- Rooter: Hey. What's going on here?
- [Littlefoot cries]
- Rooter: What's your problem? You're not hurt.
- Littlefoot: It's not fair. She should have known better. That was a Sharptooth. It's all her fault.
- Rooter: All whose fault?
- Littlefoot: Mother's.
- Rooter: Oh... I see. I see.
- Littlefoot: I've never wandered so far from home!
- Rooter: Oh, it's not your fault. It's not your mother's fault. Now, you pay attention to old Rooter. It is nobody's fault. The great circle of life has begun. But see, not all of us arrive together at the end.
- Littlefoot: What'll I do? I miss her so much.
- Rooter: And you'll always miss her. But she'll always be with you, as long as you remember the things she taught you. In a way, you'll never be apart, for you are still part of each other.
- Littlefoot: My tummy hurts.
- Rooter: Well - that, too, will go away with time, little fella. Only in time.
- Littlefoot's mother: Dear, sweet, Littlefoot, do you remember the way to the Great Valley?
- Littlefoot: I guess so. But why do I have to know if you're going to be with me?
- Littlefoot's mother: I'll be with you. Even if you can't see me.
- Littlefoot: What do you mean I can't see you? I can always see you.
- Littlefoot: Petrie, do you think you could fly up there and...
- Petrie: No, no!
- Ducky: Petrie, do not feel sad. It is all right. Many things do not fly-- Rocks, trees, sticks, Spike.
- Littlefoot: A tree star.
- Littlefoot's mother: It is very special. It will help you grow strong. Wherever you're going, there are so many of these leaves.
- [Littlefoot plays with the tree star]
- Littlefoot's mother: Come on.
- Grandfather: Ha, ha ha.
- Littlefoot's mother: The Great Valley is filled with green food like this. More than you can ever eat, and more fresh cool water than you can ever drink. It is a wonderful beautiful place where we can live happily with many more of our own kind.
- Littlefoot: Gee. When will we get there?
- Littlefoot's mother: The bright circle must pass over us many times, and we must follow it each day to where it touches the ground.
- [first lines]
- Narrator: Once upon this same earth, beneath this same sun, long before you, before the ape and the elephant, as well; before the wolf, the bison, the whale, before the mammoth and the mastodon, in the time of the dinosaurs. Now the dinosaurs were of two kinds. Some had flat teeth, and ate the leaves of trees, and some had sharp teeth for eating meat, and they preyed upon the leaf-eaters. Then it happened that the trees began to die. The mighty beasts who appeared to rule the earth, were, in truth, ruled by the leaf. Desperate for food, some of the dinosaur herds struck out to the west, in search of the Great Valley, a land still lush and green. It was a journey toward life.
- Littlefoot: Cera! it's you! What happened? Why are you so frightened?
- Cera: Frightened? Me?
- [laughs]
- Cera: Why are you so frightened?
- Littlefoot: We're not frightened... Are we?
- Ducky: Nope, nope.
- Cera: Well, you should be. I was going back to be with the other three-horns, but I chose to come back to warn you. I met the Sharptooth!
- Petrie: [gasps, then screams] Sharptooth! Ooh!
- [jumps onto Littlefoot's head, frightened]
- Littlefoot: Come on, Cera, Sharptooth is dead. He fell down into the big underground.
- Cera: [in a deeper tone] And that's... where he met me.
- Ducky: Oh! Dear brave, Cera.
- Petrie: [echoing] Dear brave, Cera.
- Cera: Yes. I am brave.
- Littlefoot: [annoyed] Sharptooth is dead!
- Cera: My father told me that flatheads have very small brains.
- Littlefoot: Have you ever seen the Great Valley?
- Littlefoot's Mother: No.
- Littlefoot: Well, how do you know it's really there?
- Littlefoot's Mother: Some things you see with your eyes, others you see with your heart.
- Littlefoot: I don't understand, Mother.
- Littlefoot's Mother: You will, my son. You will.
- Narrator: Then Littlefoot knew for certain he was alone, and although the Great Valley was far away, the journey there was perilous. He would have to find his way, or the chain of life would be broken.
- Narrator: All that remained of his herd was his mother, grandmother and his grandfather. He knew them by sight, by scent, and by their love. He knew they would be together, always.
