"A fun first draft, kudos. Lots of charming moments. I think seeing it written out like this brings up two things that might be confusing a central message: - The subtle difference between ""sleep"" and ""rest"" kind of blurs the message and the story. We see that Olive didn't sleep, but then the kids get curious about resting. They made the jump from sleep to rest, but actually that's kind of the lesson they need to learn (that sleeping is how our bodies rest). I wonder how we can ""pick one"" and stick with it, in order to simplify the lesson and story. - There seem to be two mysteries: ""Why do we sleep (or rest)?"" And ""Do all animals sleep (or rest)?"" I think it's good to support the idea that sleep is important and normal in nature with the notion that lots of animals sleep/rest. But right now the two questions feel intertwined narratively, which makes things complicated. I wonder how we can simplify, or tease out the two, or bring one question more to the forefront and have the other support it, rather than complicate it. Specific suggestions below. Another top note is to do a pass for language, and make sure the kid dialogue sounds like it's coming from kids. Thanks for the good work!" 1. EXT. SCHOOLYARD - DAY Very nice 1st draft - cute ending cute! Line Count - 123 (please cut 3 lines) Elinor - 35 Ari - 23 Olive - 43 Mz. Mole - 15 Ms. Elephant - 7 It’s a beautiful sunny day. The kids are at school, playing outside during recess. The camera pans across kids playing various games and stops at ELINOR and ARI, who are having a thoughtful discussion. ELINOR Hmm. What game should we play today? Suggest "We could play catch with a ball?" ARI We could toss a ball back and forth. ELINOR Nah . We did that yesterday. ARI Right. Oh, I know! We could have a snowball fight. Add "There's no snow." at the end ELINOR Ari, it’s spring. Suggest "Maybe we'll get lucky and get a spring snowstorm!" (then he looks up at the sky waiting) ARI Maybe there will be a REALLY late snowstorm? Ari and Elinor <SFX: GIGGLE>. Then a pair of butterflies fly past them, one chasing the other. Suggest add "They look like they're chasing each other." ARI (CONT’D) Look at those butterflies go. I don't know why they both thought to play tag. ELINOR Hmm. Are you thinking what I’m thinking? ELINOR/ARI Let’s play tag! ARI You know who loves tag? Olive. Maybe she wants to play too. Where is she? ELINOR She said she was going to read under that big tree. ARI Let’s go! Ari and Elinor find Olive sitting under a big tree. She’s reading a huge book, and she looks very absorbed in it. ELINOR Hi, Olive. Olive doesn’t look up, but she replies with enthusiasm. She’s just very excited about her book. Break it up: Hi, Elinor. Hi, Ari. OLIVE Hi, Elinor and Ari. ARI What are you reading? Now Olive looks up, beaming. Suggest shorter: "I'm reading this really fun book. It's about a princess who goes into a magical forest to help the prince. What's inside the forest? Dun dun… etc." OLIVE I just got this book from the library and it’s sooooo good. This prince falls into an endless magical sleep, so a princess rides towards an enchanted forest to find a cure. What’s inside that forest? Dun dun dunnn ... it’s a mystery! Add "whoa" to the beginning." ARI That does sound really good. Suggest delete "but" ELINOR But we’re going to play tag. Want to play with us? Olive looks thoughtful. Suggest spell out her dilemma better: "Hmm. That sounds like fun. But… I really want to finish this book." "Suggest ""Hmm. I wish I could read and play tag at the same time. But it would be too easy to tag me if I kept looking down at my book"" - to match the visual of her actions " OLIVE Hmm. I wish I could read and play tag at the same time. But it would be too easy to tag me if I kept looking down to read. The kids <SFX: GIGGLE>. Olive looks down at her book. This feels a little long and maybe too mature? Please review. Maybe remove: "But only if I get to be It." we don't want kids modeling ..Ok for her to