Inggo's Big Idea/Transcript

Inggo: (sweeping)

Karen: Phew! (fanning) Good morning, Inggo. The weather sure changes a lot these days, doesn't it? Phew!

Inggo: ''Oo nga, e. Ngayon, napakainit, tapos kahapon, ang lakas ng hangin! Kaya nga, maraming mga nalipat na hangin.''

Karen: Oh, oh, oy, uh, wait, wait, wait!

Inggo: Ano?

Karen: (gets the paper) This looks like a page from a book! Whoa, it is!

Inggo: What does it say?

Karen: Hmm, you read 'The Boy and the Forest, p.1'. I think it's a story.

Inggo: What's it about?

Karen: Hmm, hmm, (zooms page) I think it's about Pablo and his special gift of talking to trees.

Inggo: How can you guess it in one sentence?

Karen: Well, you just have to get the big idea.

Inggo: Big idea.

Karen: The big idea is what the paragraph is all about. I saw the paragraph here, so I read through here.

(the words 'Big Idea = what the paragraph is all about' appears, with 'Big Idea' in yellow)

Inggo: Oh. Oy, Karen! (points at another page) There's another page!

Karen: Oh, yes, there is!

Inggo: I think it's the continuation of the story.

Karen: Well, come here! Let's read it!

Karen: The trees were Pablo's friends, (zooms pags) and he took good care of them. Look, there's more.

Inggo: Whenever new trees grew, Pablo would pull out the weeds around them.

Karen: (zooms another page) Pablo made sure that he would never do anything to hurt or destroy any his friends. What a good boy!

Inggo: Interesting! But, what's the big idea there?

Karen: It's the friendship between Pablo and the trees, who are his friends.

(The words 'The friendship between Pablo and the trees' appear in yellow)

Inggo: Oo nga, so that's what the paragraph is all about. That's the big idea.

(The words 'Big Idea' appear in yellow, synchronized with the sound of a rooster's call)

Karen: Very good, Inggo. That is correct.

Inggo: You know what? I have a big idea.

Karen: Well, what is it?

Inggo: Why don't we look for the other pages of the book? Let's follow the story.

Karen: Yes, yes! That is a great idea.

(Karen and Inggo shake hands)

Karen: Let's go!

Inggo: Let's go!

Karen: A-ha!

(Karen growls in frustration)

Inggo: No, no, no, there, there, there, there!

(different pages of the book act as a transition)

Inggo: What's the big idea? What's it all about? Just look in the details to know what it's about. Wha's the big idea? You need to get it about. Just need to get the details to know what it's about. What's the big idea? It's easy to find out. Just look into the details to tell what it's about!

(In a psychedelic background, Inggo describes what the big idea is, with the words visualized)

(transition)

(Inggo sees someone plant seeds)

Inggo: ''Mukhang mahina si Mando. Baka siya'y mayari ng libro!'' Good afternoon, Mando!

Mando: Oh, good afternoon, Inggo. I'm going to plant some seeds in this spot. We need more trees around here, you know.

Inggo: Ah, just like the place where Pablo lives.

Mando: Pablo? Who's Pablo?

Inggo: The boy in your book.

Mando: You mean this book? But this is about how to grow fruit trees!

Inggo: Ah, (laughs) ''akala ko kasi yung para kinaharap ni Karen kanina. E, baka mahulog mula sa libro ito.''

Karen: I'm looking for my pockets of seeds.

Inggo: Ah, I'll help you look for it.

Mando: Dito lagay kanina yun, e?

Inggo: Don't worry! I will look for it! A-ha! Here they are, Mando!

Mando: Thanks, Inggo. Here, you can have this pocket.

Inggo: Thanks! Good luck in your planting. (notices another page) Oh! Another page! Karen! Another page! Yoohoo! Kailan na kunan ako, o? Another page!

(transition)

(Karen tries to organize the pages)

Inggo: I found the next page, Karen!

Karen: Oh, that's great! Oh, what does it say?

Inggo: It says here that once a week, (zooms page) Pablo and his father go down to town to sell fruits and woordcarvings from the trees.

Karen: They also buy the things they need at home.

(flips page digitally)

Inggo: They leave early in the morning and return late at night.

Karen: These are details, Inggo.

(the word 'Details' in yellow appears)

Karen: You know, you can actually get the big idea of a paragraph from the details.

Inggo: Huh?

