"Line Count 114 Elinor P - 32 Olive P - 39 Ari P - 31 Mr. Bat P - 7 " 1. EXT -- Park This is fun...because kids who know catapillars turn into butterflies will like to be in on the secret and those who don't will learn. I made just a few comments. Cute script, but it drags a bit at times. Would love to figure out how to punch up Scene 1 in particular -- it feels a bit slow and talky until Elinor brings up butterfly babies. That'll perk kids up, but I worry that this episode won't grab them from the top, especially after the long observation period where we're looking at caterpillars and butterflies. It’s a beautiful summery day. ELINOR, OLIVE, and ARI are walking down a path in the park with MR. BAT, who is pushing MIRI in a stroller. Miri is all snuggled up in a blanket. MR. BAT What a beautiful day for a walk in the park! Love seeing Olive getting a punch line! Yeah, Olive! olive I t’s more of a ROLL in the park for Miri . Everybody <SFX: GIGGLES>. Ari Are you having fun, little Miri? Who’s the cutest little sister in the world? You are! Yes, you are! Ari makes funny faces at his little sister, who <SFX: GIGGLES AND LAUGHS>. Elinor Miri is so cute. She looks like a tiny version of you and your dad, Ari. Olive Yeah, but cuter. MR. BAT ( mock anger) Hey, I’m adorable too! The kids have a <SFX: LAUGH>. MR. BAT (CONT’D) You know, kids, I love visiting the park with Miri because the whole world is new to her. It helps me see things with fresh eyes. Look around and pretend you’re new to the world - what do you notice? The kids look around. A monarch butterfly flutters in and hovers above the stroller. https: // images.app.goo.gl / aBSqLrSE6PPKiEjW8 ARI I see a butterfly. Butterflies are are my favorite. <SFX: OOOHH> as the kids follow the butterfly. The butterfly flies low over Miri. Miri waves her arms at it. <SFX: BABY GIGGLES> ARI (CONT’D) It looks like Miri thinks butterflies are pretty cool, too. PAN: The butterfly flutters over Miri’s stroller and lands on a milkweed plant that’s growing nearby. The kids follow the butterfly as Mr. Bat settles on a bench and plays with Miri in the background. CU: The kids cluster close to observe the butterfly. ARI (CONT’D) How amazing is that? Butterflies have wings, just like me! Ari flaps his wings and they all <SFX: GIGGLE>. This feels stiff; Elinor sounds a little bit like a teacher. I'm not sure kids would make the suggestion to "spend the day exploring butterflies." ari (CONT’D) Butterflies sure are interesting. Hey, maybe we should spend today exploring butterflies? This objection doesn't make much sense. They kids are in the act of observing butterflies when Olive makes this statement -- they're all standing on the ground. Ari didn't fly up to look at the butterfly earlier. Why rule out butterfly observation? elinor That’s a good idea . At that moment, Olive notices a stripy monarch caterpillar on a lower milkweed leaf. Again, I'm not sure why the kids are trying to make a plan for how to spend the day. Doesn't seem like that's something kids do. (Also, aren't they technically spending the day just enjoying the park?) Maybe "Let's search for caterpillars!" or "Let's see how many butterflies we find!" is more natural. OLIVE Wait, look. There’s a caterpillar on this plant, too. Caterpillars are my favorite. Maybe we should spend today looking at caterpillars? Same note about Elinor sounding stiff and teacher-like. Also, "notice" is better than "see," since it focuses less on sight being the best way to observe. ELINOR Hmm. Butterflies and caterpillars are BOTH pretty interesting. But which one should we explore? Let’s observe them both. Olive, can you write down what we see? [Not sure that going to the notebook helps us. It seems to be a response to a line that I edited out anyway. Let’s keep the focus on the drama of the episode, which is the conflict between what Ari and Olive want. For lines 15 to 27, let’s go back to the modified D1 version that I sent in. Also, let’s keep the “two legs” joke on Elinor. As per discussed with PBS , let’s give the girls some of the jokes sometimes] OlIVE Sure. Olive takes out her notebook and divides a page into two columns, one for butterflies and one for caterpillars. CLOSE UP: The butterfly, fluttering over the flowers. ELINOR Ari, what do you notice about this butterfly? ARI It can fly. Just look at those awesome wings. CLOSE UP: Olive’s notebook, where she’s drawn a flying butterfly under the butterfly column. CLOSE UP: The caterpillar is crawling along the leaf, its legs