Original subtitles

When the stars come out And it's night once more

It's time to go to the School of Roars

So wake up, monsters And stretch your paws

Jump up and go to the School of Roars

School of Roars, School of Roars

It's time to go to the School of Roars

School of Roars, School of Roars

You growl and grow At the School of Roars

School of Roars, School of Roars

It's time to go to The School of Roars!

[all] Rawr!

[narrator] It was another super snufflesome night

at the School of Roars,

and the monsters were about to have a nature lesson.

Good roaring, monsters! Rawr!

[all] Good roaring, Miss Grizzlesniff!

Rawr!

[ribbit]

Can anyone tell me what this is?

It's a frog! Ribbit! Ribbit!

That's exactly right.

A frog starts off like this.

[monsters] Wow!

This is frogspawn.

Lots of little eggs, laid by lady frogs.

The black dots are the eggs,

and the outside is a protective jelly.

The eggs grow, and they turn into wiggly tadpoles!

[kids giggle]

The tadpoles wiggle their way out of their jelly,

and swim around, feasting on tiny little plants.

[gasps] They're growing legs now!

The tadpoles grow legs, but their tails get smaller.

And when their tails have completely disappeared,

they are little frogs,

and they leave the pond for the land.

When the frogs are fully grown, they will lay their own eggs,

and the whole cycle will start again.

[monsters] Monster-mazing!

Now, class, let's see if we can find some frogs!

Rawr!

Oooh! Wow!

Careful, monsters.

You should always be safe

and have a grown-up with you when you visit the pond.

Now, let's see what we can find.

Look!

Ooh, frogspawn!

Can anyone see any tadpoles?

I can. They're so wiggly!

Wiggle, wiggle!

That one has back legs!

And those have front legs, too!

And their tails are tiny!

Are they froglets, Miss Grizzlesniff?

Yes, Wufflebump.

-[croaks] -[gasps] A frog! Look! A frog!

[monsters] Ooh!

Hello, little froggy.

Aren't you beautiful and slimy?

[croaks]

-Whoa! Wait for me! -[croaks]

Are you talking to me?

You're very loud for such a little creature!

-[croaks] -[laughter]

And it's very hungry for juicy flies.

[bell rings]

[gasps] It's time to go back to class now.

Say goodbye to the froggy.

Aww. Bye, Froggy!

-[croaks] -Oh. Aren't you fangtastic?

Um... Why don't you come with me?

You'll be safe in there.

I'll keep it open so you can get some air.

[croaks]

Rawr!

Right, class!

Let's pretend to be frogs, and see how high we can jump!

Boing, boing!

Ribbit, ribbit!

[kids] Boing, boing!

Ribbit, ribbit!

[croaks]

-You're the best at jumping, Froggy. -[croaks]

But be careful, we don't want anyone to see you.

Now, monsters, I want you to lie on the floor

and have some quiet time before lunch.

[sighs] Nice little rest.

Try to imagine you're all little frogs, snoozing on your lily pads.

Breathe in through your nose...

[all breathe in]

-And out through your mouth... -[croaks]

[all breathe out]

-[croaks] -Hmm?

[breathes in]

[exhales]

Shush, Froggy. We don't want anyone to hear you.

-[croaks] -What was that?

It sounded like a real frog!

A real frog?

I didn't hear anything, Icklewoo.

Oh, what a wonderful imagination you have!

Right, back to our breathing.

[all breathe in and out]

-[croaks] -[monsters] Huh?

Oh, my claws!

It sounds like there really is a frog in the classroom!

-[croaks] -Meepa?

Uh... My tummy always makes croaky sounds when I'm hungry.

Croak!

See?

-Hmm. -[bell rings]

Ooh, it's lunchtime!

Thank goodness!

Rawr!

[chattering]

A slime bar! My favourite!

[croaks]

Bye-bye, fly!

Yum, yum, yum!

I've got flubbage and goo sandwiches!

Oh! Oh!

[croaks]

[laughs]

[gasps] Oh! Watch out!

They'll see you!

-[croaks] -Aw.

It's hard to keep a frog secret.

Especially when it's a jumpy, croaky, hungry frog.

[croaks]

Rawr!

It's Golden Hour, monsters.

Hooray!

There's painting, glooping, or relaxing in the squishy corner.

[croaks]

Ooh, my claws! What was that?

[gasps] Look at my register!

Never mind. Off you go, monsters.

[monsters cheers]

[gasps] Oh, no! Froggy's gone!

Where are you?

Froggy? Oh.

Miss Grizzlesniff, I've got a frog as a pet but now it's escaped,

and I can't find it!

Frogs aren't supposed to be pets, Meepa.

So we'd better try and find it and take it back to the pond.

Alright, everyone!

Meepa has a little froggy friend somewhere in the classroom.

These look like froggy footprints!

Let's hop after them!

Boingy, boingy, boingy!

-Froggy! -[croaks]

[gasp] Poor, Froggy.

You were right, Miss Grizzlesniff.

Wild creatures aren't supposed to be pets.

And it is quite tricky looking after Froggy,

even though I love him.

Let's take him back to the nature garden.

And you can visit him there every night.

-Hear that, Froggy? -[croaks]

-You're going home! -[croaks]

Rawr!

[frogs croak]

[all laugh]

Froggy looks happy now, playing with his froggy friends.

You've got friends, too, Meepa.

Monster friends!

[all] Cuddles!

Grr!

[narrator] So Meepa learned

that although frogs are wonderful creatures,

they should live outdoors, in the wild,

with all their froggy friends.

[all] Ribbit, ribbit!

Captions by Red Bee Media

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