1. Ext. Forest -- day ELINOR , OLIVE, KOA and ARI walk through the forest on a beautiful spring day with the flowers blooming everywhere. Elinor and Ari carry a picnic basket and a picnic blanket as they look on, hopeful. Elinor Hmm... How about here? We then see OLIVE sitting on the ground, testing it out. Olive It’s a little rocky. Not bad, but we can find a better spot . Elinor and Ari <SIGH> as they move on. As they start to walk, we see that KOA is with them and stands by admiring. Koa has a bit of a “surfer dude” vibe to him. Koa Whoa, you guys sure are picky about picnics . I like it. ari Well, it is your first picnic with us , Koa. We want e verything to be just right. ELINOR Yeah, we want to find the perfect picnic spot for you! Olive walks over by the river, but her feet begin to SFX: SPLOOSH in puddles. olive How about... no, too wet. Ari finds a nearby spot that is out in the sun . He sits down, lounges, tries different funny poses , then wipes some sweat off of his brow. Ari Nah , too hot. Koa How about that spot? Koa points O.S. and the kids turn to see a beautiful shady spot in the grass surrounded by flowers. olive Look at all the nice flowers . That’s a perfect spot for a picnic! ELINOR Koa, you’re really good at finding picnic spots. KOA (matter-of-fact) Totally. Ari Alright ! I’m hungry! Let’s set this picnic up! Ari unfolds the blanket and whips it through the air, covering the screen as we use the blanket to: Wipe to: 2. Ext. Field -- day The kids are now enjoying their picnic, which has lots of yummy snacks that the kids are enjoying. Just as Koa takes a big bite from his honey and jam sandwich, Elinor asks: ELINOR So what do you think of the picnic, Koa? Koa responds, but his mouth is full and Elinor and Olive have no idea what he’s saying. <SFX: UNINTELLIGIBLE WALLA> Suddenly, Ari pops into frame. Ari He said he loves it. (off their look, shrugs) I speak chewing . Koa continues to speak and Ari acts as his interpreter. <SFX: UNINTELLIGIBLE WALLA> Ari (CONT’D) And he also loves his sandwich because it tastes... Koa then finishes up his bite with a <GULP> and talks. Koa Delicious ! The kids <SFX: GIGGLE>. As Elinor and Olive talk, a few honeybees start to fly around Koa, which makes him very nervous <SFX: UH OH>. Koa waves his arms at the bees, then quickly gets up. Elinor That’s great, Koa . Olive It looks like our picnic is a-- Suddenly, Koa wedges himself right in between Olive and Elinor, who were seated close to one another, squishing them. Olive (CONT’D) ... Success? Are y ou okay, Koa? Koa Yeah, totally. I’m just trying to find a comfy spot on the blanket. As Elinor speaks, the honeybees come back and SFX: BUZZ around Koa, who gets nervous again and swings his arms at the bees . Elinor Aww , okay. I’ll move over. Koa once again gets up and moves away quickly , still swinging his arms . Elinor and Olive just look at each other, confused. The next few beats is silent, except for the SFX: BUZZ of the bees as the kids follow Koa around the blanket with their eyes as he gets up, moves, sits down, then immediately repeats that action several times as the bees chase him. All the while, Elinor, Olive and Ari follow his movements, their heads moving side to side. OLIVE Uh, Koa, a re you sure you’re okay? Koa Oh, yeah. I’m just, you know, still trying to get comfy. Koa looks around and sees no bees, <SIGHING> in relief. Koa (CONT’D) Ah, that’s better. Suddenly, a bee lands on Koa’s arm and he FREAKS OUT, jumping up and swatting at the bee! <SFX: ALARMED WALLA WAAAH> ElinoR Koa . It’s okay . It’s just a... KOA Bee! Bee! Bee! Koa runs around the blanket, swatting like crazy at the bees, who then in turn start to SFX: BUZZ around all the kids. Ari Yow ! Now they’re buzzing around me! OLIVE Me too! ARI W hy are the bees being so... buzzy ? By now, all of the kids have gotten up off the blanket. Elinor I don’t know. Let’s just move our blanket to a new, bee-free spot! Koa Good idea . Koa runs through screen, carrying the picnic basket and food and we follow him out . Dissolve to: 3. Ext. FOREST -- DAY The kids are once again enjoying their snacks under the shady tree as a relaxed Koa pops another big bite of his sandwich. ari Ahh ... This is better. No bees here. Koa Phew . OLIVE I wonder why those bees started to buzz around us so much? Elinor Yeah, bees don’t usually bother us like that. Koa gets very animated at that question, but once again, his mouth is full and his words are < SFX: UNINTELLIGIBLE WALLA >. Elinor and Olive look to Ari, who snaps into action. Ari Oh. He’s saying b ees make him nervous. elinor But bees are really good for nature. They pollinate all these nice flowers. OLIVE And make yummy honey. Koa says something else <SFX: UNINTELLIGIBLE WALLA> Are He said... ‘b ut they also sting! ’ Olive That’s true. As Koa speaks, he hears an SFX: BUZZ and pauses to look around, but there’s nothing there. <SFX: GULP!