1. EXT. BATS' CAVE (ARI'S HOUSE) - DAY OPEN ON ELINOR and OLIVE walking in the forest. Elinor stops to examine a hole in a tree trunk. Elinor Hmm... interesting. I wonder what lives in there? OLIVE I don't know, but I know who lives here... Ari! She points to the BATS' CAVE as they pass it, and they both turn toward it. ELINOR Let's go see if he wants to play. Elinor rings the bell. MRS. BAT opens the door. Ms. Bat Hi, there. Come on in. Olive Thanks, Ms. Bat. Ms. Bat (calling over shoulder) Ari! Your friends are here! Ari comes bounding out to see Elinor and Olive, greeting them as he continues outside and they turn to follow. Ari Elinor! Olive! I have a brand new bouncy ball. Want to see? EliNOR Yes! Olive Sure! Ari reaches into his pocket and pulls out something round and red which is mostly concealed in his hand. Ari How high do you think it'll bounce? Elinor hops up, reaching her hand overhead. EliNOR This high? Elinor hops, reaching her hand up high. OLIVE As high as my trunk can reach? Olive stretches her trunk as far as she can , way over everyone's head . elinOR Well, if it's super bouncy ... even up to the top of that tree? Ari Okay, ready? Ta-da ! She points toward a tall tree. Ari lifts his arm, winds up and BEANS the "ball" down to the ground. It lands with a THUD and lies there, flat. Olive That's not as high as I was expecting. Ari frowns and bends forward to examine the object. ARI Wait, that's not my bouncy ball. It's an apple! OLIVE No wonder it didn't bounce. ARI How'd that get into my pocket? And where did I put the ball? Olive and Elinor shrug. Ari thinks, trying to remember... Ari (CONT'D) It must be somewhere in my room. I'll go check. Be right back! Elinor and Olive follow Ari toward the house. Olive Uh, we'll come help you look. ElinOR Yeah, your room's not the neatest of places. Ari What do you mean? 2. Int. Bats' cave - Ari's room - day - conTINUOUS CLOSE ON ARI, standing on what appears to be a neat and empty floor next to his bed. Ari See, my room is really neat! ROTATE CAMERA AND PULL OUT to reveal Ari is "standing" on his ceiling (his bed is bolted to the ceiling.) EliNOR I guess so, if you count the up there on the ceiling as your floor . On Olive and Elinor - standing in knee-deep debris on the real floor (clothes, comic books, bath towels, toys.) ARI Well, bats do sleep upside down. Ari glides down to land near his friends. OLIVE I t's pretty messy. How can we find the ball in here? elinor How can we find anything in here? Ari helps Elinor and Olive sift through his belongings , picking up a jacket, a hat, and a book and finding nothing underneath. Ari Well, the good news is, the ball's not here! OLIVE Why is that GOOD news? ARI If we know where the ball ISN'T, then we know where the ball IS! ElINOR Really? Where? Ari SOMEWHERE ELSE! So now we know! Olive and Elinor stare at Ari in disbelief. OLIVE But "somewhere else" could be anywhere else in the world! It could take years to find it! ARI (undaunted) Well, we'd better start looking. It's probably still somewhere in town. ElINOR I have an idea! Let's go back to all the places you've been today, and see if we can find the ball. Think back: W hen was the last time you had it ? Ari closes his eyes, reflects, then pops his eyes open. Ari I know! I had it this morning when I got up! ELINOR Good start! What did you do next? He leads the way out of his room. As Elinor and Olive follow. ARI I got dressed . And then I went outside to play with my ball! 4. Ext. BatS' CAVE (ARI'S HOUSE)- yard - day - conTINUOUS Ari leads the way through the yard with Elinor and Olive walking behind, looking around for the ball. Elinor So you came out to the yard. What did you do out here? Ari Let's see... Oh yeah - I ate one of these apples. He pauses in front of a BASKET OF APPLES that's sitting on a table in the yard, and helps himself to an apple. Ari (CONT'D) They're so good. Want one? ElinOR Not right now, thanks. OLIVE Maybe later. Ari shrugs, bites into the apple and keeps walking. He stops again, freezing in place. Ari Wait - I remember something else! THOUGHT BUBBLE forms next to Ari, as his DAD now stands near him, pointing at something OS-- Ari (CONT'D) My dad asked me to rake the leaves! ANGLE ON: A messy pile of leaves under a nearby apple tree. EliNOR (hopeful) Maybe the ball's in that leaf-pile! OLIVE Only one way to find out... (to Ari) Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Ari I think SO! Olive , Ari and Elinor look at each other for a beat, then dive right into the pile of leaves, swimming around with their arms. OLIVE /elinor WOO HOO!/Whee!