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My dearest granddaughter

by the time you read this

you will no doubt have grown into a confident

and beautiful young woman

Your journey will not be an easy one

You will be expected to show courage

and face many challenges which may threaten to destroy our world

But you are not alone Marion

And help will come, in unexpected ways

and from unfamiliar faces

And as the darkness descends around Dinotopia

never allow it to overwhelm you

Instead, follow your heart

and prepare to fulfill your destiny as matriarch

Find the light.

I hate flying.

This will be a treat

David... We're going to go island-hopping

You're going to love it - I promise

Let's just leave him behind Dad

He's going to be like this all day

I agree with Karl

I was happier reading back at the villa

You're not going to be sitting in your room reading

David, you'll be out doing something

There, we're all set

C'mon Karl, fly the plane

This is very important

you keep your air speed above a hundred and forty

Okay

This is so cool

He's flying the plane

Yeah, I see

Wake me up twenty minutes before landing

What?

It's alright David

I think I know what I'm doing

What is that?

What?

That....what is that?

You see that?

Wake up Dad! Dad!

Where did that come from?

Hang on

we've got to turn it to try and outrun this thing

Get your belts on!

Dad

we're out of control

The plane rapidly goes down

crashing into the water.

HANG ON!

It's sucking us in... brace yourselves!

The plane is filling with water

Open the door!

Open the door!

Dad!

Dad!

David...!

Where's dad?

I couldn't get him out

What are we going to do?

Come on follow me

Where are we?

What is this place?

I don't know Davey... I don't know

Karl, what are we doing?

We should have just stayed with the plane

We didn't have a choice David

we would have drowned

We just left him...

I tried... there was nothing I could do

What happened, happened

Now, if we can find some help, a phone

Maybe there's a chance

Where do you think we are?

I don't know all these islands look the same to me

I don't believe this we've been walking for hours and nothing

No people, no houses

not even a road to follow

Lets keep walking

we're bound to find someone, somewhere

Do you see that?

What the hell is that?

I don't know, but whatever it is

Iooks kind of creepy

Sorry. Sorry. Apologies

Sincere apologies for the inconvenience

I have uh

I have permission from the Volcaneum council to explore ancient sites

in the hope of finding unused sunstones

It's all an order....

I have the papers.

Well, well, well. hello boys

Sorry you gave me a bit of a fright there

We gave you a fright?

Unless I'm very much mistaken you're something of a rarity uh

You just arrived?

Uh,Yes...

Splendid! I knew it! Are newcomers...

So where are we exactly?

Dinotopia

Oh, you'll be the talk of the place

Its not every day we get new arrivals

Dinotopia? Where is that?

Listen, can I use your cell phone?

What?

You know, a telephone

We need to call the Coast Guard right away.

We were in a storm, our plane.. crashed

Our father... he's... missing

We've got to get some help

Awh, you want the postal bird

I'm afraid I can't help you there

Postal bird?

Postal Bird

What were you doing up there anyway?

Awh, just a bit of archeology

You're the first Archeologist I've met who uses dynamite

Yes, well I have a number of occupations to be honest with you

I'm something of an independent spirit

which can get a man into trouble around here

Hmm. Awl - fancy a livner Go on

Thanks

Well for what it's worth

and for no extra cost

I offer you the eternal friendship of Cyrus Crabb

That's me. Well, wast'n me time here

This place's been picked clean with a fine tooth comb

You got anything you want to swap?

Rings, watches, no?

Well if it's any use to you boys

I'll escort you to the chandera bus depot I'm catching the bus there

myself in about half an hour, fancy that?

Alright

Follow me

So, how big is Dinotopia?

Not that big

Couple of hundred miles across

Two hundred miles?

How come we've never heard about it before?

Well we're a little cut off from the rest of the world

Look at this place....

I mean these people?

Come on

This is really weird

Well no, just...

You don't think this is weird?

Look at the signs

What kind of markings are those?

What's that sound? Is it an animal?

Scalator

What's going on?

What is that...

Come on!

Hey, hey, hey it's all right

calm down, calm down

Calm down

What can that be?

