1. EXT. SCHOOL PLAYGROUND – MORNING ELINOR’S P.O.V.: Through some leaves at the playground. There are kids playing. ELINOR Do you see him yet? ON: Elinor, Ari and Olive are hunched behind a shrub peering at the playground. OLIVE I don’t think so but we’ve never met him so we don’t know what he looks like. Ari Good point. What did Ms. Mole say about him? Elinor She said while she’s away at her Checkers Competition, we’ll have a substitute teacher named Mr. Hamster. Suddenly we see MR. HAMSTER enter the playground, looking a little unsure as he gazes around at the children. ElinoR (CONT’D) ( gasp ) Look! That must be him. Ari Let’s go meet him! Elinor, Olive and Ari run out from behind the shrub and surround Mr. Hamster, who looks a little surprised. ElinoR Hi! Are you our substitute teacher? Mr. Hamster I am! I’m Mr. Hamster. Olive We thought so. Mr. HamSTER Well, now that you know who I am, I’d like to know who you are. ElinOR ( fast ) I’m Elinor. I like to know everything about everything! I think nature is sooo interesting, don’t you? I don’t think you can ever ask too many questions. What do you think? MR. HAMSTER ( chuckle ) I think it’s very nice to meet you, Elinor! He turns to Olive. MR. HAMSTER (CONT’D) And who are you? Olive I’m Olive. I like reading - especially my nature book. See? Olive opens her nature book for him to see. MR. HAMSTER I have the same book! Nice to meet you too, Olive! He turns to where Ari was, but he isn’t there. Mr. HAMSTER (CONT’D) And you are ... where did you go? Ari Over here! Mr. Hamster looks and discovers that Ari is hanging upside- down from a nearby branch. ArI (CONT’D) I’m Ari. And I can hang upside- down! He turns his head upside-down to say hi to Ari. Mr. hAMSTER Haha ! Hi, Ari! He starts to move toward the school. The kids follow. Mr. HAMSTER (CONT’D) Thanks for introducing yourselves. When you’re new, it’s hard to get to know everyone - and remember their names! Elinor stops, surprised. ElinoR That’s soooo interesting! I never thought of that. How do you remember who’s who? MR. HAMSTER Well, I try to pay attention to what makes each one of you different. He points to Elinor, then Olive and then Ari. Mr. hAMSTER (CONT’D) For instance, you, Elinor, like asking questions, and you, Olive like to read your nature book and Ari, you like to hang upside down! Elinor, Olive and Ari are pleased. ELINOR Well, if you need any help remembering all the kids in the class, just ask us! Mr. HAMSTER Thanks! See you in the classroom. Mr. Hamster heads off toward the class. 2. INT. CLASSROOM – A LITTLE LATER Mr. Hamster stands in front of the desk and beckons for the kids to gather on the circle rug. Mr. HAMSTER Okay kids! Gather ‘round! The kids start to gather and take their places on the rug. Mr. HAMSTER (CONT’D) My name is Mr. Hamster and I’ll be your substitute teacher while Ms. Mole is away. Elinor, olive, ari, Good morning Mr. Hamster! MR. HAMSTER I hope to get to know each of you by the end of the day. The last to come in and look for a place on the rug are Mary and Lizzie. NOTE: They’re both wearing coats over their dresses. Mr. HAMSTER (CONT’D) Why don’t I start with you two. Mary Hi, I’m Mary. LizzIE And I’m Lizzie. MarY & LIZZIE We’re the Goat Twins. Mr. Hamster is clearly taken aback. Mr. HamSTER Well! It’s twice as nice to meet you! Elinor is eager to be helpful. Elinor They’re identical twins, but it’s easy to tell them apart. The twins start to take off their coats, but Olive and Elinor have their backs to them so they don’t see. But Ari does. Olive That’s right. Mary always wears a green dress. elinor Right. And Lizzie always wears a blue dress. Ari reacts as the Twins, in sync, remove their coats … and reveal that both of them are wearing the same blue dress! ari Not today!! Elinor Olive turn to see that they’re in identical dresses. Olive Oh! What happened? Mary I got my green dress dirty. Lizzie So she had to wear a blue one. So today... MARY & LIZZIE We’re identical! Mr. Hamster is a bit taken aback, but recovers. Mr. hamSTER Well, I’m going to do my best to learn to tell you apart by the end of the day! In fact, I know an activity that should show us how everyone is different ... 