I like how the kids are in charge of the discovery. 1. EXT -- Park "Line Count - 109 Elinor P - 32 Ari P - 31 Olive P -33 Mr. Bat P -8 " It’s a beautiful summery day. ELINOR, OLIVE, and ARI are walking down a path in the park with MR. BAT , who is pushing MIRI in a stroller. Miri is all snuggled up in a blanket. MR. BAT What a beautiful day for a walk in the park ! olive For Miri, it’s more of a ROLL in the park. Everybody <SFX: GIGGLES > . Ari Are you having fun, little Miri? Who’s the cutest little sister in the world? You are! Yes, you are! Ari makes funny faces at his little sister, who <SFX: GIGGLES AND LAUGHS>. Elinor Miri is so cute. She looks like a tiny version of you and your dad, Ari. Olive Yeah, but cuter. MR. BAT ( mock anger) Hey, I’m adorable too! The kids have a <SFX: LAUGH>. I like this statement about seeing things new. Could Mr. Bat urge the characters and the viewer at home to look around and pretend you've never seen things. What so you notice? - Then Ari could notice a butterfly and Olive could notice a catapillar. MR. BAT (CONT’D) You know, kids, I love visiting the park with Miri because the whole world is new to her. It helps me see things with fresh eyes. There’s so much she’s never seen before. A monarch butterfly flutters above the stroller. Miri waves her arms at it. <SFX: BABY GIGGLES> MR. BAT (CONT’D) Like that butterfly. PAN: <SFX: OOOHH > as the kids follow the butterfly. It flutters over Miri’s stroller and lands on a milkweed plant that’s growing nearby. CU: The kids cluster close to observe the butterfly. seems too quick for Ari to suggest spending time checking out butterflies. Mr.Bat just mentioned how he enjoys walking with Miri because it helps him remember to open his eyes to all sorts of things - Yet Ari wants to only 'spend the day checking out' the first thing he sees ARI I love butterflies. They’re so cool. Hey, maybe we should spend today checking out butterflies. At that moment, Olive notices a stripy monarch caterpillar on a lower milkweed leaf. OLIVE Wait, look. There’s a caterpillar on this plant, too. Caterpillars are my favorite. Maybe we should spend today looking at caterpillars? 7- This feels a little unnatural for a preschoolers to say. I wonder if Ari wants to observe butterflies because they fly like him but Olive says that would be hard to do for her because she does fly and that she would like to observe something low to the ground like this catapillar. Then Elinor says lets observe them both. Olive make too parts to your notebook. One for butterflies and one for catapillars. (They don't need to say they will compare them yet) ELINOR Hmm. Butterflies and caterpillars are BOTH pretty interesting. But which one should we explore? CLOSE UP: The butterfly, fluttering over the flowers. ARI Well, a butterfly can fly. I like any animal with wings. Wings just add a little extra coolness, you know? BACK ON: The kids. Ari flaps his wings and they all <SFX: GIGGLE>. CLOSE UP: The caterpillar is crawling along the leaf, its legs moving in a cool wave. OLIVE Well, a caterpillar can’t fly, but I love the way it crawls. How does it move all those legs at the same time? ELINOR I only have TWO legs and I still trip sometimes. this is more of an Ari type of gag Elinor does an exaggerated fall backwards. <SFX: GIGGLE> OLIVE Elinor, you are so funny ! ELINOR i noted in line 14 about including Mr.Bat - he's waiting with Miri and yet the kids are exploring What else is interesting about butterflies and caterpillars? BACK ON: The butterfly, slowly opening and closing its wings as it drinks. ARI Well, butterfl ies ha ve awesome pattern s on theirs wings. They’re so colorful! I w ish I had a t-shirt like that. THOUGHT BUBBLE shows Ari wearing a fancy monarch-patterned shirt, looking proud of himself. BACK ON: The caterpillar, still munching. OLIVE True. But just LOOK at the caterpillar’s cool stripes. I wish I had a pair of pants with that stripes like that ! THOUGHT BUBBLE shows Olive wearing a p ai r of f ancy caterpillar-striped pants, looking proud of herself. ELINOR They’re both very pretty! BACK ON: The butterfly. It lifts up from the flower and flutters into the air. ARI Well, a butterfly- PAN OUT TO: The butterfly flying overhead. ARI (CONT’D) Hey, come back here! I was TRYING to tell my friends how cool you are. <SFX: GIGGLE> The kids follow the butterfly back to the stroller as it flutters over to Miri and lands on her nose. olive <GASP!