Skunk Andy's Secret Hideout

# At the end of the day When the adventure is done

# There's time to learn And it's tonnes of fun

# Come and join me There's cool stuff to do

# I've got a window to the world And some funny friends, too

# Andy's Secret Hideout

# It's a magical place With so much to see

# Andy's Secret Hideout

# Come and hide out with me. #

Ah! Hello!

Welcome to my secret hideout.

It's pretty cool, isn't it?

This is where I like to come after a day full of adventures.

Oh, sorry about the mess.

I'll just pop that back there. There we go.

ANDY SNIFFS Ooh!

I'm sorry about the smell, too.

What is that?

That smells OK.

No, these socks are OK, too.

It's not you, is it?

No, you smell pretty good, too.

Maybe it's coming from outside. I'll take a look with my binoculars.

Ah, hippos!

Hippos can be pretty stinky, especially when they scatter dung

around to help mark their territory.

But they're a long way away, so it can't be them.

How about over here?

Oh, wow! It's a sloth!

Now, sloths are very slow creatures.

So slow that some animals and plants can actually grow on them.

And some animals, like moths or beetles, can live in their fur.

Kind of like a sloth hotel, really.

But although they look like a walking compost heap,

they don't really have much of a body odour.

So it can't be that sloth there.

It must be coming from my secret hideout.

The only problem with a hideout is there's lots of places to hide,

so we'll have to sniff it out together. Get your noses ready.

And sniff!

ANDY SNIFFS

It's not coming from the plants.

Not from the juggling balls either. Hey! Hey!

Um... Oh! How about this?

Oh! Ah! Ow!

This cactus doesn't smell, but it's pretty prickly.

What a cheek!

A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-Argh!

Maybe it's coming from the trunk. All right, let's have a look.

Oh, yes, the smell is definitely stronger over here.

Oh, look! How did you get in here?

I'm going to need to put my gloves on to pick this little fella up.

Here I come. Come here.

That's it. Aw, look!

This animal is called a skunk.

There was a skunk in my trunk.

# Skunk in the trunk Skunk in the trunk

# A skunk tried to bunk in my trunk That punk made a funk

# Now I wish my nose had shrunk Phooey!

# I need to dunk my duck Because it stunk

# Make the funky gunk from that hunk Go kerplunk. #

Anyway, skunks are amazing animals.

But do you know why they smell so bad?

It's to help keep away predators, like mountain lions.

There we go.

When that mountain lion gets too close,

skunks can spray a horrible-smelling liquid a few metres away.

And if it gets in your eyes, it can burn and make it really hard to see.

What a clever defence, eh?

Now you're out of the trunk, you don't smell so bad.

Go on, off you go.

I think he's heading home.

Next time you come and visit, can you tell me?

I'll put a peg on my nose.

See you later!

I'll see you very soon for another adventure in my secret hideout.

Whoo! I think it's time for me to have a bath myself.

Hold on.

Ah, that's better. Oh, one more thing.

Aw! I never take a bath without Quacky. See you!

He stunk in the trunk, stunk in the trunk.

# Andy's Secret Hideout

# It's a magical place with so much to see

# Andy's Secret Hideout

# Come and hide out with me. #