1. EXT FOREST -- EARLY AUTUMN DAY
ARI, OLIVE and ELINOR come up to Mz. Mole, who is sitting by her garden.
MZ. MOLE
Well hello, kids!
ELINOR
Hi Mz. Mole! We came to help you pick veggies from your garden!
OLIVE
Yes, we are expert veggie-pickers.
ARI
And eaters!
MZ MOLE
Wonderful! Thanks for your help! Follow me.
She reaches down and opens the door to her house (Mz. Mole lives in an underground burrow), and walks down. The kids look confused, but follow her down.
2. INT MZ. MOLE’S KITCHEN -- DAY
The kids emerge in the kitchen as Mz. Mole sets up and climbs a ladder in the middle of the room, with a book in hand.
ELINOR
Mz. Mole, why are we going inside your house?
OLIVE
Isn’t your garden outside?
MZ MOLE
It is, but some of my favorite veggies grow underground. Look!
Mz. Mole reaches up to the ceiling and sticks her arm into the overhead dirt.
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3.
EXT. Mz. Mole’s garden
Above ground, we see a row of green leafy plants. The left most one (a radish) jiggles and then disappears into the ground with a <SFX:
SCHWOOP
!>.
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4.
INT. MZ. MOLE’S KITCHEN -- DAY
We see Mz. Mole has pulled out a purple radish. The kids
<SFX:
WALLA
OOH
/
AAH
/WOW!>.
olive
It’s a radish!
ELINOR
Why do some veggies grow underground, Mz Mole?
MZ MOLE
(holding up the radish)
Sometimes, the part of the plant we eat is the root, and that grows under the ground.
She hands the radish to Ari,
who brushes off the dirt and
takes a bite.
ARI
And it’s delicious!
They all
<SFX:
GIGGLE>.
MZ MOLE
There are LOTS of different root vegetables. Take a look in this book!
5. INT. POP-UP BOOK (Cross-section) - DAY
We tilt up and dissolve to a simpler pop-up book animation style that shows a cross-section of her kitchen and the garden above. As she talks, we push/pan and see several vegetables of different shapes and sizes.
MZ MOLE
Onions...
ELINOR
Yum.
MZ MOLE
...radishes...
ELINOR
Mmmmm.
MZ MOLE
...garlic...
ELINOR
Mmmm hmmmm.
MZ MOLE
...potatoes...
ARI
What? Potatoes grow under ground? Mind. Blown.
MZ MOLE
...rutabagas...
OLIVE
Rutabagas. I like that word.
MZ MOLE
...and of course, carrots!
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. INT MZ MOLE’S KITCHEN
We dissolve back as Mz. Mole pulls a purple carrot from her roof.
ELINOR
Wait a minute, that’s not a carrot. It’s purple!
MZ MOLE
Yes, it is! Carrots grow in all different colors: purple, white, orange, yellow and red!
As she names each color, she pulls out a colorful carrot and hands it to Elinor.
OLIVE
Wow, there are so many pretty colors.
ELINOR
Look, It’s a rainbow of root veggies!
We see a rainbow of colorful carrots in Mz. Mole’s arms.
ARI
Gorgeous AND delicious.
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ELINOR WONDERS WHY
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INTERSTITIAL
Mz
Mole: Rainbow of Root Vegetables
Written by
Jorge Cham and Daniel
Whiteson
FOLLOWS: EPISODE "UNDERGROUND SOUP"
CURRICULUM: Kids learn that root veggies come in a wide spectrum of colors.
CURRICULUM GOALS:
LS8a
. Begin to understand that there are many different kinds of living things and how they may be the same or different. Observe and describe similarities and differences across different types of plants and animals. [ They understand that carrots and beets come in many colors. ]
FIRST DRAFT: Mar 19, 2020
SECOND DRAFT: March 25, 2020
MZ MOLE
ELINOR
OLIVE
ARI
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MM'S GARDEN
KITCHEN
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POP-UP BOOK (CROSS-SECTION)
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AFTERNOON
MORNING
EVENING
LATER
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CONTINUOUS
THE NEXT DAY
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