The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving

A long time ago,

at least 3,500 million years ago,

the earliest form of life...

made its first appearance on Earth.

These single-celled creatures developed and grew...

and changed a million times over.

Until at last,

there was a creature able to leave the sea...

And to crawl out into an unknown world.

From this small, fish-like creature...

came hundreds of other animals.

The mightiest of which was called...

the dinosaur!

For most of the Earth's dinosaurs,

life was filled with danger.

But for the fortunate leaf-eating dinosaurs of the Great Valley,

life was peaceful...

and food plentiful.

The Great Valley was the perfect place for children...

like Littlefoot, the long neck,

Cera, the three-horn,

Ducky, the swimmer,

Petrie, the flyer...

and Spike, the spike-tail...

to grow and learn and play.

I got it! Now me got it!

Oh! Ow! Oof!

- Go, Spike! - Yeow!

Did you get it, Spike? Did you, huh?

Yep, yep, yep! You got it!

I found another one! I found another one!

Hi, Hyp. Can we have our rock back, please?

Your rock? Who said it was your rock?

Yeah, who said it was your rock, huh? Who said? Who said?

Oh! Ah, yeah!

Well, gee, no one.

We were just playing with it. So give it back, Hyp.

But I didn't hear you say please!

That's because I didn't!

Hey, maybe we can all play together!

Good idea, Littlefoot. We all play!

Yep, yep, yep. The more the "betterer"!

What do ya think, guys? Want to play with these babies?

Babies?

Who's he calling babies?

Us? Hmph! Me no baby!

Me big!

Yeah, a big baby!

- Me no like them. - Me neither. I'll show 'em!

- Cera! - I'm busy.

- Nyah! Nyah! - Try and get us!

Yeah, yeah, try!

Whoa! What's that?

It's a-a-a-- "Earthshake"!

Rocks fly?

Flying rocks! Aah!

- Daddy! - Mama!

Grandma! Grandpa!

Fly, children! Fly!

Run!

Littlefoot!

- - Look out!

Littlefoot!

I'm in here, Grandma.

Are you all right, little one?

Would you like to come out now?

Gee, that wasn't a regular kinda "earthshake," was it?

- No, Littlefoot, it wasn't. - Then what kind was it?

We don't know, Littlefoot.

Perhaps it had to do with those great rocks falling from the sky.

Oh, yeah! I saw 'em!

And I saw that big one land somewhere in the Mysterious Beyond.

I sure wish we could go find it.

Yes, that would be an adventure, now wouldn't it?

Well, I think we've had enough adventure for one day.

Come. It's time to settle down for the night.

It's beautiful, isn't it, Grandpa?

Oh, yes, Littlefoot,

beautiful and mysterious,

as is so much in our world.

Well, at least the danger has passed.

Huh?

What ? Look, everyone! Where did the water go?

- It stopped flowing! - How can that be?

What will we do without water?

Grandpa, why did the Thundering Falls stop?

I don't know, Littlefoot.

I don't know.

Littlefoot, go and play.

Grandpa and I must talk with the other grown-ups.

Sure, Grandma.

See ya later, Grandpa.

This has never happened before!

Hey, guys!

Guess what happened to the Thundering Falls?

Shh! We are trying to find Cera.

She has "hided" from us.

But-- Uh! Me no find Cera anywhere!

- Guess what, Petrie? - What? You no find Cera either?

Cera is a very good hider. She is!

- Boo! -

I scared you! I scared you! I did!

You no scare me, Cera. Me "unscare-able."

Petrie? You're hurting my nose.

Oh, sorry.

Me no know my own strength.

Now who's going to hide?

Littlefoot?

Okay, but first I wanna tell you something.

Well, hurry it up! We wanna play!

I saw--

Hey!

Spike is taking your turn for you, Littlefoot.

My brother is not a very good hider. Oh, no!

Now just what were you going to say, Littlefoot?

It's the Thundering Falls. It's not giving us any water.

You gotta come see.

Why don't you hatchlings go run and see?

Yeah, run and see. Run and see!

Oh.

Bah, yeah!

Try and make us!

No, Cera, no!

Oh, don't worry. I won't hurt 'em...

much!

- Nyah! - Nyah!

Put those away.

How come all you ever wanna do is fight, Hyp?

Yeah! Fight!

Ow! Fighting hurt.

Yeah, it does give ya "ow-ees," Hyp. Why do we do it?

Why? Why?

Because we're bigger.

And bigger is smarter! Bigger is meaner!

And bigger is better!

But, Hyp, when you're all grown up, you won't be very big at all.

Yeah, your kind never gets very big.

When we grow up, we'll be much bigger!

Uh-huh, uh-huh, much, much, much, much bigger!

Oh, yeah? Well, I'm gonna see to it that you never grow up.

Ah, yeah! Never grow up! Never!

Ah, how are ya gonna do that, Hyp?

Sheesh, you're dumb. Let me lay it out for you.

First, we chase 'em. Second, we catch 'em.

Third, we hurt 'em! See?

Ah, no, Hyp. I don't see... anybody.

- Me neither. - What?

Ugh! Come on! We'll pound 'em later.

As you can all see,

our valley is quickly drying up.

Yes, we see it and feel it as well.

- There is less and less water to drink! - And green food to eat!

I know.

That is why our herds must work together...

to save the little water we have left.

From now on... we must drink...

only what we need to survive and no more.

Hopefully soon, the Thundering Falls will bring us water again.

If not, we may have to leave the Great Valley.

Leave the Great Valley? Never!

It's our home.

Then until the water returns,