Awe Nuts!

Written By Kitten Clucky

Season 6, Episode 2

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The coop crew discover that Hazel has not always lived in her Douglas Fir tree (pseudotsuga menziesii).  Where did she come from?  How did she end up living near the coop?  and what is a pseudotsuga menziesii?  All these questions and more answered in this adventure!

Vocabulary in this episode: 

  • Lectures

  • Knapsack

  • Overcome

  • Purchase

  • Scrambling

  • Frenzied

  • Disentangle

  • Compartment

  • Guardian

  • Darted

  • Snatched

  • Rebounding

  • Visible

  • Good measure

  • Anticipated

  • Participated

  • Distracted

  • Regaining

  • Leverage

  • Hypnotic

  • Chaotic

  • Buffered

  • Eerily

  • Disrupt

  • Musk

  • Taut

  • Lurks

  • Opportunity

  • Inseparable

  • Absorbing

  • Heebie Jeebies

  • Leapt

  • Adrenaline

  • Propelled

  • Midden

Latin Words:

  • Pseudotsuga menziesii - douglas fir tree

  • Flora - plants

  • Fauna - animals

  • Corylus avellanas - hazelnuts

  • Cinnamomun verum

  • Lupus - Wolf

  • Lynx Rufus - Bobcat

  • Dryobates pubecens - Downy woodpecker

  • Lepus - Rabbit

  • Mus Muculus - Mice

  • Betta splendens - Betta Fish

  • Aborles - Trees

  • Tamiasciurus douglasii - Douglas Squirrel

  • Fungi - mushrooms

Themes

  • Adapting

  • Facing Fears

  • Finding a new home

  • Problem Solving

Questions to Ask your Listener: 

  • Where did Hazel used to live? 

  • Why does she know the latin terms for plants and animals?

  • What is Hazel’s favorite nut?

    • Bonus Points if you can say the latin name! 

  • What was guarding the snacks? 

  • What kept Hazel safe inside the backpack? 

  • Who did Hazel meet at the house?  

    • Did you like the new characters?  

    • Why or why not? 

  • What is a midden? 

  • Do Douglas squirrels hibernate over the winter? 

  • Where is Kitten going? 


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