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) Lets sing a song about a scientist who discovered some other animals that used their flippers to swim... animals that lived long ago - during the time of 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 often walked along the beach to see what she could find. Then one day she saw a skull with very pointy teeth, And Mary started wondering what else was underneath. 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 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? A fossil of an ichthyosaur, A n animal that swam around the time of 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 to she what she found, Digging for 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 fossil of a plesiosaur, Another big animal that swam around 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 to she what she found, Digging for 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).

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY 124 interstitial: Señor Tapir Written by LAURA SAMS FOLLOWS: “speedy swimming” CURRICULUM: Mary Anning is one of the first female paleontologists, who found fossils of giant swimming reptiles including a full ichthyosaur (when she was only 12 years old) and the first ever skeleton of a plesiosaur.' LS8 . Begin to understand that there are many different kinds of living things and how they may be the same or different: Group different kinds of living things into categories based on basic similarities and differences SECOND DRAFT: November 18 2019 ELINOR Kids SALLY BEAVER Señor Tapir Silas (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E 1 FOLLOWS: "THE AMAZING EXPANDABLE CLUBHOUSE" EXT PARK -- 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.