Kubo and the Two Strings Page #19

happier.

Kubo leans closer to the altar, losing some formality now.

KUBO (CONT’D)

And I don’t know exactly what the

rules are or how this works. But if

there were any way to... y’know. I

still need you. So I could say this

has been a happy story. Or I could

feel it. We could all feel it. And

then we could end this story...

together.

A beat, and then he looks up again in growing wonder as a

light spills across his face.

CUT TO:

BLACK:

A long silence, and then we start to hear the first few notes

The Song of the Dead.

FADE IN:

(3900 UNI) UNITY

THE MOON:

Reflected in the river. Glowing blue heron sail in front of

it, singing their sweet song.

We TILT UP across the surface of the water to find where the

herons are coming from...

EXT. CEMETERY

Floating along the river, heading out to sea, paper lamps are

refolding themselves and rising up out of the water, their

light swelling brighter and brighter as they transform into

glowing blue heron.

The newly-formed paper birds then flap their wings and rise

up off the water to join the rest of their flock in the sky.

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