THE GRINDYLOW BY CHLOE WAKELING MARIAM NAWAB RUHEET HASNATH

FADE IN INT: SCHOOL CORRIDOR

NIGHTIME

PERCY is walking towards the mop cupboard to get a mop and bucket out. PERCY goe s to the mop cupboard and gets a mop and bucket out. PERCY is also carrying a ra dio in one hand. INT: SCHOOL STAIRS NIGHTIME PERCY goes up the school stairs towards the school corridor. INT: SCHOOL CORRIDOR NIGHTIME PERCY puts the radio on the floor near the corridor wall and turns on the radio (news is playing) and and starts to listen to the radio. PERCY starts to clean the school corridor, with the mop and bucket. There is a l oud bang noise and PERCY hears the sound, and jumps (he shows this by flinching) at the sound. PERCY also drops the mop because of the sound. PERCY listens and sees if there are any other sounds or if there are any people around, there is n obody he can see and there is no other sound, so PERCY turns around to pick up h is mop- just at that moment ANNIE YOU DROPPED THIS EARLIER PERCY jumps and gives a heavy sigh of relief PERCY OH THANKS PERCY, put the key in his pocket and goes back to cleaning. Suddenly the radio s tops working. PERCY stops cleaning and places the mop up against the corridor wa ll and walks over to the radio. PERCY bends down and starts touching the buttons and tapping it hard to make the radio start working again. PERCY stops touching it and suddenly the radio comes on again. PERCY gets up slowly and walks over to his mop and starts cleaning the corridor again. PERCY carries on cleaning when the radio cuts off again. PERCY places the mop up against the wall and walks briskly over to the radio, bends down and starts to tap it hard PERCY (Quietly) STUPID THING PERCY starts touching the buttons and rubs his two fingers together to see that they are wet. PERCY starts to feel all over the radio. He looks over at the buck et to see if the bucket has gone over. It hasn t. PERCY looks both ways of the corri dor and something catches his eye, he sees a water trail/droplets. PERCY gets up slowly and starts to follow the water trail into the toilet. INT: TOILET NIGHTIME PERCY follows the trail into the toilet right up to where it ends- which is one of the cubicles. PERCY looks around the toilet feeling anxious. PERCY finds noth

ing. He goes to the cubicles hesitantly, opening each of doors slowly. When he g ets to the last door, PERCY starts to breaks out in a sweat. He opens the door, there is nothing there. PERCY feels relieved- and shows a sigh of relief, by gi ving a deep breath. PERCY turns to go. A hand reaches out of the toilet cubicle and starts to show the motions of grabb ing PERCY. INT: SCHOOL CORRIDOR NIGHTIME The radio starts playing again FADE OUT