Are you ready to meditate with Kari?
Get comfortable in your bed so that you can relax your body.
Make sure that everything is just right in your room.
The lights are just right.
You're wearing your comfortable pajamas.
And you can relax your body and let go of your busy day.
Tucker and Leo were at Noah's house.
Claire was there and also Olive.
They were all going through Noah's dress-up outfits,
Wondering what they could be for Halloween.
Yes,
It wasn't nowhere near Halloween.
It was just the beginning of September.
But you have to be prepared for these things.
Leo was laid on the ground on Noah's rug,
Just chilling out.
Not sure if I want to be part of Halloween this year,
He said.
It's always so stressful and noisy and there's kids running all over the place.
And it's dark and there's cars everywhere.
And there's people screaming and laughing and shouting and being really loud.
And it's just a lot.
Claire said,
Oh,
I get what you mean,
Leo.
But maybe you could go to a quiet neighborhood or something.
You don't have to go to a really busy neighborhood.
Because you'll notice that some of the neighborhoods are really popular.
And all the houses are decked out and they've got lots of decorations and scary walkthroughs.
And all these different monsters hanging on the trees.
And those are the houses that normally have a lot of people that go to them.
But sometimes you can go to a quiet neighborhood that's not so crazy.
They won't be as much hustle and bustle.
And you'll probably be much better on your nerves.
That is if you still wanted to go.
That is if you still want candy.
Leo said,
Well,
There is certain pieces of candy that I really do like.
Anything peanut buttered is really good.
Claire said,
Oh,
Yeah,
I agree.
I like all the sour gummies.
Noah said,
I think my favorite,
My overall favorite are Kit Kats.
Olive said,
I think Swedish fish are my favorite.
I really like Swedish fish.
Olive was pushing Noah's different dress up outfits across the pole in his wardrobe.
Looking at each one,
He had quite a lot.
And then Tucker spotted a lion outfit.
A cat outfit.
A cat suit.
What's that?
He said,
Pawing at it.
It was orange.
And it was furry.
And it had a big giant lion's mane and lion's ears and lion's whiskers on it.
And it was really,
Really,
Really cat like.
Noah said,
Oh,
That's my lion outfit.
You could probably get in that,
Tucker.
Tucker said,
But it's all he got.
Oh,
No,
Maybe,
Maybe.
Yeah,
Maybe I could.
He was holding it up in his mouth,
Looking at it.
He tried to get in the lion suit.
It did need a little bit of help.
And there was nowhere to put his tail because the lion suit already had a cat tail attached to it.
Noah poked a hole in the stitching so that Tucker's tail could come through.
And then there was a fake cat tail and a real dog tail.
But everything else about the outfit fit.
His arms and his legs just went on Tucker's front paws and Tucker's back legs.
Oh,
My,
Said Tucker,
Looking at himself in the mirror.
Oh,
My,
Oh,
My,
Oh,
My.
I've always wanted to be a cat.
Oh,
If Heidi and Cherry and Bea could see me now.
Look at me.
Look at me.
I look so awesome as a cat.
I'm like the bestest cat I've ever seen.
I'm a big cat.
Oh,
Yeah,
I'm a big cat.
I'm like,
I'm like,
What would I be like?
Leo looked at him and said,
A lion,
By any chance?
Being very sarcastic,
Tucker didn't get it and said,
Yes,
That's it.
I'm a lion.
Oh,
I'm oh,
I'm going to have to change my name because Tucker does not fit with the name of lion.
What would be a really good name for a lion?
Leo looked at him and said,
Leo,
The lion.
Oh,
Yes.
Leo,
Do you mind if I steal your name just for a little bit?
And I call myself Leo.
You can be Tucker.
You can be me and I can be you.
Leo.
Leonardo's the lion.
Oh,
Look at me.
I'm so brave.
I'm so brave.
Tucker was bapping his paws around as if he was hitting things,
Invisible things in front of him.
Look at me.
I can fight anything.
I can bite you with my big lion teeth.
I wonder if Heidi and Cherry and Veya feel like this when they're a cat.
You know,
Because there's something very slinky about cats.
