Hi there! I’m Fred, the house cat. When my family leaves for the day, I don’t just sit around. I become Nature Cat, the best backyard explorer ever!
One day, I found something amazing buried in the yard. It was a map! But not just any map—it was a treasure map! This map could lead us to the treasure of Bad Dog Bart, a naughty dog who took lots of toys and bones from the neighborhood.
A map is like a picture of a place from way up high, like if you were flying in an airplane. It shows where things are, like parks, swings, and even baseball fields. This map was special because it showed us where to find the treasure!
Bad Dog Bart was a dog who loved to take things that didn’t belong to him. He took bones, toys, and even chewy treats! Then, he hid them all in a treasure chest and left the neighborhood. No one knew where he went or where the treasure was hidden—until now!
We decided to follow the map to find the treasure and return all the stolen toys. Our adventure started at a big old oak tree in Sunset Park. The map showed us the way, and we had to count our steps to find the right spots.
To find our way, we used a compass. A compass helps you know which direction to go, like north, south, east, or west. We learned that if you face north, your right arm points east and your left arm points west. This helped us follow the map correctly!
After lots of counting and exploring, we finally found the treasure! It was hidden under a Y-shaped tree by a brook. We were so excited to open the treasure chest and see all the toys and bones inside.
Even though we didn’t find everything we hoped for, we were happy to return the toys to the neighborhood dogs. It felt great to help our friends and solve the mystery of Bad Dog Bart’s treasure!
And that’s how Nature Cat and friends had an amazing adventure, using a map and compass to find hidden treasure. Who knows what we’ll discover next time!
Create Your Own Treasure Map: Draw a simple map of your backyard or a room in your house. Include landmarks like a tree, a chair, or a toy box. Hide a small “treasure” (like a toy or a treat) somewhere in the area. Then, use your map to guide a family member or friend to find the treasure. Remember to use directions like “take 5 steps north” or “turn left at the big tree” to help them on their adventure!
Compass Craft: Make your own compass using a needle, a small piece of cork, and a bowl of water. Rub the needle with a magnet to magnetize it, then carefully push it through the cork. Place the cork in the bowl of water and watch as it turns to point north! Use your homemade compass to practice finding directions in your home or yard.
Neighborhood Explorer: Go on a walk with an adult and bring a simple map of your neighborhood. Try to identify different landmarks like parks, street signs, or special buildings. Use your compass to figure out which direction you are walking. Can you find your way back home using the map and compass?
Here’s a sanitized version of the provided YouTube transcript:
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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!
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Now we’re getting started!
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The Treasure of Bad Dog Bart!
Nope!
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Ah, not her!
No way!
Stop! Bingo, how does he know that that’s the spot to bury his bone?
Ah, it’s a dog thing!
Hey, look at this! Where is everyone?
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Whoops! Sorry!
Oh, no worries! Never hurt anyone.
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Being dirty is noble and fun! Is that a stain? Oh no!
What do you have there, bud?
No idea! It was buried right here. Only one way to find out!
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It certainly looks like some sort of map. A map? Oh boy, a map!
Wait, what’s a map? A map is a picture of a place from way above, kind of like if you are looking down from an airplane.
Hey, there’s Sunset Park! Here are the swings and the baseball field.
Oh, a map’s kind of like a miniature world!
Wow, this isn’t just any map; this is a treasure map that leads to the treasure of Bad Dog Bart!
Oh boy, the treasure of Bad Dog Bart!
Wait, who’s Bad Dog Bart? He was the neighborhood bad dog.
Bad dog, very bad dog!
Here, I’ll show you!
Um, can we roll that clip please?
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He roamed our neighborhood streets, swiping bones, toys, balls, even rawhide chewy treats. All the doggies were really sad, but Bart didn’t really care.
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So he threw all the loot in a treasure chest and left the neighborhood. We searched North, South, East, and even way out West, and never again saw Bart or the stolen doggy toy treasure.
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No one ever knew what happened to Bad Dog Bart or his treasure chest until now! This map will lead us to the treasure of Bad Dog Bart. We gotta go find it!
