"[GROWLING]" "[GIBBERING]" "[TRUMPETING]" "[ROARS]" "[GIBBERING]" "[ROARS]" "[BRAYING]" "[GROWLING]" "[GIBBERING]" "[ROARING]" "[TIGER GROWLING]" "Good morning, Taj." "Oh, Judy, don't mind those other animals, they're just jealous." "[BARKING]" "How about visiting Dad and that baby African elephant down at the stockade?" "Okay?" "Come on, let's go." "[ELEPHANT TRUMPETS]" "Yes, he's right here." "MARSH:" "Hello, Judy, Taj." "You come over to watch your African cousin at play?" "[GIBBERING]" " Who's on the walkie-talkie?" " [IN BRITISH ACCENT] Hedley here." "[IN BRITISH ACCENT] Oh, good show." "Top of the morning to you, Hedley." "What can I do for you?" "Marsh, how's that little baby elephant I brought into you last week?" "[IN NORMAL VOICE] Well, I'm looking at him right now." "His subcutaneous fascial ulcer is all healed up." "His what?" "His adherent ulcer, his leg wound, is all healed and he's frisky as a colt." "Good." "Then I assume he's ready to return to the bosom of his loving family." "Yes, Uncle Hedley, we'll see that junior gets safely back to the herd." "But not right now." "I'll talk to you later." "Out." "What do you mean, not right now?" "Well, Paula, I think we have a scientific chance of a lifetime." "Returning the baby elephant to its herd." "No, no, not the African elephant." "I was referring to Taj." "PAULA:" "Taj?" "MARSH:" "Mm-hm." "Taj is an Indian elephant." "Wouldn't a herd of wild African elephants attack a stranger?" "Ah, that's the wonderful part about elephants, Paula." "They're devoted to their young and protected to one another." "PAULA:" "But they're two entirely different species, Dad." "African elephant, it's fierce and can't be tamed." "And an Indian elephant is gentle." "Well, I think you better bone up on your zoology, young lady." "Now, an African elephant has been tamed experimentally and an Indian elephant is just as fierce in his wild state." "Well, then you honestly believe that the African elephants will accept Taj." "MARSH:" "I honestly believe the African herd would accept Taj." "Otherwise I wouldn't try it." "I'm going to have Mike film it." "I don't think an experiment like this has ever been done before." " However, there is one problem." " What's that?" "Well, will Taj accept the herd?" "[GIBBERING]" "I better go check with Mike." "I don't know, Judy." "I have a feeling that your instincts may be right." "Dad takes Taj to the wild African herd, they may kill him." "[GIBBERING]" "Look at that." "Judy has prepared a farewell breakfast for Taj." "How about that, huh?" "Yeah, I'm gonna kind of miss that little fellow myself." "Oh, here's your hardware." "Uh-huh." " And the film." "Good shooting, buddy." " All right, thank you." "I only hope that those wild elephants will follow the script daktari has written for them." "Oh, you're planning on teaching them to read?" "Oh, no." "Not at all." "I'll leave the educational psychology to you." " That's what I was afraid of." " Ha." "If Judy can go, why can't I?" "Because I can control Judy's histrionics but not yours." "But don't you believe in academic freedom?" "I most certainly do." "We're talking about science and science requires reasoning not emotion." "But how am I gonna learn to be a scientist if I don't get any experience?" " You want some experience?" " Yes." "Then stay right here and help Jack with his experiments." "Oh, great." "Testing Clarence's eyes." "That's real exciting." "That's nothing but dull, hard work." "Well, that's a perfect definition of scientific discipline." "You are learning." "PAULA:" "I'll give it the old college try if you promise me..." " ...you'll radio in your progress." "MARSH:" "Oh, sure, sure." "Come on, Mike, let's get going." "Oh, Taj, I hate to see you go but you're going to have to." "Don't be frightened of those big elephants." "They're your relatives and they love you just as much as we do." "Yeah." "Now, Judy, you take good care of Taj and don't let her get into any trouble, okay?" "Bye, Taj." "[ROARS]" "Well, young lady, what say we make like scientists and join Clarence, who awaits us in the arena?" " Why not?" " Why not?" "[ROARS]" "[ELEPHANTS TRUMPETING]" "See those elephants over