Narrator quotes from The Land Before Time (1988)

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... was the Time of the Dinosaurs.

Come on!

Narrator

Now, the dinosaurs were of 2 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 leaves began to die. The mighty beasts who appeared to rule Earth were ruled, in truth, by the leaf. Desperate for food, some dinosaur herds stuck out toward the west, searching for their Great Valley, a land still lush and green. It was a journey toward life. It was a march of many dangers. Sharpteeth stalked the herds, waiting to seize any who strayed. The Leaf-Eaters stopped only to hatch their young.

Littlefoot

Oh, you can't quit now. What if the Great Valley's just over the top of these rocks?

Narrator

Though they were sore-stumped and tired, Littlefoot urged them on. He'd never seen the Great Valley, but his heart told him they were close. Surely, at the top, they'd behold it finally...

Cera

THIS IS YOUR 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 just a stupid Longneck, too.

Littlefoot

TAKE THAT BACK!

Cera

NEVER!

Littlefoot

TAKE IT BACK!

Cera

NO!!!
[Enraged by Cera's insult, Littlefoot tackles Cera and the fight begins]

Cera

Littlefoot! Come on, I'll race ya!

Narrator

And they all grew up together in the Valley. [the children Littlefoot, Cera, Petrie, Ducky, and Spike arrive to the top of a hill, then come together in a big group hug] Generation upon generation, each passing on to the next, the tale of their ancestors' journey to the Valley, long ago.