1. EXT. SCHOOLYARD - DAY It’s a beautiful sunny day. The kids are at school, playing outside during recess. The camera pans across kids playing various games and stops at ELINOR and ARI, who are having a thoughtful discussion. ELINOR Hmm. What should we play today? ARI We could play catch. ELINOR Nah . We did that yesterday. ARI Right. I know! We could have a snowball fight. ELINOR Ari, it’s spring. There’s no snow. ARI Maybe we’ll get lucky and there’ll be a spring snowstorm! (Ari looks up at the sky, as if waiting impatiently.) I’m WAITING. Elinor <SFX: GIGGLES>. Then a pair of butterflies fly past them, one chasing the other. ARI (CONT’D) Look at those butterflies go. They look like they’re chasing each other. ELINOR Hmm. Are you thinking what I’m thinking? ELINOR/ARI Let’s play tag! ARI You know who loves tag? Olive. Maybe she wants to play too. Where is she? ELINOR She said she was going to read under that big tree. ARI Let’s go! Ari and Elinor find Olive sitting under a big tree. She’s reading a huge book, and she looks very absorbed in it. ELINOR Hi, Olive. Olive doesn’t look up, but she replies with enthusiasm. She’s just very excited about her book. OLIVE Hi, Elinor. Hi Ari. ARI What are you reading? Now Olive looks up, beaming. OLIVE A really fun book. It’s about a princess who goes into a magical forest to rescue a prince. What’s inside that forest? Dun dun dunnn ... it’s a mystery! ARI Whoa. That does sound good. ELINOR We’re going to play tag. Want to play with us? Olive looks thoughtful. OLIVE Hmm. That sounds like fun. But... I really want to finish this book. I could read and play tag at the same time... But it would be impossible for me to tag anyone if I kept looking down at my book. A funny THOUGHT BUBBLE shows her trying to read and play tag at the same time (she just reads as she runs past Elinor and Ari without tagging them). As the bubble pops, the kids <SFX: GIGGLE>. Olive looks down at her book. OLIVE (CONT’D) Okay, I’ll play tag. I’m IT! Ari and Olive <SFX: LAUGH> or <SFX: SCREAM PLAYFULLY> as Olive sets down her book and runs after them. 2. INT. OLIVE’s HOUSE - BEDROOM - NIGHT Later that night, Olive is in her PJs , sitting up in bed, avidly reading her book by the light of a bedside lamp. There’s a window showing the moon and some stars. MS. ELEPHANT pokes her head into the bedroom. Ms ELEPHANT All right, my little bookworm- it’s time to sleep. OLIVE But Mom, the princess is almost at the magical forest. I want to know what happens next. MS ELEPHANT Sweetheart, your book will still be there in the morning. Now it’s time to sleep. Nighttime is when elephants sleep. How about I give you five more minutes to read? Then it’s lights out. OLIVE Yay! Thanks, mom. Ms. Elephant walks up, leans down, and gives Olive a kiss on the forehead. MS ELEPHANT I love that I have a daughter who’s so excited about reading. I hope that your dreams are full of fun stories, too. OLIVE Thanks, mom. Night night. MS ELEPHANT Goodnight , sweetie. Remember, just five more minutes. Ms. Elephant leaves the room. Olive buries her head in her book again. OLIVE [ to herself] Right. Just five more minutes. We see Olive reading, and get a sense of time passing, e.g. a MONTAGE - dissolve she is in 3 different poses - each one with her body showing fatigue, eyelids getting lower INTERCUT WITH: ANGLE ON: the moon setting outside a window, maybe with the sky lightening a little. BACK ON: Olive looking bleary-eyed. OLIVE (CONT’D) Oops. I think that was a little more than five minutes. She yawns, flops over, and passes out on her book. 3. EXT. TOWN - MORNING The next morning, Elinor is walking to pick up Olive and Ari on the way to school. She’s wearing her backpack. She walks past a tree where her chickadee friend has perched. ELINOR