Great first draft, super fun. Comments below are motivated by a desire to simplify and streamline, avoiding extraneous information so that the pace can be relaxed and the lesson can sink in. 1. INT CLASSROOM -- DAY I love the saved by the stink line. It will be fun to see the kids sniffing along with Mz mole. No notes from me on this one. MZ. MOLE is standing in front of the class, teaching a lesson on beetles. (Maybe she’s pointing to a poster of beetles, or she’s drawn some beetles on a chalk board, or she’s holding drawings of beetles taped to sticks.) This introduces two things: beetles and shells for protection. Since the focus is on stink for protection, let's trim the shells lesson. Simplify to "Look at all of these amazing beetles. They are my favorite bug…" Mz. MOLE i like the idea that she's pointing to drawings on the chalkboard So, as you can see, beetles really are amazing. Their hard shells help protect them from... From... Mz. Mole pauses and lifts up her nose. <SFX: SNIFF> MZ. MoLE (CONT’D) Does anyone else smell something stinky? Cut to the kids, who shrug. ELINOR I don’t. ARI Nope. Note that we make a point that Olive has a good sense of smell, so here perhaps have Olive's trunk swivel like a periscope and say "I smell something!" and have her point to MM's desk. OLIVE due to how quickly these interstitials move to tell it all in 1:30 - we may not have time to have the kids follow her around. we also dont have any drawers (only cubbies for the kids) beside at her desk. so being that shes at the chalk board - she wont have to go far to find the smell - she can sniff around - if we have time, she can maybe go aroudn the desk and back to the fromt of it to open the drawer. she can lift the banana for line 6 - and the kids can see it and react Me neither. But we don’t have your amazing nose, Mz. Mole. Back on Mz. Mole, who walks around, following her nose. The kids get up to follow her. After a moment, Mz. Mole opens a drawer and pulls out a bag with a rotten banana. "Does it need to be in a bag? Let's just have it be a banana. ""Aha! An old banana."" she sniffs it, gives a silly reaction ""That doesn't smell very good!""" MZ. MOLE Aha! A rotten banana. I must have forgotten all about it. The kids <SFX: EWW> . Simplify: "Hey, did you know that some stinks can be useful!" MZ. MOLE (CONT’D) reads that she puts a book down on the desk - but she was never holding a book until she picks one up here. Hey now, don’t knock stinky smells! Did you know that some stinks can be USEFUL? The kids <SFX: GASP, HUH?>. Mz. Mole walks back to the front of the class, puts the book down on her desk, and pulls out a book. ...about my favorite bug: beetles! MZ. MOLE (CONT’D) It’s all right here in this book about beetles. 2. EXT OUTSIDE (BOOK) -- DAY We see a pinacate beetle standing on the sandy desert ground. Let's remove the desert info, to give the other info space to sink in. "This is a pinacate beetle. It walks around right in the open!" Mz. MOLE (O.S.) This is a pinacate beetle. It lives in the desert. You won’t find it hiding under a rock - it struts across the sand like it doesn’t have a care in the world. The beetle struts across the sand, looking proud of itself. Give this line to a kid, and avoid desert/camo stuff: "But doesn't it worry that something will try to eat it?". Then bring the lizard in at this moment. MZ. MOLE (O.S.) (CONT’D) But it’s a big juicy beetle and it really stands out against the sand. Isn’t it worried about being eaten? The beetle shakes its head or swats a paw, looking unconcerned. change to "Don't worry, this beetle has a secret power. Can you guess what it is?" MZ MOLE (O.S.) You see, the pinacate beetle has a secret power. Can you guess what it is? line 12 - 13 and 14 could be on the kids as we pan from one to the other and then cut back to the book for line 16 ELINOR (O.S.) Does it have an extra-strong shell? ARI (o.S.) Can it make a scary noise? OliVE (O.S.) Or fly super fast? A hungry lizard appears in front of the beetle. It licks its lips. delete second sentence. Change to "Let's see what happens when the lizard comes close." MZ. MOLE (O.S.) Let’s observe. Here comes a hungry lizard. The beetle flips around and does a headstand, pointing its butt at the lizard. "First, it stands on its head" MZ. MOLE (O.S.) (CONT’D) First, the beetle does a headstand. The lizard steps a little closer. "Then it sprays stinky stuff at the lizard" MZ MOLE (O.S.) Then, it sprays a jet of stinky liquid from a gland in its body. A jet of reddish-brown stinky fluid flies out and hits the lizard in its face. The kids <SFX: EWW> or laugh in surprise. The lizard looks disgusted and runs away. The beetle resumes its confident strut. Explain what happened: "The lizard doesn't like that stinky stuff, so it leaves and the beetle is safe!" MZ. MOLE (O.S.) Saved by the sink! 3. INT CLASSROOM -- DAY Mz. Mole puts down the book. "See, sometimes stinky things are useful!" MZ. MOLE See, nature uses smells in all kids of amazing ways. She holds up the banana, looking at it thoughtfully. MZ. MOLE (CONT’D) So, maybe we should keep this stinky banana around? All the kids say <SFX: NO>. End with Ari joking: "Uh, Mz. Mole, I don't think this old banana is protecting us from any lizards." MZ. MOLE (CONT’D) I’m joking. But I know a place where its stink will fit right in. Cut 22,23, avoid introducing another concept (compost) ELINOR The desert? due to time restraints to tell these stories - we wont have time to show them all going outside towards a compost pile MZ. MOLE The compost pile! <SFX: KID LAUGHTER> as Mz. Mole leads them out to the compost pile. THE END.

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY 127 Interstitial: MZ . Mole Story time: STINKY SURPRISE Written by Rosemary Mosco Follows "Follow Your Nose" Curriculum: The kids learn that some animals use stinky smells to protect themselves. Learning Goals: LS2c: Compare how the external body parts of animals and plants are the same and/or different. [The kids learn that pinacate beetles store a stinky liquid in glands in their bodies.] LS2d: Explore how different external features of an animal help it survive in its environment. [The kids learn that this stinky liquid helps keep pinacate beetles safe.] FIRST DRAFT: 11-DEC-19 ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI MZ MOLE ELINOR ARI OLIVE OR (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E 2 4 3 THE END. INT CLASSROOM -- DAY EXT OUTSIDE (BOOK) -- 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 ELINOR ELINOR