there?" "They got big ears and you got little ears but they happen to be your cousins." "And you need the protection of a family." "Mm-hm." "Yeah." "[GIBBERING]" "That's enough out of you, Judy." " Sounds like Paula, doesn't she?" " Ha, ha." " You got your camera ready?" " All set." "Okay, Tajy." "Yeah, I know." "You're going to miss us and frankly we're gonna miss you too." "But you're an elephant and they are elephants and we are people." "So you gotta go join your family." "Okay, Tajy, nice family reunion." "Come on." "Let's go." "Come on." "Let's go meet your family." "All right." "Go on." "[TAJ TRUMPETING]" "Well, there he goes." "Good luck, Tajy." "[TRUMPETING]" "[TRUMPETING]" "[TRUMPETING]" "Poor little rascal." "That bull elephant scared him." "Tajy, go back." "You want me to continue filming Taj, daktari?" "He's not joining them." "Yeah, keep on rolling." "We're not getting the results we wanted." "At least it's honest reporting." "[TRUMPETING]" "[TRUMPETING]" "Well, can you beat that?" "He's coming back." "You better stop it, Mike." "It's apparent he thinks of us as his family and not those elephants down there." "You know, I think our affection training may have backfired." "Backfired?" "We may have brainwashed him so much he no longer thinks of himself as an elephant and feels he does not belong down there with those tough-looking strangers." "[GIBBERING]" "Well, I can understand his reluctance." "Well, I guess we're gonna have to have a little more patience, huh?" "[TAJ TRUMPETING]" "Come on, Tajy." "All right, come on up here and turn around." "You know, daktari, I think he's asking for a reprieve." "Yeah, that's the tough part of being a scientist." "I'm beginning to feel like a father sending his young son out into the big old world." "Well, come on, Tajy." "Let's try it again." "And Judy, I don't want your opinion." "You know, maybe Paula's right." "Maybe Taj is too much of a compound pet for this experiment." "Mike, this is a valid experiment." "Now, we've done this many times before with other animals." "I know." "I was just thinking that perhaps Taj might be too young for this project." "Look, if I thought there was any danger to Taj, I wouldn't send him out there." "Look, look out there." "Look at that herd." "That's not a herd of rogue males." "It's a family unit." "You know, elephants are one of your most intelligent animals." "If a mother is killed, they'll readily adopt the orphan." "And all I want to find out is will they accept an Indian orphan or will they just ignore him." "If they ignore him, we'll take Taj back on home." "All right?" " All right." " Let's take him in." "All right, Miss Lonelyheart, back up on the truck with you." "Come on, Tajy." "All right." "Now go on." "Go on." "[TRUMPETING]" "Daktari?" "He's not going to budge." "He's too frightened." "Perhaps there is no affinity between the species..." " ...and we should end the experiment." " Oh, no, no, Mike." "We just gotta let nature take its course." "[TRUMPETING]" "[GIBBERING]" "[ELEPHANTS TRUMPETING]" "[TRUMPETING]" "[TRUMPETING]" " I better get Taj." " Daktari, no." "It's too late." "[ELEPHANTS TRUMPETING]" "[TRUMPETING]" "Here." "Daktari, they're not after Taj." "Look." "By George." "They smelled or sensed the fire before we did." "You still think the herd would accept Taj?" "MARSH:" "Oh, yeah, sure." "Soon as the excitement's over and the danger's passed." "HEDLEY [OVER RADIO]:" "Hedley calling daktari." "Hedley calling daktari." "Do you read me, Marsh?" "Yeah, Hedley, I read you." "What's up?" "I'm five miles south of Katanga Village with a group of firefighters." "Have they got it under control?" "I don't know yet but I need your help immediately." "Well, Hedley, I'm right in the middle of an important experiment." "Marsh, the fire's threatening the entire valley." "I need your help at once." "Where are your askaris?" "Helping evacuate women and children from the village." "We have to stop the fire before it spreads to the other villages." "There isn't a minute to lose, Marsh." "Now, I'm counting on you." "Over and out." "You heard what the man said." "We better get moving." " What about Taj?" " Don't worry." "Taj will be all