"I'm Eliza Thornberry." "Part of your average family." "I've got a dad and a mom." "And a sister." "There's Donnie." "We found him." "And Darwin...he found us." "We travel all over the world." "See, my dad hosts this nature show, and my mom shoots it." "And along the way, something amazing happened." "I freed a warthog who was really a shaman." "Shaman Mnyambo." "He granted me the power to talk to animals." "It's really cool...but totally secret." "And that was just the beginning of my biggest adventure ever." "And now, Phaedra the Magnificent will walk the Circle of Destiny!" "Circle of Destiny, indeed!" "Phew!" "Eliza, your friend stinks." "And those tusks could poke an eye out." "Darwin, chill." " Phaedra, take us around that tree." " Sure." "Here's how our moms make us go." "They nudge the back of our necks with their trunks." " Really?" "Like this?" " That's it!" "And if she wanted us to turn around, she'd nudge one side." "Oh, cool!" "Rub behind the ear and the elephant turns." "Fascinating!" "Eliza, can we go now?" "My butt's gone to sleep." "OK, Darwin." " Bye, Eliza." " Bye, Phaedra." "Bye...chimp!" "I think I hear your grandmumsy opening a fresh tin of pudding." " Darwin, listen." " To what?" "I don't hear a thing." "That's what I mean. lt's too quiet." "It's a shame you couldn't spend more time with us, Mumsy." "Two weeks is more than enough." "Your father gets a bit daft when left on his own too long." "He's probably searched the entire estate for his reading glasses." "Good thing I take after you, eh, Mumsy?" "Marianne, have you had any luck locating my binoculars?" "Try around your neck!" "Bad news!" "Jungle Boy used the teapot to store his grub-worms." "Dad!" "Mom!" "Stampede!" "Battle stations, everybody!" "Mumsy!" "Stand absolutely still!" "They're not carnivores." "The gazelle is quite harmless." "Unless you happen to be a tuft of grass!" "It's Akela!" " Does this sort of thing happen often?" " No." "Thank goodness!" "Cordelia, I hate to leave you, but we need to get some footage before dark." "Yes, Mumsy." "Will you be all right here?" "Don't worry." "The girls and I will have a nice quiet evening together." "See you later, then!" "Bye bye!" "Just when we get something cool to drive, I have to be grounded!" "Certainly you're grounded." "You tied Donnie to a termite mound." "Hey, he was happy." " Eliza, where are you going?" " Just going for a walk!" "Have we forgotten about that cheetah?" "It's OK, Grandmumsy, I do it all the time." "Deborah, does your sister...?" "Talk like a monkey, dress like a geek?" "Yeah!" "Come on, Akela's cubs must be nearby." "Cheetah cubs?" "To them, I'm a walking snack pack!" " Hey, guys!" " lt's Eliza!" "Oh, you've grown so big." "Hey, where's Tally?" "Here I am!" "You should see me run." "I'm really fast now." "Fast?" "As in "able to outrun defenceless chimps"?" "You guys remember Darwin." "I've got an idea." " Let's have a race." " Yeah!" "Me first." "Children!" "It's time for dinner." " Not me, I'm skin and bones." " Mom, Eliza wants us to race." "No, the plains are too dangerous for little ones like you." "But I'll be with them." "I'd never let anything happen." "You can trust me." "Please, Mom!" "All right, Eliza." "But keep an eye on them." "And don't go beyond the acacia tree." "Hey, slowpokes, I'm winning!" "Who are you calling slowpoke?" "Eliza, you've passed the acacia tree!" "Just barely!" "Don't worry, we'll be fine." "Poachers!" "Run!" "Eliza!" "No!" "Eliza!" "Give him back!" "He's just a baby!" "Deborah, bring the Commvee straight away!" "I wish I could, but I'm grounded!" "Debbie, now!" "Deborah, slow down immediately!" "Sorry, Grandmumsy." "Dad's orders." "Donnie, this is no time for the wedgie dance!" "Will somebody do something?" "Somebody?" "We'll discuss your impertinence later, young lady!" "Follow that helicopter!" "I couldn't have had a sister who plays with dolls." "Hello, Mumsy." "Having a jolly holiday?" "Nigel, we must discuss your children's manners." "We're equally as proud, but now's not the time." "My baby!" "My baby." "We can't just sit here." "We have to find those poachers." "You were almost killed." "Let Jomo take care of them." " But, Mom, I have to save Tally." " Who?" "That's what I call the cheetah cub." "She names man-eating wild animals?" "Names 'em, plays with 'em, talks in monkey to 'em!" "Debbie, enough!" " Could you identify this man, Eliza?" " No." "He shined a light in my eyes." "But the handle of his knife was carved in the shape of a falcon." "That'll help, won't it?" "There are many knives, many poachers." " But I have to find