gonna tow you in.
Lulu splashes her right hand. She wants Akamuâs attention.
LULU
Wahhâ¦
(spits out water)
â¦t-son.
UNCLE AKAMU
(smiling)
Heâs in good hands. Heâs being rescued by a United States Marine.
Lulu tries to turn around to look at Uncle Akamu, but heâs taken the moment to pull his sopping-wet shirt over his head. Within seconds, he hands one end to Lulu and begins towing her toward shore.
ANGLE: BEACH
Lulu and Uncle Akamu reach the shore. Lulu crawls through the mushy sand to Auntie Moana, who lifts her up and wraps her in a towel. Noelani and all the Ohana kids form a huddle around her.
KAPONO
Hurry! Get Lulu some of her mango salsa and taro chips to revive her.
He exaggerates a goofy run and wails like a siren.
All giggle a bit nervously, but it releases some of the fear.
KENNA
She needs one of her famous coconut shakes.
NOELANI
Actually, someone go to Luluâs backpack and get her a li hing mui lollipop.
Maleko halts his right hand that had been tapping beats on his left forearm and sprints up to Luluâs bag.
LULU
(croaking)
Watson. You guys?! I lost my puggie.
Suddenly, a VOICE booms above the kidsâ heads.
VOICE
No, maâam. You havenât.
The huddle around Lulu parts to reveal a tall, muscular MAN with short, brown stubble on his head and a waterlogged pug tossed over his broad, strong right shoulder.
COLONEL ADAMS
At your service, maâam. Colonel Ben Adams! I believe this sack of pug-tatoes belongs to you.
The kids laugh. Auntie Moana and Uncle Akamu smile. Lulu gathers her reserve energy and gallops toward Colonel Adams. He slides the pug off his shoulder and into Luluâs arms.
LULU
(tears run down her cheeks)
Oh, Colonel, I donât know what to, I meanâ¦right now itâs hard to know if Iâm crying or just leaking salt water.
Colonel Adams laughs.
COLONEL ADAMS
Thatâs good. I like that. Whatâs your name?
LULU
Lulu, sir.
COLONEL ADAMS
Lulu? Didnât I meet you at Lieutenant Colonel Nuiâs house?
NOELANI
(trying to be heard and disappear at the same time)
Aloha , Colonel. Mahalo for helping my friend.
COLONEL ADAMS
(warm friendly voice)
Noelani, any friend of yours is a friend of mine. And, hey, I think your momâs going to be calling you this weekend.
NOELANI
(too embarrassed to speak, whispers)
Mahalo .
LULU
Colonel, ummm, sir! How can I thank you?!
COLONEL ADAMS
Well, you could let me keep this.
He pulls something out of the waistband of his board shorts. Itâs Luluâs ALOHA cap.
COLONEL ADAMS
Top of my head was getting scorched out here. My wife will kill me if I come home with my noggin sunburned. She always tells me to cover it up.
LULU
My hat!
Colonel Adams puts the ALOHA baseball cap on.
COLONEL ADAMS
What do you guys think?
Even though it looks hysterical to see the tall, muscle-y man wearing the red-and-white cap with the rainbow heart for the O in ALOHA, everyone tells him that he looks great. No oneâs messing with this Marine!
LULU
It might look better on you than it did on me!
Colonel Adams tips his head in respect to Akamu and begins to walk away. He quickly stops and turns back.
COLONEL ADAMS
Lulu! Give that dog of yours swimming lessons! Thatâs an order!
Colonel Adams salutes the Ohana Camp gang and heads toward his blanket on the sand.
SCENE 17: LIGHT UP MY LIFE
EXT. HARRISON HOUSE GROUNDS AND LANAI âONE HOUR LATER
Cables and thick black cords lie around the ground like sleeping snakes. Ladders rest along the lanai railing. Boxes of colored floodlights, strings of tiny white lights, and black electrical tape are piled onto the outdoor dining table.
Alexis, in a red string bikini top and red-and-white floral-print shorts that button just below her tiny waist and end at the tippy top of her tanned legs, gives instructions from the edge of the lanai .
