1. EXT. LAKE SHORE - DAY It’s a beautiful summer day. MR. RABBIT and RANGER RABBIT have taken ELINOR, OLIVE, and ARI to a new place: A lake that’s perfect for swimming, with a small sandy beach leading into the shallows. (DESIGN NOTE: All are in bathing suits) The kids and parents walk onto the beach from the forest. Ranger Rabbit is carrying a ratty-looking bag (it’s her old swim bag from when she was a kid). Mr. Rabbit carries bags and a folded beach chair. ANGLE ON: A couple of mallard ducks are resting on the shore; they slip into the water. RANGER RABBIT And here we are, kids: My favorite old swimming spot. The kids <SFX: WOW>. Ranger Rabbit puts down her huge bag of swimming stuff. Mr. Rabbit also puts down bags and begins to unfold a beach chair. ELINOR This place is amazing! ARI So cool! OLIVE I can’t wait to dive in! RANGER RABBIT You know, when I was a kid, I used to come here every morning to practice my swimming technique. I even won a trophy at the Animal Town swim race. ELINOR Really, Mom? RANGER RABBIT Yup! Here, let me show you. It’s in my old swim bag somewhere... ANGLE ON: Ranger Rabbit reaches into her swim bag and fumbles around. She pulls out a pinecone. RANGER RABBIT (CONT’D) Nope, that’s not a trophy. (A frog jumps out. With a <SFX: RIBBIT> , it hops away.) How’d YOU get in there? (She pulls out a small trophy and holds it up.) Aha! CU: The trophy, which has a bronze swimming rabbit on top. BACK ON: the kids, who are impressed. ELINOR Wow! Awesome, Mom. (to her Dad) Hey Dad, have you ever won any trophies? Mr. Rabbit has reclined onto the beach chair. MR. RABBIT (lazily) Not yet. Do they give out trophies for “Beach Relaxing”? The kids <SFX: LAUGH> as Mr. Rabbit stretches out comfortably in his beach chair. Ranger Rabbit reaches into her swim bag and takes out life jackets. (DESIGN NOTE: We can CU on the lines below so when we widen they have their life jackets on). ELINOR I’m gonna swim really fast, just like you, Mom. ARI Me too. Fast as a dolphin. Olive I’m gonna swim as fast as TWO dolphins in a dolphin race and I’m gonna win a TROPHY! The kids, now in their life jackets and goggles <SFX: GIGGLE>. (NB: The kids can stay in their life jackets for the rest of the Ep. They can keep their goggles on and move them to their foreheads when necessary - whatever is easiest) Ranger Rabbit puts on her goggles. RANGER RABBIT Okay, kids. I’m going to go swim in the deep part of the lake. You stay in the shallow part. Mr. Rabbit will watch over you. Mr. Rabbit waves, he’s on the case. The kids all <SFX: YAY> as they scramble into the water. 2. EXT. LAKE WATERS - A MINUTE LATER The kids are about waist-deep in shallow water. ELINOR Okay, who’s ready to swim really fast? On your marks... get ready... get set... GO. The kids jump in and swim a bit, with flailing and <SFX: SPLASHING>. Then they stand up. OLIVE Hmm, we didn’t get very far. ARI I don’t think we went very fast, either. ANGLE ON: Elinor, who looks thoughtful and turns to watch her Mom swim. PAN to Ranger Rabbit, who’s swimming speedily in the deeper part of the lake. ELINOR (O.S.) Wow. Look at Mom go. She sure is speedy. BACK ON: The kids. A flock of 2-3 ducks paddle into view and swim swiftly in front of them. OLIVE She’s not the only speedy swimmer. Look at these ducks go. CU: The ducks paddling along. We can’t see their feet. ELINOR They look like they’re just floating on top of the water. How do they swim so fast? ARI (loudly) Hey ducks, what’s your secret? A duck <SFX: QUACKS> as it goes by. Olive Hmm. Quack quack. Maybe they’re telling us to eat some crackers? ELINOR We need to figure out how to go fast, or we’ll NEVER win a trophy. ANGLE ON: Mr. Rabbit waving at the kids. MR. RABBIT Hey speedy swimmers, are you ready for a snack break? BACK ON: the kids, who <SFX: YEAH>. They run towards the sand. 3. EXT. LAKE SHORE - CONTINUOUS Mr. Rabbit meets the kids with towels so they can dry off. Elinor rubs herself so vigorously with the towel that her goggles come flying off. ANGLE ON: the goggles land in the sand next to a resting duck. The duck stands up and shuffles aside, <SFX: QUACKING> in alarm. ELINOR Oops, sorry, duck. Elinor runs over to get the goggles. As she bends down, she looks more closely at the duck and is immediately distracted. CU: the duck’s webbed feet. ELINOR (CONT’D) Hey. This duck’s feet are SO INTERESTING. The toes are connected together