It's a dinosaur

Those must have died off millions of years ago

If only my boy, if only

It's coming right for us

Yep, time to say farewell, I think

Awh, there she is

thought she'd turn up at a time like this

Who's she?

Come on boys, while she perform her work

She must be crazy

Easy now

Hey Is she crazy?!

Calm down boys. Don't worry about her

Calm down.

What is it?

What's wrong?

Toothache

That was amazing

She's Dinotopian Twentieth generation

I'd loved to spend more time with you

but I have to catch a night bus to Volcaneum

Very important meeting but if

ah, there's anything you need don't hesitate to call

it's no bother at all

Crabbs Curios... Waterfall City...

That's your store?

Finest in antiques and antiquities

Listen,don't waste your time here in the provinces

go to Waterfall City

Pick up your tickets over there

Maybe we'll see you there

Oh, you can be sure of it

I know future friends when I see them

Todaloo...

I'm not sure I trust him

Why not?

He's just a weird old guy with a limp

and a few sticks of dynamite

I wonder if there's a map around here...

Well look lets try to find Waterfall City

Maybe we can get tickets up here

Well I guess that means it's closed...

Excuse me

we need to get to a place called Waterfall City

Waterfall City the next bus is at dawn

Dawn?

Great. Now what

David... you asleep?

What do you think?

How can a place like this really exist without everybody knowing about it

Its mind blowing

I don't know David

I don't have any answers

But I do know we have to get out of this dump

Get to that city Crabb talked about

Waterfall City?

Exactly, we can find some help there

get search parties out, call home

Do you really think some place called Waterfall City is going to have telephones?

What do you mean?

I think the rules here are different

and we better start learning them

No, no! Screw the rules

I'm not forgetting about dad

Nobody's forgetting about Dad

There's just nothing we can do right now

not until we understand this place

I don't want to understand this place

I want to get home

Look, right now we sleep, OK?

And tomorrow, the city...

we do whatever it takes to find someone in charge

Route 1 1. Betta hurry, over there

Great - thank you

Hey - That should do ya

Excuse me, uh, hi, my name's Karl

this is my brother Davey

It's David, hi

Hello, my name's Marian

You were pretty impressive the yesterday

dealing with that... whatever it was

Ankylosaurus

Weren't you scared?

I'm studying to be a leader

I must be calm in a crisis if I'm expect to inspire others

You're not from around here,are you?

Um, no. Not exactly

We had an accident and swam to

Now we are trying to get to Waterfall City

Oh, that's my destination

Now I understand what's happened to you

But don't be afraid you are not the first

When you arrive in Waterfall City

everything will be explained just as soon as you register

Register?

We don't want to register for anything

We just want to get home

I imagine that so... this way

This is the bus?

He's a brach - a brahiosaurus

We will be travelling with him across the Rainy Basin

What's that for?

Armor, that's to stop him from getting killed

He says he much appreciates the protection

The bus is secure

We will be leaving in 5 minutes

Waterfall City direct

He won't eat us, will he?

Brach's are plant eaters

To get to Waterfall City

we have cross the rainy basin it's the domain of the carnivores

We only cross when it's absolutely essential

and then only in a convoy

But don't worry

We carry extra food to appease them

Appease them?

The carnivores are not evil

there just hungry by nature

So,do you have any weapons?

We won't fight the carnivores

He means if they attack us

I understand

Dinotopians don't carry weapons

Weapons are enemies to their even to their owners

Third code of Dinotopia

Wait a minute

you have a law that says you can't defend yourself?

There are ways to defend yourself without using weapons

And besides

it's only one in five convoys that are attacked

Oh, good

Now I'll just complete this hideous picture for us

Exactly what kind of dinosaurs are we likely to encounter?

Tyrannosaurus Rex, of course

Of course

Of course...

What's happening? why are we stopping?

The brachs something's scaring them

Where's he going?

What is it?

Tyrannosaurus

These droppings are fresh

And the tracks

there are hundreds of them

I've never anything like it

Dinosaur's never hunt in herds

These ones did

There's a small outpost at the edge of the forest

We have got to make sure their safe come on

What's happened here?

Where is everybody?

