An Elinor Wonders Why Special: My Bunny Girl: Part 1

My Bunny Girl is a fanmade Elinor Wonders Why special.
==Plot==
11 year old Elinor Rabbit is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Ari Bat, her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Elinor despite her hangups. When Elinor's father hires Irene Pepperberg, a makeup expert, in his funeral parlor, and begins to fall in love with her, Elinor is outraged and does everything in her power to split them up.
==Cast (Characters from the real movie)==
*Elinor Rabbit as (Vada Sultenfuss)
*Ari Bat as (Thomas James Sennett)
*Mr. Rabbit as (Harry Sultenfuss)
*Irene Pepperberg as (Shelly DeVoto)
*Bibi Rabbit as (Gramoo)
*Mr. Hamster as (Mr. Bixler)
*Mr. Hyena as Phil Sultenfuss
*Lizzie as Judy
*Briannia as Girl #1
*Olive as Girl #2
*Troy as Boy #1
*Koa as Boy #2
*Siggy as Boy #3
*Mr. Bat as Mr. Sennett
*Mrs. Bat as Mrs. Sennett
*Mr. Moose as Arthur
*Jacques Cousteau as (Ralph)
*Dr. Hedgehog as (Dr. Welty)
*Lydia Bourouiba as (Nurse Randall)
*Senor Tapir as (Policeman)
==Information==
*Genres: Drama, Family, Romance
*Rating: PG for little romance, little violence, some cursing, a bit of drugs, and many sad/scary scenes.
*Type of flim: Coming-of-age.
*Love Couples: Elinor x Ari, Elinor x Mr. Hamster, Mr. Rabbit x Irene Pepperberg.
==Trivia==
*This is based on the 1991 movie "My Girl." You can read about on Wikipedia or IMDb
*There are regular and fanon characters in this story.
*There is a sequel to this story. It's "My Bunny Girl 2". It takes place 2 years after this story.
==Part 1 transcript==
Elinor: (singing) Wherever I go, I see things that I want to know. Wherever I am, I find things I want to understand. Go and explore, listen and see, Just follow your curiosity!
Chorus: (singing) Elinor wonders why!
Elinor: (singing) Why do birds sing and how do they fly?
Chorus: (singing) Elinor wonders why!
Elinor: Why do ants march and where do they hide? There's so much to learn, wherever you turn, Just listen and see, and follow your curiosity!
(short instrumental break)
Chorus: (singing) Elinor wonders why!
Elinor: (singing) Ask a question, what will you find?
Chorus: (singing) Elinor (oooooooh!) wonders why!
Elinor: (singing) Just listen and see, come and wonder with me!
Setting: Animal Town, California, 1972
(Scene: Kitchen)
Elinor (to audience): I was born jaundiced. Once I sat on a toilet seat at a truck stop and caught hemorrhoids. And i've learned to live with this chicken bone that's been lodged in my throat for the past three years, so I knew Dad would be devastated when he learned of my latest affliction. 
Elinor (to Mr. Rabbit): Dad, I don't wanna upset you, but my left breast is developing at a significantly faster rate than my right. It can only mean one thing. Cancer. I'm dying. 
Mr. Rabbit (ignoring Elinor and making a sandwich): O.K. Sweetie, hand me the mayonnaise out of the fridge. 
(Elinor just stares at Mr. Rabbit. Mr. Rabbit stares back at her.) 
(Scene: Front of Rabbit's house) 
(Elinor goes outside and closes the front door and goes down the steps to Koa, Troy, Siggy, and Ari.)
Elinor: Alright. who's in? raise your hand. 
(Everyone expect Ari raises their hands.) 
Koa: Are you coming or not, Ari? 
Ari: I don't think so. 
Elinor: I knew he wouldn't come. 
Ari: I can't, I have to go home. 
Troy: Yeah. to play with his dolls. 
Elinor: Leave him alone! Come on, let's go. 
(Elinor and the boys go inside while Ari walks home. Elinor watches him before going inside.) 
(Elinor stops Troy in the foyer.) 
Elinor (to Troy): Hey, you didn't pay me! 
Troy: How do I know you were gonna show us one? 
Elinor: You're such a baby. 
Troy: All right. 
(Troy gets money out of his pocket and he gives it to Elinor.)
