1. Ext. Ari’s house -- establishing shot It’s another fine morning in Animal Town. From outside of Ari’s house, we hear: Ari (o.s.) It’s gotta be around here somewhere... 1. int. Ari’s bedroom -- morning We are close on ELINOR and OLIVE as they wait, somewhat patiently, in ARI’s upside down bedroom as clothes, hats and a few toys, come flying into frame. ARI (O.S.) No... that’s not it... where is it? Elinor and Olive duck out of the way of a few things, but then a shirt lands right on Elinor, draping itself over her like she was a coat-rack. With the shirt still over her: eLINOR Ari, what are you looking for? It’s almost time to go play soccer. Olive Yeah, we’re supposed to practice before the big game. We go wide on Ari’s bedroom as we see an upside down dresser with right side up open drawers. Ari hangs from the ceiling with his head buried inside one of the drawers as he searches through it. As he throws things out, they fall to the ground - one pair of shorts falls on Olive’s head . ARI (O.S.) I know, but I can’t go until I find my lucky shirt . Olive removes shorts from her head then she and Elinor look at each other , puzzled... ”lucky shirt?”. Ari (CONT’D) A-HA! I found it! Ari suddenly pops up, triumphant, holding a red, long-sleeved shirt. Suddenly, Elinor and Olive are intrigued. oLIVE That IS a nice shirt... What’s so lucky about it? ARI (repeating) What’s so lucky about it? A ri points to some picture on the inside of his dresser. As he points to each picture , he describes it. The pictures are: Ari, Elinor and Olive at a baseball game, Ari giving a thumbs up with a big bug on his shoulder and finally, Ari, Elinor and Olive smiling as they eat cake. In each picture, Ari is wearing his red shirt. Ari (CONT’D) Do you remember when I got that big hit in the baseball game last year? (different picture) Or the time that cool bug landed on my shoulder? (different picture) Or that day that Mz. Mole brought in a yummy cake and it wasn’t even anyone’s birthday? OLIVE Yeah, those were pretty fun days. ARI Well, on every one of those days, I was wearing THIS shirt. That’s why I call it my lucky shirt! Every time I wear it , something great happens! When we see Ari again, he is now wearing the red shirt. It’s so tight that Ari can barely move his arms, which are stuck out to the sides (like Randy in A Christmas Story) . As he goes to fly down, he can barely flap his arms and has a forceful landing on the floor. ELINOR I don’t know, Ari. It looks a little... small . Ari What?! No, i t’s fine! I just haven’t worn it in a while. I’m sure it will stretch out. Ari goes to open the bedroom door, but can’t move his arms. (DESIGN NOTE: the idea is that the shirt is so tight it constricts Ari’s arms from moving and they stick out - will this play? If not, happy to adjust). Olive opens the door for him, while Elinor grabs Ari’s green shirt and puts it into Olive’s satchel. Olive Here you go. ELINOR Mmm , I’ll bring a bigger shirt too, you know, just in case. Ari Okay, but we won’t need it. We have my lucky shirt on our side! As the kids all walk out, Ari’s arms smack against the door-frame, so he has to walk out sideways. 2. Ext. soccer field -- day Elinor and Olive walk through the forest near the school and approach the soccer field . A beat later, Ari finally waddles into frame, still not able to move his arms. Ari W ho’s ready to be a super soccer goalie ? Suddenly, Olive sees something in the distance. Olive Mrs. Rabbit? Oblivious, Ari continues his speech. ARI No... I meant me! Now that I have my lucky shirt, I’m gonna stop every ball . The o nes to the left... the ones to the ri- oops! Ari jumps to the left , and then to the right, where he nearly bumps into Ranger Rabbit, who is walking away from the soccer field carrying a little terrarium. RANGER RABBIT Careful there, Ari. H i, kids! ElinOR Hi, Mom! What are you doing here? RANGER RABBIT Well, there was an animal on the soccer field that