Then suddenly a group of dozens of small furry creatures flee as they leaped high into the branches and away from the object that suddenly dropped from nowhere. And then 7 of them watched from a distance in the branches as a lightning flash reveals that they were small tree dwelling mammals called lemurs.
Sifaka lemurs.
And luckily, instead of hitting solid ground, the egg landed a large branch in a small pile of moss as a few leaves fell as a lightning flashed appeared.
And then, on the branch behind 2 palmetto leaves came a female Sifaka with yellow eyes appeared along with an elderly male with blue eyes. And then the female slowly lowers a palmetto strip down and peaks out at the egg at the other end of the branch.
And then behind them was a younger Sifaka with yellow eyes. And another lemur of the same age with yellowish fur and a crazy hairdo on his head.
"Well, what is it?" Asked the young Sifaka whispered.
"Yar, what is it?" The yellowish lemur asked quietly.
"I don't know." Yar said.
And then 2 young lemurs climbed over Yar as the female Sifaka then moves towards away from them.
"Pilo, get back here!" Yar sternly said to Pilo who is his daughter. "We don't know what it is!"
And slowly, Pilo slowly crawled pass the palmetto leaves, and into the open.
"Pilo, be careful." Said a kid's voice.
Pilo looked up where the egg fell through the canopy. And then she slowly begins to approach the egg. And at a tree higher up, 2 other lemurs watched. And Yar and the 2 young lemurs remained silent unsure what would happen.
Pilo cautiously crawled up the branch towards the egg, and as she got closer, a lightning flashed appeared and Pilo thought she saw a shape curled inside egg. And when she was a few feet away from it, she then sniffs it to work what it is.
And then the egg shook a bit, and then suddenly part of the eggshell broke and parts of shell was then pushed. And Pilo jumped back a bit, and then the pieces of shell were then pulled back.
Yar and the 2 young lemurs turn to each other.
And Pilo went up to the egg knowing something was alive inside it.
Inside the egg, everything was dark. And then part of the broken shell peels back as Pilo peels the shell a bit and looks through and saw among the threads of slime. She noticed something as his right hand slightly moved.
And then Pilo moves back a bit amazed.
"Dad, get over here." Pilo called to her father.
In the palmetto leaves, Yar slowly begins to head over to Pilo. And then the 2 young lemurs rushed pass him, but quickly caught them before they got far.
"Zini, Zoboo, it's not safe." Yar sternly said.
"Oh. I always have to go when stuff's happening." Zini complained.
"I'll just wait here." Zoboo said.
And then Yar slowly begins to approach her daughter as she appears to be doing something.
"Well, what is it?" Yar asked.
"It was an egg." Pilo confirmed and then turns. "Look"
And then she reveals a baby Iguanodon with bluish scales and a tan color underside and face and has his eyes closed. And amazingly he looks okay after the whole ordeal he unknowingly had.
And then Yar gasped with a shocked look.
"What?" Pilo wondered of her father's attitude.
"It's cold-blooded monster from across the sea." Yar said. "Vicious, flesh-eating."
And then the baby Iguanodon made a blech sound with his tongue out.
And Yar groaned from that. "Eew."
It appears that stories of dinosaurs are well known to these lemurs and Yar heard lots of them while growing up. But unaware that Iguanodons are gentle herbivores.
"Looks like a baby to me." Pilo dryly said.
"Babies grow up." Yar reminded. "You keep that, one day we'll turn our backs - It'll be picking us out of its teeth."
And then gasps of a younger lemur was heard, and then Yar glanced back with a sly smile.
And then he turns to 2 lemur kids. "Things like that eat things like us snacks!"
And then the 2 lemurs cringed in fear.
"So, what do we do?" Pilo asked.
"Get rid of it!" Yar sternly turned to her.
Pilo held the baby protectively.
"Hmph!" Yar then crawls off.
"What has gotten into you?" Pilo asked.
"Pilo, that thing is dangerous!" Yar turns back to her.