Troy: Here.
Elinor: Alright, follow me and don't say a word.
(They walk over to 2 big doors and stop.) 
Elinor: You ready? 
(Elinor opens the doors to the casket room. and they all walk over to a casket in the middle of the room.) 
Elinor: You sure you wanna see it? or is someone gonna go yellow belly? 
Siggy: I'm not chicken! 
Elinor: Okay. Lean forward. 
(The boys lean forward and Elinor opens the coffin to reveal nothing. The boys are startled at first but, when they see the empty coffin, they get mad.) 
Siggy: It's empty! 
Troy: You're so weird! 
Koa: I want my money back! 
(Elinor walks out of the coffin room towards the living room with the boys following.) 
Elinor: I was afraid of this. 
Troy: Of what? 
Elinor: Well, sometimes when we get 'em, they're not completely dead, you know, like when they cut a chicken's head off and it still runs around crazy. 
Troy: You're full of (Censored Sound Effects)." 
Elinor: I bet she's roaming around this house somewhere. 
(Elinor opens the door to the living where Bibi is in the rocking chair.) 
Elinor: There she is, in the rocking chair. 
(Elinor and the boys stare at Bibi. and Bibi rocks in the rocking chair. The boys gasp and run out of the house. Elinor watches them run out and smiles. she goes over to Bibi and she sits on her lap.) 
Elinor: Hi, Bibi. 
Mr. Rabbit (calling to Elinor): Elinor, would you bring down my cigarettes? 
(Elinor gets up.) 
Elinor (to Bibi): Seeya later.
(Elinor kisses Bibi's forehead and leaves.) 
(Scene: Basement) 
(Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Moose are working on Mr. Wolf.)
Mr. Rabbit: Did I tell you, he was my woodshop teacher? 
Mr. Moose: You took workshop? 
Mr. Rabbit: Yeah, I made a tie rack.
Mr. Moose: I made a tie rack. 
(Elinor comes downstairs and stands at the corner where she can see Mr. Wolf) 
Elinor: Ahem. 
Mr. Rabbit: Elinor, just put 'em on the stool. 
(Elinor puts the pack on the stool.) 
Elinor: Daddy, guess what? I beat Ari in Monopoly yesterday! 
Mr. Rabbit (ignoring Elinor): Ya, that rack holds six ties. 
Mr. Moose: I still have mine. 
(Elinor remembers Mr. Moose's voice.) 
Elinor: Mr. Moose! 
Mr. Moose: Elinor! 
Elinor: I beat Ari in Monopoly yesterday! 
Mr. Moose: Good for you baby. 
Elinor: Once you put the hotels on boardwalk and park place he puts a shoe in your way. 
Mr. Moose: I like to buy off all the railroads. 
(Mr. Rabbit gets a bit annoyed at Elinor for distracting Mr. Moose.) 
Mr. Rabbit: Elinor, we're trying to work here. 
(Scene: Outside) 
(A white camper with a red stripe around the middle of it pulls up at the house.) 
(Scene: Basement) 
Elinor: Cruella Deville stole all the puppies, she was gonna make a fur out of 'em! 
Mr. Moose (to Mr. Rabbit): Hand me the canula. 
(Elinor sings "Do Wah Diddy Do" and Mr. Moose joins in the singing.) 
(They are interrupted by an annoyed Mr. Rabbit.) 
Mr. Rabbit: Elinor! 
Elinor: Dad? 
Mr. Rabbit: I'm embalming my high school teacher. don't sing. 
(Elinor starts to climb the stair steps.)
Mr. Rabbit (to Mr. Moose): One nice model. C-501 bronze stainless eternal journey. yeah, you look like a champion.  
(Elinor stops to read the patient note. The note says Mr. Wolf died from prostate cancer. Elinor continues up the stair steps.) 
(Scene: Outside.) 
(The door of the camper opens and a woman walks up to the door and rings the doorbell. Elinor runs to the door and answers.) 
Woman: Is Mr. Ethan Rabbit in? 
Elinor: Sure, come on in. 
(The woman goes in and Elinor leads her to a seat. The woman sits down.) 
Elinor: So, have you had the unfortunate experience of recently losing a loved one? 
(The woman is puzzled.) 
Woman: Could I see your dad, just for a second? 
