“Once, upon this same Earth, beneath this same sun, long before you...” – Narrator, The Land Before Time ... Movie Quotes Database

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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.

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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.

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