<p>Stinky Wind</p><p>Transcript of the Stinky Wind video story book </p><p>NARRATOR </p><p>There were three girls called Megan, Sally and Alec. They were mean girls. In the afternoon they would meet at Sally’s house. For fun they made lists of people they didn’t like. If you had big ears or red hair or a voice that warbled like a magpie that was enough for them not to like you. The old people knew when the girls were together because the sun grew dull and things lost their colour. One day Megan had a plan. </p><p>MEGAN</p><p>This is my brother’s phone. Nobody knows his number – let’s have some fun!</p><p>SALLY</p><p>Yes!</p><p>ALEC</p><p>Awesome!</p><p>MEGAN</p><p>Ok let’s text someone!</p><p>ALEC</p><p>Let’s text that girl Trisha</p><p>MEGAN</p><p>Is that the one with the smelly hair?</p><p>SALLY</p><p>Eww I hate her hair, it’s yuck!</p><p>MEGAN</p><p>Okay, what should I say?</p><p>SALLY</p><p>Write, “Trisha, you stink” (They all laugh. Megan taps the message into her phone) </p><p>ALEC</p><p>Yeah, send it!</p><p>(The phone walks away with the message)</p><p>NARRATOR</p><p>Megan wrote the message and pressed send. The phone took the message to Trisha. Trisha cooked the meals and did all the washing in her house because her mother was sick. Trisha didn’t mind, she wanted her mum to get better. Trisha’s mother slept in the afternoon, so Trisha watched TV. Trisha loved shows where people went on adventures or cooked tasty meals. When Trisha was old enough, she wanted to have exciting adventures and become a great cook. Trisha was cooking when the phone message came. </p><p>(Sound of phone message)</p><p>TRISHA</p><p>Oh, who’s this from?</p><p>PHONE</p><p>Trisha everyone at school thinks you stink </p><p>TRISHA</p><p>I hate you. </p><p>PHONE</p><p>Whatever</p><p>(phone walks off)</p><p>NARRATOR</p><p>Having made Trisha sad, the phone left. She started to cry. She didn’t know who had sent the message. Trisha’s mother could hear her cry. She called out but Trisha didn’t answer.</p><p>TRISHA’S MUM</p><p>Trisha what’s wrong? </p><p>NARRATOR Her mother was too weak to get up. Both of them felt a big shame and the house became cold and quiet like a cave. Meanwhile, the phone walked back to Sally’s house. </p><p>PHONE</p><p>She says I hate you</p><p>MEAN GIRLS</p><p>What a stinky loser</p><p>(laughter)</p><p>ALEC</p><p>That was so much fun. </p><p>SALLY</p><p>Let’s do it again. </p><p>MEGAN</p><p>Who else can we call? </p><p>NARRATOR</p><p>A stinky wind started to blow around their house. The old people knew it was caused by the girls bullying. The girls were crossing the line.</p><p>MEGAN </p><p>Who else should we text?</p><p>ALEC</p><p>You know that girl that wears thick glasses?</p><p>SALLY</p><p>The ugly one. </p><p>MEGAN</p><p>Rowena?</p><p>SALLY</p><p>Yeah</p><p>MEGAN What should we say?</p><p>SALLY </p><p>She’s ugly and blind. </p><p>MEGAN</p><p>That’s so funny. </p><p>ALEC</p><p>Hurry send it!</p><p>NARRATOR</p><p>So the phone took the girls’ message to Rowena. Rowena wore glasses. Sometimes it was a little hard for her to see. Rowena had a deadly drop punt and Leon would run after the ball like a dog. When Rowena’s brother Leon grew up he wanted to be a professional footballer. When Rowena grew up she wanted to be an eye-doctor. Rowena got the message while she was playing kick-to-kick with Leon. Rowena looked at her phone which was beeping.</p><p>(sound of phone message)</p><p>PHONE</p><p>Rowena, you’re ugly but you don’t know it because you’re blind. </p><p>ROWENA</p><p>I am not. </p><p>PHONE</p><p>Yes you are, you’re blind and ugly. </p><p>NARRATOR</p><p>Meanwhile, Leon stood in the distance and called out to Rowena.