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

A long time ago,

at least 3500 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!

Ow! Oof!

Go, Spike!

Oh!

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, uh, 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? Wanna play with these...

Babies?

Babies?

Who's he calling babies?

Us?

Me no baby!

Me big!

Yeah, big baby.

Me no like them.

Me neither, I'll show 'em!

Cera!

I'm busy!

Try and get us!

Yeah, try!

Whoa, what's that?

It's a... Earthshake!

Rocks fly?

Flying rocks!

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 kind of 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?

Shhh! 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 un-scareable!

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...

Uh... 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...

Uhh, 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.

When you're big You can push

All the little ones around

They're looking up

While you are looking down

You can snap a tree in two

Like it was just a twig

Things are better When you're big

When you're big

You can do Anything you want to do

All the rules that grown-ups make

They don't apply to you

Not to you You can splash in all the puddles

Gulp and slurp and swig

Ooh, ah!

The world is wetter When you're big

Glug, glug, glug

You can snort You can snort

You can growl You can growl

You can stomp You can stomp

You can howl You can howl

You can bonk someone smaller on the head

On the head

You can take La, la, la, la

What you want La, la, la, la

Play all day in the swamp... La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

And you never, ever Have to go to bed

When you're big You can step

On little people's toes

Oh, yeah Munch on their lunch

Lunch! And bop them in the nose

Oh, yeah Three-horns and long necks

And Duck Feet too Duck Feet too

They all have to do Anything you want them to

You want them to

And if they don't You can plop them in the goo

Don't you forget

What you want, you get

Things are better when you're big Sha, la, la, la, la, la...

Ooh... When you're big

Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, ooh...

When you're big Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

When you're big

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!

Uh, yeah! Never grow up, never!

Uh, how are ya gonna do that, Hyp?

Sheesh, you're dumb! Lemme lay it out for you.

First we chase 'em, second, we catch 'em!

Third, we hurt 'em! See?

Uh, no, Hyp, I don't see.

Anybody.