1. INT CLASSROOM -- DAY
MZ. MOLE is standing in front of the class, teaching a lesson on beetles.
S
he’s drawn some beetles on a chalkboard
and she’s pointing at them.
Mz. MOLE
There are many kinds of amazing beetles. They really are my favorite insects...
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.
Olive sniffs and points towards Mz. Mole’s desk.
OLIVE
I do! It’s coming from your desk.
Back on Mz. Mole,
who goes around her desk, sniffing, then comes back to the front of it to open the drawer. (If there’s no time, she can just go right to the spot in the desk.)
Mz. Mole opens a drawer and pulls out a rotten banana.
MZ. MOLE
Aha! A
n old
banana.
Mz. Mole sniffs it and makes a funny face.
Mz. MoLE
(CONT’D)
That doesn’t smell very good.
The kids
<SFX:
EWW>
.
MZ. MOLE (CONT’D)
Hey
, 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
banana
down on her desk, and pulls out a book.
MZ. MOLE (CONT’D)
It’s all right here in this book about
my favorite insects: beetles!
2. EXT OUTSIDE (BOOK) -- DAY
We see a
pinacate
beetle standing on the sandy desert ground.
Mz. MOLE (O.S.)
This is a
pinacate
beetle.
It
walks around right in the open.
The beetle struts across the sand, looking proud of itself.
ELINOR
Isn’t it worried that something will try to eat it?
The beetle shakes its head or swats a paw, looking unconcerned.
MZ MOLE (O.S.)
Don’t worry. This
beetle has a secret power. Can you guess what it is?
CUT TO: The kids, with a PAN from one to the other.
ELINOR
Does it have an extra-strong shell?
ARI
Can it make a scary noise?
OliVE
Or fly super fast?
BACK ON: The book.
A hungry lizard appears in front of the beetle. It licks its lips.
MZ. MOLE (O.S.)
Let’s
see what happens when this lizard comes close.
The beetle flips around and does a headstand, pointing its butt at the lizard.
MZ. MOLE (O.S.) (CONT’D)
First, the
beetle stands on its head.
The lizard steps a little closer.
MZ MOLE (O.S.)
Then, it sprays
stinky stuff at the lizard.
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.
MZ. MOLE (O.S.)
The lizard does NOT like that stinky stuff. It leaves and the beetle is safe.
Saved by the sink!
3. INT CLASSROOM -- DAY
Mz. Mole puts down the book.
MZ. MOLE
See,
sometimes stinky smells are useful.
She holds up the banana, looking at it thoughtfully.
MZ. MOLE (CONT’D)
So, maybe we should keep this
old
banana around?
ARI
Uh, Mz. Mole, I don’t think that banana is protecting us from any lizards.
MZ. MOLE
Maybe it scared them all away already!
<SFX: KID LAUGHTER>
.
THE END.
EWW127 Interstitial D2 20-Dec-19
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<SFX:
AWWWW>
WHOOOA>
WHOOOOAA>
spiderling
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 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
SECOND DRAFT:
20-DEC-19
ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI
MZ MOLE
ELINOR
ARI
OLIVE
MZ. MOLE
(V.O.)
(O.S.)
(O.C.)
(CONT'D)
(SUBTITLE)
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4
3
THE END.
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DAY
NIGHT
AFTERNOON
MORNING
EVENING
LATER
MOMENTS LATER
CONTINUOUS
THE NEXT DAY
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