moving in a cool wave. ELINOR What about that caterpillar, Olive? OLIVE Well, the caterpillar can’t fly, but I love the way it crawls. How does it move all those legs at the same time? ARI Wow. I only have TWO legs and I still trip sometimes. Ari does an exaggerated fall backwards. <SFX: GIGGLE> OLIVE Ari, you are so funny! CLOSE UP: Olive’s notebook with a drawing of a caterpillar walking along. ELINOR What else is interesting about butterflies and caterpillars? BACK ON: The butterfly, slowly opening and closing its wings as it drinks. ARI Butterflies have awesome patterns on their wings. They’re so colorful. I wish I had a t-shirt like that. THOUGHT BUBBLE shows Ari wearing a fancy monarch-patterned shirt, looking proud of himself. BACK ON: The caterpillar, still munching. OLIVE True. But just LOOK at the caterpillar’s cool stripes. I wish I had a pair of pants with that stripes like that. THOUGHT BUBBLE shows Olive wearing a pair of fancy caterpillar-striped pants, looking proud of herself. ELINOR They’re both very pretty. CLOSE UP: Olive’s notebook with a drawing of the fancy pants and the fancy shirt. CLOSE UP: The butterfly, fluttering over the flowers. ARI Well, a butterfly can fly. I like any animal with wings. Wings just add a little extra coolness, you know? BACK ON: The kids. Ari flaps his wings and they all <SFX: GIGGLE>. CLOSE UP: The caterpillar is crawling along the leaf, its legs moving in a cool wave. OLIVE Well, a caterpillar can’t fly, but I love the way it crawls. How does it move all those legs at the same time? ELINOR I only have TWO legs and I still trip sometimes. Elinor does an exaggerated fall backwards. <SFX: GIGGLE> OLIVE Elinor, you are so funny! ELINOR What else is interesting about butterflies and caterpillars? BACK ON: The butterfly, slowly opening and closing its wings as it drinks. ARI Well, butterflies have awesome patterns on theirs wings. They’re so colorful! I wish I had a t-shirt like that. THOUGHT BUBBLE shows Ari wearing a fancy monarch-patterned shirt, looking proud of himself. BACK ON: The caterpillar, still munching. OLIVE True. But just LOOK at the caterpillar’s cool stripes. I wish I had a pair of pants with that stripes like that! THOUGHT BUBBLE shows Olive wearing a pair of fancy caterpillar-striped pants, looking proud of herself. ELINOR They’re both very fancy! BACK ON: The butterfly. As Ari talks, it lifts up from the flower and flutters into the air. ARI Well, a butterfly- PAN OUT TO: The butterfly flying overhead. ARI (CONT’D) Hey, come back here! I was TRYING to tell my friends how cool you are. <SFX: GIGGLE> The kids follow the butterfly back to the stroller as it flutters over to Miri and lands on her nose. olive <GASP!> It landed on Miri’s nose! CLOSE UP: Miri stares at the butterfly, eyes crossed. She makes a tiny, cute <SFX: BABY SNEEZE>. The kids <SFX: GIGGLE> PAN OUT to the kids. The butterfly rises up to fly around the kids’ head. ANGLE ON: Olive looking at Miri. olive (CONT’D) Butterflies are great, but baby bats are pretty amazing, too. ZOOM OUT to all the kids clustered around the stroller. Elinor has a curious thought. elinor You know, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a baby butterfly. The kids all look thoughtful. ELINOR (CONT’D) I’ve seen bat babies, bird babies, bunny babies... but no butterfly babies! Olive You’re right, Elinor. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a baby butterfly either . ARI I wonder what baby butterflies look like? "Well, Miri looks a lot like you and your dad, only smaller. Maybe baby butterflies look just like grown-up butterflies, but tinier." ELINOR Hmm. Well, Miri looks like a tiny version of you and your dad. Maybe baby butterflies look just like grown-up butterflies, but tinier. THOUGHT BUBBLE showing a parent monarch butterfly holding a smaller, cuter butterfly in a bundle. The bubble pops and Elinor has an idea. ELINOR (CONT’D) I know what we should do today. Let’s look for baby butterflies. [Feel like we need a beat to acknowledge Olive] Olive Mmm ... Ok ! That does sound like fun. After an <SFX: EXCITED YEAH! OK! WALLA>, the kids look at the butterfly fluttering over their heads. elinor Let’s follow that butterfly to see if it has any babies. The butterfly begins to fly away. ELINOR (CONT’D) It’s getting away! C’mon ! We need MORE OBSERVATIONS! With a <SFX: GIGGLE>, the kids run off after it. Mr. Bat, who’s been watching this whole exchange with benign amusement, waves them goodbye. MR. BAT Happy exploring, kids! 2. EXT FOREST