1. EXT. OLIVE’S HOUSE (FRONT DOOR) -- DAY It’s a beautiful summer day and ELINOR hops along in a fluttery way as she follows a butterfly. <SFX: OOOH WALLA>. Suddenly ARI runs OS. Ari Elinor, come on, we’re almost at Olive’s house. ElINOR Ok , coming. (to the butterfly) See you later, butterfly. The butterfly flutters away as they get to the front door. Elinor <SFX: KNOCKS> and OLIVE’S MOM opens it. Olive’s Mom Well, hello kids. ELINOR Hi, Mz. Elephant. Can Olive come out and... Suddenly OLIVE peeks out from behind her Mom with a big smile on her face. Olive Ari! Elinor! Come with me... (She grabs her friends by the hands and pulls them inside.) Thanks Mom! OLIVE’S MOM (surprised) OH! Okay, well, have fun kids. 2. INT. OLIVE’S ROOM - DAY Olive takes her friends into her room. ELINOR What is it Olive? ArI Yeah, you sure seem.... Olive shushes him with her trunk and a friendly <SFX: SHUSHHHH WALLA> as her mother walks by the door on her way to the kitchen. Ari ( CONT’D ) (whispering) ...excited . Olive can’t wait to share her news. OlIVE (bubbling with joy) I AM excited! Guess what? Today is my Mom’s birthday! <SFX: AWESOME/COOL WALLA> OLIVE ( CONT’D ) And I want to do something really special for her. Ari Like what? OlIVE I was thinking... let’s have a BIRTHDAY PARTY for her! Ari That’s a FANTASTIC idea, Olive. We could have a pirate party, like I had on my birthday - Arrrgh . He does a little pirate pretend-playing <SFX: AHOY WALLA>. ELINOR Or a bunny-hopping party, like the one I had. (Elinor starts hopping around) Now that was a HOPPY birthday! Olive smiles at her friend’s energy. OlivE (giggling) You sure do like to hop, Elinor. Ari jumps in front. ARI And don’t forget - I like PIRATES! ARRRGH ! Olive Buu-uut , I’m not sure my Mom likes pirates that much... or bunny hops. ELINOR Right. We should plan a party with something she likes. ArI OK, what does your Mom like, Olive? Olive Good question. I’m not sure. I see her every day but I guess I’ve never thought about what she likes. ELINOR Then let’s find out... come on. 3. INT. OLIVE’S KITCHEN – DAY Olive, Elinor and Ari poke their noses around the corner and watch Olive’s Mom closely, trying to keep quiet so she doesn’t see them (it’s not easy, much <SFX: GIGGLING WALLA>). ELINOR (whispering giggling) Let’s observe your mom and see what she likes. ANGLE ON: Olive’s Mom puts the last dish away, then settles at the kitchen table with a cup of tea and a magazine (with a butterfly on the cover). Ari She likes sitting quietly. Olive Yeah, but a sitting quietly party doesn’t sound like much fun. ELINOR Wait a minute... look at your Mom’s magazine. ANGLE ON: The cover of Olive’s Mom’s magazine. A butterfly. Ari There’s a picture of a butterfly. ELINOR And her apron. ANGLE ON: The butterfly apron. Olive Another butterfly. ElINOR And her pin! (ANGLE ON: The butterfly pin) I’m starting to see a pattern here. QUICK CU’s on various butterfly decorations all around the kitchen. BACK ON: Olive figures it out. OLIVE Butterflies! My mom loves butterflies. She has butterfly decorations on EVERYTHING! ArI Yeah, there’s butterfly stuff everywhere. ELINOR <GASP!> Let’s have a butterfly party! ANGLE ON: At that moment Olive’s mom hears them. OlIVE’S MOM What are you kids up to? OlIVE Nothing, Mom! We’re just going to play outside, okay? OLIVE’S MOM OK, have fun. Off they go. 4. EXT. OLIVE’S BACK YARD – DAY The kids are in the back yard, near the flower garden. ElINOR I think your mom would love a butterfly party. We could have it right here in your yard. Your garden is so nice. ANGLE ON the beautiful flower garden, lots of pansies, lilies and roses. NOTE: It should NOT contain any of the flowers identified as “butterfly flowers” (i.e. Milkweed, marigolds, asters, phlox, sunflower, black-eyed susans) OlIVE Thanks! My mom and I planted it -- this is my part of the garden. Olive points to a little section. ELINOR It’s the perfect place for a butterfly party. Ari OK, so what do we need? OliVE Well, my mom already has butterfly plates and napkins and decorations. Ari Wait, I know... what if we got some REAL butterflies! Olive YES! Then they could fly around and it’ll be a REAL butterfly party. THOUGHT BUBBLE: medium shot of Olive’s Mom with a birthday hat surrounded by butterflies. ElinOR That would be so fun! Let’s find some butterflies for the party. They wait for a beat, looking around. ArI Welp . I don’t see any butterflies around here. OlIVE Maybe we should try calling them. (calling) Butterflies! ARI (Calling) Oh, BUUUTERFLIES ! ElINOR (calling) We want you to come to Olive’s Mom’s party! A beat. No butterflies. OlIVE STILL no butterflies. Ari Maybe we should send them some Birthday Party invitations? OLIVE Hmmm . I don’t think butterflies can read invitations, Ari. ELINOR I know there are butterflies around here somewhere. ARI Yeah, we just saw one a little while ago - come on, let’s look around! The kids run off-screen. 