And then Pilo sadly sighed. "I'm sorry, little one." And then she turns to her father. "Okay, get rid of it." She then reaches the baby towards.
And then Yar grabs the baby with a shock look on his face at his daughter.
"Hmph!" Pilo remarked as it was his idea.
"All right. I will." Yar said.
And then Yar begins to hold the baby out as several other lemurs watched wondering if he'll actually drop him. And Yar looks down to the forest floor about 50 feet below, which would be more than enough to kill the baby. And he mumbles as he then grips on the baby.
"You'd better hurry up, Dad. It looks hungry." Pilo said sarcastically.
Yar scoffed and then turns back to the baby and prepares to let go.
But then the baby begins to stir and starts waking up.
Yar was them soften for a moment by it, but then brought his senses back.
And then the baby yawns and then slowly opened his green eyes for the first time and made a soft sound.
And then Yar rolled his eyes and sighs in defeat. And then a pouring sound was heard and turns to the baby as it urinates.
And then Pilo approaches them.
"Here." Yar held the baby and gives out.
And Pilo grabs the baby in her arms. "It's okay. We'll teach him to hate meat."
And Yar scoffed as Pilo crawls back as the other lemurs begin to appear wanting to see the strange newcomer of the mainland.
"Watch his head!" Yar suddenly said concernedly.
Pilo turned to her father surprised by him caring about the baby.
"I-I mean, watch it." Yar said. "He could bite."
Though hiding it, Yar reluctantly cares about the baby. And then he leaves as Zini and Zoboo and then leaped over to Pilo as the 2 other young lemurs appeared. And Zini and Zoboo approached and Zini used his finger and looks into the baby's mouth which it showed no teeth.
"This monster's got no teeth." Zini said. "What's he gonna do? Gum us to death?"
"This is the monster from across the sea?" Zoboo wondered. "Huh, I'd thought they be... Bigger. And scary looking."
"Zini, Zoboo, come on." Pilo said. "Look at that sweet little face. Does that look like a monster to you?"
And soon the other lemurs begin to gather to see the new member.
A trio of young lemurs screamed as they leaped across the forest, and then a large creature roared as it was chasing them.
2 of the lemurs quickly leaped inside a log as the 3rd lemur tripped as the ground shook, and then quickly dove into the log as a large 5 fingered padded foot with a thumb spike stomps right where she was. And then the creature reaches his right foot into the log almost grabbing the lemur.
The young lemur quickly leaped down the log and soon rejoins with the other 2.
And they quickly leaped out of the log and flee as the front foot of the creature stomps on the ground as he chased after them.
And then the 3 lemurs leaped across lake over some rocks as the creature leaps over each rock after them. And each rock shifted under his mass.
And then the 3 lemurs leaped across a log over a ridge. And then the creature roared as he leaps into the air and lands on the end of the log as it jolted down a bit under his weight. And the 3 lemurs leaped for their lives as the creature chased them.
And then they leaped across a branch as the creature ran after them.
And then as the young lemur leaps over the branch, she was suddenly then caught in the creature's mouth. And the creature came to a halt as the lemur's tail was sticking out wigging.
And the 2 other lemurs landed on a log and then turned, and saw the creature slurped the tail into his mouth a strand of spaghetti.
And then the 2 lemurs crouched down really low and in fear as the creature stands over them as over 8 feet tall and nearly 30 feet long and weighing over 3 tons. Reveals to be an adult Iguanodon with bluish scales and a tan color underside and with slight shade of purple on his head. And has green eyes and short spines running from behind his head down to halfway his tail.
And he slowly approached the quivering lemurs as he growled.
And the 2 lemurs whimpered as he stirs down at them as if he was about to finish them.
But then the Iguanodon's eyes strangely widen.
"Let me out!" Called a voice from inside his mouth. "Let me out!"
And then the Iguanodon sticks his tongue and reveals the lemur in his mouth alive still, and taste test her. And then suddenly he spits the lemur out of his mouth clearly not liking the taste.
