1. Ext. school garden - Day Ari and Elinor are surprised to find Mz. Mole laying on the ground and staring closely at the dirt in the school garden bed. Mz. Mole ( earnest and enthusiastic ) Come on. Come on. You can do it? Elinor ( giggling ) Mz. Mole? Who are you talking to? MZ. MOLE The plants! I’m watching the m grow. The children look at the garden bed, but there is nothing there but dirt. Ari You can’t watch plants grow, Mz. Mole. They’re too slow. MZ. MOLE Some plants can grow quicker than you might think. Look here. Mz. Mole sits up and pulls out her pop up book. She opens the pages, to reveal... 2. int. Book - Mz. Mole’s Kitchen - Day POP-UP BOOK STYLE of animation depicts Mz. Mole’s kitchen table near a window. A small potted cactus and a small potted bamboo plant sit on the table. They are the same height , already young plants (not starting as seeds) . Sunlight comes through the window at an angle. Mz. Mole enters the scene holding a small watering can and briefly waters both plants. A cereal box and bowl of cereal sit on the table. Then she sits down at the table and eats breakfast. The cactus sits to her left, the bamboo to her right. MZ. MOLE (V.O.) All plants need water and sunlight to grow. Some plants grow slowly, and some plants grow quickly. A c actus like this one... (she indicates with her finger) might grow very slowly, while bamboo plants like this one (again indicating with her finger) can grow very quickly. ARI (V.O.) They look the same size to me. MZ. MOLE (V.O.) Yes, they are the same size now, but let’s see what happens later in the day around lunchtime . Mz. Mole has finished her breakfast and exits the scene. Page flip. The sun through the window moves, and the sun has shifted in the sky, indicating a change in time. It is now lunchtime, and the light is coming straight through the window. The cactus has not changed size, but the bamboo has grown 10 inches taller. Mz. Mole re-enters and sits down at the table for lunch. A sandwich on a plate is already there between the plants. ELINOR (V.O.) Look! The bamboo has zoomed up ! MZ. MOLE (V.O.) That’s right. By lunchtime, the bamboo has grown much taller. ARI (V.O.) Why didn’t the cactus grow? MZ. MOLE (V.O.) It only grew a little . Let’s check in with them at dinner time. Mz. Mole has finished her lunch and exits the scene. Page flip. The sunlight through the window changes, indicating a change in time. A plate of salad sits on the table between the plants. It is now dinner time, and the light outside is almost dark. The moon is also up. The cactus still has not changed size, but the bamboo has grown another 10 inches taller. Mz. Mole re-enters and sits down at the table for dinner. She eats a salad. ELINOR (V.O.) Wow! The bamboo is even taller! MZ. MOLE (V.O.) Yes! The fastest growing plant in the world is a type of bamboo like this one that can grow 35 inches taller in a single day! Ari But the cactus is still small . Mz. MOLE (V.O.) It’ growing, but so slowly it’s hard to see. S ome cactus take a year to grow one inch. Ari (V.O.) That’s really slow! 3. Ext. School Garden - DAY BACK AT: The school garden. Mz. Mole closes the book. ARI If I could be a plant, I’d want to be bamboo. Then I’d be a giant in no time! They all laugh. Something on the ground catches Elinor’s eye. A tiny green sprout is peeking out of the dirt. ELINOR Look Mz. Mole! The garden is growing! MZ. MOLE Ooh ! I wonder how big it will get. There’s only one way to find out! The three of them lay down on the ground around the tiny sprout and watch it closely. Ari If this is going to take a while, I’m going to need a snack. Everyone <SFX: LAUGHS>. THE END.

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY EWW116 INTERSTITIAL: MZ. MOLE STORY TIME: grow like the wind Written by Robert Sams Follows 141 " Zig Zag Plant" Curriculum: Different plants grow at different speeds. The kids learn that the fastest growing plant (a type of bamboo) can grow up to 35 inches per day, while the world's slowest growing plants (like the saguaro cactus) may grow less than an inch per year. Learning Goals: LS8: There are many different kinds of living things and they may be similar or different Second Draft: 25-Sept-19 Ms. mole Elinor ARI Hazel MZ. MOLE Elinore (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E 1 EXT. POND 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