The Farmer and the Hound/Transcript

The following is a transcript for the episode "The Farmer and the Hound".
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(At the Pop Village Library, many Trolls from the different Tribes are reading books. Poppy and Holly appear.)
Poppy: Isn’t this great, Holly? Now that the library has a section for each Tribe, TrollsTopians can read scrapbooks from every Troll culture! Oh, look! Synth is one of the Funk Tribe’s sci-fi scrapbooks. (A light from a scrapbook shines on Synth’s eyes and scans him.)
Synth: (gasps) No! I now know all math, yo!
Holly: (Seeing Biggie reading a book) Aw! Well, look at you, Biggie, takin’ an interest in my culture! What you readin’?
Biggie: Troll my goodness. It is called “The Farmer and the Hound.” And, Holly, it is riveting!
Holly: Don’t I know it? (gasps) “The Farmer and the Hound” is the most beloved Country Western scrapbook of all time. Shoot, Gust Tumbleweed has a book club that’s discussed it every week for the last 10 years. (We go to the past where Gust is hosting his book club.)
Country Troll #1: Gee, fellers, it’s been 10 years. Don’t any of y’all wanna talk about a different book? (Gust and the other Country Trolls angrily glare at him.) Yep, me neither.
All: Yeeeee-haaaaw! (We go back to the present.)
Biggie: Oh, you have to give it a read, Poppy! It’s about a kindly old farmer who spends his life working the fields with his loyal Cuddle Pup hound. Page turn. (Mr. Dinkles licks his finger and he turns the page.) But one day, during a terrible Hairicane, the hound gets lost! Page turn. (Mr. Dinkles licks his finger again and he turns the page again.) So the farmer sets out on a fantastic adventure to find her. Oh, I can’t wait to see where it goes! I’ve got to check it out right now! Book mark! (Mr. Dinkles jumps onto the book and licks and Biggie closes it and runs off.)
Poppy: Well, isn’t that just exactly what TrollsTopia is all-
Holly: We cannot let Biggie finish that scrapbook! (She runs off.)
Poppy: What?! (She runs after Holly.) Wait, what- Why can’t we let Biggie finish the story?
Holly: Because it just so happens to be the saddest scrapbook ever.
Poppy: I-I don’t understand.
Holly: In the same way the Country Tribe’s got sad songs, we got sad books, too. And how do you think our poor, sweet Biggie’s gonna react when he gets to the end and discovers… the farmer never finds his hound?!
Poppy: (gasps) N-never… finds the hound?! (She faints, but Holly catches her.)
Holly: Easy, sugar. Breath into your hair. (She puts Poppy’s hair by her mouth and she breathes into it.)
Poppy: Holly, an ending that sad would be too much for any Pop Troll. But Biggie is especially sensitive. Remember that time Smidge dropped her ice cream? (We go to the past where Smidge licks on her ice cream and it falls.)
Past Smidge: Aw. (Biggie picks her up and begins to cry.)
Past Biggie: Yes, that’s it. That’s it. Let it all out. (We go to another flashback where Holly and Val reveal ice cream under their covers at Chez Dante.)
Past Poppy and Holly: Mm!
Past Biggie: (gasps) Too soon, guys. Too soon! (He picks up Smidge and begins to cry. We go to another flashback where he paints a picture of the ice cream Smidge dropped with angle wings.) Gone, but not for good. (He picks up Smidge and cries again. We go to the last flashback where he is performing a song for the ice cream Smidge dropped.)
(Past Biggie)
You’re creamier
Than any other cone
Past Biggie: (Through the microphone) This benefit concert is to promote efficient ice cream eating!
(Past Biggie)
‘Cause you were one
In a million
And for a minute
You were mine
You tasted so divine
Past Smidge: Oh, my Guh. (We go back to the present.)
Poppy: We have to warn Biggie that the book is too sad right away!
Holly: But the entire dramatic question of the book is: “Will the farmer find the hound?” If we tell Biggie it’s sad, he’ll figure out the endin’.
Poppy: Hm… What if we tell him to stop reading ‘cause the book’s bad?
Holly: I don’t know. A Troll sayin’ somethin’s bad ain’t especially believable. I mean, unless we somehow find a Troll with well-established history of negativity… (Branch walks by with coffee.)
Branch: Hello.
Poppy and Holly: (Coming up with an idea) Ah. (Later, Branch meets up with Biggie reading the book.)
Branch: Oh, Biggie, you’re reading that scrapbook? Pee-yew! Let me save you some time. I don’t.
Biggie: Branch, you’ve read this scrapbook?
Branch: Oh, yeah. And I sure wish I hadn’t. Whew! What a stinker of an ending. I give it a billion hairs down. (He looks at Poppy and Holly who uncover themselves with a newspaper and winks.)
Biggie: Huh. That surprises me. Didn’t you identify with the farmer, how he spent all of those years in isolation?
Branch: He… he did?
Biggie: Uh-huh. And how he had nobody to talk to, save one loyal companion, though that friend lacks the ability to talk back?
Branch: (gasps) Gary!
Biggie: (Turning through the book) And how about this passage, where it explains that the farmer’s tough exterior was just a mask to cover his desperate need to be loved? (Branch gasps again and cries as he runs past Poppy and Holly.)
Poppy: Branch, where are you going?
Branch: To find that book and read… about myself! (He cries and runs off. Poppy and Holly still reading the book.)
Poppy: Well, what now?
Holly: Here’s what we do. (At Poppy’s pod, she uses her scrapbook supplies.) You use your extraordinary scraptitudes to scrap a new less sad endin’ for the book. (That night, Biggie is sleeping with the book in his hands. Holly hangs on her hair like a rope and grabs the copy of the book.) Then, when Biggie’s asleep, we swap his copy with the new copy. (The next day, she and Poppy stand outside.)  Then the next day, we just play it real nice among that.
