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HOLLY    *'*m*f 50-minute cartoon: follow your dream

(Loosely based on The Dream Giver by Bruce Wilkinson)

Scene Summary

TIME-TRAVEL -- Audience travels back in time to meet Holly 
WAGON RACE -- Holly's first story 
THE SOCCER GAME -- Holly's second story 
MOSES -- Holly's third story 
THE DREAM -- God gives Holly a dream that uses her stories
LEAVING HOME -- Holly's friends and family oppose the dream 
IN THE DESERT -- Resistance on the way to realize her dream 
THE OASIS -- Holly gives up her dream for a larger dream 
THE ABYSS -- Holly meets the others who fit into her dream
SUCCESS -- Holly fulfills her dream

***TIME-TRAVEL

(Scene: a starry sky as viewed from a fast-moving space ship.
Bumble Bee appears in the distance wearing stewardess uniform,
flies toward audience.)

BEE -- Good Evening, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Bumble....

(Collides noisily with camera lens, spread-eagled, takes out a
handkerchief and wipes lipstick stains from the camera lens --
squeaky squeaky -- as she clears her throat and speaks
nonchalantly)

BEE -- My name is Bumble Bee. Welcome to Time Travel Airlines. I
will be your flight attendant as we travel back in time. It will
take just a few moments to travel back a hundred years, so
here's some light reading to keep you occupied.

(Bee flies out of frame. Opening credits roll as Camera
approaches Earth. When camera skims over the ocean, Bee flies
into frame and leads the way, talks over her shoulder)

BEE -- Please remain seated and keep your safety belts fastened
until we come to a complete stop.

(An ocean wave laps up and soaks Bee, who falls out of frame.
She reappears soaking wet, wiping herself with a handkerchief)

BEE -- (nonchalantly) Follow me, please.

(Camera follows a few inches behind Bee as she flies over rising
and falling ocean waves. A barracuda jumps out of the water and
snaps at Bee, she dodges, camera follows. Moments later, as she
flies over land, a bird flies into frame and snaps at Bee, she
dodges, camera follows. Over flatland, mountain, valley, river,
farmland, down a dirt road. Bee and camera dodge cross-traffic
horse and buggy, horse rears up.)

DRIVER -- (Out of frame) Crazy driver!

(We approach a small town and fly between two posts that hold an
overhead sign: "Welcome to HOMETOWN" and a small sign on one of
the posts: "No Solicitors". We fly under an all-wood water tower
with sign: "HOMETOWN". We fly down main street and rise to make
a U-turn over stores and houses, descend and slow beside a horse
drawn wagon. As we zoom in we see that its really a mouse at the
reins of four guinea pigs harnessed to a faded matchbox with
wheels and a peeling paper sign on the side: "Hometown Cheese
Company". Bee turns, stops, and hovers as camera approaches
wagon.)

BEE -- I'd like you to meet...

(Bee collides noisily with camera lens, spread-eagled, takes out
a handkerchief and wipes lipstick stains from the camera lens --
squeaky squeaky -- as she speaks nonchalantly)

BEE -- I'd like you to meet Holly. She's a very talented
storyteller. Watch.

(Bee flies out of frame as camera zooms in on the female mouse
in bib-overalls and a straw hat who is driving the wagon, then
zooms in on four guinea pigs pulling the wagon)



***WAGON RACE

(all guinea pigs look tired, walk with heads bowed, speak with
female voices)

GUINEA1 -- I'm tired.

GUINEA2 -- You're always tired.

GUINEA1 -- Am not.

GUINEA2 -- Are too.

GUINEA3 -- For what it's worth I'm tired too.

GUINEA4 -- You always side with her.

GUINEA3 -- Do not.

GUINEA4 -- Do too.

GUINEA2 -- Could you please pull a little harder? I'm tired of
pulling your load.

GUINEA1 -- Will you listen to that?! This one hasn't pulled her
share of the load since the day she joined the hitch!

GUINEA2 -- You're just jealous.

GUINEA1 -- Am not.

GUINEA2 -- Are too.

GUINEA3 -- You really ought to show her more respect, you know.
She IS the most experienced one in the hitch.

GUINEA4 -- You are such an apple polisher.

GUINEA3 -- Am not.

GUINEA4 -- Are too.

GUINEA3 -- Am not.

GUINEA4 -- Are too.

HOLLY -- Stop it all of you! We're all tired. It's been a long
week. We can do without all the bickering.

GUINEA1 -- She started it.

GUINEA2 -- Did not.

GUINEA1 -- Did too.

GUINEA2 -- Did not.

GUINEA3 -- Yes you did. You're always picking on her.

GUINEA4 -- You are such an apple polisher.

HOLLY -- Hey, ladies! Can we please just get along?! We just
have one more load to carry and then you're out to pasture for
the whole weekend.

GUINEA1 -- Working is always more pleasant when you tell us a
story, Holly.

GUINEA2 -- Yeah, Holly, how about another story?

GUINEA3 -- Yeah, tell us a story.

GUINEA4 -- The vote is unanimous. You have to tell us a story.

HOLLY -- (sighs) Alright. Let's see. The President was coming to
visit. And every wagon owner in town wanted to pick up the
president at the train station and parade him through town to
the hotel. But, they asked themselves, "How will we decide which
wagon gets the honor of carrying the president? A race. Yes,
that's it...."

(A bubble forms over Holly's head which contains a visualization
of the wagon race. Each match box wagon is drawn by four guinea
pigs and steered by a mouse. But the sound track is horses and
real wagons)

HOLLY -- A race up to the top of Hickham's bluff and back to
town again. The wagons raced two at a time in the eliminations
and finally came down to the team from the saw mill and the team
from Hometown Cheese Company. Ready... Set... Go!

(The bubble over Holly's head grows larger as the race becomes
more intense, finally filling the screen. Holly's voice fades as
an English announcer's voice grows louder)

ANNOUNCER -- And they're off and running! The two wagons are
neck and neck as the wagons leave the city limits and head for
Hickham's bluff. The pace quickens as the two teams vie for
position as the road narrows to a one-lane bridge over the
river.

(Holly stands with reins in a close-up and steps off the wagon
onto the rumps of the closest two guinea pigs)

HOLLY -- Come on, ladies. Pull together! This is a team effort!

(Holly uses her own tail as a whip and cracks it noisily over
the heads of the guinea pigs)

HOLLY -- Hyaah!

ANNOUNCER -- It's the cheese factory wagon in the lead as the
wagons cross the bridge.

(the hump-back bridge launches both wagons briefly as they
cross)

HOLLY -- That's it ladies, now you're pulling together.