shouldn’t be there, so I came to take it back to the forest where it belongs. The kids gather around the terrarium, intrigued. Olive Oooh! What is it? Ranger Rabbit kneels down so t he kids can take a closer at the terrarium. With each word, their anticipation grows. RANGER RABBIT It’s a cute... little... baby... Some of the foliage inside the terrarium parts , revealing a BABY GARTER SNAKE inside . RANGER RABBIT (CONT’D) Garter snake! Elinor and Olive smile at the snake <SFX: WHOAAA WALLA>, while Ari looks surprised . Ari A s -s-s-snake? Yikes ! Ari backs up quickly, falling backwards. He tries to get up, but can’t move his arms to lift himself. ARI (CONT’D) Little help, please? Elinor helps Ari up as Ranger Rabbit smiles benignly. Olive moves closer to the snake. Olive Wow! I’ve never seen a snake this close before. RANGER RABBIT Now remember, kids, if you see a snake, you should n’t get near it unless you’re with a grown-up, like me. Elinor Are snakes dangerous, mom? Ranger RABBIT Some are. This one isn’t poisonous, but it can still bite , so we have to be careful. And it’s a living creature so we should treat it with gentleness and respect. Elinor and Olive both move in close as the snake moves slowly to the front of the terrarium . SCIENCE ECU: the sweet little snake flicks his tongue. OLIVE Look at its tongue flicking. Why does it do that? RANGER RABBIT To smell things. Snakes smell with their tongues. ELINOR (giggle) Wow, t hat is SO interesting ! Come look, Ari. Ari stays behind them, still unsure about this. Ari That’s okay, I can see it just fine from back here, thanks. Elinor is fascinated by the snake. ELINOR It’s so pretty. Look at the zig zag patterns on its skin . Olive Yeah, but... its skin looks kind of flaky . It’s not shiny like snake skin usually is. Ranger rabbit That’s a good observation, Olive. How do you know that? OLIVE Oh, I love looking at pictures of snakes in my nature book. They’re so cool! Elinor Is the snake okay? RANGER RABBIT It’s fine, Elinor. What Olive observed is just a normal part of growing up for a little snake like this. At that moment , Mz. Mole < SFX: BLOWS HER WHISTLE > . Mz. Mole Okay, kids, it’s time for our practice before the big game this afternoon ! As kids gather around Mz. Mole, Ranger Rabbit stands up . Elinor Where are you going to take the snake , Mom? RANGER RABBIT Well, s nakes should be deep in the forest away from where kids play, and where there is plenty of food and shelter for them . S o , I’ll drop it off in the forest near the R anger S tation. Olive and Elinor get an idea. Olive Can we go watch , Mrs. Rabbit ? Elinor Yeah! Can we, Mom? Ranger Rabbit smiles . RANGER RABBIT Of course! (thinks for a second, then) How about you go to your practice, then you can help me put the snake back into the forest when you have a break? ElINOR/OLIVE /Ari Yes! / That would be awesome ! / ( a little cautious) Really? RANGER RABBIT Great. I’ll be waiting for you at the Ranger Station. Elinor gives her Mom a hug. Elinor Thanks, Mom, you’re the best. RANGER RABBIT Just doing my duty as a Park Ranger! Have fun, honey! (then, to snake) Ready to take a walk, little one ? ELINOR Bye, little snakie ! Olive S ee you soon! Elinor and Olive wave at the snake. Ari tries to wave, but can’t move his arm, so he just kind of twists around (and maybe falls over) as they all run off to join their friends. 