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Scene 1
The scene opens with upbeat music swelling over an overhead view of the town of Nome, we see a moving shot of multiple stores and then to a shot of Balto’s children all running together pulling their musher’s sled, they stop, but the camera keeps going and goes to a shot of Balto and Jenna walking together down the sidewalk. They look at their children with noticeable pride on their faces.
Jenna: Oh, Balto, look. The kids are in from their rounds. We should go and say hello!
Balto: Nah, they don’t wanna be bothered while they’re working.
Jenna: Do you think they’ll win the race again?
Balto: I don’t know. Steele’s son and his team are pretty strong this year.
Jenna: I really can’t believe he even found a girlfriend.
Balto: Well, she wasn’t really his girlfriend. It was kind of like when humans go somewhere where they all gather and…well…you know.
Jenna: Well, I’m sure he wanted to raise him; why else would he be training him?
Balto: Maybe.
(Kodi enters)
Kodi: Hi, Mom.
Jenna: Hi, sweetie.
Balto: How ya doin’, Sport?
Kodi: Great.
Jenna: Kodi, how were the rounds today?
Kodi: Well, I don’t care who made him, Valo couldn’t keep up with us to save his life. The whole time, Dingo and I were dragging him and he was trying to tell us shortcuts back. If you ask me, it’s just so he doesn’t have to run any longer.
Balto: Well, Sport, you gotta give him a break. It was his first day on the job.
Kodi: But he wouldn’t shut up about how Steele is his dad.
Jenna: You know, Kodi, I know some things about his father that would frighten anyone.
Balto and Kodi: Like what?
Jenna (slyly): Well, let’s just say he’s not as big as he likes to think he is.
(She walks away, but stops briefly to smile at Balto and Kodi and then continues walking.)
Kodi: I don’t get it.
Balto (after an I-can’t-believe-she-just-said-that sigh): You’re not supposed to.
(Balto exits and Kodi begins walking toward where he originally came from at the beginning of the scene)
Dingo: Hey, Kodi!
Kodi: Bro, what’s up?
(The enter into an indecipherable handshake with their right paws)
Dingo: I think Valo’s gonna get into a fight with Juno.
Kodi (urgently): Well, why didn’t you tell me before we did that stupid handshake? (He runs off, leaving Dingo behind.)
Dingo (yelling after Kodi) Hey, it’s not stupid!!!! (He runs off after Kodi.)
Scene 2
The scene quickly cuts from the previous scene to a happening of extremely tense proportions: One of Balto’s sons, Juno, and Steele’s son Valo are face-to-face with each other while Balto’s two daughters, Kayla and Leta, look on in sheer horror. Juno and Valo are growling at each other from a pouncing distance.
Juno: I don’t want to hear you ever saying that again, you little twerp! You never call my father that ever again!
Valo: Who cares?! He’s a half-bred, worthless lowlife. It’s true!
Juno: You!!!!!!! (He takes a swipe at Valo, nicking his chest.)
Valo: Hey! You lay another paw on me and my dad’ll kill you.
Juno: What, you don’t got the guts to kill me yourself?
(Kayla screams and faints. Kodi and Dingo come rushing into the scene and stop in between the two combatants.)
Kodi: Hey, guys, stop it!
Valo: Is that a half-breed talking to me, because all I hear is howling.
Juno: You!!!! (He lunges at Valo, but is held back by Kodi and Dingo.)
Dingo: Why don’t you call your daddy and he can fight this battle for you, Valo, because you’re gonna lose, you know that right?
(Steele walks in (perhaps wearing glasses) as though he doesn’t notice Juno attempting to lunge at his son.)
Steele (casually): Hey, hey, what’s going on here?
Valo: They’re trying to kill me, Dad.
Steele: Uh-huh. (He walks up to a now relatively calm Juno.) Mind explaining?
Juno: Your son’s calling us half-breeds, sir, and I don’t take kindly to that.
Steele (walking away from Juno): Well, that’s a surprise, because, last I checked, it was the truth.
(Juno lashes out at Steele, but is once again held back by Kodi and Dingo.)
