Delicious: Emily's Message in a Bottle/Bittersweet Memories

This is the first restaurant in Emily's Message in a Bottle. In this episode, we travel back to the past, in 1980s! It's called **Emilia's Place**.

## Level 1 - Bittersweet Memories

*Thirty years ago, in Napoli, Italy...*

* Filippo and Donkey enter the place.
* Filippo: Edward, is your father around? I have these letters for him...
* Edward: He must be inside, playing with Emily.
* Antonio: She's the only one he spends any time with now, ever since Mom...
* Filippo: Your Mama Emilia, she was such a wonderful woman...
* Filippo: ...people are still sending letters even now, weeks after her funeral.
* Vinicio and Young Emily come out.
* Vinicio come out of the place.
* Filippo: And your brothers...?
* The Napoli brothers come to the place.
* Vinicio: We'll be fine once he retires! We're doing all the work anyway.
* Filippo: Gino, Vinicio, Marco... You never change, do you?
* Emily comes out!
* Emily Napoli: Grappa! A donkey!
* Vito: What? Emily...?
* Emily goes to donkey!
* Filippo: Vito!
* Edward and Gino: Poppa!
* Vittorio Napoli: Hello, everyone...Filippo! I didn't expect to find you here...
* Filippo: I'm glad to see you're doing well. Vito, Here, these are yours...
* Filippo gave a letter to Vito.
* Donkey: Hee Haww!
* Emily runs to Vito.
* Filippo: And who's this young lady?
* Emily Napoli: Emily! It almost my birthday! I go'n be three!
* Filippo: Three! What a big girl!
* Filippo: Well now, if you excuse me...
* Filippo and Donkey leave the place.
* Vito: Ahem! In a few days, we'll be holding Emily's 3rd birthday party...
* Vito: ...and I will have a special announcement then.
* Vito: Come not piccolina, let's see how your mom is doing!
* Emily and Vittorio come inside.
* Antonio: An announcement!
* Vinicio: It's happening! He's going to retire and leave the restaurant to one of us!
* Some time later...
* Antonio: Edward, do you need any help with the restaurant?

### Afterward

* At the beach dock was Emily and Vittorio.
* Emily Napoli: Grappa? Want to re-try-mint?
* Vito: What's that, piccolina?
* Emily Napoli: RE...
* Emily Napoli: ...TRY...
* Emily Napoli: ...MINT.
* Emily Napoli: Uncle Marco say you gonna re-tyre and leave him your restaurant.
* Vito: He does, does he!?
* Emily Napoli: Uncle George-a an Uncle Vin-cio said the same thing!
* Vito: 'Retirement' is something I should have done a long time ago...
* VIto: ...when your grandmother was still with us.
* Emily makes a drawing.
* Emily: I made a drawing for Gramma!
* Vito folds the drawing.
* Vito: That's a beautiful drawing, piccolina…
* Emily: Will she like it?
* Vito: Your grandmother is in Heaven, little one...
* Emily: Heaven?
* Vito: It's a place very far away...
* Vito: Why don't we put your drawing in a bottle and send it to sea?
* Vittorio puts the drawing into a bottle and sends it to the sea!
* Vito: ...That way, Grandma can read it in heaven.
* Emily sends the bottle to the sea. Now the deceased people read it in Heaven.

## Level 2 - The Secret Ingredient

*The secret ingredient... what could it be?*

* In the place, Antonio and Edward tasting food, one person holding a coin, and Emily and Vito enter the place.
* Emily Napoli: Grappa, what's he doing?
* Vito: The fountain is magical, you see?
* Vito: They say if you make a wish and throw a coin in it, without looking...
* One person throws a coin backwards.
* Vito: The wish will come true!
* One person leaves the place.
* Emily Napoli: Can we ask for Gramma to come back?
* Vito: I'm afraid it doesn't work quite like that, honey...
* Gino: Well?
* Vito: Well what?
* Vinicio: Marco says you're retiring.
* Marco: I didn't say that - you did!
* Gino: So who's going to be in charge?
* Vinicio: He's not going to pick you!
* Marco: Please, don't even start.
* Vito: Enough!
* Vito: Now I understand - it was your mother's secret ingredient that made us a success.
* Vito: Without it, none of you can fill her shoes.
* Vito: Come, my piccolina!
* Emily and Vittorio leave the place.
* Vinicio: Secret ingredient?
* Gino: It's got to be here somewhere, right?
* They leave except Gino, who goes inside and Edward.