3. EXT. soccer FIELD -- Day Ari stands in front of the goal, his arms still stuck out to the sides as Elinor and Olive , who no longer has her satchel, stand by, ready to shoot. Ari Alright, goalie Ari is READY! Give me your best shot! Suddenly, a ball sails right past his right hand and into the net. A beat later, a ball sails into the net past his left hand. In both cases, Ari takes a swing at it, but just can’t move well enough to stop the shots. ARI (CONT’D) Okay, maybe not your best shot. On the field, Elinor and Olive look at each other, unsure about this. They just shrug and keep shooting. We then see a quick montage of Ari scuttling around the net as shot after shot goes in without him being able to stop it. The first shot from Elinor sails over his head. ARI (CONT’D) Oops. Too high. A shot from Olive rolls in on the ground. Ari bends to get it, but can’t move his arms in time. ARI (CONT’D) Too low. A shot from Elinor sails right past him before he can react. ARI (CONT’D) Too fast. A shot from Olive slowly rolls in as Ari runs over to stop it, but goes right past it. He tries to recover and reach back for the ball, but can’t. ARI (CONT’D) Too slow. Elinor and Olive approach the goal. Olive Ari, your shirt is too tight for you to move . Why don’t you change it? ARI And lose my lucky shirt ? How are we going to win the big game? ELINOR But you haven’t stopped any shots yet. Despite all facts to the contrary, Ari remains confident. ARI That’s because you don’t need luck at practice. Once the game starts, my lucky shirt is going to work and guess who’ll be stopping all the shots? Ari points his thumb up and tries to point to himself, but he can’t move his arms, so he just up to the sky. Olive looks up and sees a tree above them. Olive The tree? Ari tries harder and finally bends his arm, slightly. ARI No. (straining) This bat right here! As Elinor looks over on the other side of the field, Mary and Lizzie are passing the ball back and forth and score easily on Koa. As they <SFX: CELEBRATE> their goal, Elinor looks concerned. Elinor I sure hope so because Mary and Lizzie are really good at soccer. Ari stutters as he tries to gesture to his lucky shirt again, but can’t move his arms properly. ARI Ahh , don’t worry. With this luck... with this lucky... with this lucky shirt, I don’t even need to practice. On the other side of the field, Mz. Mole < SFX: BLOWS HER WHISTLE > again. MZ. MOLE Okay, kids. Let’s t ake a break and meet back here later for the game this afternoon. OLIVE Ooh , c an we go to the Ranger Station and see the snake now? ELINOR Yeah! Let’s go see my Mom. (to Koa and the Goat Twins) We’ll be back for the big game - see ya! Olive and Elinor runs off eagerly, as Ari lags behind. 4. Int. Ranger station -- day Ranger Rabbit is sitting at her desk as the kids walk in, with Ari trailing a beat behind (he enters through the doorway sideways) . ELINOR Hi, Mom. RANGER RABBIT Hey there, kids! Are y ou ready to help me take the snake to the forest ? OLIVE We sure are. RANGER RABBIT Great . The snake is right back there in the box . I’ll be right over as soon as I’m done with this recycling report. ELINOR Okay, Mom. Elinor and Olive walk over to the terrarium as a still nervous Ari stays a step behind. OLIVE Ther e’s the snake . Right in the corner. Olive points to one corner of the terrarium, but Elinor sees something different and points to a different corner . ELINOR Wait, I thought this was the snake. The kids look back and forth between the two corners. OLIVE Huh? Are there two snakes now? Suddenly, Ari pops up, even more worried. Ari Two snakes?? That’s too many snakes. (realizing his joke and smiling) Get it? TOO many, because there’s two? Olive and Elinor <SFX: GIGGLE> then Elinor takes a closer look. Elinor (O.S.) There’s one snake... Her POV moves from the snake at the front to the other corner, where the snake has left its molted snakeskin. I t looks like a snake , with head and eye features . ELINOR (O.S.) (CONT’D) And there’s another one, but... this one doesn’t quite look like a snake... Olive Yeah, it looks really different. ELINOR Hmmm, we need more observations! Elinor grabs a nearby magnifying glass, and then looks closely at the snakeskin. W hen her POV gets to the end of it, the skin is just hollow. ELINOR (CONT’D) This snake looks like it’s made out of paper . Olive Yeah. It’s really thin and there’s no thing inside. The POV then moves to the original snake. ELINOR This one looks like the real snake. But look! Remember its skin