Leta (frantically): Stop!!!
Juno: Come back here!!!! I’ll—I’ll—
Steele: You’ll what, wolf-boy?!
Valo: Hey, wolf-boy!
(Juno’s face becomes contorted with literally suppressed rage.)
Valo: Ha, ha, look at him, Dad!
Kodi: Why don’t you pick on somebody your own size?
Steele: You mean like your father?
Balto (off-camera): That’s enough, Steele!!!
(Everybody turns to the direction of Balto’s voice and Kayla awakens.)
Steele: Oh, ho!!!! Look who it is: it’s wolf-boy himself!
Balto (entering the scene as Juno is now almost completely calm): Keep our kids out of this, Steele.
Steele (while attempting to stare down Balto): Don’t tell me what to do with my son, you half-breed! I’ll decide what’s best for him!
Balto: What’s that: teaching him to call dogs without a pedigree half-breed?
Steele: Maybe if your crazy son over there weren’t so quick to kill him, maybe Valo wouldn’t call him a half-breed.
(Juno babbles indistinct threats as he lunges toward Steele once more.)
Balto (through slightly gritted teeth) I said leave them out of this!
Steele (advancing on Balto, but still keeping eye-contact): Well, what’re you gonna do about it, wolf-boy?
Doc (off-camera): That’s quite enough, Steele!!!
(Doc comes into the picture, followed closely by Nikki, Kaltag, and Star.)
Doc: What in the name of all that’s holy is going on here?
Steele (very quickly and forcefully): These wolves are harassing my son.
Nikki: Youse sure it wasn’t the other way around, Steele? Cause I actually saw what happened here, Doc. Valo here was callin’ Juno over there a half-breed and Steele came in and joined him.
Steele (threateningly): You sure that’s what you saw, Nikki? Cause I saw you not saying anything if you want to live to see the summer.
Doc: Steele, was that just a threat I heard?
Steele: Maybe, maybe not.
Kaltag: Steele, you are the most audacious, the most repugnant, the most sniveling little—
Star: You’re bad.
(Kaltag bonks Star on the head and Star falls down.)
Balto: Doc, if I may be allowed to say something—
Steele: You’ll say something when you’re spoken to, wolf-boy!
Doc: Steele, you do not make the decisions here.
Steele: Oh yeah? And who does: you, old man?
Doc: Yes, I do, Steele. Now, Balto, what were you going to say?
Balto: If I may, we’re all really tired and a little on edge, so if we could just leave, we’d like to avoid even more trouble.
Doc: You may go. Steele, if I may, I’d like to have a stern talk with you and your son, please.
Steele: Whatever.
(Steele and the rest exit while Balto and his children remain. Jenna runs in suddenly.)
Jenna (almost out of breath): What happened?! I saw you all from down the street.
Balto: Nothing, we were just leaving.
Jenna (to Kodi, Dingo and Juno): What happened?
(The boys stare off into space as though they didn’t hear their mother.)
Jenna (to Kayla, basically ignoring this): What happened?
Kayla: Juno got into a fight with Valo and Steele came in and—
Leta: And called us all half-breeds and then Daddy came in and—
Balto: And solved the problem peacefully.
Leta (apparently not able to take the hint): No you didn’t, Daddy. You almost got into a fight with Steele and then Doc had to come in and solve it.
Jenna (after staring scornfully at Balto for a few seconds): Kids, can you leave your father and me alone for a few minutes? I’d like to talk to him for a while.
(All except Kodi exit.)
Jenna (in a kindly way): That means you too, Kodi.
Kodi: But Mom, Dad didn’t do anything. Steele was—
Balto (in the same kindly way, but in a more masculine tone): Sport, Doc’s gonna deal with Steele. Listen to your mother, all right?
Kodi (in a dejected tone and not making eye-contact with Balto): Okay, Pop.
(Kodi walks off slowly as Balto and Jenna watch him.)
Jenna: Balto, why do you still think you have to match yourself with Steele to gain respect?
Balto: I don’t, Jenna. It’s just—(he sighs)—I want the kids to have somebody they can look up to.
