The Land Before Time (2007–…): Season 1, Episode 11 - The Legend of the Story Speaker - full transcript
When Grandpa Longneck's old friend Saro comes to visit, the kids discover that Grandpa used to be a legendary Story Speaker. But Saro is upset that Grandpa doesn't want to be a Story ...
And that's why
tree stars change color
before the cold times.
Wow! That was
a great one,
Grandpa!
Yes! Tell us another
story so we can
listen to it.
Yeah!
ALL: Yes, yes, please!
(CHUCKLING)
Oh, all right.
Now, let's see...
Oh, I know!
Once, many cold times ago,
there was a young Longneck
named Starwatcher.
Every night, he climbed
to the top of a hill to
look at the sky stars.
But one night, the sky
stars decided to come
down out of the sky.
They wanted to take a look
at the Longneck who was
always looking at them.
The sky stars said
hello to Starwatcher,
and asked if he would
like to visit them
up in the sky.
SARO: Are you sure
that's how it happened?
ALL: Huh?
I'm not so sure
you're telling
that story right.
All I see is the day
in front of us
All I see is the day
in front of us
Burning bright
with a newborn sun
Burning bright
with a newborn sun
Come follow me
Hills to climb
and valleys to roam
(ROARING)
Oh, streams to follow
all the way home
To the Land Before Time
Before time!
I think you must
be forgetting
the stories
in your old age.
(GASPS) Saro, is that you?
It's me, all right.
I thought I'd never
find you!
I can't believe it.
After all this time,
I had given up hope.
I never gave up.
Like green food
in cold times...
BOTH: It may shrink
away, but it will
always grow back.
(BOTH LAUGHING)
Grandpa,
who is this?
Children, I want you
to meet an old
friend of mine.
His name is Saro.
It's a pleasure
to meet you all.
But who's this?
A Sharptooth?
(CHUCKLES)
That's Chomper.
He was hatched
by Littlefoot.
And now he's
living with us.
CHOMPER: Yeah.
I want to learn how
different dinosaurs
can all get along.
Well, you couldn't
have found a better
teacher.
It was good to hear you
tell one of the Longneck
stories again.
Grandpa's great
at telling stories.
Oh, I know.
Your Grandpa was a
great story speaker.
Story speaker?
What's that?
A story speaker
would travel the land,
telling the great
Longneck stories to
all the Longneck herds.
And you were a story
speaker, Grandpa?
Your grandpa was
one of the finest
story speakers ever.
I tried to learn
every story I could
from him.
Oh, well, I just wanted
everyone to remember
our important past.
(LAUGHING)
Me like stories!
(GRUNTING IN AGREEMENT)
(GIGGLES) I do, too!
I do, I do!
(GIGGLES)
Yeah! Grandpa, Saro,
could you tell us one of
the great Longneck stories?
ALL: Oh, yes!
Yes, please.
Well, I think we might
be able to remember
a story or two.
Now, who knows
how Longnecks
got their name?
Oh, it is because they
have long necks.
Yup, yup, yup!
Everyone knows that!
But did you know
that Longnecks didn't
always have long necks?
They didn't?
Many cold
times ago,
before you or
I had hatched,
Longnecks had
short necks.
SARO: Back then,
the trees were
very short,
so they could eat
tree stars from the
top of the trees.
The trees would sing
to the bright circle
every day
as it crossed the sky.
The bright circle
liked their songs
so much
that it reached down
and pulled the trees
until they were very tall.
That way, they would
be closer to the sky
when they sang their
bright circle songs.
But now, the tree
stars were so high
that the short-necked
Longnecks couldn't
reach them.
That night,
the night circle
felt sorry for them
and reached down
to comfort them.
The light made
them feel better.
And so, they lifted their
heads up to get closer
to the night circle.
In doing so, their
necks stretched enough
to reach the tree stars.
The kindness of the
night circle helped
us become Longnecks.
And that is
how Longnecks got
their long necks.
That was a
very good story.
Yup, yup, yup!