Tally." " Eliza, you must leave this to us." "Promise me, you will never go off alone at night." "I promise." "Good girl." "Nigel, I will call if I hear anything." " Good night, all." " Thank you, Jomo." "Eliza!" "Don't go out in the savannah at night." "Yeah, right!" "She and the monkey are always sneaking off!" " What?" " Debbie!" "I've covered long enough." "She once fed one of my protein bars to a Komodo dragon!" "And in wherever-land, she rode a Siberian tiger!" "And ask about the time she was dancing with crazy dingoes!" " What?" " That's not the half of it!" " Eliza!" " Thanks, Deb!" "Nigel..." "I don't know what to do." "Well, I do!" "Elizabeth has no regard for her own safety." "We have discussed this for years." "She needs a structured environment." "One such as a boarding school back in London!" "Hold on!" "She messes up and gets to go to boarding school?" "Mumsy, that's rather drastic." "Need I remind you, that it was in the confines of boarding school that you received your education, not here in the wild?" "You don't think it's civilised for a girl to play with cheetahs and chimps?" "Hello!" "What about me?" "Do I look civilised?" "Frankly, no." "But I'm afraid it's much too late for you." "Mom, Dad, I can't leave!" "Tally never would've been out on the plains if it wasn't for me." " lt's all my fault." " How?" " l have to go back out there!" " No!" "We make these rules for a reason." "If I have to send you away to be safe, I will." "Dad?" "Please!" "Poppet, your intentions are noble, but you're just too young." "I'm sorry." "We agreed, when we took this job, we wouldn't split up the family." "We'd keep the children with us on the road." "I remember, dearest." "Oh, Nigel." "Are we doing the right thing?" "You heard Eliza." "She blames herself for this unfortunate incident." "She'll never stop until she finds that cub." "She's quite fearless, you know." "She takes after her father." "That poor girl." "Boarding school?" "I never heard of anything so ridiculous!" "Did anyone bother to ask my opinion?" "I wish I could tell them I talk to animals." "No!" "Then you'll lose your power, and we'll never talk again!" " How will I know what Debbie's saying?" " Calm down, I won't break the rule." "Good." "Now, about this boarding school, I can't take gym class, because those tight shorts show off my problem area." "Dar...you can't come with me." "Darwin, come back!" " Whatever is the matter with Darwin?" " He saw me pack my suitcase." " l guess he figured out I'm leaving." " Very intuitive, that chimp." "I'm sorry about all this, Dad." "I'm not sure I wouldn't have done the same thing." "In fact, I went up against poachers myself once, to save an elephant, remember?" "I remember." "Come, let me show you where we're headed next." "The Congo." " To look for forest elephants?" " Yes. lf we can find any." "There's an old, old Baaka legend, that tells of a solar eclipse, when thousands of elephants made their way to Tembo Valley." "I wonder why." "Nobody knows." "But there's an eclipse in a few weeks in this exact spot." "And I intend to witness it first hand." "I wish I could see it with you, Dad." "Eliza, I received this medal when I was in boarding school." "Perhaps you'd like to take it, for luck." ""Awarded for bravery."" "Oh...it was nothing, really." "A blazing building, twenty students trapped, a makeshift rope ladder..." "Well, never mind." "The point is you will have your own challenges, Poppet, and I predict, you will meet them splendidly." "I looked everywhere for Darwin." "I didn't get to say goodbye." "I'm sorry, honey." "You'll see him again soon." "I love you." "I'll miss you, Mom." "You won't leave without him, Dad?" "Of course not, Poppet." "Here's what you can get me in London:" "CDs, boots, T-shirts." "Basically, anything cool." "Don't forget: "cool"." "Elizabeth!" "It's time for take-off!" "Kiss your natural wilderness girlhood goodbye!" "Bye, Dad." "Look at that." "is that a new girl?" "Darwin!" "You didn't think I'd let you get civilised without me, did you?" " You can't be here!" " lt's a miracle I survived the hold!" "Your bags are not handled with care." "They don't allow chimps in school." "They'll change their mind when they meet me!" "Let's look at my new home." "Small yet charming." "Not much natural light, but we've had enough of nature." "Dibs on this bed!" "Feel those springs, firm yet flexible." "Could you lend me your cashmere sweater for the dance?" " Someone's coming." " Room service?" "I like school already!" "Darwin, you can't be here!" "But why?" " l'm a fast learner and..." " l can see your feet!" "Let