> Koa I don’t want to get stung . B ee stings... sting ! Ari Oh, that must be where they get their name. Elinor I know my cousin get s really sick if he gets stung by a bee. He has to carry around special medicine . OLIVE He’s probably allergic to them. Are you allergic too, Koa? Koa hears the SFX: BUZZ again, but still nothing. Koa Uh... no. I’m not allergic. I just -- A bee SFX: BUZZES around Koa and he swings his arms at it . Koa (CONT’D) I just don’t like-- Another bee joins the first bee and Koa’s swings become more frantic, as does the SFX: BUZZING of the bees. Ari Uh oh . Finally, a third bee joins the others and they all SFX: BUZZ around Koa, who’s had enough! Koa BEES!!! As Koa yells and swats his arms, several more bees come and buzz around the other kids, causing them to get up and move. Ari runs through with a sandwich in his hand. Ari Let’s take this picnic to go . The kids grab what they can and run off behind a nearby clearing. Once the bees have dissipated, they look back at their abandoned picnic site. Ari (CONT’D) Those bees got all buzzy on us again. I wonder what happened? Koa I hope they’re not in the mood for stinging. Olive The bees never buzzed like that before . Elinor watches as the bees fly up above their picnic site, near the tree branches. Elinor That’s true. C’mon , w e need more observations . 4. Ext. FOREST -- moments later We are close on the tree at their picnic site as a few bees buzz around. A beat later, Elinor head pokes out from behind a tree, followed by Olive, then Ari. ELINOR Where’s Koa? They all look back to reveal Koa hiding behind a bush quite far away. He waves to the group. Koa (yelling out) It’s all good. I can see from here. At that moment, a bee SFX: BUZZES right by the kids and they watch it fly up towards the top of the tree. A beat later, another bee flies up, then another. ARI Let’s get a closer look. Ari looks up, only to get SFX: SPLATTED by a big goop of honey, right on his face. A startled Ari licks the goop and smiles. Ari (CONT’D) Honey fell out of the sky! It’s raining goopy sweetness . My d ream has come true! Olive and Elinor look up at the top of the tree. Elinor Honey fell, all right, but not out of the sky. It fell out of that bee hive. OLIVE Oh! This is where the bees live . Maybe that’s why they were buzzing around Koa. The kids all look at the bee hive as Elinor thinks about their situation. ELINOR Well, i t explains why there were buzzing around him here , but what about our first picnic spot? Hmm... Elinor scans over to their first picnic spot. She notices the flowers and sees some bees landing on them. Elinor (CONT’D) Look! Our first picnic spot was near all those flowers where the bees are buzzing. Ari Oh yeah, bees love flowers . They like to drink that sweet, sweet nectar that's inside the flowers . Olive Ohhh , that's why the bees were there, but... why were they buzzing around us so much today? We’re not flowers. Ari Maybe they drank too much nectar. Mom says I g et a little too excited if I drink too much juice. OLIVE Or maybe they liked the smell of the honey and jam sandwiches . ELINOR Maybe, let’s go take a closer look at the bees . (then, calling out) Come on, Koa. I promise we’ll be super careful, the bees won’t sting you. Koa’s head peeks out from a bush very far away. Koa (yelling) No, I’m cool right here, thanks OLIVE Uh-oh. If we don’t figure out what’s going on with these bees, Koa may never come to a picnic with us again. Another bee SFX: BUZZES by the kids and they run after it. ELINOR Then let’s get observing . 