[Manny has just saved the baby and survived icy slides... then crashes into a ice wall] Diego: WHOA! WOO! YEAH! Who's up for round 2?! [Manny and Sid angrily stare at him] Oh. T- T- Tell the kid to be more careful. [Scrat also came out of snow and wipe it off. Scrat looking for acorn and laughing, and hit in the head with an acorns drawing and faints. The group moved on, Manny, Sid, Diego and Roshan reaching a vast cave filled with paintings done by humans of various animals] Sid: [showing the baby cave painting] Look, look, Tigers. Eesh! [Roshan whimpers] No, it’s okay, it’s okay. Look, the tigers are just playing tag with an antelope. [pauses] With their teeth. Diego: Come on, Sid, let’s play tag. You’re it. Sid: [giggles] Sure. Okay, okay, okay, where’s are the sloths? You never see any sloths. Have you ever noticed? Oh! Look, Manny, a mammoth! Manny: Ooh, somebody pinch me. Sid: Hey, hey, this fat one looks just like you! Aw, he’s got a family... oh and he’s happy. Look, he playing with his kid. See, Manny? That’s your problem. That’s what mammoths are supposed to do. Diego: Sid. Sid: Find a she-moth, have little baby mammoths... Diego: Sid. Sid: W-What? Diego: Shut up. Sid: But... Oh. [as Manfred stared at the drawings, the still images began to move in his mind, coming alive. He remembered playing happily in a lush meadow with his wife and his child, romping in the sunshine until a horde of humans ran out of the woods, waving their spears fiercely. Manfred faced off against the hunters, trying to hold them back with his imposing tusks. Behind him, his family ran to find shelter. Then Manfred heard a deep terrified scream. He wheele around and saw that his mate and child were trapped against a rock wall by humans aiming spears at them. Before Manfred could move, another group of humans dropped heavy rocks from atop the rock wall. Bellowing in anguish, Manfred saw his family being crushed by the rocks. His cries shook the landscape, echoing off the rocks all around. Back in the cavern, the mammoth shook his hand, clearing the devastating memory from his mind. He breathed heavily, trying to regain control of his run away emotions. Sid and Diego stared at Manfred with worried eyes. Then they turned back to the painting, clearing their throats uncomfortably. Manfred kept staring at the cave drawings. He gazed at the sketch of the father mammoth cradling his young child in his trunk. Slowly, Manfred raised his own trunk toward the illustration. Before he could reach it, Roshan’s tiny hand touched the drawing gently. He was standing on his feet, propped up against the cave wall. Surprised, Manfred pulled back his trunk. He blinked at the little human boy. Roshan stroked the picture of the baby mammoth with his fingers, glancing back at the mammoth as though he was connecting the two in his mind. Then Roshan stumbled toward Manfred. Manfred caught the baby with his trunk. He slowly lifted Roshan off the ground. He curled his trunk, hugging Roshan close, nuzzling his cheek against the baby’s head. Sid sniffled, wiping a glob of snot from his nose with his paw onto Diego. Manfred swooped Roshan onto his back and walked out of the cave without a word. Sid followed. Diego took one last look at the painting of the mammoth family and let out a sad sigh, then sauntered out of the cave after the other.]

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