(Elinor runs to the basement door.) 
Elinor: Dad, somebody's here! 
(Elinor runs back to the woman.)
Elinor He's downstairs working on Mr. Wolf. Prostate Cancer. Once it hits your prostate, you're a goner. 
Woman: Oh. 
(Mr. Rabbit walks into room.) 
Mr. Rabbit: How may I... help you? 
Woman: I'm Irene Pepperberg. 
(She shakes his hand.)
We spoke, the other day regarding the make up artist job. 
Mr. Rabbit: Oh yes. 
Irene Pepperberg: It's still available I hope? 
Mr. Rabbit: I think it's still available. 
Iren Pepperberg:  I'm a licensed cosmetologist, I worked for two years, at my salon, all my customers cried when I told them I was leaving.
Mr. Rabbit: Uhh, Irene...? 
Irene Pepperberg: I have a wonderful disposition, I put people right at ease.
Mr. Rabbit: Uhh, Irene, these people are already at ease. This is not a beauty parlor, it's a funeral parlor. 
Irene Pepperberg: They're dead? 
Mr. Rabbit: Yes they are. 
Irene Pepperberg: Stiffs?
Mr. Rabbit: Deceased. 
Irene Pepperberg: The ad just said "Makeup Artist." 
(The doorbell rings.) 
Mr. Rabbit: Ahh, excuse me a second will you? 
(Mr. Rabbit answers the door.) 
Mr. Rabbit: Hi Mr. Bear, this is a twelve-fifty-eight, I didn't want the burnished handles. 
(Mr. Rabbit closes the door.)
(Elinor looks out the window at Irene Pepperberg's camper.) 
Elinor: Is that your camper?
Irene Pepperberg: Yes it is. 
Elinor: That's really cool. 
(Bibi walks in with a fixed look on her face.) 
Irene Pepperberg (to Bibi):
Hello. 
(Bibi walks away as if she didn't hear anything.)
Elinor: She's shy. 
Irene Pepperberg: Oh. 
(Meanwhile, Mr. Rabbit is by the door telling the workers what to do with the casket.) 
Mr. Rabbit: Just put it back in the display room fellers. 
Workers: Okay, Ethan. 
(The workers go to the display room. Elinor walks over to Mr. Rabbit.) 
Elinor: Daddy, how come that coffin's so small? 
Mr. Rabbit: They come in all sizes honey, just like shoes. 
Elinor: is it for a child? 
(Mr. Rabbit pauses for a moment.) 
Mr. Rabbit: Of course not. 
Elinor: Then who's it for? 
(Mr. Rabbit pauses again while he thinks of an answer.) 
Mr. Rabbit: Short people, very short people.
(Irene Pepperberg walks over to Mr. Rabbit.)
Irene Pepperberg: Excuse me, what about the job? 
Mr. Rabbit: Pardon? 
Irene Pepperberg: I need the job. 
Mr. Rabbit: Oh, You still want it? Even though uhh... 
Irene Pepperberg: Ohh, oh sure it's no big deal, you see all my former clients will eventually die, and all your clients used to be alive, so they have something in common. 
Mr. Rabbit: You'd be doing hair and makeup and answering the phone. 
Irene Pepperberg: Okay, Mr. Rabbit, you got a deal. 
Mr. Rabbit: Great, you can start right away. Call me Ethan. Now, umm, is this what you'd normally wear for work? Don't get me wrong, I like it, very much, but the.... 
Irene Pepperberg: I promise i'll take good care of these people, they deserve it, they're dead, all they've got left is their looks.   
(Harry and Oona give each other weird looks.) 
(Scene: Shopping mall area) 
(Elinor and Ari are riding bikes in the malls of Animal Town. and Ari takes his feet off the petals.)
Ari: Hey look at this, no feet! 
Elinor (sarcastically): Oh wow, a real evil carnival. 
(Elinor and Ari ride up a garage where bikes aren't allowed. a grouchy warthog comes out.) 
Grouchy Warthog: What the dang heck are you doing in my garage? get outta here! 
(Elinor and Ari arrive at Dr. Hedgehog's office. Elinor goes inside while Ari waits outside.) 
(Scene: Doctor's waiting room) 
(Elinor walks up to the desk.) 
Nurse Lizard: Hi, Elinor. what's wrong today? 
