Stinky Wind
Transcript of the Stinky Wind video story book
NARRATOR
There were three girls called Megan, Sally and Alec. They were mean girls. In the afternoon they would meet at Sally’s house. For fun they made lists of people they didn’t like. If you had big ears or red hair or a voice that warbled like a magpie that was enough for them not to like you. The old people knew when the girls were together because the sun grew dull and things lost their colour. One day Megan had a plan.
MEGAN
This is my brother’s phone. Nobody knows his number – let’s have some fun!
SALLY
Yes!
ALEC
Awesome!
MEGAN
Ok let’s text someone!
ALEC
Let’s text that girl Trisha
MEGAN
Is that the one with the smelly hair?
SALLY
Eww I hate her hair, it’s yuck!
MEGAN
Okay, what should I say?
SALLY
Write, “Trisha, you stink”
(They all laugh. Megan taps the message into her phone)
ALEC
Yeah, send it!
(The phone walks away with the message)
NARRATOR
Megan wrote the message and pressed send. The phone took the message to Trisha. Trisha cooked the meals and did all the washing in her house because her mother was sick. Trisha didn’t mind, she wanted her mum to get better. Trisha’s mother sleptin the afternoon, so Trisha watched TV. Trisha loved shows where people went on adventures or cooked tasty meals. When Trisha was old enough, she wanted to have exciting adventures and become a great cook. Trisha was cooking when the phone message came.
(Sound of phone message)
TRISHA
Oh, who’s this from?
PHONE
Trisha everyone at school thinks you stink
TRISHA
I hate you.
PHONE
Whatever
(phone walks off)
NARRATOR
Having made Trisha sad, the phone left. She started to cry. She didn’t know who had sent the message. Trisha’s mother could hear her cry. She called out but Trisha didn’t answer.
TRISHA’S MUM
Trisha what’s wrong?
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Her mother was too weak to get up. Both of them felt a big shame and the house became cold and quiet like a cave. Meanwhile, the phone walked back to Sally’s house.
PHONE
She says I hate you
MEAN GIRLS
What a stinky loser
(laughter)
ALEC
That was so much fun.
SALLY
Let’s do it again.
MEGAN
Who else can we call?
NARRATOR
A stinky wind started to blow around their house. The old people knew it was caused by the girls bullying.The girls were crossing the line.
MEGAN
Who else should we text?
ALEC
You know that girl that wears thick glasses?
SALLY
The ugly one.
MEGAN
Rowena?
SALLY
Yeah
MEGAN
What should we say?
SALLY
She’s ugly and blind.
MEGAN
That’s so funny.
ALEC
Hurry send it!
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So the phone took the girls’ message to Rowena. Rowena wore glasses. Sometimes it was a little hard for her to see.Rowena had a deadly drop punt and Leon would run after the ball like a dog. When Rowena’s brother Leon grew up he wanted to be a professional footballer. When Rowena grew up she wanted to be an eye-doctor. Rowena got the message while she was playing kick-to-kick with Leon. Rowena looked at her phone which was beeping.
(sound of phone message)
PHONE
Rowena, you’re ugly but you don’t know it because you’re blind.
ROWENA
I am not.
PHONE
Yes you are, you’re blind and ugly.
NARRATOR
Meanwhile, Leon stood in the distance and called out to Rowena.
LEON
Kick the ball, Rowena.
ROWENA
No Leon, I’m going inside.
NARRATOR
Rowena went inside. She was sick with bully poison.
ROWENA
You’re a bully.
PHONE
Whatever, bye.
(phone walks back to the mean girls)
PHONE
She called you a bully.
MEGAN
As if.
SALLY
Bullies are boys, stupid.
MEGAN
And we’re not boys, stupid!
ALEC
She is so stupid.
SALLY
What do you expect from someone ugly and blind.
(All laugh)
NARRATOR
Outside, the stinky wind was blowing stronger. It was so strong now that the colours started blowing off the trees. Even the stinky bugs were leaving the house because of the bad smell. The old people called for the girls to stop. The girls were making a bad wind by being bullies. They didn’t care and just laughed.
OLD PERSON 1
Stop it!
OLD PERSON 2
Stop!
OLD PERSON 3
Don’t cross the line!
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The girls ignored to warnings about crossing the line.
ALEC
Who else should we text?
SALLY
Let’s text the new girl, Karri.
MEGAN
Isn’t that the girl who stutters?
SALLY
Yeah, why can’t she speak normally?
ALEC
I know it’s not that h-h-h-hard.
MEGAN
What shall we say?
ALEC
Ask her why she talks like a fart?
SALLY
That’s so mean.
MEGAN
No it’s not, it’s funny.
NARRATOR
Karri and her family had shifted to the area because her father, who worked as a park ranger, had been transferred there. Karri had a stutter, which means some words were hard to say.
KARRI
W-w-w-wangaratta
NARRATOR
But when Karri sang she didn’t stutter, even on the hardest word. Her father said this was a mystery.
(Karri singing Wangaratta without stuttering)
NARRATOR
Karri’s father sometimes took care of sick animals. Karri was hand-feeding a baby wallaby when the text message came.
(Phone walks up to Karri and stands next to her)
NARRATOR
The phone whistled as it walked. But this time something weird happened.No matter how hard it tried, the phone couldn’t talk.
(Phone tries to talk a few times)
NARRATOR
After trying and trying, the phone gave up and walked back to the girls.
MEGAN
What did she say?
PHONE
Nothing, I couldn’t give her your text.
MEGAN
Why not?
PHONE
I can’t give her your message because she won’t take your call.
NARRATOR
Karri had met bullies before. Now she only reads messages from family and friends. That way she avoided text bullies. Her father had helped her program her phone so now it showed her who a message was from. If she didn’t know the number, she deleted the message without reading it. Because she didn’t read the nasty message, she finished feeding the wallaby and felt good about herself. She was happy not to get the girls’ nasty message. Megan, Sally and Alec flew into a rage because Karri wouldn’t listen to them. Megan threw her brother’s phone against the wall andthen she started being nasty to Sally and Alec. The girls started bullying each other. Outside their house the stinky wind had grown so strong not even the old people couldn’t help. The girls became trapped in their stinky world. As long as they wanted to be mean, not even the stinky bugs wanted to be near them.