1. Ext. forest -- summer Day Elinor and Olive are on a walk through the forest with Mz. Mole. As they pass a rocky slope, five small birds fly suddenly fly past and into a cave where they disappear into the darkness. The kids are amazed. ELINOR Whoa! Where did those birds go? Mz. Mole They’re flying home. They live in this cave. Perspective from inside the cave looking out at Elinor, Olive and Mz. Mole as they peer in. oliVE It’s so dark. How do they see anything? ELINOR Hello! Elinor’s voice <SFX: ECHOES HELLO> around the cave. MZ. MOLE Some animals feel right at home in the dark. Instead of using their eyes to get around, they can use their ears. Mz. Mole takes out her storybook and opens the front cover. CLOSE ON the storybook which shows a small bird called a swiftlet flying through the air. 2. THE STORYBOOK The storybook comes to life and the swiftlet flies through the air <SFX: CHIRPING>. MZ. MOLE (v.O.) This little bird is a swiftlet . It is a very special bird. The perspective changes as if from a camera strapped to the bird’s back, so we are looking over its head as it flies from daylight into the darkness of a cave. The scene suddenly becomes monochromatic or dark blue to indicate the darkness of the cave. MZ. MOLE (V.O.) The swiftlet builds its nest inside a dark cave. From the same perspective, we fly around some cave walls and low hanging rocky projections from the ceiling and then up onto a nest stuck to the side of the cave wall. The perspective changes, and we see the bird sitting on the nest. Elinor (V.O.) How does the swiftlet see where it’s going? MZ. MOLE (V.O.) It doesn’t see with its eyes. It hears with its ears. The swiftlet flies out of the nest and around the cave. As it flies, it <SFX: CHIRPS REPEATEDLY> and navigates around the rocky walls and ceilings, twists and turns of the cave. MZ. MOLE (V.O.) As it flies, it chirps and listens for the sound echoing back. A swiftlet hears its way around a dark cave without running into anything. The swiftlet makes its way back to its nest where it perches once again. A pair of little baby swiftlets pop their heads up with their beaks open. oliVE (v.O.) It has babies! MZ. MOLE (V.O.) Well, what safer place to raise your babies than in the darkness of a cave? 3. EXT. FOREST -- SUMMEr Day The birds fly back out of the cave past Mz. Mole, Elinor and Olive. eliNOR and olive ( together ) Amazing! End

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ELINOR Wonders why EWW interstitial: Mz. Mole - Bird sonar Written by ROBERT SAMS FOLLOWS: Echolocation CURRICULUM: Bats are not the only flying animal to use sonar. A small bird called a swiftlet uses echolocation to safely navigate around dark caverns. LS2: Animals have different parts that help them grow and survive. FIRST DRAFT: February 6, 2020 SENOR TAPIR Kids ELINOR SALLY BEAVER Ari Mz. Mole Olive (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) (b 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.