTAIN CANINE COMPANION.
[ SHAKEZ BARKING ]
SEEMS THIS UNLIKELY PAIR
HAS FINALLY FOUND A WAY TO GET ALONG.
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