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Preschool Intellectual Property

EX. SIDEWALK - DAY

JULIA is five and walking alongside her dad, CARRICK. They are holding hands.

JULIA
If I invented something would I write a letter to someone about it?

CARRICK
(amused)
What do you mean?

JULIA
Write a letter about my invention, like what it does and what it looks like. With pictures.

CARRICK
(hesitantly)
I think that would be called a patent application…
Have you invented something?

JULIA
Umm… maybe.

CUT to CLOSE UP of CARRICK’S smirking face which he puts on to disguise the horror he feels within that his young daughter is thinking like an IBM engineer, or worse, a patent attorney.

DISSOLVE


1 Comment

Relax. She’s just as practical as she is creative. I assure you there are no genes in the family that would lead to being an engineer or an attorney. I’m sorry about the former.

Posted by Nana on 13 June 2007 @ 9am