/Leaf-o-rama!! After a few beats of leaf play, the kids stop as the leaves settle around the. ElinOR Well, That was fun. OLIVE But we didn't find the ball. Ari It's not in th is pile of leaves for sure . OLIVE Hmm.. Where else can we look? As Ari and Olive are talking, we ANGLE ON: Elinor as she hears something and looks up to find the source overhead <SFX: BIRDS CHIRPING> Ari I don't know. I go a lot of places. ANGLE ON TREE: TRACK UP the trunk to discover a BIRD ON A BRANCH above Elinor 's head. Luckily, it's the apple tree where someone left a ladder leaning for apple-picking . OLIVE (almost inaudible) Can't you remember where you left it? ARI (almost inaudible) I'm trying, but the leaves are so distracting. OLIVE (almost inaudible) Good point! LEAF JUMP!! As Ari and Olive jump back in the leave in the background Elinor climbs the ladder against the tree to observe the bird up close. SCIENCE MOMENT CU: The bird hops busily back and forth on the branch, adding twigs and fluff to its nest. Elinor gets even closer, going up on her tiptoes to discover THREE SMALL EGGS in the nest. ON ELINOR - she reacts, interested. Elinor watches for a beat as the bird returns to the nest. ELINOR (quietly to herself) Ooohhh. The bird's eggs are nice and safe in that nest. BACK TO SCENE: Olive and Ari lie back into the leaves, smiling as the leaves flutter and settle around them. All of a sudden, Ari sits up straight Ari Wait, I remember something else. Before I could rake the leaves, I had to go find the rake behind the house. This catches Elinor's attention. elinOR Then, m aybe the ball's behind the house ? ARI Come on - let's look! 5. EXT. BATS' CAVE (ARI'S HOUSE) - BACK OF HOUSE - CONTINUOUS At the back of the house, the kids look around for the ball. Ari pauses, closes his eyes, then opens them wide. Ari Ooh - I remember t his is exactly where I was standing when did my super-amazing "toss and spin" move. Watch! He spins around, pretends to catch the "invisible" ball, but in a convoluted stretch, reaches out so far to catch it that he almost loses his balance, has to hop on one foot, then-- Ari (CONT'D) Ta-da! OLIVE Um, nice catch? ARI Thanks - it's even more impressive with an actual ball. OLIVE (laughing) Right, so let's keep looking for it . (to Ari) Maybe it rolled over this way. Olive and Ari continue to look for the ball Ari picks up the rake from the ground nearby. Ari Hey, here's the rake! But no ball. Olive and Elinor frown, examining it more closely. OLIVE Uh-oh. ElINOR The handle's broken. ARI (remembering) Oh, right... NOW I remember . Our rake is broken so I had to borrow another rake from our neighbour Mr. Dog . He spots Mr. Dog's rake leaning against a tree and picks it up. Ari (CONT'D) Ah, h ere it is ! ElinoR Okay, let's see... You went outside, then your dad asked you to rake leaves, but the rake was broken, so then you went to borrow one from Mr. Dog ? ARI Yep, but don't forget, I did the spin and catch move, too. He acts out the spin and catch move again. OLIVE Maybe we should look for the ball at Mr. Dog's house! They all start to head over, then Elinor goes back and grabs the rake, handing it to Ari. elinor And , we can return Mr. Dog's rake. ARI I bet he would like that! The kids exit toward Mr. Dog's house; HOLD ON THE APPLE BASKET as they walk by. 6. EXT. MR. DOG'S YARD - DAY - CONTINUOUS As the kids enter, MR. DOG is putting a squeaky chew toy into a hole, and starts shoveling dirt over it with a shovel. Mr. Dog Hi, kids, what's up? Ari I brought back your rake, Mr. Dog. Thanks for letting me borrow it. MR. DOG You're welcome, Ari. It's nice to have everything back in its place. Here's where I keep my rake. He hangs up his rake on its special hook on the side of the nearby shed, then goes back to his digging. ARI Uhh, Mr. Dog. Did I leave my new super-bouncy ball here? MR. DOG Sorry, Ari I haven't seen your ball. CLOSE ON ELINOR Elinor watches intently as Mr. Dog keeps shoveling dirt. Then he plops the chew toy in the hole (causing it to SQUEAK once) and covers it. ElinOR Uhh, Mr. Dog? Why do you bury your chew-toys ? Aren't they for chewing? MR. DOG Good question, Elinor. We DOGS love to put things away, and that's why we bury them. We keep them safe in their special place . T hat way we know exactly where to find them when we need them! SCIENCE CU MOMENT: As he talks, Mr. Dog buries another bone, then he starts digging again. Elinor looks closely at the hole. ELINOR Another special place. That's SO INTERESTING! Hmmmmmm . OLIVE What is it, Elinor? ELINOR I 'm figuring something out . We need more observations! Elinor starts to sing: Over song we see: THOUGHT BUBBLE next to Elinor. We see the chew toy in the hole and the eggs in the bird nest. Elinor (CONT'D) (singing) To keep something safe Keep it in a special place Put things away Save it for another day I saw birds build a nest To hold all their eggs And Mr. Dog found a spot For a toy he likes a lot To keep something safe Keep it in a