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| Scene: The Simpsons backyard. Bart and Lisa, heads buried in comics, | |||
| in chairs in the backyard. Maggie in her playpen bouncing a ball. | |||
| Marge in the car (which is in the driveway), Homer by the car door. | |||
| Bart: | [VO] As you may recall from our last `thrilling' episode, me and Lisa | ||
| were minding our own beeswax in the backyard. | |||
| The old man yelled at us... | |||
| Homer: | Bart, Lisa. Keep an eye on Maggie. | ||
| Bart and Lisa wave good-bye, not even looking up. | |||
| Bart: | And he and Mom went off shopping for weed killer. | ||
| The car zooms off. | |||
| Maggie bounces the ball out of the playpen, and Bart kicks it away. | |||
| Maggie hops out of her playpen... | |||
| Bart: | The sun was shining... | ||
| Maggie lands on Bart's skateboard and rolls away... | |||
| Bart: | The birds were tweeting. Real relaxin', nuthin' goin' on. | ||
| Maggie rolls down the sidewalk in pursuit of the ball. | |||
| Bart: | Totally mellow, man. | ||
| Maggie follows the ball into a drainage pipe, emerging in a | |||
| river, still in pursuit of the ball. | |||
| Bart: | Just sitting there reading comic books. | ||
| Quick shot of Bart, head still buried in a comic book. | |||
| Bart: | The best of all possible worlds. | ||
| Maggie, atop the skateboard, approaches a waterfall. | |||
| Bart: | Everything was groovy and peaceful, man. | ||
| Maggie goes off the falls, grabs an overhanging branch, which breaks. | |||
| Bart: | And now, on with our story. | ||
| Maggie falling, ball in her left hand, skateboard in her right hand, | |||
| sucking furiously while falling. | |||
| Maggie lands in the mist at the bottom of the falls, and miraculously | |||
| emerges, balanced on the skateboard, and still clutching the ball. | |||
| Even more miraculously, she is still dry. She floats down the river, | |||
| and hits a sloped rock, which acts as a ramp, propelling her through | |||
| the air, landing on a grassy cliff, which leads to a fairground. | |||
| (Signs read, ``Ball toss'' and ``Jumping frogs''.) | |||
| Passing through a crowd of people, Maggie gets hold of a bunch of balloons, | |||
| which slowly but surely lifts her off the ground. The ball is in her | |||
| right hand, the skateboard between her legs. | |||
| Scene: Homer and Marge in the car, Homer driving. Both look rather | |||
| tired. They see Maggie floating by. They look at each other. | |||
| Homer: | Naah... | ||
| Floating along, Maggie inten> | |||
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