Jenna: You don’t think our children have somebody they can look up to? Are you saying that their father, the one who saved the entire town, isn’t a good example for them to follow?
Balto: No it’s just—(with noticeable menace) Steele.
Jenna: Balto, you shouldn’t worry about him. He’s just very bitter because he’s lost all his fame to you.
Balto: Still, that half-breed thing he and his son do…
Jenna: Balto, he’s just jealous because you have what he used to have and that’s his fame.
Balto: Maybe.
Jenna: And I think he’s also jealous that you have what he never had.
Balto (in a what-are-you-talking-about way): What’s that?
(Jenna nuzzles under Balto’s chin very lovingly.)
Balto (with realization): Oh.
(Perhaps a song selection sung by Jenna. Boris flies into the scene extremely energetically.)
Boris (flying, apparently unable to stop): Balto!!!!!!!!!!
(Boris, because he is unable to slow down, slams into the window of the building that Balto and Jenna are in front of.)
Balto: Boris, you all right?!
(Boris appears at the window, but appears to be dizzy.)
Boris (slurred): No, mother! The bagel shop isn’t closed. Yeah, you can get some at this hour, I’m sure.
(Boris falls from the window into a barrel, where Balto and Jenna walk up to.)
Balto: Boris, you okay?
Boris (popping up, apparently not realizing what just happened): Oh, Balto!!!!!!! (He jumps out of the barrel.) The eggs are hatched!!!!
Jenna (happily): Stella’s eggs?
Boris (sarcastically): No, mine. (Giddily) Of course Stella’s eggs!!!!!! What’re you, a meshugginah???!!!
Balto: When did they hatch?
Boris: Just now! Come on! (He flies off.)
(Balto and Jenna grin warmly at each other as the picture fades out to the next scene.)
Scene 3
The scene opens with the fade from the last scene to an overhead shot of Balto’s ship which we see Balto, Jenna and Boris all approaching. The shot goes down to a frontal view of them walking. Soft music is playing in the background. The view fades to a view of Boris, Balto and Jenna walking into the entrance of the ship, with Boris ecstatically leading the way. Jenna sees something off-camera and gasps happily. Boris is energetically muttering something indistinct in Russian. Balto has a wide toothless grin on his face.
Jenna: Stella! They’re beautiful!!!!!!!!
Stella: Thank you, Jenna.
Boris: Yes, they are beautiful! Stella, do you need anathing?
Stella (kindly): No, Boris. I told you already. I’m fine.
Boris: You’re sure? Water? Seed? Cream cheese?
Stella: Yeah, I’m sure.
Jenna: Oh, Balto, look! There are six of them: Just like ours!!!
Stella: I have to get some food for them pretty soon. (She shudders.)
Jenna: Oh, Balto, aren’t they adorable?
Balto (softly, but clearly audible): They sure are. (He notices something in the group of chicks.) Is that one gray?
Boris: Yes, he is.
Jenna (not as enthusiastic as before, but still happily): Just like—
Balto (softly and with a reminiscing look on his face): Aleu.
Boris: Ah, Aleu. She was a good kid. But she was a wolf depp down and there was nothing you could have done to hold something like that down, Balto.
Stella: Spoken like a true father.
Boris: Stella, you’re embarrassing me.
Jenna (sniffing the air, saying slyly): Uh oh, Boris, do know what I smell?
Boris (in a please-don’t-mean-what-I-think-you-mean tone): Herring?
Balto (teasingly): Oh man, I smell it too. It’s gotta be—
Muk (off-camera and distant): Uncle Boris!!!!!!!!!
Boris: No!!!! Not de bears!!!!
Muk (running on-camera as Luk embraces Boris): Uncle Boris, we just heard about it!!!
Boris (with forced inquisition after he frees himself from Luk’s grip): Really, from who?
Muk: From Sylvie.
Boris: How did Sylvie find out about it?!
(He casts an accusing look at Stella, who looks back with an apologetic smile.)
Jenna: Stella, I wouldn’t go telling your personal secrets to her if you want a secret kept. Balto, remember when she—Balto?