by some skin. I wonder why the duck has connected toes. MR. RABBIT (O.S.) Come have your snack, Elinor! Elinor grabs the goggles. ELINOR Oops. Coming. ANGLE ON: The kids and Mr. Rabbit sitting on a towel, eating a healthy snack of veggies and dip. ARI These veggies are so tasty. OLIVE (good-humoured) Too bad we can’t swim as fast as you can eat snacks, Ari. Elinor comes running over. ELINOR Olive! Ari! I just saw a duck standing on the sand, and its feet were AMAZING. The toes were connected by skin. Olive holds up her foot, her toes separated, and wiggles her toes. OLIVE Hmm. MY toes don’t seem to be connected by skin. Elinor also sticks up a foot and wiggles. ELINOR Mine aren’t either. Ari does the same. ARI These toes look pretty separate, too. Hmm, maybe I should check the other foot? He lifts his other foot too, and falls backwards, sending a carrot flying into the air. <SFX: WHOOPS WALLA> The kids all <SFX: GIGGLE>. PAN follows the carrot arcing through the air and landing in the sand next to a frog, which croaks and hops about a foot away. OLIVE Hey, what about that frog? Does it have connected toes? The kids get up and go look at the frog. CU: the frog, which hops again. ELINOR Yes, it has connected toes. Wow! This is so interesting. We need MORE OBSERVATIONS. Let’s go find some more animals and check out their toes. The kids separate to look. ANGLE ON: Olive stands under a tree where a robin is perched. OLIVE There’s a robin. Hmm. Lets see. CU: the robin. OLIVE (O.S.) (CONT’D) Its toes aren’t connected. Elinor notices a turtle basking on a rock in the water. She crouches down next to it. ELINOR Oh, a turtle. CU: the turtle. ELINOR (O.S.) (CONT’D) Its toes are connected! BACK ON: Elinor, crouched, thinking hard. ELINOR (CONT’D) I wonder why. ARI (O.S.) Elinor, Olive! I found an animal with really weird toes. Elinor and Olive rush over to Ari, who’s crouched down, looking at a worm. OLIVE (giggling) Ari, it’s a worm. ARI (silly) I know. It’s toes are INVISIBLE...becuase it doesn’t have any - get it! The kids <SFX: LAUGH>. ELINOR Okay some animals have connected toes and some don’t. But why? OLIVE Let’s make a list and see if we can figure it out. The kids <SF: YEAH> and run back to the towel. ANGLE ON: The kids clustered around Olive. She pulls out her nature book. CU: Olive’s list. She draws two columns, one with a webbed foot at the top and one with an un-webbed foot. OLIVE (CONT’D) Okay. Which animals have connected toes? Olive makes quick drawings under the columns as the kids list the animals. ELINOR Ducks have connected toes. ARI Frogs do, too. OLIVE And turtles. Okay, now which ones have separate toes? ARI Bats. ELINOR And rabbits. OLIVE And elephants. And robins, too. ELINOR Okay, what do the animals with connected toes have in common? The kids look thoughtful. PAN across the water, where we see ducks, frogs, and turtles swimming. ELINOR (O.S.) (CONT’D) Oh! They all live... ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI (O.S.) IN THE WATER! BACK ON: The kids. ELINOR But why do water animals have connected toes? What do they use them for? Ari lifts up a foot. ARI Maybe they high-five with their feet, and it helps them make a louder slap! Elinor tries to “high five” him with her foot. It’s difficult, and they <SFX: GIGGLE>. Then Olive dips a carrot into the dip, trying to get as much dip as possible. OLIVE Or maybe they use those wide toes to scoop up more dip for their carrots? I can never get enough dip. The kids <SFX: GIGGLE>. ELINOR I’ve never SEEN frogs high-fiving each other or dipping carrots. We need more observations. Elinor, Olive and Ari excitedly run back to the water. 4. EXT. LAKE WATERS - A MINUTE LATER The kids are standing in the water, observing the creatures around them. A few ducks glide into view. ELINOR Here come some ducks. Let’s DUCK under the water and see what they’re doing with those amazing feet. The kids pull their goggles over their eyes and duck their heads under the water. UNDERWATER POV: They watch ducks swim by. The ducks are paddling their webbed feet. The kids lift their heads above the surface. ARI Those ducks aren’t just floating along. They’re pushing the water with their feet. That’s so cool. A frog pokes its head out of the water nearby. OLIVE I see a frog. Let’s hop to it! The kid wade over to the frog then duck their heads under the water again. UNDERWATER POV: They see