me in!" "Are you still quibbling about that 2% difference in our DNA?" "Just be quiet until I figure out what to do." "I'm Eliza Thornberry." "Guess we're room-mates." "So it appears." "I'm Sarah Wellington." "Have you been romping on my bed?" "Just trying out the springs." "Firm yet flexible." "Perhaps we should negotiate a few issues." "You stay on your side and I stay on mine." "My things shall be off-limits as they are antique and expensive." "This perfume is French." "And don't even dream about wearing my clothes." "No matter how tempting the urge." "I see that you've already rooted through my wardrobe." "Sarah!" "Want one of my mom's home-made cookies?" "I might have a use for you yet." "It's so great to talk to you guys." "You have no idea how awful it's been." "Go on, Eliza, tell Reggie your troubles." "I don't suppose you have any of those cheesy snacks?" "Cheese Munchies?" "Right here." "Brilliant!" "Now, what's the problem?" "I miss my friends in Africa." "You should see it there, Reggie." "I've even met some squirrels who fly." "Fly?" "Like a bird?" "Don't like the sound of that!" "I heard her family lives in the jungle in a motor home!" "And she bathes where animals drink!" "Next she'll be bringing animals into my room!" " Eliza, can you hear me?" "It's Mom!" " And your dear old Dad!" " What did you say, honey?" " Has Jomo found Tally?" "Sorry, Poppet, no." "In fact, the poachers disappeared without a trace." " Tell her about Darwin." " l was leading up to that." "Poodles, I'm afraid we've lost track of Darwin." "He'll be all right." "He's probably foraging for bugs right now!" "The shepherd's pie is heavenly." "But why do they put these green things in it?" "They look like bunny poop!" " Honey, is someone there?" " Just my room-mate, Sarah." "Mom, please don't forget about Tally." "We won't." "We told Jomo where we're headed." "Try to have fun with your new friends." "She's making friends?" "Give me that!" "Hi." "Here's what's going on with my life." "Donnie's now half-goat, my hair is half-terrier, and we're heading into the abyss where there's no teen interaction!" "Bye!" "Oh, Debbie!" "Debbie?" "Mom?" "Dad?" "Donnie?" "We're all a bit curious." "Have you ever seen a tiger up close?" " Close enough to pet." " Oh, really?" "Tigers, bears, Komodo dragons..." "Once, we were in the Arctic and I hung out with this polar bear." "Seems my room-mate is making friends." "My friends!" " They're really gentle..." " Sarah, Eliza swam with whales." " lsn't that lovely?" " Tell us more, Eliza." "Darwin!" "I know!" "Don't I look fetching?" "Where was I?" "Swimming with dingoes..." "I mean dolphins..." "Enough about me." "Anybody try the boiled cabbage?" "I'm going back for seconds." "Anyone else?" " Who's that girl?" " Never seen her before." " ls she Eliza's friend?" " That's my monogram!" "Who are you and why are you wearing my new blazer?" "There's an ape in my uniform!" "Give it back!" "Give it back!" " Did it escape from the zoo?" " Darwin, no!" "Food fight, everyone!" "Come back!" "Girls!" "Girls!" "Food is for eating!" "Food is for..." "This is the best meal we've ever had!" "Miss Thornberry, your grandmother will hear of this in the morning." "And when we revive her, I'm sure she'll be gravely disappointed." "Now, say goodbye to your pet and come along!" "Eliza, don't leave me in this place, I'll never last the night!" "No offence. I'm sure you're very nice." ""Thunder", is it?" " How horsy!" " l'll come see you in the morning, Dar." "Trot along, lassie." "Your friend will be fine with me." "Thanks, Thunder." "Miss Thornberry?" "Come along!" "I need a hot bath and a good meal." "You're in luck." "They'll be bringing the hay round any minute." " l'm to eat hay?" " Aye, and sweet crunchy oats, too." "Oh, that changes everything." "I'm beginning to see why they call you Thunder." " Never mind." "Where's the bathroom?" " You're standing on it!" "Did Mrs Fairgood make him go to the zoo?" " Where did he sleep?" " How did you smuggle him?" "Darwin decided..." "I mean, it was easy." "Hiding him from Sarah, that's a different story." "Miss Sarah Wellington thinks she's the bee's knees!" "Why would you ever come here, where it's so boring?" "I got into trouble. I snuck out..." "There were poachers hunting..." " Poachers?" " With guns?" "Go on, Eliza." "There were three cheetah cubs I knew." "Like kittens, only wild." "We were running when we heard shots." "A man dropped from a helicopter on a ladder and grabbed the one I named Tally." "I tried to save him, but they cut the ladder and..." "I fell." "Tally was gone." "Poor Tally." "I