1. EXT. LAKE SHORE - DAY It’s a beautiful summer day. MR. RABBIT and RANGER RABBIT are taking ELINOR, OLIVE, and ARI to a new place: A lake that’s perfect for swimming. Ranger Rabbit is carrying a ratty-looking bag (it’s her old swim bag from when she was a kid). Mr. Rabbit is carrying bags and a folded beach chair. (DESIGN NOTE: All are in bathing suits (or beach wear) and the kids are wearing life jackets) ELINOR I can’t wait to go swimming. ARI Me too... (thinking)... this seems like a long walk. How much further? RanGER RABBIT We’re very close. WIDEN TO REVEAL: the sparkling lake (Mossy Lake as in EWW143 Frozen Fish) and the narrow sandy beach that surrounds it, and hold for a beat to enjoy the beautiful scenery. The parents and kids exit the forest and walk onto the beach. RANGER RABBIT (CONT’D) And we’re here. My favorite swimming spot. The kids <SFX: WOW>. Ranger Rabbit puts down her huge bag of swimming stuff. Mr. Rabbit also puts down bags and begins to unfold a beach chair. ELINOR This is my favorite swimming spot too! ARI So cool! OLIVE I can’t wait to dive in! RANGER RABBIT You know, when I was a kid, I used to come here every morning to practice swimming. I even won a trophy at the Animal Town swim race. ELINOR Really, Mom? RANGER RABBIT Yup! Here, let me show you. It’s in my old swim bag somewhere... ANGLE ON: Ranger Rabbit reaches into her swim bag and fumbles around. She pulls out a pinecone. RANGER RABBIT (CONT’D) Nope, that’s not a trophy. (A frog jumps out. With a <SFX: RIBBIT> , it hops away.) How’d YOU get in there? (She pulls out a small trophy and holds it up.) Aha! CU: The trophy, which has a bronze swimming rabbit on top. BACK ON: the kids, who are impressed. ELINOR Wow! Awesome, Mom. (to her Dad) Hey Dad, have you ever won any trophies? Mr. Rabbit has set up the beach chair. MR. RABBIT Not yet. Do they give out trophies for “Silliest Dad”? He makes a funny face, then does a silly dance that culminates in his plopping down on the chair <SFX: AHHH> . The kids <SFX: LAUGH>. Ranger Rabbit reaches into her swim bag and takes out goggles to hand out to the kids. ELINOR I’m gonna swim really fast, just like you, Mom. ARI Me too. Fast as a fish. Olive I’m gonna swim as fast as TWO fish in a fish race! The kids, now in their goggles <SFX: GIGGLE>. (NB: The kids can keep their goggles on and move them to their foreheads when necessary - whatever is easiest) Ranger Rabbit puts on her goggles. RANGER RABBIT Okay, kids. I’m going to go swim in the deep part of the lake. You stay in the shallow part. Mr. Rabbit will keep an eye on you. Mr. Rabbit waves, he’s on the case. The kids all <SFX: YAY> as they scramble into the water. 2. EXT. LAKE WATERS - A MINUTE LATER The kids are about waist-deep in shallow water. ELINOR Okay, who’s ready to swim really fast? On your marks... get ready... get set... GO. The kids jump in and swim a bit, with flailing and <SFX: SPLASHING>. Then they stand up. OLIVE Hmm, we didn’t get very far. ARI I don’t think we went very fast, either. ANGLE ON: Elinor, who looks thoughtful and turns to watch her Mom swim. PAN to Ranger Rabbit, who’s swimming speedily in the deeper part of the lake. ELINOR (O.S.) Wow. Look at my Mom go. She sure is fast. BACK ON: The kids. A flock of 2-3 ducks paddle into view and swim swiftly in front of them. OLIVE She’s not the only speedy swimmer. Look at these ducks go. CU: The ducks paddling along. We can’t see their feet. ELINOR How do they swim so fast? OLIVE (loudly) Hey ducks, what’s your secret? A duck <SFX: QUACKS> back to Ari as it goes by. Elinor and Ari <SFX: LAUGH>. ELINOR I wish WE could find a way to speed up our swimming. ANGLE ON: Mr. Rabbit waving at the kids. MR. RABBIT Hey speedy swimmers, are you ready for a snack break? BACK ON: the kids, who <SFX: YEAH>. They run towards the sand. 3. EXT. LAKE SHORE - CONTINUOUS Mr. Rabbit meets the kids with towels so they can dry off. Elinor rubs herself so vigorously with the towel that her goggles come flying off. ANGLE ON: the goggles land in the sand next to a resting duck. The duck stands up and shuffles aside, <SFX: QUACKING> in alarm. ELINOR Oops, sorry, duck. Elinor runs over to get the goggles. As she bends down, she looks more closely at the duck and is