Script

SIDE 1

Yeah! Nice to meet you!

(HENRY watches the TRICERATOPS exit, pleased that JACK and ANNIE have made friends. He gently pats ANNIE on the head. ANNIE nuzzles into HENRY. #7  HENRY S MAGIC begins.)

Let s call this one,  Henry.

He isn t the dog next door, Annie.

Can I call you Henry, Henry? (HENRY nods, makes a confirmation sound.)

Yuuuhhhhuuhhnn.

I think he understands me.

You're nuts.

(looking into Henry's eyes)
I don t know, Jack, there s something magical about Henry. Henry, is it okay if we look around some more?

Pwaaaaa.

(HENRY squawks, nods and flies away. ANNIE watches him go, then spots something in the distance and excitedly takes off. JACK makes final notes in his notebook.)

 Mouth like scissors. And& nice.

SIDE 2

Oh no!

What? My backpack! I left it under the ferns. I have to go back.

Forget it, Jack.

I can t. We need it. I ll explain later. You stay here in the tree house and I ll

But

(stern)
For once in your life will you just do what I ask without arguing?

SIDE 3

Nobody will ever believe our story.

The trees might.

(laughing)
Right. We better go before Mom starts to worry.

(ANNIE, stalling, straightens out the other books. JACK helps her.)

But wait! What about Henry? And the gold medallion that Jack found? The one with the  M on it? What does the  M stand for?

Maybe it stands for mystery?

Or mystery person! Do you think it stands for  mystery person ? And who is the mystery person?

Let s save a bit for tomorrow, shall we?

(ANNIE moves to the ladder, but stops before she climbs down.)

Jack, promise me. Tomorrow.

Yep.

We ll come back to the woods

Yep.

And we ll climb back in the tree house

Yep.

I can t wait to find out what happens next.

SIDE 4

Then everything was still. Absolutely still.

(OTTO exits. After a moment, JACK slowly peeks his head out of the tree house window.)

What happened to us?

I don t know.

(ANNIE joins JACK at the window.)

Wh-where are we?

(JACK looks at the picture in the book and then out the window.)

I don t know, but, look& the picture in the book looks like the  picture out there&

(ANNIE looks at the picture, then back outside.)

Yeah, exactly like it.

This can t be real.

(ANNIE still looking out the window, sees HENRY, the Pteranodon, who flies on stage and lands next to the tree house.)

But he s real, he s very real.

SIDE 5

(ANNIE tickles HENRY)
Look, Jack, he's ticklish

Annie!

(Three Triceratops, TERRI, LARRY and GARY enter, hiding behind some ferns.)

Jack, do you hear something?

Yeah, I...

(JACK and ANNIE listen to determine from which direction the sound is coming. It should be clear from JACK and ANNIE s reaction that they do not understand what the DINOSAURS are  saying because the DINOSAURS are speaking "dinosaur" and only they can understand each other.)

(Whispering) See, I told you I spotted something.

Ouch, you're stepping on my toes.

I'm just trying to get a better look. What are those things?

They don't look like dinosaurs

Probably flying reptiles. Like that weird little Pteranodon.

One way to find out.

Careful! You know what they say, "Curiosity killed the Camptosaurus."

(GARY emerges from hiding and makes a friendly gesture to HENRY.)

(to HENRY) It's cool, it's cool. Don't mean to be getting in your business. Just wondering what you found here?

SIDE 6

ANNIE

What are those guys with spikes on their backs?

JACK

(pointing to picture in the book) They're called, "Ankylosaurus." (As if in a pageant, each group of DINOSAURS moves to the  spotlight when they are talked about, and address their lines to the audience, as if the information in the book is coming to life.)

ANKYLOSAURUS

(to audience) Don't worry, we prefer ferns to flesh. These spikes are for protection, not destruction. We may weigh four tons, but the only way we can keep a T-Rex from flipping us over and snacking on our soft underbelly is to keep our spikes nice and... spikey.

ANNIE

I like the little ones with the frilly stuff on their necks.

JACK

Those are Protoceratops.

PROTOCERATOPS

We travel in herds because we're what you mightcall the  runts of the dinosaur litter. There's safety in numbers, plus, everything's more fun when you're with your friends.

ANNIE

And look at those!

IGUANODONS

We're Iguanodons. We have spikes for thumbs. Cool, huh? And even though we walk on all fours, if we need to run fast, we can really book it on two legs.

PANOPLOSAURUS

We don't have thumbs, but we have three fingers. We're called Panoplosaurus. Yeah, try and say that five times fast. It means,  completely armoured lizard, but if it's easier, you can just call us,  Tank.