Some things start out big,
and some things start out small, very small.
- But sometimes the smallest thing...
can make the biggest changes of all.
- Yar, what is it? - I don't know.
Plio, get back here! We don't know what it is!
Plio, be careful.
Dad, get over here.
- Zini, it's not safe. - Oh, I always have to go when stuff's happening.
Well, what is it?
It was an egg. Look.
- What? - It's a cold-blooded monster from across the sea.
- Vicious, flesh-eating. - Blech.
- Eew. - Looks like a baby to me.
Babies grow up. You keep that thing, one day, we'll turn our backs...
It'll be picking us out of its teeth.
- Things like that eat things like us as snacks!
So, what do we do?
Get rid of it!
What has gotten into you?
Plio, that thing is dangerous!
I'm sorry, little one.
Okay, get rid of it.
- All right. I will.
You'd better hurry up, Dad. It looks hungry.
Here.
It's okay.
- We'll teach him to hate meat. - Hmph.
Watch his head.
I-I mean, watch it, he could bite.
This monster's got no teeth.
What's he gonna do? Gum us to death?
Zini, come on. Look at that sweet little face.
Does that look like a monster to you?
- Let me out! Let me out!
Hair ball.
That was great! Get him!
Oh, no! Attacking lemurs! Suri, please!
I can't take it! There are too many of you! Come on! Pick on someone your own size!
Help!
Oh, no...
Aladar, you're not dead.
No!
All right, guys, break it up. Remember the courtship?
- You gonna miss seeing all that smooching. - Oh, Mom.
- That's okay, Plio. We can smooch right here.
- It's a shame you don't like kids. - Nasty little vermin.
Ha-ha. Go find Zini.
He's rehearsing pickup lines. Let's hope he's found some new material.
Hey, sweetie, if you'll be my bride, I'll groom ya.
That is good. Oh, that's good.
Girls, I'm known as the "professor of love,"
and school's in session.
- Yeah, I still got it. - I hope it's not contagious.
- I'm a raging epidemic of romance. - Come on, hot stuff.
Let's get goin'. You don't wanna miss Yar's annual pep talk.
Oh, goody. I can't wait to hear the mating advice of an old monkey.
Hey-Hey-Hey, I heard that in his day, that old monkey was quite a swinger.
- You talkin' about Yar? - Yeah, to hear him tell it,
he put the "prime" in "primate."
Really?
Okay, boys, gather 'round. Listen and learn from the master.
Now, girls, don't jump into the trees after the first boy with a cute back flip.
It's more fun if you keep them guessing.
And if a cute back flip doesn't work, guess.
You're never going to forget this day, so make it one to remember.
But if you mess up, don't worry. They'll never remember.
Come on, guys! We don't wanna let 'em down!
- Go on, now. Chest up! Chin up! - Whoo!
- Make 'em look good, son. - Come on, Yar.
- My charm and your brains? No problem.
Ha-ha!
- Hey, girls, look what just pulled into town. - Hey, ladies!
Your buffet table of love.
- Right here! Right here! - Hey, beautiful!
Hey, free samples! Get me while I'm hot!
Whoa!
Zini.
- Whoo! Wah-hoo! - Whoo!
Yah-hoo!
- You're missin' all the action, pal. Come on.
Hey, haven't you heard? I am the action!
Ah, don't worry, Zini. You always have next year.
Hey, I'm lucky to be rid of them. With the ladies,
- before you know it, they all wanna move to a bigger tree. - Hmm.
Oh, well. Poor Zini. The clan still has one bachelor.
No, we have two.
Well, it's never really been his best event.
He's got a tougher hide than mine. - Oh, Aladar,
if only there was someone on the island for you.
Well, you know, who looks like you, but prettier.
Come on, Plio. What more could I want?
Whoa!
- What are they? - I don't know.
Dad?
Something's wrong.
Aladar, where's Suri?
She's up in the tree.
Come on! Go! Go! Come on!
- Mom! - Suri!
- Mom! Mom! - Suri!
- Mom! - Suri, where are you?
Run, Aladar! Run! Run!
Yar, come on!
- Zini, jump! Jump! - Zini, jump!
Hold on!
Plio! Yar! Where are you?
Aladar, over here!
I feel bad. I feel bad.
Oh, Suri. Easy, easy.
They're all gone.
Shh, shh. I'm here.
Come on. We can't stay here.
Now, now, Suri. There's nothing to be afraid of.
- Look! - Whoa!
- Did you see that? - What? - I did.
- Me too! - Where did it go? - I don't know. Let's go see.
- Leave it alone. Hey! - Shh, Dad.
- It's scaring Suri. - No, it's not.
Everyone just be quiet.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! - Yar, grab on!
I can't reach!
Aladar, they're stopping!
Huh?
Stay out of my way!
You heard Kron. Move it!
Watch it.
Zini, get your head down.
Walkin' backwards, huh? Well, let me know if that gets you there any faster.
Keep those little legs movin', Url, or you'll get left behind.
Look at all the Aladars.
If you're even thinking of joining them...
Hang on! Hang on!
- Kron,
There is a more protected spot further down the...
- We'll rest here for the night. Go ahead, Bruton.
