315. Bobby and the Great Balloon Rescue: A Balloon Parable - Leslie

• FADE IN:


• INT. BOBBY'S BEDROOM - DAY


• Bobby sits on his bed admiring the flock of balloons filling his room.


• They are every color imaginable and the light pouring in from the window filters through the balloons, casting colored light onto the floor - creating a small cathedral with buoyant stained glass.


• A slightly opened window gently pushes the balloons around.


• A small, red balloon bobs, floating towards the window, then with a quick motion is pulled outside.


• Bobby is on his feet in a moment, scrambling for his small tennis shoes.


• EXT. BOBBY'S STREET - DAY


• Bobby races down the street, the balloon far ahead.


• His feet pound the pavement and he gets closer and closer to the balloon, which has stopped its progression.


• It hovers tantalizingly close, then a draft of wind pulls it away.


• Bobby stops, panting, then continues running after it, past houses and bemused neighbors.


• He loses sight of the balloon and stops looking around.


• Bobby begins to walk slowly, looking around for the balloon.


• He swerves back and forth as he stares up at the trees around, not watching where he is going.


• Finally he spots a patch of read high in a tree.


• He circles the tree, plotting a strategy.


• Strategy completed he begins climbing.


• Bobby struggles up the branches, stretching to reach the ones high above him.


• He pulls himself up to the balloon and frees it, carefully tying it to his wrist.


• He slides and half falls back down the tree, finally landing, scraped, but happy, on the ground.


• INT. BOBBY'S BEDROOM - DAY


• Bobby unties the balloon from her arm, letting it go and watching it join the the rest of the balloons hovering by the ceiling.


• FADE TO BLACK.