think he's alive. I just feel it." "This is terrible!" "Can't we write letters or something?" " Let's have a bake sale!" " Let us help!" "Thanks, but..." "What's going on in my room?" "Sarah, Eliza was just telling us the most awful story about..." "Tally." "Never mind." "I've been filling out a report and am quite tired." " You'll all have to go." " Goodnight, Eliza." "Goodnight, Sarah." "'Night, you guys!" "I still can't believe you harboured a wild animal in my room..." "There are peas in my bed!" "Tally?" "Tally!" "Tally!" "I knew you were alive." "Eliza, help me!" "Tally?" "Tally!" "I gave you this gift for a reason, Eliza." "Shaman Mnyambo?" "You must not waste time." "You must go to your destiny." "Go!" "What do you mean?" "Where am I supposed to go?" "Shaman?" "Tally is alive." "Go save him, Eliza." "Go!" "Go!" "Shaman Mnyambo's right." "I have to go." "What are you doing?" "I have to leave." " l'm calling Mrs Fairgood." " No!" "You have to keep this a secret." "Do you have a credit card for tickets to Africa?" " l won't do this." " My parents will pay you back." " No one will know until it's all over." " What's over?" "You're acting so odd." "I'm reporting you at once." "Sarah, please, it's a matter of life and death." "I have to go now and I really need your help." "Please!" "Just think, you'll get the room all to yourself again." "Would you prefer aisle or window?" "Darwin, wake up!" "What?" "I've tried to keep track of the days, but they've blurred into months!" "Dar, it's only been four hours." "It's certainly better than riding in the hold, but I don't understand..." "Shh!" "I'll tell you after the plane takes off." "Fine!" "Shh!" "Stop fidgeting!" "I can't help it, I've got hay in my skirt." "She has that hairy disease." "We're going to see a special doctor in Nairobi." "I'll find you, Tally." "I promise." "We'll be gone until after the eclipse." "Will you be all right with Donnie?" "This will be the highlight of my young life!" "That's the spirit, Poodles!" "Dad, have you completely lost your ability to recognise sarcasm?" "I'm not sure I ever had it." "Stay close to camp. lf you're lucky, you might see a hyena roving about!" "Excuse me, while I go find a container for my joy." "Very well, we'll wait right here." "Oh...that's sarcasm, isn't it?" "You do that rather frequently, don't you?" "Debbie, just how long is this sulking going to go on?" "Another 35-40 minutes." "Then I'll start up again tomorrow." "Get some rest." "I know it must be draining." "We'll call you on the short wave." "Be careful." "And have a good time!" "No problem." "I'll take the Congo-Com for a spin." "Absolutely not!" "But do have fun!" "That is so wrong." "Help!" "The poachers..." "I've been shot!" " Darwin, get up." " What?" "Excuse me..." "A rhino's been shot." "You have to let me off this train!" "Hang on, we'll get help." "You'll be OK." "They shot me...at the river." "They were trying to take my horn, when I ran away." "Help!" "Help!" "Please help me!" "This rhino's been shot!" " Hold this, right here." " ls he still alive?" "Barely." "But I think I can save him." "You're a very brave young lady." "We saw you jump from that train." "I had to save this rhino..." "That's the knife from the man who took Tally." " Keep applying pressure." " Sorry, I just..." " Thank goodness, the authorities." " What happened here?" "Poachers shot him at the river." "Find them." "They took a cheetah cub." "I recognised their knife." "Call Jomo Mbelie!" " You know Jomo?" " Yes, he's friends with my father." "Tell him Eliza found the knife." "We were just at the river, there were no poachers." "I'm Sloan Blackburn." "We're studying the endangered wildlife." "We have to get this poor guy to our camp." "My wife, Bree." "She's a wildlife veterinarian." "We'll take him to the rhino sanctuary." "Eliza, they'll take care of him, don't worry." "Can we give you a lift?" "You shouldn't be alone with poachers around." "No, thanks." "Our camp's not too far." "We have to get back to our work, but I hope we see you again." "Me, too." "Thanks for your help." "Bye!" "Come on." "We have to find those poachers." "We have to find your parents." "You saw what those poachers did." " But if they're nearby, Tally is, too." " No!" "If those awful people see you again, they'll hurt you." "And I'm not going to let that happen." "You're right, Darwin." "We can't do this alone." "Hurry, we'll find my parents' camp." "It's not far, is it?" "We'll get there...by morning." "I wish we'd never left school." "Thunder said there'd be days like this." "This dude Jack plants these magic beans, 