5 . EXT. F ield of flowers - DAY ECU on a beautiful flower as a bee lands on it. As we pull back, we see a GIANT EYEBALL watching the bee. As we pull out even further, we see it’s Elinor ’s eye, made bigger by her magnifying glass, which she uses to watch the bee. As the kids back away, we see several more bees flying around the flowers as well, going to and fro. Elinor (O.S.) (whispers) The bee seems much less buzzy now. We t hen see Elinor and Olive laying down on their stomachs in a field of beautiful flowers , looking at the bee, as they <WHISPER>. OliVE It just looks like a normal bee doing... bee stuff. ELINOR Yeah! Th is bee doesn’t seem to want to sting us at all. This is SO interesting! Olive Maybe there’s something about this in my nature book. Olive takes out her book and finds the section on bees. There is a picture of a bee buzzing around looking nervous. OLIVE (CONT’D) It says here that honeybees usually only sting animals when they feel scared of it. Olive then flips the page and sees a picture of a bee not looking good after it has stung something. Olive (CONT’D) Ohhh ... and it says that stinging actually hurts the bees more than it hurts us, so they only do it when they feel they have no other choice. Elinor then goes back to observing the bee in her magnifying glass when s uddenly, an excited Ari jumps into frame, looming big and tall over Elinor, Olive and the Bee like a giant monster. Not expecting this, Elinor and Olive <GASP>, then <LAUGH>! Ari Soo , what did you find? Elinor Ari, you scared us! Olive Yeah! From down here you almost look like a big, giant monster. ARI A giant monster? Cool! (then, as a monster) I am the unstoppable Ari! Rarr ! Ari stomps around like Godzilla as he, Olive and Elinor <LAUGH>. Hearing all of the excitement, Koa then runs over. Koa Hey, what are you-- (then, seeing the bee) Ahh ! More bees!!! A nervous Koa swats at the bee. Elinor has a front row seat as the bee quickly BUZZES around the flower. We then see from Elinor’s magnifying glass POV as the little bee is in the foreground and a seemingly giant Koa is in the background, swatting at the bee, who BUZZES for his life! As Koa swings, he knocks some petals off the flower s like Godzilla destroying a building. At this point, the frantic bee even starts buzzing around Elinor and a lightbulb goes off for her. Elinor That’s it! (to Koa) Koa, wait! Don’t wave your arms at the bee! KOA But... it might sting me - I want it to go away. ELINOR And it will, if you stay calm. Just watch. Koa finally stops and, a beat later, the bee BUZZES away, no harm done. elinor (CONT’D) See? Everything’s fine. olive W ow ! Elinor, how did you figure that out? Elinor stands up triumphantly. Elinor I just tried to think like a bee. Suddenly, a thought bubble appears above Elinor, putting a visual to her explanation. Elinor (CONT’D) At our picnic, the bees came to check out our honey and jam sandwiches, just buzzing around like normal until Koa started waving his arms at them. After that... Ari They started to fly at us. The thought bubble continues. ELINOR That’s right, Ari. Which is just like what happened right now. That bee on the flower was just fine... OLIVE (getting it) Until Koa started swatting at it. Then it started flying at him. The thought bubble pops as we’re back on just the kids. Koa Totally! Because the bees want to sting me! Elinor Yes, but only because they’re afraid of you. KOA Afraid of me? Why? I don’t sting! They sting! ELINOR You don’t sting, but bees are really tiny and to them, you’re like a super giant monster! Getting it, Ari starts to impersonate a monster again, stomping around. Ari Just like me! Rarr ! (off Koa’s confused look) You had to be there. Olive Y ou’re right, Elinor. Remember, h oneybees only sting animals when they feel scared of them. ELINOR And unless you're allergic, the sting hurts them more than it hurts us ! Koa Oh, I didn't know bees were scared of me... Suddenly, Koa is lost in thought, looking off at something in the distance. As we pull back, we see he’s staring at a bee. He then approaches the bee on a nearby flower. We go close as Koa’s (comparatively) huge head enters frame next to a tiny bee on a flower. At this point, they’re both calm. Koa (CONT’D) I’m sorry for scaring you, little bee b ud . I just didn’t want to get stung, just like you don’t want