Karen: Details are supporting ideas that form the big idea.

(the words 'Details = supporting ideas that form the big idea' appear, with 'Details' in yellow)

Karen: You just put them together, and then you got the big idea!

Inggo: Hmm. Well, the details in that story told about Pablo and his father's trip to town.

(the words 'Pablo and his father's trip to town' appear in yellow)

Karen: That is correct, Inggo. You got the big idea.

(Inggo laughs)

Mando: Karen, Inggo.

Inggo: Mang Mando!

Karen: Hi!

Mando: I found a page of your story outside your house!

Karen&Inggo: Ah.

Mando: Here!

Karen: Thank you, Mando. Now, we will know what will happen next.

Inggo: Okay, see you.

Karen: Bye!

(Inggo cries)

Karen: Inggo, why? What happened?

Inggo: Karen...

Karen: What?

Pablo's forest was destroyed!

Karen: What?

Karen: (zooms page) One day, when Pablo and his father were in town,

Inggo: ...woodmen came to the forest and chopped down all the trees! (cries)

Karen: Oh, no, poor Pablo!

Inggo: Karen...

Karen: Yes?

Inggo: that story...This story just gave me a big idea.

(Inggo whispers something to Karen)

(transition)

(Inggo and Karen are seen planting plants)

Karen: Here, Inggo. I told Aling Emma about your big idea.

Inggo: Wow! Thank you, Karen! These pots are mine now?

Karen: Yes. She said that your tree planting project is very good.

Inggo: Hmm! I just feel sad for Pablo.

(Karen pats him on the shoulder)

Inggo: People should plant trees, not destroy them.

Karen: I agree with you, Inggo.

Joy: Hi, Inggo, hi, Karen.

Inggo: Hi, Joy.

Karen: How are you, joy?

Joy: I'm fine, thank you. Aling Emma said you have a treeplanting project, so, I came by to give you some trees. Here!

Inggo: Wow! Salamat, Joy!

Karen: Thank you!

Joy: You're welcome, Inggo. See you! Bye-bye.

Inggo: Bye-bye, Joy!

Karen: Bye-bye.

Joy: Bye.

Karen: Let's see, let's see. Oh my, Inggo. I think it's another page from the book! Can I see, can I see?

(Inggo removes the dust from the paper)

Inggo: Okay, uh, here.

Karen: Mm-hmm. Yes, it is, it is! This is what happens to Pablo when he went to the forest.

(zooms page)

Karen: Pablo cried and cried; and then, a fairy appeared.

(flips page digitally)

Karen: And the fairy said that there is hope. Pablo can still save the forest! I think Pablo should listen to the fairy. What do you think, Inggo?

Inggo: I think, umm, I think there's a, a.. snake crawling up your right foot.

Karen: Ah, ooh, take it out, take it out, take it out please! Oh, I don't want a snake!

Inggo: (laughs) It's a worm! (laughs) Don't tell me you're afraid of worms!

Karen: Of course not! You told me not to move! Anyway, I think we should plant now.

Inggo: Really? Karen...

Karen: Here! Put it in the pot! Here!

Inggo: Kawawa naman yung worm! Eew! Dirty! Karen, kayaya sa akin.

Karen: Here, here, there's a lot!

(transition)

Inggo: There! There! That's the last one! Thanks for helping me plant, Karen.

Karen: Oh, you're very welcome, Inggo. Soon, in a ffew years, all of these seeds will become trees!

Inggo: Ah, to give us more shade,

Karen: more fruits,

Inggo: more wood,

Karen: Just like in the story! (sighs) Too bad, we'll never know how it ends!

Inggo: Ah, I have another big idea!

Karen: Well, what is it?

Inggo: What if we came up with our own ending?

Karen: (gasps) That is a good idea! Now, now, we have to come up with a big idea. Hmm...

Inggo: Hmm...

Karen: How does the story end?

(all of Inggo's proposed endings idea solidify in a thought bubble connected to Inggo)

Inggo: How about... Pablo becomes a forest ranger?

Karen: Forest ranger...Very good, (claps) very good! Now the details.

Inggo: He asks for the townpeople's help, and together, they plant trees!

Karen: Then, they all thank Pablo for such a good idea!

Inggo: And then, they vow to protect the trees in the forest all their lives!

Karen: All right! The end! (sings) The end!

Inggo: (sings) The end!