immediately distracted. CU: the duck’s webbed feet. ELINOR (CONT’D) ( to herself) Hey. This duck’s feet are SO INTERESTING. It has 1, 2, 3 toes, and they’re joined together by the skin in between them! Why does the duck have feet like that? MR. RABBIT (O.S.) Come have your snack, Elinor! Elinor grabs the goggles. ELINOR Oops. Coming. ANGLE ON: Ari, Olive, and Mr. Rabbit sitting on a towel, eating a healthy snack of veggies and dip. ARI (mouth full) These veggies are tasty. Elinor comes running over. ELINOR Olive! Ari! I just saw a duck standing on the sand, and its feet were SO COOL. It had lots of skin between its toes. Ari holds up his foot, his toes separated, and wiggles his toes. ARI Hmm. All I’ve got between my toes is empty space. Elinor also sticks up a foot and wiggles. ELINOR Same here. Olive sticks up her foot and looks at it, puzzled. OLIVE My toes are too short to wiggle. Maybe I should check the other foot? She lifts her other foot too, and falls backwards, sending a carrot flying into the air. <SFX: WHOOPS WALLA> The kids all <SFX: GIGGLE>. PAN follows the carrot arcing through the air and landing in the sand next to a frog, which croaks and hops about a foot away. OLIVE (CONT’D) Hey, what about that frog? I wonder if it has skin between its toes. The kids get up and go look at the frog. CU: the frog, which hops down the beach and into the water to swim away. ELINOR Yes, its toes are joined together with skin, too! Wow! That is so interesting. I wonder why some animals have toes like that, and others don’t. Elinor thinks about it for a beat. ELINOR (CONT’D) We need MORE OBSERVATIONS! Let’s go find some more toes. The kids separate to look around the immediate area, within sight of Mr. Rabbit. ANGLE ON: Olive stands under a tree where a robin is perched. OLIVE There’s a robin. Hmm. Let’s see. CU: the robin. OLIVE (O.S.) (CONT’D) Its toes aren’t joined by skin. Elinor notices a turtle basking on a rock in the water. She crouches down next to it. <SFX: Hmmmm> CU: the turtle. We see it basking happily, and then we see Elinor’s face pop up behind it, her eyes wide as she looks at the turtle. ELINOR The turtle’s toes are joined by skin! The turtle is startled. It scrambles into the water and swims away. Elinor thinks. <SFX: HMMM> ARI (O.S.) Elinor, Olive! I found an animal with really weird toes. Elinor and Olive rush over to Ari, who’s crouched down, looking at a worm. OLIVE (giggling) Ari, it’s a worm. ARI (silly) I know! It doesn’t have any toes at all... weird, right? The kids <SFX: LAUGH>. ELINOR Okay some animals have skin that joins their toes, and some don’t. But why? OLIVE Let’s make a list and see if we can figure it out. The kids <SFX: YEAH>. ANGLE ON: Olive picks up a long stick to draw in the sand, and Ari and Elinor watch her draw a couple of lines. CU: Olive’s list, a T-chart . One side has a webbed foot at the top and one has an un-webbed foot. OLIVE (CONT’D) Okay. Which animals have toes that are joined by skin? Olive makes quick drawings under the columns as the kids list the animals. ELINOR Ducks have joined toes. ARI Frogs do, too. OLIVE And turtles. Okay, now which ones DON’T have toes joined by skin? ARI Bats don’t. ELINOR And rabbits don’t either. OLIVE Or elephants. Or robins. ELINOR Okay, some animals have skin between their toes, and some don’t. So, what do the animals with joined toes have in common? THOUGHT BUBBLE MOMENT: The kids think about the times they saw those animals. They imagine the ducks swimming by, the turtle diving into the water and swimming, and the frog hopping into the water and swimming. ELINOR (O.S.) (CONT’D) Oh! Ducks, frogs, and turtles all live... ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI (O.S.) IN THE WATER! BACK ON: The kids. ELINOR All the animals with skin between their toes live in the water. But why? Why do water animals have toes like that? Ari lifts up a foot. ARI Maybe they high-five with their feet, and it helps them make a louder slap! Elinor tries to “high five” him with her foot. It’s difficult, and they <SFX: GIGGLE>. ELINOR I’ve never SEEN frogs high-fiving. There’s a beat as she thinks. ELINOR (CONT’D) I know. Let’s go observe those animals in the water. C’mon , we need MORE OBSERVATIONS! (to Dad) Dad, can we go find some more animals and check out their toes? Mr. RABBIT (momentarily puzzled) That’s a funny request. But sure! Just stay close where I can see you. Elinor, Olive and Ari excitedly run back to the water. 