Good morning, Chicky ! I’m off to school. Hope you have a great chicka-day . Chicky <SFX: CHIRPS>. Then we hear Ari coming down the path - <SFX: WHISTLING> to show he's got a lot of energy. ELINOR (CONT’D) Morning, Ari! How are you today? ARI Great! I slept SO much last night. And now I can’t wait to play tag. I’m gonna be SOOO fast! He runs a quick lap around. ELINOR ( giggling ) Me too! Let’s go get Olive. (They start walking to Olive’s house.) I wonder if Olive finished her book. She reads really fast, but that was a BIG book. Elinor and Ari approach Olive’s house. Olive has her satchel and sitting on her front porch steps looking exhausted and spacey. ELINOR (CONT’D) Hi Olive! Olive <SFX: YAWNS>. OLIVE ( sleepy ) Hi Nelinor . I mean, hi Relinor . I mean... hi friends. ELINOR Olive, are you ok ? olive ( sleepy ) Yeah. YAWN. ARI Did you finish your book? OLIVE (sleepy) No. I got closer, though. My mom let me read for five extra minutes, but the book was so good that I accidentally read for a lot longer. ELINOR So you didn’t sleep? OLIVE ( sleepy ) I slept a little (YAWN). But I got to read more of my book. I’m gonna ask my mom if I can stay up again tonight. Then I can finish the story. ARI Huh. I thought everyone HAS to sleep. If I didn’t have to sleep, I’d have a lot more time to play! ELINOR Hmm, I’ve never really thought about it before. Why DO we need to sleep? What’s it good for? OLIVE ( sleepy ) That’s a (YAWN) good question. ELINOR I know! Let’s see if we can find any animals sleeping on the way to school. Maybe that will help us figure out why we sleep. ARI Yeah! OLIVE (sleepy) YeaaaYAWN . I mean, yeah. I’ll draw them on my note pad. The kids start walking. They reach a tree that has a great horned owl perched on a branch close to the trunk. ELINOR Look! There’s an owl! ARI Ooh . OWL take a closer look. The kids <SFX: GIGGLE>. SCIENCE CU: the owl. It’s puffed up, eyes closed, asleep. ARI (O.S.) (CONT’D) (whispering loudly) Its eyes are closed and it’s not moving. I think it’s sleeping. BACK ON: The kids. ELINOR My mom told me that owls sleep during the day, when we’re awake. ARI Huh. When do they move around? ELINOR They fly around at night, when we’re asleep. ARI Ohhh ... So they’re soaring while I’m snoring . Ari does a loud <SFX: SNORE>. The kids <SFX: GIGGLE>. Olive takes out her notebook and draws a sleeping owl. CU: Olive’s drawing. OLIVE (O.S.) ( sleepy ) There. A sleeping owl. BACK ON: The kids. ELINOR Okay. Let’s get MORE OBSERVATIONS. They keep walking and come across a lizard sleeping on a rock. OLIVE ( sleepy ) I see a liz-YAWN . ARI What’s a lizYAWN ? Olive points. SCIENCE CU: The sleeping lizard. ELINOR (O.S.) Oh, it’s a lizard! It’s not moving. I’m going to get a closer look. Elinor leans into frame. ELINOR (CONT’D) [whispering] Yes, it’s eyes are closed. I think it’s sleeping. Elinor leans back out. The lizard’s eyes pop open. It scurries away with a ton of energy. BACK ON: The kids <SFX: WOW/COOL WALLA>. ELINOR (CONT’D) I guess it was time to wake up! ARI That lizard ran really fast. I bet it’s good at tag. OLIVE ( sleepy ) Right. We saw a sleeping lizard. CU: Olive’s notebook. She draws a sleeping lizard. BACK ON: The kids. They keep walking and reach a pond (or river - whatever makes sense for the geography of the place). They walk up to the edge and look down into the water. ELINOR I wonder if there are any sleeping animals in the water. CUT TO: A carp floating in a patch of reeds down at the bottom. ELINOR (O.S.) (CONT’D) I see a fish! It’s not moving... I wonder if it’s sleeping. SCIENCE CU: The carp’s head. It’s motionless, but its eyes are open (since fish don’t have eyelids). ARI (O.S.) Hmm. It looks like it’s sleeping, but its eyes are open. ELINOR (O.S.) I don’t think fish can close