(Yelps, cracks tail-whip)

ANNOUNCER -- Once again the road widens and the team from the
saw mill advances on the leader as they enter the winding road
up to the top of the bluff. Now the saw mill wagon overtakes the
cheese factory wagon, and forces the leaders partially off the
road. They must slow down to recover and the cheese factory
wagon now trails the saw mill wagon by three lengths.

HOLLY -- Come on, ladies, you can do this!

(Both wagons disappear to the back side of the bluff. Sudden
silence as the camera slowly rises over the tranquil crest of
the bluff, then after a few seconds, the deafening noise of
horse hoofs and wagon wheels, then both wagons come directly at
the screen and launch over the crest)

HOLLY -- That's it, girls, show them what a team effort can do!

ANNOUNCER -- It's now neck and neck as the two teams crest the
bluff and begin their descent back to town. It's saw mill and
cheese factory. Cheese factory and saw mill at breakneck speed.
This has to be some kind of record. These teams are both
throwing caution to the wind as they approach the one lane
bridge for the final time.

(Saw mill wagon swerves toward cheese factory wagon. Seedy saw
mill driver laughs fiendishly)

HOLLY -- Oh, no you don't. You're not doing that again! Come on
ladies! Give it all you got!

(Holly yelps and cracks tail-whip repeatedly.)

ANNOUNCER -- The teams are approaching the bridge now. And...
it's the cheese factory wagon who takes the lead and crosses
over the bridge, followed closely by the saw mill wagon.

(The wagon launches over the bridge, knocking Holly off her
feet, she lands face up on the wagon tongue between guinea3 and
guinea4, Holly holds her head and groans)

ANNOUNCER -- Oh! The cheese factory team is in trouble. The
driver is no longer in control. And the saw mill wagon takes the
lead as they make the turn and head toward the finish line.

GUINEA3 -- Are you alright, Holly?

GUINEA4 -- Are you hurt?

HOLLY -- Keep going. You're a team. You don't need me. You're
pulling together just fine without me! You can do this! Go!

ANNOUNCER -- Wonder of wonders! The cheese factory wagon has
overtaken the saw mill wagon and the two teams are now neck and
neck as they approach the finish line. It's cheese factory and
saw mill. Saw mill and cheese factory. Both teams are giving it
everything they've got. At the wire it's... Cheese factory by a
neck.

(Holly's head pops up into view of the spectators as the racers
cross under the "Finish Line" banner. Crowd noise erupts.
Suddenly the story bubble breaks like glass, revealing Boss rat
in a brown suit, derby hat and a cigar in his mouth)

BOSS -- (shouts) Get to work! You've got one more load of cheese
to deliver before quitting time!

(slams factory door)

HOLLY -- Yes, boss.

(camera pans to guinea pigs who are sweating and panting as if
they had been racing)

GUINEA1 -- That was a great race, Holly!

GUINEA2 -- We did good, didn't we?!

GUINEA3 -- What a team!

GUINEA4 -- Best in the land!

(Bee flies into frame as camera zooms out quickly to outer
space)



***THE SOCCER GAME

BEE -- Let's jump ahead in time to tomorrow. It's Saturday.

(Camera follows Bee in a fast zoom directly to the town
entrance, under the sign, over some buildings, by the water
tower, to Holly's house with peeling paint and some shutters
with broken hinges, through the picket fence gate with one hinge
broken, through the open front door, out the back door, between
two lines of hanging laundry, two rows of corn, two rows of
tomatoes, right turn, between two rows of grape arbor, to the
radishes and carrots planted beyond. Holly is on her knees
pulling weeds and dropping them into a square wicker basket with
a bow-handle. After a moment, she removes the broad-brim straw
hat she is wearing and wipes her brow on her sleeve. POV Holly
looks up a the hot sun. A red-headed woodpecker -- Woody --
falls gracelessly, flapping its wings frantically as it drops
across the face of the sun. Thud.

WOODY -- (a child's voice, grunts, cries)

HOLLY -- Hey, little fellow, you okay?

WOODY -- No. (pants, cries)

HOLLY -- You must be just learning how to fly, huh?

WOODY -- (pants) It's too late.

HOLLY -- Too late? Why?

WOODY -- They're all gone.

HOLLY -- Where did they go?

WOODY -- Today is empty nest day.

HOLLY -- Empty nest day?

WOODY -- Yeah. Papa said (imitates) "Today, you either fly or
you die." I guess that means today I...

HOLLY -- ...Now wait a minute. You can try again.

WOODY -- Papa says, "You only get one chance and then it's over.
You're cat food."

HOLLY -- Well, I suppose that, under ordinary conditions, Papa
would be right. But Papa never had me for a friend. Come on.

(Holly dumps the weeds from the wicker basket and lifts Woody
into it. She lifts the basket with her tail and climbs the
nearby tree. When she finds the nest concealed in a hollow
between two branches she stands on the branch and lifts Woody
into the hollow)

HOLLY -- Okay, here you go. Try again.

WOODY -- I can't.

HOLLY -- Sure you can. You're a bird. Birds fly. Therefore, YOU
can fly. Get it?

WOODY -- No. I'm scared.

HOLLY -- Let me tell you a story.

(A bubble forms over Holly's head which contains a visualization
of the soccer game as it unfolds. The aerial soccer game is
played at rooftop level by birds in flight in the rectangular
space enclosed by four houses. The slanted rooftops are filled
to capacity with row upon row of spectator birds of all kinds,
some with triangular flags with their team names and colors. The
reserve players sit on the rain gutters on the sidelines. The
goals are Holly's square wicker baskets that are wedged into the
rain gutters of the end houses. Crowd noise.)

HOLLY -- It was the championship game. It was the blue birds
against the cardinals...

(The bubble over Holly's head grows larger as the game becomes
more intense, finally filling the screen. The birds all wear
numbered dickeys. Holly's voice fades as an English announcer's
voice grows louder)

ANNOUNCER -- The game is tied three to three with just thirty
seconds remaining. It's a shot on goal! The goalie deflects the
shot! The ball bounces off the post!

(The goalie bats the ball with his wing tip. The soccer ball is
a dandelion gone to seed. When the ball hits the corner of the
wicker basket, it disintegrates into floating seeds. The
referee, a parrot in a black and white striped dickey
power-dives to the lawn below and cuts the head off one of many
dandelions in various stages of going to seed.)

ANNOUNCER -- It's a corner kick for the cardinals and the
players in front of the goal vie for position. Here's the corner
kick, a perfect pass to the striker...