3. Int. CLASSROOM - later Elinor is lying on a large piece of paper the floor and Olive is drawing her outline. Olive Almost done. Elinor gets up and Olive holds up the piece of paper. We see that the outline looks just like Elinor. Olive (CONT’D) Perfect! Your outline looks exactly like you. Elinor holds up at larger piece of paper, which shows an outline of Olive. EliNOR And this is definitely an outline of you! Mr. Hamster comes by to see. Mr. HAMSTER Very nice, Elinor and Olive. See? Everyone can tell who you are by your outline - because you’re all different! Elinor spots something across the room and reacts. ELINOR Uh oh. They turn and look at Mary and Lizzie who are holding up identical outlines. Ari is looking at them, bewildered. Ari Hmm. Is that Mary? Or Lizzie? Mary and Lizzie look at each other’s outline and shrug. Mary I don’t know. LizzIE We can’t even tell! Mary Everybody else might be different from each other. But... MARY & LIZZIE We’re exactly the same. Mr. HAMSTER Hmm. Well, it’s time for recess now. Let’s talk about this more after you come back. 4. EXT. PLAYGROUND – LATER Elinor, Olive and Ari are in the playground watching Mary and Lizzie swing back and forth on the swings. ElinoR There must be some way that Mary and Lizzie are different. Olive But we haven’t found it yet. Ari They have the same coloured eyes, the same coloured hair, the same everything! They’re identical! OliVE That’s why they’re called identical twins! Just then, a beautiful YELLOW AND BLACK BUTTERFLY flits by. (NOTE: They can be any colours , I’m just using yellow and black for now .) It catches Elinor’s attention. ElinoR Look at that beautiful butterfly! OLIVE Oooh ! It is pretty! Then a second YELLOW AND BLACK BUTTERFLY flits by. Ari Huh! There’s another butterfly. It’s pretty too. The two butterflies land on a nearby branch, and settle, moving their wings every so often. We see that they both look the same and have spots on their wings. OLIVE Look at that! They’re the same. ARI You mean identical? Like the Goat Twins! Elinor’s attention is caught by what Ari says. She looks closely at the two butterflies. Elinor Hmmm ... Are they identical? ARI They’re the same colours - yellow and black. OliVE And they both have spots on their wings. Elinor looks even closer - with a MAGNIFYING GLASS. elINOR Hmmm . That’s sooooo interesting! ARI What is? CLOSE ON: The two butterflies. We see that they both have spots, but one butterfly has a large black spot and some small spots and the other has several small spots. Elinor Look. That butterfly has one big spot and some smaller ones, but the other butterfly only has smaller spots. Olive So they aren’t identical! ElinOR But when we first looked at them, we thought they were. We only saw the differences when we looked more closely. Olive and Elinor look at each other, excited. OLIVE Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Ari looks a bit confused. Ari What? What are you thinking that I’m not thinking? Elinor If we want to be able to tell Mary and Lizzie apart, we have to take a closer look. Olive Yes, and see if there’s some way they’re different! ElinoR Do you have your notebook handy, Olive? OlIVE You bet! ELINOR Good! Because we need MORE observations! 