Look

What is it?

The sunstone has failed

What's a sunstone?

It's our source of power

keeps the outposts and settlements safe

This one's dead

What is it?

Quiet

What's going on?

Must have been the thunder

We should get back to the brachs

We can't

The next outpost is more than 5 hours away

The brachs will never carry us through the storm

Then we'll have to find shelter here

Would you like something to eat

That would be great

Yeah, I'm starving

Any chance of a steak...

a burger... or some chicken

You want a bird... to eat?

We eat only fruits and vegetables in Dinotopia

And you do you eat meat?

ME? No, no I'm a very strict vegetarian

Why thank you

Ugh, it's bitter

You're supposed to peel it first

See you haven't lost your touch Karl

Awh, Karl, has a restless spirit

Has he always been that way?

Yeah, I guess so

I've never spent this much time with him before

You're brothers but you don't live together

No, no we hardly see each other at all

We have different mothers

See my father he had a very active social life

We were born just a few months apart

but we didn't grow up together

We just don't have anything in common

so we're not exactly best friends

I'm sorry about your father. David

Thank you

Did you hear that?

They're harmless

Creatures of the rainy basin

Well something's making them panic

Something's making me panic

We should all try to get some sleep

Karl

Karl!

Karl

Karl

Karl!

What is it now?

I swear I heard something

It was like a rumble coming through the floor

So go back to bed

Let's check it out

OK

What?

Can you see anything?

No, nothing but jungle out there

I thought...

ya know...well I thought...

You thought a T-Rex was coming to get you

Yeah

Outside! Run! Run! Hurry!

Over here quick

Keep running!

Marion!

Marion!

Are you OK?

It's alright.

They're Skybaxs

they're here to help us

I am Oonu Squadron Leader, Skybax Corps

I think you just saved our lifes

Yes, this time you were lucky

I am going to recommend this bus service be suspended until further notice

We cannot guarantee the safety of the passengers

And you! Stop!

No one ever but a rider approaches a sky bax

These are not tame birds

If you value your life, stay back

I will provide you an airborne escort for the rest of your journey

What happened to everybody here

We rescued the rest of the staff earlier

We flew them out before the storms came in but three people

and their Triceratops patrol are still missing

As yet we have no sightings

I fear they are dead

OK lets go

Right. Come on, follow us

What's the best way to fight those things?

We don't approve of violence in Dinotopia

Even when it saves your life?

That T-Rex almost killed us back there

Our lives are no more precious than that of a Tyrannosaurus

Come on Marion, eat or be eaten kill or be killed...

that's the law of the jungle

We're human beings and that means we're at the top of the food chain

We are recent guests on this planet

The dinosaurs have been here for a hundred and sixty million years

Mammals like us are only recent

Look, I like my dog back home

but he's not getting a driver's licence

you know what I'm saying?

You feel superior to them?

Well yeah you bet I do

But you're not

Karl feels superior to everything

If dinosaurs are so superior then how come they're doing all the manual labor?

Dinosaurs take pride in their strength

Well they're still carrying us around on their backs

There's many things you can learn from a Brachiosaurus

Oh yeah? Like what?

Like humility

Welcome to Waterfall City

I've never seen anything like it

It's a beautiful city like something out of a fairy tale

Marion, your world map is a little off

America isn't joined to Europe

At the beginning of the Triassic period all the continents

were joined together in one huge supercontinent called Pangea

Surprise you didn't know that David

Why are they all looking at us?

There haven't been newcomers in many years

You're celebrities

The mayor of Waterfall City is coming to speak

This is the palace

Who's that guy?

He looks like a clown with all those robes on

Hello father

Oh Marion

I heard about the Tyrannosaurus attack I've been so worried

I'm fine

there's nothing to be frightened off

but I would like to address the senate on what I saw

Oh yes, yes Plenty of time for that

Dinner's at eight

Quarter to nine by the time the speeches have dragged on

Oh well...

Now on behalf of the people of Dinotopia

I Waldo Saville

the 207th Mayor of Waterfall City and speaker of the Dinotopian Senate

extend to you all our warmest welcome and hospitality

Excuse me Mr. Mayor?

