Episode 4 - Return to Saurus Rock

The case of the missing flyer!

Scene: The Watering Hole in the Great Valley.

Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Spike, Chomper, and Ruby are all playing in the water. The professor is to the side looking at them.

Ducky: "Come on in, Professor, the water is nice and cool and nice, it is!"

Professor: "Oh, I suppose some swimming could be fun. Just give me a second."

The Professor pulls his shirt off. Everyone in the water gasps. Ducky screams.

Professor: "What? I don't look that bad, do I?

Littlefoot: "Whats going on? Are you ripping your skin off?"

The Professor stares at the dinosaurs in the water, when he realizes that they must have no idea what cloths are, and what they must be thinking is going on.

Professor: "No, this isn't my skin. It's called cloths. It's a thing my kind cover ourselves with to protect us from the elements."

Cera: "That's weird."

Ruby: "I've never even heard of cloths before. Where did you say you came from again?"

Professor: "Like I've said, somewhere very far away. You've probably never even been there before."

Littlefoot: "That's not a very good answer, Professor. Where is this place?"

Professor: "Um..."

He has to think for a few moments before giving a response.

Professor: "From some land across the ocean."

Cera: "You mean big water?"

Professor: "Yes, big water. My people call it the ocean. A huge body of water that takes many days to cross."

Chomper: "Did you ever go to the island that my parents were at?"

Professor: "Uh, no... But enough about me, Lets see what we can play."

He covers his nose, and takes a plunge into the water.

Ducky: "Are you a good swimmer?"

Professor: "I'm okay at it, I guess. Probably not as good at it as you are though, Ducky."

Chomper: "How about we play swimmer splasher? I can be the swimmer."

Professor: "What's that game?"

Littlefoot: "Um, The swimmer closes his eyes and says "Swimmer!'. everyone else says "Splasher!" and the swimmer tries to find them and splash them."

Professor: "Hm, that sounds like Marco-Polo."

Chomper: "Well, lets go."

Chomper closes his eyes, but he doesn't say a word, instead, he starts sniffing.

Cera: (Whispering) "Is he Really doing that again!"

Ducky catches on quick, takes a huge gulp of air, and plunges into the depths. Everyone else tries to keep their distance from Chomper, but he sniffs them out. He splashes Cera first.

Cera: "Darnit!"

Chomper smiles after hearing that, then proceeds to splashing Littlefoot and Spike.

Spike: (Annoyed grunt.)

Littlefoot: "Um, good going Chomper."

Chomper touches the Professor, Ruby. and everyone else but Ducky.

Professor: "Blast it!"

Ruby: "Good going Chomper! You just have to get Ducky!

Chomper concentrates, sniffing the air around him. He then swims a small distance waves out his arm, sending a splash that collides with Ducky just as she pops out for air.

Ducky: "...Aww. That was over fast, it was."

Cera: "It's always over fast when Chomper is the swimmer. He just uses his sniffer to find everyone!"

Chomper: "Yeah, that is what I'm good at!"

Everyone laughs.

Ducky: "Well, I was the last one to get splashed, so I guess that makes me the swimmer, yup."

Littlefoot: "Look out everyone! Here she comes!"

Bron comes walking up to the group in the water.

Bron: "Littlefoot, what are you doing?"

Littlefoot is confused.

Littlefoot: "Um, Playing with my friends."

Bron: "Don't you remember? We were going to spend the day together today."

Littlefoot: "Oh, yeah. I forgot about that."

Cera: "Hey. what's going on?"

Bron: "It's...a longneck thing. You just wouldn't understand."

Professor: "Hmm, sounds intriguing. Mind if I come along and look?"

Bron: "No, we couldn't do that. It's more of a private thing."

Littlefoot: "Aww, do I have to? I'm having so much fun here!"

Bron: "Come along now, son. You don't know just how important this is. You can play with your friends some other time. They'll still be here."

Littlefoot: "Well.. Okay, dad."

Littlefoot swims to the shore, and looks back at his friends.

Littlefoot: "See you all later."

Cera: "Seeya Littlefoot."

Ducky: "Yes, see you!"

The two longnecks walk off.

Cera: "Well, what now?"

Spike walks out of the water. His stomach is growling.

Ducky: "I think Spike is hungry again. I am too."

Chomper: "Me three."

Professor: "I could use some treesweets."

Cera: "Well, I'm not hungry. Ruby, you want to play something?"

Ruby: "Sure, I'm sure we can think of something to play."

Ruby and Cera get out of the water, and walks over in a different direction.

Scene: Near the longneck nest.

Bron and Littlefoot are walking walk over to the nest.

Bron: "So, how have you been?"

Littlefoot: "Okay I guess."