- Narrator: At first, Littlefoot could *only* think about his mother. He hardly noticed his hunger and forgot about the Great Valley and that he must somehow reach it.
- Narrator: So the five hungry dinosaurs set off for the Great Valley. There had never been such a herd before. A long neck, a three-horn, a big mouth, a flyer, and a spike-tail all together, all knowing that if they lost their way, they would starve or find themselves in Sharptooth's shadow.
- Narrator: Littlefoot had been wrong about the Sharptooth, but the others followed him. Their only hope was to reach the Great Valley, and Littlefoot alone knew the way.
- Ducky: It's Sharptooth.
- Littlefoot: Let's get rid of him once and for all.
- Ducky: What'll we do?
- Littlefoot: Look, we'll coax him to the deep end of the pond. He can't swim with those scrawny arms. Me and Spike will go up and push that big rock on top of his head. And then he'll fall off into the water. Petrie, you whistle when he's just at the right spot where the water gets dark. Now we need some bait. Hmm.
- [everyone looks at Ducky suspiciously]
- Ducky: Me? Oh, no. No, no, no. No, no, no, no.
- [last lines]
- Narrator: And they all grew up together in the valley, generation upon generation, each passing on to the next. The tale of their ancestors' journey to the valley long ago.
- Littlefoot: Mother, what's a long neck?
- Littlefoot's Mother: Well, that's what we are, dear.
- Littlefoot: Oh. Well, why can't I play with that three-horn? We were having fun.
- Littlefoot's Mother: Well, we all keep to our own kinds. The three-horns, the spike-tails, the swimmers, the flyers... we never do anything together.
- Littlefoot: Why?
- Littlefoot's Mother: Well - because we're different. It's always been that way.
- Littlefoot: Well, why?
- Littlefoot's Mother: [chuckles] Oh, don't worry so much. When we reach the Great Valley, there'll be many, many long necks for you to play with.
- Littlefoot: [sighs] I wish we were there now.
- Littlefoot's Mother: Well, it's a long way yet. Past the Great Rock that looks like a long leck, and pass the mountains that burn... still a long way, but we'll get there.
- Littlefoot: I'm going to the Great Valley. We could help each other.
- Cera: A three-horn does not need help from a long neck.
- [she tries to climb down the rock ledge herself, but she slips and falls backward into the ravine]
- Littlefoot: Well, at least we won't be alone.
- Cera: Well, when I find my sisters, I won't BE alone! So go away. Three-horns can be *very* dangerous, and they only talk with other three-horns, and they only *travel* with other three-horns.
- Ducky: The tree is talking!
- Littlefoot: No it isn't.
- Ducky: You should not eat talking trees, nope, nope, nope.
- Petrie: You've got a nice flat head, Flathead.
- Littlefoot: My name is not Flathead. My name is Littlefoot.
- Petrie: Littlefoot? Hmm.
- Littlefoot: Do you smell something?
- Petrie: [Ducky's on his head] I... I smell... I smell... I smell... hmm... Ducky.
- Ducky: You smell me? Ha ha!
- Narrator: One herd had only a single baby, their last hope for the future. And they called him Littlefoot.
- Littlefoot: [to Petrie on his head] Are you just gonna stay up there?
- Petrie: Yes!
- Littlefoot: Well, you can't. You're tearing my tree star!
- Ducky: It is very special. Very. His mother gave it to him. She did.
- Petrie: Ooh. Mother present. Very important. Ooh, yes. I can save it. I'll let nobody touch it!
- Ducky: Yeah, Petrie. You keep it safe. Yep, yep, yep.
- Littlefoot: Nope, nope, nope. I'm not a carrier. Get off! You're a flyer, now start flying.
- Ducky: Open your wings, Petrie! Open! Open!
- Petrie: No! No! I can not do this!
- Littlefoot: You can fly! Now open your skinny wings!
- Narrator: The Great Valley was all they'd dreamed it would be: a land of green, and leaves, and life.
- Narrator: In this time of the clash of continents, a great earthquake split the land. Herds were divided, families were cut in two, and Littlefoot was separated from his grandparents.
- Daddy Topps: Cera!
- Cera: Mama! Daddy!
- Narrator: Cera was on one side of the divide. Her parents were on the other.