Looks like talking
about tree stars
made Spike hungry.
Mmm-hmm.
(SMACKING LIPS)
(GULPS)
(ALL LAUGHING)
It must have been great
to get to tell stories
all the time.
It is an honor
to tell the great
Longneck stories.
And a very
important job.
But some of the Longnecks
have begun to forget
their stories.
That's why you have
to come back and be
a story speaker again.
I... What?
Oh, I don't
think I...
We'll travel the land,
telling everyone the
great Longneck stories.
Just like
we used to.
It sounds like
a nice idea.
So, you're going to be
the story speaker again,
Grandpa?
Of course he is.
Saro, I'm sorry.
I know how important
the stories are.
And I loved
being a story speaker.
But that was long ago.
Things are different now.
What do
you mean,
Grandpa?
My place is here
in the Great Valley.
With you, and Grandma,
and all the others.
But you're the
story speaker.
The Longnecks need
you. I need you.
I can't tell the
stories on my own.
Saro, I am very sorry.
But even though my
days of wandering
have passed...
Then you've turned
your back on the
Longnecks,
and all of our traditions.
Saro, wait...
I have nothing left
to say to you.
Grandpa,
are you okay?
Yeah. I feel
bad for Saro.
He's hurt and angry
and I don't want him
to feel that way.
I had hoped he and I would
be able to tell the great
stories together.
(SIGHING) But those
days are long gone.
(SINGING) Remembering
Remembering
Is a kind of a funny thing
It makes me think
of time gone by
Friends you made by saying hi
Thoughts I'll always hold dear
Remembering
makes reappear
But even when the
thoughts are sad
I'll always have
Remembering
My remembering
I had hoped Saro
would someday become
a story speaker.
He knows the stories
as well as I ever did.
Why didn't you tell him?
Well, I never
had the chance.
And now Saro's
too angry to
listen to me.
And it's sad, really.
I've already begun
to forget some of
the Longneck stories.
I can't let the
Longneck stories
be lost.
I've got to find Saro.
Uh-oh.
Saro's footprints lead out
into the Mysterious Beyond.
(LEAVES RUSTLING)
Who... Who is it?
(GASPING)
(STAMMERING) Come on out.
I'm not scared of you.
Why would you be
scared of me?
Oh, Chomper.
I was just...
What are you doing?
I'm following you.
What are you doing?
I'm following Saro's
footprints. I have
to bring him back.
Grandpa wants him to be
the new story speaker.
Wow! Then you're gonna
need my sniffer, so you
can find him fast.
(SNIFFING)
I got him!
Then let's go.
(SNIFFING)
He went into
the fast water.
Wow, it looks big.
Maybe to us.
But Saro's a
full-grown Longneck.
He could just
walk across.
Maybe we can walk
across, too.
See, it's not that deep.
Whoa!
(COUGHING)
I think it might just
be a little too deep
for me to walk across.
Hmm. It might not
be too deep for me.
See?
Can I get a ride?
Sure, hop on.
Thanks.
Now, just keep
going straight.
(SNIFFING)
A big Longneck like Saro
probably just stepped
right over this ledge.
(GRUNTING)
But it's too
high for me.
Almost!
(GRUNTING)
Almost!
Not quite.
But maybe a whole
pile of rocks will
help us climb over.
(BOTH GRUNTING)
Too bad Cera's
not here.
She's really good
at pushing things
around.
(BOTH GRUNTING)
There, that
should do it.
Let's give
it a try.
Yeah! It worked,
Littlefoot.
We make
a pretty good
team, Chomper.
Yeah, we do.
(SNIFFING)
Now let's go
try to catch
up with Saro.
(SNIFFING)
His smell is
getting stronger.
(SIGHING)
CHOMPER:
Come on, Littlefoot.
LITTLEFOOT:
I'm coming,
I'm coming.
See? There he is.
Littlefoot? Chomper?
What are you doing
following me?
We came to ask
you to come back
to the Great Valley.
You need to talk
to my grandpa.
I don't have anything
more to say to him.