4. EXT. LAKE WATERS - A MINUTE LATER The kids are standing in the water, observing the creatures around them. A few ducks glide into view. ELINOR Here come some ducks. Let’s DUCK under the water and see what they’re doing. The kids pull their goggles over their eyes and duck their heads under the water. UNDERWATER POV: They watch ducks swim by. The ducks are paddling their webbed feet. The kids lift their heads above the surface. ARI Those ducks aren’t just floating along. They’re pushing the water with their feet, and they’re going really fast. That’s so cool. A frog pokes its head out of the water nearby. OLIVE I see a frog. Let’s hop to it! The kid wade over to the frog then duck their heads under the water again. UNDERWATER POV: They see the frog swim past them, kicking its webbed feet. The kids look amazed. Then a turtle swims by, doing the same thing. The kids point excitedly. They surface again. OLIVE (CONT’D) Amazing. That frog and that turtle are kicking with their toes, too. ELINOR They’re using their special feet to SWIM faster. ARI Hmm. I wonder why joined toes are good for swimming fast? OLIVE Da da da ! It’s a swimming mystery! Ari raises his wings. ARI Well, my wings are made of skin, and they help me push more air so I can fly really fast. Ari flaps hard and rises a little into the air, splashing Elinor and Olive, who <SFX: LAUGH>. ELINOR Maybe these water animals have skin between their toes so they can push more water... OLIVE And maybe pushing more water makes you swim faster. That must be it. ELINOR That is SO INTERESTING. Let’s go tell my Mom and Dad. With a <SFX: YEAH>, the kids splash their way to shore. 5. EXT. LAKE SHORE - CONTINUOUS Ranger Rabbit is now standing on the shore, too, toweling herself off. The kids gather around the Rabbits. ELINOR Mom! Dad! We figured out something amazing about duck feet. Mr. RABBIT Oh? Tell me. OLIVE Ducks have cool feet with skin between their toes. ARI And they’re not the only animals with joined toes. Frogs and turtles live in the water and they have them too. ELINOR We think that their joined toes help them swim faster because it lets them push more water. Ranger RABBIT You’re absolutely right, kids! We call those special feet “webbed feet” because the skin stretches between their toes. The kids <SFX: OHHH> . OLIVE (saying the words carefully) Webbed feet. I like those words. RANGER RABBIT Oh, that reminds me! I have a special surprise for you in my swim bag. Do you want to see what it’s like to have webbed feet too? The kids <SFX: GASP> and say <SFX: YEAH>. Ranger Rabbit kneels down and rummages in her swim bag. She pulls out a fluffy teddy bear. RANGER RABBIT (CONT’D) How’d that get in there? She pulls out a pair of kids’ swim fins and holds them triumphantly in the air. RANGER RABBIT (CONT’D) Aha! Here they are! OLIVE What are THOSE? RANGER RABBIT These are called swim fins. CU: the swim fins. ARI (O.S.) Ooh. They look like a duck’s feet. They’re wide and flat. ELINOR (O.S.) Yeah. And they look like they have little toes. OLIVE (O.S.) Like webbed feet! BACK ON: the kids and Ranger Rabbit. Ranger Rabbit holds out the swim fins. RANGER RABBIT Yes. And if you put them on your feet, you can push more water and you’ll swim faster. Do you want to give them a try? ELINOR Yes please! Elinor takes the fins. With a <SFX: YEAH>, the kids run into the water. 6. EXT. LAKE WATERS - A MINUTE LATER Excited, the kids stand in the water. OLIVE Can I try them first, Elinor? Elinor hands Olive the fins. ELINOR You toe-tally can! Get it? Toes? The kids <SFX: GIGGLE>. OLIVE Hmm, how do I put these on? Olive reaches down and puts on one fin, than the other. OLIVE (CONT’D) Okay. I’m ready to swim as fast as a fish. Or at least, as fast as a duck. ELINOR Let’s race! On your marks... get set... GO. The kids jump in and swim. This time, Olive is much faster, and she pulls out ahead. As they stop and stand up again, they all <SFX: WOW>. OLIVE That was fin-tastic! ARI My turn! My turn! CROSSFADE TO: Ari winning a race, then Elinor