(a blue bird player slaps the legs of the striker just before he
receives the pass, causing the striker to bang his head on the
rain gutter. Then the striker falls out of frame. The ball is
kicked away by the defender.)

ANNOUNCER -- But the striker is taken out of the play by a
bluebird defenseman and the ball is clear to the bluebird
midfielder. But there's a cardinal defenseman there who
slide-tackles the ball out of bounds.

(the referee blows his whistle)

ANNOUNCER -- The referee has stopped the game. Let's go down
onto the field and get the call.

(close-up of referee)

REFEREE -- (talks like a parrot) Brrrrrock! There's an injury on
the field. Brrrrrock!

(camera zooms past the crowd and the players to the lawn below,
where a cardinal player is sprawled out face up, grimacing)

ANNOUNCER -- Apparently, during the last corner kick the striker
was injured just before the attempted shot on goal. This looks
serious.

(camera pans to the reserve players on the rain gutters, the
coach -- wearing a jacket with "coach" emblem -- hovers left and
right in front of the cardinal reserve players)

ANNOUNCER -- It looks as if there will be a substitution. But
the injured Cardinal was named player of the year last year.
Noone could fill this players shoes. It looks as if the
cardinals hopes for a second championship title is fading fast.
But who will the coach choose?

(coach points his wing tip at Woody)

COACH -- You.

WOODY -- (stands) Me?!

ANNOUNCER -- This is incredible! The coach has selected a
cardinal who isn't even a cardinal! The coach has chose a rookie
woodpecker to replace the veteran all-star.

COACH -- Get in there and win the championship for us.

WOODY -- But...

COACH -- You can do this. I believe in you. Go!

WOODY -- Well, okay.

(Woody flies to the middle of the field)

ANNOUNCER -- Ladies and gentlemen, this is unprecedented in
championship history! If this rookie looses the ball game, this
coach will be out of a job tomorrow. Here's the cardinal restart
from the throw-in from the side lines with less than ten seconds
remaining in the game. The throw-in goes to the midfielder, who
passes to the forward. Square pass cross field to the other
forward, centering pass to the rookie. The woodpecker flies by
one defender, then a second. Now only the goalie stands between
the woodpecker and a repeat championship. The rookie dribbles,
he shoots, he scores! And the cardinals take home the trophy for
a second year in a row! Unbelievable! That little woodpecker can
really fly!

(suddenly the story bubble over Holly's head breaks like glass,
revealing a bird's eye view of Mother Mouse holding a basket of
laundry)

MOTHER -- Holly, dear, get down from there. You'll break your
neck.

HOLLY -- Yes, mother.

MOTHER -- Holly, dear, I need you to hang this load of laundry
on the lines for me. I'm lake for my pinochle game.

HOLLY -- Yes, mother.

(Mother puts down laundry basket, turns back toward house)

HOLLY -- (turns to Woody) Alright, Woody, do you remember what
the coach said?

(Holly moves her mouth but the coaches voice is heard)

COACH -- You can do this. I believe in you. Go!

WOODY -- I can do this.

(Woody jumps from his perch, flaps his wings frantically, drops
out of frame like a stone)

COACH -- (voiceover) You can do this. I believe in you. Go!

WOODY -- I can do this.

(Woody pulls out of his nose dive just in time, demolishing the
heads of two dandelions, then disappears into the blue sky. Bee
flies into frame as camera zooms out quickly to outer space)


***MOSES

BEE -- Let's jump ahead in time to tomorrow. It's now Sunday
morning.

(Camera follows Bee in a fast zoom directly to the city
entrance, under the sign, over some buildings, by the water
tower, to Holly's little country church, through the double
doors, down the aisle, out the back door, down the basement
step, into the open door, down the hall, into the classroom.
Several tiny mice are sitting on the floor enraptured by Holly's
Bible story as she sits on a chair, gesticulating with her
hands)

HOLLY -- (panicked) What are we going to do?! The Egyptian army
is coming. But we have nowhere to go except into the Red Sea.

(A bubble forms over Holly's head which contains a visualization
of the crowd of tiny mice, wearing tunics and sandals, pressing
in on Moses Mouse, wearing a black suit, a flat brimmed hat, a
white clerical collar, a full beard and long curly sideburns)

HOLLY -- Moses raised his walking stick and shouted...

(Holly raises her arm)

HOLLY -- Stand firm!

(The bubble over Holly's head grows, filling the screen. A
windblown Moses repeats)

MOSES -- Stand firm!

(Moses turns, wades into the water, then holds his walking stick
toward the opposite shore)

MOSES -- Let the waters of the Red Sea part and let the children
of Israel follow me on dry ground between the waters.

(The waters part in line with where Moses points. The sound of
wind and water increases. Moses walks toward the receding water
and the water piles up on both sides)

MOSES -- Come children, follow me!

(the tiny children of israel follow moses through the Red Sea,
fish are seen swimming on both sides, while the thunder of hoof
beats and wagon wheels increases. Suddenly the story bubble over
Holly's head breaks like glass, revealing the Pastor who looks
remarkably like Moses -- except for the curly sideburns --
standing in the doorway)

MOSES -- I'm sorry to interrupt, Holly dear. But the other
Sunday school teacher didn't show up this morning. Would you
please be a dear?

HOLLY -- Yes, of course, Pastor. Bring the other class in here
with me.

MOSES -- Thank you, Holly. You're a life saver. (exits)

(POV Holly's gaze moves from the closing door down to the baby
mice sprawled out on the floor, soaking wet, spitting water.
Flopping fish and star fish litter the floor.)

HOLLY -- Now where were we. Oh, yes, we were marching through
the Red Sea...

(Bee flies into frame as camera zooms out quickly to outer
space)



***THE DREAM

BEE -- Let's jump ahead in time to tonight. It's Sunday night.

(Camera follows Bee in a fast zoom directly to the city
entrance, under the sign, over some buildings, by the water
tower, to Holly's house, through her open second floor window.
Holly's sleeping. A bubble forms over Holly's head which
contains a visualization of Holly's dream. Spinning newspapers
stop spinning to reveal headlines. It's the Hometown Gazette.
"Home Town Girl Wins Award","Holly does it again!","Holly Sets
Attendance Record","Holly Wins Three Straight Awards". The
balloon shrinks quickly and disappears. Bee flies to Holly's
pillow and whispers into her ear. A chant begins faintly in the
background and repeats louder with each repetition: "It's time
to go." Holly sits up in bed.)

HOLLY -- (gasps, holds head) There it goes again. I wonder what
it means. What am I saying? I know what it means. It means the
same thing as last time. I can't keep ignoring my dream. But I
can't leave. What will everybody say? They need me.