(Balto is reflecting and apparently not listening.)
Jenna: Balto!
Balto (snapping out of the reflection): Wh—What?
Jenna: I was saying what a big mouth Sylvie has and she knows about the chicks.
Balto: Stella, why did you tell her?
Stella: Well, I can’t hide six newborn chicks when she comes over.
Balto: Well, you could try.
Jenna (kicking Balto in the leg): Balto!!!
Balto: Well, she can’t keep a secret if she was being held down by a bear.
(Luk makes whimpering noises toward Muk.)
Muk: Of course he’s going to show us the chicks!
(The rest cast Boris chiding looks.)
Boris: All right, all right!!!!! Muk! Luk! Come over here and see them.
(Muk and Luk excitedly run over to Stella and the chicks, leaving Jenna and Balto alone.)
Jenna (comfortingly): Balto, I’m sorry, I just…forgot. I remember how much she meant to you and I didn’t want to bring her up because I know how you get…upset whenever we mention her.
Balto: You know, I haven’t thought about Aleu for years, Jenna? Letting her go was one the hardest things I ever had to do. God, I miss her, Jenna.
Jenna: Balto, she just realized who she was and she realized she belonged to that pack. You couldn’t have changed that.
Balto: I know, but I just haven’t thought about her for awhile and it’s kind of too much for me right now.
Jenna (comfortingly still): Balto, Aleu’s found a new family, but do you know where she’s still a part of this one?
Balto: Where?
(Jenna lifts up her paw and touches it to Balto’s heart.)
Jenna: Here. And the rest of our family is here to love and care for each other. Aleu is with us in our hearts.
(They nuzzle each other.)
Balto: I love you, Jenna.
Jenna: I love you too, Balto.
Balto: I just can’t fill in that hole that she left, Jenna.
Jenna: We all could try to help, Balto, we all have holes in our hearts from it, even me. We all need each other’s help to fill it.
Balto: I guess you’re right. And Steele and his—
Jenna: Oh, Balto, try not to think about him.
Balto: Okay.
Jenna: Do you want me to keep you some company tonight?
Balto (with a warm smile): I’d like that.
(They return to nuzzling each other. After a few seconds, they open their eyes and still have their heads together as they look towards Boris and the rest who are looking at the chicks. They both smile as the camera view cuts to an elevated view of their backs, but captures the rest of the characters in the scene. The camera pans up to the afternoon sky and fades to a clear night sky with perhaps a few patches of clouds. End of scene.)
Scene 4
the view of the last scene slowly pans down to a view of the telegrapher’s office building. The solemn music from the last scene dies out as the scene cuts to a view of inside the office where the telegrapher is drowsily waiting for incoming messages at his desk while Morris, his dog is snoozing in his bed underneath the desk. A message begins coming in and the telegrapher is struck with a jolt of energy as he begins writing down the message. Morris’ ear begins to twitch in its signature way as he wakes up from his deep sleep and is listening with great interest.
Telegrapher (mumbling as Morris listens more and more attentively): Wow…Really! Hmmmm….interesting……..
As the message continues to come in, Morris appears to be fairly excited about the message. The scene quickly cuts out to a view of the gang’s shed.
Scene 5
The view of the shed zooms in slowly as slightly daunting music begins to play softly, perhaps barely audible. The scene cuts to inside the shed where a fairly large crowd is gathered about a conversation being had between Doc and Steele and Valo.
Doc: Steele, why would you call innocent children half-breeds? They’ve won the big race the past two years and—
Steele (menacingly): I don’t care what those little brats have won.
Dixie: Steele, you’re repulsive!!!!!
Steele (sarcastically): Thank you, my lady fan.
Dixie: Hmph!!!
Town dog (in his signature Chicago accent): Steele, jus’ admit it! Yaw jealous o’ Balto’s kids for beatin’ yaw worthless son ‘ere at all them races!!!
Valo: Hey!
Steele: Shut up, freak!
Town dog: Don’t you cawl me a freak, you inbred sonuva—
Doc: That’s enough! Now, Steele, you can’t go walking about calling the town hero’s dogs half-breeds. I believe you and your son owe Balto and his family an apology.
