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GENTLE MUSIC

NARRATOR: Around and along, in the middle of somewhere,

lives a little sound collector.

Ah, yes, and his best friend, Mole.

Putting in his hearing aids,

the Sound Collector starts to hear the world around him.

WAVE OF SOUND SWELLS

MOLE SIGHS CONTENTEDLY

Aw, she's running in her sleep.

Right, here we go.

SWITCH CLICKS, WAVE OF SOUND SWELLS

Ah... BIRDSONG

WIND WHISPERS A warm autumn morning.

Just perfect for sound collecting. WATER TRICKLES

ENGINE RUMBLING

HE MURMURS Off to harvest in the fields.

SQUEAKING

Huh? Oh.

A squeaky ball.

MOLE SNUFFLES PLAYFULLY

NARRATOR CHUCKLES Hello, Mole.

Oops.

NARRATOR CHUCKLES Good work, Mole.

See you later. There are sounds to record.

BIRDS TWITTER Morning, birds.

Hm. FOOTSTEPS CRUNCH

CRUNCHING CONTINUES His feet have stopped.

But they sound like they're still walking.

They're making an echo.

FOOTSTEPS ECHO

Ah, wonderful.

MOLE SNUFFLES

A mole on the hunt. SHE SNIFFS

It's in front of you.

SHE GRUNTS AND SNIFFS

SQUEAK ECHOES

Hm. She's found an echo too.

INQUISITIVE SNUFFLING

NARRATOR CHUCKLES It's not another squeaky ball.

It's an echo.

SQUEAKY ECHO BOUNCES THROUGH TUNNEL

NARRATOR CHUCKLES Oh, Mole!

SQUEAKS ECHO

DISTANT BELLS TOLL

Wow.

You'd think something so beautiful would have a wonderful noise.

WHISTLING FROM TAPE, HE CLAPS A RHYTHM

WHISTLING AND CLAPPING ECHO Now it does.

Echo music.

Maybe another place for an echo.

WAVES CRASHING

PLIP-PLOP Drip, drip, drip.

STONE CLATTERS, ECHOES

TAPE WHIRRS

GENTLE MUSIC ECHOES Ah, more echo music.

DRIPPING ECHOES

Perfect.

GRASS RUSTLES UNDERFOOT

NARRATOR GASPS

ECHO MUSIC PLAYS FROM TAPE

This sounds incredible.

Infinite and orchestral.

BIRDS TWITTER

TOY BALL SQUEAKS

ECHO MUSIC CONTINUES

The sounds of the world really are amazing.

RUSTLING

Ah, looks who's here.

I think the dripping sound has given him an idea.

Ah, yes. Bath time for Mole.

All that burrowing and squeaking.

Uh-oh, no, you don't! DROPLETS SPLATTER

Yes, you do.

MOLE SNUFFLES SOFTLY

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