(Holly sighs, lays back and closes her eyes. A bubble forms over
Holly's head which contains a visualization of the wagon race
after Holly is injured.)

HOLLY -- Keep going. You're a team. You don't need me. You're
pulling together just fine without me!

(The bubble image changes to the soccer game, where coach is
reassuring Woody)

COACH -- You can do this. I believe in you. Go!

(The bubble image changes to Moses at the windblown Red Sea)

MOSES -- Follow me!

(The balloon shrinks quickly and disappears. But Moses' voice
continues)

MOSES -- Follow me! Follow me! Follow your dream. Follow your
dream!

HOLLY -- (sits up in bed) I'll do it! I will follow my dream.

(Bee flies into frame as camera zooms out quickly to outer
space)



***LEAVING HOME

BEE -- Let's jump ahead in time to tomorrow. It's Monday
morning.

(Camera follows Bee in a fast zoom directly to the city
entrance, under the sign, over some buildings, U-turns around
the water tower, back to the city entrance. The back side of the
sign reads "HOMETOWN City Limit". Several dozen animals converge
as Holly, dressed in a dress and her Sunday straw hat and
carrying her suitcase, heads out of town. Mother, Boss and Moses
step into her path under the sign)

MOTHER -- Holly dear, be reasonable! You can't just leave town.

HOLLY -- (stops, turns) I have to follow my dream, Mother.

MOTHER -- But where will you go?

HOLLY -- I've decided to go to Big City.

MOTHER -- Big City?! Why Big City? What's in Big City that you
can't find here in Hometown?

(A bubble forms over Mother's head which contains a
visualization of her real fear. Mother bends over laundry
basket, pulls out a sheet, hangs it on the clothes line. As she
smoothes the sheet, she moves right. Looking beyond the end of
the sheet, she sees her neighbor at the fence.)

NEIGHBOR -- You're late for Pinochle, Mildred.

MOTHER -- I'm sorry, Ethel, I won't be able to make it today.
With Holly gone, I have noone to do the laundry or weed the
garden. Maybe next week, Ethel.

(Bubble disappears)

MOTHER -- Don't go, Holly.

(woody, perched on top of the city limit sign, flutters down and
hovers in front of Holly)

WOODY -- Holly, this is empty nest day. This is your chance to
fly!

HOLLY -- I don't really know what is in store for me out there,
Mother. But I think it's time for me to set out on my own.

WOODY -- That's the spirit, Holly!

(flies out of frame)

BOSS -- You'll never find a job in Big City. Big City will chew
you up and spit you out!

HOLLY -- In my dream I made a good living from telling stories.

BOSS -- Who would pay YOU to tell stories?

(A bubble forms over Boss's head which contains a visualization
of his real fear. Boss wears bib overalls but continues to wear
his derby hat and smokes a cigar as he guides the team of guinea
pigs to the front of a general store.)

GUINEA1 -- I'm tired.

GUINEA2 -- You're always tired.

GUINEA1 -- Am not.

GUINEA2 -- Are too.

GUINEA3 -- For what it's worth I'm tired too.

GUINEA4 -- You always side with her.

GUINEA3 -- Do not.

GUINEA4 -- Do too.

BOSS -- Wo, you miserable guinea pigs! I don't know how Holly
ever put up with you. Wo!

(Guinea pigs stop. Boss jumps down from the wagon and walks
around to the tailgate as the proprietor comes out of the store)

PROPRIETOR -- Hey, Thaddeus, you're two days late on this
delivery!

BOSS -- I'm sorry, Mr Wilson. I lost my driver and noone else in
town will work for the miserable wages I pay.

(picks up two wheels of cheese)

PROPRIETOR -- Sorry, Thaddeus, I had to find another supplier.
(returning to store) Go sell your cheese somewhere else.

BOSS -- (groans, drops cheese into wagon) Rats! That's the third
customer I lost this week!

(Bubble disappears)

BOSS -- Don't go, Holly.

(group shot of four guinea pigs)

GUINEA PIGS -- Go Holly, go Holly, go Holly, go go go!

(zoom out to show a large herd of guineas)

GUINEA PIGS -- Go Holly, go Holly, go Holly, go go go!

HOLLY -- Boss, if I've been given a talent for story telling,
I'm sure I can make a living from it.

GUINEA PIGS -- (cheer)

MOSES -- Holly dear, before you take such drastic action, you
need to know what you're up against. Between here and Big City
are miles and miles of desert. How will you survive?

(A bubble forms over Moses' head which contains a visualization
of his real fear. Moses sits in shirtsleeves in Sunday School
reading a Bible story, as the young mice swarm, climbing on the
furniture, hanging from the oil lamp chandelier, pulling all the
books off the shelf, painting on the walls, one of them hangs a
"kick me" sign on Moses' back. The door opens, an adult female
mouse pokes her head in.)

FEMALE -- Sorry to disturb you, Pastor, but the other Sunday
School teacher didn't show up today. Would you mind if we send
her children in with you?

MOSES -- More?! You want to send more?! I can't even control the
children I have!

(Bubble disappears)

MOSES -- Don't go, Holly.

BABY MOUSE -- You can make it to the promised land, Holly. We
believe in you.

(zoom out to show two dozen baby mice)

MICE -- Go Holly, go Holly, go Holly, go go go!

MOTHER -- Please, Holly dear, don't go.

(A bubble forms over Mother's head which contains a
visualization of Holly's smiling face)

HOLLY -- Okay. I'll stay.

(the visualization freezes, the bubble remains)

BOSS -- Please, Holly, don't go.

(A bubble forms over Boss' head which contains a visualization
of Holly's smiling face)

HOLLY -- Okay. I'll stay.

(the visualization freezes, the bubble remains)

MOSES -- Please, Holly dear, don't go.

(A bubble forms over Moses' head which contains a visualization
of Holly's smiling face)

HOLLY -- Okay. I'll stay.

(the visualization freezes, the bubble remains. Camera zooms out
to include all three identical bubbles and the back of Holly's
head)

HOLLY -- No. I'm leaving.

(all three bubbles shatter like glass, smiles turn to frowns,
the crowd cheers as Holly crosses under the city limit sign.
Camera rises and zooms out to show miles of desert and the big
city skyline tiny in the far distance. An eagle's scream is
heard in the distance.)



***IN THE DESERT

(Bee flies into frame, picture blurs as we move forward two
hours in time. Whoosh. Bee flies out of frame as Holly comes
into focus walking with her suitcase. The quick scamper of tiny
feet can be heard. POV Holly looks left, right, and behind her.
Scorpion is following.)

