Stuart Little 2 Page #4

STUART:

Oh, my!!!

Stuart GUNS the CAR and goes shooting down the sidewalk.

Margalo turns defiantly in the back seat and waves herfist at the bird.

MARGALO:

Get lost, you disgusting vulture!

STUART:

(nervously)

Do we really want to antagonizehim?

(CONTINUED)

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MARGALO:

Just drive!

(cursing again at thehawk)

Eat my feathers, you vile buzzard!

STUART:

See, you're just reducing yourself

to his level.

Stuart drives faster. People scatter in all directions.

A metal grate begins to open like a drawbridge on thesidewalk in front of him. Stuart can't get around it.

STUART:

Uh-oh, we've got a problem.

MARGALO:

You can make it! Don't slow down.

Like Smokey and the Bandit, he takes a deep breath, aimsfull-speed at the grate, and goes sailing over the top.

ANGLE ON MARGALO

as they are careening through the air.

MARGALO:

See! What'd I tell ya?

Stuart's eyes are lit up with excitement. He is thrilled.

STUART:

Yeah!!!!

CAR:

lands safely on the down-sloping grate and continues alongthe sidewalk, but the massive bird is still in full

pursuit.

Stuart SCREECHES around a corner and spots a stack ofplumbing supplies piled in front of a building. He zooms

into an eight-foot long plastic pipe, about six inches indiameter. Peering out the far end he can see Falconlanding on the ground and looking around in totalconfusion. He has lost them. The Falcon flies away.

Stuart lets out a deep sigh. Margalo looks up at Stuartand whispers.

(CONTINUED)

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MARGALO:

Nice going, friend.

STUART:

Friend?

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He smiles.

18A EXT. LITTLE HOUSE - ESTABLISHING SHOT - DAY 18A

19 INT. KITCHEN - DAY 19

Stuart is wrapping her wing with gauze. A doll's medical

kit is open beside him.

STUART:

I wish my mom were here. She'd do

a much better job. Why don't wetake off your scarf.

MARGALO:

Good idea. I -She

gasps.

STUART:

What happened?

MARGALO:

My pin. It's...

INSERT - STICKPIN

With a pearl on the head of it. However, part of thepearl is gone, leaving a jagged crater.

BACK TO SCENE:

MARGALO:

It must have happened when Falconsmashed into me.

STUART:

(sympathetically)

Oh, gee, that's too bad.

MARGALO:

Yeah...

(CONTINUED)

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STUART:

Hey, who was that big bird? And

why was he after you?

MARGALO:

Falcon? Oh, I accidentally flewinto his territory.

STUART:

His territory?

MARGALO:

Yeah. He thinks he owns the sky.

Well, he can't tell me where to

fly!... Although if you hadn'tshown up... Hey, who are youanyway?

STUART:

Oh.

(bows)

Forgive me. My name is Stuart.

Stuart Little.

MARGALO:

I'm Margalo.

She curtseys.

STUART:

(loves her name)

Margalo...

MARGALO:

So tell me, Stuart Little, do youactually live here?

STUART:

Oh yeah. I'm a real Little. I'm

the middle child. The middle

Little.

MARGALO:

Cute. You got some nice digshere. Very plush.

STUART:

Where do you live?

MARGALO:

Well, I'm kind of, uh... I don't

exactly...

(CONTINUED)

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STUART:

(gently)

Are you... homeless?

MARGALO:

Well... yeah. Now I don't mind,

you understand. I like it. It's

just now with my injured wing, ifI have to go back out on thestreet, well... Hey, I'll survive.

STUART:

Oh no, you can't go back out onthe street, not while you're hurt.

MARGALO:

Well um... is there anyplacearound here I can crash?

Crash?

STUART:

You already crashed.

MARGALO:

No. I mean is there anyplacearound here I can lie down for a

while? Maybe just a little box?

You know like one of those jewelryboxes with those soft linings? I

like those.

STUART:

I know just the thing. I'll be

right back. Meanwhile, you canuse my cat's bed.

Margalo recoils.

MARGALO:

You have a cat?!

STUART:

Oh, don't worry about Snowbell.

He wouldn't hurt a fly.

20 EXT. HOUSE - SAME TIME 20

Snowbell sees a fly.

air and swallows it.

Quick as a wink, he jumps into the

SNOWBELL:

I've had better, I've had worse.

He heads for the house.

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21 INT. KITCHEN - DAY 21

Snowbell enters the kitchen through the "doggy" door andsaunters over to his water bowl. Suddenly he sees Margaloin his bed and nearly jumps out of his skin.

SNOWBELL:

Aaaa!!

MARGALO:

Sorry. I didn't mean to scare

you.

SNOWBELL:

Scare me! That's a laugh.

(laughs)

Hear that? That was a laugh.

Snowbell now goes through a series of threatening posesand hissing sounds, then starts choking.

SNOWBELL:

Hairball. Major hairball.

He clears his throat.

SNOWBELL:

And yet we continue to lick

ourselves. Unbelievable.

Stuart returns.

STUART:

Hey, Snowbell, meet Margalo.

She's going to be staying with us

for a while.

SNOWBELL:

Staying?! Are you out of your

mind? Stuart, you can't just drag

stray birds in here. What do you

think this is, a halfway house?

It's not sanitary. I mean, look

at her, she's filthy -- no

offense. She could have germs.

And how do you know she's not a

vagrant or a thief? Am I being

too vague? Get rid of her!

Mrs. Little's voice can be heard coming from the doorway.

MRS. LITTLE (O.S.)

Hi, we're home. Sorry we're late.

(CONTINUED)

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STUART:

(yells)

Little hi, Little low.

MRS. LITTLE (O.S.)

Little hey, Little ho.

MARGALO:

What the heck was that?

STUART:

(a little embarrassed)

Oh, that's... how we greet eachother.

MARGALO:

Interesting.

SNOWBELL:

(pleased)

Never mind. You're in for it now.

Mrs. Little hates when animals

walk in here off the street. She

chases my friends out with abroom. When she sees this, she's

going to throw a fit.

CUT TO:

22 INT. LITTLE HOUSE - MOMENTS LATER 22

Mrs. Little standing over Margalo, cooing.

MRS. LITTLE

Ooohhh... such a pretty littlebirdie.

She cups Margalo in her hands and lifts her up, makingkissing noises. Snowbell shakes his head.

SNOWBELL:

I don't understand. If I live to

be eight, I will never understand.

STUART:

I found her.

MARGALO:

Found me? He did more than that.

He saved my life.

He did?

MRS. LITTLE

(CONTINUED)

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STUART:

Mom, can she crash here?

23 INT. LIVING ROOM - EVENING 23

OPEN ON a jewelry box that has been converted into anornate bedroom suite. A tiny ballerina swirls on theuppermost level of the box and below it there is a holderfor a tiny toothbrush and a bar of soap. The bottom

drawer has been pulled out and turned into a bed, completewith a lace doily for a bedspread. It is a surprisinglyopulent setting.

STUART (O.S)

What do you think?

REVEAL Margalo gazing at her new "home" as Stuart waitsexpectantly for her reaction. Mr. and Mrs. Little watch

from a discreet distance. Margalo turns away.

STUART:

What? What don't you like?

Margalo sniffles and wipes her eyes with her good wing.

MARGALO:

I never... I mean nobody ever...

it's so beautiful.

Stuart is very happy.

MARGALO:

But where will your mother keepher jewelry?

Mrs. Little steps forward.

MRS. LITTLE

Oh, don't worry about that. The

only thing I really value is myengagement ring.

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