5. EXT. playground - moments later Elinor, Olive and Ari go over to Mary and Lizzie, who are looking a little down. ELINOR Hi Mary! Hi Lizzie. They sigh and point to each other. Mary She’s Lizzie. LiZZIE And she’s Mary. ElinoR Don’t worry, Goat Twins! We’re going find a way to tell you apart. Mary (brightening) Great! LizZIE (cheerful) But how? ElinoR By looking more closely. Ari Maybe we’ll see something that we’ve missed before. Olive Is that okay with you? They look at each other in unison and nod in unison. MARY/Lizzie Sure! ELINOR Ready Olive? Olive Ready. CLOSE ON: Olive creates a TABLE on her page, with a drawing of Mary (in her green dress) at the top of one column and a drawing of Lizzie (in blue) at the top of the other. OLIVE (CONT’D) This is Mary ... and this is Lizzie. As Mary and Lizzie stand beside each other. Suddenly a gust of wind blows up and musses their hair. Mary Oh! Lizzie We need our barrettes. Mary reaches into a pocket and pulls out two barrettes and hold them out to Lizzie. They look alike, but one is bigger. Mary Here you go. Lizzie picks one up and inspects it. Then hands it to Lizzie. LIZZIE This one’s yours. Elinor wrinkles her brow. ElinOR How can you tell? They both look the same. Lizzie holds them both up and we can see that one is larger than the other. LIZZIE The bigger one is Mary’s... mary And the smaller one is Lizzie’s. ELINOR That’s sooo interesting! Olive draws a bigger barrette under her drawing of Mary and a smaller barrette under Lizzie. Ari We just started looking closer and we already found one difference! Mary and Lizzie look pleased. ELINOR We need more observations! 6. EXT. PLAYGROUND – MOntage MUSIC UNDER: NOBODY’S EXACTLY THE SAME As Elinor, Olive and Ari lean down to look as Mary and Lizzie each take a step forward with their right hoof. We see that their two hooves are the same. Then they switch and put their left hoof forward. Mary has a BLACK STRIPE on her hoof, but Lizzie does not. Olive draws two hooves in the Lizzie column and two hooves in the Mary column and adds the black stripe to the left hoof in Mary’s column. Ari goes around behind Mary and Lizzie observing their horns. They react with giggles as he puts his hand on top of one horn and then measures across to the other horn on Mary’s head. They’re the same height. Then he does the same with Lizzie’s horns but when his hand crosses to the second horn, it knocks into it. The other horn is longer! Olive draws two horns in each column, but in Lizzie’s column, she draws one horn longer. Elinor, Olive and Ari look at each other victoriously. Elinor Cool! We looked more closely and we found three ways you’re different from each other! Ari Celebration dance!! Ari does a little dance. Mary I’m IN! Mary joins him but Lizzie shakes her head. LiZZIE Not me. I like watching. Olive and Elinor look at each other in surprise. Elinor/olive Four ways you’re different! EliNOR I can’t wait to tell Mr. Hamster! 7. INT. CLASSROOM – MOMENTS LATER As the rest of the class troops into the classroom, Elinor, Olive and Ari rush up to Mr. Hamster, with Mary and Lizzie. ElinoR Mr. Hamster! You were right! Mr. HAMSTER I was? What was I right about? Ari The Goat Twins! They look like they’re identical. Olive But if you look closer , you can find small differences! See? Olive shows Mr. Hamster the table she made. SONG: NOBODY’S EXACTLY THE SAME Elinor gets Mary and Lizzie to stand in front of Mr. Hamster as he compares them to Olive’s table, and then SINGS. Elinor/ari/Olive (singing) ELINOR: One of these goats is not like the other. ALL: Nobody’s exactly the same . Elinor points to the two different barrettes and Mr. Hamster looks at the twins and then at the table. ARI - You can be a lot like your sister or brother OLIVE But you’ll