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The Missing Book Mystery
by Sunny D.

Rated: G   Genre: Organized Crime   User Review:
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A mystery happens at school. Will Sammy and Sally ever find the hidden book?


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FADE IN:

INT. LIBRARY - DAY
                                                            
                       SAMMY
I can't believe we forgot our
books again.
                                                            
                       SALLY
If only my sister hadn't taken it
and hidden it.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Blaming it all on the sibling huh?
                                                            
                       SALLY
No! I'm just saying I've never
forgotten my books. Thanks to her
it'll probably go on my permanent
record.(sigh)
                                                            
                       SAMMY
How did you forget your books?
                                                            
                       SAMMY
My mom took it away from me last
night because I was reading in bed
when I was supposed to be asleep.
I forgot to ask for it back this
morning.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Check out this really cool book.
It looks really old. I wonder if
this is one of the books Ms.
Booker got at that old mansion.
                                                            
                       SALLY
Let me see that for a second. That
title reminds me of something that
I saw when I was searching for
News Quiz notes.
                                                            

2.

                       SAMMY
I remember that too. It had a
really cool code in it that I
tried to crack but I couldn't
because my mom kicked me off the
internet. Sally, can I please see
the book again. (gets book from
Sally) .......This is the book!
This the one! I think I might know
how to crack this code.
                                                            
                       MITCHELL
      (walks up to table
       after standing by
       them while they
       were talking)
Hi (in shy voice, looking down)
                                                            
                       SALLY
Hey Mitchell.
                                                            
                       MS. BOOKER
Everyone it's time to go. If you
need to check out books please
come to the counter right now.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
I can't believe it. I was going to
check out this book but I can't
because I forgot my books.
                                                            
                       MITCHELL
Maybe Ms. Booker will let you
check it out anyway. Go ask her.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Ms. Booker may I please check out
this book?
                                                            
                       MS. BOOKER
No, this is the fifth time you
have forgotten your books. You
should suffer the consequences
because you did not return your
books. You cannot check out books
if you don't return them. That's
rule #3 on the library rule
            (MORE)

3.

                       MS. BOOKER (cont'd)
chart.Maybe next time you'll
remember to get your books.
                                                            
                       
Man oh man, Ms. Booker is not lax.
                                                            
                       SALLY
I bet Mrs. Kernen would really be
happy with you since you just used
a WordMaster word.
                                                            
                       MS. BOOKER
Alright, it's time to go (she says
waving.)
                                                            
                       SALLY
Oh well. We can bring them in
tomorrow at the end of the day.
                                                            
                       
Yeah! I just can't wait to get my
hands on that treasure!!
                                                            
                       SALLY
      (sarcastic after
       the word that)
What treasure??? Oh yeah now I
remember the book has a secret
code that apparently leads to
treasure.
                                                            
 
INT. LIBRARY - DAY
                                                            
The End of the Next Day
                                                            
As Sammy walks into library Sally waits by the door.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Hey Ms.Booker I have my books. Can
I check out that book now?
                                                            
                       MS. BOOKER
      (sarcastic)
Oh, Im so proud of you.
                                                            

4.

Sammy goes to shelf to get the book.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
      (surprised)
Hey its gone!
                                                            
Walks to Ms.Booker
                                                            
                       SAMMY
      (talking
       fast,mumbling)
Ms Booker the book is gone!! Who
checked it out??
                                                            
                       MS. BOOKER
      (turns to computer
       after let me
       check)
Let me check.(pauses) No one did.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
But it's not on the shelf!
                                                            
                       MS. BOOKER
Don't worry so much. It was
probably just misplaced.
                                                            
                       SALLY
      (excitedly she
       says)
Maybe someone took it.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
      (thinking out loud)
Maybe someone did take the book.
                                                            
                       SALLY
      (excitedly)
You want to be a detective?
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Yeah, detectives need to think
about who might have done it and
why. Here's what I
think....Lily.... because she's
not rich. So if this book does
have a treasure, she would want it
            (MORE)

5.

                       SAMMY (cont'd)
to help her family.
                                                            
                       SALLY
It could be Jack because he's just
plain greedy.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
It could be Jim, because he was
listening to us talking about the
code.
                                                            
                       SALLY
Yeah, but it could also be the
janitor Joe.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Why Joe?
                                                            
                       SALLY
He's the lowest paid person at
school and he cleans the library
after school every day so he could
have taken the book without anyone
noticing.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
What about Mitchell?
                                                            
                       SALLY
What about Mitchell?
                                                            
                       SAMMY
He has after school programs
everyday in the library. So he
could steal it right before the
janitor cleans.
                                                            
                       SALLY
I think that's about it because
everyone else has an alibi.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
      (tells Sally)
Yes. Sally, come on let's check
the shelf for clues.
                                                            

6.