Why are you so mad at
Littlefoot's Grandpa?
If he doesn't come
with me to be the
story speaker,
all the great
stories will
be forgotten.
Well, why can't
you be the story
speaker?
Well...
Because he's the
story speaker.
I can't do it
by myself.
I can't.
(RUMBLING)
Look!
Sliding rocks!
Oh, no!
(SCREAMING)
(YELLING)
Run!
Oh, no!
We're trapped!
Get on! Quick!
Hold on.
(SARO GRUNTING)
Thank you, Saro.
You saved us!
You shouldn't have
followed me.
Those rocks are now
blocking the way back
to the Great Valley.
Oh, no. We're trapped!
What are we gonna do?
(SINGING) We will be okay
Maybe we can climb over
There's no way
We might be stuck
here forever
Chomper, just take
a deep breath
and calm down
(GULPS)
I'don't think I can
It's dark and
it's stuffy
Close your eyes
Think of a sky
filled with puffies
Until we can find
a way out of here
But what if you
can't dig out
of these rocks?
What will we do
to survive?
We'll make it
home alive
You must believe
We'll succeed
I hope you're right
Say, did your Grandpa
ever tell you the
story of Tall Stepper?
Tall Stepper?
I don't think so.
Tall Stepper grew
up to be a great
Longneck leader.
But when he was young,
just about your age,
he learned
a great lesson
about being brave.
Tall Stepper and his
little sister were
playing one day,
and having a great time.
They were having so much
fun that the wind became
very jealous.
The wind swirled
and blew around
Tall Stepper's sister
and carried her
into the air,
and up into its wind cave
in a tall, tall mountain.
Tall Stepper was scared
to follow the wind up
into its wind cave.
But he knew that if he was
going to save his sister,
that is what he
would have to do.
When Tall Stepper
reached the cave,
the wind made
a deal with him.
If he could beat the wind
in a race down the mountain,
his sister would be released.
Tall Stepper knew
it would be dangerous,
but he knew he had to
do jt to save his sister.
No one had ever beaten
the wind before.
But Tall Stepper found
the courage he needed
to race faster than any
Longneck before him.
Because Tall Stepper
found courage when
he was afraid,
he was able to beat the
wind down the mountain.
The wind kept his promise,
and brought Tall Stepper's
sister back from the cave.
Tall Stepper grew
into a great leader.
And whenever he
needed to be brave,
he remembered how he
once had the courage
to beat the wind.
And sometimes,
when I need courage,
I think of
Tall Stepper, too.
Wow.
Thanks for telling
us that story, Saro.
Yeah. I feel better now.
GRANDPA:
Littlefoot!
Littlefoot!
Grandpa?
GRANDPA:
Littlefoot!
Yeah. I hear him, too.
Grandpa! Grandpa!
Littlefoot! Me find you!
LITTLEFOOT AND CHOMPER:
Petrie!
What are you
doing here?
Me find them.
Everyone, over here!
(RUMBLING)
How did you
guys find us?
We followed your
footprints to follow
you up into the canyon.
Then we hearded
the rock slide.
We heard you
yelling, too.
(MUTTERING IN AGREEMENT)
(LAUGHING)
Saro, there's something
I want to talk
to you about.
About what I
said earlier?
I'm sorry about that.
No, no. Saro,
I think you should be
the new story speaker.
Me? But...
I can't tell the great
stories without you!
But Saro, you
told us a story.
The one about
Tall Stepper.
We were really scared,
but your story helped
us feel a lot better.
You see, Saro?
You saw a chance
for one of the
great stories
to teach something
important at a
time of need.
That's what a good
storyteller does.
That's what a
story speaker does.
So, you really think
I'm ready to be
a story speaker?
I know you are.
Me, too!
That's right!
(GRUNTING IN AGREEMENT)
I just wish I had
told you earlier.
I don't know
what to say.
(CHUCKLING)
I thought
story speakers always
had something to say.
Maybe you're right.
In fact, this reminds me
of the story about the
very first story speaker.
