1、With every sun comes a new day.A new beginning.A hope that things will be better today than they were yesterday.But not for me. My names Ecp.And this is my family. The Croods.If you weren't clued already, by animal skin and sloping forehead, we arc cavemen.Most days we spend in our cave, in the

2、dark.Night after night, day after day.Yep. Home sweet home.When we did go out, we struggled to find food in a harsh and hostile world.And I struggled to survive my family.We were the last ones around.There used to be neighbors.The Gorts, smashed by a mammoth.The Horks, swallowed by a sand snake.The

3、Erfs, mosquito bite.The Throgs, common cold.And the Croods. That's us.The Croods made it, because of my dad.He was strong, and he followed the rules, the ones painted on our cave walls: Anything new is bad. Curiosity is bad. Going out at night is bad.Basically, anything fun is bad.Welcome to my

4、world.But this is a story about how all that changed in an instant.Because what we didn't know was that our worldwas about to come to an end.And there were no rules on our cave wallsto prepare us for that.Youre supposed to wait for my signal, Ecp.Ecp.We've been in that cave forever.Three day

5、s is not forever.It is with this family.Ecp. will you come down here?Youre being so. so dramatic.No, no. no, Sandy, come back here!Remember the signal. Good girls wait for the signal.-Ugga! - As soon as I get Sandy,Fil go back in, and you can give the signal.No. But you're already out now.I am w

6、aiting for the signal, Dad!Never mind, Thunk. Just come out.But if you don't give me the signal how do I know youre my dad?The signal isn't so you know it's me.It*s so you know I wasn't eaten by an animal.Then why is the signal an animal noise?I mean, doesn't that just confuse th

7、ings?Fm still waiting for the signal.Mom, were ready to leave!Mom?Still alive!It's still early.And you re still fat.Breakfast formation!I want to see some real caveman action out there!We do this fast. We do this loud,we do this as a family,we do this as a family,and never not be afraid!The croo

8、dsYay breakfast.Okay, whos up? Well flip for it.-Call her in the air. - Heads!Tails. Thunks in. Positions!Okay. Thunk, go!Come on, Thunk.Way to go! Take it to the cave!Release the baby!Get 'em. Sandy, go!Get them. Mom!Old lady down!Ecp. avenge me!Thanks.- Ecp! - Heads up!Hey, Dad, can we eat now

9、?Just wait til we get home.Ecp. put on the brakes!Ecp!Who*s hungry?Good one, Dad.Here you go. Thunk. Drink up.- Sorry, dad. - Looks like fast food tonight!That's all right. I ate last week.Two knuckle warning!Go, go, go.Come on, come on.Darkness brings death! We know this.The moon is full. Bath

10、night.- Run for your life! - You too, Mom.I don't want to lose my protective layer.Mom, you've got ants.See? Sandy doesn't fuss.- Is she still out there? - You know she hates the cave, Grug.Please come back tomorrow.How can she not like the cave? It's so cozy.It is a little dark, rig

11、ht?It*s not that dark.Ecp!Come on, I gotta close the cave.Eep!Okay! Okay!Come on.Ecp! Come down!- That was too close! -1 was watching. I was fine.- What were you doing up there, Ecp? -1 don't know.- What were you looking for? - Nothing.Well then, why did you go up there?- 1 don't know! - Why

12、 don't you know?Stop looking for things!Fear keeps us alive, Eep.Never not be afraid.What's the point of all this?- What was that? -1 mean, why are wc here?What are we doing this for?No one said survival is fun.Nothing is fun.- Would you come down here? Ecp? - Grug?-Off! Off!- Yes. Okay. I a

13、m trying toI just don't see why she needs her own ledge.That's all. That's what this is about.Shcs working through some things and needs some space.What things? How long is this going to take?Really? She already doesift listen to me. Hey!See? She's listening.If she wants to survive,

14、she has to follow our rules.-How about a story? Eep loves those. - Thats a good idea.-How about a story, huh? - Yeah, tell us a story.Okay. Can I borrow that? Thank you.Ecp! Your old favourite!I haven't played with that thing in years.Tonight we'H hear the story of Krispy Bear.A long time ag

15、o, this little bear was alive.She was alive because she listened to her fatherand lived her life in routine and darkness and terror.So she was happy.But Krispy had one terrible problem.She was filled with.curiosity.-Grug! - Yes, yes.And one day, while she was in a tree, the curious little bear wante

