Star Fall: Harbor Pals — The First Try

Star Fall Harbor Pals The First Try Starring Hollis and Brin

Hollis wants to mark his tool tin. Brin has a stamp, a little ink, and room at the bench. Hollis A quick-talking hare who likes to keep useful things in good shape. Brin An inventive fixer who keeps scraps handy for trying things out.

Wide at Brin’s open workshop. Brin stands at right, Hollis at left, across one corner of the same wooden bench. Hollis sets down a closed square blue tin with one brass clasp and a blank cream label. A small wood-handled stamp and a navy ink pad sit between them. An empty cork strip is fixed to the back wall. Silent. Close on Hollis and the tin. He points at the blank label, ears upright, and looks to Brin. Hollis: “My tools. I’ll mark the tin.” Brin slides the stamp and open ink pad toward Hollis. The stamp makes one simple navy wrench silhouette. Hollis is already reaching for it. Brin: “Here you go.”

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Wide at Brin’s open workshop. Brin stands at right, Hollis at left, across one corner of the same wooden bench. Hollis sets down a closed square blue tin with one brass clasp and a blank cream label. A small wood-handled stamp and a navy ink pad sit between them. An empty cork strip is fixed to the back wall. Silent.

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Close on Hollis and the tin. He points at the blank label, ears upright, and looks to Brin. Hollis: “My tools. I’ll mark the tin.”

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Brin slides the stamp and open ink pad toward Hollis. The stamp makes one simple navy wrench silhouette. Hollis is already reaching for it. Brin: “Here you go.”

Hollis leans over the same closed blue tin and presses the inked stamp on the blank label. His eager grip tilts the handle, and the tin starts to shift on the bench. Brin looks toward him. Silent. Insert after the stamp lifts. The label has one blurred navy wrench silhouette with a smear trailing to one side. The tin’s brass clasp and cream label are unchanged. Silent. Hollis looks down at the mark. His ears tilt back and his hand starts to cover the label. He looks sideways toward Brin. Hollis: “Oh. That slipped.” Brin leaves a small stack of cream paper scraps within reach, palm open. Brin looks to Hollis’s eyes. Hollis’s hand still half covers the tin. Brin: “Want a scrap?”

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Hollis leans over the same closed blue tin and presses the inked stamp on the blank label. His eager grip tilts the handle, and the tin starts to shift on the bench. Brin looks toward him. Silent.

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Insert after the stamp lifts. The label has one blurred navy wrench silhouette with a smear trailing to one side. The tin’s brass clasp and cream label are unchanged. Silent.

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Hollis looks down at the mark. His ears tilt back and his hand starts to cover the label. He looks sideways toward Brin. Hollis: “Oh. That slipped.”

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Brin leaves a small stack of cream paper scraps within reach, palm open. Brin looks to Hollis’s eyes. Hollis’s hand still half covers the tin. Brin: “Want a scrap?”

Hollis takes his hand off the label and slides the blue tin aside. His ears rise a little as he looks at Brin. Hollis: “Can I try here?” Brin nudges the ink pad toward him and steps back just enough to give him room. Brin smiles at Hollis, both hands clear of the bench. Brin: “Right here.” Hollis lifts the stamp after testing it on the first loose scrap. One hand holds the paper flat, fingers clear of the stamp. The new print is tilted but has only one head. Brin watches quietly from the right. Silent.

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Hollis takes his hand off the label and slides the blue tin aside. His ears rise a little as he looks at Brin. Hollis: “Can I try here?”

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Brin nudges the ink pad toward him and steps back just enough to give him room. Brin smiles at Hollis, both hands clear of the bench. Brin: “Right here.”

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Hollis lifts the stamp after testing it on the first loose scrap. One hand holds the paper flat, fingers clear of the stamp. The new print is tilted but has only one head. Brin watches quietly from the right. Silent.

Hollis looks down at two scraps with a tentative smile. The first print is tilted. The second is one clear navy wrench, with its open jaw pointing up and its handle pointing down. The original smudged label is still on the blue tin. Hollis: “Press. Lift.” Close on Hollis’s gray hands. He peels away the corner of the old cream label, showing the blue lid beneath. Both test scraps stay visible on the bench. Silent. Close on the bench. Hollis steadies the blue tin with one hand and presses the stamp straight onto a fresh cream label with the other. The original smudged label is off the tin. Silent. Hollis lifts the stamp straight up to reveal one upright navy wrench on the clean cream label. His ears rise and Brin leans in with an approving smile. Hollis: “There. I can read that.”

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Hollis looks down at two scraps with a tentative smile. The first print is tilted. The second is one clear navy wrench, with its open jaw pointing up and its handle pointing down. The original smudged label is still on the blue tin. Hollis: “Press. Lift.”

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Close on Hollis’s gray hands. He peels away the corner of the old cream label, showing the blue lid beneath. Both test scraps stay visible on the bench. Silent.

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Close on the bench. Hollis steadies the blue tin with one hand and presses the stamp straight onto a fresh cream label with the other. The original smudged label is off the tin. Silent.

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Hollis lifts the stamp straight up to reveal one upright navy wrench on the clean cream label. His ears rise and Brin leans in with an approving smile. Hollis: “There. I can read that.”

Hollis closes his fingers around the blue tin, looking at the clean label. Brin points to the two scraps that show the tilted and straight prints. Brin: “Taking those, too?” Hollis pins the same two scraps side by side on the low cork strip near the workbench. He smiles back over his shoulder at Brin. The practice prints show a tilted wrench and a clear upright one. Hollis: “The next pal can see both.” Silent wide closing shot from the opening angle. Hollis leaves with his blue tin and one clear wrench mark on its cream label. Brin stays by the bench. The two scraps remain pinned side by side over the stamp and paper stack, within reach of the next visitor. Silent.

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Hollis closes his fingers around the blue tin, looking at the clean label. Brin points to the two scraps that show the tilted and straight prints. Brin: “Taking those, too?”

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Hollis pins the same two scraps side by side on the low cork strip near the workbench. He smiles back over his shoulder at Brin. The practice prints show a tilted wrench and a clear upright one. Hollis: “The next pal can see both.”

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Silent wide closing shot from the opening angle. Hollis leaves with his blue tin and one clear wrench mark on its cream label. Brin stays by the bench. The two scraps remain pinned side by side over the stamp and paper stack, within reach of the next visitor. Silent.

The End Think About It Hollis tried again on scrap paper. He left both tries where the next pal could see them. What would make it easier to try something you’re still learning? More Harbor Pals The Last Dry Patch

Created by CTSoftwares - Chuan Tang. Story development assisted by Codex. Illustration and panel lettering assisted by OpenAI image generation. Typography uses Barlow Condensed and Source Sans 3 under the SIL Open Font License.