looked old and flaky before? Now it looks shiny. As Elinor and Olive think about this, Ari takes a deep breath and gestures for the magnifying glass. Elinor hands it over and he leans in close to the side of the terrarium. He is still nervous, but he is facing his fears. F rom inside the terrarium , we see the snake slither by in the foreground as Ari looks in, studying the snake and the skin on the ground. Ari Whoa, you’re right. I wonder what happened to its old skin? He looks back and forth quickly between the shiny snake and the old skin. Ari (CONT’D) Wait a minute... maybe this paper-looking thing IS its old skin. It must have fallen off! This idea floods the kids with curiosity and questions as they gather around the terrarium. Olive The skin fell off? How can that be? Wouldn’t it hurt the snake? Elinor once again observes the snake, who seems fine. ELINOR The snake seems okay with this new skin , but why would it s old skin fall off? Olive looks at Ari and his shirt. olive Maybe... because it was too tight? RANGER RABBIT You kids are right about that. The kids turn around to find Ranger Rabbit observing their investigation in the background. Olive We are? RANGER RABBIT Yes , Olive, what you see there is the snake’s old skin, and it did fall off because it was too small. The snake grew and its old skin didn’t fit anymore, so it grew a new bigger skin that would fit its bigger body just right . The kids look on at Ranger Rabbit, <SFC: WHOA/WOW...> minds blown! ELINOR So its skin just comes off in one big piece? RANGER RABBIT That’s right, Elinor. This is called “ molting. ” Ari suddenly has a scary thought. Ari My Mom says I’m growing really fast . Am I going to molt , too? RANGER RABBIT (chuckles) No, Ari. You have nothing to worry about. In many animals, like bats, and rabbits and elephants, their skin grows as the animal grows. But in other animals, like snakes, their skin doesn't grow with them . Instead they grow a new skin underneath, and their old skin falls off. OlIVE Ranger Rabbit, does it hurt the snake when they molt? RANGER RABBIT No, they actually feel much better because their old skin was getting tight and uncomfortable. OLIVE (proud Just like I said! I was right! RANGER RABBIT You sure were, Olive! At that moment, Ari tries to stretch his arms in his tight shirt, but can’t. He then thinks about something. ARI But, what if the snake liked the old skin? What if it was it s lucky skin and it did all these cool things in it? RANGER RABBIT Ari, growing up is a good thing, and sometimes that means we outgrow the things that used to fit us. Ari thinks about this for a moment and nods his head. Ari I guess you’re right. Maybe it's time to say goodbye to my lucky shirt. It doesn't really fit me any more. D o you still have that other shirt? Olive pulls out the green shirt out of her satchel and hands it to Ari. ELINOR Now you ’ll be nice and comfy , Ari, like a snake with new skin! 5. Int. rangER STATION -- song sequence As the music starts, the kids sing and dance around the terrarium as Ranger Rabbit and the snake watch. ELINOR/olive/ARI All living beings grow and grow From your head down to your toe Some take years and some one day Because we all grow in our own way ! ELINOR: When you’re a snake And it’s time to grow OLIVE: There is one thing That you need to know. Ari jumps in, now wearing his green shirt, which fits perfectly. Just to be sure, he moves his arms with ease. ARI: Your skin will start To feel real tight ELINOR : But don’t you worry You’ll be all right! ALL: Because your old skin Will molt and shed And you’ll feel good From your tail to your head! All living beings grow and grow From your head down to your toe Some take years and some one day Because we all grow in our own way ! As the song finishes, the kids dance right out of frame. 