16、d to climb to the top.-What? - And no sooner had she climbed to the topshe saw something new and died.Just like that?Yes! Her last moments of terrorstill frozen on her face.Same ending as every day.I get it, Dad. I will never do anything new or different.-Good man, Thunk. - All right, everyone sharp

17、en your teeth and lets pile up.-Air - You talk.Fm person, like you.Sort of. like you.Okay, okay. Hey, hey, hey,Hey. Could you. Could you mind not.That tickles. Hey, hey, hey. Hey!Quiet! I am not supposed to be out here.-Eep's gone. - What? Grug!Stay in the eave!Wow, youre really strong.-No! Its

18、mine! No! No! - Please- But it is dying! -1 caught it.I can fix it. Please. Please. I hate the dark.Come on, come onIt does what you tell it?Well, yeah, sort of.- Sun? - No, no. Fire.Hi. Fire.It*s not alive.But you said it was dying.But you said it was dying.- Sorry. - It comes from where you came f

19、rom?- No, I make it. - Make some for me.- Okay! It doesn't come out of me. - Make.Make. Make it!You do this a lot.Arc you dead? Can I have your fire if youre dead?Hey, those arc cold! You think? Listening shells, activate.I concur. Tiger girL we need to leave immediately.I don't even know yo

20、u.- I'm Guy. - Guy?And this is Belt. Cook, conversationalist, navigator, also keeps my pants up.- What are pants up? - Who are you?- Ecp. - Let me clarify, Ecp. The world is ending.- What? - I'm calling it"The End.'1- How do you know? - Fve seen it. Its coming this way.First, the gr

21、ound is gonna shake. Then it breaks open.Everything falls in.Fire. Lava. I don*t mean to sound too dramatic, but.Believe me, everything wcTc standing on.all this right here, will be gone.We've got to get to high ground. I know a mountain, that way. Its our only chance.Come with me.- 1 cant - Oka

22、y.Here.If you survive, call me.Thank you.Hello?- Dad! - Are you hurt? What took you?Nothing. I left on my own.- You. what? - Dad, let me explain.You never let me talk.You re grounded.- Ecp! - Mom!Grug! What happened?You know what, I am so mad right now that I can't talk to her.- Ecp? - You'l

23、l never believe it.I found something new.-New? - New is a big problem.Wait. Wait.Ecp. stay inside the family kill circle.-But it wasn't bad. - New is always bad.-No. He was nice. - What? Excuse me? He?Well, I thought he was a warthog,but then he turned into a boy.Strange. Usually it's the re

24、verse.Eep's got a boy hog!Ecp's got a boy.There was a boy. Watch, okay? I'm gonna call him.What is wrong with you?-It was dangerous. - It was beautiful.You want to see dangerous? Here.-Ow! My sniffer! - Okay, Eep, that's it.We're going back to the caveand you Ye going to stay in

25、there until yourc older than her!What?You can't keep me inside forever!He said this would happen.Get to the cave.Go!Look out!Stop!-Is everyone okay? - Yes.Grug, the cave. It gone.No.You really need to sec this.-We should go there! - No. No.No one is going anywhere.What else did that boy say?-Com

26、e on, Grug! " Just go. Go! Go!One, two, three, four, five.Six.-Where arc we? -1 don't know. Fm not sure.Down. In a lower place.One things for sure, we can't go back the way we came.Sandy? What is it?No, no. Wait. Come back, Sandy.We can't be out in the open like this.We need a cave.

27、Now step where I step.Okay. Stay quiet.Hopefully nothing big knows were here yet.Wait! Okay.Wait! Okay.Wait!Wait!Okay. Wait.Wait.So Dad, just to be clear, arc we looking for the exact same cave?Okay. If it was me. I was throwing this out there.If it was me choosing the cave,I would go with a smaller

28、 cave.Wait!-Dad! - Til take care of this.All right. Dad, go get them.Now you get them right in the no. Oh man, there.Hah! I'm loving this.Dad, I got this.Just stop running to their fists!Grug, when you Ye done, we should get going.That's right! You can't get past this!Climb! Climb! Climb

29、!Move!Cave! Go! Go!Come on, hurry up! Let's go! Come on!Hey, look! This cave has a tongue! Awesome!Okay. That's one, two, three,four, five.Six.And seven, if were counting Chunky the Death Cat.He's scared of the dark!Wait, were scared of the dark!Kill circle!Eep!Ecp!-Cavies! - Cavies?Cave

