a. the violin
when big bird steps out of his apartment he runs quickly down some stairs he sees a boy standing there looking at him big bird creeps past then keeps on running the boy is chasing him and that’s when he steals his violin
down in the street there are many balloons and there are floating lattices big bird looks into some mirrors he sees tomatoes, a boat……. big bird has a violin lesson he sits on a chair next to a cat he looks through the stained glass window big bird pretends to read a sheet of music he hums and he whistles.… when it becomes big bird’s turn he plays the music magically he’s been practicing his whole life.
big bird has a job driving a truck he carries his violin with him to work he fixes the truck with a spanner and he takes it for a test drive. when big bird gets hungry he goes out for some lunch he orders beans at the cafe and he leaves his violin behind
big bird gets taken into a dark house he can’t see any lights and he gets beaten up….. big bird heads back to the pub he heads past ernie who doesn’t want to talk to him
big bird washes the dirt off his face and they all ask him to play some music they tell him that he’s a musician but they only pay him with a bread roll… they don’t understand that big bird has a family to feed
b. a dream
there is writing written in lipstick on the wall
a black disc and a scene in black and white
it is daytime and then nighttime there are mountains and sunflowers daytime
and then nighttime there’s a desert and then a forest. rain and then sun big bird sees someone standing at the end of a hall
long and then white with a sun and then rain the person is far off and people in hats start struggling at the door …
big bird sees a crowd of them rushing toward the sun going through white halls
jesters are just standing there looking
they are looking at someone who is summoning and pushing with their arms.
big bird looks three times and this time he sees a man who is mad who is smoking in his room a man who is all in the dark….. big bird sees the people painted blue and he is painted blue too…. when big bird is out on the street he is tempted by a doll in the window it’s trying to sell him something but when he gets it big bird is stuck out all by himself out on a blue field out in front of a windstorm that is driving at him….
somebody holds big bird tenderly in their arms but the train has already arrived to take big bird away.
c. the hunt
big bird comes back from the hunt but he finds that the door is closed
he has a look inside but all he sees is a man with a scythe.
big bird checks the wallpaper he pulls the curtain down he shines the candle over a picture
he thought he saw a bug in the corner of his eye.
on top of the house in the morning big bird sees a statue
the lady is a chicken and she is holding a horn, she is greeting the day
she is getting everybody together and telling them to get dressed the lady is giving the signal
big bird awakes to a bear by his bed
it has a brown fuzzy dressing gown on
the bear looks at big bird and it points up to the sky it leaves a private letter. big bird goes out to the pond where someone is digging a hole
he hears some old men laughing while they dig
he finds himself in an orchard with his lover big bird sees her eating apples and grapes
big bird hears the big dinner bell ringing and he starts running
big bird gets to the room of hanging wheels some are stored like heads in cabinets
they are heads from the carts which will take you away. big bird sees some encyclopedias he sees a window covered in paint
big bird tries to look out but he can’t.
a pestle for herbs is for a girl going mad.
big bird hears the trumpet. very soon he hears a shout and a gunshot.
the bear has been struck and big bird knows that he has to die too.