never be exactly the same . Ari and Elinor point to the twins’ hooves and Mr. Hamster sees the striped one and then sees the striped one on Olive’s table. ALL: ‘Cause everyone’s unique In their own special way Elinor demonstrates Mary’s longer horn. ARI: And you have to look close to see it (spoken) Let’s dance! Ari does his little dance, and Mary joins him but Lizzie smiles and watches. OLIVE: Just take a closer peek At what they do and say Mr. Hamster sees Mary dancing and Lizzie standing firm, and notes the drawing on Olive’s table and nods happily. ELINOR: And you’ll notice, I guarantee it! ALL: ‘Cause each one of us is not like the other Nobody’s exactly the same! Nobody’s exactly the same! As Elinor, Olive and Ari finish their song, and Ari and Mary finish their dance, they congratulate each other, Mary and Lizzie jump up and down and Mr. Hamster <SFX: APPLAUDS>. Mr. HAMSTER That was wonderful! He turns very pointedly to Mary, then to Lizzie. Mr. Hamster (CONT’D) And that was nice dancing Mary! And great watching, Lizzie! Mary and Lizzie are tickled pink. Mary/lizzie You could tell us apart! Mr. HamSTER Of course! You know how? Elinor By looking more closely! ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI Because nobody’s exactly the same! End.

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY EWW118 One of These Goats is Not Like the Other Written by Kate Barris Elinor’s Question: If two things seem to be identical, how can we tell them apart? Logline: Elinor wants to help the substitute teacher tell which Goat Twin is Mary and which is Lizzie. Curriculum Goals: · LS3.B: Variation of Traits: Individuals of the same kind of plant or animal are recognizable as similar but can also vary in many ways (Elinor and her friends observe the differences between the twins Mary and Lizzie) · SEP 3b – Compare and contrast objects and events by describing similarities and differences (Elinor and her friends observe the differences between the twins Mary and Lizzie) · SEP 3d – Plan and conduct simple investigations using simple tool (Elinor and her friends make a simple chart to keep track of their observations). Line Count: 118 Main Characters: Elinor, Olive, Ari, Mr. Hamster, Lizzie, Mary Incidentals: Classroom kids Settings: Playground, Classroom Props: Big paper, crayons, Olive's Notebook, two barrettes, CU: of hons , hoofs) NB Lizzie and MAry needs coats in this one. FIRST DRAFT FEBRUARY 18, 2019 Elinor Elinor/olive/ari Ari Olive Elion Mr. Dog Ari/olive Ari’s mom Ari’s little sister Air Ms. Mole Mr. Mole Art Olie Mr. Hamster Mary Lizzie Liszzie Mary & lizzie Mr. Hm Mr. N Kids Elinr Elinor/ari/Olive (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) (thing-ese)_ (thing-ESE) INT EXT I/E 7 1 6 3. EXT TRANSITION CIRCLE TIME SCIENCE STATION ACTIVITY BOARD COMPUTER STATION OPIE MONOLOGUE OPENING TITLES SEQUENCE COLD OPENING OPENING TITLES BLOCK AREA CIRCLE TIME SONG DOORWAY TO KINDERGARTEN COATROOM COATROOM - CUBBIES SENSES TABLE BAHTROOM BATHROOM CIRCLE RUB OPIE FANTASY DRAMA CENTRE CREDITS. PLAYGROUND - CATERPILLAR PLAYGROUND - NEAR THE SLIDES PLAYGROUND - TEEPEE LARGE SHRUB CUBBY AREA CLASSROOM HOLEY WALL CREATIVITY CENTRE CLASS - BETWEEEN MATH AND SCIENCE CIRCLE TIME RUG MATH CENTRE INT. CLASSROOM ICY SNOWY EXPANSE OUTSIDE SALLY'S HOUSE THE THINGAMAJIGGER FRICTIONARIUM FRICTIONARIUM - RAMPS THINGAMAJIGGER THINGAMAJIGGER -HEADING HOME NICK'S BACKYARD NICK'S BACK DOOR SERENDIP PATH SERENDIP FIRST PATH INT. SERENDIP CLOSER TO SCHOOL – A LITTLE LATER DAY NIGHT AFTERNOON MORNING EVENING LATER MOMENTS LATER CONTINUOUS THE NEXT DAY CUBBIES SAME SAME TIME AERIAL ESTABLISHING SHOT CUT TO: FADE IN: FADE OUT. FADE TO: DISSOLVE TO: BACK TO: MATCH CUT TO: JUMP CUT TO: FADE TO BLACK.