### Afterward

* Emily comes into the place.
* Emily Napoli: Mommy! We're back!
* Vittorio enters the place.
* Evelyn grabs Emily and places down.
* Vito: Evelyn! What are you doing outside? You should rest...
* Evelyn: You're probably right... Let's go Emily!
* Evelyn and Emily go inside.
* Vito: Okay, this place needs to be impeccable if I want to leave it...
* Vinicio: Poppa...Was it her cheesecake?
* Vito: It was heavenly...
* Vito: ...but no.
* Vinicio: Her meatballs? She was always VERY sensitive about her meatballs.
* Vito: People traveled for miles for her meatballs...
* Vito: ...but no.
* Vinicio: She put guinea pig milk in the cappuccino??
* Vito: Goodbye, Vinicio.
* Vito walks from Vinicio.
* Vinicio: Tuna eggs in the spumoni!?
* Vito: GOODBYE, Vinicio!
* Vito goes inside!
* Vinicio: Fried baby eels in the spaghetti!!?

## Level 3 - Fishing For Something

*The brothers will use any trick in the book to discover the ingredient.*

* Vittorio comes out with fishing hook and something.
* Marco: Morning, Poppa! They say the tuna are biting...
* Vittorio goes to noodles.
* Marco: Want to know MY secret for catching them?
* Antonio appears at the window.
* Vito goes to secret ingredient.
* Marco: They LOVE candled pistachios.
* Vito: Thanks for the tip...
* Antonio comes out.
* Marco: SO... Now that I've told you one of MY secrets...
* Marco: ...maybe you could tell me one of yours?
* Emily comes out.
* Emily Napoli: Grappa, Grappa! Time to get some fishies!
* Emily and Vittorio leave to fish some.
* Antonio: Nice try.
* Marco: Shut up.
* Edward comes out.
* Antonio: Edward, I was waiting for you.
* Antonio: Would you like me to play the violin for the customers?
* Antonio: I just started taking lessons, and practice makes perfect, right?
* Edward: Well, why not? Sure it can't be that bad!
* Antonio is now the entertainer.

### Afterward

* Emily and Vittorio enter the place.
* Edward: Poppa!
* Emily starts drawing.
* Edward: Poppa, Evelyn and I will be leaving for Snuggford soon...
* Gino enters the place.
* Edward: I was hoping to have a word with you before leaving.
* Gino: Oh, right! Fishing for Momma's secret ingredient, are you?
* Edward: What? No!
* Gino: Please, Edward - can't you see our father is still grieving?
* Gino: How can you even THINK of such things at a time like this?
* Gino has the sandwich.
* Gino: Take this Poppa, it will make you feel better.
* Vito: Thank you, Gino.
* Vittorio tastes the sandwich. There was a dollar bill!
* Vito: Wait, what is this?
* Gino: Oh, my! How did that money get in there?
* Gino: Of course, one might be very grateful to the person who served them such a... rewarding meal!
* Gino: Grateful enough, perhaps, to confide like the closest of confidents!
* Vito: Come, piccolina. Let's feed the rest of this to the seagulls.
* Vittorio and Emily leave the place.

## Level 4 - The Announcement

*It's Emily's 3rd birthday! What will grandpa's announcement be?*

* Child sound!
* Vittorio enters the place.
* Emily Napoli: Daddy! For my birfday let's play 'seek an hi'!
* Antonio: Can I have Momma's secret ingredient?
* Vito: NO.
* Edward: Poppa? I need to talk to you.
* Vittorio goes inside the place.
* Edward: Poppa!
* Antonio: Edward...
* Antonio: When you go back to Snuggford, I'm coming with you.
* Edward: Are you sure...?
* Emily Napoli: C'mon, Daddy! Let's play!
* Emily plays and hides.
* Edward closes his eyes and looks.

### Afterward

* In Emily's 3rd birthday, Vittorio delivers the secret cake. He places on the table.
* Evelyn: Oh, Vito! It's wonderful!
* Vito: I made it with my dear Emilia's secret ingredient!
* Vito: It would have made her so happy to be here for her granddaughter's birthday...
* Vittorio sits down.
* Marco: Poppa - about your announcement...
* Vito: Twenty years ago, your Momma and I started this restaurant with a dollar to our name.
* Vito: Thanks to her special ingredient, it became the success it is today.
* Vito stands up.
* Vito: So, here's one dollar for each of you.
* Vito: You are to go your separate ways and forge your own success - like we did.
* Vito: Now, go and make me proud, before I get too old...
* Vito: ..and lose my memory.
* Vinicio: Is this some kind of joke, Poppa? One dollar?
* Vito: Oh... and I will be leasing the restaurant.
* They're angry and surprised!
* Gino: Leasing it!? But nobody knows this restaurant better than we do!
* Vito: Enough! This is a birthday party, remember?
* Vittorio sits down.
* Vito: So everyone sit down and be quiet!
* Vinicio: I liked it better when he was a shut in.
* Vito: What was that? What did you just say?
* Vito: I don't have to put up with this. I'm leaving...
* Vittorio leaves!
* Edward: Poppa!
* Emily leaves and follows after him.
* Edward: Emily!