say she wants to be it. OLIVE (CONT’D) Let me think. On the one hand, I really want to know how the story ends. (She looks up at her friends.) On the other hand, my book will still be there later, but my friends are playing tag NOW. Okay, I’ll play. But only if I get to be It. Ari and Olive <SFX: LAUGH> or <SFX: SCREAM PLAYFULLY> as Olive sets down her book and runs after them. 2. INT. OLIVE’s HOUSE - BEDROOM - NIGHT Olive is in her PJs , sitting up in bed, avidly reading her book by the light of a bedside lamp. There’s a window showing the moon and some stars. There's a few instances of the characters talking to themselves in this draft, which is unusual for us. If it's better, suggest you incorporate the info into dialogue. E.g. this line can be merged with line 23. Olive called it 'enchanted forest' in line 16 - suggest we use the same term here OLIVE Ooh , this part’s so exciting. The princess is almost at the magical forest. I wonder what happens next. MS. ELEPHANT pokes her head into the bedroom. Ms ELEPHANT All right, my little bookworm- it’s time to sleep. OLIVE But I want to know how the story ends! I think this is when we need to start picking either "sleep" or "rest". I suggest we go with "sleep". Change "rest" to "sleep" MS ELEPHANT Sweetheart, your book will still be there in the morning. But now it’s time to rest. OLIVE But why? Change "rest" to "sleep" "Since most preschoolers have to nap in the day we don't want to arm them with ""rest is only for nighttime"" maybe change "" night is when you rest"" to ""night is a good time to rest""" MS ELEPHANT Because it’s nighttime, and night is when you rest. OLIVE [ pleading ] Can’t I just read for five more minutes? Ms. Elephant looks thoughtfully at her watch, or at a clock. MS ELEPHANT Hmm. It’s not that late. Okay, you can read for just five more minutes. OLIVE Yay! MS ELEPHANT But after five minutes, it’s time to turn off your light and sleep! OLIVE Yes, mom. Ms. Elephant walks up, leans down, and gives Olive a kiss on the forehead. MS ELEPHANT I love that I have a daughter who’s so excited about reading. I hope that your dreams are full of interesting stories, too. OLIVE Thanks, mom. Night night. MS ELEPHANT Goodnight , sweetie. Remember, just five more minutes. Ms. Elephant leaves the room. Olive buries her head in her book again. montage - we can dissolve her is 3 different poses - each one with her body showing fatigue, eyelids getting lower. pages in book closer to end OLIVE [ to herself] Right. Just five more minutes. We see Olive reading, and get a sense of time passing, eg . a ANGLE ON: the moon setting outside a window, maybe with the sky lightening a little. BACK ON: Olive looking bleary-eyed. OLIVE (CONT’D) Oops. I think that was a little more than five minutes. She yawns, flops over, and passes out on her book. 3. EXT. SIDEWALK NEAR OLIVE’s HOUSE - MORNING The next morning, Elinor is walking down the sidewalk on her way to pick up Olive and Ari on the way to school. She’s wearing her backpack (or whatever else she wears on her way to school). She walks past a tree where her chickadee friend has perched. "seq 3 description - just note we dont have sidewalks where they live - only in Town. also - yes Elinor will have her backpack, as will Ari - Olive has her satchel " ELINOR Good morning, Chicky ! I’m off to school. Hope you have a great chicka-day . Chicky <SFX: CHIRPS>. Instead of talking to herself, let's have Ari join her here? When they meet up, try having Ari mention how much he slept the night before. Also show him ready and eager to play tag again. Present the two things, that he slept well and that he has energy but don't link them yet (we will use it later). Then they meet up with Olive (or Olive walks by looking spacey?). ELINOR (CONT’D) I wonder if Olive finished her book. She’s a fast reader, but that was a GIGANTIC book. Elinor approaches Olive’s house. Olive has her satchel and she’s standing on the sidewalk, looking exhausted and spacey. ELINOR (CONT’D) Hi Olive! Olive <SFX: YAWNS>. we should add a description ex (sleepy) for all of Olives dialogue so we get the correct reads from our actor OLIVE Hi Nelinor . I mean, hi Relinor . I mean... hi friend. "Lines 41-54: Suggest we pick one central mystery for this episode, and make it ""Why do we need to sleep?"" Make this the question the episode centers around. In that case, this scene gives up a little too much by right away linking not-sleeping with feeling tired. Try to write this scene as if Olive isn't aware yet that there's something wrong, even though to the audience it's probably clear why she's acting the way she is, and try not to have the Elinor and Ari make that connection either. For example, have these lines play out something like this: Olive: Hi, Nelinor. I mean, hi Relinor. I mean... Hi friend. Elinor: Olive, are you ok? O: Yeah (yawn) Ari: Did you finish reading your book? O: No, but I got a lot closer. My mom let me read for five extra minutes, but the book was so good I lost track of time. E: So you didn't sleep? O: I only slept a little, but at least I got to read more of my book. A: I thought everyone had to sleep. O: Maybe not. I'm gonna ask my mom if I can not sleep tonight, so I can finish this (yawn) story. A: Whoa. If I didn't sleep, I would have a lot more time to play. E: Hmm, I never thought about it before. Why DO we need to sleep? I mean, what is sleeping good for? A: Good question. It's a sleepy mystery. E: I know! Let's see if we can find any animals sleeping on the way to school. Maybe that will help us figure out why we sleep. etc. something like that (maybe pad it a little more, or add a little more at the end to get them going), and off they go." ELINOR Olive, you seem really tired. They start walking toward Ari’s house. OLIVE I didn’t sleep much last night. I stayed up late reading my book. ELINOR Oh. Did you finish it? we should remove the exclamation point so we dont get an upbeat excited read from our actor - assuming we want olive to still sound sleepy - should also note it in her lines description OLIVE No, but I got a lot closer. I’m going to stay up late every night until I get to the end! Elinor looks concerned. ELINOR But when will you rest? OLIVE Why do I need to rest, anyway? It’s just extra time I could spend reading books. They reach Ari’s house. Ari is standing outside waiting for them, wearing his backpack. OLIVE (CONT’D) Oh, hi, Elinor. I mean, Ari. Hi Ari. YAWNNN . ARI Olive, you seem kind of sleepy...and confused. """She stayed up late reading her book. And now she wants to stay up late every night until she finishes it"" - otherwise it may seem like she enjoyed staying up really late that she now wants to continue to do so, which has nothing to do with the book " ELINOR She stayed up late reading her book. And now she wants to stay up late every night. ARI Hmm. I thought everybody needed to rest. They stop, suddenly consumed by the question. ELINOR I did, too. You know, I’ve never really thought about it before. DOES everybody need to rest? ARI Yeah, and why DO we rest? I don’t know! ELINOR That’s SO INTERESTING! Let’s look for animals while we walk to school and see if any of them are resting. "suggest she only says 'Yaaawwn, ok.' here and we leave ' I’ll make a list of what we see.' for after elinors line 58 - she her saying it is with the action of her going into her satchel for her notepad" OLIVE Yawnnnnn-ok . I’ll make a list of what we see. The kids start walking. They reach a tree that has a great horned owl perched on a branch close to the trunk. "Lines 55-79: I was going to suggest that maybe Olive didn't need to participate in this observation quest, but I do like how you used her here for funny moments that show her being tired. For this section where they look for animals, suggest we change a few things: - Let's have the kids out to look for animals sleeping, not necessarily checking if they sleep or not. Remove the checklist, or replace it with just Olive drawing (or trying to draw) the animals they observe on a page (we might use it later when they talk to Mz. Mole). - Let's have the first two animals they find be obviously sleeping (the owl, and add a lizard sleeping). Also, see if you can drop in a little bit of a hint as to why sleeping is good. E.g. Elinor remembers owls sleep during the day, but she remembers seeing one fly at night. And maybe they are observing the lizard as it sleeps (make a fun little scene of them hiding behind a bush?) and then the lizard wakes up, and scurries off with high energy. - But then have the third animal be the fish. The kids see the fish (there's a fish!). I wonder if fish sleep? One kid remembers, wait, how can fish sleep if they don't have eyelids? Does that mean fish don't sleep? It does look like it's resting, though. It's just sitting there not moving. Then Olive says her line. See, if fish don't sleep, maybe I don't hvae to either. Then they go off to school. Maybe we end the scene with a concerned or puzzled Elinor to cue the audience there's more on this topic to come." ELINOR There’s an owl! ARI Ooh . OWL take a closer look. The kids <SFX: GIGGLE>. SCIENCE CU: the owl. It’s puffed up, eyes closed, asleep. "not sure the last line is needed here ""It ALSO looks really cool, because owls are cool.""" ARI (O.S.) (CONT’D) Its eyes are closed and it’s not moving. It sure LOOKS like it’s resting. It ALSO looks really cool, because owls are cool. BACK ON: The kids. after 58 - reads '(or maybe ZZZs?)' we cannot show text - we can have a happy face eyes open on one said and the eyes closed with a none expressive mouth on the other ELINOR My mom taught me that owls sleep during the day and fly around at night. So, owls definitely rest. Olive takes out her notebook and writes in it. CU: Olive’s notebook. She has drawn a simple chart, with a column for animals on the left and a column for REST (or maybe ZZZs ?) on the right. Olive draws an owl and puts a check mark under REST. OLIVE (O.S.) Got it. Owls rest. But that’s just one animal. BACK ON: The kids. ELINOR Yeah, we need MORE OBSERVATIONS. They keep walking and reach a pond (or river - whatever makes sense for the geography of the place). They walk up to the edge and look down into the water. CUT TO: A carp floating in a patch of reeds down at the bottom. "suggest we give this line to elinor 'It’s not moving. Is it resting?' after Ari's says 'I see a fish' " ARI (O.S.) I see a fish. It’s not moving. Is it resting? SCIENCE CU: The carp’s head. It’s motionless, but its eyes are open (since fish don’t have eyelids). ARI (O.S.) (CONT’D) Hmm. It sure looks like it’s resting, but its eyes are open. That’s pretty fishy. The kids <SFX: GIGGLE>. "should this read 'I always close my eyes when I rest. Otherwise, I’d get PRETTY bored looking at my ceiling all night."" so its a clearer visual of her laying on her back looking up - instead of face down" ELINOR I always close my eyes when I rest. Otherwise, I’d get PRETTY bored looking at my pillow all night. Olive is writing in her notebook. OLIVE Right. The fish is not resting because it’s eyes are open. CU: Olive’s notebook. Under the drawing of the owl, she’s drawn a toothy-looking shark, and she’s put an X under REST. ELINOR (O.S.) Wait, Olive, did you draw a shark instead of a fish? OLIVE (O.S.) Oops! The kids <SFX: GIGGLE>. Olive erases it and draws a carp. BACK ON: The kids, who start walking again. ELINOR Time for MORE OBSERVATIONS. Can we find any other animals that are resting? They walk up to a resting butterfly (like this sulphur: https: // www.dreamstime.com / sleeping-butterfly-night-garden-close-up-image134944814 ). It’s perched on a blade of grass, hanging upside down. Olive points down at it. Her words are interrupted by a big yawn. Why is the butterfly upside down? I dont know them to rest that way although i am not a butterfly expert....we dont want to confuse metaphoris with resting OLIVE I see a butter-YAWNNN . ARI What’s a butter-yeooown ? Olive