HOLLY -- Good morning. Did you come to walk with me?

SCORPION -- No. Go home

HOLLY -- Well, that's not very nice.

SCORPION -- I'm not very nice. Go home.

HOLLY -- Why are you being so rude?

SCORPION -- I don't have to explain anything to you. Go home.

HOLLY -- You remind me of my team of guinea pigs. They couldn't
get along with one another until I told them this story.

(A bubble forms over Holly's head which contains a visualization
of the wagon race, except that scorpions are pulling the wagons)

ANNOUNCER -- The cheese factory wagon has overtaken the saw mill
wagon and the two teams are now neck and neck as they approach
the finish line. It's cheese factory and saw mill. Saw mill and
cheese factory. Both teams are giving it everything they've got.
This will undoubtedly be a photo finish.

(Suddenly the story bubble breaks like glass, revealing a
close-up of the scorpion)

SCORPION -- Forget it.

HOLLY -- Why?! It's a good story!

SCORPION -- Scorpions are solitary. Solitary means we like to be
alone. We don't team up. We don't cooperate. We don't even
socialize. Get it?

HOLLY -- Oh. Well, it was still a good story. Don't you want to
know how it ends?

SCORPION -- No. Go home.

HOLLY -- I have just as much right to be here as you. YOU go
home.

SCORPION -- That's what I been trying to tell you, lady. This IS
my home and you are trespassing. Go home.

HOLLY -- (runs) No. I'm going to Big City and you can't stop me.

(Bee flies into frame, picture blurs as we move forward two
hours in time. Whoosh. Bee flies out of frame as Holly comes
into focus walking with her suitcase. Holly looks back.)

HOLLY -- Well, it looks like I lost him. What a rude creature.

(Holly resumes walking. A vulture's bleat is heard. POV Holly
looks left, right, and back.)

HOLLY -- What was that?!

VULTURE -- That was me.

(Holly looks up and sees the vulture soaring in circles
overhead)

HOLLY -- Oh, hello. You'd better watch out for that grouchy
scorpion. He thinks he owns the whole desert.

VULTURE -- I know.

HOLLY -- Say, you're not going to tell me to go home too, are
you?

VULTURE -- Oh, no. Take your time. Stay as long as you like. The
longer the better.

HOLLY -- No, thanks. I have to keep going.

VULTURE -- No, really. Sit down. Put your feet up. Relax. Enjoy
the desert.

HOLLY -- No, thanks. I have to get to Big City. But I'm glad
you're here with me. It makes the trip a little more pleasant.
Would you like to hear a story?

(A bubble forms over Holly's head which contains a visualization
of the soccer game. Camera pans to the reserve players on the
rain gutters, the coach hovers left and right in front of the
cardinal reserve players)

ANNOUNCER -- It looks as if there will be a substitution. But
noone could fill this players shoes. It looks as if the
cardinals hope for a second championship title is fading. But
who will the coach choose?

(coach points his wing tip at the only vulture on the bench)

VULTURE -- (stands) Me?!

COACH -- Get in there and win the championship, boy!

VULTURE -- But...

ANNOUNCER -- This is incredible! The coach has selected a
cardinal who isn't even a cardinal! The coach has chosen the
rookie vulture to replace the veteran all-star striker.

VULTURE -- Well, okay.

(Vulture flies to the middle of the field)

COACH -- You can do this. I believe in you. Go!

ANNOUNCER -- Ladies and gentlemen, this is unprecedented in
championship history! If this rookie looses the ball game, this
coach will be out of a job tomorrow. Here's the cardinal restart
from the throw-in from the side lines with less than ten seconds
remaining in the game. The throw-in goes to the midfielder, who
passes to the forward. Square pass cross field to the other
forward, centering pass to the rookie. The rookie flies by one
defender, then a second. Now only the goalie stands between the
vulture and a repeat championship title.

(Suddenly the story bubble breaks like glass, revealing a
close-up of the vulture sitting on the ground.)

VULTURE -- Sorry to burst your bubble, deary. But we vultures
don't fly. We soar.

HOLLY -- Oh. Well, it was a good story. Do you want to hear how
it ends?

VULTURE -- No. I already know. The rookie singlehandedly wins
the championship.

HOLLY -- Oh, I didn't know it was that obvious.

VULTURE -- Yes, but it doesn't work that way here in the desert.

HOLLY -- It doesn't?

VULTURE -- No. Here in the desert, the good guys lose.

HOLLY -- The good guys...

VULTURE -- ...Lose. Yes, why don't you have a seat and put your
feet up. It will all be over in a few hours.

HOLLY -- You sound as if you want me to... What happens if I
lose?

VULTURE -- You are my guest for dinner.

HOLLY -- (turns and walks quickly) I don't like the way that
sounds. I'll just be on my way.

(Bee flies into frame, picture blurs as we move forward two
hours in time. Whoosh. Bee flies out of frame as Holly comes
into focus walking with her suitcase. Holly looks back.)

HOLLY -- That vulture gives me the creeps.

(A rattlesnake rattle is heard. POV Holly turns, gasps. A
rattlesnake in close-up)

RATTLESNAKE -- Oh, you don't have to worry about that vulture.
He's harmlesssssss.

HOLLY -- Oh, hello. I've never seen a creature like you before.
What do they call you?

RATTLESNAKE -- I'm a rattlesssssnake.

HOLLY -- Oh! You're a snake! I read about you in the Bible!

(A bubble forms over Holly's head which contains a visualization
of Moses dropping his walking stick on the ground and
transforming it into a snake)

HOLLY -- Moses went before Pharaoh King of Egypt and transformed
his walking stick into a snake.

RATTLESNAKE -- Very interesssssting.

(cut to the story of Moses at the Red Sea. The crowd of tiny
mice, wearing tunics and sandals, press in on Moses Mouse,
wearing a black suit, a flat brimmed hat, a white clerical
collar, a full beard and long curly sideburns)

HOLLY -- Moses raised his walking stick and shouted...

(Holly morphs into Moses)

MOSES -- Stand firm!

(Moses turns, wades into the water, then holds his snake-shaped
walking stick toward the opposite shore)

MOSES -- Let the waters of the Red Sea part and let the children
of Israel follow me on dry ground between the waters.

(The waters part in line with where Moses points, and Moses
walks toward the receding water and the water piles up on both
sides. Fish are seen swimming in the water an both sides.
Suddenly the bubble breaks like glass, revealing Rattlesnake in
full close-up, ready to strike)

RATTLESNAKE -- I think I look better as a snake than a stick.

