[Inspirational music plays]

Fruit and vegetable dinosaurs roam the land. Text reads, Screen Australia and The Australian Broadcasting Corporation Present.

A narrator says, IT'S THE LATE
CRUNCHIEST PERIOD, WHEN THE
WORLD WAS DOMINATED BY THE
JUICIEST AND FRESHEST CREATURES
EVER TO RULE THE PLANET.

Text reads, A Cheeky Little Media Production.

The narrator says, THE MIGHTY
VEGESAURS.

Title, Vegesaurs. Created by Gary Eck and Nick O’Sullivan.

[Cheering]

Pea-Rexes Minty, Wasabi and Split slide down a hill on leaves.

[Pea-Rexes laughing]

Wasabi slides off a ramp on the hill and flies off his leaf.

[Wasabi wailing]

Wasabi lands on his head between Split and Minty at the bottom of the hill.

[Grunting]

[Cheering]

Ginger the Tricarrotops slides down the hill on a giant leaf. The Pea-Rexes smile. They look amazed.

Wasabi says, WOW!

[Ginger laughing]

[Ginger gasping]

Ginger says, WAIT, HOW DO I STOP?

She speeds off a ramp on the hill and over the Pea-Rexes.

[Ginger wailing]

Ginger crashes into an old tree stump.

[Thudding]

[Grunting]

The Pea-Rexes look worried.

They say, HUH?

Ginger rises from the tree stump. She shakes off dirt and spits out leaves.

[Pea-Rexes giggling]

Ginger smiles at the Pea-Rexes.

[Ginger laughing]

Ginger says, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

[Distant crying]

Ginger says, WHAT WAS THAT?

Split and Minty say, HUH?

Wasabi says, WHAT?

[Distant crying continues]

Ginger and the Pea-Rexes look confused. They walk toward the crying.

Ginger pauses and says, HUH?

She spots a small green vegesaur crying.

[Vegesaur whimpering]

The narrator says, IT'S A BOKCHOYDACTYL, A BABY.
IT'S BECOME SEPARATED FROM ITS
PARENTS.

Ginger says, AWW!

She runs over to the baby Bokchoydactyl.

Ginger says, HI, I'M GINGER.

[Bokchoydactyl babbling]

The narrator says, THE PEAS ARE CAUTIOUS.
THEY KNOW THEY ARE ONE OF THE
BOKCHOYDACTYL'S FAVOURITE
FOODS.

The Pea-Rexes stand behind Ginger. They take a cautious step back.

Ginger says, AWW, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO HURT ANYBODY.
YOU'RE TOO LITTLE.

The Bokchoydactyl nuzzles Ginger.

[Ginger giggling]

Ginger says, THAT TICKLES!

The Pea-Rexes step out from behind Ginger and smile.

[Pea-Rexes chattering]

Ginger asks, WHERE ARE YOUR PARENTS, ANYWAYS?

[Bokchoydactyl babbling sadly]

Ginger says, DON'T YOU KNOW?

The Bokchoydactyl flaps their wings.

[Bokchoydactyl whimpering]

Ginger says, OH, I GET IT, YOU NEED TO FLY
BACK TO THEM.
HOP ON!

The Bokchoydactyl hops onto Ginger’s head.

Ginger asks, READY?

[Bokchoydactyl giggling]

[Pea-Rexes chattering]

Ginger flings the Bokchoydactyl into the air.

The Bokchoydactyl cheers, WHEE!

They spin in the air.

Ginger says, FLAP YOUR WINGS!

The Bokchoydactyl flaps their wings but they struggle to stay in the air.

[Bokchoydactyl babbling excitedly]

The Bokchoydactyl drops from the sky.

[Ginger gasping]

The Bokchoydactyl lands on Ginger’s head.

[Grunting]

Ginger says, HMM.

[Pea-Rexes laughing]

The narrator says, BABY BOKCHOYDACTYLS DON'T
KNOW HOW TO FLY.
IT'S SOMETHING THEY MUST LEARN.

[Bokchoydactyl whimpering]

Ginger says, DON'T YOU WORRY, WE JUST NEED
TO KEEP ON TRYING.

[Bokchoydactyl babbling]

[Pea-Rexes chattering]

The Pea-Rexes and the baby Bokchoydactyl smile. Elsewhere in the forest, Ginger holds a palm tree down by its leaves. The Bokchoydactyl and Pea-Rexes nestle in the leaves.

[Bokchoydactyl babbling]

[Pea-Rexes chattering]

Ginger asks, EVERYBODY READY?

[Bokchoydactyl babbling]

[Pea-Rexes chattering]

The Bokchoydactyl and Pea-Rexes nod.

The Bokchoydactyl babbles, YEAH.

The Pea-Rexes hop out of the tree leaves.

Ginger says, NOW!

She lets go of the leaves and the tree snaps upright, the Bokchoydactyl into the air like a sling shot. The Bokchoydactyl spins in the air.

[Bokchoydactyl grunting]

Ginger says, NOW FLAP!

The Bokchoydactyl flaps their wings.

Ginger says, FLAP YOUR WINGS AS HARD AS YOU
CAN!

The Bokchoydactyl flaps their wings faster.

[Bokchoydactyl grunting]

The Bokchoydactyl starts to fall.

[Bokchoydactyl whimpering]

Ginger says, OH NO!
CATCH IT!

[Bokchoydactyl whimpering]

The Pea-Rexes hold a small leaf under the Bokchoydactyl.

Ginger says, A BIGGER LEAF!