kneels and points again. OLIVE You know, a butter-YAWNNN . A... one of those things. ARI Oh, a butterfly! I love butterflies. Let’s take a closer look. OLIVE Let me get my close... looking... thingie. ELINOR You mean your magnifying glass. Olive reaches into her satchel, pulls out a magnifying glass, and holds it up to the butterfly. The kids take a closer look. SCIENCE CU: The butterfly. We can see its eyes. ELINOR (O.S.) (CONT’D) Hmm. This butterfly isn’t moving. Is it resting? " Also, it’s not lying down. That doesn’t look like a very comfy way to sleep" (the butterfly is hanging upside down - we need to rework this as Ari sleeps hanging upside down in his bed as a bat would- so this will be very cinfusing for our viewer ARI (O.S.) Its eyes are open. Also, it’s not lying down. That doesn’t look like a very comfy way to sleep. CUT TO Olive’s notebook. She draws a butterfly under the carp and draws an X under REST. OLIVE (O.S.) Got it. The butterfly isn’t resting either. BACK ON: The kids, who keep walking, approaching the school. Olive is triumphant. OLIVE (CONT’D) See, most of the animals we saw weren’t resting. I don’t need to rest ever again. And now we’re at the spool! ELINOR You mean the school? OLIVE Oops. That’s what I meant. The kids <SFX: GIGGLE>. 4. EXT. SCHOOLYARD - DAY It’s recess, and we once again pan across the kids playing in the schoolyard. Olive walks up to the big tree with her book. She sits down and opens it. Lines 82-89: Suggest starting this scene repeating the scene setting (Olive in the tree) from earlier, and maybe avoid having the character talk to herself, and avoid having the kids make the connection yet. Show Olive sitting trying to read her book (this time show her having some trouble focusing), and then Elinor and Ari show up. They ask her if she got to the part where the princess saves the prince, and then Olive explains that she's having trouble reading. Well, the other kids say, do you want to play tag instead? OLIVE Finally, I can finish my book. She starts to read. CU: the book, with “text” symboles and pictures. But as Olive stares, we see the words start to blur and swim a little. OLIVE (O.S.) (CONT’D) Wait, why is it so hard to read the words? I can’t seem to YAWNN pay attention. BACK ON: Olive, staring ahead and blinking in confusion. Ari and Elinor walk up to her. ARI Hey, Olive. OLIVE Hi Erli and Arlinor . I mean, Ari and Elinor. ELINOR Hmm. Olive, you still seem pretty sleepy and confused. OLIVE I’m fine. What’s up? ARI We were thinking of playing tag again. Do you want to play? OLIVE Sure. Maybe running around will help wake me up. ELINOR Yay! Do you want to be It? OLIVE You bet I do! Olive puts her book down and runs after her friends. She tags Elinor and runs a little ways away, but then she’s distracted by another big yawn. "Lines 90-93: Don't just make it about her mental capacity, try to show her also not being able to run as well as she could in the beginning, to show her being tired. Have her plop to the ground, and wonder: why can't I do the things I normally do? I can't read, I can't play tag... (something like that) Then let's see if we can add a scene where the kids figure more out on their own. As they wonder why Olive can't do the things she normally does, maybe she yawns and that sparks something in Elinor. Maybe, she says, you can't do the things you normally do because you didn't sleep much last night. Ari, you slept a lot last night right? I sure did (makes energetic moves). And I did too, says Elinor, and I can run and play. But Olive, you didn't and now you feel tired. (Eureka) maybe that's what sleeping is good for! If we don't sleep, we feel tired and can't do the things we normally do. Then at that moment, have Mz. Mole come in." OLIVE (CONT’D) You’re It! YAWNNN Her big yawn confuses her. She turns back to Elinor. OLIVE (CONT’D) Wait, who’s It again? ELINOR I am. You just tagged me! OLIVE Sorry, Elinor. I just can’t seem to do the things I can usually do. And my yawns