6. EXT. FOREST -- day As if it was continuous action, the kids then run into frame at a forest clearing , with Ranger Rabbit one step behind, once again holding the terrarium . Elinor Welcome home, little snakie . Ranger Rabbit puts the terrarium gently on the ground and slowly turns it over, so the snake can slither away happily. Ari Look at it go! It can really move now that its skin fits just right . Olive (a little whistful) Bye, bye little snakey-snake. As we watch the snake slither away, we : FADE to: 7. Ext. soccer FIELD -- day It’s now the big game, and we see Elinor and Olive d r ibbling the soccer ball between them as the run down the field. ELINOR Comin’ at ya, Olive ! As we go wide, we see Elinor and Olive are playing against Mary and Lizzie. Koa and Ari are the two goalies. Elinor does a fake crossover to send Mary going in one direction, then passes to Olive in the other direction. Unfortunately, Lizzie intercepts the pass and takes off down the field all by herself! olive Oh no! Ari gets ready to defend the net. He now has full mobility as Lizzie shoots the ball . Ari jumps up, arms fully extended, and catches it to make the save. <SFX: CROWD CHEERS> Elinor and Olive run over to Ari, who still holds the ball. ELINOR Way to go, Ari! oLIVE It looks like your new shirt is lucky for you too. Ari Oh, I’m lucky all right. Lucky to have you two on my team!! Elinor, Olive and Ari all high five, as they continue to play . <SFX: CHEERS AND LAUGHTER> THE END.

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY EP 134 Ari's Lucky Shirt By: Michael Foulke Elinor’s Question: Why did this snake lose its skin? Logline : When a baby snake in the care of Ranger Rabbit loses its skin, Elinor and friends try to help before learning that shedding skins is just a part of growing for snakes. Curriculum Goals: LS2: Understand that all animals have different body parts that are used in different ways to meet their needs, and that plants have different parts to help them survive and grow. [The snake's skin works differently than our characters' skin in that it doesn't grow with the animal, but rather sheds and creates a new layer of brand new skin when it becomes too small.] ND1: Understand that modes of life in the natural world and engineered solutions in the designed world have common patterns, and engineers often look to natural patterns for inspiration. [Much like the snake needs a new layer of skin because he has grown bigger, Ari needs a new shirt for the same reason.] SEP3: Planning and carrying out investigations: compare and contrast objects by describing similarities and differences in detail. [Elinor and friends investigate why the snake lost its skin by comparing and contrasting the old skin to the new one.] SEP7: Engaging in argument from evidence: Engage in discussions before, during and after investigations. Support thinking and argue ideas with evidence. [Elinor determines that the skin is not a second snake, but it the first snake's old skin by looking at the evidence of the old skin and showing her friends that the old skin and the new one are the same, except for the fact that the old skin is a bit smaller, because the snake has grown.] MAINS: Elinor, Ari, Olive, Ranger Rabbit SECONDARY: Mz. Mole LOCATIONS: Ari's Bedroom, Soccer Field, Ranger Station, Forest PROPS: Green Shirt, Red Shirt, Soccer Balls, Terrarium, Snake Skin, Magnifying Glass OUTLINE: May 23, 2019 FIRST DRAFT: June 20, 2019 SECOND DRAFT: July 16, 2019 POLISH DRAFT: July 29, 2019 ELINOR OLIVE ARI SILAS ELINIR MARY LIZZIE MR RaCCOON ELINR TAPIR MZ Mole KOA SALLY FARMER BEAR R Ranger RABBIT OLIVE/ARi/ELINOR ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI Elinor/olive Elinot Mz. Mole (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E 1 5 6 EXT MAIN FOREST PATH -- DAY MAPLE TREE GROVE SOCCER FIELD RANGER STATION -- DAY INT. RANGER STATION -- SONG SEQUENCE INT. RANGER STATION -- DAY SOCCER FIELD -- DAY INT. ARI'S BEDROOM -- MORNING EXT. ARI'S HOUSE -- ESTABLISHING SHOT 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 Color Page 120