Elinor: I'm very sick. 
Nurse Lizard: Okay, take a seat, I'll check if the doctor can see you. 
(Elinor takes a seat and read a magazine while Nurse Lizard calls the doctor.) 
Nurse Lizard (whispering almost inaudible on phone): Elinor's here. She says she's sick. She looks all right. 
(Nurse Lizard hangs up.)
Nurse Lizard: Okay, he'll see you, why don't you go in? 
(Elinor puts down the magazine, takes off her hat, and walks into the office.) 
(Scene: Doctor Hedgehog's office) 
(Doctor Hedgehog is checking Elinor's ear.) 
Elinor: Well, what is it? I can handle it. 
Dr. Hedgehog: You are perfectly healthy. 
Elinor: That can't be, I have all the classic symptoms. 
Dr. Hedgehog: Sweetheart, did they bring Mr. Turtle to your house today? 
Elinor: Yes. 
Dr. Hedgehog: Elinor, you've gotta stop this, there's absolutely nothing wrong with you! 
(Elinor is now angry and upset about it. She gets up puts on her hat and she's getting ready to leave.)
Elinor: I'll just have to get a second opinion. 
(Elinor exits the office.) 
(Scene: Outside) 
(Elinor gets on her bike.) 
Ari: So, what'd he say was wrong with you? 
Elinor: The whole medical profession is a crack. 
(Elinor starts riding away fast and Ari can't even catch up.) 
Ari: Hey wait up for me! 
(Elinor slows down and they both sing "Witch Doctor.") 
(Scene: Elinor and Ari's neighborhood.) 
Elinor: Hey, look! 
Ari: At what? 
(Elinor and Ari stop their bikes. Mr. Hamster is painting his house white.) 
Elinor: That's Mr. Hamster. let's go talk to him. 
Ari: I don't wanna talk to a teacher. it's summer! 
Elinor: Hi, Mr. Hamster! 
(Mr. Hamster turns around. and he sees Elinor and Ari.) 
Mr. Hamster: "The Sweetie Pie" and "Mr. Cautious"! How's the summer treating you? 
Elinor: It's okay. Mr. Hamster, I finished all the books for summer reading. 
Mr. Hamster: Really? Already? The summer's just begun. 
Elinor: Yes, and now I'm reading "War & Peace" for fun. 
Mr. Hamster: No wonder you're my prize pupil. What about you, Ari? 
Ari: I haven't started yet. 
Mr. Hamster: Better get on his case, Elinor. 
(Mr. Hamster climbs down from the ladder.) 
Elinor: Mr. Hamster, how come you're painting this old house? 
Mr. Hamster: Well I just bought it, now I'm fixing it up. 
Elinor: This is one big house for one single person. 
Mr. Hamster: Well, you never can tell... 
(Elinor gets worried and concerned.) 
Mr. Hamster: I might get a pet. 
(Elinor smiles a bit.) 
Elinor: How are you gonna get the money for this old house if you're not working? 
Mr. Hamster:  Well I'm gonna teach creative writing this summer, so, I'm doing some work. 
Elinor: How much does it cost? 
Mr. Hamster: $35. 
Elinor: What do you get for that? 
Mr. Hamster: Me, two hours a week, talking about poetry. This an interrogation. Elinor? 
Elinor: No. Well, guess I'll go home and finish off "War & Peace." 
Mr. Hamster: It's summer! You're kids! Go play! 
(Elinor and Ari ride down the street.) 
(Scene: Sidewalk) 
(Elinor and Ari ride down the sidewalk.) 
Ari: Wanna go to Gray's orchard and pick some peaches? 
Elinor: No, I'm going home. 
Ari: Why? It's not dinner time yet. 
Elinor: Dinner time? You're like a dog! You just go home to eat. 
(Elinor rides faster on her bike, leaving Ari behind.) 
Elinor: Don't pee on the hydrant! 
(Scene: Elinor's bedroom) 
(Elinor puts a record on. The song is "Wedding Bell Blues.")
(Elinor gets a class photo out of a drawer and she looks right at it. There is a heart around Mr. Hamster's face and in the photo, Elinor is looking right at him. Elinor sings along to the song as she looks right at it.)