are getting louder. YAWWWWWNNN With that last huge yawn, Olive falls backwards onto the grass. She <SFX: GIGGLES>. MZ. MOLE walks up to the kids. She looks concerned. Lines 94-97: Maybe have Mz. Mole come in asking if Olive is ok, and then Elinor and Ari explain what happened and what they think: Mz. Mole, Olive stayed up late and didn't get a lot of sleep. Yeah, and now she's really tired and can't even read well. We think maybe that's what sleep is for, so we feel better after we sleep (this is not good, but something like that). Ah, says Mz. Mole, You're right. Sleep is very important, especially for little kids like you. It's how your body gets rest. When you're awake during the day, your body gets tired. Sleeping is when your body heals and gets better so you can do all the things you like to do when you're awake (not great, but something like this). not sure about the whale comment... since a whale is a mammel especially MZ MOLE That was the biggest, longest yawn I’ve ever heard. Did a sleepy whale just swim by? ELINOR Mz. Mole, Olive stayed up really late to read her book. Olive stands up and brushes herself off. OLIVE I’ve decided that I don’t need to rest any more. Lots of animals don’t need to rest. MZ MOLE That’s really interesting. You know, I have a great book about rest. Do you want to see it? The kids <SFX: YEAH>. Let's maybe have the book on her already, and avoid this sight gag. we dont usually have this cheat in real time - to have her go back inside, grab a book and stool and back outside without anything else happening. We need to fill this time - perhaps Olive says something about going back under the tree to get her book - we follow the kids there and add a line from elinor or ari as a filler Mz MOLE (CONT’D) I’ll be right back. You won’t even have time to rest. In a sight gag, Mz. Mole poofs off screen, then zooms back almost immediately with a book and a small stool. "Line 99-115: I think maybe a better in to this exposition is to have the kids ask Mz. Mole: But, Mz. Mole, do ALL animals need to sleep? Ah, explains Mz. Mole, Almost all animals need to rest, but they don't all sleep or rest the same way. Here, I'll show you! Depending on how long or short the script is, give a few example of cool animals and how they rest, but don't talk about eyes. Suggest you let the kids bring it up. After she finishes, maybe the kids can say something like: Mz. Mole, we saw some fish earlier in the pond/creek and we didn't think they could sleep, but it did look like it was resting. Another kid says, Maybe it was sleeping, but just in a different way? and Mz. Mole confirms, that's right! etc. Before the ditty, have the kids (not Mz. Mole) recap the main lesson that Mz. Mole gave at the top of this section about why we sleep." MZ MOLE (CONT’D) Here it is! Mz. Mole sits on the stool. Olive, Ari, and Elinor sit down in front of her. We could instead use the thought bubble as a visual guide rather than the book (which is used more in our interstitials as the learning tool ) this will also avoid the issue in line 98 - Mrs Mole and the kids can have a seat under the tree as she explains - all the same examples etc but instead in the thought bubble style MZ MOLE (CONT’D) Animals rest in different ways. CUT TO the book. We see a night scene with a green anole lizard lying on a leaf, its eyes closed. MZ MOLE (O.S.) (CONT’D) A green anole lizard closes its eyes to rest. The page turns and we see a chickadee perched on a branch, puffed up into a fuzzy ball, eyes closed. MZ MOLE (CONT’D) A chickadee puffs up on a branch. The page turns and we see a cuckoo bee sleeping on the end of a twig. MZ MOLE (CONT’D) Some bees even sleep by grabbing onto the end of a twig with their jaws. BACK ON: The kids. OLIVE But Mz. Mole, that bee’s eyes are open. MZ MOLE True. But have you ever seen a bee close its eyes? The kids <SFX: NO>. MZ MOLE (CONT’D) That’s because bees DON’T HAVE EYELIDS! The kids <SFX: GASP>. ELINOR We saw a fish that had its eyes