Nicely done for a tricky topic. This will rely heavily on clear, clever visuals, so let's hear from Kevin about whether this works. 1. Ext. forest -- summer Day production note. line 2 as these are pop-up book style visuals Opening description. Remove extra 'fly' . Also, let's add a line from mz.mole to present the book ie. "here, let me show you" 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. Whoa! Why did those birds go into that cave? ELINOR Whoa! Where did those birds go? Mz. Mole the mz.mole interstitials are pop-up book style. this is limited to a few pages as she flip through and we design a pop-up illustration. we cannot have a 3d-like scene with a moving camera changing perspective as the bird flies. we could have a pop-up ext cave and the bird flies in, we pan and it gets darker as we follow the bird in profile - it flies below low hanging cave walls and then up to the nest..again, In a still pop up illustration style 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. It's so dark in there. How do they see where they're going? oliVE It’s so dark. How do they see anything? ELINOR Hello! Elinor’s voice <SFX: ECHOES HELLO> around the cave. Shorten to something like, "They don't! These birds use their ears to get around. I'll show you!" MZ. MOLE Maybe "some animals like being in the dark..." second line is well put. 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>. Cool perspective concept, let's see what Kevin says about whether it can be done in our pop-up book style. 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. Maybe it should look like it's going to hit something, and one of our kids shouts "Watch out"! Interactivity between the pop-up world and the kids can add some energy. 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. How does -> How can 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. "This will need some clever visuals to describe the sound echoing. The line could be simplified. Consider something like: As it flies, it chirps and listens for the sound bouncing off the walls. That's called an echo. The echo tells the swiftlet where the walls are, and that's how it gets around." MZ. MOLE (V.O.) Is the word "without" the right one here? Should it be"so that it doesn't"? 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. Let's have the kids react to the learning this and reinforce the lesson. Before the babies bit, have a kid say: "Wow, it HEARS where it's going" oliVE (v.O.) It has babies! Agree with Sara's note. MZ. MOLE (V.O.) I don't think preschoolers will have any idea why raising babies in dark cave is safe. Can we keep this about "hearing" and "sound". Something about the mama hearing the babies chirp...or that the babies are just learning to make sounds before they fly... 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 with something goofy. Maybe the kids yell into the cave: Swiftlets are cool! Cool… cool… cool… 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.