Our plane... crashed into the sea

David and l, we escaped

but our father was trapped in it

What we need is a search party

Don't worry, dear boys

now the senate awaits you

and we will address all your concerns

Recorded on this scroll

you can see those names of all the shipwrecked souls

whom destiny has delivered to our land

They number in thousands from all corners of the earth from every century

Those poor unfortunates

castawayed on the winds of misfortune

only to find a better life a life of harmony

fulfillment, here on the shores of Dinotopia

And we are their descendents

Welcome

Please, please do sign

Welcome to Waterfall City... David Scott

And a very warm welcome to you to... Karl Scott

Well we would like to formally except you into the Waterfall City Academy

where you will, after training

be given the chance to become full Dinotopian citizens

and find your saurian life partner

Saurian?

You mean one of those scaleys?

We don't use that ugly term here but yes

you will be paired with a dinosaur

There's a ceremony and we take a vow

it's like a marriage

Well thank you for the offer but we have to get home

Our dad's still out there

there's no way we can stay here

We understand that you both must be upset

but many Dinotopians have lost friends

and families in the ship wrecks that brought them here

but I'm afraid your past life is gone

This must be a big shock to you

but when you understand the truly wonderful life out here

Marion, we have to get off this island

I'm afraid that's impossible

Over the centuries a few have tried

but they've all perished on the razor reef

But wait a minute

how do you know no one's ever made it?

Had you ever heard of Dinotopia before you arrived?

No...

Exactly

Now you can't imagine how exciting this is for us

you're the first new arrivals for many a long time

and we're all waiting to hear of the changes your world

Come on, come along

Our last off-worlder was shipwrecked in 1944

So what have been the principal changes in your society since then?

What?

Oh yes, are you still at war with the Germans?

Oh, no we won that one

Well done

You'll tell us about the significant historical events that have followed

Uh...significant events let's see hmm..

there was the War in Vietnam and Watergate um the Gulf War

the Cold War and that's when they knocked down the Berlin wall

They knocked down the wall?

Where's there something wrong with it

That's a little hard to explain

Lets see what else... uh.. Oh!

the space program, Apollo 1 1

that's when Neal Armstrong walked on the moon

Technology is very advanced these days

We all have mobile phones DVDs and laptops

Everybody's on the lnternet

I'm sorry I think we're a little confused

I thought you said someone walked on the moon?

The most significant event in my history was falling out of the sky

and watching my father swept away to drown

Welcome to Dinotopia

WOW!

It's just incredible, isn't it?

You'll get used to it

I'm not so sure

I don't understand how a place this big hasn't been found before

it's not on any maps

Is that so surprising?

What do you mean?

Are there no mysteries left out there where you came from?

Well no, there's a lot of things we don't know about our world

Well this is just another one

This is the ancient library of Dinotopia

This is your library?

Must be centuries old

Look at all these scrolls

I'd love to read some of them

You might find that a little bit difficult

seeing their aren't English

Oh...

What's he doing?

Dinosaurs hate turning pages they do their best thinking

when their feet are moving

Daretakalada

Gosh, I'm sorry

No, no, no, no it's perfectly alright

It was completely my fault

This dinosaur can talk!

Dare-tago

Dare-tago madam Marion.

David and Karl Scott, right

Um yes, I can speak English and French

Bonjour mon ami

Bonjour!

I can understand 1 7 major human

and Saurian languages and imitate many natural sounds

I was at the top of my class

So how many dinosaur's can talk?

All of them

But very few learn to speak English properly

if that's what you mean

How exciting it is to meat you!

Oh, I just love mammals

I have to leave you now

I'm going to speak to the senate

Good bye

Well wait a minute

where are we supposed to go?

Where are we going to sleep?

Oh, I'm sorry I thought you had been told

ZlPEAU has kindly agreed to give you temporary accommodation in his house

Yes

Goodbye

You mean we're staying with a dinos

A librarian

Right, librarian

Yes

Mmmmm, this is delicious

Your fork Karl

Very kind of you to put us up ZlPEAU

Oh no, not at all I find you a very interesting species

I just love the way you jump about very quick reactions

and the way you eat with your little knife

and fork cutting up all the food first

it's so funny

So do you have a human partner

I was partners with Sylvia of the Hatchery

But I was never sought another after my soulmate's death

Wow, how'd ya score a babe like that?