Walks back to shelf
                                                            
                       SAMMY
      (says to Sally)
Hey look there's a footprint down
here on the bottom shelf!!
                                                            
                       SALLY
      (says to Sammy)
Hey you know that suspect list we
made?
                                                            
                       SAMMY
      (to sally)
Yeah. So.
                                                            
                       SALLY
      (to sammy)
This footprint is too small to be
Jacks! We have 4 suspects now!
                                                            
                       SAMMY
      (to sally)
Hey now let's ask Ms.Booker if we
can see the surveillance tape for
the library..
                                                            
                       SALLY
She won't let us see it. We need
an excuse.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
We could tell her the principal
wants it. She is her boss.
                                                            
Walk to Ms.Booker
                                                            
                       SALLY
      (to Ms.Booker)
Hey Ms.Booker can Mrs. Appleseed..
MAY Mrs. Appleseed see the library
surveillance tape please? She
asked us to get it for her.
                                                            

7.

                       MS. BOOKER
Okay. Allow me to proceed to the
storage room and gather the tape
for you children.
                                                            
Ms.Booker walks away.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Do you think we'll find a clue on
the tape?
                                                            
                       SALLY
Of course. The book is stolen, we
know that. The tape will show us
who stole it.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
If....it was stolen you mean. I'm
not sure if it was stolen.
                                                            
                       SALLY
Of course it was stolen. You sound
like Ms. Booker now.
                                                            
                       MS. BOOKER
Who sounds like me?
                                                            
                       SALLY
      (along with Sammy)
Nothing.
                                                            
                       MS. BOOKER
Well here's the tape for Mrs.
Appleseed. Tell her she can watch
it here because I'm going on my
lunch break and I won't be back
for half an hour.
                                                            
Hands them a tape and leaves the library. Sally and Sammy
meet eyes and walk silently into the viewing room.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Hurry up before she comes back.
                                                            

8.

                       SALLY
I am, I am. I'm hurrying as fast
as I can. Okay, it's in.
                                                            
camera zooms in on the TV screen
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Okay, it's starting. Shush
                                                            
                       SALLY
      (draws breath)
Do you see that person in a hooded
sweatshirt and dark sunglasses
taking the book and leaving?
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Yeah. But who is it? We can't tell
who it is. But, it eliminates Lily
becuase she's much too short to be
the person in the sweatshirt!
                                                            
                       SALLY
Let's head back to the shelf and
see if there's anything that we
missed.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
      (picks up a hair
       on the floor)
Hey Sally, LOOK! Here's a brown
hair.
                                                            
                       SALLY
If that's a brown hair it couldn't
be Joe because he has blonde hair.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
It can only be Jim or Mitchell
now.
                                                            
                       SALLY
There has to be more clues!
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Let's look again except more
carefully this time. Okay?
                                                            

9.

                       SALLY
Okay.
                                                            
Look carefully over shelf.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Hey look! There's a handprint over
here.
                                                            
                       SALLY
You're kidding right?
                                                            
                       SAMMY
No I'm not. Look!
                                                            
Sally walks over to where Sammy is standing and looks at the
small handprint.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
You know what else this tells us?
                                                            
                       SALLY
What?
                                                            
                       SAMMY
This print is too small to be
Jim's!! Mitchell stole the book!!
                                                            
 
INT. HALLWAY.LATER THAT DAY - DAY
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Hey Mitchell come over here. (she
leads Mitchell over to where she
and Sammy are standing)
                                                            
                       MITCHELL
What is it??
                                                            
                       SALLY
      (Draws breath)
Mitchell, we uhh... well we know
that you stole the book.
                                                            

10.

                       MITCHELL
      (looks confused
       and surprised)
You do?? How do you know it was
me?
                                                            
                       SALLY
Because we found a handprint,
footprint, a brown hair and
watched the surveillance camera
and the clues all lead up to you.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Why did you do it?
                                                            
                       MITCHELL
Because I never get any attention
around here. I wanted to find the
treasure because then I would be
popular. I'm really good at
figuring out clues.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
We won't tell if you return the
book. So will you return it??
                                                            
                       MITCHELL
      (In a small voice)
Yes.
                                                            
                       SALLY
Since you're good at solving clues
you could probably really help us.
So, do you want to help us find
the treasure?
                                                            
                       MITCHELL
      (happier voice)
Really??! Can I???!! I'd love
to!!!
                                                            
                       SALLY
Well come on, hand over the book
so we can decipher it.
                                                            

11.

