"If the wind holds off, we may have time to finish our game." "Your move, Race." "Doctor, I think you've got me cornered." "Looks like I've got you cornered, too, Hadji." "I don't think so." "Hey, I didn't see that." "But I did." "Oh, boy. I think I'll play Bandit next." "Maybe I can win one game." "lt smells like smoke." "lt sure does." "Jonny, Hadji." "Up on deck." "We're up here, Dad." "I also smell fire." "You boys look aft." "Dr. Quest, take the port side. I'll check the galley." "Too late." "These extinguishers won't do any good now." "I'm afraid you're right." "We won't have time for the lifeboats." "Everybody into life jackets." "You, too, Bandit." "All right, boys, in you go." "Swim as far away from the boat as you can." "All set, doctor?" "After you, Race." "I'll miss you, old friend." "She'll go any second now." "How about the boys?" "Where are they?" "I'm sure they're okay, doctor." "That was Bandit." "Jonny!" "Hadji!" "Over here!" "Try to save your energy, sir." "Let's swim in the direction of that barking." "I pray they'll be all right." "They will be, doctor." "They've got good heads on their shoulders." "What could have happened to them?" "They probably tried to find us and went in the wrong direction." "Luckily the sea is calm." "Look!" "Over here!" "Over here!" "We're in luck, doctor." "They see us." "l hope they picked up the boys." "We go about to pick you up." "Dr. Quest, our ship's radio is broadcasting the S.O.S." "Within the hour, every ship in the area will be on the lookout for your boys." "Thank you, captain." "We will also cruise the islands." "They may have drifted ashore." "Lucky for us we found this island." "l just hope Dad and Race are okay." "Do not worry. I am sure they are safe." "Where's Bandit?" "Over there, resting." "He is tired from all the swimming." "Hey, freshly hatched turtles." "And look." "They go straight for the ocean." "The baby turtles think Bandit's their mother." "Hey!" "That's no way for a mother to act." "It doesn't look like much but it's better than nothing." "It needs a head." "Every smart scarecrow needs a head." "That's the first one that had a coconut head." "Boy, he's sure homely." "We want him to attract attention, not win a beauty prize." "There." "How about this jacket?" "Very good." "Now he looks better-fed." "I don't blame you." "It's pretty scary-looking." "I don't know. I think he has a kind face." "If Dad and Race ever hit this part of shore, they'll know we're around." "We hope." "Say, I'm hungry." "So am I." "And so is Bandit." "There's nothing new about that." "Let's do a little exploring." "Maybe we can find something to eat." "That is a good idea." "No sign, Dr. Quest." "We must keep searching." "Don't worry, doctor." "We'll find them." "Hadji, you ever have a feeling somebody was staring over your shoulder at you?" "Not lately." "Why?" "l have it now." "You are imagining, Jonny." "Maybe." "But do you hear anything?" "No, Jonny. I don't hear a thing." "I can't help feeling we've got company." "Your imagination has feathers." "Yeah." "And I have goose bumps." "Hadji!" "You know that imagination of mine?" "Yes." "Well, we're looking at some of it right now." "Hi." "I do not think they speak our language." "Well, I don't think I speak their language either." "You think that is a friendly sound?" "Well, you got me." "No." "They've got you and me surrounded." "Who?" "Me Jonny." "Him Hadji." "Remind me to laugh if we get out of this in one piece." "Hey, let go!" "Cut it out!" "Come on!" "Let me loose!" "It's okay, Bandit." "Just close your eyes." "I just hope none of these guys have butterfingers." "Hold on tight, my friends." "Hey, you okay, Haj?" "l guess so." "How about you, Jonny?" "And Bandit's all right." "Wow." "Looks like a mile straight down." "What happened to our ape friends?" "Where did they go?" "I don't know." "Maybe it was time for their coffee break or something." "I certainly can't expect you to search all day, captain." "You have your cargo to think about." "I, too, am a father, Dr. Quest." "We will search a while longer and continue to broadcast the S.O.S." "Anything on the shortwave, Chopper?" "Like what, mate?" "Information as to the whereabouts of a blooming herd of elephants..." "...just waiting for us to take their ivory?" "Stow it." "is it my fault we ain't seen hide nor hair of the beasties for the past six weeks?" "It ain't