Sequence 2 4

SEQUENCE 2_04 "SONG"

2_04_01 EXT. WOODS - DAY

SCARECROW is exuberant.

SCARECROW Boy, am I glad that's over! Makes me feel kind of... Loony. Heh-he.

2_04_02 TIN WOODMAN

     Eh?

2_04_03 TIN WOODMAN, SCARECROW, and WOOT wind their way through woods, past a small villa. They hop from rock to rock across a stream.

SCARECROW leaps into the air.

SCARECROW (singing) 044 What sound is so sweet/As the straw from the wheat/When it crinkles so tender and low?

2_04_04a SCARECROW and RABBIT jump from stone to stone, having a wonderful time.

SCARECROW 044 It is yellow and bright/So it gives me delight/To crinkle wherever I go.

2_04_05 TIN WOODMAN and WOOT watch him, surprised and amused.

WOOT

     What... What's he doing?

TIN WOODMAN (sighs)

     I think his straw is getting moist.

2_04_06 SCARECROW 44-01 Sweet, fresh, golden straw!/There is surely no flaw/In a stuffing so clean and compact.

2_04_07 SCARECROW grabs onto a tree branch to prevent falling over a waterfall.

SCARECROW

     It creaks when I walk/And it thrills when I talk

2_04_08 SCARECROW swings from the branch across the stream.

SCARECROW

     And its fragrance is fine,

2_04_09 RABBIT hangs from SCARECROW'S foot during these antics.

SCARECROW

     For a fact.

2_04_10 SCARECROW dances and cavorts, accompanied by RABBIT.

SCARECROW 044-02 To cut me don’t hurt/For I’ve no blood to squirt

2_04_10a SCARECROW continues dancing, throwing RABBIT into the air.

SCARECROW 044-02 And I therefore can suffer no pain/The straw that I use/

2_04_11 RABBIT lands.

SCARECROW (OS)

     Doesn’t lump up or bruise.

2_04_12 SCARECROW jumps into a stand of tall grass.

SCARECROW 044-03 Though it’s pounded again and again!

2_04_13 TIN WOODMAN and WOOT watch.

SCARECROW

     Though it's pounded again and again!

2_04_14 SCARECROW peers out of the grass.

SCARECROW 044-04 I know it is said/That my beautiful head

2_04_15 SCARECROW and RABBIT dance in a circle.

SCARECROW

     Has brains of mixed wheat-straw and bran

2_04_16 SCARECROW reaches down, smiling, to pick up RABBIT.

SCARECROW

     But my thoughts are so good

2_04_17 RABBIT hops across SCARECROW⿿S outstretched arms.

SCARECROW

     I’d not change, if I could/

2_04_18 TIN WOODMAN watches, concerned.

TIN WOODMAN

     He's losing his mind.

2_04_19 SCARECROW precariously balancing on a stack of boulders.

SCARECROW

     For the brains of a

2_04_19a SCARECROW and RABBIT balancing on top boulder.

SCARECROW

     common meat man.

2_04_20 SCARECROW jumps off of boulder stack, frightening RABBIT.

SCARECROW 044-05 Content with my lot.

2_04_21 SCARECROW lands gracefully but RABBIT is scared.

SCARECROW 044-05 I'm glad that I⿿m not.

2_04_22 TIN WOODMAN and WOOT watch as SCARECROW balances on single boulder. RABBIT barely keeps his balance on SCARECROW⿿S shoulder.

SCARECROW

     Like others I meet day-by-day.

2_04_23 The first chance he gets, RABBIT jumps from SCARECROWS shoulder.

SCARECOW (OS) 044-05 If my insides get musty

2_04_24 RABBIT calmly sits on TIN WOODMAN⿿S watching, chagrined.

SCARECROW (OS) 044-05 Or mussed-up, or dusty

2_04_25 CU: SCARECROW rolls the boulder he is standing on with his feet.

SCARECROW 044-05 I get newly stuffed

2_04_26 The boulder SCARECROW is rolling bumps into a bigger boulder, causing it to fly off a cliff and bounce away.

SCARECROW 044-05 right away!

2_04_27 SCARECROW, with RABBIT between his legs, bows to the sound of applause.

2_04_28 WOOT and TIN WOODMAN clap.

2_04_29 SCARECROW looks a bit pleased with himself, does another fancy dance step and ends up in a boneless heap.

TIN WOODMAN (OS)

     What a performer.

2_04_30 TIN WOODMAN winks at WOOT.

WOOT

     He certainly gives it his all.

TIN WOODMAN

     Wonderful.