5. EXT. MEADOW BESIDE OLIVE’S HOUSE – DAY WIDE SHOT REVEALS: the kids running over to the field next door - part of it is just grass, but the farther part of the field has milkweed. OlIVE (calling) Butterflies! Butterflies! ARI (calling) Butter-butter-butter-FLIES!! ElINOR That is so interesting! I wonder where all the butterflies are. The kids search around the grassy area for a beat or two, looking in the tall grass, behind a tree etc. ARI I don’t see any around here. Suddenly Elinor notices something. ELINOR Look over THERE! ANGLE ON: The farther flowery part of the field, with lots of butterflies. OlIVE <GASP!> BUTTERFLIES!! They run over to the part of the meadow that’s dotted with wildflowers - and butterflies. OLIVE ( CONT’D ) Wow, look how many butterflies there are here. ELINOR (to butterflies) Butterflies, we're having a birthday party for Olive's mom and we would love it if you came. ARI Yeah, it’s over... (he antics, pointing comically with his whole body) ...THIS way. C’mon . OlIVE Just fly over to my house, butterflies. I have a really nice garden. (Olive flutters along like a butterfly for a beat, then turns, disappointed) They’re not coming. ElINOR They’re just staying in this field. ARI I wonder why they like it here so much and not in Olive's garden? OlIVE Dun, dun, DUNNN – it’s a mystery, a butterfly mystery... ElINOR We need MORE observations. Olive, Ari and Elinor crouch down behind some tall grass. They watch the pretty scene of the butterflies fluttering around the flowers for a beat or two. ELINOR ( CONT’D ) OK, what's the difference between this field and the garden at Olive's house? ARI Both places have lots of sun. OlIVE And both places have lots of flowers. Elinor looks closely ANGLE ON: we see several shots of the butterflies only hanging out near one type of flower (a Milkweed flower). ELINOR Hmmm , the butterflies seem to REALLY like that purple flower. Olive, do you have that flower in your garden? OLIVE I don't think so. We have red flowers, and yellow flowers... but we don’t have that purple flower. ELINOR (Penny drops) Maybe that's why the butterflies are here and not in your garden. They like this special kind of flower. ARI I think you’re right Elinor, they seem to be big fans of that flower. Olive So how can we get the butterflies to come to my garden if we don't have these special flowers they like? The kids look stumped when suddenly they hear someone <SFX: HUMMING> nearby. Olive ( CONT’D ) Who’s humming? ElINOR I don’t know. Let’s find out. And off they go. 6. EXT. MZ. MOLE’S GARDEN – DAY The kids follow the <SFX: HUMMING> through some bushes, and Elinor sees.... ELINOR Mz. MOLE? MZ. MOLE Hello kids, welcome to my home. ARI (gob-smacked) Wait, teachers have HOMES? MZ. MOLE That’s right, and (gesturing) gardens too. ari Mind. Blown. elinor Wow, Mz. Mole your garden has so many amazing flowers. OLIVE And LOTS of butterflies! Ari That’s just what we were looking for! Mz. MOLE Butterflies? Why are you looking for butterflies? OlIVE For my mom’s birthday. She loves butterflies, so we want to surprise her with a BUTTERFLY party. Ari With real butterflies! Mz. MOLE Oh, what a wonderful idea. ELINOR We saw some butterflies in that field over there, but we couldn’t get them to come to our party. Ari Yeah, they only seemed to like hanging around a special flower. ( noticing ) This one! He points to the Milkweed, with butterflies hovering around. Mz. MOLE Ah, yes. Butterflies do like some flowers more than others. Lots of animals in Nature prefer certain plants. That one is called a milkweed. The kids <SFX: OOOH , AHH WALLA>. Mz. MOLE ( CONT’D ) But butterflies also like marigolds, lavender, asters, black-eyed susans, phlox and sunflowers. She points to each flower in turn <SFX: