Little Princess / Sequence Bookworm / Scene 1 / Page1 / 8
Board ID TLP-BW-0001-01 / Artist D. Kennerly / Date05/14/04
Page / Image / Description / Interaction / Time
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BOOK COVER
An illustration of a princess in silver gown with a butterfly and a bookworm in the shadows.The LITTLE PRINCESS
and the Bookworm
Her first story
in four languages
SFX: All text appears in English, Chinese, Korean, or Thai.
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INT. BEDROOM. SUNDAY NIGHT.
HUA, 7, in nightgown, pets her puppy, TERRY, who comes up to her knees.DIALOGUE
HUA: Tomorrow is the first day of school.
HUA: Goodnight.
Hua turns out the lights.
02 / / LIGHTS OUT
A GLOWING BUTTERFLY flies in through the window. Terry barks.
Butterfly: Little Princess. Wake up.
Hua: Who are you?
Butterfly: My name is Butterfly.
Butterfly: Let's go.
03 / /
EXT. MUSHROOM HOUSE - NIGHT
Butterfly is at the edge of the mushroom cap. Hua follows out the window. Her nightgown has become silver. Terry follows.BUTTERFLY: Follow me.
HUA: Where are we going?
04 / /
EXT. FAIRY RING IN BACK YARD - CONTINUOUS
The yard is glowing. A BIG FLOWER and a BIRD are looking over the corners of a half-eaten, moldy GIANTBOOK. SMALL FLOWERS weep.
FLOWER (sobbing): The book is missing!BIRD: I am sorry.
HUA: Excuse me.
04 / /
Flower holds up a half-eaten page with a princess on it. Bird is ashamed. Terry sniffs the book.
BIRD: The worm eats the book.HUA: Really?
05 / /
CLOSER ON THEBOOK
Butterfly holds up a half-eaten PAGE with a picture of a BOOKWORM.
BIRD: This worm!FLOWER: Please help.
HUA: How can I help?
06 / /
SHADOWS AT EDGE OF YARD
A black HOLE, the size of large child, breaks the forest floor. Flower points at it.
BIRD: Can you find the book?
HUA: I'll try.07 / /
DEEP IN THE WORM TUNNEL
Hua follows a trail of words on torn bits of paper that leads down the tunnel. The separate words read:
PRINCESS
READS
WORD
Terry sniffs the words like a bloodhound.08 / /
FURTHER DOWN THE TUNNEL
An orange light is coming from the edge. Hua finds more words.
WORMEATS
BOOK
She picks them up and reads them. Hua gasps. Terry is oblivious.
HUA: No!
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BOOKWORM LIBRARY
A giant BOOKWORM with glasses is munching on a GIANT BOOK. On the half-eaten page is a picture of a princess.
BOOKWORM: Delicious!
HUA: Stop!
SFX: Terry barks.
BOOKWORM: I want to read.
HUA: You want to eat.10 / /
The crumbs of book words spill out of his mouth:
WORM
EATS
DOG
SFX: Terry growls.
Hua panics.
11 / /LIBRARY - CONTINUOUS
The bookworm lunges at Terry and half swallows him. His tail is wagging out of his mouth.
Hua looks at the words in her hand and has an idea. She throws them down in order:
BOOK
EATS
WORM
Now the bookworm panics.
12 / /LIBRARY – CONTINUOUS
The giant book snaps shut, catching the worm in it.
Terry pops out.
The cover has a picture of a princess. THE LITTLE PRINCESS
Hua hugs Terry.
HUA: I love you.
13 / /BACKYARD
FLOWER: Good job!
ALL: Thank you!
HUA: You are welcome.
13 / /BACKYARD - DAWN
Hua is ready to leave.
HUA: I have a question.
FLOWER: What is it?
HUA: Why? Why does the worm eat the book?
BIRD: Because he wants to be smart.
Terry tugs at her robe.
14 / /BEDROOM - DAWN
Hua is in bed and Terry sleeps beside her.
Mother's legs appear and walk to the window.MOTHER: Wake up!
HUA (sleepy): Okay.
Hua hops to the window.15 / /
FROM THE BACKYARD (REVERSE SHOT)
The dandilion winks up at the window at Hua.16 / /
In the bedroom
MOTHER: Here is your book.Hua holds the book against her chest.
Terry looks concerned at the book.
Hua looks down at the book cover.
17 / /BOOK COVER
A beautiful illustration of a princess, much like Hua in gown with butterfly and bookworm in the shadows. Title:
The LITTLE PRINCESS
and the BOOKWORM
Subtitle:
Her first STORY
in FOUR LANGUAGES
18 / /CREDITS
Fairytale embellishments. Princess and Terry look at the title and text:
Story: David Kennerly
Drawing: Sheila Vu
Design: Sherry Thammanavarat
19 / /GLOSSARY
Collection of vocabulary words learned in this book with their images.F# Design is Sheila Vu, Sherry Thammanavarat, and David Kennerly.