And now that I'm wearing this lion outfit,
Look at my hips move.
Look at my hips.
I feel like Shakira.
Tucker was dancing his hips around in the back,
Moving them around like Shakira.
He liked Shakira.
Whenever she comes on telly,
He always watches her because she dances and her hips move all over the place.
She really,
Really,
Really knows what to do with her hips,
As Tucker always says.
Leo just rolls his eyes when Shakira comes on telly because he really doesn't care about whether she can roll her hips all over the place.
But Tucker really likes it.
So right now,
Tucker's there in Noah's room,
Moving his hips around like Shakira.
Look at him,
I'm all slinky like a lion.
He kept walking back and forward in the bedroom.
We need to go outside.
I need more space.
I can't express myself fully as a lion like this.
In the meantime,
Olive had grabbed hold of a leprechaun outfit and she put that on.
Just for now,
She was going to be a leprechaun for Halloween.
And Claire,
Well,
Claire found a panda bear outfit there in the wardrobe.
And you know,
Claire has a soft spot for panda bears.
So yes,
It was obvious that Claire would be a panda.
So Olive was a leprechaun,
Tucker was a lion and Claire was a panda.
Noah said,
I think I'm going to go as a pirate.
And he grabbed his pirate outfit.
He put his pirate outfit on and looked at Leo and said,
Leo,
What do you want to wear?
Leo said,
I'm already in an outfit.
I'm Tucker,
Remember?
Noah said,
In other words,
You want me to leave you alone,
Leo?
And Leo said,
Yes,
Please.
I just like the peace and quiet.
You guys go play outside.
I'm very tired.
Just thinking about Halloween and all of that craziness makes me need a nap.
So Leo put his head down and closed his eyes.
Before Noah had even got out of the room,
Leo was asleep.
So we had a pirate,
A panda,
A leprechaun and a lion.
They were prancing around on Noah's play area down in the back garden.
Noah had got swings and he'd got like a climbing rope.
They were playing on all of those things dressed up in their outfits.
Tucker was pretending to pounce like a cat.
He was climbing up on the picnic table and jumping off and shouting,
Rawr!
Rawr!
Trying to get his roar down so it was really,
Really scary and real.
He roared at Claire and Claire just laughed.
She was pretending to eat bamboo because she was a panda bear.
Tucker said,
No,
Seriously guys,
Seriously.
I think I really like being a cat.
If I had to be another animal in the world,
I would be a cat.
Definitely.
Because I really like cats.
I like how they smell.
I like to bite on them sometimes.
Just a little bit though,
Not very hard.
And I like to sniff them a lot.
And I like to lick them a lot.
And,
Oh yes,
They do have a certain smell that smells just like something really nice to eat.
And I think if I was an animal,
I would want to be something that would be very nice to eat.
But then when I'm a lion like this,
I'm going to be the one that eats things.
I think actually,
Claire,
You should watch out because lions like to eat panda bears.
Claire said,
I don't think so,
Tucker.
I don't think we should try it.
She lifted up her big panda paws as if she was going to swap him if he came anywhere near her.
Claire was very sweet,
But don't mess with Claire when she's a panda bear.
Even though panda bears are very soft and cuddly and cute.
Still,
Don't mess with a panda bear.
She looked at Tucker and Tucker went,
Oh yes,
Maybe you're right.
Yes,
I think lions don't eat things like panda bears.
I think they eat pirates.
Roar!
And he dived towards Noah.
Noah said,
Pirates have never seen lions.
They only live on ships.
Well,
Pirates aren't actually very nice people.
They rob ships.
They get on board other people's ships and take them over and pillage and steal from them and tell them,
This is my ship now.
Tucker went,
Oh,
That doesn't sound very nice.
I don't think I want to mess with a pirate.
I know what.
Just love a little leprechaun.
Ha ha ha ha.
Roar!
And he dived towards Olive that was dressed as a leprechaun.
Olive said,
Leprechauns are little sneaky things.
You can't mess with me.
I'm a leprechaun.
Try and catch me if you can.
She was running all over the garden and Tucker was pounding after her in his most,
Most bestest lion impression he could possibly conjure up.