God...

What?

Babe? Hmm...very colorful language

It's a spiritual union...

I don't think you understand yet

No, I'll never meet another like her... babe

Dare-toe camada Almasoar

Food's getting cold darling

I thought you spoke beautifully to the senate

I couldn't believe my little girl looked so grown up

The debate was very interesting

but the next meeting's not scheduled for another month

Well the dinotopian way is the reasoned way

A good mind is a calm mind

Danad-you-sec Almasoar

Father this isn't the first time the sunstone has failed

and I've never seen Tyrannosaurus running in herds

Perhaps the outer settlements are being attacked

because the sunstones are failing

Is that so. An intriguing idea

I shall send out skybaxs patrols to confirm the reports before the next meeting

Wow very cool

We're in the nut house

Yeah. I know. What a place, I mean

it's just incredible

And all that talk about partners

doesn't it seem just a bit creepy

I'm mean we're talking about lizards here

No, I mean this is some kind of Utopia

where everyone lives in harmony

Yeah, well there's no way I'm ever going to be walking around

with a lizard girlfriend

As for studying "saurian" whatever that is

you can forget it

Why do you always turn against everything

when we haven't even started

What's the point when we're going home anyway?

Oh, and how are we going to do that?

I mean you saw what the razor reef did to our plane, right

You know the more I listen to you the more

I think you want to stay here

Of course I want to go home but we don't know how to

So,all I'm saying is we should make the best of it

You really don't want to leave, do you?

I can't believe it

Think about it Karl, don't you see

something absolutely amazing has happened to us

No, I think watching dad die has kind of ruined it for me

You know I didn't mean that

Well I think I know Dad what would say

He'd say this is a good adventure

We should be exploring and seeing things no one has ever seen before

Maybe we should stay

just for a little while

see what life is like here

Maybe that's because you don't have a life back home

Well I do, and I want it back

Before your grandmother

Oriana, died, she gave me this

She said it wasn't to be passed to you before your eighteenth birthday

What is it?

Open it

What does it say?

"Find the light"

A sunstone

This was her greatest treasure

The explorer Arthur Denison found it and give it to her

at least a hundred years ago

It is almost perfect

Apart from the Prime Sunstone

I have never seen it's equal

Orianna knew you were special even as a baby...

Marion, I would like you to lead the Sunstone parade next week

Oh father, that would be the greatest honor

I tell you my dear there is nothing

that could make a father prouder

She's quite nice to look at isn't she?

Don't let the mayor catch ya starring at her like that

He'll run you out of town

She's not for the likes of us ordinary people

I was just, uh, having a look around

Of course you were who wouldn't on a wonderful night like this

Oh Karl, hope you don't mind me saying

that brother of yours

he's a bit of an odd sort isn't he?

Well we're only half brothers...

never really been that close

Awh, I'm so sorry that your father's gone

Yeah, so am l

I'll be saying a little prayer for him tonight

if that's all right with you

Sure

Why don't you call on me at the shop sometime

whenever you get tired of the scaley's trying to change you

Breathe deep

Seek peace

I can't believe you just said

that "seek peace" you give me the creeps

Oh, grow up it's a greeting

Others first, self last

Others first, self last

Do one thing at a time

Do one thing at a time

Awh, awh, here are your new classmates

David and Karl

Breathe deep David and Karl

Seek peace

No way

I'm not staying this school's for little children

Then you should feel right at home

Oh yes, it's beginners class

Forget about it ZlPEAU

Oh no! I thought you'd be delighted!

The visiting tutor in this class is your travelling companion Marion

This term you will be studying saurian

At the end of the term you will sit an examination

and write your answers in foot print language

Now who can tell me the first code of Dinotopia

One raindrop raises the sea

Very Good

I will now read to you all the codes of Dinotopia:

1. One raindrop raises the sea

2. Survival of all or none

3. Weapons are enemies even to their owners

4. Give more take less

5. Others first self last

6. Observe, listen and learn

7. Do one thing

Karl, that is unnecessary destruction of public property...

and that is not how stegosauruses reproduce

8. Sing every day

9. Exercise imagination

10. Eat to live don't live to eat

Now, who know where we would

find all the codes of dinotopia written down?