winning a race. The kids stand up in the water, catching their breath. ELINOR We’ve figured out how to swim fast! As they look around at the water and the creatures moving through it, they sing: ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI Want to swim real fast? Want to feel the speed? Swim fins and webbed feet, Those are what you need. OLIVE: Ducks, frogs and turtles Have skin between their toes. ARI: They hop into the water, And ZOOM! Away they go. ELINOR: Get yourself some swim fins. Put them on like so. OLIVE: Then jump into the water, And ZOOM! Away you go. ALL THREE: Want to swim real fast? Want to feel the speed? Get some fins or webbed feet, Those are what you need. MR. RABBIT (O.S.) Hey kids, time to head home! ELINOR Okay, Dad. We’re coming. The kids run back to shore. 7. EXT. LAKE SHORE - CONTINUOUS Mr. Rabbit meets the kids with towels. Ranger Rabbit has her hands behind her back - she’s hiding something. MR. RABBIT How were the swim fins? OLIVE Fin-credible! ARI Now we can all swim fast! ELINOR If we keep practicing, maybe we’ll win a trophy some day. MR. Rabbit Well, I have a a special surprise for you. Mr. Rabbit brings his hands out from behind his back. He’s holding three round “medals” made of broken pieces of bark and string. He carved “question marks” on them. Mr. RABBIT (CONT’D) While you were swimming I made these awards for the three best question-askers in the whole town. You’re the MOST CURIOUS kids I know! The kids <SFX: WOW> as Mr. Rabbit puts a medal around each kid’s neck. ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI (in awe) Thank you. Ranger RABBIT Now who wants to see who can get home the fastest? The kids are all yawning and looking tired. ELINOR I think I’ve had enough speed for today. Can we walk home like slow snails instead? Mr. RABBIT That sounds more my speed! Mr. Rabbit begins to walk along comically, as if in slow motion. The kids <SFX: GIGGLE> and join him in walking slo-mo while Ranger Rabbit smiles. SEGMENT 2. 1. EXT fROG POND -- DAY Open on six TURTLES sitting on top of a ROCK, basking in the sun. One turtle hops off, <PLOPS> into the water and disappears. On the shore, Señor Tapir and a group of kids watch the turtle swimming. ELINOR ( giggling ) Where did that turtle go?! Elinor watches the water by the rock for a few seconds in great anticipation, and suddenly a little turtle head pops up out of the water. The turtle swims at the surface. OLIVE There it is! It’s swimming with its flippers! Señor Tapir (smiling) Indeed it is! (strums his guitar) Let’s sing a song about a scientist who discovered some other animals that used their flippers to swim...animals that lived long ago - and swam with the dinosaurs! Señor Tapir starts to sing. After a line or two, we transition to a simpler style of animation that describes what he is singing. SEñOR TAPIR (CONT’D) Mary Anning lived by the sea in the English countryside. 2. EXT ENGLISH COAST SEASIDE -- DAY MARY ANNING (a badger) walks along the beach of England’s Jurassic coast, next to sandy, rock cliffs. She wears a long dress with a cardigan, and she carries a small basket along with a rock hammer and small brush. She leans down to pick up a shell and inspect it. Cut to a close up of an ICTHYOSAUR SKULL poking out from the sand in the cliff. Mary’s face enters the scene as she looks closely at the skull, as if truly wondering what else is underneath it. SEñOR TAPIR (CONT’D) She liked to walk along the beach to see what she could find. Then one day she saw a skull with very pointy teeth, And Mary wondered what else was buried underneath. Close up on a small BRUSH that Mary uses to brush dirt away from the fossil. Mary digs until she stands up to admire that she has uncovered a FULL SKELETON of an ICTHYOSAUR. We see an ichthyosaur (which looks a little like a dolphin) swimming in water. SEñOR TAPIR (CONT’D) Mary started digging to see what she’d uncover, And at the age of twelve, you know what she discovered? An ich-thy-o-saur, [note: drawn out for clarity] An animal that swam with the dinosaurs! Mary’s head dramatically pops up into frame as she looks around. She walks along the seaside, reaches down and picks up an ammonite fossil to put in a basket. Then she sits near