to get swatted. I totally get it now. Suddenly, the bee SFX: BUZZES off the flower... and right onto Koa’s nose! The kids all <GASP>, but this time, Koa remains calm. Koa (CONT’D) Whoa, I got a bee... on my nose... ElinoR Remember, bees don’t want to sting you unless you scare them. KOA (deep breath) Right, so I’m just gonna ... chill ? I guess? The kids all watch with baited breath as the bees walks around a bit, checking out Koa, then just BUZZES away with no sting. As the bees flies off, Koa exhales in relief. KOA (CONT’D) Phew! Elinor Koa, that was great. You kept calm and the bee left you alone. ari And the most important thing is, you didn’t get scared. Koa No, I was super scared, but I stayed chill bec au se I didn’t want to scare the bee! olive Whoa. Now that's what I call BEE-ing cool. Get it? Bee-ing ? The kids <GIGGLE> as music rises and they begin to sing. ELINOR/Olive/ari ELINOR: Sometimes bees can give you a sting, And that is not a very fun thing But just think like a bee They feel tiny next to you and me . OLIVE: Bees can help pollinate flowers. ARI: And make honey , w hich takes hours and hours! ELINOR Sometimes bees can give you a sting And that is not a very fun thing But just think like a bee They feel tiny next to you and me . ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI: But... We can live together If we remember just one thing. Think about how others must feel And you might not get a sting . As the music fades and the song ends, we: Cut to: 6 . EXT. FOREST -- DAY The kids are once again on their picnic blanket, finishing up their lunch. elinor Now this is what I call a picnic . Koa Yeah, thanks everybody. Not only for the tasty honey and jam sandwich, but also for helping me not be scared of... Suddenly, two bees fly in. Ari Bees! The kids all watch, worried, as both bees land right on Koa’s honey and jam sandwich and inspect it. However, rather than be scared, Koa watches them calmly. OLIVE You okay, Koa? Koa Totally. These bees made this yummy honey, so they should get to have some too. We then super close on the bees, with Koa’s giant head behind them, once again emphasizing their difference in size. Koa (CONT’D) Eat up, little bee b ud s! This is a safe place for munching. Some for you... After a beat, the bees fly away and Koa eats the rest of his sandwich in one bite, then says something < SFX: UNINTELLIGIBLE WALLA >. Ari He said, ‘and some for me.’ Elinor I think we got that one, Ari! The kids <LAUGH> as they continue to enjoy their picnic, and we: FADE OUT.

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY EP 150 To Bee or Not to Bee By: Michael Foulke Elinor’s Question: Why do bees want to sting me? Logline : While on a picnic, Elinor tries to help her friend Koa get over his fear of bees. Curriculum Goals: LS2. Understand that animals have different body parts that are used in different ways to meet their needs, and that plants have different parts that help them survive and grow: a. Identify body parts of animals and their function LS8: Begin to understand that there are many different kinds of living things and how they may be the same or different: a. Observe and describe similarities and differences across different types of plants and animals SEP4: Analyzing and interpreting data a. Collect, describe, and record observations in greater detail and in various ways b. Use the 5 senses and simple tools to gather and record data c. Record observations to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems. d. Talk about and reflect on what happened during an investigation or when solving a problem, and why it might have happened. MAINS: Elinor, Ari, Olive, Koa LOCATIONS: Forest PROPS: Magnifying Glass, Picnic Basket, Picnic Blanket, Food Outline: August 27, 2019 First Draft: September 27, 2019 Second Draft: October 22, 2019 Polish Draft: November 1, 2019 Elinor Olive Koa Ari (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E 1 EXT. FOREST -- DAY FIELD DAY NIGHT AFTERNOON MORNING EVENING LATER MOMENTS LATER CONTINUOUS THE NEXT DAY MAGIC HOUR DAWN DUSK SAME SAME TIME CUT TO: FADE IN: FADE OUT. FADE TO: DISSOLVE TO: BACK TO: MATCH CUT TO: JUMP CUT TO: FADE TO BLACK. SMASH CUT TO: CUT TO BLACK. TIME CUT: Order Title Location CHARACTER CHARACTER'S ARC 120