WOOW AWESOME WALLA>. Olive Wow, I wish I could have these flowers in my garden. Then the butterflies would come to my mom's party for sure. Elinor and Ari agree <SFX: YEAH WALLA>. Mz. MOLE You can have these flowers! EliNOR But how? We don't have time to plant them and wait for them to grow. MZ. MOLE That’s ok . Take some of mine! Olive We can take some of your flowers? Mz. MOLE Sure! In gardening, it's OK to move plants from one spot to another. It's called 'transplanting'. OLIVE Transplanting. I LIKE that word. 7. GARDEN PLANTING MONTAGE As they sing, Mz. Mole supervises the kids as they dig up some of the plants from her garden, put them in pots (in a wagon), then go and transplant them into Olive’s garden. ElINOR, olive, ari OLIVE: Butterflies love flowers, We all know it’s true, ELINOR: And they have their favorites, Just like me and you. ARI: To have butterflies around, Just listen to our song, ELINOR: Plant the flowers that they like, And they will come along. OLIVE: Marigold and milkweed Lavender and phlox ELINOR: These are the flowers That butterflies like a lot ARI: Sunflowers and Asters Black-eyed Susans too ELINOR: When you plant the flowers that they like, OLIVE: The butterflies will come to you! ALL: Butterflies love flowers, We all know it’s true, And they have their favorites, Just like me and youoooo . After they plant the flowers in Olive’s garden, one butterfly flutters in. 8. EXT. OLIVE’S BACK YARD (with Butterfly Garden) -- DAY The back yard is decorated with the butterfly decorations from the house, and we see butterfly plates and napkins. There’s also a new butterfly garden (In Olive’s section) Olive leads her mother out of the house with her eyes closed. OlIVE Okay, Mom, you can open your eyes now. Ari, ELINOR, Mz. Mole SURPRISE! Ari Welcome to your butterfly party. ELINOR With real BUTTERFLIES! Olive’s Mom looks around in wonder. OlIVE’S MOM Woooow . This is WONDERFUL. OlIVE Happy Butterfly Birthday, Mom. Olive gives her Mom a big hug. OLIVE’S MOM Aww , thank you so much, kids. (then she notices) Mz. Mole? How nice to see you! Mz. MOLE Happy birthday, Mz. Elephant. I’m here as a butterfly garden helper. ELINOR We wanted real butterflies for your party, Mz. Elephant, so we OBSERVED some. Olive And we learned that they like some kinds of flowers more than others. ArI So Mz. Mole helped us bring some of her butterfly flowers here. OlIVE We TRANSPLANTED them into our garden, so the butterflies would come. ELINOR And they DID!! OlIVE’S MOM Wow, did they ever!! Look at all these beautiful butterflies. ANGLE ON: The garden and the fluttering butterflies - beauty! Olive’s mom ( CONT’D ) You kids really know what flowers the butterflies like. But how did you figure out that I love butterflies so much? ANGLE ON: Olive’s Mom’s butterfly pin, butterfly apron and butterfly decorations. ELINOR Oh, it wasn't that hard, Mz. Elephant. (Ari, Olive and Elinor share a smile) Even the butterflies know you like butterflies. A butterfly lands next to her butterfly pin. Everyone <SFX: LAUGHS> as Olive hugs her Mom. Segment 2. 1. EXT FOREST -- EARLY AUTUMN DAY It's Fall and the trees have changed color. We open with a gusty whirl of wind and leaves whooshing through the air in front of the colorful trees, then see it swirl past Señor Tapir and the kids. Holding his guitar, Señor Tapir sits on a tree stump facing the kids, who sit around his feet. As the cold breeze rushes past, Olive wraps her arms around herself and shivers. OLIVE Brr . It’s getting cold! You can really feel it. A monarch butterfly flutters over the kids' heads and lands on Señor Tapir's head. Señor TAPIR Did you know that butterflies can also feel the cold? That’s how they know when it’s time to fly somewhere warmer. [ pause ] Hmm, I think a song is coming. I can feel it. Señor Tapir starts to strum his guitar and sings. After a few words, we transition to a simpler style of animation that describes what he is singing. SEñOR TAPIR ( CONT’D ) (singing) Meet André Green. He's a scientist, you see 2. EXT FLOWER GARDEN -- DAY We see Professor André Green (animal Lion). Green is standing next to a monarch butterfly that's perched on a flower. He's staring at it with excitement. SEñOR TAPIR Butterflies fill him up with curiosity. The butterfly flies up in the sky and heads away with purpose. SEñOR TAPIR ( CONT’D ) Monarch butterflies make a long flight. Green hops into a vehicle (or flaps into the sky) to follow it. We see the landscape pass by. SEñOR TAPIR ( CONT’D ) To escape winter’s icy cold bite. 3. EXT CENTRAL CALIFORNIA MONARCH WINTERING SITE -- DAY The butterfly reaches a Monterey Pine tree full of other monarchs. As Green hops out of his car and watches, the butterfly yawns and settles in happily for a "rest" (diapause). Señor tapir They go every year, around the same time. Flying together, heading for sunshine. Green looks very closely at the resting butterflies. He scratches his chin. SEñOR TAPIR ( CONT’D ) But how do they know When they should go? Do they follow the birds? Or wait for the snow? Green watches a flock of birds fly by, but the butterflies don't stir. He shakes his head. SEñOR TAPIR ( CONT’D ) (CHORUS) Ask a question, follow it through, You’ll learn things amazing and new! Green squints and looks more closely at the butterflies. He shakes his head. SENOR TAPIR André Green figured it out. TEMPERATURE is what it’s about. Green whips out a thermometer. The thermometer could be color coded or have pictures to show seasonal changes. We see the mercury drop - and maybe a cold gust go by. The monarchs yawn and stir. They fly off. Green watches them go, jumping up and down in a eureka moment. SEñOR TAPIR They feel the cold! To know where to be. Scientist André Green, thanks for your curiosity! (CHORUS) Ask a question, follow it through, You’ll learn things amazing and new! 4. EXT FOREST -- EARLY AUTUMN DAY The kids <SFX: CHEER> as Señor Tapir finishes his song. He stands up, and the butterfly flies away from his head. Señor TAPIR And now it's time for me to go home. OLIVE Why, Señor Tapir? Are you cold? SEñOR TAPIR No, it's time for lunch! I can feel it. Señor Tapir pats his stomach, which <SFX: GRUMBLES>. Everyone <SFX: LAUGHS>. END.

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY EP 132A Butterfly Party By: Katherine Sandford Elinor’s Question: How can we get the butterflies to come to Olive’s back yard? Logline: It’s Olive’s Mom’s birthday and the kids want to throw her a butterfly party, but they need REAL butterflies. Cirriculum Goals: LS5 . Begin to understand that animals depend on other living things in the environment to meet some of their needs: (Elinor observes that the butterflies prefer certain flowers that provide them with nectar). ND2 . ( RTL Crosscutting concept ‘Systems’): Begin to understand that systems developed in our world often work in similar ways to systems found in the natural world. (Elinor and her friends decide to plant a garden that includes flowers that the butterflies naturally prefer). SEP1 . Asking questions (science) and defining problems (engineering) b. Ask more complex questions about observable phenomena c. Ask and/or identify cause and effect questions that can be answered by an investigation d. Identify a problem that can be solved by the design of a new or improved object or tool (engineering) (Elinor and her friends question why there are no butterflies in Olive’s garden, and when they realize through investigation that it’s because there aren’t any of the flowers that butterflies prefer, they design a butterfly garden.) SEP3 . Planning and carrying out investigations b. Compare and contrast objects and events by describing similarities and differences in detail c. Demonstrate an ability to make and test predictions based on background knowledge and experiences e. Design and build a solution to a simple problem (Elinor and her friends compare and contrast the flowers to find the ones the butterflies prefer, they predict that if they plant those flowers in Olive’s yard, the butterflies will come. Then they make the butterfly garden, and it works!) OUTLINE: January 8, 2020 FIRST DRAFT: February 5, 2020 SECOND DRAFT; February 26, 2020 POLISH: March 16, 2020 RECORD DRAFT: March 24, 2020 Elinor Ari Olive’s Mom ElINOR and Ari OLIVE Art Ai Mz. Mole Olive, Ari, ELINOR, Mz. Mole ELINOR/ ELINOR/ari (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E THIS IKS IT ELINOR WONDERS WHY OLIVE'S HOUSE (FRONT DOOR) -- DAY OLIVE'S LIVING ROOM – DAY OLIVE'S KITCHEN – DAY OLIVE'S BACK YARD – DAY MEADOW – DAY MZ. MOLE'S GARDEN – DAY GARDEN PLANTING MONTAGE OLIVE'S LIVING ROOM SEGMENT 2. 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.