30、men! Stand back! TheyYe practically animals.-See their bony, sloping foreheads? - Yeah!-The huge primitive teeth? - Yeah.The excessive body hair?-That one's even got a tail! " Yeah.All right. Close your eyes.I'm going to have to take their lives.No, it won't help. Theyre my family.W

31、hat?-The sun is in his hands! - No, no, it's fire.-Where did it come from? - He made it.-Make some for me! - It doesn't come out of him.Make! Make it!You know, you're a lot like your daughter.Great, now he's broken!Oh, it's a baby sun!Hey! Stay back! Wc don't know what it wan

32、ts.Now wc'H all sit here and wait for the sun to come back.And tomorrow we'll find a new cave and pretend today never happened.Isn't this fun, Ecp?Ecp. don't touch him!Goodness knows where hes been.Dad, Sandy's hurting fire!Sandy! No! Fire is not a plaything.-What a cute little g

33、uy. - Hey, stay back!No, no, no, wait!It likes me! Hey! It's biting me!Thunk! Try hiding from it in the tall dry grass!Stop, please! Im only nine! It's biting me!Fire babies!So, your dad. he's trying to kill me.Yeah. But I won't let him.Hold on, son, conic back!It won't stop. Sto

34、p touching me!Get out!Eat up. babies!Die!I win!ThcyYe not so scary once you get to know them.Who are you people?Oh, I'm sorry. We're the Croods!And you are?-Guy. - Hi, Guy.Looks like magic!And smells like food.Don't eat it, it's new.Still alive!Come on, keep eating!Hey, where's G

35、uy?-Going somewhere? -The Mountain.High ground. End of the world, remember?That already happened. It destroyed our cave.No. That was just the beginning of the end.The end of the end is still coming.Ecp. Drop it.We can't let him go!What if we don't find a cave before sunset?What if it takes a

36、 few days?What if the birds come back?We need his fire, dummy!Fine. Youre staying with us until we find a cave.What? No, Pm not? Don't make me part of this.Stay here if you want, but let me go.Fve got a dream, a mission.a reason to live!Not anymore!Fve got an idea. Lct*s go to that Mountain.-Its

37、 too far. - Dad really has his heart set on a cave.There are caves on that Mountain.Have you been there?It*s a mountain.Mountains are safe. Mountains have caves.Water. Sticks.Mom, did you hear that?I can get my own stick!Yes. Sticks. And caves.Caves and sticks. Crazy sticks. Lets go.Quiet!That thing

38、 is weird.No. No. No. It's okay, Sandy.Thafs just a belt.Fve made a decision. Were going to that Mountain!Don't ask me why. It's just a hunch.-It just feels right. -1 don't know, Grug.We've never really walked that far.I don't think my feet can do that.Fil never live long eno

39、ugh to get there.Let*s do it.Oh, come on Just think.Our whole family, packed togetheron a long, slow trip across the country?Days and nights with just each other?We'll tell stories. Wc*ll laugh.We'll become closer as a family.Get her off! Get her off!If youYe not ready to challenge her, then

40、 don't look her in the eye.Could you keep your big giant arms on your side of the trail?Isn't this fun? We're taking our first trip together.Stop shoving, or I will pull out your tongue!Do you want me to turn this family around? Do you? Because I will turn this family around so fast!- Da

41、d, I gotta go! " Come on, you can hold it.Sandy, take that out of your mouth.- 1 still gotta go! " Fine.- Quit it! - Just make it fast.- Something bit me! -1 don't blame it!- Dad, can I take a turn carrying him? - No.- What about now? - No!- Now? - No!-Now? -1 can do this all day long.

