11   EXT. HILLTOP - DAY                                               11

     Two large, open-top jeeps ROAR down the hilltop away from
     the landing cross as the helicopter engines WHINE back to
     life and the rotors start to spin again.

     ELLIE, GRANT, and MALCOLM hold on tight in the front jeep,
     HAMMOND and GENNARO are in the rear jeep. Both cars have
     DRIVERS.

                  HAMMOND
        Just stop here, stop here. Slow,
        slow.

He slows down, then stops. So does the front jeep.

IN THE FRONT JEEP, Ellie stares at the leaf, amazed,
running her hand lightly over it.

                  ELLIE
        This species of vermiform was been
        extinct since the cretaceous
        period. This thing --

Grant, never tearing his eyes from the brachiosaur, reaches
over and grabs Ellie's head, turning it to face the animal.

She sees it, and drops the leaf.

                  ELLIE
        Oh -- my -- God.

Grant lets out a long, sharp, HAH - a combination laugh and
shout of joy.

He gets out of the jeep, and Ellie follows. Grant points to
the thing and manages to put together his first words since
its appearance:

                  GRANT
        THAT'S A DINOSAUR!

-- a dinosaur. Chewing the branches. Technically, it's a
brachiosaur, of the sauropod family, but we've always
called it brontosaurus. It CRUCHES the branch in its mouth,
which is some thirty-five feet up off the ground, at the
end of its long, arching neck. It stares down at the people
in the car with a pleasant, stupid gaze.
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Ellie looks up at the sauropods in wonder.

They've pretty light on their feet - a far cry from the
sluggish, lumbering brutes we would have expected.

Hammond gets out of his jeep and comes back to join them.
He looks like a proud parent showing off the kid.

Ian Malcolm looks at Hammond, amazed, and with an
expression that is a mixture of admiration and
rapprochement.

                  MALCOLM
        You did it. You crazy son of a
        bitch, you did it.

Grant and Ellie continue walking, following the dinosaur.

                  GRANT
        The movement!

                  ELLIE
        The -- agility. You're right!