the frog swim past them, kicking its webbed feet. The kids look amazed. Then a turtle swims by, doing the same thing. The kids point excitedly. They surface again. OLIVE (CONT’D) Amazing. That turtle and that frog were kicking their connected toes, too. It looks like they use their special feet to SWIM. ARI Hmm. Why are connected toes good for swimming? ELINOR I’m not sure...let’s investigate! Elinor holds up her hand and spreads her fingers apart. ELINOR (CONT’D) I don’t have connected fingers or toes. If I spread out my fingers and run my hand through the water, the water goes between my fingers. She runs her hand through the water. It makes a small splash. Then she holds up her hand again, bringing her fingers together. ELINOR (CONT’D) But what if I close my fingers together so there’s no space between them? She runs her hand through the water. It makes a much bigger SFX: SPLASH, hitting Ari. ELINOR (CONT’D) Whoops, sorry Ari. If there’s no space between my fingers, I push more water and make a bigger splash. ARI You sure do. OLIVE Let me try! Olive does the same thing. She also <SFX: SPLASHES> Ari. OLIVE (CONT’D) Oops. Sorry again, Ari. ARI Hey! I think we’ve done enough investigation already. The kids <SFX: GIGGLE>. OLIVE Right. So when there’s no space between our fingers, we push more water. And if we can push more water... ELINOR We can push ourselves faster through the water. Connected toes help animals swim faster! ARI Hey, it’s kind of like my wings. I have skin between my wings that helps me push more air so I can fly. Ari flaps hard and rises a little into the air, splashing Elinor and Olive, who <SFX: LAUGH>. ELINOR This is SO INTERESTING. Let’s go tell my Mom and Dad. With a <SFX: YEAH>, the kids splash their way to shore. 5. EXT. LAKE SHORE - CONTINUOUS Ranger Rabbit is now standing on the shore, too, toweling herself off. The kids gather around the Rabbits. ELINOR Mom! Dad! We figured out something amazing about duck feet. Mr. RABBIT Oh? Tell me. OLIVE Ducks have skin between their toes. It helps them swim really fast. ARI And they’re not the only animals with connected toes. Frogs and turtles and other animals that live in the water have them too. Ranger RABBIT You’re absolutely right! We call their special feet “webbed feet” because the skin stretches between their toes like a spider’s web. OLIVE (saying the words carefully) Webbed feet. Webbed feet. I like those words. RANGER RABBIT Oh, I almost forgot! I have a special surprise for you in my swim bag. Do you want to see what it’s like to have webbed feet too? The kids <SFX: GASP> and say <SFX: YEAH>. Ranger Rabbit kneels down and rummages in her swim bag. She pulls out a fluffy slipper. RANGER RABBIT (CONT’D) How’d that get in there? (She pulls out a chocolate chip cookie.) Ooh, this is probably stale, it’s been in there since I was a little girl. She pulls out a pair of kids’ swim fins and holds them triumphantly in the air. RANGER RABBIT (CONT’D) Aha! Here they are! OLIVE What are THOSE? RANGER RABBIT These are called swim fins. CU: the swim fins. ARI (O.S.) Ooh. They look like a duck’s feet. They’re wide and flat. ELINOR (O.S.) Yeah. And they have long thin parts that look a little like toes. OLIVE (O.S.) And they have webs between the toes. BACK ON: the kids and Ranger Rabbit. Ranger Rabbit holds out the swim fins. RANGER RABBIT Yes. These swim fins are a lot like webbed feet. And if you put them on your feet, they’ll help you swim faster. Do you want to give them a try? ELINOR Yes please! Elinor takes the fins. With a <SFX: YEAH>, the kids run into the water. 6. EXT. LAKE WATERS - A MINUTE LATER Excited, the kids stand in the water. OLIVE Can I try them first, Elinor? Elinor hands Olive the fins. ELINOR Sure. Have fin. I mean, fun. The kids <SFX: GIGGLE>. OLIVE Hmm, how do I put these on? UNDERWATER POV, we see Olive put the fins on each foot and tighten the straps. Then we go back above the water. NOTE: if it’s too tricky to design fins that it on three such different feet, maybe we don’t have to show them actually going on - cartoon logic!) OLIVE (CONT’D) Okay. I’m ready to swim like a dolphin. Or at least, like a duck. ELINOR Let’s race! On your marks... get ready... get set... GO. The kids jump in and swim. This time, Olive is much faster, and she pulls out ahead. As they stop and stand up again, they all <SFX: WOW>. OLIVE That was fin-tastic! ARI My