HOLLY -- But the story is not over yet.

RATTLESNAKE -- Yes, it is.

HOLLY -- (backs away) Wait a minute. You're just like that
vulture, aren't you?

RATTLESNAKE -- Not exactly. The vulture has to wait for his
victim to die of natural causes. I'm not quite so patient.

HOLLY -- (turns and runs)

(Bee flies into frame, picture blurs as we move forward two
hours in time. Whoosh. Bee flies out of frame as Holly comes
into focus walking with her suitcase. Holly looks back.)

HOLLY -- Good, I lost him. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea
crossing the desert after all. Maybe I should have listened to
Mother and my boss and the Pastor. No. No, I made the right
choice. I'm going to stick it out. I'm going to make it to Big
City. I just need to take my mind off of all these unpleasant
creatures. Yes, that's it. I'll make up a story. Once upon a
time there was this... Mouse. Her name was Holly and she had a
talent for telling stories....

(Bee flies into frame, picture blurs as we move forward two
hours in time. Whoosh. Bee flies out of frame as Holly comes
into focus staggering with her suitcase. The sun is larger than
life in the background. There's a story bubble over her head
that is identical to her real life exhaustion.)

HOLLY -- And Holly... lost all hope... of making it... to Big
City.

(The real Holly and the Holly in the bubble stumbles, recovers,
drops her suitcase and flops over backward. Blackness. And
silence.)



***THE OASIS

(dark, all female voices)

BUTTERFLY -- Is she dead?

SPIDER -- I think so.

CATERPILLAR -- She's dead.

BUTTERFLY -- She's not dead.

CATERPILLAR -- Touch her and find out.

BUTTERFLY -- I'm not touching her. You touch her.

CATERPILLAR -- You're older. YOU touch her.

BUTTERFLY -- I'm not touching her!

SPIDER -- What if she died of a contagious disease?

HOLLY -- (moans)

SPIDER -- Did you hear that?! She's alive!

CATERPILLAR -- I told you she was alive.

BUTTERFLY -- You said she was dead.

(POV Holly opens her eyes looking up at palm trees blocking the
hot sun)

HOLLY -- Where am I? What am I doing here?

(Butterfly flies into frame, hovers)

BUTTERFLY -- Are you alright? Can I get you anything?

HOLLY -- Where am I? Am I back home?

BUTTERFLY -- No, you're in the desert.

HOLLY -- The desert? There aren't any trees in the desert.

BUTTERFLY -- This is an oasis in the desert. You know, a place
where the water comes out of the ground and green things grow
around it.

CATERPILLAR -- (out of frame) Be careful, Mama. She might be
like that snake or that vulture. She might eat you.

(POV Holly turns her head to look at Caterpillar)

HOLLY -- You're a caterpillar.

CATERPILLAR -- (backs away) Oh, oh, we're in trouble now!

BUTTERFLY -- Don't worry, baby. She's a mouse. Mice don't eat
butterflies, they eat cheese.

CATERPILLAR -- But how do you know?

SPIDER -- Silly caterpillar, a mouse past through this oasis
just before you were born this morning.

(POV Holly swings her head opposite to look at Spider)

HOLLY -- And a spider.

(wide shot of all four animals, Holly sits up)

HOLLY -- What are all you city creatures doing out here in the
desert?

SPIDER -- We work here.

HOLLY -- You work here?

SPIDER -- Yes. We give refreshment and encouragement to the
dreamers who try to cross the desert. Are you a dreamer?

HOLLY -- Yes. Yes I am. But how did I get here? There was no
oasis where I passed out.

SPIDER -- (points up) She brought you here.

HOLLY -- She?

(Bee flies into frame from above, flies in front of Holly's
nose)

BEE -- Hello. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Bumble
Bee. Are you ready to get started again?

HOLLY -- Wait a minute. YOU brought ME here?

BEE -- It's a little hard to explain.

HOLLY -- Try me.

BEE -- I work for the Dreamgiver. If you trust the Dreamgiver,
you can do almost anything.

HOLLY -- Say, you look familiar. Have I seen you before?

BEE -- Well, I tried not to make myself conspicuous.

HOLLY -- So, I HAVE seen you before. Back home.

BEE -- I'm the one who gave you your dream.

HOLLY -- So, that wasn't just my imagination gone wild?

BEE -- No. Your dream is from the Dreamgiver.

SPIDER -- That's where your talent comes from too.

BEE -- The dreamgiver gives you a dream that will use your
talent. Are you ready to get started again?

HOLLY -- (stands) Yes. Which way to Big City?

BUTTERFLY -- Why do they always do that?

HOLLY -- Do what?

BEE -- Your dream won't come true in Big City.

HOLLY -- It won't? But...

BUTTERFLY -- People just assume that Big City is where they were
meant to fulfill their dreams.

HOLLY -- But it's not?

BEE -- Well, it is for some people. But not for you.

HOLLY -- Well, where am I supposed to go then?

BEE -- To "The Woods".

HOLLY -- To "The Woods"?

(Bee hovers in front of Holly's nose and points to the side,
Holly turns and sees distant dark green mountains)

BEE -- To "The Woods".

HOLLY -- Oh. That looks scary. What if I decide to go on to Big
City instead?

BUTTERFLY -- Oh Oh.

SPIDER -- You don't want to do that.

HOLLY -- Why not?

BEE -- Well, you could go to Big City and use your talent there.
And you would probably do pretty well at it there. But the
Dreamgiver has a much bigger dream for you... in "The Woods".

HOLLY -- How could it be bigger than Big City?

BUTTERFLY -- It's bigger than all you could ask or imagine. But
to get it, you have to trust in the Dreamgiver and give up your
own plans for Big City.

HOLLY -- (swallows hard, paces) I don't know. I've heard a lot
of things about Big City. There's lots of opportunities there.
But I've never even heard of "The Woods".

BEE -- It's up to you. But if you want the very best, you'll
have to give up your own plans and trust the Dreamgiver.

HOLLY -- I don't know. I've already risked a lot. (stops)
Alright. I'll do it. But can you tell me what to expect up
there?

BEE -- Sorry. The dream for you is so big that if the Dreamgiver
told you everything, you wouldn't believe you could do it. You
need to trust him one step at a time.

HOLLY -- Alright. I'll do it. I'll start out for "The Woods"
first thing in the morning.

BUTTERFLY -- Oh, oh.

HOLLY -- What's the matter?

SPIDER -- The Dreamgiver wants you to leave now.

HOLLY -- But it's late. It will be dark by the time I get there.

