CSE 456

The Old Man and the Kid

ACT I

1. An elderly man is walking in a park alone. It’s a sunny day.
2. He walks past a grandmother and a granddaughter enjoying each other’s company.
3. He notices an empty bench right next to them and walks to it and sits down.
4. The elderly man looks at the grandmother and her granddaughter again and sighs sadly.
5. Meanwhile, a pigeon shows up and hops up to the man looking at him curiously and waiting for some food.
6. The elderly man reaches for his coat pocket and brings out a granola bar to feed the pigeon with.
7. A few more birds join in on the feast.
8. The old man gets excited. He smiles joyfully and continues feeding the birds.
9. A young boy walk up to an empty bench beside the elderly man and sits down.
10. The young boy opens a bag of birdseed.
11. The boy starts throwing the seeds on the ground. Some seeds fall near the old man and slowly all the birds move toward the young boy and the old man is left alone again. The old man sadly looks at his granola bar and over to the boy who was now surrounded by pigeons.
12. The old man gets up and slowly walks away, pausing for a moment to look back over his shoulder to the boy with all the birds, and continues on. Fade to black.

ACT II

1. The old man returns to the park with a bag of bread and walks to his bench and sees the boy again surrounded by birds.

2. The old man shakes his head disappointedly and sits down. The old man watches the boy and the birds and suddenly gets and idea. (He has a smile on his face.)

3. The old man starts throwing stale bread toward the birds so that it lures the birds over to him. The birds leave the boy and go to the old man and his bread.

4. The little boy watches the birds leave. He is frustrated and leaves.

5. The old man sees the boy leave. Fade to next scene.

6. The boy returns with a mischievous look and a big box.

7. The old man looks at the boy’s expression and has a curious look on his face, then a surprised look at what he sees next.

8. The boy takes out a big chocolate cake and begins to toss pieces of it on the grass. The birds flock to him to see what it is. The old man is bird-less again.

9. The old man gets up and shakes his fist in the air frustratingly and leaves in a hurry. Fade into next scene.

10. The old man returns to the park with a bag of “Uberseed 5000” behind his back and reveals it. He begins to throw the seed and the birds begin to surround him.

11. The boy angrily notices the birds flock to the man and runs off. Fade into next scene.

12. The boy returns with a bag of Superseed 10,000 and begins tossing it to the birds. The birds flock to him.

13. The old man has a frustrated look on his face. He gets up and hurries away. The boy runs off too. Fade into next scene.

14. The old man returns with a leaf blower stocked with birdseed. The boy returns with a remote control car with a bag of bird seed taped to it. The old man proceeds to spray seed while the boy makes the car drive around unleashing seed everywhere.

ACT III

1. The competition causes so much noise that the birds are scared away. The elderly man and the young boy chase after the birds trying to get them back but land up sitting on the same bench, exhausted from the chase.
2. After a few seconds a small bird shows up and hops up to them looking for food on the ground.
3. The elderly man reaches for his pocket to see if he has anything to give to the bird.
4. He finds a granola bar in his coat pocket.
5. The old man looks at the kid who doesn’t have any food left.
6. He breaks the bar into half and gives one half to the kid.
7. The two of them start feeding the little bird together (fade out).