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Dancing Robots and Cat Facts

Step into a new world of fun in this episode of Today with Tonies! Join Tim and Sam for a battle of rhymes in the challenge Rhyme Time Tattle Battle. What words can you rhyme with ‘great’ in this rhyming game? Then, little listeners can test their feline knowledge in a trivia game of True or False. What cat fact do you think is false from the three? Plus, have a peek inside the ever changing and always exciting Bubbling Bucket which today is filled with tiny robots that dance and twirl, sparkly clothes that shimmer and shine, and the cutest and squishiest toy foxes you've ever seen! 


Joke: What’s a polar bear’s favourite part of a cake?
Punchline: The Icing!


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