'cause he's hungry." "Then, a mondo beanstalk grows way up into the clouds." "Bushbabies!" "How annoying!" "Jack, who's totally buff, climbs up the beanstalk and finds a golden goose, a golden harp and a big, scary giant?" "Donnie?" "Donnie!" "Donnie!" "Donnie!" "Radcliffe!" "You never told me how to land!" " Grandmumsy?" " lt's all in the knees, Cordy!" " Colonel?" " You're looking well, Deborah!" "Do we have a kiss for Grandpapa?" "I knew I shouldn't have brought the good china!" "Debbie, dreadful news." "Your sister has run away from school." "Under cover of night...with Darwin!" "Excuse me, did you say the monkey got to go to London?" "Debbie, are you there?" "Over." " Guess who's here?" " Don't alarm your parents." "She means there's no need for Marianne to blame her a minute earlier than necessary!" "Sorry." "Eliza was seen boarding a train for the Congo." "We'll take her back." "Debbie!" "Who's there?" "Some cute bushbabies!" "Did I just hear you call a wild animal "cute"?" "That's called sarcasm, dearest." "Sure, you can ride with us." "My owner will never know." "How did I end up here..." "amongst chickens?" "Donnie, this may look like a shark cage, but it's a playpen." "It's where nice little boys play, when their sisters want peace and quiet." "Hey, Donnie!" "If it isn't the boarding school dropout and her sidekick, Chimp-o!" " l need to talk to Mom and Dad." " They're not here." "Talk to me and pretend I'm listening." " Where are they?" " ln the jungle, filming." " But the eclipse isn't until tomorrow." " Whatever." "Fine. I'll call them on the radio." "Don't go in there." " What are they doing here?" " Taking you back to England." "I'm not going back." "I came back to find Tally." " l just need Dad's help." " What's wrong with you?" "You finally get a chance to escape our jail, instead you come back like some freaky homing pigeon, and wreck my chance of ever getting out of this place." "I am not going to slow dance at my prom with some baboon!" "Debbie, leave me alone!" "You're not going to stop me!" "Yes, I am!" "Debbie, no!" "Hey!" "Let me out of here!" "Sorry, Deb." "Take it up with the warden." "Donnie!" "Bring me the key like a nice little animal boy!" "Donnie!" "Cordy!" "It's the blitz!" "You're dreaming, Raddie." "England is safe." "When I get my hands on that ungrateful, trouble-making, know-it-all sister..." "Wow!" "If I weren't so mad, this would totally rock!" "Oh, man!" "Hello?" "Both of my daughters are missing?" "The good news is the chimpanzee turned up in England." "But never mind that now." "Debbie left a note:" ""Don't freak." That's Deborah talking, not I." ""Took the Congo-Com to find Donnie who followed Eliza." ""She's going to some valley." "Later, Debbie."" "My children are in the jungle alone?" "We'll find them, lovely." "Dad, are you there?" " Right here, my boy." " You'll have to pick us up downriver." "I'll give you our coordinates." "Can you triangulate a position?" "They didn't call me Colonel for my chicken recipe!" "Fire away!" "I'm driving around this sweaty jungle, looking for my sister, when I could be watching part two of Before They Were Teens." "Who smells?" "It's completely overpowering my vanilla-ginger body splash." "Donnie!" "Donnie?" "Donnie!" "Does this...human..." "belong to anyone?" "Thanks." "Hope he wasn't any trouble." "Not really." "But tell him when a gorilla is sleeping, he doesn't want a dung-beetle shoved up his nose!" "We're hoping it's just a phase." "I'm looking for my parents, two people on the way to Tembo Valley?" "Two people?" "Riding in those loud whirlybirds?" " Do you mean helicopters?" " lt might be the poachers!" "Did you see them with a cheetah cub?" "I saw the whirlybirds land on the ground, and then people putting a fence across the valley." "A fence?" "What for?" "Something's up." "What's the quickest way to the valley?" "Follow the river." "Be careful." "Dar, get Donnie." "Donnie, this is no time for your games!" "Don't force it, chimp." "It'll come out in its own good time." "As many as a thousand elephants will converge during the eclipse." "My desire to witness a natural marvel might have influenced Eliza." "She must've decided not to miss it." "She wouldn't come all the way from London just for that." "There's something else going on." " l'm just afraid she'll get hurt." " She'll be fine." "They all will." "How do you know?" "And don't say, "Because they're Thornberrys."" "Because they've been raised by you." "And quite wonderfully, I might add." "Radcliffe is right." "Now, let's find them." "Eliza!" "Donnie!" "I have had enough of this!" "I am not