Her name was
First Voice.
One day, First Voice
came upon a great cave.
But, when she
walked into
the cave,
she began to
hear the footsteps
of another Longneck...
tree stars change color
before the cold times.
Wow! That was
a great one,
Grandpa!
Yes! Tell us another
story so we can
listen to it.
Yeah!
ALL: Yes, yes, please!
(CHUCKLING)
Oh, all right.
Now, let's see...
Oh, I know!
Once, many cold times ago,
there was a young Longneck
named Starwatcher.
Every night, he climbed
to the top of a hill to
look at the sky stars.
But one night, the sky
stars decided to come
down out of the sky.
They wanted to take a look
at the Longneck who was
always looking at them.
The sky stars said
hello to Starwatcher,
and asked if he would
like to visit them
up in the sky.
SARO: Are you sure
that's how it happened?
ALL: Huh?
I'm not so sure
you're telling
that story right.
All I see is the day
in front of us
All I see is the day
in front of us
Burning bright
with a newborn sun
Burning bright
with a newborn sun
Come follow me
Hills to climb
and valleys to roam
(ROARING)
Oh, streams to follow
all the way home
To the Land Before Time
Before time!
I think you must
be forgetting
the stories
in your old age.
(GASPS) Saro, is that you?
It's me, all right.
I thought I'd never
find you!
I can't believe it.
After all this time,
I had given up hope.
I never gave up.
Like green food
in cold times...
BOTH: It may shrink
away, but it will
always grow back.
(BOTH LAUGHING)
Grandpa,
who is this?
Children, I want you
to meet an old
friend of mine.
His name is Saro.
It's a pleasure
to meet you all.
But who's this?
A Sharptooth?
(CHUCKLES)
That's Chomper.
He was hatched
by Littlefoot.
And now he's
living with us.
CHOMPER: Yeah.
I want to learn how
different dinosaurs
can all get along.
Well, you couldn't
have found a better
teacher.
It was good to hear you
tell one of the Longneck
stories again.
Grandpa's great
at telling stories.
Oh, I know.
Your Grandpa was a
great story speaker.
Story speaker?
What's that?
A story speaker
would travel the land,
telling the great
Longneck stories to
all the Longneck herds.
And you were a story
speaker, Grandpa?
Your grandpa was
one of the finest
story speakers ever.
I tried to learn
every story I could
from him.
Oh, well, I just wanted
everyone to remember
our important past.
(LAUGHING)
Me like stories!
(GRUNTING IN AGREEMENT)
(GIGGLES) I do, too!
I do, I do!
(GIGGLES)
Yeah! Grandpa, Saro,
could you tell us one of
the great Longneck stories?
ALL: Oh, yes!
Yes, please.
Well, I think we might
be able to remember
a story or two.
Now, who knows
how Longnecks
got their name?
Oh, it is because they
have long necks.
Yup, yup, yup!
Everyone knows that!
But did you know
that Longnecks didn't
always have long necks?
They didn't?
Many cold
times ago,
before you or
I had hatched,
Longnecks had
short necks.
SARO: Back then,
the trees were
very short,
so they could eat
tree stars from the
top of the trees.
The trees would sing
to the bright circle
every day
as it crossed the sky.
The bright circle
liked their songs
so much
that it reached down
and pulled the trees
until they were very tall.
That way, they would
be closer to the sky
when they sang their
bright circle songs.
But now, the tree
stars were so high
that the short-necked
Longnecks couldn't
reach them.
That night,
the night circle
felt sorry for them
and reached down
to comfort them.
The light made
them feel better.
And so, they lifted their
heads up to get closer
to the night circle.
In doing so, their
necks stretched enough
to reach the tree stars.
The kindness of the
night circle helped
us become Longnecks.
And that is
how Longnecks got
their long necks.
That was a
very good story.
Yup, yup, yup!
Looks like talking
about tree stars
made Spike hungry.
Mmm-hmm.
(SMACKING LIPS)
(GULPS)
(ALL LAUGHING)
It must have been great
to get to tell stories
all the time.