right." "He'll be safe?" "I mean, without us here?" "No, it might even be better." "Give him a chance to adjust on his own." "Judy." "Judy, come here." "Judy, come here." "Come here." "Now listen." "Listen." "I want you to keep your eye on Taj." "See?" "Watch him carefully, okay?" "We'll be back as soon as we can." "[ROARS]" "All right, Clarence." "The purpose behind this experiment is to see if you can distinguish between one shape and another, okay?" "[ROARS]" "First one is a circle." "Circle." "[ROARS]" "Oh, Jack, how can you be so calm when Dad's feeding Taj to the wolves?" "There are no wolves in Africa." "Oh, you know what I mean." "He's sending Taj to his doom." "Hey, look, it's not an execution." "It's an experiment." "Like this one." "That is a square." "One, two, three, four, huh?" "Square." "Are you trying to teach Clarence geometry?" "That, my love, I reserve for Judy." "The last, a triangle." "Got it?" "Now, then...." "Circle square and the eternal triangle." "How about that?" "Okay, I give up." "Just what is it?" "Oh, simple." "It's an animal Automat." "You're kidding." "A self-service restaurant for lions?" "Hmm, tigers, kudus, eland, cows, anything." "Watch." "Triangle." "Nothing." "Square." "Nothing." "[ROARS]" "But, aha, circle." "Lunch." "[ROARS]" "Okay, Clarence." "Come on, old buddy, it's lunch time." "[SQUAWKS]" "Don't you want your lunch?" "Well, what do you say?" "Hungry?" "[ROARS]" "Good." "Nothing like a bit of an empty stomach to inspire some experimental achievement." "Now, all you gotta do, Clarence find the circle, press the lever, you get lunch." "Hey, Clarence?" "The circle?" "You'll eat." "Hey." "Oh, Jack, stop teasing Clarence and give him his lunch." "Look, I'm not teasing him." "This is an experiment." "Your father was right." "Too soft-hearted to be a scientist." "Clarence?" "Come on." "Wake up." "If you wanna eat?" "Press the lever." "The circle." "Come on." "MARSH [OVER RADIO]:" "Calling Wameru compound." "Calling Wameru compound." " Paula, do you read me?" "Over." " Dad, this is Paula." "Where are you?" "Juma." "Take three men and beat that fire out over there." "I'm in the Katanga Valley with Mike and Hedley." "Katanga Valley?" "You're supposed to be at the river crossing with Taj." "No, we had to leave there in order to help Hedley." "There's a brushfire in the valley." "Been evacuating villagers." "Dad, do you want Jack and me to help you?" "MARSH:" "No, no, we're about finished." "Say, how's the experiment with Clarence coming along?" "So far he's flunking geometry." "MARSH:" "He's what?" " That's a private joke." "Are you sure Hedley doesn't need an extra hand or two?" "No, no." "You stay put." "If the wind shifts and the fire heads towards Wameru I want someone to take care of our animals." "Dad, is Taj with you?" "No, we had to leave Taj and Judy back by the water area." "Will he be safe there?" "Yes, yes." "Fire is nowhere near there." "How is your experiment going with Taj?" "Well, uh, so far so good." "Now, you just stop worrying." "Everything's gonna be okay." "Out." "[GROWLING]" "[GIBBERING]" "[TRUMPETING]" "[GROWLING]" "[TRUMPETING]" "How's it look, Hedley?" "Well, I think we've got this area under control." "That's it." "Now watch those small brushfires." " Hedley." " Ah, yes." "Now you two men get that fire up in the tree." "[GROWLING]" "[TRUMPETING]" "[GIBBERING]" "[ROARING]" "[TRUMPETING]" "[GROWLS]" "[TRUMPETING]" "[GIBBERING]" "[TRUMPETING]" "[GIBBERING]" "[TRUMPETING]" "[GIBBERING]" "Well, I think that about does it, chaps." "I don't know." "Brushfires have a way of flaring up when you least expect them." "I know." "But I expect you must be anxious to get back..." " ...to Judy and the little Taj." " Yeah." "Judy." "Judy, what are you doing here?" "Judy, has something happened to little Taj?" "I may be crazy but I think she wants you to pretend to be an elephant." " Me?" " Yeah, Taj." "What on earth are you chaps doing?" "He says I'm supposed to be Taj." "Judy." "Judy, if he is Taj, what happened?" "What happened to Taj?" "Tell us." "Play like an elephant." "Judy, Judy, come here." "Come here." "Judy, listen to me." "Did an animal jump on top of Taj?" "Did an animal