special place Put things away Save it for another day. THOUGHT BUBBLE BURSTS ON ELINOR - coming out of song. ELINOR (CONT'D) If you put things in a special place, you won't lose them. Mr. Dog That's right, Elinor. It's important to put things away so you can find them again. He steps on the dirt where he's buried the chew toy, and we hear a faint SQUEAK! Ari Yeah, I should have put my ball in a special place . At that moment Ari's stomach <SFX: GROWLS> Ari (CONT'D) Speaking of special places, I'm hungry. I could use another one of those apple s. (he starts to put it together) Wait a minute -- ball, apple, special place… I remember where I left the ball! Ari runs OS with Elinor and Olive at his heels. Elinor (over her shoulder) Bye, Mr. Dog! 7. Ext. Ari'S YARD - DAY - momentS LATER The kids run OS and Ari runs right up to the basket of apples, digs in and... Ari TA-DAH!!!!! He holds up the ball triumphantly. OLIVE The ball! ElinOR How did it get there? ARI I must have put it down when I reached for an apple this morning. (beat as this soaks in) I DID put it in a special place - but it was the APPLE place , not the BALL place. Ari throws the ball and it bounces really high! Elinor and O live giggle. Elinor picks up the ball . Elinor Okay, let's go play with the bouncy ball! Finally! ARI Wait! First I have a favour to ask. OLIVE What is it Ari? Ari I know it's important to put things away in a special place. Will you help me with something? Olive and Elinor share a smile. OLIVE Sure thing, Ari. ElINOR (laughing) We thought you'd never ask! 8. INT. BATS' CAVE - ARI'S ROOM - DAY - MOMENTS LATER Elinor, Olive and Ari sort and clean his room as they reprise the song Elinor sang earlier : ELINOR/ OLIVE /ARI To keep something safe Keep it in a special place Put things away Save it for another day I saw birds build a nest To hold all their eggs And Mr. Dog found a spot For a toy he likes a lot To keep something safe Keep it in a special place Put things away Save it for another day. 9. Int. Ari's room - day - conTINUOUS CU Ari's face, thrilled. PULL BACK to reveal he's once again perched on his ceiling near his bed. Ari Wow. My room has never looked THIS good before. ROTATE CAMERA TO RIGHT-SIDE-UP. Olive and Elinor are standing on the floor, which is now neat and clean. OLIVE Yeah, from both ways! EliNOR Everything is in its special place. OLIVE Now we can finally go play with the super bouncy ball! Ari looks around for a beat, panicked. ARI Uh oh, I forgot where I put it! ElinOR/ OLIVE (groan) Ari! ARI Just kidding! Ari opens a small box on his desk and takes out the ball. Ari (CONT'D) Here it is in a special place just for my ball ! Catch! He tosses the ball to Elinor, who does the spin move and catches it behind her back. elinOR Ta-da! OLIVE /Ari (laughs) iris out: The enD

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY EP 108 Special Places By: Rachel Lipman Elinor’s Question: Why do birds lay eggs in nests and dogs bury bones in the ground? Logline: When Ari misplaces the group's favorite ball, they discover that he needs a system for keeping track of his things. Curriculum Goals: LS5.Begin to understand that animals and plants depend on other living things and nonliving things in the environment to meet some of their needs. (The bird and dog both depend on their environment to provide a place to store important things and keep them safe). ND. None in this one. SEP3: Planning and carrying out investigations: e: Design and build a solution to a simple problem (they make a special place to keep the ball after observing a nest a place for the rake and a hole for chew toys.) ET2 . Begin to understand that people depend on various technologies in their lives and that human life would be very different without technology: (Elinor and her friends find a "special place" for Ari's ball). Main Characters: Elinor, Olive, Ari Secondary Characters: Ms. Beaver, Mr. Dog Incidental Characters: Backgrounds: Ari's house, Ari's room, Ari's backyard, Mr. Dog's house Props: Ball, apples, rake, bird and eggs, chew toy. OUTLINE: 28-Dec-2018 FIRST DRAFT: 15-Jan-2019 SECOND DRAFT: 05-Jan-2019 Ari elinor Elinor/OLIVE ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI Hqazel Mr. Dog OLIVE Olive OLIVE/Ari Sally Mrs. Bat (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) Int Ext I/E BATS' CAVE (ARI'S HOUSE) BATS' CAVE - ARI'S ROOM - DAY ARI'S ROOM ARI'S KITCHEN BATS' CAVE (ARI'S HOUSE)- YARD - DAY BATS' CAVE (ARI'S HOUSE) - KITCHEN - DAY BATS' CAVE (ARI'S HOUSE) - BACK OF HOUSE MR. DOG'S YARD - DAY ARI'S ROOM - DAY ARI'S YARD - DAY Day Night Afternoon Morning Evening Later Moments Later Continuous The Next Day Cut To: Fade In: Fade Out. Fade To: Dissolve To: Back To: Match Cut To: Jump Cut To: Fade To Black. Order Title Location ARI ARI