His hips were flying all over as he was trying to slink around like Shakira.
He couldn't catch Olive to save himself.
She was too fast.
Tucker had an idea.
I know what.
Noah,
Can I borrow your phone?
Noah said,
Yeah,
Sure.
Can you call this number,
Please,
Because my lion paws won't let me press on the buttons.
He told Noah what number to call and then he passed the phone to Tucker.
Tucker held the phone up at his pretend cat ear.
Hello?
The voice said on the other side.
Hello?
OMG,
Hello?
I'm busy.
Who is it?
Tucker said,
Cherry?
Meow.
Roar.
Meow.
Roar.
Cherry said,
Is that Tucker?
Tucker,
What are you doing?
I'm busy.
I'm just about to go snowboarding.
What do you want?
Tucker said,
Cherry,
I'm a lion.
I'm a lion.
Cherry said,
How am I supposed to know that?
I can't see you.
I cannot hear you.
And you're going meow and you're going roar.
And it doesn't sound anything like a cat.
You're so silly,
Tucker.
Tucker said,
Oh,
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
He pressed the FaceTime button.
Cherry popped up on the screen and looked at Tucker and started laughing.
Tucker,
She said,
You're a lion?
Tucker smiled the biggest smile.
I know.
Look at me,
Cherry.
Look at me.
I know you'd like it.
I really like being a cat.
I like being a cat.
In fact,
I think if I had to choose my animal,
If I wasn't a dog,
I would be a cat.
Just like you,
Cherry.
It's so cool.
You're so slinky.
Tucker started slinking his back end as if he was slinking through the long grass as a lion.
Cherry said,
OMG,
Tucker.
Good hip movement.
Where did you learn that?
Tucker said,
Shakira.
She's one of my favourites.
Cherry said,
OMG,
Shakira is awesome,
Isn't she?
She's so cool.
I think Shakira definitely was a cat in her past life.
She's got the hips for it.
She moves like a slinky cat or a snake.
I don't like snakes,
Said Tucker,
But I do like cats.
Anyway,
I thought I'd just share it with you how awesome I am as a cat.
Look at me,
Cherry.
Look at me,
I'm a cat.
Who are you going snowboarding with anyway?
And why didn't you invite me?
Cherry said,
I'm going snowboarding with Sophia and Lisa.
And yeah,
Sorry,
It's a girl's day.
Next time,
Tucker.
Next time you can definitely come.
I promise.
OK.
Anyway,
I've got to go because they're waiting for me.
I only came back in house for my goggles.
Luckily,
You just caught me.
Cherry said goodbye very quickly and hung up on Tucker.
Tucker said,
I knew she'd like it if I was a lion.
I'm definitely going to be a lion this Halloween.
I think it will be so cool.
And I'm going to get my roar down.
So it's really,
Really good and really,
Really scary.
And I'm going to scare all the kids out of the lines.
And then me and Leo can walk to the front.
And Leo won't be overly stressed and overly stimulated because she'll be quite,
Quite,
Quite lonely.
Just me and Leo because I'll be scaring off all the nasty kids.
I'll be like,
Get out of the line.
Roar!
This is my line.
Roar!
Noah said,
Oh,
Tucker,
That's not very nice.
Tucker said,
Oh,
Oh,
Well,
I don't want to be too scary because I do like children a lot.
I mean,
Obviously I do because you're my friends and you're children.
Noah said,
Maybe you should tone the roar down a bit.
Roar,
Said Tucker.
Yeah,
That's a bit better,
Said Noah.
And then he started pretending once again,
Distracted with his pirate sword,
Bopping it around as if he was taking over some ship and stealing people's jewelry and their gems and their money.
Ha,
Ha,
Ha,
I'm a pirate,
He kept saying.
Tucker looked at him and thought,
He doesn't look so friendly either,
Talking about me.
At least I don't steal people's jewelry.
And then Tucker just bounded off.
He wondered what it would feel like to swing on a swing as a lion.
So that's what he did next.
It felt exactly like swinging on a swing as a dog.
And then he realized that dogs and cats maybe aren't that different.
Or maybe they are.
It depends on the dog or the cat.
Yeah.
The end.