Steele (after letting out a loud single laugh): From who?
Doc: From you!
Steele: You’re barkin’ up the wrong tree, here, Doc.
Valo: I was just letting his kids know that their dad’s a worthless mutt.
Doc: Well, young man, your father probably never told you this before, but that worthless mutt saved his hide a few years ago in the serum run.
Steele: That’s a lie, Valo!!! Don’t believe that old man!
Valo (staring down at Doc): I don’t, Dad!
Nikki (from behind Doc): Steele, we were there and if you weren’t tryin’ to kill him, you might not be denying it.
Steele: Didn’t I tell you before to stay out of this, fat boy?
Doc: Steele! Now you and your son’s behavior has gone far enough!!! I’m going to have to—
(Doc apparently hears something from across the street.)
Kaltag: What’s wrong, Doc?
Town dog: Hey, shudup! Don’t ya see he’s tryin’ to listen to a—?
Kaltag: Don’t you tell me to shut up, you—
Town dog (confrontationally): You what?
Doc: Shhhh!!!!! Everybody!!!
(Everybody stares at Doc who is listening to the distant Morse-code barking of Morris in the background as Steele has turned away from the group and is scoffing to himself as he lies down on a bed of straw. Valo begins to pace the length of the shed slowly and cockily. Cut to a shot of Doc from directly behind the group gathered to receive the news.)
Doc: Amazing! That’s absolutely amazing!
Dixie: What is it, Doc?
Town dog: What’s the news?
Doc: Astounding!
Elder dog: Well, what’s astounding, Doc?
(Cut to a close-up of Steele snoozing with one ear poking up to hear the dialogue.)
Doc: The world records people want Balto’s children to attempt the record for distance covered by a team in 24 hours!
(Steele wakes up as the group begins to chatter.)
Doc: And not only that! They want Balto to be on the team!
(The group’s chatter intensifies so nobody notices Steele’s next outburst.)
Steele (turning his head furiously): WHAT???!!!!
Valo: What?!
Doc (as he begins to speak again, the chatter dissipates): And they want Valo to be on the team!
Valo (suddenly excitedly to Steele): You hear that, Dad?!
Steele: Wait a minute!!! No son of mine’s gonna be on a sled team with a bunch of mutts!
Valo (with subtle disappointment): He’s not?
Doc: Steele, I think you should consider your son lucky to be on a team with the possibility to actually be remembered.
Steele: What’s that supposed to mean, old man?
Nikki: What it’s supposed to mean, Steele, is that your kid and his team are a bunch of good-for-nothin’ pieces of sh—
Steele: Shut up! Valo can outrun any dog in this town, even the wonderful Kodi. He’s just as good as any “legend” that’s ever been.
Doc: Well, why don’t you give him a chance to prove that, Steele?
Steele: Because he’s not going to be on a team with half-breeds!
Valo: But Dad—
Steele: No buts!
Town dog: Ya see that, kid? Yaw dad’s a chicken!
(Closeup of Steele making a convoluted face. Several make sounds signifying they sense a confrontation (aka “Ooooooh”).)
Steele (slightly twitching): What did you call me?
Town dog: Chi…cken!!
Steele: Nobody talks to me that way!! For your information, my son is going to be on that team and he’s gonna get all the credit for setting the record because he’s going to be the lead dog!
Doc: We’ll see, Steele. We’ll see….
The semi-close-up view of Doc’s face fades to the next scene under ominous music.
Scene 6
The dissolve from the previous scene shows us a view of Balto standing in front of the totem pole. It is still dark and the ominous music from the last scene has been replaced by solemn music. Jenna walks into the scene and sits beside Balto, who is looking up at the pole.
Jenna (in a sensual tone that might be construed as a “cheer-up” tone): What’re you thinking about? (She nuzzles his chest.)
Balto (unfazed by the intimacy): Aleu.
Jenna: Oh, Balto, trust me. She’s just fine now. From what you told me when you got back, it was almost as though she felt it was her destiny.