mine, neither." "We should have stuck to running guns like I wanted." "No." "We made more out of our first stack of tusks than we ever made running guns, and you know it." "Well, I don't know." "But at least we never run out of guns like we have elephants." "We repeat." "Anyone having knowledge of the whereabouts of Dr. Quest's son, Jonny and his companion, Hadji, that's H-A-D-J-I..." "Reward?" "That's a horse of a different color." "Yes, green." "The boys, wearing life jackets, may have drifted ashore and" "Them ruddy brats just might mean money to us, Chopper." "How much do you think he's offering?" "Who knows?" "I got me mind on something besides a reward." "Like what?" "Come on, what's on your mind?" "What's always on it?" "Money, chum." "Pounds, shillings and pence." "Come on." "Let's see if them little lost sheep might have washed up ashore here." "How much longer are we going to stay here?" "I just wanted to be sure our treetop friends were gone." "Come on, let's go." "Hey, why do you suppose those apes went off and left us?" "They got bored." "Monkeys don't stick with any one thing very long." "Jonny." "Yeah?" "Look below." "There's a couple that seem to be sticking." "Hold it, Hadji." "Maybe we can swing past them." "We made it." "Now to sneak away through the bushes." "No noise, Bandit." "Over here, Hadji. I found a log." "Maybe we can drift downriver on it." "Well, this is one place those apes can't follow us." "Jonny, look!" "What's the matt--?" "Don't you guys ever change your punch line?" "Hey!" "Cut it out, you big ape!" "Jonny, I cannot hold on." "Neither can I." "Well, here we are again." "Maybe they think we like climbing trees." "Yeah, but not this high." "They've gone again." "Yeah, probably to a lodge meeting." "Now's our chance." "Hey, this isn't bad." "I, too, am getting to like it." "Hadji, they're pulling us up." "Don't fight it, Jonny." "They love us." "Yeah." "Might as well join the party." "Dr." "Quest, I regret-- -l understand, captain." "I can't expect any more of your time." "Doctor, take a look." "You see anything over there on that island?" "I see something." "It looks like a dummy or a scarecrow." "Here, you take a look, Race." "That's one of our life jackets." "The boys must have left it as a marker for us." "We will go ashore, Dr. Quest." "We had good luck after all, yeah?" "Thanks to you, captain." "You have sufficient arms and supplies plus a first-aid kit and transmitter." "I will notify the authorities in Umphiti." "They will send a boat." "Good luck!" "Thanks again, captain." "Well, Race." "Which way?" "If these tracks mean anything, they lead into the jungle." "That's the boys, all right." "Still doing things the hard way." "Oh, let's give up, mate." "How much longer we gonna hunt for them brats?" "Till we find them." "Like a ruddy needle in a haystack, more likely." "I'm beat." "You find them." "You claim the reward." "l'll give you my half willingly." "Shut up!" "What is it?" "Thought I heard some" "There it is again." "I'm a blinking ostrich if that ain't kids laughing." "Come on." "l'm with you, governor." "Over here." "Hey, that looks easy." "Maybe for them." "Us, too, Hadji." "All you gotta do is swing across and then back." "You show me." "Okay, here goes." "Bandit says you made a monkey of yourself." "Yeah." "But those guys were born to it." "Guys?" "They're monkeys." "You know it, and I know it." "But they don't know it." "That's them, all right." "Let's go." "Quiet." "You'll never learn to use your head, will you?" "You want to rile them apes?" "They could tear us apart limb from limb." "We got to sneak up on them." "Maybe we ought to just claim the reward." "Chicken feed." "That Dr. Quest will pay a fortune to get them back in one piece." "Ransom, Chopper." "That's the ticket." "Ransom money." "Silky, oh, you're a smart one, you are." "What hit me?" "What hit me?" "Must have been a ruddy cyclone." "What's the activity?" "These monkeys are swinging all over." "I don't know, Jonny." "Maybe it's some kind of game they're playing." "Smart aleck, dumb ape." "Don't shoot until I give the word, see?" "l gotcha. I gotcha." "This is the life, huh, Jonny?" "Yeah. lt's gonna be a shame to leave it and go home." "lf they ever find us." "Oh, they will." "It is a big jungle." "Maybe they never saw our scarecrow." "All right." "Now!" "Take cover, Hadji!" "That's it, mate." "Over