PATH -- CONTINUOUS The kids enter the forest, walking along a path, following the butterfly as it flutters here and there. OLIVE That butterfly sure flies a lot. I wonder where it’s going. The kids jokingly come up with ideas. elinor Maybe it’s late for butterfly school? olive Or maybe it’s going to a butterfly party! ARI Or maybe it’s going to a baseball game. Because it’s a BATTER-fly. We noticed that Olive tends to comment a lot on Ari's antics. We don't want to overdo this -- it can start to feel like she's either fawning over him or being condescending if we do it too much. (Also, it seems to be only Olive doing it in this episode.) Her reaction in 58 seems like it's the most earned. OLIVE ( giggle ) Oh Ari. The kids <SFX: LAUGH>. They keep following the butterfly down the path, and it leads them to... 3. EXT. Sunlit FOrest clearing -- CONTINUOUS The monarch butterfly flies into a beautiful sunlit clearing that isn’t too far down the path. The space is full of monarch butterflies, plus multicolored flowers, including lots of common milkweed plants. The kids are awed by this pretty place. <SFX: WHOOA WALLA> ARI Olive, you were right! It’s like a butterfly party. ANGLE ON: The butterflies, enjoying their milkweed. ELINOR Ok , let’s see if we can find any baby butterflies. The kids split up. ANGLE ON: Olive examining one patch of the clearing where a few butterflies are flying around some yellow flowers. OLIVE (to herself) Hmm. No butterfly babies here. ANGLE ON: Elinor, looking at a different patch of the clearing with blue flowers. All the butterflies look like full-size adult butterflies. ELINOR (to herself) Any babies here? Nope. ANGLE ON: Ari, who is flying, hovering above a patch of milkweed with some butterflies. 48 and 50: Does it make more sense to say “orange and black” instead of just orange to describe the monarch’s colors? ARI (to himself) Just more of those orange butterflies over here. They sure are cool, though. The kids regroup. ELINOR Did anyone find any baby butterflies? OLIVE I just saw a bunch of those orange butterflies, and they’re all about the same size. ARI Same here. Elinor looks thoughtful. ELINOR I wonder where all the baby butterflies are? ARI Maybe baby butterflies are too tiny to see? Should we identify the magnifying glass by name -- or explain that it makes things bigger? OLIVE Well, if they’re really small, we’ll need some help to see them. Olive reaches into her satchel and pulls out a magnifying glass. She uses it to look around on the nearby leaves. CU on the view through her magnifying glass. There’s a tiny spider . IT would support the learning to show a baby spider next to an adult spider...to make the point that babies usually are just a smaller version of an adult. In fact as they look for the butterflies it would be great if they see baby/adult pairs of a few animals. OLIVE (CONT’D) I see a little spider . It’s really cute, but it’s not a baby butterfly. The magnifying glass view moves to a nearby ant. as to me note above it might be better to show a snail...a baby and a bigger adult would be more clear than an ant. OLIVE (CONT’D) And there’s an ant. It’s very interesting... But no baby butterflies. The magnifying glass view continues to move around, until an enormous eye appears! OLIVE (CONT’D) Aah! BACK ON: The kids. Olive jumps backward, startled. We see that Ari has bent down to look too, and Olive saw his magnified eye. OLIVE (CONT’D) Ari! ARI Sorry! <SFX: LAUGH>. OLIVE Hmm, we didn’t see any tiny baby butterflies. What if we can’t see them because they’re all inside their houses? Ari looks around. ARI I don’t SEE any little houses around. The kids all look around. OLIVE Me neither. ELINOR I don’t think butterflies live in houses. I think they live OUTSIDE. ARI Yeah. Besides, how would they even build a house? They’re way too small to lift a hammer. Ari mimics holding and using a tiny little hammer. <SFX: LAUGH>. "Hmmm, we can't seem to find any baby butterflies. I wonder why not. That is SO INTERESTING!" ELINOR Hmm, we can’t seem to find any baby butterflies. That is SO interesting! At that moment, Olive glances at one of the nearby milkweed plants and notices it has a caterpillar on it. OLIVE Hey, look. It’s a caterpillar! Ari It’s one of those caterpillars with the fancy stripes. <SFX: OOOH> The kids cluster around the caterpillar. As they watch, it climbs under a stem and forms a J shape. OLIVE Wait, what’s the caterpillar DOING? ARI It’s hanging upside down. I love hanging upside down. Hmm, I think