BEE -- It's up to you, but...

HOLLY -- ...But if I want the best my dream can offer, I need to
do it the Dreamgiver's way.

BUTTERFLY -- Exactly.

HOLLY -- Okay. (Picks up suitcase) Here I go.

(Holly walks toward Mountains, camera rises, zooms out, an eagle
screams in the distance)



***THE ABYSS

(Bee flies into frame, picture blurs as we move forward two
hours in time. Whoosh. Bee flies out of frame as Holly comes
into focus walking with her suitcase through low bushes in
darkness except for a few fireflies)

HOLLY -- It's so dark I can hardly see. I wonder why the
Dreamgiver wanted be to get here after dark. Oh, well...

(Holly screams as she drops into the abyss. Her suitcase snags
between a rock and a sapling, she dangles on the side of the
cliff holding desperately to the suitcase)

HOLLY -- Help! Help!

(Holly's cries echo off the walls of the abyss. Suddenly, Bee
flies into frame, grabs Holly's shirt with her hind legs, lifts
her out, deposits her gently on a boulder.)

HOLLY -- Wo! I was lucky you were nearby.

BEE -- Luck has nothing to do with it.

HOLLY -- Oh. Of course.

BEE -- My job is to protect you until you fulfill your dream.

HOLLY -- Well, it looks like my dream ends here.

BEE -- Not really.

HOLLY -- But "The Woods" are on the other side of the ravine.
How am I going to get over there? There's no way...

(Bee hovers in front of Holly's nose and points to the side,
Holly turns and sees a fallen tree trunk which spans the abyss)

HOLLY -- Oh.

(Holly picks up her suitcase and hurries to the fallen tree,
steps up)

HOLLY -- Listen, Bumble, if I fall, you promise you'll catch me?

(Holly turns to talk to Bee, but she's nowhere in sight)

HOLLY -- Bumble? Where did she go? (turns one revolution) Hello?
Hello?

(Cat approaches Holly out of the shadows from the other side of
the abyss while Holly's back is turned.)

CAT -- Welcome! You're just in time for dinner. And YOU are the
main course.

(Holly gasps, turns away, loses balance, then recovers, runs
away, sees a hollow log and dives into it, sees two eyes glowing
in the darkness.)

HOLLY -- Oh oh. Who's there?

LEONARDO MOUSE -- You tell me. Who's there?

HOLLY -- You answer first.

LEONARDO -- You answer first.

HOLLY -- Are you a cat?

LEONARDO -- No. Are you?

HOLLY -- No. I'm a mouse.

LEONARDO -- Me too.

(a third set of smaller eyes appears over Leonardo's shoulder)

HOLLY -- Oh oh.

LEONARDO -- What's the matter?

HOLLY -- There's somebody in here with us.

LEONARDO -- Oh oh.

BEE -- It's okay. It's just me.

HOLLY -- Me? Who's me?

BEE -- It's me, Bumble Bee, your protector.

HOLLY -- Where was my protector when the cat was about to eat
me?!

BEE -- You're still alive, aren't you?

HOLLY -- Oh, okay.

BEE -- I brought you a gift.

HOLLY -- What gift?

BEE -- (raises voice) Come on in, fellows.

(several fireflies fly into the log and light it up)

HOLLY -- Thank you, Bumble.

LEONARDO -- My name is Leonardo.

(offers hand)

HOLLY -- My name is Holly.

(shakes)

HOLLY -- Were you named after that Italian artist?

LEONARDO -- Yes. He was also an inventor.

HOLLY -- They said at the oasis that another mouse came through
before me. Was that you?

LEONARDO -- Yes.

HOLLY -- Are you a dreamer?

LEONARDO -- A dreamer?

HOLLY -- Have you had the same dream several times?

LEONARDO -- Yes. You too?

HOLLY -- Yes. Are you a storyteller too?

LEONARDO -- No.

HOLLY -- Oh. Rats. I thought maybe you were the one.

LEONARDO -- The one what?

HOLLY -- Bumble Bee told me that my dream is too big for me
alone. I thought maybe you were part of my dream. What is YOUR
dream?

LEONARDO -- I'm an inventor, like Leonardo Davinci. In my dream,
I start a big company and my inventions benefit millions of
people.

HOLLY -- What kind of things do you invent?

(Leonardo opens his suitcase and pulls out a movie camera)

LEONARDO -- I invented a special camera that take several
pictures per second.

HOLLY -- What will you do with all those pictures?

(Leonardo takes out a stack of pictures)

LEONARDO -- I call it a motion picture camera because it takes
pictures of things in motion. Look.

(Leonardo riffles the pictures with his thumb. The pictures show
Butterfly from the Oasis flapping her wings and flying)

HOLLY -- Wow! A motion picture camera!

(Leonard removes a tablet from the suitcase and shows a sketch
of a movie projector)

LEONARDO -- I also have plans to build a projector.

HOLLY -- A projector? What's that?

LEONARDO -- It takes the pictures directly from the camera film,
enlarges them and shows them on a wall bigger than life.

HOLLY -- That's amazing! You're going to be rich! It's a shame
you're not part of MY dream.

LEONARDO -- It's a shame you're not part of MY dream.

(suddenly footsteps and gasping are heard. Another mouse dives
into the log, knocks Holly off her feet)

THESPIAN MOUSE -- Oh, excuse me. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to
intrude. I thought I was going to be eaten by a cat.

HOLLY -- (to Leonardo, pointing to Thespian) Maybe he's the one.

(Thespian stands up and dusts himself off)

THESPIAN -- The one... what?

HOLLY -- The one who shares my dream.

LEONARDO -- Or mine.

THESPIAN -- You mean you both had a dream too?

HOLLY -- Yes. So, which is it? Are you an inventor or a
storyteller?

THESPIAN -- Neither.

HOLLY -- Oh.

LEONARDO -- Oh. What's YOUR dream?

THESPIAN -- I'm an actor. My dream is to be a well known actor,
and then a director and then a producer. You?

LEONARDO -- I invented a motion picture camera and projector.
Holly, here, is a story teller.

THESPIAN -- Holly, my name is Thespian.

(offers hand)

HOLLY -- (shakes) How do you do, Thespian? This is Leonardo.

(Leonardo and Thespian shake hands)

HOLLY -- You know, it might get crowded in here if we all wait
for someone to come along to match our dreams.

LEONARDO -- We don't necessarily have to wait here.

THESPIAN -- You're not suggesting that we should cross over.

LEONARDO -- Sure.

THESPIAN -- There was a cat there when I tried to cross.

