Chapter 9: Chomper

Strut and Ozzy were looking for the gang. And just their luck, they found them waiting for the egg to hatch.

(Ozzy) There they are.

(Strut) What are they doing?

The gang kept waiting until they heard a crack and saw a crack on the egg.

(Petrie) It hatching.

Then a three-toed foot with claws on it came out.

(Toad) Uh oh.

The hatchling then removed the rest of the egg and showed himself.

(Toadette) Uh oh is right. It's a

But before Toadette could say it, the hatchling yawned and showed his teeth which got the others to know what it was.

(All) SHARP-TOOTH!

That got all of them to run in panic.

(Strut and Ozzy) Sharp-tooth?

The Egg-eaters ducked without knowing that they were coming and got trampled by them. And that did hurt.

Littlefoot tried to run but he got stuck in some vines and then got flipped by them to the sharp-tooth as he opened his mouth again. Littlefoot screamed and this time he ran without getting stuck in vines. The baby sharp-tooth then made sad whimpering sounds as Littlefoot came back.

(Littlefoot) Aw. Why are we running? He's not dangerous. Hey little buddy. I see that you're a nice sharp-tooth.

The hatchling licked Littlefoot which tickled him.

(Littlefoot) Friendly, aren't you?

Just then Mario came back out.

(Mario) Hey. I bet he thinks that we're his family.

(Baby sharp-tooth) Family?

(Littlefoot) Hey. He talked. But can he walk?

(Mario) I don't think he can. Hey. Let me show how to walk. 1st you lift your foot like this. Then move it like this. Then do the same with the other. See how i'm doing it? Now you try it.

The hatchling got and did what Mario Showed him.

(Mario) Slow down. You'll hurt yourself.

But he already tripped and fell on his head.

(Littlefoot) Oh. Are you ok?

He got up and made sad wipering sounds as a tear fell out of his eye.

(Littlefoot) It's okay. We're not mad. Hey. You need a name.

Then a dragonfly came and he bit it as he made a chomping sound.

(Littlefoot) Ew.

(Littlefoot) I know. We'll call him Chomper.

(Mario) Yeah. That name works well for him and I like that name. Okay then. Chomper it is then.

At that response, Chomper liked his name as he continued to finish up the dragonfly.

(Littlefoot) I guess you hungry huh? Hey. I know what Sharp-teeth like. But maybe you can eat green stuff like me.

(Mario) Littlefoot. He can't eat leaves. Can he?

(Littlefoot) Well only one way to find out.

He grabbed a branch with leaves on it.

(Littlefoot) Here. These leaves are really tasty. Try some.

Chomper tried them but then spitted them out.

(Mario) I guess I was right.

(Littlefoot) This is going to be harder than I thought.

(Mario) How about I stay here and look after Chomper while you go get some advice from your grandparents. Besides, i don't know how to raise a baby dinosaur.

(Littlefoot) Okay. See you later. :in his head: If Cera finds out about this, she'll kill me.

So Littlefoot left Chomper with Mario while he went to find his grandparents. But just then 2 butterflies came. Chomper was still hungry and he tried to eat them. But they were fast and he started to chase them.

(Mario) Chomper come back.

Mario ran after him but he was nowhere to be seen.

(Mario) I guess my friends and I better find him before he gets into trouble.

Littlefoot got to the watering hole where Grandma and Grandpa Longneck were. He knew he shouldn't tell them about Chomper, so he just wanted to say that he needed advice.

(Littlefoot) Grandma, Grandpa, can I ask you something?

(Grandpa Longneck) Yes Littlefoot. What is it?

(Littlefoot) I want to know about babies.

Grandma and Grandpa Longneck got in a shockstate and looked at each other. They never expected him to say something like that.

(Grandma Longneck) Littlefoot. You're too young to worry about babies.

(Littlefoot) Well it's just that i'm curious.

(Grandpa Longneck) Alright. What is it that you like to know?

(Littlefoot) How do babies get enough to eat?

(Grandma Longneck) Why are the grown-ups finding food for them?

(Littlefoot) But what if you don't like what you give them?

(Grandpa Longneck) Why you wouldn't always eat what we gave you.

(Littlefoot) I wouldn't?

(Grandpa Longneck) That's right. But when you got hungry enough you always ate.

(Littlefoot) I did?

Grandpa Longneck nodded his head yes.

(Grandma Longneck) All babies eat when they're hungry.

(Littlefoot) That's great. That's all I wanted to know. You can tell me more when i'm old enough. Bye.

With that, Littlefoot then left the watering hole.

(Grandpa Longneck) Ha ha ha ha. Kids. They want to grow up so fast.

(Grandma Longneck) And when they do, they wish they were young again.

Cera, Petrie, Ducky, Spike, and Mario's Friends came back to the place where the egg hatched. But they couldn't find Littlefoot or Mario anywhere.

(Cera) Man where are they?

(Petrie) Maybe sharp-tooth eat them.

(Ducky) Poor Littlefoot and Mario.

Just then, Strut and Ozzy emerged from their hiding spot.

(Ozzy) Well, well, if it isn't the little plant-grazers and kingdom travelers who ruined our supper.

(Ducky) It is the egg-eaters.

(Petrie) Wh-wh-what do we do?

(Cera) RUN!

They started to run as the egg-eaters started to chase them.

(Ozzy) Where is my egg you little brats?

Around the same time, Littlefoot came back to the place as Mario did.

(Littlefoot) Mario, where's Chomper?

(Mario) We got seperated.

Just then they heard a noise

(Mario) Hey. I hear chomping.

(Littlefoot) Me too.

they followed the sound and then to their horror. They saw Comper standing on a rock in the quicksand, trying to catch the butterfly.

(Mario) Chomper, get out of there. It's too dangerous.

Chomper heard what Mario said and jumped from rock to rock until he was back on the land.

(Mario) Chomper that's quicksand. One step in it and it will pull you in.

Chomper then got sad.

(Mario) Hey we're not mad. You just wanted some food, that's all.

Just then they heard screaming. They looked at a cliff and saw that the others were being cornered by the egg-eaters.

(Littlefoot) The others. They're in danger.

(Mario) We gotta do something.

(Littlefoot) Stay here Chomper. This is big work only we can do.

(Mario) Hang on guys. We're coming.

As they ran to the others, Chomper stayed where he was. But what was going on.

(Chomper) Huh?