the ichthyosaur skeleton and sketches a drawing of it in her sketchbook. Señor Tapir (CONT’D) (singing) Mary kept... Digging down, Digging around, Digging carefully and look what she found, Amazing new discoveries Buried down in the ground! Mary walks along the same seaside as before. Close up on a small BRUSH that Mary uses to brush dirt away from the fossil. Mary keeps digging until she stands up to admire that she has uncovered a FULL SKELETON of a PLESIOSAUR. We see a plesiosaur (which is a long-necked reptile) swimming in the water. Señor Tapir (CONT’D) Mary grew up and kept searching in the ground, And at the age of twenty-two, you know what she found? A ple-si-o-saur, [note: drawn out for clarity] Another animal that swam with dinosaurs! Mary’s head pops into frame. Cut wide to reveal she is showing other folks (a couple other badgers) her discovery. They look surprised and amazed. Señor Tapir (CONT’D) Mary kept.. Digging down, Digging around, Digging carefully and look what she found, Amazing new discoveries Buried down in the 3. EXT FROG POND -- DAY Señor Tapir finishes singing the song in front of the kids. Señor Tapir (CONT’D) Grooooooooooooooooound ! Señor Tapir plays one final loud chord, which scares the five turtles still sitting on top of the rock. The turtles each <PLOP> into the water quickly, one after another. The kids <giggle>. (Music Note: It would be fun to have an accompanying percussion with the strumming pattern of a washboard, so that the animation of Mary using the paleontology brush, and brushing at dirt, syncs up with that rhythm). END.

EWW124A Speedy Swimming RECORD 05-Nov-19 .

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY 124A: SPEEDY SWIMMING Written by Rosemary Mosco Elinor’s Question: Why do ducks have webbed feet? Logline: When the kids see Ranger Rabbit swimming speedily in the local lake, they take inspiration from a duck’s webbed feet and learn why fins can help them swim fast. Curriculum Goals: LS2c . Compare how the external body parts of animals and plants are the same and/or different. [The kids compare their feet to the webbed feet of aquatic animals.] LS2d . Explore how different external features of an animal help it survive in its environment. [The kids discover that webbed feet help aquatic animals move through the water.] ET2b . Use a variety of low-tech tools including writing, drawing and painting utensils, scissors, magnifiers, balance scales, ramps, pulleys, hammers, screwdrivers, sieves, tubing, binoculars, whisks, measuring cups. [The kids use swim fins to enhance their swimming ability.] ND3 . Understand that structures and materials in the natural world can be used or can inspire the engineering of structures with similar function in the designed world. [The kids discover that webbed feet and swim fins use the same principles. Swim fins give them “webbed feet” and help them push more water.] SEP1c . Ask and/or identify cause and effect questions that can be answered by an investigation. [The kids wonder if fins help push more water, and they investigate this by running their hands through the water.] SEP3b . Compare and contrast objects and events by describing similarities and differences in detail. [The kids compare swim fins to webbed feet.] SEP3d . With guidance, plan and conduct simple investigations using simple tools. [Elinor runs her open hand and closed hand through the water to see which one pushes more water.] Main Characters: Elinor, Olive, Ari, Mr. Rabbit, Ranger Rabbit (in bathing suits) Props: Beach chair, pinecone, trophy, ducks, turtle, frog, goggles, life jackets, goggles, slipper, cookie swim fins, handmade medals Locations: Lake shore, lake water FIRST DRAFT: 30-Aug-19 SECOND DRAFT: 23-Sep-19 POLISH DRAFT: 23-Oct-19 RECORD DRAFT: 05-Nov-19 ARI ELINOR ELINOR/OLIVE ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI MR. RABBIT OLIVE RANGER RABBIT OLICE Rangr OLIE (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E 1 2 1 3 4 5 6 THE END. INT CLASSROOM -- DAY SUNLIT FOREST CLEARING -- CONTINUOUS PARK -- DAY EXT -- PARK EXT -- LAKE WATERS -- CONTINUOUS EXT -- LAKE SHORE -- CONTINUOUS EXT -- LAKE WATERS -- A MINUTE LATER SEGMENT 2. 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 ELINOR ELINOR