jump on top of Taj?" "Was it a leopard?" "[GIBBERING]" "I think we better get out of here." " If you need any help, just buzz me." " Yeah." "Must have been quite a battle." "Yeah, it was leopard, all right." "There's Taj's footprints." " And blood." " Yeah." "Taj escaped." "How?" "Where?" "[GIBBERING]" "What's that, Judy?" "Elephant prints." "Large ones." "Yeah, I bet it's one of the herd." "You know, maybe an old cow came to the protection of Taj." "That's it." "She heard Taj's cry for help and rescued him." "Well, at least it confirms my theory that the herd took him in." "True." "But how badly is little Taj hurt?" "He appears to have lost some blood." "Yeah." "I'm afraid we won't have too much trouble following the trail." "[GIBBERING]" "What's the matter, Judy, huh?" "What, the river?" "She's trying to tell us the elephant took Taj to the river to cleanse his wounds." "It would be helpful but if the leopard damaged a vital organ Taj may be bleeding internally or dead by now." "Yeah." "Let's go." "Come on Judy." "Get in." "Come on, come on." "Get in here." "Get in." "[GROWLS]" "Okay, okay." "I know you're hungry." "I'm hungry too." "But we're gonna do it right." "The circle." "Give it a try, huh?" "[GROWLS]" "The circle?" "[GROWLS]" "[SIGHS]" "[GROWLS]" "Okay, Clarence, now look." "You've gotten the triangle, right?" "You've gotten the square." "There is one more choice." "The circle." "The round one." "There's only one lever left to push." "Find the circle, press the lever, and you eat." "Stubborn beast, isn't he?" "Not as stubborn as a certain alleged scientist." "Wameru compound calling Dr. Tracy." "[OVER RADIO] This is Paula." "Do you read me?" "Yes, Paula, I read you." "What's the matter?" "Dad, what's taking you so long?" "Hasn't Taj gotten with the herd yet?" " Yes, yes, he's with the herd." " Dad, something's wrong, I can tell it." "Well, while we were away at the fire, something happened to Taj." "He, um...." "He's been hurt." "The elephant herd." "Did they trample him?" "No, no, no." "It was not the elephant." "It was a leopard." " How badly hurt is he, Dad?" " Well, I don't know yet." "Apparently one of the elephants from the herd rescued Taj took him down to the river to cleanse his wounds, then led him away." "Oh, poor Taj." "I knew this would happen, just because of some stupid experiment." "Young lady, that's enough." "Now you just settle down while Mike and I find Taj and take care of him." "All right, Dad, but call me the minute you find him, please." "Don't worry, honey, I will." "Out." "Well, there they are, all right." "Yeah, and they're protecting Taj, all right." "We've got something more to worry about." "His wound has opened up." "MIKE:" "Oh, boy." "That cat must have clawed him deeply." "We gotta get to him before infection sets in." "But how?" "There's an elephant herd protecting him." "They'd flatten us like a steamroller." "Yeah." "If we had about a dozen beaters, we separate the herd, split them up." "Good idea." "Where will we find that many men in this vicinity?" "I just happen to know where." "Hedley, this is Marsh." "Hedley, this is Marsh." "Do you read me?" "Over." "Get it right, but faster, faster!" "MARSH:" "Marsh calling Hedley." "Can you read me?" "This is Marsh Tracy." "Over." "Yeah, I read you, Marsh." "What is it?" "Look, Hedley, Taj has been badly hurt." "I need about a dozen men to help me separate him from a herd before he dies." "I'm sorry, Marsh, but the fire broke out again and we're fighting it tooth and nail." "Couldn't you spare seven or eight?" "I'm sorry, Marsh, but at the moment, I can't spare a single man." "Now, Dumo, I told you, you must watch yourself or you'll get burned." "They're right behind you again." "[GIBBERING]" "[SQUAWKING]" "[TRUMPETING]" "Daktari, Taj must be dying." "Yeah." "Yeah, the rest of the bush realizes that too." "Ahh." "Go on, get out of here." "Scat." "I wish it was as easy to get rid of elephants as to dispose of that jackal." "Well, scavengers are cowards." "Mike, got to get to Taj." "I gotta stop the bleeding, give him some antibiotics." "There are 30 elephants down there, standing around like stone statues." "We can't tranquilize a