                       MITCHELL
      (gets book out and
       gives it to sally)
Here it is.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
      (looks inside book)
Hey it's in a foreign language.
How are we going to figure it out?
                                                            
                       SALLY
Let me see it. I know some
languages. (Takes book and studies
it) Hey, this is pig latin. It
starts "onkeysmay rentaay
mimalsaay" The beginning letter
goes to the end and you add AY. So
it means "monkeys aren't animals
tuna aren't fish, count my bars,
that is my wish."
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Now I know pig latin.
                                                            
                       MITCHELL
monkeys.....bars.....What's that
mean?
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Monkeys....bars....MONKEY BARS!
                                                            
                       SALLY
I guess we go to the monkey bars
to count up the bars.
                                                            
 
EXT. PLAYGROUND - DAY
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Now we just count the
bars.(Students point and count
under their breath)
                                                            
                       SALLY
Eighteen.
                                                            

12.

                       MITCHELL
How do we figure out what to do
next?
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Let's check in the book again.
                                                            
                       SALLY
Nope, nothin'.
                                                            
                       MITCHELL
      (sighs)
I guess we just give up.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
No, never, let's keep going.
                                                            
                       SALLY
Wait, why did they want us to
count the bars? I think we have to
get to the next clue so, maybe we
need to walk eighteen paces.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Good idea! But which way?
                                                            
                       MITCHELL
Let's each try going different
ways.
                                                            
                       SALLY
I will go toward the slide.
                                                            
                       MITCHELL
I'll go toward the swings.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
I'll go toward the building.
                                                            
                       MITCHELL
      (along with Sammy)
There's nothing here.
                                                            
                       SALLY
I found something guys. Come here.
(Mitchell and Sammy join her)
                                                            

13.

                       MITCHELL
What do we do now? There's nothing
here.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Stop being a quitter. Look around.
The only thing different is
there's a mark here and the others
don't have one.
                                                            
                       SALLY
Wait there's a marker near the
tree in the front of the building.
                                                            
                       MITCHELL
Come on, I'll show that there's
nothing there.
                                                            
 
EXT. FRONT OF SCHOOL - DAY
                                                            
                       MITCHELL
Look there's nothing here. I want
to go back to class. We'll get in
trouble if we stay out here much
longer.
                                                            
                       SALLY
Maybe if we slam all the letters
together it will make some other
words.
                                                            
                       MITCHELL
Alright, That's the biggest word
in the universe, but it doesn't
spell anything. Can we go back
now?
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Maybe if we scratch off every
other letter, maybe it will form
another word.
                                                            

14.

                       SALLY
It says, Go to the back lot, Don't
ask me where it is, because I
forgot.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Let's go to the back lot then.
                                                            
 
EXT. BACK LOT - DAY
                                                            
                       MITCHELL
Now we're back here. What are we
going to do now?
                                                            
                       SALLY
Be persistent, look at that arrow
it's pointing to that weird tree.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Ok, let's check it out.
                                                            
                       MITCHELL
      (shivering/ scared
       nature)
That's freaky. Is that tree
looking at me?
                                                            
                       SAMMY
No, it's looking at my house.
                                                            
                       SALLY
Well everything else has been a
riddle. maybe...What the eyes can
see, that's where you should be,
that's the end of the mystery.
                                                            
                       MITCHELL
Good job Sally.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Ok we can go to my house after
school, but I've been in every
nook and cranny of my house
playing hide and seek, but there
is no treasure.
                                                            

15.

                       SALLY
I think we should check anyway.
                                                            
 
INT. HOUSE - DAY
                                                            
Students together head into Sammy's house.
                                                            
                       SALLY
I hope we find a million bucks.
                                                            
                       MITCHELL
Oh no, it'll be a real treasure,
diamonds and jewels.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
I already told you, there is no
treasure.
                                                            
                       SALLY
But the eyes see where we should
be and the eyes are pointing to
your house so we have to look in
your house.
                                                            
Walk into the house.
                                                            
                       EVERYONE
      (yelling)
SURPISE!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Whoa! How did these clues lead to
this?
                                                            
                       DAD
We did it.
                                                            
                       MOM
We know that you love mysteries.
So we made your birthday party a
mystery. We just knew you'd figure
it out.
                                                            
                       SAMMY
Thank you everyone.
                                                            


THE END


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