A soggy, exhausted Lulu staggers onto the lanai . She holds Watson,
Lulu splashes her right hand. She wants Akamuâs attention.
LULU
Wahhâ¦
(spits out water)
â¦t-son.
UNCLE AKAMU
(smiling)
Heâs in good hands. Heâs being rescued by a United States Marine.
Lulu tries to turn around to look at Uncle Akamu, but heâs taken the moment to pull his sopping-wet shirt over his head. Within seconds, he hands one end to Lulu and begins towing her toward shore.
ANGLE: BEACH
Lulu and Uncle Akamu reach the shore. Lulu crawls through the mushy sand to Auntie Moana, who lifts her up and wraps her in a towel. Noelani and all the Ohana kids form a huddle around her.
KAPONO
Hurry! Get Lulu some of her mango salsa and taro chips to revive her.
He exaggerates a goofy run and wails like a siren.
All giggle a bit nervously, but it releases some of the fear.
KENNA
She needs one of her famous coconut shakes.
NOELANI
Actually, someone go to Luluâs backpack and get her a li hing mui lollipop.
Maleko halts his right hand that had been tapping beats on his left forearm and sprints up to Luluâs bag.
LULU
(croaking)
Watson. You guys?! I lost my puggie.
Suddenly, a VOICE booms above the kidsâ heads.
VOICE
No, maâam. You havenât.
The huddle around Lulu parts to reveal a tall, muscular MAN with short, brown stubble on his head and a waterlogged pug tossed over his broad, strong right shoulder.
COLONEL ADAMS
At your service, maâam. Colonel Ben Adams! I believe this sack of pug-tatoes belongs to you.
The kids laugh. Auntie Moana and Uncle Akamu smile. Lulu gathers her reserve energy and gallops toward Colonel Adams. He slides the pug off his shoulder and into Luluâs arms.
LULU
(tears run down her cheeks)
Oh, Colonel, I donât know what to, I meanâ¦right now itâs hard to know if Iâm crying or just leaking salt water.
Colonel Adams laughs.
COLONEL ADAMS
Thatâs good. I like that. Whatâs your name?
LULU
Lulu, sir.
COLONEL ADAMS
Lulu? Didnât I meet you at Lieutenant Colonel Nuiâs house?
NOELANI
(trying to be heard and disappear at the same time)
Aloha , Colonel. Mahalo for helping my friend.
COLONEL ADAMS
(warm friendly voice)
Noelani, any friend of yours is a friend of mine. And, hey, I think your momâs going to be calling you this weekend.
NOELANI
(too embarrassed to speak, whispers)
Mahalo .
LULU
Colonel, ummm, sir! How can I thank you?!
COLONEL ADAMS
Well, you could let me keep this.
He pulls something out of the waistband of his board shorts. Itâs Luluâs ALOHA cap.
COLONEL ADAMS
Top of my head was getting scorched out here. My wife will kill me if I come home with my noggin sunburned. She always tells me to cover it up.
LULU
My hat!
Colonel Adams puts the ALOHA baseball cap on.
COLONEL ADAMS
What do you guys think?
Even though it looks hysterical to see the tall, muscle-y man wearing the red-and-white cap with the rainbow heart for the O in ALOHA, everyone tells him that he looks great. No oneâs messing with this Marine!
LULU
It might look better on you than it did on me!
Colonel Adams tips his head in respect to Akamu and begins to walk away. He quickly stops and turns back.
COLONEL ADAMS
Lulu! Give that dog of yours swimming lessons! Thatâs an order!
Colonel Adams salutes the Ohana Camp gang and heads toward his blanket on the sand.
SCENE 17: LIGHT UP MY LIFE
EXT. HARRISON HOUSE GROUNDS AND LANAI âONE HOUR LATER
Cables and thick black cords lie around the ground like sleeping snakes. Ladders rest along the lanai railing. Boxes of colored floodlights, strings of tiny white lights, and black electrical tape are piled onto the outdoor dining table.
Alexis, in a red string bikini top and red-and-white floral-print shorts that button just below her tiny waist and end at the tippy top of her tanned legs, gives instructions from the edge of the lanai .
A soggy, exhausted Lulu staggers onto the lanai . She holds Watson,
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