Oh, Eema, I wish we were at your nesting grounds now.
All this pushing and shoving about,
just for a place to sleep.
I'm not used to this kind of behavior.
- Baylene, you got big feet. Just give 'em a kick. Git!
Ooh, I couldn't possibly.
Shoo, shoo.
Will you come on, Baylene? You wanna get to the nesting grounds alive?
- Show some backbone. - Hey, there.
Oh, sorry about that.
Uh, it's just, we overheard you talking, and, um...
Well, my word. Look at Url.
- He doesn't normally warm up to strangers so fast.
- What an unfortunate blemish. - Good mud bath'd clear those up.
Excuse me?
Um, he's my grandfather... Couple of times removed.
Try a couple of species removed.
Uh, my name's Aladar. This is my family. We're all that's left.
Oh, my dear. I'm so sorry.
Baylene's the last of her kind. Finding stragglers like her all along the way.
I heard you say something about nesting grounds?
It is the most beautiful place there is, child.
It's where the herd goes to have their babies.
Will we find anybody that looks like us there?
Oh, the last few days, I've seen 'em all shapes and sizes.
Who knows what we'll find.
The hard job now is just getting there.
- And we're being driven unmercifully. - By who?
Kron, the herd's head honcho.
We can hardly keep up. An older woman like myself...
It's... Well, it's positively indecent.
Then tell him. What's the worst he can do?
Oh!
Hey!
What's his problem?
- That's him, honey. Kron. - Huh.
- Uh, excuse me! Kron, you got a second?
- Get lost, kid. - Hmm. Relax, Bruton.
- Who are you? - Uh, Aladar.
Why aren't you uphill with the...
uh, young bloods?
- Well, I was back here talking to these guys.
- I guess they... They're having a hard time keeping up.
- So, you know, maybe you could slow it down a bit?
Hmm. Let the weak set the pace. Now, there's an idea.
Better let me do the thinking from now on, Aladar.
- Hey, they need help back here. - Hmm.
Watch yourself, boy.
Don't worry. That's how my brother treats newcomers,
no matter how charming they are.
You sure know how to catch a girl's eye, there, stud.
I wouldn't be catchin' nobody's eye if I was you, especially Neera's.
You just keep your head down, and you mind what Kron tells you.
Since when do we take orders from the likes of him?
Kron has swatted flies bigger than you, pops.
I could hold that monster's brain in the palm of my...
No, Yar, she's right. Better to keep our heads down with this bunch...
- than get 'em bitten off by those things.
Well, you consider yourself lucky that's all that's following us.
Hey, wake up.
- Enough with the beauty sleep. You're ravishing already.
Hey! Hello! Anybody in there?
Zini, what are you doing?
I believe you left a wake-up call for the dawn of time.
- Come on! Move it! - What's the hurry?
Something's up. The herd's gathering without us. Let's check it out.
Rise and shine! Kron says everybody goes.
Come on. Get up. On your feet.
Huh. The charm never stops around here.
You say something?
Uh, no... no, sir.
Unless you got a death wish,
you and that little parasite better get moving!
Sheesh, is that guy ugly or what?
Hey, hey, hey, there's your girlfriend.
- What are you talkin' about? - You know what I'm talkin' about: Neera.
Scaly skin. Yellow eyes. Big ankles.
Yeah, I made a real impression on her.
What you need is a little help from the love monkey.
- "The love monkey"? - Ow, baby!
Ow!
That, children,
- is what's known as a "jerkasaurus."
And with that, the ice is broken.
We've got a lot of first-timers here. Make sure they get it.
We stop for nothing and no one.
If this is your first crossing, listen up.
- There is no water till we reach the other side.
And you'd better keep up, 'cause if a predator catches you, you're on your own. Move out!
Oh, my goodness.
- It looks like a very long walk. - And hot.
If you smell somethin' sizzlin', it could be me.
We're moving too slow.
I'll pick up the pace.
Hey, old girl, you're wandering off a bit.
That's all I need: A monkey on my back.
- On your feet, Eema.
We can't let those things eat you.
They're out there waiting.
- The lake! - We made it?
It's just over that... that hill, baby.
Oh, thank goodness.
Come on, Eema. Water. Remember water?
Oh, it's time to refresh my memory.
I'm just gonna walk right into that lake...
- Until the water's up to my eyeballs...
and soak it all in.
Maybe the rains collected somewhere else.
What do you want us to do?
Take a scout and check the entire perimeter.
- Enough! You have to be strong now.
The nesting grounds are only a few days away. Keep moving!
- Kron, we've never gone this long without water.
If we keep going like this, we'll lose half the herd.
Then we save the half that deserves to live.
What? They're moving already? Oh-Ho, we'll never keep up.
There was water here, always water here before.
We always had water, always.
- And... And plenty of mud. - Oh, Eema, please.
The herd won't wait. We must carry on.
You gotta get up.
- There was water everywhere. - There is no water, dear.
- Baylene, don't move. - What is it?
What's wrong?
- Do you hear that? - I sure do. Lift your foot, Baylene.
Ooh!
Now press down.
I always did like big girls!
- Water! - Oh, my goodness!