Script

Audition Central: Magic Tree House: Dinosaurs before Dark KIDS

Script: Henry

SIDE 1

JACK
Yeah! Nice to meet you!

(HENRY watches the TRICERATOPS exit, pleased that JACK and ANNIE have made friends. He gently pats ANNIE on the head. ANNIE nuzzles into HENRY. #7  HENRY S MAGIC begins.)

ANNIE
Let s call this one,  Henry.

JACK
He isn t the dog next door, Annie.

ANNIE
Can I call you Henry, Henry? (HENRY nods, makes a confirmation sound.)

HENRY
Yuuuhhhhuuhhnn.

ANNIE
I think he understands me.

JACK
You're nuts.

ANNIE
(looking into Henry's eyes)
I don t know, Jack, there s something magical about Henry. Henry, is it okay if we look around some more?

HENRY
Pwaaaaa.

(HENRY squawks, nods and flies away. ANNIE watches him go, then spots something in the distance and excitedly takes off. JACK makes final notes in his notebook.)

JACK
 Mouth like scissors. And& nice.

SIDE 2

(ANNIE tickles HENRY)
ANNIE
Look, Jack, he's ticklish

JACK
Annie!

(Three Triceratops, TERRI, LARRY and GARY enter, hiding behind some ferns.)

ANNIE
Jack, do you hear something?

JACK
Yeah, I...

(JACK and ANNIE listen to determine from which direction the sound is coming. It should be clear from JACK and ANNIE s reaction that they do not understand what the DINOSAURS are  saying because the DINOSAURS are speaking "dinosaur" and only they can understand each other.)

TERRI
(Whispering) See, I told you I spotted something.

LARRY
Ouch, you're stepping on my toes.

TERRI
I'm just trying to get a better look. What are those things?

LARRY
They don't look like dinosaurs

TERRI
Probably flying reptiles. Like that weird little Pteranodon.

GARY
One way to find out.

LARRY
Careful! You know what they say, "Curiosity killed the Camptosaurus."

(GARY emerges from hiding and makes a friendly gesture to HENRY.)

GARY
(to HENRY) It's cool, it's cool. Don't mean to be getting in your business. Just wondering what you found here?