ME! Me! ME! ME! Me!

In fountain square

Very good David

What? I read it in ZlPEAU's city guide

And a very special significance to all dinotopians

Ancient legend tells how it was brought up from the world beneath

Tens of thousands of years ago

What's the world beneath?

It's a mythical place where dinosaurs

were said to have found sanctuary at the dawn of time...

Rule Four... Give more, take less

Very good

You can see down near the bottom here

that the very last code is missing

All that can be made out are the first three letters

"F-l-N" Nobody knows what the eleventh code is

Anyone like to guess what the eleventh code might be?

Find a way out of here

Did you say something Karl?

Yea. I have to go to the bathroom

Do I need a pass?

No, but tonight's homework will be on the codes

Homework? Forget it

Karl? Shouldn't you be at school?

No. I quit

Oh dear

Perhaps there's something else you'd like to do

Nothing

Come on

there must be something you'd like to do

Careful with those

that's library property

That's not how you read scrolls

No ZlPEAU, it's a game

A game? Oh can I play

Sure

OK, we're ready

Now what do I do

You're at that end

Right...

Now grab your bat

Grab your bat...

Hold it like this

Like this

That's it...

....Mm hmm

OK so you're clear about what happens

when I hit the ball over the net?

I hit back

You've got no questions about the rules?

Nope

OK

1 - noth'n

Awh, yes, yes

2 - noth'n

Try again ZlPEAU

Awh, just get the hang of it

Don't worry ZlPEAU you'll get there

I'm upset that Karl left my class

Did I do something wrong?

It's not you. Karl

quits just about everything

He doesn't know what he wants

I think I know, sometimes..

but sometimes I'm not so sure

You seem pretty sure what you're doing

My mother's a Matriarch

It's my destiny

Is that what you want?

How can you want anything other than your destiny?

You do ask the strangest things!

Well, suppose you don't know your destiny?

It knows you

You find each other, that's all

Marion, if l...

Would you like to see the prime sunstone?

Uh. Well sure! Yeah I'd love to.

Let's go

Come on

Great

There ya go - yup

Very good

Thanks

That's it?

That's it!

How many points did I score?

None, 21 - zero. I win

Well I don't understand it...

usually I have excellent hand to eye coordination

Well there ya go

Uh - when can we play again

I'm sure I'll be able to beat you at this game

I can honestly say humans will always beat dinosaurs at ping pong

Awh, lets play again

I creamed you!

But I don't mind this is fun

I haven't had this much fun in a long time

You know what ZlPEAU, me neither Think fast!

Ah - got ya!

We'll have to race

we only have about ten minutes

There are 361... come on David I'll race ya

Slow down I'm dyin here

This is nothing

Maybe for you it isn't

You alright?

I'm a little asthmatic

I don't suppose they sell inhalers in Waterfall City?

This is fantastic, I had no idea

You don't have cities like this where you come from?

No...

I think we're allot farther up than I thought...

This is what powers the whole of Dinotopia

It's the most powerful sunstone ever found

It's almost flawless

What are they doing?

Every evening the prime sunstone

regenerates all the other sunstones across Dinotopia

Come on it's almost time

we can watch it from here

So where do sunstones come from?

All we know is that their very old

Legends say they say they're mined from the World Beneath

at the beginning of time

The have been found all over Dinotopia

but not in many years

Good evening

What are you reading?

One of our course books. Why?

What's it called?

The care and teaching of humans

And you don't find that sick?

No. It's a very interesting book

Another week and then I'm leaving

Yeah? And what's the plan?

I don't need a plan to know that I have to get out of here

You've got a week to decide whether you come with me or not

I mean what are you doing here?

Well Karl I'm trying to study for graduation

Graduation?

What are you talking about, Graduation?!

We don't belong here

we're not Dinotopians!

You're getting brainwashed

can't you see that?