Wait, I mean let’s not be rash. After all, Bad Dog Bart is a bad dog and, uh, kind of a cat.
But think how amazing it would be to find all the stolen toys and bones and return them all!
True, very compelling argument, Daisy. It’s just that his name is Bad Dog Bart, so he must be pretty bad.
What’s that, Mr. Chowinsky? Oh, you think Mrs. Chowinsky could be in the treasure chest?
Oh yeah, I know it’s been a year and six days since we last saw her. I miss her so much too!
Huh, that’s it! I can’t stand to see a true toy so sad. Bad dog or no bad dog, we need to find the stolen loot for Hal, for the neighborhood dogs, and for true love!
Okie dokie! It says here we begin at a big old oak tree in Sunset Park.
Well gang, it looks like our treasure map adventure begins in Sunset Park!
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Okay, Sunset Park is the other way, Nature Cat.
But of course, I knew that! Tally ho!
The big old oak tree! Here she is! But how do we know that this is the right oak tree? There are so many!
The map! Look on the map! The oak tree’s on the edge of a pond, and look here! This oak tree is on the edge of a pond! It’s the right tree!
I never doubted you, Dream!
Okay, according to the map, we go from the tree 20 paces toward the peak of the mighty mountains to a boulder.
The mighty mountains! So, 20 paces that away! Follow me!
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty!
This is…
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Oh, you guys, where’s the boulder? Did we mess up the directions? Or maybe the map’s wrong?
It can’t be wrong! Bad Dog Bart made it!
Hey, that’s it! Bad Dog Bart made it, and he’s a big dog, so his paces would be longer than yours, Nature Cat!
True, but mine are way more graceful!
Thank you!
Yeah, what we need are some big doggy paces, just like Bad Dog Bart!
I’ve got this! 20 big doggy paces coming at ya!
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty!
Hey, I’m over here!
Today is this the large boulder you were looking for?
Well, we headed toward the mountains for 20 paces, so yep, this is the boulder! Way to go, Hal!
Oh, thank you!
Okay, you guys, look! It says now we gotta go 40 paces from the boulder.
I got it! 40 big doggy paces!
Wait, 40 paces? But there’s more! It says head north until you come to the red berry bush.
Hey, do you think this is north?
The map say anything about being chased by hundreds of rocks?
No!
Wow!
Okay, direction is north, distance is 40 paces to the red berry bush. So we need to figure out which way is north.
We need a compass! Voila! A compass! Now if I only knew how to work this thing…
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You guys, you guys! I think I’m on to something! Look! The way the compass works, it’s very flat in my hand, and I move myself until the end on the compass lines up with the needle. That’s the direction we need to go!
North! 40 large doggy paces onward and northward!
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty!
It’s the red berry bush!
Yes, soon Mr. Chowinsky, very soon you’ll be back with your true love!
Oh, true love!
Sorry, where were we?
Okay, what’s next? Looks like we now head west 30 paces to the brook.
Okay, this is north.
So now what? Hold on! We can find west another way! If we face north, then my right arm points east and my left arm points west!
West it is! 30 paces onward and westward!
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Yep! Looks like now we have to follow the brook downstream, but how far do we go until we get to this Y-shaped tree?
How are we gonna do that? Water! Why’d it have to be watery?
Yes, I won’t forget the quest for true love!
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Which way do we go? It says head south at the fork, but literally a south!
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So if north is this way, that means south is right behind me.
So which way, Nature Cat? To the left? The left? Right? Wait, the right? No, left! Left! Right again? I wait, so south is right? No, south… no!
What do we do?
Okay everyone, look for the Y-shaped tree along the shore!
There it is!
Okay, now we go 10 paces to the east of the tree! X marks the spot! If north is in front of me, then east must be that way!
Ten doggy paces! Come on, Mr. Chowinsky, for true love!
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!
Stand back everyone! I’m going in for true love!
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There’s something here!
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It’s the treasure of that dog Bart!
Oh my! You found Bad Dog Bart’s treasure! Look through and take back your toys!
I’m sorry, Mr. Chowinsky, but it doesn’t look like Mrs. Chowinsky’s in here.
Okay, I’ll look one more time!
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