And then he started spitting. "Hairball." He said disgusted and spits a bit more.
As it turns out, the whole chase was actually a game. And years have past since the lemur clan took the Iguanodon in, and they have named him Aladar. And now Aladar is the biggest resident of the island, and despite his massive size, he is a gentle giant. And sometime ago Pilo had a daughter named Suri.
"That was great!" Suri said. "Get him!"
And then the 3 lemurs laughed and then leaped onto Aladar's back and started jumping across his back.
"Oh, no! Attacking lemurs!" Aladar playfully cried. "Suri, please! I can't take it!" He then starts lowering to the ground. "There too many of them!" He then drops to his left side. "Come on! Pick on someone your own size!"
Some distance away, Pilo moves back a palmetto leaf and watches as Aladar was on his back and the 3 lemurs hopped playfully across his stomach. And she couldn't help but laugh a little.
"Oh, no..." Aladar cried and cringed.
And then he drops his head on the log to be dead with his tongue out.
And Suri and her 2 friends stared at him.
"Aladar, you're not dead." Suri smirked.
And then Aladar had his right eye slightly open. "No!" He suddenly turns to them.
And then Suri and her friends screamed by the surprise and jumped back. And then they started laughing.
"All right, guys, break it up." Pilo said appearing with a few flowers in her hand.
And then another Sifaka appear and leaped next to Pilo which is Zoboomafoo now full size.
"Oh, there you Aladar!" Zoboo said.
"Remember the courtship?" Pilo reminded. "You gonna miss seeing all that smoothing." She teased.
And then Suri's friends looked disgusted and looked away.
Every year the clan has a courtship when lemurs choose a mate. And this year's courtship is only several hours away.
"Oh, Mom." Suri groaned.
"That's okay, Pilo." Aladar said as she leaped onto Aladar's left hand. "We can smooth right here."
And then he started playfully trying to kiss them as Suri and her friend quickly leaped away and laughed.
"It's a shame you don't like kids." Pilo said.
"Nasty little vermin." Aladar said.
"Ha-ha." Pilo laughed sarcastically. "Go find Zini. He's rehearsing pickup lines. Let's hope he's found some new material."
"I think I saw him at the beach." Zoboo said.
And then Pilo leaps off.
Elsewhere on the island, Zini also a full grown lemur was practicing some lines when he finds a girlfriend tonight at the courtship. And at the moment he's rehearsing on a rock with the mainland in view a few miles away.
"Hey, sweetie, if you'll be my bride, I'll groom ya." Zini said. "That is good. Oh, that's good."
Not far away in the trees, Aladar and Zoboo who was riding on his head appeared and soon saw Zini rehearsing. And Aladar couldn't help but shake his head and Zoboo laughed a bit.
"Girls, I'm known as the "professor of love," and school's in session." Zini said and laughed a bit. "Yeah, I still got it.' He said in success.
"I hope it's not contagious." Aladar said appearing as Zini turns to them.
"I'm a raging epidemic of romance." Zini said fixing his hair.
"Sure you do, Zini." Zoboo said.
Aladar chuckled. "Come on, hot stuff. Let's get goin'." He then turns to leave as Zini hop onto his neck. "You don't wanna miss Yar's annual pep talk." And he begins to head to the forest.
"Oh, goody." Zini said and hops up Aladar's neck. "I can't wait to hear the mating advice of an old monkey."
"Hey-Hey-Hey, I heard that in his day, that old monkey was quite a swinger." Aladar said.
"You talkin' about Yar?" Zini asked.
"Yeah, to hear him tell it, he put the "prime" in "primate"." Aladar replied.
"Really?" Zini questioned.
"Mangatsika! Zoboo said amazed. "I bit he was called the "Prime Primate"."
And over at a cliff was a large tree with vines.
Author's Note:
SURPRISE! The famous Zoboomafoo lemur is in this story. I got the idea from Stegz.
Zini's hairdo was actually based from Co-Director Eric Leighton's son when he wakes up in the morning.