It is an honor
to tell the great
Longneck stories.
And a very
important job.
But some of the Longnecks
have begun to forget
their stories.
That's why you have
to come back and be
a story speaker again.
I... What?
Oh, I don't
think I...
We'll travel the land,
telling everyone the
great Longneck stories.
Just like
we used to.
It sounds like
a nice idea.
So, you're going to be
the story speaker again,
Grandpa?
Of course he is.
Saro, I'm sorry.
I know how important
the stories are.
And I loved
being a story speaker.
But that was long ago.
Things are different now.
What do
you mean,
Grandpa?
My place is here
in the Great Valley.
With you, and Grandma,
and all the others.
But you're the
story speaker.
The Longnecks need
you. I need you.
I can't tell the
stories on my own.
Saro, I am very sorry.
But even though my
days of wandering
have passed...
Then you've turned
your back on the
Longnecks,
and all of our traditions.
Saro, wait...
I have nothing left
to say to you.
Grandpa,
are you okay?
Yeah. I feel
bad for Saro.
He's hurt and angry
and I don't want him
to feel that way.
I had hoped he and I would
be able to tell the great
stories together.
(SIGHING) But those
days are long gone.
(SINGING) Remembering
Remembering
Is a kind of a funny thing
It makes me think
of time gone by
Friends you made by saying hi
Thoughts I'll always hold dear
Remembering
makes reappear
But even when the
thoughts are sad
I'll always have
Remembering
My remembering
I had hoped Saro
would someday become
a story speaker.
He knows the stories
as well as I ever did.
Why didn't you tell him?
Well, I never
had the chance.
And now Saro's
too angry to
listen to me.
And it's sad, really.
I've already begun
to forget some of
the Longneck stories.
I can't let the
Longneck stories
be lost.
I've got to find Saro.
Uh-oh.
Saro's footprints lead out
into the Mysterious Beyond.
(LEAVES RUSTLING)
Who... Who is it?
(GASPING)
(STAMMERING) Come on out.
I'm not scared of you.
Why would you be
scared of me?
Oh, Chomper.
I was just...
What are you doing?
I'm following you.
What are you doing?
I'm following Saro's
footprints. I have
to bring him back.
Grandpa wants him to be
the new story speaker.
Wow! Then you're gonna
need my sniffer, so you
can find him fast.
(SNIFFING)
I got him!
Then let's go.
(SNIFFING)
He went into
the fast water.
Wow, it looks big.
Maybe to us.
But Saro's a
full-grown Longneck.
He could just
walk across.
Maybe we can walk
across, too.
See, it's not that deep.
Whoa!
(COUGHING)
I think it might just
be a little too deep
for me to walk across.
Hmm. It might not
be too deep for me.
See?
Can I get a ride?
Sure, hop on.
Thanks.
Now, just keep
going straight.
(SNIFFING)
A big Longneck like Saro
probably just stepped
right over this ledge.
(GRUNTING)
But it's too
high for me.
Almost!
(GRUNTING)
Almost!
Not quite.
But maybe a whole
pile of rocks will
help us climb over.
(BOTH GRUNTING)
Too bad Cera's
not here.
She's really good
at pushing things
around.
(BOTH GRUNTING)
There, that
should do it.
Let's give
it a try.
Yeah! It worked,
Littlefoot.
We make
a pretty good
team, Chomper.
Yeah, we do.
(SNIFFING)
Now let's go
try to catch
up with Saro.
(SNIFFING)
His smell is
getting stronger.
(SIGHING)
CHOMPER:
Come on, Littlefoot.
LITTLEFOOT:
I'm coming,
I'm coming.
See? There he is.
Littlefoot? Chomper?
What are you doing
following me?
We came to ask
you to come back
to the Great Valley.
You need to talk
to my grandpa.
I don't have anything
more to say to him.
Why are you so mad at
Littlefoot's Grandpa?
If he doesn't come
with me to be the
story speaker,
all the great
stories will
be forgotten.