Balto: I know, but…Just today…I can’t stop thinking about her.
Jenna: I know, but we have five other beautiful children, Balto who’ve grown up to be model dogs for the town. You can’t dwell on something you’ve been led to believe turned out all right.
Balto (still staring at the pole): I just feel like…maybe she’s not doing too well.
Jenna (nuzzling Balto): Well, do we know what happened to her, or where she went?
Balto: I guess not.
Jenna: Then don’t worry about it. From what you told me, she joined a pack of wolves, became their leader, and left us peacefully.
Balto: Yeah…I guess…(looking down at Jenna and smiling) You should be getting to bed, Jenna.
Jenna (looking Balto straight in the eyes): You’re right. (She begins to run off, but stops and turns her head) And Balto…Don’t forget about the family you still have. (She runs out of the scene.)
(Balto looks from Jenna’s direction to the totem pole.)
Balto (to the totem pole, but obviously to Aleu): Where did you go, my daughter? Where did your destiny take you?
Fade. End of scene.
Scene 7
The dissolve from the previous scene shows us a panning view under ominous music of the Alaskan wilderness that very same night. The pan stops and begins zooming in on an open area still covered in snow as is the rest of the location. A fade takes us to a meeting among leaders of one of the wolf packs of the area. One of the pack members speaks up to the leader, who is not visible on camera.
Pack member: It’s almost the end of winter, and the game should be emerging any day now. It won’t be long now. I recommend we pounce on the opportunity since the weather is fair to seize this dish that’s been laid out for us!
The pack leader speaks up off-camera, but her voice should be unmistakable.
Leader (slightly chuckling): Cujo, you’re just like your father: He never wanted to wait.
Cujo (clearly annoyed): Aleu, why can’t we use the good weather to our advantage?
Aleu (as though she’s trying to explain it to a 5-year old kid): Because, Cujo, the weather is unpredictable this time of year and we need to wait longer before we go out on a whim and risk our finest hunters in a possible blizzard, that’s why.
Cujo: Well, the weather’s been this way for the past few days, Aleu.
Aleu: But winter’s not over yet.
Cujo (in a hostile manner): But it will be and I just think that before we starve to death we should do something about it!
(Aleu and the others take an extended look at Cujo.)
Aleu (looking from Cujo and looking to the crowd of others gathered around them): How about you guys…? Are you starving?
(Silence.)
Aleu (In a you-better-not-question-me way): Cujo, I was good friends with your mother. And the only reason you’re even on this council is because she begged me to allow it right before she died. Now I see you’re just like your father…He was just as impatient with these matters as you are. (Advancing on Cujo) Now, if you don’t want to end up like him, you best not follow through on your objections the way he did. Do we understand each other?
Cujo (noticeably frightened): Yes, Aleu.
Aleu: Good boy. (To one of the others on the council who is looking on) When do we think our hunters can be prepared, Lika?
Lika: A few days at least, Aleu.
Aleu (still not taking her eyes off Cujo): Thank you, Lika. I’m sorry there are just some here who think they know the solution to everything and don’t know what’s best for the pack as a whole. (To Cujo) I suggest you do something about that temper of yours, Cujo, because it’s going to get you into trouble someday.
Cujo: Yes, ma’am.
Aleu (softly to Cujo, so no one else can hear): I know what it’s like to be without parent, Cujo, so don’t try that on me, because I do know what you’re going through because I still remember them. (To the rest after a long pause in which her eyes open very widely in a close-up shot) Oh, meeting is adjourned!
Overhead shot of the meeting area. The rest of the council including Cujo begins to disperse slow, but Aleu is remaining in the same spot. Cut to a closer view of Aleu, who appears to be in deep thought, as her mouth is half-agape.
Aleu (to herself softly): Do I remember?
The camera pans up to a view of a near-full moon. End of scene.
Scene 8
The previous scene fades to an overhead view of Balto’s ship. Ominous music is playing in the background. Fade to inside where Balto and Jenna are sleeping inside. Jenna is sleeping quite peacefully and is smiling, whereas Balto is grimacing and sweating and tossing and turning. We fade to the dream he is having.