> It landed on Miri’s nose! CLOSE UP: Miri stares at the butterfly, eyes crossed. She makes a tiny, cute <SFX: BABY SNEEZE>. The kids <SFX: GIGGLE> PAN OUT to the kids. The butterfly rises up to fly around the kids’ head. ANGLE ON: Olive looking at Miri. olive (CONT’D) Butterflies are great, but baby bats are pretty amazing, too. ZOOM OUT to all the kids clustered around the stroller. elinor You know, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a baby butterfly. The kids all look thoughtful . ELINOR (CONT’D) I’ve seen bat babies, bird babies, bunny babies... but no butterfly babies! Olive You’re right, Elinor. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a baby butterfly. ARI I wonder what baby butterflies look like? more adorable' doesnt sound like the way a child would compare a parent. ELINOR Hmm. Well, Miri looks like a tiny, version of you and your dad. Maybe baby butterflies look just like grown - up butterflies, but tinier . THOUGHT BUBBLE showing a parent monarch butterfly holding a smaller, cuter butterfly in a bundle . The bubble pops and Elinor has an idea. ELINOR (CONT’D) I know what we should do today. Let’s look for baby butterflies. After an <SFX: EXCITED YEAH ! OK! WALLA>, the kids look at the butterfly fluttering over their heads. Olive Let’s follow that butterfly to see if it has any babies. The butterfly begins to fly away. ELINOR It’s getting away! Let’s go! We need MORE OBSERVATIONS! With a <SFX: GIGGLE>, the kids run off after it. Mr. Bat, who’s been watching this whole exchange with benign amusement, waves them goodbye. MR. BAT Happy exploring , kids ! 2. EXT FOREST PATH -- CONTINUOUS The kids enter the forest, walking along a path, following the butterfly as it flutters here and there . OLIVE That butterfly sure flies a lot . I wonder where it’s going. The kids jokingly come up with ideas. elinor Maybe it’s late for butterfly school? olive Or maybe it’s going to a butterfly party ! ARI Olive should respond (giggle) 'Oh ari' Or maybe it’s going to a baseball game . Because it’s a BATTER-fly. The kids <SFX: LAUGH> . They keep following the butterfly down the path, and it leads them to... 3. EXT. Sunlit FOrest clearing -- CONTINUOUS The monarch butterfly flies into a beautiful sunlit clearing that isn’t too far down the path. The space is full of monarch butterflies, plus multicolored flowers, including lots of common milkweed plants. The kids are awed by this pretty place. <SFX: WHOOA WALLA> I think it might be strange for them to be somewhere in Animal Town they have never been without an adult with them. ELINOR I’ve never seen this place before. OLIVE Me neither. It’s so pretty. ARI Olive, you were right ! It’s like a butterfly party. ANGLE ON: The butterflies, enjoying their milkweed. ELINOR Ok , l et’s see if we can find any baby butterflies. The kids split up. ANGLE ON: Olive examining one patch of the clearing where a few butterflies are flying around some yellow flowers. OLIVE (to herself) Hmm. No butterfly babies here. ANGLE ON: Elinor, looking at a different patch of the clearing with blue flowers. All the butterflies look like full-size adult butterflies. ELINOR (to herself) Any babies here? Nope. ANGLE ON: Ari, who is flying, hovering above a patch of milkweed with some butterflies. ARI (to himself) Just more of those orange butterflies over here. They sure are cool, though. The kids regroup. ELINOR Did anyone find any baby butterflies? OLIVE I just saw a bunch of those orange butterflies, all about the same size. ARI Same here. Elinor looks thoughtful. ELINOR I wonder w here all the baby butterflies are ? ARI Maybe baby butterflies are too tiny to see? OLIVE Well, if they’re really small, we’ll need some help to see them. Olive reaches into her satchel and pulls a magnifying glass. She uses it to look around on the nearby leaves. CU on the view through her magnifying glass. There’s a tiny beetle. Beetles also go through complete metamorphosis. I'm not sure if this is confusing ...like beetles are all small or that they have tiny babies (which would not be totally accurate for most beetles). A worm might be a better choice as they do start tiny and grow. OLIVE (CONT’D) I see a beetle. It’s really cute, but it’s not a baby butterfly. The magnifying glass view moves to a nearby ant. OLIVE (CONT’D) And there’s a n ant. It’s very interesting... But no baby butterflies. The magnifying glass view continues to move around, until an enormous eye appears! OLIVE (CONT’D) Aah! BACK ON: The kids. Olive jumps backward, startled. We see that Ari has bent down to look too, and Olive saw his magnified eye. OLIVE (CONT’D) Ari! ARI Sorry! <SFX: LAUGH> . OLIVE Hmm , we didn’t see any tiny baby butterflies. What if we can’t see the m because they’re all inside their houses? Ari looks around. ARI I don’t SEE any little houses around. The kids all look around. OLIVE Me neither. ELINOR I don’t think butterflies live in houses. I think they live OUTSIDE. feels like we are using the thought bubble a lot in this episode - it may begin to interupt the pacing and flow of the story. I suggest we remove this one ARI Yeah. Besides, how would they even build a house? They’re way too small to lift a hammer. Ari mimics holding and using a tiny little hammer. ELINOR Hmm, we can’t seem to find any baby butterflies. That is SO interesting! At that moment, Olive glances at one of the nearby milkweed plants and notices i t has a caterpillar on it. OLIVE Hey, look. It’s a caterpillar! Ari I t’s one of those caterpillars with the fancy strip es. <SFX: OOOH> The kids cluster around the caterpillar. As they watch, it climbs under a stem and forms a J shape. might be fun for Ari to say something "Now I like catepillars because they like to hang upside down like me" OLIVE Wait, what’s the caterpillar DOING? CU: The caterpillar begins to shed its skin and form a chrysalis. <SFX: GASP> ARI W hoa, w hat’s happening? ELINOR It looks like it’s getting rid of its old skin. TIME LAPSE (or other effect) of the butterfly becoming a pretty green chrysalis (in reality, this can happen over the course of 3-4 minutes: https: // youtu.be / JkWr5k2H__Y ) . OLIVE It turned into some kind of green pod. NOTE: we can’t say cocoon because only moths make cocoons. really great way to show all the stages over a few minutes as they observe and notice pods at different stages - to get us to the one that emerges as a butterfly ELINOR And now it’s just sitting there . Ari This is . So. Awesome . BACK ON: Olive has turned to look at some of the other milkweed plants. olive Oh! I see another one of those green pods over here. ANGLE ON: Olive notices another pod, but it’s darker and it’s twitching. OLIVE (CONT’D) And there’s one over here, but it’s darker. Wait. This one i s MOVING. The kids cluster around the moving chrysalis. CU: The chrysalis opens and the butterfly emerges, its wings wrinkled at first, so it looks pretty strange. ELINOR It’s breaking open! ArI What IS that? Is it an alien? Olive It can’t be an alien... Can it? The butterfly begins to pump up its wings. elinor Wait. I don’t think that’s an alien. I think that’s a... a... ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI Butterfly! The kids <SFX: GASP> as the butterfly finishes pumping up its wings. It flutters into the air. BACK ON: The kids. ARI What just happened? OLIVE Hmm. Let’s think about what we saw. Olive gets out her notebook. CU: Olive’s notebook. She draws a caterpillar. OLIVE (CONT’D) First, we saw a caterpillar. ELINOR And then we saw it turn into a kind of pod. Olive draws an arrow coming from the caterpillar and connecting to a pod. ARI But then we saw one of those pod s break open, and an alien - I mean, a butterfly - came out. Olive draws an arrow coming from the pod and connecting to an adult monarch butterfly. olive But what does this MEAN? The kids think <SFX: HMMM> elinor I think... I think that the caterpillar s turn into a butterfl ies . BACK ON: the kids. <SFX: GASP> They’re amazed. Elinor (CONT’D) First the caterpillar turns into a pod, and then after a while, it turns into a butterfly. ARI But that would mean... olive T he butterfly babies weren’t missing. They were right in front of us this whole time. ElinOR Caterpillars ARE baby butterflies! ARI Hey Olive, that means that the animal that I like... OLIVE And the animal I like... ARI/OLIVE Are the SAME ANIMAL. Ari and Olive high five, sharing the excitement. Maybe this line should be more about her liking when her friends agree "good taste in animals" seems not preschool like. ELINOR You both know how to pick cool animals to watch. The kids sing a song. While they sing, the camera switches between Olive taking close looks at caterpillars, Elinor looking at the chrysalises, and Ari looking the butterflies. "suggest ""Caterpillars change As they grow. They turn into butterflies And now we know."" is sung by all three throguhout " ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI Caterpillars change As they grow. They turn into butterflies N ow we know. OLIVE: Here’s a caterpillar Watch it climb up It wiggles and wiggles And turns into a pod Caterpillars change As they grow. They turn into butterflies N ow we know. ARI: The pod sits still Until it