Bron: "But, didn't you have another scary sleep story last night? The same one you've been having?"

Littlefoot: "Well, Yeah, but I'm not letting it get to me."

Bron and Littlefoot makes it to the longneck nest. Grandma Longneck is at the nest.

Grandma Longneck: "Well, maybe you need to let it get to you a little."

Littlefoot: "Grandma?"

Grandma longneck: "Yes, Bron wanted me to talk to you too."

Bron: "Grandma is right. If you want to stop having those sleep stories, you have to confront them. You have to grieve."

Grandma longneck: "That is why we are going to take a trip to Saurus Rock."

Littlefoot: "Isn't that the good luck rock overlooking the Great Valley and keeping us safe?"

Bron: "Well... yes. But it's for more than that, little one."

Littlefoot looks confused.

Littlefoot: "What? What else could that big rock be for?"

Both of the fully grown longnecks giggled.

Grandma Longneck: "Well, you're just going to have to wait and see, my dear little Littlefoot!"

-Commercial break-

Scene: A forest in the Great Valley.

The Professor, Ducky, Chomper, and Spike are looking for something to eat.

Chomper: "There has got to be something around here to eat."

Ducky: "Do not look at me, Chomper!"

Chomper: "I'd never eat you, Ducky! It's just... there isn't much around here for me to eat."

Professor: "There's more around here than you think!"

Chomper: "Well... I mean that I CAN eat."

Professor: "I'm sure I mean something entirely different that what your considering, you little carnivore."

Petrie: "What you mean, Professor:"

Professor: "Oh, just give me a sec. I just have to hunt some down."

Chomper's face lights up, while Ducky, Petrie and Spike frown.

Professor: "Ah, there's some right there!"

The old man takes off towards a tree, leaving the others behind.

Chomper: "What?"

Ducky: "Professor! What is it that you are doing?"

The Professor right at the base of the tree and looks up. There's a dozen or so hard pointy tree sweets hanging from it."

Professor: "These should do just fine."

Ducky: "What do you mean? Those are too hard and spiky to eat."

Chomper: "Yeah, and I can't eat those anyway."

Professor: "I know how to eat them."

He climbs up the tree, and knocks a few down. One of them rams Chomper in the face.

Chomper: "Ow! Hey, watch where you're dropping those!"

Professor: "Your a sharptooth, you can take it."

He climbs back down the tree and grabs one of the treesweets, and pulls a knife out of his pocket.

Professor: "Now, the outside of this thing may be tough, but just look at whats inside."

he cuts a big hole in the top of the fruit, and shows it around.

Ducky: "Oh, there is some kind of white water in it."

Professor: "Yeah, it's a lot like a treesweet my kind calls a coconut."

He takes a drink out of it, and passes it to Ducky, who also takes a sip.

Ducky: "MMM, this is good!"

She holds it so Spike can take a sip. He takes a sip, and shows how much he likes it.

Spike: "Yeah-uh!"

Professor: "Actually Chomper, you take a sip too, I think you can."

Chomper: "What?"

Professor: "Come on, you can try it."

He passes it to Chomper.

Chomper: "This isn't a trick, is it?"

Professor: "Just try it!"

He eyes the Professor, then takes a little sip. He smacks his lips some, then goes back for a bigger gulp.

Chomepr: "Wow, this isn't so bad! I didn't know there were any treesweets that didn't taste awful!"

Professor: "Yes, It has a lot of protein in it."

Ducky: "What's that?"

Professor: "It's something that meat-eaters need to be healthy. It's found in meat."

Ducky: "What? Did I just drink..."

Professor: "Oh no no no! Heh, it's just this treesweet happens to have protein as well."

Chomper: "So I don't have to eat meat?"

Professor: "Well, I'd still think you'd have to eat some meat, but there's other things you can eat along with it."

Chomper: "Wow, I never even knew that!"

He gets a suspicious look on his face.

Chomper "Now how do you know something like that? I thought you weren't a meat-eater!"

Professor: "Um, well, I'm a farwalker. I've learned a lot on my travels."

Ducky: "That makes sense, it does."

Chomper: "Well, I wish I had something else to eat."

Professor: "My, always so picky!"

Scene: The base of Saurus Rock.

Littlefoot, Bron, and Grandma longneck are walking up to it.

Littlefoot: "So, why are we here?"

Grandma longneck: "There is a legend that the passed can be seen from the top of the great rock."

Bron: "I remember the stories my mother told me when I was young. She said that you can talk to loved ones from this very rock."

Littlefoot: "Really?"

Grandma longneck: "Of course. Why, I went up there once before, a long time ago, to speak with someone. MY Grandfather, I believe."