open. A butterfly, too. Maybe they were sleeping that way because they don’t have eyelids? MZ MOLE Great observation, Elinor. All animals rest, but they do it in different ways. ELINOR Owls sleep in the night and fly during the day. MZ MOLE Yes! A lot of animals sleep at certain times. They stick to a pattern. ELINOR Olive, if you stay up all night like an owl, then you’ll have to sleep during the day, and you won’t be able to play with us. funny ARI Yeah, you’ll have to play tag with a bunch of owls! Actually, that sounds like a real hoot. The kids <SFX: GIGGLE>. OLIVE Hmm. So all animals rest. But WHY do we do it? BACK ON: The book. We see a scene with the anole , bee, and chickadee sleeping. As she talks, the sun comes up and we see the critters wake up, stretch, and look happy and alert. MZ MOLE Sleep is wonderful. It heals up and recharges our bodies and minds. We sleep so we can stay alive and healthy. When we don’t sleep, it’s hard to do the things we need to do! This last line before the ditty is a little odd. Make it more natural and fun? OLIVE Oh! That’s why I had trouble reading and playing tag. YAWNNN . I think I get it, but could you tell me again? Ari, Elinor, and Mz. Mole sing a sweet lullaby-style song about their discovery while we see a montage sleeping animals. The second to last verse "recharge your energy" feels a little too adult? Suggest maybe "you get more energy" and then last line "to feel good as can be"? Or something like that ELINOR/ARI/MZ MOLE ALL: Why should you rest When you’re all tired out? When the night winds blow And the owls fly about? ELINOR: Your body needs rest So you can play. You sleep all night To have fun all day. ALL: Why should you rest When you’re all tired out? When the night winds blow And the owls fly about? ARI: When you sleep, You recharge your energy. Your body heals up, So it’s as strong as it can be. ALL: That’s why you rest When you’re all tired out, When the night winds blow And the owls fly about. As the song ends, Mz. Mole, Elinor, and Ari realize that Olive has fallen asleep. ELINOR ( whipsering ) Oh, looks like Olive finally fell asleep. Feel we need a little more in the end here? Maybe a little recap: yep, sleep is very important (or something like that) and maybe a funner kicker at the end. MZ MOLE (whispering) Shh. Let’s let her rest until recess is over. END.

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY 171: REST IS BEST Written by Rosemary Mosco Elinor’s Question: Why do I need to rest? Logline: When Olive decides she’d rather stay up late than sleep, her friends help to convince her that most animals need rest. Curriculum Goals: LS2c . Compare how the external body parts of animals and plants are the same and/or different. [The kids learn that some animals don't have eyelids, and that different animals rest in different ways.] LS4a . Observe the life cycle of familiar plants and animals. [The kids notice that some animals sleep at night and are active during the day, and others sleep during the day and are active at night.] SEP3b . Compare and contrast objects and events by describing similarities and differences in detail. [The kids observe and compare different resting animals.] Main Characters: Elinor, Olive, Ari, Mz. Mole Secondary Characters: Ms. Elephant Props: Butterflies, Olive's huge storybook, backpacks/satchels, Chicky the chickadee, Olive's notebook, great-horned owl, carp, butterfly, stool, small book about rest, anole , cuckoo bee. Locations: Schoolyard, Olive's house (bedroom), sidewalk, river/pond. FIRST DRAFT: 17-Apr-20 ARI ELINOR ELINOR/OLIVE/ARI OLIVE MS ELEPHANT MZ MOLE ELINOR/ARI ELINOR/ARI/MZ MOLE (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E 1 2 1 3 4 5 6 THE END. INT CLASSROOM -- DAY SUNLIT FOREST CLEARING -- CONTINUOUS PARK -- DAY EXT -- PARK EXT -- LAKE WATERS -- CONTINUOUS EXT -- LAKE SHORE -- CONTINUOUS EXT -- LAKE WATERS -- A MINUTE LATER EXT. SIDEWALK NEAR OLIVE'S HOUSE 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