Balto is standing alone on a slab of ice and is the solitary puller of a dogsled. The raven from Wolf Quest appears overhead and Balto begins to follow it tirelessly, panting the whole way.
All of a sudden, Balto stops in his tracks as a result of seeing a figure in the distance. He focuses his vision on the figure and the view cuts to the silhouetted figure and we see that it is Aleu. Balto is shocked when it turns out to be Aleu and begins running towards her with anticipation. However, as he is running, the ice he is standing on cracks open, stopping Balto in his tracks again. We see one final look of desperation and worry on his face before the ice splits open right beneath his feet and sends him plunging to his death thousands of feet below. We hear Balto’s screams fade die out as the picture fades to white.
Cut to an up close shot of Balto’s still sleeping face. He is sweating profusely as climactic music is coming to an end.
Jenna: Balto?! BALTO!!!
(Balto wakes up with a start and a gasp. He looks around the inside of the ship urgently as though there is somebody there. There is not.)
Balto (almost out of breath): What happened?
Jenna (still apparently concerned): You were tossing and turning.
Balto (panting): It was all a dream!
Jenna: What was?
Balto: I—Oh, nothing, Jenna. Look, why don’t we just go back to sleep?
Jenna: But the sun is up.
(Balto returns to his normal tone of voice and gets up from bed to look out toward the horizon.)
Balto: Oh.
Jenna: Why don’t we just go into town together so you can calm down?
Balto: That sounds pretty good.
Jenna: Well, come on then.
(Jenna begins to exit the shot, but the camera begins to focus in on Balto’s concerned face, which Jenna does not see.)
Balto (to himself): Why is it happening again…?
Jenna (in the distance): Balto?
Balto (coming to his senses): Oh! Coming!
(Cut to a far shot of a distant Jenna outside of the ship waiting for Balto to exit. The rising sun is prominently featured in the orange morning sky. Balto is seen walking down the ramp and joining Jenna in walking toward the distant main street. Fade to next scene.)
Scene 9
(The transition fades to a close up of the view down main street. After a few seconds, it pans over to the front of the post office, where Kodi, Valo, Kodi’s siblings, as well as Dusty are being prepared for their rounds with the mail. Kodi is the lead dog and is next to Dusty, whom was not pulling the mail the previous day during the fight. Close up of Kodi and Dusty speaking to each other.)
Kodi: You sure you’re okay?
Dusty (somewhat nasally): Yeah, I’m fine. I just had a little cold yesterday. So, what did I miss?! (Quietly while gesturing toward Valo, who is near the back of the group) Did you guys kick his butt?
Kodi (chuckling): Heh, nah! My dad and everybody else got in there before that could happen. We woulda tore him a new one, though!
Dusty: God, I wish I could’ve been there! Is Juno okay?
Kodi: Yeah, he’s fine. He just needed some time to cool down. A little separation couldn’t’ve hurt either.
(They both look toward the back of the line, where their musher, Mr. Simpson, has finished strapping everybody in and is now going to get the mail from the postman, Mr. Connor.)
Mr. Connor (holding a sack of mail in one arm, and shaking Mr. Simpson’s hand with the other): Hey, there! Congratulations, Mr. Simpson!
Mr. Simpson (shaking his hand): Hey, thanks, Mr. Connor!
(Cut back to Kodi and Dusty, who are now looking at each other with rather confused facial expressions. The camera pans back to some 100 feet away to a back view of Dipsy, Mel, and Kirby.)
Dipsy: Well, which one of us is gonna tell ‘em?
Mel (neurotically): Who cares? They’ll probably end up getting caught in a blizzard anyway!
Kirby: Well, Steele’s little brat shoulda told ‘em, but no. I’m not breakin’ the news to Kodi and the rest that they gotta attempt it with him on the team.
Dipsy: Well, someone’s gotta tell ‘em!
Kirby: I’ll tell ya what we should do is wait for them to finish delivering the mail so they don’t get distracted.
Dipsy (happily exasperated): Oh, Kirby, what’s the difference?