Look, I don't have time to argue with you, OK?

Are you insane?

There's a dinosaur sleeping in the next room

Yes, Exactly!

Karl, this is the chance of a lifetime

We are the first in our generation to see anything like this

They're screwing with your head, David

and you just don't get it, do ya?

Why are you so negative about everything?

You know this is always what happens with you

You're stuck and for the first time in your life

no one's going to bail you out

Why don't you stop being so selfish

and at least get to know this place before you condemn it

I'm going, and you're coming with me

Look Karl,not that you ever bothered to ask

but I kind of like it here

I can't believe I'm stuck here with you

Well it wasn't me who was flying the plane

What do you mean

do you blame me for what happened do you?

Let go of me, let go of me

If you ever say that again I'll kill you David

I swear I will

Mammals...

Awh come in

come in

I was just closing the shop for the night

You've got a long face on you

No, I'm fine

What is this?

Awh that's Ogthar

if you believe the legend he ruled over

a mythical place called the World Beneath

Some say it exists

others say it's just stories for the children

And what do you think?

How can I help you my friend?

I want to get off this island

I see... well take a seat

I was just having a bite to eat

Everyone says it's impossible to leave

They certainly want you to believe it's impossible to leave

They don't want the rest of the world to know about their little paradise

I don't care about their little paradise

how do I get off this island?

Well, I've spent the past 20 years collecting ancient logs

charts, maps of the tides and reefs that surrounds this island

There's only one more thing I need to buy my own ticket out of here

but we'll never see it

It's the captain's log of the Rebecca's Folly

Well were's this captain's log?

The archives in the Ancient Library

But the only one who has the keys is that scaley they've stuck you with

ZlPEAU? So, why don't you get it?

No, no, no, no, no, no

They never let me near that library on account of incident to do

with one of my relatives

Small fire a long time ago

Nothing to do with me but just another example of scaley persecution

But now come to think of it

it wouldn't be to difficult for you to get a hold of that book

You mean steal it?

I don't know it doesn't seem right...

and the scaley's are

I mean they haven't done anything to me..

This is what they did to me...

I was exploring a sacred temple

when one of those ugly boogers took a great big chunk out of me

That's what they do when they don't agree with you

What do you think about that?

You get one of these?

Uh huh

What's it say?

It's an invitation from Marion

Great. What for?

Hello?

Can't you read it?

You got a big mouth

anybody ever tell you that?

Only you, Karl

Here you go

Thanks

You're welcome

It's quite fantastic isn't it?

You'll scarcely believe your eyes

The theme this year is the World Beneath

So the world beneath really exists?

According to legend it was the place

where the sunstones were originally found

the heart of Dinotopia

Where's Karl?

Sorry ZlPEAU

Iook

Oh, oh, look

I'm so excited the show is about to begin

Long ago a terrible darkness struck the earth

The seas churned and the skies turned black

and the light of the sun was lost from the land

Our ancestors sought refuge in caves deep below the earth

where they found food and shelter

and magical stones which brought light

A young girl left the safety of the World Beneath

and climbed up to the surface

a sunstone illuminating her way

Higher and higher she climbed in the darkness

not knowing that this was night

Centuries passed and a great civilization evolved

but no one had ever seen the sun

Then the dawn came

and she saw that the skies had cleared

and that the sun shone once again

Our ancestors followed her from the World Beneath

and they brought with them the magical stones

and they built Dinotopia

The World Beneath was sealed

and the great ruler Ogthar decreed that it should remain a sacred place

undisturbed forever more

It's beautiful... wow... wow

Hi! I uh, really enjoyed the show

It was a ceremony, thank you

Yeah, well whatever

It was a Saurian Spectacular!

Karl, I want you to come back and finish the course

Is that why I got an invitation?

Look, I can't do school never have, never

Why should I start now?

Because you're not the person you want to be

Oh and you are? You know it all, do you?

If you can't bear school

I'll spend an hour a day teaching you personally

Really

Okay.. Deal

And in return you'll sit your footprint exam

Your graduation question is "How are we to live?"

You have an hour to answer in any way you wish

You may begin

ZlPEAU you look upset

What's wrong?