I like caterpillars now. CU: The caterpillar begins to shed its skin and form a chrysalis. <SFX: GASP> ARI (CONT’D) Whoa, what’s happening? I'm unsure about this line...not sure if it is needed at all. I worry the visuals would need to match and a butterfly getting rid of skin and turning into a crystalist don't really look the same. ELINOR Agree with Sara It looks like it’s getting rid of its old skin. TIME LAPSE (or other effect) of the butterfly becoming a pretty green chrysalis (in reality, this can happen over the course of 3-4 minutes: https: // youtu.be / JkWr5k2H__Y ). It seems that Sara is OK by describing it as a pod. I’m a little worried that it could create a misconception. I wondered about saying something instead like, “It turned into something that kinda looks like a green pea pod.” OLIVE It turned into some kind of green pod. NOTE: we can’t say cocoon because only moths make cocoons. Seems like it makes more sense to say, “And now it’s just hanging there.” ELINOR And now it’s just sitting there. Ari This is. So. Awesome. BACK ON: Olive has turned to look at some of the other milkweed plants. maybe add the word "things" after pod so it is clear she is not sure exactly what it is olive Oh! I see another one of those green pods over here. ANGLE ON: Olive notices another pod, but it’s darker and it’s twitching. OLIVE (CONT’D) And there’s one over here, but it’s darker. Wait. This one is MOVING. The kids cluster around the moving chrysalis. CU: The chrysalis opens and the butterfly emerges, its wings wrinkled at first, so it looks pretty strange. ELINOR It’s breaking open! ArI What IS that? Is it an alien? Olive It can’t be an alien... Can it? The butterfly begins to pump up its wings. elinor Wait. I don’t think that’s an alien. I think that’s a... a... ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI Butterfly! The kids <SFX: GASP> as the butterfly finishes pumping up its wings. It flutters into the air. BACK ON: The kids. ARI What just happened? OLIVE Hmm. Let’s think about what we saw. Olive gets out her notebook. CU: Olive’s notebook. She draws a caterpillar. OLIVE (CONT’D) First, we saw a caterpillar. ELINOR And then we saw it turn into a kind of pod. Olive draws an arrow coming from the caterpillar and connecting to a pod. ARI But then we saw one of those pods break open, and an alien - I mean, a butterfly - came out. Olive draws an arrow coming from the pod and connecting to an adult monarch butterfly. olive But what does this MEAN? The kids think <SFX: HMMM> Let's make sure we really play up the comedy here. This is kind of a crazy idea! Olive and Ari should have big reactions that seem to indicate as much. elinor I think... I think that the caterpillars turn into a butterflies. BACK ON: the kids. <SFX: GASP> They’re amazed. Elinor (CONT’D) First the caterpillar turns into a pod, and then after a while, it turns into a butterfly. ARI But that would mean... olive The butterfly babies weren’t missing. They were right in front of us this whole time. This maybe deserves a "That's so interesting" ElinOR Caterpillars ARE baby butterflies! ARI Hey Olive, that means that the animal that I like... OLIVE And the animal I like... ARI/OLIVE Are the SAME ANIMAL. Ari and Olive high five and hug , sharing the excitement. ELINOR You both sure know how to pick cool animals to watch. The kids sing a song. While they sing, the camera switches between Olive taking close looks at caterpillars, Elinor looking at the chrysalises, and Ari looking the butterflies. I wondered if somewhere they should mention it hanging – they mention wiggling but I don’t really remember making that observation. Maybe "It hangs and wiggles and turns into a pod"? (Also hoping we can find a better rhyme than "up" and "pod.") And instead of “the pod sits still” – maybe “the pod stays still”? ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI Caterpillars change As they grow. They turn into butterflies Now we know. OLIVE: Here’s a caterpillar Watch it climb up It wiggles and wiggles And turns into a pod ALL: Caterpillars change As they grow. They turn into butterflies Now we know. ARI: The pod sits still Then it opens wide What comes out? A grown-up butterfly! ALL: Caterpillars change As they grow. They turn into butterflies And now we know. As the song ends, the kids stand or sit in the middle of the clearing, surrounded by butterflies. ARI Hey let’s go tell my dad and Miri what we figure d out. With an <SFX: EXCITED YEAH WALLA>, the kids run off. 4. PARK -- DAY Mr. Bat and