(Scene: Dining room) 
(Mr. Rabbit, Baba and Bibi are sitting at the dining table. Elinor is lying on the floor. Mr. Rabbit and Baba are talking. Bibi is staring into space. Irene Pepperberg walks in.) 
Irene Pepperberg: Excuse me, Ethan. I finished Mr. Wolf's hair. He kinda looked......
(She looks down. and she sees Elinor lying on the floor.) 
Irene Pepperberg: Ethan, what's wrong with her? 
(Mr. Rabbit looks. and he sees Elinor.) 
Mr. Rabbit: Oh, she's just pretending. Elinor, get up here and eat your broccoli! 
(Irene Pepperberg kneels on the floor by Elinor.) 
Elinor (in a sick voice): I think it's my prostate. 
(Elinor moves her head. and she closes her eyes as if she was dying.) 
(Mr. Rabbit and Baba talk more as Bibi starts to sing.) 
Bibi (in between Mr. Rabbit and Baba talking): I got rhythm 
I got music
I got my man who could ask for anything more 
I got daisies 
in green pastures 
I got my man who could ask for anything more?
(Irene Pepperberg has a weird look on her face.) 
(Scene: Front of Rabbits' house.) 
(Irene Pepperberg walks outta the house. and she finds Elinor and Ari playing cards on the steps. and she sits down by them.) 
Irene Pepperberg: Who's winning? 
Elinor: I am. 
(As they play around, Olive, Katie, and Trixie walk by laughing their heads off. they all stop at the sidewalk in front of the house.) 
Katie (in a teasing like voice): Look. there's Elinor and her little boyfriend. 
Elinor: He is not my boyfriend! 
Trixie: I bet she kissed him on the lips! 
Elinor: Do you think I kissed that ugly old thing? 
Ari: Yeah. anyway. 
Katie: Come on. let's go. Olive's father owns the Bijou theater. 
Trixie: We get to see all the movies we want for free. 
Olive: Maybe you can come some time. 
Katie: Eeeww. don't invite her, she'll have to bring her boyfriend. 
(Katie and Trixie start to walk away teasingly singing.) 
Katie and Trixie: Elinor and Ari 
sitting in a tree 
K-I-S-S-I-N-G 
first comes love 
then comes marriage 
then comes Ari in a baby carriage. 
(They both walk away. and Olive looks right at Elinor, terribly upset and feeling terribly sorry for her. and she follows the other girls.) 
Irene Pepperberg: You know, Elinor. you shouldn't let those girls upset you. 
Elinor: I'm not upset. I will never play with those girls. I only surround myself with people who I find intellectually stimulating. 
(Ari looks right at Irene Pepperberg. and she smiles as he is happy to be best friends for life with an intelligent girl like Elinor.) 
Irene Pepperberg (to Oona): Want a piece of chocolate? 
(Irene Pepperberg holds out chocolate to her.) 
(Elinor shakes her head no.) 
(Irene Pepperberg turns to Ari. and she holds out the chocolate to him.) 
Irene Pepperberg: Ari? 
Ari: I'm allergic to it. 
Irene Pepperberg: To chocolate? 
Elinor: He's allergic to everything. 
Irene Pepperberg: Chocolate? 
Elinor and Ari: To everything. 
(Irene Pepperberg notices that Elinor is wearing a black ring on her index finger.) 
Irene Pepperberg: Ooh, that's a pretty ring you're wearing. 
Elinor: It's a mood ring, it tells what mood I'm in. 
Ari: It doesn't work, it always stays black. 
Elinor: It's only black when you're around 'cause you put me in a bad mood. 
Irene Pepperberg: Maybe black means you're happy? 
Elinor: I don't think so. 
(Elinor pauses for a moment.) 
Elinor: Irene, how can I get thirty-five dollars? 
Ari: She's crazy, she wants to go to school over the summer. 
Elinor: It's not a real school, it's a writing class, I wanna be a writer. 
Ari: She only wants to do it because her sweetie pie's the teacher. 
(Elinor is mad that Irene Pepperberg knows about her secret.) 
Elinor (to Ari): Shut your big fat mouth! 
(Elinor pushes Ari.) 
Irene Pepperberg: I think you'd make a fine writer, did you ask your Dad? 
Elinor: He won't give it to me. 
Irene Pepperberg: Well you don't know that. Ask him.