Back to School with Franklin

[first lines]

Mr. Owl:
[about the chalk drawing] I must say, class, that this chalk drawing is a lovely surprise. Thank you all very much.

Snail:
Franklin did the drawing of you, Mr. Owl.

Mr. Owl:
And a fine likeness it is, Snail.

Franklin:
Thanks for being such a great teacher.

Beaver:
Yeah, we're all kind of sad the school year's over, right guys? [Badger and Goose nod and the bell rings off-screen] [excited] Whoo-hoo! School's out! [grabs her pink backpack] Last one to the bus is a rotten egg.

Snail:
[off-screen] Yahoo!

Franklin:
[as he runs past Mr. Owl] Let's go!

Bear:
Yay!

Mr. Owl:
[clears his throat] One moment, please! [Franklin, Bear and Beaver stopped running and turned to Mr. Owl] Everyone have a wonderful summer.

Beaver:
[waves goodbye to Mr. Owl] You too, Mr. Owl.

Bear:
See ya (next school year)!

[Franklin, Bear and Beaver races out of the school]

Franklin:
[off-screen] I think they're done, Harriet. [on-screen when he and Harriet are roasting marshmallows] Now you have to cool them off.

[Franklin blows on a marshmallow and Harriet does the same thing like him. Mr Turtle is eating a corn]

Mr. Turtle:
[sighing] I officially declare our annual end of summer barbecue a success.

Mrs. Turtle:
[picks up a corn] I can't believe summer's over.

Franklin:
Yeah, I didn't do nothing.

Mr. Turtle:
[chuckles] That's "I didn't do anything."

[Mrs. Turtle looks at Mr. Turtle]

[Harriet sees some brown leaves in the compost bag]

Harriet:
Whatcha doing?

Mr. Turtle:
We're tidying up the garden.

Mrs. Turtle:
Soon we'll put it to bed for the winter. [dumps the leaves in the bag]

Harriet:
It is sleepy?

Mr. Turtle:
[chuckles] You can say that. It's worked hard all summer and now it needs some rest.

Mrs. Turtle:
Why don't you help us?

Harriet:
Uh-uh. Wanna play with Beatrice.

Mrs. Turtle:
Beatrice can't come over, Harriet. She starts school today, [off-screen] remember?

Harriet:
Then who'll play with me?

Mrs. Turtle:
We can after our chores.

Harriet:
No! What kid (will play with me)?

[Mrs. Turtle and Mr. Turtle looked at each other]

Miss Koala:
My name is Miss Koala.

Snail:
[scared] What have you done with Mr. Owl?

Franklin:
My name's Franklin, not Turtle.

Miss Koala:
Dinkum. I'm sorry. Any other surprises?

[The entire class shakes their heads]

Snail:
Australia looks like a weird place.

Miss Koala:
Not weird, Snail. Just different.

Bear:
Tell us more, Miss Koala.

Miss Koala:
Dinkum. Okay, what do you want to know?

Beaver:
Well, first... what does "dinkum" mean?

Franklin:
Miss Koala asked us to give you this.

Mr. Owl:
A book about soccer?

Beaver:
She thought you could be our new coach, Mr. Owl.

Mr. Owl:
Me? A soccer coach? Well, I don't know, class. I've never done anything like this before.

Snail:
But you don't know unless you try, Mr. Owl.

Mr. Owl:
Good point, good point.

[last lines]

Mr. Owl:
Well, it looks likes I'll be going back to school too. Speaking of which, we'd best get to work. Does anyone mind it I...

Franklin:
I'll do it for you, Mr. Owl.

Mr. Owl:
Why, thank you, Franklin.

Franklin:
[last line of the film; to the chalk drawing of Miss Koala] Goodbye, Miss Koala.

[Franklin erases the chalk drawing of Miss Koala as the camera zooms out of the school house]