- Narrator: And Littlefoot found his grandmother and grandfather at last. The same loving faces he looked into on the day of his birth.
- Petrie: I fly?
- Ducky: No, you falled.
- Petrie: I FALL?
- Ducky: You cannot fly? But how did you get way up there?
- Petrie: I climb.
- Littlefoot: But you are a flyer, not a faller.
- Petrie: Hard thing, to fly.
- [imitates a shot down airplane]
- Littlefoot: I guess it is. We can't do it.
- Ducky: Nope. We cannot do that alright.
- Littlefoot: Cera, hello.
- Cera: What do you want?
- Littlefoot: Nothing. Where are you going?
- Cera: I'm going to find my own kind. They're on the other side.
- Littlefoot: I've looked all over here. You can't climb up the other side.
- Cera: Maybe *you* can't!
- Littlefoot: You want to go with me?
- Ducky: YEAH! Oh... Oh, yes, yes, yes! I do! I do!
- Littlefoot: Alright, come on. But you'll have to keep up.
- Ducky: I will keep up. I will.
- Ducky: Where are we going?
- Littlefoot: To the Great Valley. I'm not gonna stop until I find my grandparents.
- Narrator: Though they were sourced out and tired, Littlefoot urged them on. He'd never seen the Great Valley, but his heart told him that they were close. Surely, at the top, they'd behold it, *finally*.
- [Littlefoot had just found the Great Valley]
- Littlefoot: The Great *Valley*.
- [stares open-mouthed, transfixed at the valley]
- Littlefoot: Cera, Spike, Ducky, Petrie, over here!
- [the others run to join Littlefoot]
- Cera: Littlefoot, you found it!
- Ducky: Yep, yep, yep!
- Littlefoot: We did it; we did it together!
- Cera: Look at what they're doing. They're so greedy. What about me? I'm still hungry!
- Petrie: YOU hungry? I'm empty all the way to the top! Now we're at the Great Valley and STILL GOT NO GREEN FOODS! We'd be hungry FOREVER!
- [groans in despair]
- Littlefoot: Aw Petrie, Cera was wrong. This isn't the Great Valley.
- Ducky: It is not a Great ANYTHING. Nope, nope, nope.
- Littlefoot: Well, we'd better go down and see if there's anything left.
- Cera: See? I can take care of myself - all *by* myself. I'm not afraid to be alone. I know my way to go, AND, I'm not afraid of Sharptooth... I hope he doesn't eat any of you!
- Cera: This is the Great Valley? You're *crazy*! *I'm* leaving!
- Littlefoot: Cera, we have to keep following the bright circle.
- Cera: *I'm* taking the easy way, for once.
- Littlefoot: But it's the WRONG WAY!
- Cera: Who says?
- Littlefoot: MY mother.
- Cera: Then SHE was a stupid long neck too.
- Littlefoot: Take that back!
- Cera: Never!
- Littlefoot: TAKE IT BACK!
- Cera: NO!
- [Littlefoot charges and rams into Cera, fed up with her racism, and a brutal fight ensues]
- Littlefoot: [shedding furious tears, after being beaten in his fight with Cera, fed up with her selfishness] Go on! *Go* the wrong way! We never wanted you with us anyway.
- Littlefoot's mother: Littlefoot... Littlefoot...
- Littlefoot: Mother!
- Littlefoot's mother: [faintly] Littlefoot...
- Littlefoot: Mother... I - I tried to do what you told me, but it's just too hard. I'll never find the Great Valley.
- Narrator: It was a mark of many dangers. Sharp Teeth stalked the herds waiting to feed on the weak ones. The leaf-eaters stopped only to hatch their young. Some of the young seemed born without fear, yet even hatching could be dangerous.
- Littlefoot: Come on. We have to keep going.
- [starts climbing up a rocky hill and looks back for the others]
- Littlefoot: Come on.
- [notices they aren't following him]
- Ducky: Cera's way is easier.
- Petrie: I think so, too.
- [Littlefoot furiously leaves them behind, thinking they've betrayed him, he starts climbing up the wall of rocks]
- Petrie: Oh, Flathead, wait! Ooh! Aah! Ow. No be angry. Wait!
- [the rock he's on crumbles and falls]
- Ducky: Cera, wait for us! We're coming with you, Cera! Cera, Spike, wait!
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