their eyes. They don’t have eyelids. BACK ON: The kids. ARI Wait, if fish don’t have eyelids, how do they wink when they have a fun secret? (Ari turns to his friends, winking and whispering comically) Psst . My secret is that my friends are cool. The kids <SFX: GIGGLE>. Elinor looks thoughtful. ELINOR Hmm. If fish can’t close their eyes, does that mean they can’t sleep? (She closes her eyes a few times.) I always close my eyes when I sleep. ARI It’s a mystery. A sleeping fish mystery... Olive is drawing in her notebook. OLIVE ( sleepy ) Right. Fish with eyes open. CU: Olive’s notebook. Under the drawing of the owl, she’s drawn a toothy-looking shark. ELINOR (O.S.) Wait, Olive, did you draw a shark instead of a fish? <SFX: OOOPS WALLA> The kids <SFX: GIGGLE>. Olive erases it and draws a carp with its eyes open. ELINOR (o.S.) (CONT’D) So, we saw a sleeping owl, a sleeping lizard, and a fish with its eyes open. BACK ON: The kids, who start walking again, approaching the school. Olive is triumphant. OLIVE ( sleepy ) If fish don’t sleep, then maybe I don’t have to, either. That means I can stay up and read every night! Okay, let’s go to the pool. ELINOR You mean the school? OLIVE ( sleepy ) Oops. That’s what I meant. The kids <SFX: GIGGLE> and walk on. Elinor hangs back a little and looks thoughtful. <SFX: HMMM WALLA> 4. EXT. SCHOOLYARD - DAY It’s recess, and we once again pan across the kids playing in the schoolyard. Olive is sitting under the same tree, reading her book. She’s squinting at the book, looking like she’s having trouble reading it. Ari and Elinor walk up to her. ELINOR Hey, Olive. OLIVE ( sleepy ) YAWN. I mean, hi. ARI Did you get to the part of the book where the princess saves the prince? OLIVE ( sleepy ) No. I can’t seem to read very well. When I look down, the words look fuzzy and blurry and I keep losing my place. ARI Hmm. Do you want to come play tag instead? OLIVE ( sleepy ) Okay. YAWN. Maybe running around will help. ELINOR Yay! Do you want to be It? OLIVE You bet I do. Olive puts her book down and runs after her friends. They <SFX: GIGGLE>. But as Olive chases them, she begins to slow down. OLIVE (CONT’D) ( sleepy ) Whew. I feel tired already. ELINOR Olive, are you okay? ARI Yeah, what’s up, Olive? OLIVE ( sleepy ) I don’t know. I can’t run as fast as I usually can. The kids all look thoughtful. ELINOR Hmm. Let’s think. You can’t run as fast as usual, and it’s hard to read a book. OLIVE ( sleepy ) Yup . That’s all true. ( loudly ) YAWN. ARI Olive, I think your yawns are getting louder. If you yawn any louder, your trunk will fall off! ELINOR Wait. That yawn gives me an idea. I usually yawn when I’m sleepy. Ari, you slept a lot last night, right? ARI I sure did! ELINOR And I did too! And we both can run really fast. But Olive, you didn’t sleep very much and now you feel tired. OLIVE ( sleepy ) Oh. You’re right. ELINOR Maybe THAT’S what sleeping is good for. If we don’t sleep, we feel tired. ARI Yeah, and we can’t do the things we usually do. OLIVE ( sleepy ) That makes sense. YAWN. MZ. MOLE walks up to the kids. MZ MOLE Hello, kids! Olive, that was the loudest yawn I’ve ever heard. Are you okay? ELINOR Mz. Mole, Olive stayed up really late reading her book, and she didn’t get a lot of sleep. ARI Yeah, and now she’s really tired and can’t read her book or play tag well. ELINOR We think that’s why we need to sleep! So we don’t feel tired. MZ MOLE You’re right! Sleep is very important, especially when you’re a growing kid! When you sleep, your body rests and gets more energy. So when you wake up, you can do all the things you like to do. OLIVE ( sleepy ) Mz. Mole, do ALL animals need to sleep? MZ MOLE Most of them do, but some rest in different ways. THOUGHT BUBBLE: a sleeping green tree frog. MZ MOLE (CONT’D) For example, a green tree frog has sticky toes, and it sleeps by sticking itself the underside of a leaf and closing its eyes. ARI Wow! That’s unbe-LEAF-able . THOUGHT BUBBLE: a sleeping toucan. MZ MOLE A toucan turns its head all the way around and tucks its big beak into its back feathers. ELINOR Bye bye beak! That’s SO INTERESTING. Different animals rest in different ways. Elinor has a thought. We see a THOUGHT BUBBLE over her: carp fish sleeping in the pond/creek. ELINOR (CONT’D) Hmm. Mz. Mole, we saw a fish earlier that wasn’t moving, but its eyes were open. Was it just resting in a different way? MZ MOLE Yes! Fish don’t have eyelids, but they can rest or sleep with their eyes open. The kids <SFX: WHOA>. Ari opens his eyes wide. OLIVE (sleepy) Hmm. If I sleep, then I can play and read more. I guess sleeping is pretty important. Elinor Yeah, and it’s so interesting. Ari, Elinor, and Mz. Mole sing a sweet lullaby-style song about their discovery while we see a montage sleeping animals. ELINOR/ARI/MZ MOLE ALL: Why should you rest When you’re all tired out? When the night winds blow And the owls fly about? ELINOR: Your body needs rest So you can play. You sleep all night To have fun all day. ALL: Why should you rest When you’re all tired out? When the night winds blow And the owls fly about? ARI: When you sleep, You get more energy. Your body heals up, To feel as good as can be. ALL: That’s why you rest When you’re all tired out, When the night winds blow And the owls fly about. As the song ends, Mz. Mole, Elinor, and Ari realize that Olive has fallen asleep. ELINOR (whispering) Oh, looks like Olive finally fell asleep. ARI (whispering) Maybe she’s finishing her story in her dreams. ANGLE ON: In her sleep, Olive smiles. BACK ON Elinor, who smiles. ELINOR ( whispering ) Well, Olive’s story definitely has a happy ending! The kids <SFX: GIGGLE> as we IRIS OUT: On Olive sweet sleeping face (maybe she snores through her trunk) <SFX: SNOOOORE> . THE END.

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY 136B: REST IS BEST Written by Rosemary Mosco Elinor’s Question: Why do I need to rest? Logline: When Olive decides she’d rather stay up late than sleep, her friends help to convince her that most animals need rest. Curriculum Goals: LS2c . Compare how the external body parts of animals and plants are the same and/or different. [The kids learn that some animals don't have eyelids, and that different animals rest in different ways.] LS4a . Observe the life cycle of familiar plants and animals. [The kids notice that some animals sleep at night and are active during the day, and others sleep during the day and are active at night.] SEP3b . Compare and contrast objects and events by describing similarities and differences in detail. [The kids observe and compare different resting animals.] Main Characters: Elinor, Olive, Ari, Mz. Mole Secondary Characters: Ms. Elephant Props: Butterflies, Olive's huge storybook, backpacks/satchels, Chicky the chickadee, Olive's notebook, great-horned owl, carp, butterfly, stool, small book about sleep, green tree frog, toucan, blanket. Locations: Schoolyard, Olive's house (bedroom), sidewalk, river/pond. FIRST DRAFT: 17-Apr-20 SECOND DRAFT: 01-May-20 POLISH: 19-May-20 RECORD DRAFT: 25-May-20 ARI ELINOR ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI OLIVE MS ELEPHANT MZ MOLE ELINOR/ARI ELINOR/ARI/MZ MOLE (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E 1 2 1 3 4 5 6 THE END. INT CLASSROOM -- DAY SUNLIT FOREST CLEARING -- CONTINUOUS PARK -- DAY EXT -- PARK EXT -- LAKE WATERS -- CONTINUOUS EXT -- LAKE SHORE -- CONTINUOUS EXT -- LAKE WATERS -- A MINUTE LATER EXT. SIDEWALK NEAR OLIVE'S HOUSE 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. Order Title Location ELINOR ELINOR