The Land Before Time 14th part 12.

In the dining room, Littlefoot, Cera, Spike, Chomper, and Ruby are with Grimsby and Eric. The two men were discussing about what happened to the “mysterious woman” who saved Eric a few days ago.

“Oh, Eric, be reasonable.” Said Grimsby, “ Nice young ladies just don't - swim around rescuing people in the middle of the ocean and then - flutter off into oblivion, like some -”

“I'm tellin' you, Grim, she was REAL!”  Eric said “I'm gonna find that girl - and I'm gonna marry her.”

Littlefoot lowered his head in sadness. He really wanted to tell Eric that Ariel was the girl who saved his life, but Ursula’s warning kept echoing in his memory. He has to keep his promise, otherwise he will hisk the lives of his friends as well as his own. Then at the door, Carlotta led Ariel in.

“Ha Ha. Come on honey. Don't be shy.”

Ariel then slowly walked in with a smile on her face, wearing a beautiful dress of pink velvet, silk, and satin. Littlefoot was captivated by her new looks.

“Wow!”

Eric was also awestruck by Ariel’s beauty.

“Oh, Eric, isn't she a vision?” Grimsby asked

“You look - wonderful.” Eric said

“Are you kidding? She’s beautiful!” Littlefoot blurted out

This made Ariel smile timidly at her friends words.

“Littlefoot, I believe they both mean the same thing.” said Ruby.

“Oh, he he, sorry.”

Eric smiled at the young Apatosaurus, he found his little comment amusing, yet kind. Eric could tell that Ariel and Littlefoot share a strong bond with Each other. Grimsby turned to the children as he guided Ariel to her seat

“Come come come, you all must be famished.”

Spike began salivating while Cera licked her chops.

“You better believe I am!"

Littlefoot then elbowed Cera's side,displeased by her behavior.

“Cera!”

Eric helped Ariel and the children with their seats as Grimsby spoke.

“Let me help you my dear. There we go - ah - quite comfy? Uh. It's - It's not ofen that we have such a lovely dinner guest, eh Eric?”

Eric and Grimsby took their seats. Then Ariel saw a fork, or to her, a dinglehopper. She started using it to comb her hair, making Eric and Grimsby give her strange looks. Littlefoot slowly made a slashing motion across his neck with his tail, telling Ariel to stop. She quickly put it back down, feeling like she’d done something wrong. Spike looked up and gasped, getting Ariel’s attention. She wondered why Spike got so excited. Then she noticed Grimsby lighting his pipe, or to her, a snarfblat. She got excited herself. Grimsby noticed and let her hold it. Ariel then placed it near Spike’s mouth.

“Uh, do you like it? It is rather - fine . . .”

Grimsby was interrupted as Spike blew into it, covering his face with soot. Spike smiled sheepishly while quickly handing the pipe back to Ariel, making everyone laugh.

“Oh, my!”

Eric chuckled as well but cleared his throat

“Ahem, so sorry Grim.”

Carlotta came up to Eric with a pleased expression.

“Why, Eric, that's the first time I've seen you smile in weeks.”

“Oh, very amusing.” Grimsby said after he was done cleaning his face, “Carlotta, my dear, what's for dinner?”

“Oooh, you're gonna love it.  Chef's been fixing his specialty, stuffed crab.”

Littlefoot suddenly gulped down the salad he was eating and realized something. He then whispered to his friends.

“Uh, guys, have any of you seen Sebastian?”

“I thought he was with Chomper”

“No he wasn’t, he was with Ducky and Petrie”, Chomper suddenly realized that Sebastian wasn’t the only one not Present. “Hey, where are those two anyway?”

Littlefoot suddenly had a thought that made him shiver.

“Uh Oh.”

In the kitchen, Sebastian, Ducky, and Petrie peeked from their hiding place, and gasped as they saw the chef who was singing as he cooked. This made Sebastian gag, but Ducky and Petrie turned away in fear.

Louis:
  Les poissons
  Les poissons
  How I love les poissons
  Love to chop
  And to serve little fish
  First I cut off their heads
  Then I pull out the bones
  Ah mais oui
  Ca c'est toujours delish
  Les poissons
  Les poissons
  Hee hee hee
  Hah hah hah
  With the cleaver I hack them in two
  I pull out what's inside
  And I serve it up fried
  God, I love little fishes
  Don't you?