Mel (frightened): He’s right! You get distracted out there in the springtime, and BOOM!!! You fall right through a crack in the ice and freeze to death!
Dipsy: Oh, Mel, why is everything so dramatic?
Mel: Because it’s all true!
Kirby: Well, I don’t wanna see the looks on those kids’ faces when I have to break the bad part of the news to them.
Dipsy: Well, we all agreed that it should be a surprise. It’s not gonna be a surprise if we don’t tell em soon!
Mel: Why did it have to be us, again?
Dipsy: Because Doc wanted us to.
Kirby: I wasn’t even at the meeting! I was busy enjoying retirement!
Dipsy: Oh, Kirby!
Mel: Well, what’re we gonna do?! What if they die out there today and we never get to tell them about it?!
Dipsy: Mel, they’ve been on the job for two and a half years! Quit worrying!
Mel: I’m not worried! What makes you think I’m worried? I’m just—
Dipsy: “Reasonably concerned”?
Mel: Uh-huh.
Kirby (humorously): Glad I don’t have to deal with that anymore!
Dipsy: Oh, Kirby, don’tcha miss it just a little bit?
Kirby: I don’t know…(Camera cuts to a distant view of Kodi still speaking with Dusty, but we still hear Kirby’s voice.) You know that ever since the accident, I worry about those two?
Dipsy (kindly): Kirby, it’s been almost a year.
Kirby: I know, but, still….
Dipsy: They’ll be fine. After all, Kodi’s Balto’s son!
Kirby: Heh, yeah…. (Turning back towards Kodi, Dusty and the rest) Yeah….
(Cut to a panning view from the front of the pack of Kodi & Dusty laughing back to Valo, who is second from the front of the sled. Juno is directly in front of him and Dingo is in between them on the left. Valo looks back at Kayla and smirks conceitedly, which elicits embarrassed smirks from both Kayla and Leta. Valo then turns his head to face Juno’s behind.)
Valo (quietly to Juno): Hey, mutt!
Juno (turning his head, very annoyed): Ughhh!!! What do you want?!
(Valo takes a step forward and leans his head toward Juno, who moves his head backward, understanding of Valo’s desire for quiet.)
Valo (insincerely): All right, first off, I wanna say sorry for the other day, I was—
Juno (interrupting, unshaken by Valo’s attempt at faking an apology): What do want?!
Valo (in a hushed whisper): What does your sister like?
(Juno faces Valo with a shocked look of anger on his face.)
Juno (elevated, but still hushed): Well, I can tell ya she doesn’t like morons like you!
Valo (feigning shock): Oh, really?
Juno: Yeah, and I’ll tell you something else, she’s not stupid enough to fall for your tricks!
(Valo raises his eyebrows at Juno with a smirk, and then turns his head to look again at Kayla, gives a wide, toothy grin at her, which elicits yet another girlish giggle from her and Leta. Valo then turns back and smirks at Juno.)
Valo: Then that’s one stupid bi—
Juno (interrupting Valo, further elevated, but still hushed): Inbreed, don’t even think about it!
Valo (threateningly): Or what?
Juno: Or you’re gonna look like a bear rug. Got it?!
Dingo (interjecting in the same hushed tone): Hey, you two, shut up!
Juno: Dingo, you stay outta this!
Valo (to Dingo): Yeah, wolf-boy.
Juno: Hey! You don’t talk to my brother like that, and you don’t even think about my sister like that! You got it?!
Valo (indifferently): Yeah, yeah, whatever, mutt.
Dingo: Hey, guys, we gotta work together here!
Juno (still in the same disgusted tone, turning his head toward his front, away from Valo): Yeah, he’s right. (He scrapes his hind paws up against the snow, lifting some up and making it hit Valo’s face) Make sure you can keep up, inbreed.
Valo: You make sure I don’t have to push your butt along!
Juno (turning his head halfway and smirking): Maybe that’s what you’re really into.
(Valo bears his teeth, but Dingo interjects before anything else can happen.)
Dingo: Guys, shut up and just focus on the mail run, okay?!
Juno: All right.
Valo (quickly following Juno’s words): Fine.
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