[Bokchoydactyl wailing]

The Pea-Rexes hold a bigger leaf under the falling Bokchoydactyl.

[Pea-Rexes chattering worriedly]

The Bokchoydactyl falls on the leaf, flattening it and the Pea-Rexes.

[Thudding]

[Bokchoydactyl whimpering]

Ginger says, PHEW, WHOOPSIE!

[Pea-Rexes grunting]

The Pea-Rexes lift the Bokchoydactyl with the leaf.

[Bokchoydactyl giggling]

Ginger smiles. Elsewhere, on the top of a hill, Ginger sits on a large leaf. The Bokchoydactyl stands on her head.

Ginger says, NOW, HOLD ON TIGHT!
WHEN I SAY "NOW," LET GO AND
FLAP YOUR WINGS REALLY, REALLY
HARD.

[Bokchoydactyl babbling]

Ginger cheers, WHOO-HOO!

She slides down the hill on the leaf.

[Ginger laughing]

[Pea-Rexes cheering]

The narrator says, OF COURSE, THE MORE PRACTICE
A BABY BOKCHOYDACTYL GETS, THE
FASTER IT WILL MASTER FLYING.

Ginger says, NOW!

The Bokchoydactyl jumps off Ginger and flaps their wings.

They cheer, WHEE!

They start to fly.

Ginger calls out, FLAP, FLAP YOUR WINGS!

The Pea-Rexes look worried. They duck as the Bokchoydactyl flies over them.

One of them yelps, OOF!

They watch the Bokchoydactyl fly.

[Bokchoydactyl grunting]

[Bokchoydactyl babbling]

Ginger calls, LOOK OUT!

The Bokchoydactyl says, WHEE!

They fly over a boulder.

They say, UH-OH.

They fly into a tree.

[Thudding]

[Bokchoydactyl grunting]

The Bokchoydactyl slides down the tree.

[Ginger gasping]

[Bokchoydactyl crying]

Ginger and the Pea-Rexes run over to the baby Bokchoydactyl.

[Ginger panting]

Ginger asks, ARE YOU OKAY?

[Bokchoydactyl crying]

The Bokchoydactyl flaps their wings.

Ginger says, DON'T CRY, YOU DID GREAT!
DO YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING
FUNNY?

The Bokchoydactyl babbles, UH-HUH, YEAH.

Ginger says, COVER YOUR EYES!

The Bokchoydactyl covers their eyes.

[Bokchoydactyl giggling]

In a muffled voice, Ginger says, OKAY, OPEN THEM!

The Bokchoydactyl uncovers their eyes. Ginger’s tail sticks out of the ground.

[Bokchoydactyl babbling]

The Pea-Rexes pop out of Ginger’s tail.

They say, BOO!

[Bokchoydactyl giggling]

Ginger pops up from the ground. The Pea-Rexes stand on her head.

Ginger says, BOO!

[Bokchoydactyl giggling]

The Bokchoydactyl flaps their wings excitedly. They fly, hovering over the ground.

The Pea-Rexes say, AHHH.

Ginger says, WOAH!

The narrator says, A GOOD BURST OF LAUGHTER CAN
SOMETIMES HELP ACTIVATE THE
WINGS.

The Bokchoydactyl sits against the tree.

Ginger says, WHEN IT LAUGHS, IT FLIES!
HEY, THAT GIVES ME AN IDEA!

The Pea-Rexes say, OOH!

Elsewhere in the forest, the Bokchoydactyl rests on rock Ginger opens her mouth, revealing the Pea-Rexes inside. She closes her mouth.

[Ginger munching]

Ginger opens her now empty mouth and sticks out her tongue.

The Bokchoydactyl looks confused. The Pea-Rexes appear from behind Ginger’s horns.

[Bokchoydactyl giggling]

The Bokchoydactyl flies above the rock.

[Pea-Rexes cheering]

Minty hops in front of the Bokchoydactyl. Split hops on top of Minty.

[Pea-Rexes giggling]

Wasabi runs up to Minty and Split. He runs into them and knocks them over.

[Bokchoydactyl and Pea-Rexes laughing]

Wasabi climbs up onto the Bokchoydactyl. Split and Minty tickle the Bokchoydactyl with leaves.

[Pea-Rexes laughing]

[Bokchoydactyl giggling]

The Bokchoydactyl flies off the rock with the three Pea-Rexes.

[Bokchoydactyl giggling]

Ginger says, YOU'RE DOING IT!

The Bokchoydactyl flies higher.

Ginger says, YOU'RE FLYING!

The narrator says, ONCE A BOKCHOYDACTYL KNOWS
HOW TO FLY, IT BECOMES SECOND
NATURE.

[Ginger cheering]

Ginger runs alongside the flying Bokchoydactyl.

[Bokchoydactyl cheering]

The Pea-Rexes hop off the flying Bokchoydactyl. They land in the tree stump.

[Ginger laughing]

[Pea-Rexes giggling]

[Screeching]

Ginger and the Pea-Rexes look up at the sky.

[Gasping]

The baby Bokchoydactyl flies with an adult Bokchoydactyl.

[Baby Bokchoydactyl babbling]

Ginger says, NOW THAT WAS A JOB WELL DONE!

[Bokchoydactyls screeching]

[Inspirational music plays]

End credits.

Production funding from Australian Government, Screen Australia.

Developed and financed with the assistance of N.S.W. Government. Create N.S.W. Arts, Screen & Culture.

A Cheeky Little Production.