Miri are hanging out at the small bridge in the park, watching fish in the water below. The kids run up to meet them. 99-107: Feels like we have several episodes that follow this formula -- the kids go off and figure something out, report back to the grown-up, the grown-up admires what great scientists they are and then they clarify the learning. Again, something to keep an eye on so that we're not overdoing it. We don't want the show to feel formulaic or predictable. Are there other, more interesting ways for the grown-up to engage in these moments, rather than sitting back passively and praising the kids? ARI Dad! Dad! - guess what? We went looking for baby butterflies, but we couldn’t find any! Olive Yeah, that’s because we were looking for tiny butterflies. But then we found out... Elinor CATERPILLARS are the baby butterflies! Change into, instead of turn into? Ari They turn into a pod, and then a butterfly comes out! MR. BAT Wow, you figured that out by yourselves? ARI Yeah, we did it by making OBSERVATIONS! MR. BAT What smart scientists you are! <SFX: EXCITED YEAH WALLA>. ANGLE ON: Elinor looks down at Miri. <SFX: BABY GIGGLE> ELINOR Mr. Bat, it's amazing that baby bats like Miri look a lot like grown up bats. But caterpillars look really different from butterflies! MR. BAT Yes, Elinor! Some animals have babies that look just like their parents, and some animals have babies that go through a big change. When an animal makes a big change, it’s called metamorphosis. OliVE Me-ta-MORPH-o-sis. I like that word. At that moment, the same butterfly from the beginning returns and flutters about before landing on Miri’s little head. ARI You know, with Miri all snuggled up in her blanket, she kiiinda looks like a caterpillar. I wonder what would happen if SHE turned into a butterfly... THOUGHT BUBBLE showing MR. BAT pushing Miri in a stroller. Miri bursts from the blanket and unfolds huge butterfly wings. She flies into the air, giggling as Ari’s dad jumps up and down trying to catch her. MR. BAT Well, if she did, she’d still be adorable, just like her brother... and their Dad. The kids all <SFX: LAUGH>. We follow the butterfly up and over the trees as we... END.

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY 140: BUTTERFLY BABIES Written by Rosemary Mosco Elinor’s Question: What do baby butterflies look like? Logline: When the kids go searching for baby butterflies in the forest, they’re surprised to discover that caterpillars are baby butterflies. Curriculum goals: LS3 . Understand that all animals need food in order to live and grow, that they get their food from plants or from other animals, and that plants need water and light to live and grow. [The kids watch caterpillars eat the leaves of certain plants] LS4 . Understand that all animals and plants have a life cycle, can reproduce, and change and grow over time. [The kids observe caterpillars turning in to chrysalises and then into butterflies] LS7 . Understand that young animals and young plants are very much, but not exactly like their parents. [The kids discover that caterpillars share some similarities with butterflies, but also look very different] LS8 . Begin to understand that there are many different kinds of living things and how they may be the same or different. [The kids observe different species of butterflies] SEP3b . Compare and contrast objects and events by describing similarities and differences in detail. [The kids compare large and small butterflies, and compare caterpillars and butterflies] SEP8b . Obtain information using various age-appropriate texts, text features, and other media to help answer a question and/or support an explanation. [Olive looks in a nature book to learn about butterfly species, chrysalises, and metamorphosis] SEP8e . Use basic science and engineering content vocabulary when investigating and describing observable phenomena. [The kids learn and use the term "metamorphosis" Main Characters: Elinor, Olive, Ari, Mr. Bat Secondary Characters: Miri Props: Monarch butterflies, caterpillars, flowers, magnifying glass Locations: Park, Forest Path, Forest Clearing FIRST DRAFT: July 24, 2019 SECOND DRAFT: August 15, 2019 ARI ARI/ELINOR ARI/OLIVE ELINOR ELINOR/OLIVE ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI/MR. BAT MIRI MR. BAT OLIE OLIVE OLIVE/ARI (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E 1 2 1 THE END. INT CLASSROOM -- DAY SUNLIT FOREST CLEARING -- CONTINUOUS PARK -- DAY EXT -- PARK 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