The most terrible thing has happened!

A book has been...

I can't bring myself to use the word...

a book has been stolen!

Really, well maybe it just got lost somewhere

Every inch of the library has been searched!

I've been through Antiques and Antiquities a dozen times!

Who could do such a thing?!

Look Zipp, books get stolen from libraries all the time

Not in Dinotopia! It's inconceivable!

To steal knowledge that should be for all!

It has to be here somewhere

Stop writing please

You said you'd help me get off this island

Yes, yes and I'm a man of my word

I'll just need to study this

Now this Captain's journal charts the course of the two ships

I told you about

With a little bit of patience we'll find the wreck

the one that didn't make it through

Yeah, but I thought we were trying to find a way out

Of course we are

But first I just need to get something from the wreck

Wait a minute you said a way off the island

that was the deal

If you want to come with me be here tomorrow at mid-night

but come alone

I can't go without my brother

Your brother... follow me

Let me show you something, Karl

Horrible when it happens to kin lsn't it?

Seeing them sucked in

He's still my brother

I can't just leave him

Was your brother

You may not be able to trust him not anymore

Right! Ama-la, Ama-la, Ama-la

So you looking forward to graduation tomorrow?

Yeah. Sure

I can't wait to here

what they thought of your five minute answer

The question we asked was perhaps the most important question

any Dinotopian can be asked

"How are we to live?"

David, yours was possibly the longest answer we have ever had

At seventeen pages your argument was an exhausted one

and you are clearly not frightened to say

what you believe many times within the same document

But the finest answer

we have perhaps ever had was written by Karl

Marion will now read Karl's answer out loud for the entire assembly

"ls this the real life? Or is it fantasy?

Caught in a landslide no escape from reality

Open your eyes, look up to the skies... and see!"

Brilliant...

That's cheating

That's the lyrics to "Bohemian Rhapsody!"

Karl's answer was very inspiring Marion!

Yes, it was quite special ZlPEAU

Maybe it was the way he combined fantasy and reality the land...

Have you ever done anything in your life

when you haven't cheated?

Always been a sore loser, David?

Hey! I worked hard to get through that exam...

You're take'n this Dinotopian stuff way too seriously

What is it you've got against this place?

I wouldn't know where to start

I think you're still trying to somehow blame

Dad's dying on Dinotopia

is that it?

Hey leave Dad out of it

I'll be glad to

Let's face it he left us pretty much out of his life

Don't talk about him like that

At least you two had something in common

He didn't have the time of day for me

I wonder why that was?

He dumped my mother and did the same to your's

but you still worship him

Don't talk like that

You know what?

With out Dad around

I feel free

Kinda makes you think, doesn't it?

I'm almost glad he's gone

My dear

those two were just never suitable to Dinotopian education

But Father

I really feel it's my duty to look for them

Marion, they're gone

Now we searched but no one has found any sign

Don't forget you must journey to Vidabba tomorrow

You're due to start your habitat training

Father, I really do feel that I shouldn't...

Marion?

I feel like I failed them both

I should have never have let Karl go back to school...

They were in my charge, Marion

It is I who have failed them...

I must go and find them

What! Out there?

I have no choice

My father is going to be furious

That could be grossly understating his reaction...

I must go home and get my bag

Why?

You don't think I'm letting you go alone

do you?

Welcome to Waterfall City's central post office

Messenger bird 371 at your service

Now I must remind you that our duties are in effect today

Sorry 371

Stay with me, we're almost there

Come on David, talk to me

KARL! It's ZlPEAU and Marion

Keep up ZlPEAU

Awh, where could they be

I've never been so far away from Waterfall City in my life

Bravo, Marion!

You brought a postal bird!

Where on earth

I must remind you there's a surcharge

for delivering messages outside Waterfall City

How can I help?

Message reads: Are you Karl or David?

Destination of message?

Follow the river as far as you can until sunset

Follow the river?

No responsibility can be taken for delivery of messages

without precise destination

I understand

I want you to fly as fast as you can

and ask anyone you meet. Go!

So, What do we do now?

Wait.

Where are we?