</p><p>LEON</p><p>Kick the ball, Rowena. </p><p>ROWENA</p><p>No Leon, I’m going inside. </p><p>NARRATOR Rowena went inside. She was sick with bully poison.</p><p>ROWENA</p><p>You’re a bully. </p><p>PHONE</p><p>Whatever, bye. </p><p>(phone walks back to the mean girls)</p><p>PHONE</p><p>She called you a bully. </p><p>MEGAN</p><p>As if. </p><p>SALLY</p><p>Bullies are boys, stupid. </p><p>MEGAN</p><p>And we’re not boys, stupid!</p><p>ALEC</p><p>She is so stupid. </p><p>SALLY</p><p>What do you expect from someone ugly and blind. </p><p>(All laugh) </p><p>NARRATOR</p><p>Outside, the stinky wind was blowing stronger. It was so strong now that the colours started blowing off the trees. Even the stinky bugs were leaving the house because of the bad smell. The old people called for the girls to stop. The girls were making a bad wind by being bullies. They didn’t care and just laughed. </p><p>OLD PERSON 1</p><p>Stop it!</p><p>OLD PERSON 2</p><p>Stop! OLD PERSON 3</p><p>Don’t cross the line!</p><p>NARRATOR</p><p>The girls ignored to warnings about crossing the line.</p><p>ALEC</p><p>Who else should we text? </p><p>SALLY</p><p>Let’s text the new girl, Karri. </p><p>MEGAN</p><p>Isn’t that the girl who stutters?</p><p>SALLY</p><p>Yeah, why can’t she speak normally? </p><p>ALEC</p><p>I know it’s not that h-h-h-hard. </p><p>MEGAN</p><p>What shall we say? </p><p>ALEC</p><p>Ask her why she talks like a fart?</p><p>SALLY</p><p>That’s so mean. </p><p>MEGAN</p><p>No it’s not, it’s funny. </p><p>NARRATOR</p><p>Karri and her family had shifted to the area because her father, who worked as a park ranger, had been transferred there. Karri had a stutter, which means some words were hard to say. </p><p>KARRI</p><p>W-w-w-wangaratta NARRATOR</p><p>But when Karri sang she didn’t stutter, even on the hardest word. Her father said this was a mystery.</p><p>(Karri singing Wangaratta without stuttering)</p><p>NARRATOR</p><p>Karri’s father sometimes took care of sick animals. Karri was hand-feeding a baby wallaby when the text message came. </p><p>(Phone walks up to Karri and stands next to her) </p><p>NARRATOR</p><p>The phone whistled as it walked. But this time something weird happened. No matter how hard it tried, the phone couldn’t talk. </p><p>(Phone tries to talk a few times)</p><p>NARRATOR</p><p>After trying and trying, the phone gave up and walked back to the girls. </p><p>MEGAN</p><p>What did she say? </p><p>PHONE</p><p>Nothing, I couldn’t give her your text. </p><p>MEGAN</p><p>Why not? </p><p>PHONE</p><p>I can’t give her your message because she won’t take your call. </p><p>NARRATOR </p><p>Karri had met bullies before. Now she only reads messages from family and friends. That way she avoided text bullies. Her father had helped her program her phone so now it showed her who a message was from. If she didn’t know the number, she deleted the message without reading it. Because she didn’t read the nasty message, she finished feeding the wallaby and felt good about herself. She was happy not to get the girls’ nasty message. Megan, Sally and Alec flew into a rage because Karri wouldn’t listen to them. Megan threw her brother’s phone against the wall and then she started being nasty to Sally and Alec. The girls started bullying each other. Outside their house the stinky wind had grown so strong not even the old people couldn’t help. The girls became trapped in their stinky world. As long as they wanted to be mean, not even the stinky bugs wanted to be near them. </p>