Chapter 3: Creepy Crawlies
Later, everyone in the valley gathered up at the Tree-sweet tree. And they were upset about what happened. Rhett met up with The Gang on the cliff behind the Tree-sweet tree before he knocked all the pink Tree-sweets off and fed them to the Tiny Long-necks. But out of everyone else, Topps was the most upset of them all.
(Topps) Have you ever seen such a sad sight?! All those pink flowers and berries, gone right before your eyes. Every last one of them. But, that's not the worst part! The worst part is that someone here took them! Which means you won't get a pink flower or berry this month.
Everyone gasped. Topps was right. Without any of those pink flowers and berries, there won't be a Nibbling Day until next month. Rhett was shivering. If he told the truth, his life would be over. He thinks of something without telling the truth.
(Petrie) So Cera, you mad you won't get pink tree-sweet now?
(Cera) WHAT DO YOU THINK?!
Cera wasn't the only one mad. Lots of the grown-ups were the same way. Littlefoot looked at Mario and his friends. They never thought of this to happen before. Rhett on the other hand, was getting worried.
(Rhett) I didn't do it! I swear it!
Poor choice of words. Rhett saw that what he said had gotten everyone's attention.
(Tria) Hey, I know you. I saw you running away before Topsy and I saw the Tree-sweet tree.
(Wario) Huh?
(Waluigi) Topsy?
(Topps) Well Rhett! What do you have to say?!
(Rhett) Well...I was walking over, until I saw a herd of strange Tiny Long-necks. And they ate all the pink Tree-sweets.
At first, everyone thought he was only joking and laughed for a moment. However, Topps saw a piece of a pink flower left behind. He knew that Rhett was right this time.
(Topps) Everyone. He's not joking. He's telling the truth. Look. Only something that small can make a bite like that.
(Tria) Topsy's right.
(Rhett) I saw them with my own eyes. I was so surprised that I screamed. I was gonna tell everyone. But Mr. Three-horn already got here. And then he screamed, or shouted, or...what did you do?
(Topps) I shouted.
(Rhett) And that's when everyone else arrived.
(Topps) For what we know, our valley is infested with tiny thieves!
Almost everyone felt like the way Topps did. They started to sing a song that came into their heads.
(Topps) Creepy Crawlies.
(Mama Swimmer) Creepy Crawlies.
(All) Everybody hates those little, Creepy Crawlies!
(Big-mouth) They tickle and they bite, Ooh!
(Hollow-horn) They sneak around at night. Oooohh...
(Topps) Everything about them, is just not right.
(All) Those little, Creepy Crawlies!
(Kosh & Nose-horn) Creepy Crawlies!
(Rainbow Face) Ichy, sticky.
(Long-neck) Tiny, spiny.
(All) Creepy Crawlies!
(Spike-tail) They nibble on your ears.
(Big-mouth) Ouch!
(Tria) And in between your toes.
(Topps) NO! They eat all your food, out from under your nose.
(All) Those awful, Creepy Crawlies!
(Tria) They might be smart.
(Topps) They might be dumb!
(Rainbow Face) We don't know what they look like.
(Long-neck) Or where they're from.
(Mama Swimmer) The only thing we know is, they're different from us.
(Topps) And anything that's different is dangerous!
(All) Whoa...whoa...whoa...whoa...!
(Tria and Mama Swimmer) Creepy Crawlies.
(Mama Flyer and Hollow-horn) Creepy Crawlies.
(Kosh and Nose-horn) The world's a better place without those, Creepy Crawlies!
(Grandpa Longneck) But every living thing, has a role to play.
(Grandma Longneck) They might be nice.
(Rainbow Face) No sir!
(Kosh) No way!
(Tria and Mama Swimmer) Not icky sticky...!
(Kosh and Nose-horn) Tiny spiny...!
(Long-neck) Nitsy nasty.
(Topps) Smash them flatsy!
(All) Creepy, Crawlies! Ewwwww!
As the song ended, Topps turned to the rest of the herd.
(Topps) Of course, you know what to do. We need to find those Tiny Long-necks and rid them of this valley.
Most of the dinosaurs said yes and got ready to start searching.
(Grandpa Longneck) Everyone! Please. These Tiny Long-necks might have had no idea how much important the Tree-sweets were to us or what the tree was for. We should just reason with them so they won't do it again.
But to Grandpa Longneck's horror, everyone rejected him. So far, it seemed to them that Topps was a better leader than he was.
(Topps) Then it's settled! We will find those things and get rid of them once and for all.
(Tria) I love it when you act that way Good Looking.
Cera saw Tria making out with him. This was starting to get on her nerves.
(Topps) Cera. Aren't you going to hunt with us?
(Cera) Go hunt with her! I'm hunting with Littlefoot, Mario, and his friends.
(Ducky) I will hunt with Tickles, Petrie, and Spike.
(Petrie) Nothing can hide from my eye.
(Rhett) Then I'll hunt with Mario and the others.
And so, everyone left the tree and got ready to start the hunt.