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[The scene changes to the outside in Bunnyburrow at the Carrot Days Festival. Jungkook is seen skipping beside his parents as they walk out of the auditorium, holding hands.]

Junghyun: Jungkook, you ever wonder how your Eomma and me got to be so darn happy?

Young Jungkook: [enthusiastic] Nope!
Junghyun:Well, we gave up on our dreams and we settled, right, Honey?
Young yu: Oh, yes, that's right, hyun. We settled hard.
Junghyun: See? That's the beauty of complacency, Kookie. If you don't try anything new, you'll never fail!
Young Jungkook: I like trying, actually. [jumps on a line of hay and skips]
Young yu: What your Appa means, hun, is that it's gonna be difficult, impossible even, for you to become a police officer.
Junghyun: Right! There's never been a bunny cop.
Young yu: No.
Junghyun: Bunnies don't do that.
Young yu: Never!
Junghyun: Never.
Young Jungkook [disappointed] Oh...
[enthusiasm picks up again] Then I guess I'll have to be the first one! Because I ...
[runs to a stand, flips off of it, and lands, striking a pose]
...am gonna make the world a better place!
Junghyun: [laughs nervously] Or, uh, heck, you know, if you wanna talk about making the world a better place, no better way to do it than becoming a carrot farmer.
Young yu: Yes! Your Appa, me, your two-hundred seventy-five brothers and sisters, we're changing the world!

Junghyun:Yeah.

Young yu :One carrot at a time!
Junghyun: Amen to that. Carrot farming is a noble profession. [as Yu and Hyun are talking, Jungkook sees Sharla, Gareth, and a rabbit girl with tickets walking off; Gideon and Travis are close by and they follow them.]
Young yu: Mm-hm. Just putting the seeds on the ground.
Junghyun: Ahh. And one with the soil, just getting covered in dirt. [Jungkook follows his friends and goes.]
Young yu: You get it, honey. Yeah, but it's great to have dreams.
Junghyun: Yeah, just as long as you don't believe in them too much. [They both turn to look at him, but then realize that Jungkook is no longer present. Hyun briefly looks around] Where'd the heck he go?

[Jungkook peeks from behind a tree and sees Gideon and Travis cornering the children. The rabbit girl hides behind Gareth]
Young Gideon Grey: Gimme your tickets right now, or I'm gonna kick your meek little sheep butt! [hits Sharla's head]
Sharla: Ow! Cut it out, Gideon!
Young Gideon Grey: Baaa, baaa! [takes the tickets] What are you gonna do, cry?
Young Jungkook: [steps forward] Hey! You heard her, cut it out. [Travis runs behind Jungkook]
Young Gideon Grey: [sarcastically] Nice costume, loser! What crazy world are you livin' in where you think a bunny could be a cop?
Young Jungkook: [unfazed, he puts his hand out] Kindly return my friend's tickets.
Young Gideon Grey: [taps his overalls pocket] Come and get 'em! But watch out, 'cause I'm a fox, and like you said in your dumb little stage play, us predators used to eat prey! And our killer instinct's still in our duh-nuh.
Travis: Uh, I'm pretty much sure it's pronounced D-N-A.
Young Gideon Grey: [irritated, he swats at Travis] Don't tell me what I know, Travis! [Travis recoils]

Young Jungkook: You don't scare me, Gideon! [Gideon pushes Jungkook hard to the ground, knocking his hat off; the children gasp and scream in shock before running behind a tree]
Young Gideon Grey: Scared now? [Jungkook's face shows fear as his eyes water and his nose twitches]
Travis: [laughing] Look at his nose twitch! he is scared!
Young Gideon Grey: Cry, little baby bunny, cry! Cr- [Then, Jungkook kicks Gideon hard in the face, causing the others to gasp, flabbergasted. Gideon feels his lip.] Aww, you don't know when to quit, do you? [Gideon unsheathes his claws. Jungkook gasps in fear, and Gideon growls then slash Jungkook across the cheek. He shrieks in agony, and his friends cringe; the rabbit girl and Sharla cover their eyes and Gareth bites his lip. Jungkook's cheek shows three claw marks on it. Jungkook feels his cheek and gasps, his face full of fear. Gideon grabs Jungkook's head, holding it into the ground as he whimpers] I want you to remember this moment the next time you think you will ever be anything more than just a stupid, carrot-farming dumb bunny! [he gives his head one final push for good measure]
[Gideon and Travis leave high-fiving each other and laughing. The children rush to Jungkook. ]
Gareth: That looks bad!
Sharla: Are you okay, Jungkook?
Young Jungkook: Yeah, yeah. I'm okay. [holds up tickets] Here you go.
Sharla: [takes the tickets back, impressed] Wow! You got our tickets!
Gareth: You're awesome, Jungkook.
Sharla: Yeah! That Gideon Grey doesn't know what he's talkin' 'bout!
Young Jungkook: Well, he was right about one thing: [Jungkook picks up his officer hat off the ground and puts it back on, as determination spreads rapidly across his face.]
I don't know when to quit!

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To be continued.....

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