their heads." "Rifle shots, Race." "From that direction." "Might be a signal, doctor." "Let's go." "Hear that?" "Could be a rescue party." "We'd better hurry." "After them, fast!" "I wonder who was doing all the shooting?" "Just us, little chum." "Run, Hadji!" "Chopper, don't let them get away." "I got one of them, Silky." "Where am I?" "The World's Fair, chum." "And I'm your ruddy guide." "Now, on your feet." "Might as well come out of hiding, boy." "We got your chum." "Won't do you no good to hide." "We'll find you." "I'll give you three to come out." "Or we'll start playing rough with your little playmate here." "Very clever, laddie." "Now, tell your chum to come out or I'll get Chopper to take care of you." "It'll be a pleasure." "Do not hurt him. I will come out." "I will not run away." "What do we do with the brats, Silky?" "Take them to the cave." "Then we'll check on the shortwave." "All right, come on." "Get moving." "Judo me, will you?" "Anthropoid tracks all right, Race." "But not much of a clue to the boys." "Hold it." "Look at this." "That's Jonny's footprint, all right." "Thank heaven he's alive." "Let's hope Hadji's with him." "We'll find them." "Let's hurry." "Hold it." "Hold it right there and drop the old blunderbusses." "We better do as he says, Race." "Now your belts and hardware." "Now, who might you two be?" "I am Dr. Benton Quest and this is Race Bannon." "You the bloke what lost a couple of brats?" "Yes." "You've seen them?" "l might have." "How much is it worth to you?" "If you heard the shortwave, you know Dr. Quest is offering a reward." "Reward?" "Don't make me laugh out loud, chum." "How much is it worth to the ruddy doctor to see his kid in one piece?" "Why, you" "Go ahead, chum." "I ain't had enough target practice today." "Now, I've got your brats." "And you've got a lot of lovely money." "Why don't we trade?" "That's kidnapping, you know." "Do tell." "How much, Dr. Whatever-your-name-is?" "You can have whatever I've got as long as the boys are all right." "What do you take me for, a blinking pickpocket?" "I don't want peanuts. I want money." "Say, 20,000 pounds of it?" "Sixty thousand dollars." "Sounds beautiful, don't it?" "Well?" "Speak up, mate." "l-- l don't know where l could possibly raise that." "Don't give me that." "You got important friends, I'll wager." "Call them up on the shortwave." "They'll come through." "Why, with your connections, they'll fly in with the money." "Now, get cracking." "Wow." "Listen to that." "How noisy can you get?" "Quiet, Jonny." "Look at that." "What's that?" "Oh, me gun!" "Who stole me ruddy rifle?" "Call off your friends, mate." "l-- l meant no harm." "Go on." "Tell them I haven't touched you." "You tell them, while you're untying us." "Sure thing, little pal." "Anything you say." "We better tie him up, Jonny." "l don't think that'll be necessary, Hadji." "Yes, I believe the boys are safe." "Yes, I will be greatly in your debt." "It's extremely urgent to deliver the money immediately." "Thank you." "He is willing to put up the other 25,000." "See?" "I told you." "Never mind that." "Where are the boys?" "Yes, take us to them." "Easy, now." "First things first." "Any funny business at the airport and you know what'll happen here." "There will be no funny business." "The money will be flown in for you to pick up." "Just so as we understand each other, chum." "Chopper said their camp was over this way." "Too bad "Hoo-Hoo" ruined the rifle." "Yeah, we could have used it." "How long do you intend to keep us tied up here?" "When my partner gets back, I'll leave for the airport and the money." "Don't be impatient out there." "Think what a nice suntan you're getting." "Hey, Jonny. I see Race." "And there's Dad." "The other guy must be inside the tent." "Come on!" "Now's our chance." "l hope they understand." "We'll find out soon." "Let me out!" "Let me out!" "Thank goodness you're safe." "Great work, boys." "Thanks, but these friends of ours deserve all the credit." "Let me out!" "Let me out!" "Shall we let him out, Race?" "No, let your friends have their fun." "All set?" "Well, let's shove off." "The commissioner will be happy to see those two." "They've been wanted a long time." "Hey, fellas." "There's some friends of yours, come to say goodbye." "So long, fellas!" "Thanks for everything!" "Well, that's not the way to say goodbye." "Yes, you are right."