group that large." "We certainly can't separate them by ourselves." "If only Hedley's men were not busy fighting that fire." "Mike." " Mike, that's it." " What's it?" " The answer." " What answer?" "We fight fire with fire." "Now, look, if we start a small directional fire through that low grass it might break up the herd." "And then in the confusion, we can get to Taj." " It's an awfully long shot." " Yeah, but it's the only shot we have." " Okay, let's go." " Oh, Judy, you stay there." "[GIBBERING]" "[GROWLING]" "Well, Clarence, at this point I don't know whether it's you growling or your stomach." "Oh, for Pete sakes, Jack, admit it." "Clarence cannot discriminate geometric patterns." "Will you feed him?" "Clarence, I don't mean to be hard-nosed about this but find the circle, press the lever, and it's instant lunch." "[GROWLS]" "No, huh?" "Okay, I'll simplify the experiment." "This is a circle." "This is where the food is." "[GROWLS]" "Come on, Clarence, think." "You noble, lofty research scientist." "You're just too pigheaded." "Admit it." "Your experiment's a failure." "Now, come on, give Clarence his lunch." "A little hunger is not going to kill Clarence." "Sure, just like a little trip to a strange herd of wild elephants isn't gonna kill Taj." "And now look where Dad's experiment is." "The fire is moving between the hill and the river but it won't spread any further." " Mike?" " Mm-hm?" "Would you radio Hedley so he won't send his men to put out our fire?" "Yes." "But what about the elephant herd?" "Have they split up?" "Mike, I'm afraid we've struck out." "[ELEPHANTS TRUMPETING]" "Oh, they've accepted Taj, all right." "So much so that they won't let him go until he dies." "What do we do?" "Sit like mourners and wait for death to come to Taj?" "I don't know." "For once in my life, I don't even have any bad ideas left." " Maybe if we tried Hedley again?" " He'd send some men if he could." "If we radio Jack, he and Paula could bring extra dart rifles." "Don't be ridiculous." "There's not enough time." "What do we tell Paula?" "The operation was a success but the patient died?" "I'll tell her the truth." "That I am no god I'm a mere mortal human being like everyone else." "I make mistakes." "Daktari." "Well, what do you know?" "Mike, I think I'm beginning to get the picture now." "That bull elephant is taking Taj aside because he knows he's too weak to keep up with the herd." "And with one swift blow, he'll gore him to death so that he won't be left to suffer at the hands of predators and scavengers." " You mean, execute him?" " Yeah." "Only I'd call it a coup de grâce, a mercy killing." "Now's our chance to get to Taj." "Yeah." "Come on, get in here." "Come on." "Hurry up." "Get in." "Get in." "[SQUAWKING]" "[TRUMPETING]" "[ROARING]" "[ROARING]" " Is he out?" " Yeah, it's just reflex." "Come on, let's find Taj." "[GIBBERING]" "Hey, take it easy, Judy." "[JACK LAUGHING]" " How you doing, Taj?" " Infection's all cleared up." " He's gonna be as good as new." " Well, he's got a tough hide." "And an even tougher heart." "Well, now where is Judy off to?" "Judy, don't overdo it." "You don't want Taj to get a stomachache do you?" "[GIBBERING]" "Oh, Marsh." "You'll be glad to know there's a herd of elephant grazing in the Malahati area." "Um, are you gonna continue your experiment?" "No, Hedley, I think we can consider that experiment completed." "And we can write it off as a failure too." "On the contrary." "I consider it quite a success." "Those elephants almost murdered Taj." "How can you consider that a success?" "Paula, those elephants were only trying to spare Taj further suffering." "They cared about him." "Come to think of it, if that old bull hadn't lead Taj away well, we never could have rescued him." "[GIBBERING]" "Say, Jack, how is your experiment coming?" "Oh, that." "I'm afraid Clarence is a pretty slow learner but I'm still working on it." "[CRASHING NEARBY]" "That sounds like it came from the experimental arena." "Jack, tell me something." "Have you learned anything from this experiment?" "I sure have." "From now on, I give him money and he buys his own lunch." "[ALL LAUGHING]" "[ROARS]" "[English" " US" " SDH]"