in the mood!" "Great!" "I'm turning into Mom!" "Where are the lights on this stupid thing?" "Get outta here, pork chops!" "Hi...thanks." "I don't normally look this bad, just so you know." "Have you seen a dorky girl with braces and a monkey and a wild boy?" "Sorry, I do not understand." "I know. I don't get it either." "You have no idea what kind of day I've been having." "My name is Boko." "Oh, sorry, that was rude." "I'm Debbie." "Boko, you don't have a pre-moistened towelette on you by chance?" "Who is that girl?" "Why did she drive into the mud?" "We have to help her." "Oh...no one speaks English." "I am so grounded." "Look!" "A campfire!" "It must be my parents!" "Mom!" "Dad!" "Bree?" "Sloan?" "Eliza?" "What are you doing out here?" "The poachers are here." "They put up a fence in Tembo Valley." " Really?" "Did you see them?" " No..." "I mean, yes, I saw them." "I have to find my parents." "They're filming the elephants." "That's why we're here, too, to count the elephants." " lf we can find any, of course." " Yeah...they're really hard to find." " They only..." "Oh, no." " What's wrong?" "They stay in the forest except during the eclipse." "The poachers must've heard the legend." "They're after the elephants!" " What?" " They're planning to catch them." "They'll be a thousand out in the open." "We must call Jomo right away!" " No signal." "Of all times!" " Can't you fix it?" "Guys, let's stay calm." "We can't do anything about it tonight." "Tomorrow, we'll find Eliza's parents and use their radio." "The poachers won't go after the elephants before the eclipse." "But I'm worried about Tally, the cheetah cub I told you about." "Eliza, it's dark." "No sense getting lost in the jungle." "I won't get lost." "Donnie, get back here!" "I wouldn't want you to go in there and make a mess." "You and your chimp and your little brother can sleep right here." "I'd look so hot in this." "You must be hungry." "Here." "Thanks. I'm starving." " What kind of cereal is this?" " We get our food from over there." "Delicious!" "Oh, thank you!" "My soda!" "Sorry." "Do you want some?" "Thank you." "Delicious." "I'm late for the whole "finding my sister" thing." " Why is your jewellery so loud?" " Pretty cool, huh?" "It's waterproof, too." "Why don't you keep it?" "Are you giving this to me?" "Thanks for the skirt." "You did give me this?" " Boko give Debbie?" " Debbie give Boko?" "Yeah!" "I'm so good at this communication stuff!" "I'll be fine, really." "I know exactly where l'm going." "Bye!" "Bye, Boko!" "Who put that vine there?" "Bye, again!" "Bye!" "Really, I'm leaving now." "Hi, again." "I'm just a little turned around." " Debbie!" " Boko, you can't come with me." "It's not that I don't like you." "And it's not about the height thing." "I can't drag you into this family drama." "I have to find my sister, and believe me, she is good at this jungle stuff." "You think this'll fit?" "Donnie's gone." "We need to find him." "The eclipse is in a few hours." "But Donnie's always missing, and I was dreaming about shepherd's pie." "Bree!" "Sloan!" "Have you seen Donnie?" "Donnie?" "Sloan told you to stay out of there." "Bree?" "Sloan?" "What is all this?" "I don't like this place." "We've got Donnie, now let's go." "What's that?" "Something's in there." "Tally?" "Don't worry, I'll get you out of there." " Eliza!" " Oh, Tally!" " l knew I'd find you." " Eliza, we have to get out of here." " What do you mean?" " Hello, Eliza." "This cheetah cub..." "Where did you get him?" " l picked him up on the savannah." " You bought him?" "No. I picked him up..." "right off the ground." "I told Sloan he shouldn't cut that rope ladder." "It was you!" "Yes." "Thank you so much for returning my knife to me." "Oh, kitten." "You didn't drink all your milk." "How are you going to grow big enough to make me a coat?" "You'll have to miss the solar eclipse." "Catch it on the Poaching Channel!" "You built the fence!" "Of course." "Now here's a question for your famous father." "How many volts of electricity does it take to kill a thousand elephants?" "Then, my brat sister ran away from boarding school without any consideration for me, after all I've done for her." " Stop!" "I see something!" " You say something?" "If it was just Eliza, I'd say, "Go play in the jungle!"" "But I am responsible for Donnie, and I take that very seriously." "Debbie!" "I don't see anything." "Brat sister." "Wow!" "You're good." "Maybe we can make it to Tembo Valley before lunchtime." " Tembo Valley?" " Yeah." "You know it?" "Eliza, you're a little troublemaker." "First, you show up on my cheetah