turn! My turn! CROSSFADE TO: Ari winning a race, then Elinor winning a race. The kids stand up in the water, catching their breath. ELINOR We’ve figured out the secret to speedy swimming! As they look around at the water and the creatures moving through it, they sing: ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI Want to swim real fast? Want to feel the speed? Swim fins and webbed feet, Those are what you need. OLIVE: Ducks and frogs and turtles Have skin between their toes. ARI: They hop into the water, And ZOOM! Away they go. ALL: Want to swim real fast? Want to feel the speed? Swim fins and webbed feet, Those are what you need. ELINOR: Get yourself some swim fins. Put them on like so. OLIVE: Then jump into the water, And ZOOM! Away you go. ALL THREE: Want to swim real fast? Want to feel the speed? Get some fins or webbed feet, Those are what you need. MR. RABBIT (O.S.) Hey kids, time to head home! ELINOR Okay, Dad. We’ll speed on over. The kids run back to shore. 6. EXT. LAKE SHORE - CONTINUOUS Mr. Rabbit meets the kids with towels. Ranger Rabbit has her hands behind her back - she’s hiding something. MR. RABBIT How were the swim fins? ELINOR Fin-credible! If we keep practicing, maybe we’ll win a trophy some day. MR. Rabbit Well, your Mom has a special surprise for you. Ranger Rabbit brings her hands out from behind her back. She’s holding three round “medals” made of bark and string. They have “question marks” on them RangER RABBIT I just made these awards for the three best question-askers in the whole town. You’re the MOST CURIOUS kids I know! The kids <SFX: WOW> as Ranger Rabbit puts a medal around each kid’s neck. MR. RABBIT Now who wants to see who can get home the fastest? The kids are all yawning and looking tired. ELINOR I think I’ve had enough speed for one day. Can we walk home like slow snails instead? Mr. RABBIT That sounds more my speed! Mr. Rabbit begins to walk along comically, as if in slow motion. The kids <SFX: GIGGLE> and join him in walking slo-mo while Ranger Rabbit rolls her eyes. END.

EWW148 Speedy Swimming D1 30-Aug-19 .

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY 148: SPEEDY SWIMMING Written by Rosemary Mosco Elinor’s Question: Why do ducks have webbed feet? Logline: When the kids see Ranger Rabbit swimming speedily in the local lake, they take inspiration from a duck’s webbed feet and learn why fins can help them swim fast. Curriculum Goals: LS2c . Compare how the external body parts of animals and plants are the same and/or different. [The kids compare their feet to the webbed feet of aquatic animals.] LS2d . Explore how different external features of an animal help it survive in its environment. [The kids discover that webbed feet help aquatic animals move through the water.] ET2b . Use a variety of low-tech tools including writing, drawing and painting utensils, scissors, magnifiers, balance scales, ramps, pulleys, hammers, screwdrivers, sieves, tubing, binoculars, whisks, measuring cups. [The kids use swim fins to enhance their swimming ability.] ND3 . Understand that structures and materials in the natural world can be used or can inspire the engineering of structures with similar function in the designed world. [The kids discover that webbed feet and swim fins use the same principles. Swim fins give them “webbed feet” and help them push more water.] SEP1c . Ask and/or identify cause and effect questions that can be answered by an investigation. [The kids wonder if fins help push more water, and they investigate this by running their hands through the water.] SEP3b . Compare and contrast objects and events by describing similarities and differences in detail. [The kids compare swim fins to webbed feet.] SEP3d . With guidance, plan and conduct simple investigations using simple tools. [Elinor runs her open hand and closed hand through the water to see which one pushes more water.] Main Characters: Elinor, Olive, Ari, Mr. Rabbit, Ranger Rabbit (in bathing suits) Props: Beach chair, pinecone, trophy, ducks, turtle, frog, goggles, life jackets, goggles, slipper, cookie swim fins, handmade medals Locations: Lake shore, lake water FIRST DRAFT: 30-Aug-19 ARI ELINOR ELINOR/OLIVE ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI MR. RABBIT OLIVE RANGER RABBIT OLICE Rangr OLIE (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 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