Script

SIDE 1

One summer day, in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, a mysterious tree house appeared in the woods

Really! How did it appear? Who put it here? And what does it do? And

Okay, that s it! New Forest Rule. Scrawny little sapling trees only get to ask one question during story time.

Now, now, remember Stump, you were once a curious little sprout, too.

(sarcastic)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, and all the world was new.

(overlapping)
Oh, Stump! Don t be such a grump. Yeah! Don t be such a grump!

Listen, I may be a leafless, trunkless, old tree stump, but I do know one thing: if you re going to tell a good story, you can t go skipping ahead to the end! And we ll never get to the end if we don t ever get to the beginning, so please, Otto, my main Oak, on with the show!

SIDE 2

Nobody will ever believe our story.

The trees might.

(laughing)
Right. We better go before Mom starts to worry.

(ANNIE, stalling, straightens out the other books. JACK helps her.)

But wait! What about Henry? And the gold medallion that Jack found? The one with the  M on it? What does the  M stand for?

Maybe it stands for mystery?

Or mystery person! Do you think it stands for  mystery person ? And who is the mystery person?

Let s save a bit for tomorrow, shall we?

(ANNIE moves to the ladder, but stops before she climbs down.)

Jack, promise me. Tomorrow.

Yep.

We ll come back to the woods

Yep.

And we ll climb back in the tree house

Yep.

I can t wait to find out what happens next.