hunt, then save my rhino." " He's not your rhino!" " Oh, really?" "You knew the poachers had shot him at the river." " Yet you were on a train at the time." " l guessed." "Perhaps." "Now you arrive here, knowing about a fence no one witnessed being built." "So, my little troublemaker, who told you?" "No one." " Are your parents working with Jomo?" " They don't know I'm here." " Who's your source of information?" " No one!" "You know too much for a little girl." "I've too much invested in this to let anything get in my way." "If you don't tell me who they are, you'll never see your family again!" "Sloan, I hear someone coming." "What's going on?" "I don't like him!" "I saw them with firesticks and there was a loud sound." "Explosives?" "We've got to get out of here." " l'll help!" " Go, Tally, that's it!" "Yes, get the cheetah involved again!" "They got us into this mess." " Don't blame Tally." " l'm not." "Tally didn't sneak out or run away from school, or trust people who don't like animals!" " l thought they were like me." " Can't you see no one's like you?" " The Shaman gave you a gift." "Use it!" " Darwin, please!" "I think you don't know what to do with your powers!" "For once in your life, just be quiet!" " Hi, can we help you?" " Yes." "I'm looking for my sister, Eliza Thornberry." " Debbie." " Debbie!" "Let me go, you creep!" " Let her go!" " Certainly." "If you tell me who's your source of information." "There's no one." "I just guessed all of that stuff." "The fence and the explosives." "I never mentioned explosives!" "You're lying!" "What's he talking about?" " Tell me, or she goes over the edge." " Get rid of her." " She doesn't know anything about this." " Who told you these things?" " l can't tell you." " Eliza!" "Stop!" "Wait!" "I'll tell you!" "I know these things because I can talk to animals." "What has she done?" "Sloan, let's get out of here!" "Debbie!" "Boko!" "Please be all right." "Debbie, run into the woods!" " Where are you going?" " l have to get Tally." "Darwin, come on!" "It's really gone." "You expect me to believe you freed a warthog who was a magic man who let you talk to animals, but you had to keep it secret or you'd lose your powers?" "Well...yeah." "I knew it!" "That's why you're always sneaking out with Darwin!" "Tell that monkey that I don't appreciate it when he leaves pizza crusts under the seat cushions." "Tell him!" "Debbie, I broke the rule." "I told about my powers..." "so I lost them." "Oh, my gosh!" "You did that for me?" "I can't talk to Darwin any more." "And the last thing I said to him was really mean." "Now I can't even tell him I'm sorry." "Eliza, I may not speak monkey, but I think he's trying to tell us about that waterfall!" "We're here." "This must be the Tembo Valley." "Come on!" "The eclipse is going to start soon." " What happened?" " We have to get out of here." "Wow!" "Darwin really watches out for you, doesn't he?" "Yeah...he's my best friend." "The elephants!" "It's a trap." "They're all going to die, and I can't warn them." "But can't you make elephant noises or something?" "I can't talk to them." "How can I help them?" "You don't understand!" "Shaman Mnyambo told me that he gave me my gift for a reason." "It doesn't matter now." "I lost it." "OK, enough with the "poor me" bit." "Are you just going to sit there?" "What can I do?" "I'm just an ordinary girl now." "Since you were little, you dragged home birds with broken wings." "You didn't have special powers then!" "You just...cared." "Trust me, you were never ordinary." "Bree, take us into the valley, I want to watch this." "Everyone, take your places!" "It must happen within seven minutes." " Do you see the girls or Donnie?" " No." "But, Nigel what do you make of that?" "Poachers!" "They're setting up explosives." "They're going to frighten the elephants into stampeding, right into that electric fence!" "Marianne, take us down there." "Eliza, no!" "They'll stomp on you." "No, they won't." "Elephants know when you're trying to help them." " lt's not too late to become ordinary!" " Debbie!" "Boko!" "Think this'll fit?" "Stay here, I'll be back." "I have to stop them somehow, make them turn around." "Turn around!" "You have to go back!" "I've got to get to the front of the herd." "Set off the first round of explosives now!" "The wires have been cut." "Set off the second round!" "Think of something quick!" "Think of something!" "Please!" "Stop!" "It worked!" "Oh, no!" "How can I make you understand me?" "What did Phaedra tell me?" "Behind the ear!" "We did it!" "Let's get out of here." " They're turning!" "Start shooting!" " But