Well, why can't
you be the story
speaker?
Well...
Because he's the
story speaker.
I can't do it
by myself.
I can't.
(RUMBLING)
Look!
Sliding rocks!
Oh, no!
(SCREAMING)
(YELLING)
Run!
Oh, no!
We're trapped!
Get on! Quick!
Hold on.
(SARO GRUNTING)
Thank you, Saro.
You saved us!
You shouldn't have
followed me.
Those rocks are now
blocking the way back
to the Great Valley.
Oh, no. We're trapped!
What are we gonna do?
(SINGING) We will be okay
Maybe we can climb over
There's no way
We might be stuck
here forever
Chomper, just take
a deep breath
and calm down
(GULPS)
I'don't think I can
It's dark and
it's stuffy
Close your eyes
Think of a sky
filled with puffies
Until we can find
a way out of here
But what if you
can't dig out
of these rocks?
What will we do
to survive?
We'll make it
home alive
You must believe
We'll succeed
I hope you're right
Say, did your Grandpa
ever tell you the
story of Tall Stepper?
Tall Stepper?
I don't think so.
Tall Stepper grew
up to be a great
Longneck leader.
But when he was young,
just about your age,
he learned
a great lesson
about being brave.
Tall Stepper and his
little sister were
playing one day,
and having a great time.
They were having so much
fun that the wind became
very jealous.
The wind swirled
and blew around
Tall Stepper's sister
and carried her
into the air,
and up into its wind cave
in a tall, tall mountain.
Tall Stepper was scared
to follow the wind up
into its wind cave.
But he knew that if he was
going to save his sister,
that is what he
would have to do.
When Tall Stepper
reached the cave,
the wind made
a deal with him.
If he could beat the wind
in a race down the mountain,
his sister would be released.
Tall Stepper knew
it would be dangerous,
but he knew he had to
do jt to save his sister.
No one had ever beaten
the wind before.
But Tall Stepper found
the courage he needed
to race faster than any
Longneck before him.
Because Tall Stepper
found courage when
he was afraid,
he was able to beat the
wind down the mountain.
The wind kept his promise,
and brought Tall Stepper's
sister back from the cave.
Tall Stepper grew
into a great leader.
And whenever he
needed to be brave,
he remembered how he
once had the courage
to beat the wind.
And sometimes,
when I need courage,
I think of
Tall Stepper, too.
Wow.
Thanks for telling
us that story, Saro.
Yeah. I feel better now.
GRANDPA:
Littlefoot!
Littlefoot!
Grandpa?
GRANDPA:
Littlefoot!
Yeah. I hear him, too.
Grandpa! Grandpa!
Littlefoot! Me find you!
LITTLEFOOT AND CHOMPER:
Petrie!
What are you
doing here?
Me find them.
Everyone, over here!
(RUMBLING)
How did you
guys find us?
We followed your
footprints to follow
you up into the canyon.
Then we hearded
the rock slide.
We heard you
yelling, too.
(MUTTERING IN AGREEMENT)
(LAUGHING)
Saro, there's something
I want to talk
to you about.
About what I
said earlier?
I'm sorry about that.
No, no. Saro,
I think you should be
the new story speaker.
Me? But...
I can't tell the great
stories without you!
But Saro, you
told us a story.
The one about
Tall Stepper.
We were really scared,
but your story helped
us feel a lot better.
You see, Saro?
You saw a chance
for one of the
great stories
to teach something
important at a
time of need.
That's what a good
storyteller does.
That's what a
story speaker does.
So, you really think
I'm ready to be
a story speaker?
I know you are.
Me, too!
That's right!
(GRUNTING IN AGREEMENT)
I just wish I had
told you earlier.
I don't know
what to say.
(CHUCKLING)
I thought
story speakers always
had something to say.
Maybe you're right.
In fact, this reminds me
of the story about the
very first story speaker.
Her name was
First Voice.
One day, First Voice
came upon a great cave.
But, when she
walked into
the cave,
she began to
hear the footsteps
of another Longneck...