42、No, no, no, and still no!I'm not dying on an empty stomach.Grug, were all pretty tired.-Well eat when we get there. - Its taking too long!Fm grabbing a snack.Don't do that! He will cut you. That's not food.hes a pct. My pct.-What's a pct? - An animal you don't eat.Wc call those c

43、hildren.No man should have a pct.It*s weird. And wrong.-It s. food! - No, no, please!Not that. That!Food fixes everything.All right, show me your hunting face.Not you! You're still grounded.Come on, Thunk.My feet hurt.-You look tense. - I'm not tense.Angry girl who wants to be doing what the

44、y Ye doing.I wasn't ready.Hang on, Thunk. Pm coming.Why arc you doing this?-What are they doing? - Hunting.You stay away from me!No, seriously, what are they doing?Youre got a ton of eggs. Just make another egg!Now you're just rubbing it in.There. Who is hungry for scorpion?What happened to

45、the egg and the bird?You know, we lost 'em. But, when the bird stepped on me and pushed me into the ground, the scorpion grabbed a hold of me, and you know, one thing led to anotherand here we are, eating him.-So, win-win. - Not enough.Not enough. I need more.I need more!Oh, look at that.Shcs no

46、t gonna eat me, right?You re too skinny.If she was going to eat anyone, it would be.Mom! She locked her jaw!Stay away! You sick old monster!Hurry! Put the stick in her mouth!Hold her still. Use a rock.Would you just hit her legs?Why arc you rolling away?I just want something to cat!You had bug for d

47、inner. Plenty of bug!Please! F1I let you help me hunt.Really?Don't wait on me!Tell my story.Okay.-What do you call this? - A trap.-What is the deal? - Well.How long have you been alone?So what do we do?How's your acting?Youre good at this.No, Sorry. No. Okay.Excuse me.That's my arm! That

48、s.Okay, I'm moving it.It didn't step on your trap-y thing.Yeah. I noticed!Where's Ecp?She's awesome.Ecp!Dad, no!It*s an avalanche of flavor!Looks like we won't have any leftovers.What arc leftovers?You know, when you have so much food to eat, you have some left over.Well, we neve

49、r have that much food.Grug, how about a story?That's a good idea. How about a story, huh?Yeah, a story! Tell us a story!Once upon a time, there was a little tiger who lived in a cave with her family.There were a lot of rules, but the big, simple one was to never leave the eave at night.And the d

50、oor was so heavy, you think it would be easy to remember.-So easy to remember. -1 know.But while everyone was asleep, she went out anyway.-No!- Yes!And no sooner than she did. her cave was destroyed and everyone had to go on this long, sucky walk, with some weirdo they met, and.died!The end.I did no

51、t see that coming, twist ending.My stories never end like that.Yes! Two stories in one night!Okay, but it won't be as good as Grug's.Once upon a time, there was a beautiful tiger.She lived in a cave with the rest of her family.Her father and mother told her:“You may go anywhere you want, but

52、 never go near the cliff, for you could fall.11And die. Good story.But when no one was looking, she go near the cliff.for the closer she came to the edge,the more she could hear,the more she could see,and the more she could feel.Finally she stood at the very edge,and she saw a light.She leaned out t

53、o touch it,and she slipped.And she fell.And she flew.Where did she fly?-Tomorrow. - Tomorrow?A place with more suns in the sky than you can count.It would be so bright.A place not like today, or yesterday.A place where things arc better.Tomorrow isn't a place.It'sIt'sIt's.You can'

54、;t see it!Oh, yes, yes it is. I've seen it.That's where I'm going.Well, we are going to shut our eyes and sleep.And when we wake up. weYe going to findthe place that has everything we want.-Tomorrow? - A cave.That was too close. It almost caught us.I was watching. We were fine.Well, were

55、 got to move faster.You people have any other speed aside from wander?Fil take a shamble, at this point.Hey, do you have a minute?How did the tiger fly?I only share when I'm outside the log.Fm funny that way.Leave this to me.Hey, Thunk, you have a spider on your face.He's loose!Do not step o

56、n those weird, pointy rocks!You mean these rocks?Do not step on these rocks!Step aside, girl.Hello? Is that. nobody's listening!No one is listening! You cannot walk on those!Get back here, get back here now!Well, there goes our chance for survival.And our log!Okay!Jumping doesn't help. I mea

57、n, just briefly,but it doesn't get any better!Okay. Do not walk on your hands.The hands do not help at all!I can help you,but were going to have to makea few changes around here.The log ride is over. Drop the log.Now kick it away.Farther.Really?Okay, smart. Guy.Now what?Good fish, good fish.Okay, now you can look.I love them!-But where arc my feet? - They Ye still there.Okay.-You're really heavy. - Really?Thank you.Hey, hey wait, wait!Okay, shc*s up.We're good. Pm good.Oh, these shoes are great! Where do you get these ideas?I'm calling it a brain.I'm pretty