Chapter 2
The next morning, Littlefoot woke up feeling much better. He had initially felt like he was a bad son for not going with his father; but, he was feeling reassured that he would be loved no matter what the outcome of his decision might be.
"I guess that talk with Grandpa last night was what I needed," Littlefoot thought.
He then stood up and stretched.
Grandma and Grandpa were still sleeping and Littlefoot didn't want to wake them up; so, he went out to get some breakfast. Upon reaching his destination at the Feeding Grounds, he met up with Cera and her dad.
"Morning, Littlefoot; how'd you sleep?" Cera wondered.
"Fine, I guess; after I had a talk with Grandpa, I slept better," Littlefoot answered.
"Well, that's good," Topsy commented.
Soon enough, Grandma and Grandpa arrived and saw that Littlefoot was having a civil conversation with Cera and Topsy.
"There you are; we were worried," Grandma said and bent down to nuzzle the young longneck.
"I didn't feel right waking you up; although, I woke Grandpa up last night since I couldn't sleep and I needed someone to talk to and I didn't want to wake you up as well," Littlefoot told the elderly female.
Grandma chuckled.
"I at first thought he woke me up due to a bad dream; turns out, it was about him being worried about disappointing us if he chose to go with Bron-"
"Uh, sorry to interrupt; but, who is this Bron fellow anyway?" Topsy asked.
"He's my dad; I met him not so long ago; it was when me, Grandma and Grandpa and a whole bunch of other longnecks went on a journey after we kept on having dreams about the bright circle falling out of the sky; we actually saved the bright circle from falling-"
"Bah! Longnecks saved the world? What a bunch of-"
"I wasn't done talking you know! Didn't your mother ever teach you not to interrupt people when they're talking? Now I know where Cera gets her attitude from," Littlefoot snapped.
Topsy was shocked by Littlefoot's tone towards him; and what was even more shocking was the fact that Cera didn't speak up.
"By the way, if you were the one talking, I wouldn't have interrupted you," Littlefoot added.
Cera looked up at the adult threehorn.
"Dad-"
"No, Cera; I don't want you playing with Littlefoot or the others for a week," Topsy demanded.
"Hey! Leave Ducky, Petrie and Spike out of this! They didn't do anything; in fact, they aren't even here yet; besides, you're angry at me, not at them!" Littlefoot snapped.
Topsy growled and led Cera away from Littlefoot and the elderly longnecks.
Grandpa sighed and lowered his head to the young longneck.
"Littlefoot; it's one thing to be annoyed by someone who interrupts you; but, mouthing off to your elders isn't appropriate," Grandpa gently scolded him.
Littlefoot sighed.
"I know; but, I hate being interrupted; and Cera's dad did overreact," Littlefoot protested.
"Maybe so, little one; but, Grandpa's right; he has learned from personal experience about interrupting others and mouthing off to his elders; so have I; only, my parents and his parents have given us more than just a lecture; we used to get spanked," Grandma told him.
"Yes; I was once given a spanking simply for saying that I wasn't gonna let my mother give me a tongue bath since most children start bathing themselves at the age of 5; although, I was 6 when I told her off; I couldn't sit for a week that time," Grandpa added.
Littlefoot lowered his head in shame. He was certainly glad this his grandparents didn't believe in spankings since it was like that for them during their childhood.
"Does Cera's dad hate me?" Littlefoot asked.
"Of course he doesn't; I'm sure if you give him some time, you two might be able to settle your differences and make up," Grandpa answered.
Littlefoot nodded and started eating treestars from a bush. His grandparents started doing the same since they were getting pretty hungry. However, once Littlefoot was done eating, he started walking away to find the others.
"Where do you think you're going?" Grandpa demanded.
"I was gonna go find Ducky, Petrie and Spike," Littlefoot answered.
Grandpa sighed.
"You're not going anywhere except back to the nest; and you won't be playing with your friends for a week because of your attitude towards Cera's father; I know he upset you; but, that's no excuse for your behavior; I'll be sure to talk to him, too; he needs to learn that even grown ups need to be respectful towards others no matter how old or young they are; although, you did have a point when you got angry at him for interrupting you and he was shown to be unapologetic," Grandpa explained.
Littlefoot nodded and went back to the nest. Upon seeing how upset Littlefoot was, Grandpa turned his head to look at Grandma.
"Do you think I was too hard on him?" Grandpa wondered.
Grandma shook her head.
"You stated that mouthing off isn't appropriate; and I agree that Littlefoot needs to be punished," Grandma answered.
Grandpa sighed.
"You're right; we need to follow through on the punishments no matter how harsh they might be," Grandpa said.
Grandma nuzzled the elderly male.
"I think I better go over and talk to Topsy about his behavior; he wasn't acting very nicely to Littlefoot," Grandpa added.
"Okay; just make sure not to yell at him; I think he's still angry about what happened between him and Littlefoot," Grandma begged.
Grandpa nodded and left for Topsy's nest. Grandma stood around and hoped that everything will get back to normal.