Poppy: Biggie! Funny randomly running into you here!
Holly: Say, did you happen to finish readin’ that scrapbook?
Biggie: Oh! Well, yes, I did actually. And you would not believe the ending. It was incredibly happy! Even by Troll standards.
Poppy: Oh, that’s so great! I’m glad you loved it.
Biggie: Oh, I didn’t love it.
Poppy: (As Holly gasps) Huh?
Biggie: But the whole last chapter didn’t make any sense. (He goes through the book.) Like this part here. When the farmer finds the hound and the hound says, “You’re my best friend. And also, let’s ride that roller coaster!” Where did they get a roller coaster from? And since when can the hound talk?!
Holly: Oh, yeah. (chuckles) I guess the writer just got carried away. (Poppy laughs.)
Biggie: No, no. There must be something I’m missing. Some hidden meaning. (He closes the book.) So, I’m going to go to Gust’s book club.
Holly: Wait, what?!
Poppy: Gust’s book club!
Biggie: Yes. So I can talk all about this ending to the other Trolls. Bye-bye! (Poppy and Holly scream in distress.)
Holly: Now what?! When he talks to the Trolls in the book club, he’s goin’ to figure out the real endin’!
Poppy: (grunts) I should have never added that roller coaster! Gah! Why do I have to be so Poppy?! (That night at Gust’s book club, Biggie is with the Country Trolls holding their books.)
Gust: Welcome to scrapbook club, everyone. Who’d like to kick things off?
Biggie: Well, I for one, would love to discuss the ending. See- (Poppy and Holly appear next to him.)
Holly: The endin’? Whoa-ho-ho, slow down there, Biggie. How can we discuss the endin’ without discussin’ the beginnin’?
Poppy: (giggles) Yeah! And speaking of beginnings, how about this cover? Like, why did the author put it first? What does that say about the Troll experience?
Biggie: Uh… Well, their covers always come-
Holly: And how about this table of contents, y’all? Oh, what do you think these numbers represent?
Biggie: The chapters?
Holly: Ooh. Facinatin’. Let’s deep dive into that, shall we?
Poppy and Holly: Mm-hm. Mm-hm. (Soon, Biggie continues to discuss his book to the Country Trolls.)
Biggie: Do you guys think-
Poppy: Think it’s time for a snack break? You bet I do! (She takes a plate of brownies out of her hair.) Brownies! (The yellow male Funk Troll takes a brownie.)
Country Troll #2: Don’t mind if I do!
Holly: Yum, yum, yum!
Biggie: But what about the-
Holly: Great point, Biggie. That reminds me of a song. (She plays a banjo and Poppy dances to it.)
Poppy and Holly: Yeeee-haaaaw!
Holly: Marco!
Poppy: Trollo!
Holly: Marco!
Poppy: Trollo! (She and Holly laugh while Biggie shows an annoyed face. Soon, the fire goes out.)
Gust: Well, folds, I reckon that’ll about do it for tonight. (He and the others leave while Poppy, Holly, and Biggie stay.)
Biggie: Well, I still don’t have any clarity on that ending. (sighs) Oh, well. I suppose it just wasn’t meant to be. (He gets up and leaves.)
Poppy and Holly: Phew. (Branch appears.)
Branch: You guys!
Biggie: Huh?
Branch: I’m sorry I’m so late, but I just finished the book and I have to discuss the ending!
Poppy: Branch, noooooo!
Holly: Stooooop!
Branch: (With tears in his eyes) I can’t believe the farmer never finds the hound! (Poppy and Holly gasp.)
Biggie: Branch, what are you… (He takes Branch’s book and looks through it. Poppy and Holly shake in fear.) Of course.
Poppy: Biggie, we tried…
Holly: We didn’t want you to find out.
Biggie: I… I have to go now. (Poppy and Holly look at each other sadly. The next day, Biggie is in his pod reading his book with his eyes filled with tears. He reaches the end, closes it, and sighs. Poppy and Holly then come to his pod.)
Poppy: Hey, Biggie.
Holly: How you doin’, sugar?
Biggie: (sniffs) I’m sad, guys. Really, really sad.
Poppy: Oh, Biggie.
Holly: We are so sorry we couldn’t keep you from readin’ that endin’.
Biggie: Really? ‘Cause I’m not.
Poppy: You’re not? I… I don’t understand.
Holly: You’re sayin’ you want to be sad?
Biggie: Well, no. No-one wants to be sad, but… I am grateful for it. You see, being an especially sensitive Troll does I get sadder the most, and sometimes that hurts. (We go to the past where Biggie finishes his song.)
Past Biggie: (Over the mic) Thank you. (He gets off the stage.)
Biggie: But it also helps me to see the good things that come with the bad. And to find deeper connections with my friends. (Smidge and Biggie hug each other and sing the rest of the song.)
(Past Biggie and Smidge)
‘Cause you were one
In a million
And for a minute
You were mine
You tasted so divine (We go back to the present.)
Biggie: And I would never be sorry for that.
Poppy: Wow, Biggie. That’s just beautiful.
Holly: Yeah. You just might even have a better understandin’ a sadness than us Country Western Trolls.
Biggie: Thank you. And thank you both for looking out for me. But I’m gonna be just fine. (Branch’s crying is heard.) And so will you, Branch.
Branch: (sobs) He never found the hound! (He runs over to Biggie and hugs him as he cries harder. Poppy and Holly join in the hug.)
(All)
Oh, you were one
In a million
Everyone feels sad
Sometimes
We all feel sad sometimes. (They shed happy tears and continue hugging.)
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