Robyn the Rhinoceros
Storyboard Description
A young girl meets a gigantic end when a wish with a genie goes awry.
Storyboard Text
- I wonder who that is?
- Ding Dong!
- Maybe Sarah wants me to come out and play!
- I'll get it !
- In an unassuming house on an unassuming street in Milton Keynes, sits a young girl in her bedroom. Her name is Robyn
- Hmm...that's strange.
- While playing on her clarinet, Robyn hears the doorbell go.
- OW! Jesus! Can you not?! That fucking hurts.
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- It's got my name on it as well.
- Robyn headed downstairs to answer the door.
- Robyn B-Halligan
- I didn't ask for this. Is this a present? It looks like a gravy boat...
- But when she reached the bottom of the stairs, she found a parcel waiting for her by the front door.
- Hmm...I think it's an oil lamp. Someone must have made a mistake.
- Robyn Brady-Halligan
- Flummoxed, Robyn picked up the parcel to find it was addressed to her. She decided to open it upstairs.
- That's strange. We didn't order anything. Maybe it's from one of your secret admirers?
- You can keep it in your room as long as you promise not to light it .
- Back upstairs, Robyn opened the parcel and took a look inside...
- Slightly confused, Robyn placed the oil lamp on her bedside table.
- Robyn Brady-Halligan
- Later that evening at dinner, Robyn broached the subject with her parents.
- After dinner, Robyn returned to her room. Unable to resist the temptation of lighting the lamp, she ignored her mother's instructions, lit the lamp and read by the glow of its light....
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- Arooooh!
- Still fully dressed, shoes and all, she fell into a restless sleep.Through the night, Robyn tossed and turned as her dreams became mixed with scenes from the book she had been reading.
- In her dreams, she soared along on a flying carpet with a genie as her guide. Together, theytowered above wide vistas of natural beauty and never before discovered plains,
- Eventually, they arrived in a vast wilderness filled with all sorts of animal. Each one sped past in a blur: monkeys, apes, gorillas, rhinos, zebras, hippoos, but when she reached the elephants, they soared lower skimming the hairs on the elephants heads. A young elephant reared up and gave a loud trumpet in playful jest.Not expecting it, the loud noise frightened Robyn.
- Back in reality and still dreaming, Robyn's arms flailed up to clasp her face in surprise , knocking the book and the still-lit oil lamp to the floor.
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- A loud crash ensued, and Robyn woke with start. To her horror, the fire of the lamp had lit the book on fire.
- Smoke billowed through the room and Robyn, now fully roused and alert to the situation, stomped on the book attempting to subdue the flames.
- She stomped once
- She stomped twice
- As the flames subsided, Robyn's foot prepared to administer the third and final stomp.
- Hi! I'm your genie, Karl.
- What are you?!
- I told you, I'm your genie. Here to grant your wishes!
- Just as she landed the last blow she heard a loud cry of pain.
- You don't look like a genie
- That's racist
- Robyn was aghast as a high-pitched voice echoed from the book, swiftly followed by a chill creeping down her spine as to her horror a green and ferocious head popped out of the book.
- I'm sorry, I've just never seen anything like you before.
- Robyn took a few large gulps, and with an unsteady voice spoke to the creature.
- I'm petting you!
- What are you doing now?!
- I'm not a dog!
- Yes. Obviously.
- Oh, sorry! Do you have a name?
- I think you mean WHAT is my name...my name is Geraldine
- Oh, you're a girl!
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