## Level 5 - Time To Leave

*As Edward prepares to go back to Snuggford, Vittorio has other plans...*

* Vittorio and Emily arrive at the docks.
* Vito is setting up for departure.
* Emily Napoli: Grappa! Grappa!
* Vito: Oh, dear! I'm glad you followed me.
* Vito: I almost forgot! Your birthday present.
* Vito has the birthday present for Emily.
* Emily opens and has a doll!
* Vito: It's a very special doll, Emily. It was your Gramma's.
* Vito: I want you to have it, so you'll ALWAYS remember the ones who love you!
* Emily Napoli: Thank you, Grappa!
* Vittorio has the letter.
* Vito: Here, Can you give this letter to your dad?
* Vito gives letter to Emily.
* Vito: It's very important.
* Emily Napoli: Are you going somewhere?
* Vito: Well, Emily. Grandma isn't here anymore...
* Vito: You're going back home in a few days...
* Vito: And my sons... Well...
* Vito: I guess there's no reason...
* Fish jumps out of sea.
* Emily Napoli: Fishies Grappa! Look!
* Vito: ...for me to stay anymore...
* Vito: Yes dear... Fishies…
* Vittorio grams Emily and places down.

### Afterward

* Vittorio is departing, waving to Emily "bye".
* Emily gets off the dock, heading to beach.
* There was a boat sailing to the storm!
* Edward comes to the beach.
* Edward: There you are sweet! I was looking for you and grandpa.
* Emily Napoli: Look Daddy! Grappa doll!
* Edward: That's a beautiful doll honey. But where's Grappa?
* Emily Napoli: BYEEEEEE GRAPPA!!
* There was a thunderstorm ahead of boat!
* Edward: POPPA!
* Edward: Poppa! I need to talk to you!
* Edward: POPPA!
* Emily Napoli: GRAPPA! GRAA-PPAA!!!!
* Marco and Vinicio come to the beach.
* Vinicio: Have you seen Poppa? We wanted to apologize.
* Edward: He's sailing directly into a storm!
* They're shocked!
* ***Days go by...***
* here comes depressing music!

## Music

* **He tells me stories of the stars, of princesses and kings.**
* (Emily looks at the far skies and seas)
* **And says when I grow up I can be, any, anything.**
* (Emily keeps looking and sobs)
* **We share ice cream at the park, and count the yellow trees.**
* **Pretend we are great pirates and we sail the seven seas.**
* **Or maybe we are puppies, eating food on hands and knees.**
* (Emily continues looking and is sad)
* **Or maybe even flower sniffing, buzzy honeybees.**
* (And there is a wrecked boat on the shore)
* **That's how I know he loves me so, he spends his time with me.**
* (Emily cries, and Edward comes into the beach)
* **He is the bestest grandpa and... he will forever be!**

### After-music

* **Three days later...**
* Emily cries with the wrecked boat on shore.
* Edward comes to beach to Emily.
* Emily Napoli: DADDY? I WANT GRAPPA BACK, DADDY!
* Edward: I don't think Grandpa is coming back, Emily...
* Edward: I'm afraid he's in Heaven now...
* Emily cries.
* Emily Napoli: I miss Grappa...
* Edward picks up Emily.
* Edward: Would you like to have the dollar grandpa gave me to remember him by?
* Edward has the dollar coin, giving to Emily.
* Edward: It'll be our little secret...
* Emily runs back to the place.
* Gino works for pizza dough.
* Emily Napoli: Uncle I want a juice!
* Gino: You know you have to pay for that, right?
* Emily gives a dollar to Gino, trading a bottle. Then she leaves the place.
* At the dock, Emily has the bottle and the letter!
* Emily draws a drawing and puts into the bottle. The she sends it to the sea!
* The clouds are disappearing and the sun is shining!
* Emily Napoli: FOR YOU GRAPPA! Please read it when you're in heaven!
* What a bittersweet story!