there's a girl there." "I don't care!" "Take down the elephants!" "I'll take care of the kid." "It's all right, we're almost out of here." " You will regret this." " l don't care!" "What you're doing is awful!" "And what you're doing is stupid!" "Shame you won't be here to help me carry out the ivory." "Oh, no!" "I can't get a shot from here." "Go lower!" "Eliza!" "Shaman Mnyambo, I'm sorry." "I messed everything up." "I couldn't make them understand." "If I hadn't broken the rule, I could have saved them." "But you did save them." "See for yourself." "And you did this not with your gift, but with your heart." "If you can do this without your powers, you have a greater destiny than I've even known." "I'm going to grant you your powers back." "You are?" "Really?" "There is one condition." "About your sister..." "how well can she keep a secret?" "Don't move!" "You're under arrest!" "Take your hands off me!" "We were trying to help the elephants." "Need a ride?" " Brat sister." " l don't know where he got that." "Debbie, stop!" "There's Darwin!" "I know you think I talk too much." "So from now on, I'll quietly observe..." " Yeah." "Like that'll ever happen." " Eliza?" "Did you just talk to me?" " Mom!" "Dad!" " Eliza!" "Poppet!" "You're going back to your family?" "Yeah." "Oh, please, keep it." "You know...friend?" "Friend." "Pretty amazing, huh, Dad?" "The legend was right." "It was, indeed." "But I still wonder why they gather during an eclipse." "Maybe the elephants feel safe." " Safe?" " Yeah." "Maybe because it's the one day that everything changes." "The little moon blocks the powerful sun, so maybe maybe they have reason to hope." "Maybe these intelligent creatures believe that by standing together, as they have done for centuries, they may one day live without fear of man's greed." "I don't know, of course, but I swear she's thanking you." "I think so, too, Dad." " Tally, do you see her anywhere?" " This is where we always played." "We'll find her." "Mom!" "Tally?" "Tally!" "Mom, I'm back!" "Oh, my baby." "I thought I'd lost you." "Akela, I should have listened to you." "I'm so sorry." "I know you are." "Tally's home now and safe." "Thank you." "You're welcome." "Eliza!" "Cut the cheetah chatter and let's go!" " l gotta go." " Bye, Eliza." "I'll miss you guys." "See you next time." "How am I gonna keep your secret?" "Well, you have to." "I agreed to a condition when I got my powers back." "You can never tell anyone my secret, because if you do you'll turn into a baboon." "A baboon?" "!" "The peacefulness of this congregation... I am not going to spend the rest of my life with a purple butt!" "Cut!" "These furless primates you see behind me are part of an untamed sub-species best known as the Thornberrys." "If you leap awake ln the mirror of a bad dream" "And for a fraction of a second" "You can't remember where you are" "Just open your window" "And follow your memory upstream" "To the meadow in the mountain" "Where we counted every falling star I believe the light that shines on you" "Will shine on you forever" "Forever" "And though I can't guarantee" "There's nothing scary hiding under your bed I'm gonna stand guard" "Like a postcard of a Golden Retriever" "And never leave till I leave you" "With a sweet dream in your head" "I'm gonna watch you shine" "Gonna watch you grow" "Gonna paint a sign So you'll always know" "As long as one and one is two" "There could never be a father" "Loved his daughter more than I love you" "Trust your intuition lt's just like going fishing" "You cast your line and hope you get a bite" "But you don't need to waste your time" "Worrying about the market place Try to help the human race" "Struggling to survive its harshest night" "I'm gonna watch you shine" "Gonna watch you grow" "Gonna paint a sign So you'll always know" "As long as one and one is two" "There could never be a father" "Loved his daughter more than I love you" "I'm gonna watch you shine" "Gonna watch you grow" "Gonna paint a sign So you'll always know" "As long as one and one is two" "There could never be a father" "Loved his daughter more than I love you" "Here on earth" "Are the stars so far away?" "Do they hear us crying?" "Can they feel us when we pray?" "Can we trust And go where it takes us?" "Do we choose?" "Sometimes I wonder" "Do we create our destiny?" "Dreamers like you" "Dreamers like me" "We have the power in our hearts" "Love is our bridge to the stars" "You could be so happy" "On this brand new beautiful day" "You could be so happy" "Like kids getting ready to play" "You could be so happy lf you got somebody to love"