gets a crack What comes out? A grown-up butterfly ! Caterpillars change As they grow. They turn into butterflies And now we know. ARI Hey let’s go tell my dad and Miri what we figure out. With an <SFX: EXCITED YEAH WALLA>, the kids run off. 4. PARK -- DAY The kids have returned to the part of the park where MR. BAT and Miri are waiting. so it doesnt look like dad and miri have just been waiting - i suggest they meet up with him at the small bridge in the park. He can be there with miri as they watch fish is the water below ARI Dad ! Dad! - guess what? We went looking for baby butterflies, but we couldn’t find any! Olive Yeah, that’s because we were looking for tiny butterflies. But then we found out... Elinor CATERPILLARS are the baby butterflies ! Ari They turn into a pod, and then a butterfly comes out! MR. BAT Wow, y ou figured that out by yourselves? ARI Yeah, we did it by making OBSERVATIONS! MR. BAT What smart scientists you are! <SFX: EXCITED YEAH WALLA> . ANGLE ON: Elinor looks down at Miri. <SFX: BABY GIGGLE> ELINOR Mr. Bat, it's amazing that baby bats like Miri look a lot like grown up bats. But caterpillars look really different from butterflies! MR. BAT Yes , Elinor ! Some animals have babies that look just like their parents, and some animals have babies that go through a big change. When an animal makes a big change, it’s called metamorphosis. Is it usually Olive who "likes words" . She has said "I like that word" in other scripts and kind of like this as a tag line for her. OliVE Me-ta-MORPH-o-sis. That’s a cool word. At that moment, the same butterfly from the beginning returns and flutters about before landing on Miri’s little head. Doesnt sound natural or kid-lik ARI You know, with Miri all snuggled up in her blanket, she kiiinda looks like a caterpillar. I wonder what would happen if SHE turned into a butterfly ... THOUGHT BUBBLE showing MR. BAT pushing Miri in a stroller. Miri bursts from the blanket and unfolds huge butterfly wings. She flies into the air, giggling as Ari’s dad jumps up and down trying to catch her. MR. BAT Well, if she did, she’d still be adorable, just like her brother... and their Dad. cute ending The kids all <SFX: LAUGH> . We follow the butterfly up and over the trees as we... END.

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY 140: BUTTERFLY BABIES Written by Rosemary Mosco Elinor’s Question: What do baby butterflies look like? Logline: When the kids go searching for baby butterflies in the forest, they’re surprised to discover that caterpillars are baby butterflies. Curriculum goals: LS3 . Understand that all animals need food in order to live and grow, that they get their food from plants or from other animals, and that plants need water and light to live and grow. [The kids watch caterpillars eat the leaves of certain plants] LS4 . Understand that all animals and plants have a life cycle, can reproduce, and change and grow over time. [The kids observe caterpillars turning in to chrysalises and then into butterflies] LS7 . Understand that young animals and young plants are very much, but not exactly like their parents. [The kids discover that caterpillars share some similarities with butterflies, but also look very different] LS8 . Begin to understand that there are many different kinds of living things and how they may be the same or different. [The kids observe different species of butterflies] SEP3b . Compare and contrast objects and events by describing similarities and differences in detail. [The kids compare large and small butterflies, and compare caterpillars and butterflies] SEP8b . Obtain information using various age-appropriate texts, text features, and other media to help answer a question and/or support an explanation. [Olive looks in a nature book to learn about butterfly species, chrysalises, and metamorphosis] SEP8e . Use basic science and engineering content vocabulary when investigating and describing observable phenomena. [The kids learn and use the term "metamorphosis" Main Characters: Elinor, Olive, Ari, Mr. Bat Secondary Characters: Miri Props: Monarch butterflies, caterpillars, flowers, magnifying glass Locations: Park, Forest Path, Forest Clearing FIRST DRAFT: 24-Jul-19 ARI ARI/ELINOR ARI/OLIVE ELINOR ELINOR/OLIVE ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI/MR. BAT MIRI MR. BAT OLIE OLIVE OLIVE/ARI (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E 1 2 1 THE END. INT CLASSROOM -- DAY SUNLIT FOREST CLEARING -- CONTINUOUS PARK -- DAY EXT -- PARK 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