  Here's something for tempting the palate
  Prepared in the classic technique
  First you pound the fish flat with a mallet
  Then you slash through the skin
  Give the belly a slice
  Then you rub some salt in
  'Cause that makes it taste nice

Louis pulled up a stray piece of lettuce and found Sebastian.

 Zut alors, I have missed one!

Picking him up, he began attempting to cook poor Sebastian while singing. Ducky and Petrie, who were hiding in the rafters, cringed as the watched their friend being dunked and stuffed.

  Sacre bleu
  What is this?
  How on earth could I miss
  Such a sweet little succulent crab?
  Quel dommage
  What a loss
  Here we go in the sauce
  Now some flour, I think
  Just a dab
  Now I stuff you with bread
  It don't hurt 'cause you're dead
  And you're certainly lucky you are
  'Cause it's gonna be hot

  In my big silver pot
  Toodle loo mon poisson
  Au revoir!

Instinctively, Petrie dove after Sebastian and tried catching him with his feet. But Sebastian was able to avoid the pot and landed on a counter. Petrie then ducked behind a jug as Louis picked Sebastian up with a curious look

“What is this?”

Then Sebastian pinched Louis’ nose with his claw, making the chef shout in pain. Sebastian then fell onto the stove. He looked up and saw Louis reaching out for him, but the little crab dove out of the way at the last second; making Louis touch a red-hot pot, which caused another pot fall on his foot, where the chef angrily threw some knives at Sebastian, who was taken under the counter by Ducky. Louis then looked under the counter, not noticing Petrie on top as he pushed a bowl of sauce onto the chef.  Angered, the chef cut cleaved the counter in two but saw that he missed Petrie, who swooped down and grabbed Sebastian like an eagle catching a fish. He took Sebastian towards some shelves where Ducky was hiding. Sebastian turned to see that Louis was coming in fast.

“Come on Kids, let’s make waves!”

They hid behind a vase as Chef Louis screamed in relentless rage and dove towards the shelves, a big wooden mallet in his hand.

From the dining room, everyone could hear a loud crashing.

“What was that?” asked Cera

Carlotta then excused herself

“I think I'd better go see what Louis is up to.”

In the kitchen, Louis was in a rage as he searched for Sebastian through the mess.

“Come out you little pipsqueak and FIGHT LIKE A MAN!”

“LOUIS!”

He bumped his head as he came out, narrowly avoiding death as a claver had almost beheaded him as he saw Carlotta standing in the doorway.

“What are you doing?”

“Well - I - I was just - er, er, I'm sorry, madame.”

Louis said as he put out a little fire on his moustache, Carlotta just gave him an angry disapproving look as she took the entrées and left.

Back in the dining room, Grimsby had an idea.

“You know, Eric, perhaps our young guests might enjoy seeing some of the sights of the kingdom. Something in the way of a tour?”

But he noticed Eric looking at Ariel with a dreamy look as Carlotta placed the entrées in front of everyone.

“I'm sorry, Grim, what was that?”

“You can't spend all your time moping about, you need to get out.  Do something, have a life.” Grimsby aid as he lifted the dome-shaped cover of his dish, making Ariel and Littlefoot gasp when she saw Sebastian, Ducky, and Petrie on the dish. Littlefoot was about to say something, but Sebastian sushed him so he wouldn’t draw Eric or Grimsby’s attention. Ariel then lifted hers and motioned for them to come over, which they did.
“Get your mind off -”

“Easy, Grim, Easy! It's not a bad idea, if they're interested.” Eric said, and then he looked at Ariel and Littlefoot, who were doing her best to look innocent for some reason. “Well - whaddaya say?  Would you guys like to join me on a tour of my kingdom tomorrow?”

Ariel nodded with a smile.

“I’m in”

Ducky, acting as if she just heard, leapt onto the table with excitement.

“Well I say yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! What about you Spike?”

Spike grunts in agreement.

“Count me in too.” said Petrie

“Me too” Chomper responded

“Me three” Ruby added

Everyone turned to Cera, waiting for her answer.

“Well… since everyone else is going- okay, I’ll come.   ”

Grimsby smiled

“Wonderful, now let's eat, before this crab wanders off my plate”

But Grimsby saw there was nothing on his plate aside from the side dish and lettuce.

“Hmm, guess it already did.” said Chomper with a smile