Mike and Melissa Don’t Do Work and Hang Out with a Squirrel Instead

Mike and Melissa Don’t Do Work and Hang Out with a Squirrel Instead (also known as A Message from Mike and Melissa or Mike and Melissa Hang Out with a Squirrel) is lost animated short. It was recorded and animated in late 2011 through mid December of that year.https://archive.org/details/mike-and-melissa-episode-scripts/Mike-and-Melissa-Episode-25-Mikes-First-Animation-AKA-A-Not-So-Honorable-Mention/page/21/mode/2up
== Summary ==
It is a fully animated short in which Mike learns to not stress out about school work. It ends with him and Melissa sitting in a tree with a squirrel. 
== Script ==
One of the users that saw the video has written a script from memory:
Mike, stressed out working on his finals
Melissa poofs in
MELISSA: What's up, Mike? I'm like, super bored right now? Wanna go play some games? Go for a walk? Mess around the campus? Eat somewhere? (suggestively) spend some time with your favorite skunk?
MIKE: I can't, I have to work on my finals, I haven't got time for anything, I'm nervous, I'm stressed, I'm unhappy -- I don't know if I can get through with this! Melissa, I'm gonna go INSANE, maybe MORE INSANE THAT I'M ALREADY AM! THESE FINALS ARE GONNA BE THE END OF ME!
MELISSA: Mike! Mike! Come on, breathe with me, in - out - in - out. That's it. I know how to solve your little problem.
MIKE: Can't we do that later, come on!
MELISSA: No, I don't mean -that- 
MIKE: What is it then?
Melissa turns his head outside his window, we see a squirrel in a treebranch
MELISSA: You're seeing it?
MIKE: What is it?
MELISSA: Look at it!
MIKE: look at what?
MELISSA: Over there!
MIKE: The Squirrel?
MELISSA: Yes! Look at him.
A Pause, he doesn't understand. 
MIKE: I don't get it
Melissa rolls her eyes
MELISSA: Watch as he cares for nothing in the world except his walnuts, his branch, his tree, he's careless, at peace, happy. We should all be like that squirrel.
Pause, she moves and they look at each other
MELISSA: Mike, we can't live stressed out all the time, work is important, the finals are important but so is having a little time to yourself, a time to relax, enjoy life, climb a tree and when you're relaxed you'll focus better on your work. onuses and bonuses. BE the squirrel.
Mike turns to her and embraces her
MIKE: you're right Melissa, you know I'm so lucky to have you so you can tell me that. come here
Mike licks her, she licks him back
MELISSA: So? Will you be a squirrel with me?
MIKE: Let's goooooo!!!!
Mike and Melissa and other characters (Mike's friends) hang on the tree branch, white text fades in
THIS IS FOR EVERYONE STRUGGLING WITH THESE FINALS, DON'T STRESS, BE A SQUIRREL!
THIS WAS A MESSAGE FROM MIKE AND MELISSA - HANG IN THERE!
== Trivia ==
* It was screened at a film festival in December of 2011 and won an honorable mention.https://fvsa.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/lightworks-f-11-recap/
* It was created before Mike Goes Crazy. 
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