Bron: "Well, it's time. Littlefoot. Climb to the top of the rock, and keep your mind open."

Littlefoot: "Okay, dad."

He starts to climb up, but looks back at the other two.

Littlefoot: "Are you sure this will work?"

Bron: "Grandma just told you, she did the same thing!"

Grandma longneck: "You'll never know until you try."

He takes another look at the top of the rock, and gulps.

Littlefoot: "Well, if you say so."

He continues up the face of Saurus Rock.

Scene: A grassy field close to the Watering Hole."

Ruby and Cera are sitting on a rock in the field.

Cera: "It is kind of boring, just the two of us playing."

Ruby: "I guess you don't realize how much you miss friends until you miss them."

Cera: "Oh well. Just relaxing here on this sunny rock has been nice."

Ruby: "Oh yes. Relaxing like this is nice, especially when there's someone around wanting to play with you, so you can't relax."

Cera: "Hmm, wonder what that longneck's up to."

Ruby: "I haven't a clue. But it sounded important."

Cera: "Yeah, his dad just wouldn't shut up about it!"

Ruby: "Hmm, I wonder it it's anything like my little star day celebration."

Cera: "Whatever it is, I bet us threehorn's have something just like it that's better, since, you know, threehorn's are better at everything!"

Ruby: "Well, whatever it is, hope he's having fun with it."

Scene: the top of Saurus Rock.

Littlefoot clears the top of the rock. He's out of breath from the long climb. Breathing heavily, he slowly makes his way to the center of the rock.

Littlefoot: "Okay, now what?"

He glances into the sky, but see's nothing of interest. He paces around the rock some, and then kicks a pebble off the top of the rock. He looks over the edge to watch it hit the bottom.

Littlefoot: (Sighs.) "I'm still waiting."

He looks up in the air again and sees a cloud in the shape of a longneck.

Littlefoot: "...Huh."

The cloud flies across the sky, then disappears into the distance.

?: "...Littlefoot..."

Littlefoot turns around.

Littlefoot: "Wh...who is it?"

-Commercial break-

Scene: The Great Valley.

Cera and Ruby are still sunbathing on the rock. They've apparently fallen asleep in the sun. The other half of the Gang, minus Littlefoot, walks up to them.

Ducky: "Hey, Cera? Ruby?"

The two start stirring from their sleep.

Ruby: "Uh, what is it?"

Petrie: "We bored."

Cera: "Well, you think we're having any more fun? Humpth!"

Professor: "This place is kinda boring, isn't it"

Ruby: "What do you mean, Professor?

Professor: "Well, there's just not any excitement in these walls. When I was out there in that, um, 'Mysterious Beyond' yesterday, I felt alive! This place just pales in comparison."

Ducky: "The does not make any sense, no."

Ruby: "Yeah, you call this place boring, but we call this place safe."

Professor: "Well, I just wish something would happen here..."

A loud sharptooth screech is heard.

Petrie: "What that!"

Two sharptooth flyers appear over the horizon, heading right towards the Gang.

Cera: "Sharpteeth!"

?: "...Littlefoot, come here."

Littlefoot walks towards the camera. You can't see what he is walking towards.

Littlefoot: "Who are you?"

?: "Why, you should know who I am!"

Littlefoot: "I know, I'm just confused."

?: "Why be so confused?"

Littlefoot: "It's just that this...all of this, is kind of... strange."

?: "Your mother talked to in much the same way once. I'm sure of that."

Littlefoot: "Well, now that I'm here, I'd just like to know what for. Why did I have to come here."

?: "Why, I have something to tell you, little one."

Littlefoot: "What?"

Scene: The great Valley.

Cera walks into view. She falls on the ground in pain.

Cera: "Oh, it hurts!"

Ducky, Spike and Ruby come into view. Spike walks over to eat some greens. Ruby sits down on the ground. She has Ducky in her arms.

Ducky: "That was bad. Why did those Flyers come over here anyway?"

Ruby: "I don't know Ducky. I thought sharpteeth stayed out of the Great Valley."

The Professor walks into view. Part of his shirt is ripped off and wrapped around his injured arm.

Professor: "I thought you said this Valley was safe!"

Chomper waddles into view. He is shifting his weight from foot to foot and waddling like a penguin. His Stomach is bulged out. he sits down on a rock.

Chomper: "uh, can't take one more...bite"

Littlefoot walks into view.

Littlefoot: "Wow, That was amazing. I got to talk to my Grandpa again. I never thought I'd get to talk to him again. Such a long day. It was so nerve racking. I'm ready to just go to sleep now, everyone."

He takes a look at the whole gang, and They just moan back at him.

Littlefoot: "Wow, What happened to all of you?"

END