Trolls' Adventures of The Land Before Time

Foraging for Food

Narrator: So, our heroes and the five hungry dinosaurs set off for the Great Valley. There had never been such a herd before: A group of Trolls, a long-neck, a three-horn, a bigmouth, a flier, and a spiketail, all together. All knowing that if they lost their way, they would starve or find themselves in Sharptooth's shadow.

(Water drips to join other droplets streaming down off a prehistoric plant to form a tiny puddle, then a streamlet, and finally, a little brook. We hear Littlefoot discussing the water offstage)

Littlefoot: Hmm. Tree stars grow where there's lots of water. lf we follow this water...

Poppy: Good thing we stopped here. We can all use the drink while we look for green food.

Petrie: [sniff sniff] Hmm. No green foods here, and l still hungry.

Ducky: l'm still hungry, too.

Littlefoot: Can you smell something?

Petrie: [sniff sniff] l...l... l smell... l smell... l smell... Hmm... Ducky.

Ducky: You smell me? Heh heh.

John Dory: (sniff) I don't smell a thing.

Viva: What did you smell, Littlefoot?

Littlefoot: l smell water. l smell... tree stars!

Ducky: Oh, Look! Green food!

Cera: The Great Valley!

Branch: You think this is the Great Valley?

Poppy: No, we haven't seen the long-neck rock yet.

Kelsey: Or the volcanos.

Cera: l found it!

Littlefoot: Cera, stop it!

Cera: l found it!

(Suddenly, we hear rumbling; the earth starts to tremble. Everyone looks around in panic)

Clay: What was that?

Ducky: Earthshake!

Littlefoot: We've got to get out of here! That way! Come on!

Petrie: Help!

Ducky: Spike, hurry up!

Littlefoot: Ducky, Spike, get out of there!

Ducky: (gasps)

Spruce: Something tells me this is not an earthquake...

John Dory: Look!

(They see a herd diplodocus stampeding their way through)

Branch: STAMPEDE!!!

(Everyone ducks down when the herd breaks through the hole running straight to the oasis like monster locusts, devouring everything they can reach... and they can reach everything. Our little guys and heroes don't have a chance against these ravenous marauders. In minutes the oasis is decimated. The herd moves on, smacking their lips)

Cera: They're eating our food!

Viva: We've should have known.

Cera: Look, look what they're doing! They're so greedy! What about me? l'm still hungry!