LEONARDO -- I know.

THESPIAN -- And you're still going to try to cross?

LEONARDO -- Well, it's three against one now.

THESPIAN -- I don't know how to tell you this, but that one cat
could eat ten of us and have room for desert!

(Leonardo packs up his suitcase)

LEONARDO -- I know, but we have the advantage of teamwork and we
have the element of surprise. Follow me.

(marches out of hollow log. Holly and Thespian tilt heads, shrug
shoulders, follow. Cut to a helicopter shot of the abyss. Holly
and Thespian crouch on either side of tree trunk, Leonardo at
the end, camera shot lowers to ground level and narrows to look
down the length of the tree trunk. Leonardo hops up onto the
trunk and runs half way to the other side, rolls up his
sleeves.)

LEONARDO -- Alright, Cat, come and get it!

(Cat comes out of the shadows on the dead run. Leonardo turns,
runs and dives off to the side. When Cat approaches, the other
two pull a vine tightly between them, tripping the cat who rolls
head-over-heels several yards into the bushes beyond. The mice
gather up their belongings and run across the log. Thespian who
is last to cross stumbles and falls. His hat and suitcase
disappear into the abyss, but Thespian hangs onto the stump of a
tree branch. As the cat is seen pursuing from the shadows, Holly
and Leonardo return to lift Thespian in the nick of time. But
Cat snags Holly with his claws and lifts her to his drooling
mouth. Bee flies into frame.)

BEE -- Not on my watch, buddy.

(Bee stings Cat on the rump. Holly flops onto the log, cat
disappears into the abyss snarling in panic. Bee flies out of
frame. Holly flees into the darkness, dives into a hollow log.
She sees two pairs of eyes shining in the darkness. They
converse in the dark.)

HOLLY -- Oh oh.

THESPIAN -- Don't worry, Holly. It's just us.

HOLLY -- Oh! Whew!

LEONARDO -- You okay, Holly?

HOLLY -- Thanks to my protector.

LEONARDO -- You mean Bumble Bee?

HOLLY -- Yes.

THESPIAN -- Where is she?

HOLLY -- She probably went to find us some...

(Bee flies in leading a chain of fireflies)

HOLLY -- ...fireflies. Thank you, Bumble.

(Bee salutes, exits)

LEONARDO -- Well, we pulled it off.

THESPIAN -- We made it.

HOLLY -- Brilliant strategy, Leonardo.

LEONARDO -- It was nothing.

HOLLY -- I think I'll write a story about this adventure.

LEONARDO -- I'd wish I could have filmed it with my new camera.

THESPIAN -- Yes. That would be a perfect subject for a motion
picture cam... Say, wait a minute.

LEONARDO -- Is anyone else thinking what I'm thinking?

HOLLY -- There could be lots of stories like this...

LEONARDO -- And I could record the stories on film...

THESPIAN -- And I could direct the filming and do some of the
acting!

LEONARDO -- And when I build my motion picture projector, every
city and town in the country could see the same story bigger
than life all at once!

HOLLY -- I think this is the dream of the Dreamgiver. We're
supposed to be a team!

LEONARDO -- I think so too. But do you realize how much it would
cost to build and perfect my projector?

HOLLY -- Not to mention what it would cost to make copies of the
motion pictures for every city and town.

LEONARDO -- Where are we going to get that kind of money?

THESPIAN -- From me.

HOLLY -- Huh?

LEONARDO -- From you?

HOLLY -- Thespian, I'll remind you that if you had any money in
your suitcase, it's at the bottom of the ravine now.

THESPIAN -- Not in my suitcase. Before I quit my job, I worked
at Rodentia National Bank.

LEONARDO -- I don't see how that does any good for us.

THESPIAN -- My father owns the bank.

(Bee flies into frame as camera zooms out quickly to outer
space)



***SUCCESS

(Spinning newspapers stop suddenly to reveal each new Hometown
Gazette headline and picture of Holly. A circular overlay shows
mouse-reporter wearing a fedora with a "PRESS" card tucked into
his hat-band. He reads the details of the news into a primitive
microphone)

(Headline: "Home town girl finds career in new industry")

REPORTER -- Flash. Leonardo Mouse recently received patents on
his revolutionary new motion picture camera and projector. Wall
street investors are touting Leonardo's new company, calling
motion pictures the next big growth industry.

(Headline: "Home town girl makes it big")

REPORTER -- Flash. Thespian Mouse became the first person in
motion picture history ever to direct and produce and star in
the same motion picture. The picture, titled "The Great Wagon
Race", written by Holly Mouse open this week to rave reviews.

(Headline: "Home town girl wins award")

REPORTER -- Flash. Holly Mouse received the first ever award for
excellence in the motion picture business. She received her
award for her screen play titled "The Championship Game",
released this year by producer Thespian Mouse who broke ground
recently for his new forty-acre studio dedicated exclusively to
making motion pictures. The first motion picture to be filmed in
the new studio will utilize the new technology invented by
Leonardo mouse called talking pictures.

(Headline: "Holly wins again")

REPORTER -- Flash. Holly Mouse won the first award for
excellence for a talking picture. This is the third screen play
award she has received. Thespian Mouse and Leonardo mouse also
collaborated on this motion picture and became the first
millionaires in the motion picture business.

(Headline: "Holly wins third straight award, sets attendance
record")

REPORTER -- Flash. Thespian Mouse's new motion picture became
the first picture to make a million dollars. No doubt Thespian
Mouse owes his success to the new color technology invented by
Leonardo mouse and the award winning screen play written by
Holly Mouse.

(Camera follows Bee in a fast zoom directly to a big city sky
line. In the distance two sky light sweep the sky. Camera
follows Bee over the theater where another grand opening is
taking place. Bee flies out of frame. On the marquee is "Holly's
Adventure". Descend to street level where Holly's old cheese
wagon (now covered in satin) and four-guinea team pull up to the
curb to offload Holly, Thespian and Leonardo. Flash bulbs flash
and reporters carrying primitive microphones crowd the red
carpet.)

REPORTER -- Holly, can you give some advice to your adoring
fans?

HOLLY -- Follow your dream.

(Camera rises high above the city and turns to distant mountain
side where the "HOLLYWOODS" sign stands prominently, zooms past
the sign into outer space.)

BEE -- Please fasten your seatbelts for our return flight to the
present day. The flight will take just a few moments, so here's
a little light reading to keep you occupied.

(Roll credits. When "THE END" finally scrolls up, Bee flies into
frame, the "T" snags Bee's blouse, she buzzes and struggles as
she rises out of frame.)

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