"♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) ♪" " MARSH:" "Morning." " BART:" "Morning." "(BART LAUGHS)" "What do you suppose she's up to now?" "Talking to an elephant." "No." "She's what?" "Talking to an elephant." "You know, like any seven-year-old." "Oh, yeah." "(ELEPHANT GROWLING)" "Why do you do your head like that, Lydia?" "Back and forth, back and forth." "JENNY:" "It looks kind of silly." "Back and forth, back and forth." "Back and forth." "You know, whatever they're talking about, it looks interesting." "Mike to Wameru." "Come in, Marsh." "Yeah, Mike." "Read you loud and clear." "What's up?" "MIKE:" "Marsh, I'm at the chief's hut in Dongo." "You know his boy?" "Well, the little fellow doesn't look too good to me." "Really?" "What seems to be wrong?" "MIKE:" "Nothing critical." "Diastolic a little low, half a degree of temperature." "Hmm." "Do you think I should come over?" "MIKE:" "I think it would be a good idea." "Ok." "Well, I can be there in about ten minutes." "Out." " Come here." " Thank you." "(LEOPARD GROWLS)" "Hello, you old leopard, you." "I bet you must walk a 1,000 miles a day." "One, two, three, four, zoom." "One, two, three, four, zoom." " Daktari?" " Yes, hun?" "Why does that leopard do like that?" " Do like what?" " One, two, three, four, zoom." "One, two, three, four, zoom." "One, two, three, four, zoom?" "Well, that's just a combination of restlessness and a need for exercise." "Yeah." "I suppose there's not much else to do in a cage." "No, 'fraid not." "Where're you going?" "Oh." "Well, your friend, Chief Matubu's son, is sick." "Oh, I'm sorry." "Tell little Chief to get better." "Because he's on our football team." "I'll be sure and tell him." "Before you go, can you tell me one more thing?" "Well, I'll try." "Why does that elephant do like that with his head?" "Back and forth, back and forth?" "Say, you know, you're full of questions today, aren't you?" "Well, maybe he has a tune in his head and he's keeping time." "Well, maybe..." "Although I'm not too sure how many tune elephants know." "Lots." "They have elephant songs." "Oh, I see." "Well, that's good." "Well now, hop off." "I gotta get going." "(WHISTLING SOUND)" " Jambo, Chief." " Jambo, Daktari." "(WHISTLING SOUND)" "What's all that about?" "That's Kupiga, the chief's music man." "A well-known healer of the sick." "Oh, I see." "♪ (MARIMBA MUSIC) ♪" "Chief, can't you get him to stop that racket?" "(BLOWS WHISTLE)" "He has told me he must never stop completely, or the magic will escape." "(WHISTLE SQUEALS)" "Jambo, Daktari." "Jambo, Little Chief." "Incidentally, Jenny sends her regards." "Tell her thank you." "She is truly my friend." "She may come often to visit me as soon as I feel better." "(WHISTLE CONTINUES)" "Tell Daktari." "Does it hurt anything?" "(WHISTLE CONTINUES)" "Mononucleosis occurred to me." "Me too, only I've never seen it in this part of Africa." " Malaria?" " No." "No, we can't tell too much until we take a blood sample." " I already have it." " Oh, good." "I'll tell you what." "You might give him a shot of B12, that can't hurt anything." " Kwa heri, Little Chief." " Kwa heri, Daktari." "Eh, Chief..." "We'll know what's wrong with your son as soon as we make blood tests." "Eh, meanwhile... he must have absolute quiet." "(WHISTLE CONTINUES)" "If you want to call me in case of any new developments, you can reach me on this." "You know how to use it." "I can be here, oh, in ten or 15 minutes." "Day or night." "My thanks to Daktari." "(URGENT WHISTLE AND DRUMS)" "Chief..." "I want to try my medicine on your son." "If my medicine is to work, that means there must be no music." "He does only what is taught him by his father." "And his grandfather." "Chief, I don't want to interfere with your customs." "But your son needs quiet!" "No music!" "No noise!" "There must be noise." "Loud, magic noise." "Chief, if I am to be responsible for your son's health, you must do as I ask." "That means no music, no noise." "(SPEAKS SWAHILI)" "(SPEAKS SWAHILI)" "CHIEF:" "Daktari." "Kupiga, and his father, and his father's father have always known that certain drum beats can help human beings." "Chief, that's the old magic." "And let us how your new magic will be even more powerful." " Kwa heri, Chief." " Kwa heri." "(GOAT BLEATS)" "Kupiga, you and I think differently." "There can be much good in what you do." "I'm sorry I had to ask you to leave in front of your chief, but right now only one of us can be doctor." "Daktari will be sorry." "Daktari will be very sorry." "(MONKEY CHITTERING)" "Judy, you know better than that." "Now, you don't want your buddy to get a cold, do you?" "C'mon." "Come on out." "Come here." "(MONKEY SNEEzES)" "You see?" "It's a good thing I got here in time." "Don't blame yourself, Judy." "I know you meant well." "(ELEPHANTS TRUMPET)" "It's still worth the whole price of admission." "What are you smiling about?" "Oh, I was just thinking about Jenny." " Jenny?" " MARSH:" "Hmm." ""Daktari, why do the elephants do like that with their heads?"" " Do like what?" " Like they have a tune up there." "You know how the elephants sway back and forth at the compound?" "Hmm." "Well, Jenny says that they are keeping time to elephant songs." "Elephant songs?" "Mm-hm." "And those in the wild do not keep time to elephant songs?" "Nope, 'fraid they don't." "Marsh?" "Do you think it's possible that elephants have a natural rhythm pattern that we see only in captivity?" "Well..." "You're always looking for experiments." "Why don't you find out?" "(ELEPHANT TRUMPETS)" "That old boy's got something in his head all right." "It's not a song." "(GROWLS)" "(ROARS)" "I'll have this blood count in a minute, Marsh." "Good." "One, two, three, four, zoomph." "MARSH:" "One, two, three, four, zoomph." "You're talking to yourself?" "Oh, I always talk to myself when I'm thinking." "MIKE:" "What about?" "Oh, about Jenny." "Again?" "Well, you know Jenny and her endless questions." "Mike, remember Vladimir?" " Theories of heartbeat rhythm?" " Mm-hm." "I was just thinking about his theory that every mother instinctively holds her baby in her left arm so it can be near that soothing heartbeat." "Why soothing?" "He believes that the rhythmic heartbeat of the mother is the first memory of every animal." "And that he is still soothed and made to feel secure by any... any similar rhythm." " So?" " MARSH:" "So, the swaying elephant, the pacing leopard, steady heartbeat." "You know, Mike, it just might be possible that there is a basic rhythm pattern in nature." "Marsh?" "Take a look at this." "Are you sure the count is this low?" " Double-checked it." " That's anemia." "In Africa even a chief's son can get anemia." "Blood type AB-negative, J-factor." "J-factor is the rarest type there is." "Mm-hm." "How soon will the boy need it?" "Well, it's not critical yet, but it could be." "Now, we'd better notify Hedley, have him make inquiries." "There must be some AB-negative J-factor somewhere in Africa." "(DRUMMING NEARBY)" "Speaking of rhythm... (DRUMMING CONTINUES)" "Hmm." "Wonder what he's up to?" "Well, they're probably having an African tourist session tonight and he's practicing." "Well, I guess he has as much right on the reserve as we have." "(CHITTERING)" "(GROWLS)" "Gee, what's the matter with you two?" "(DRUMMING CONTINUES)" "JENNY:" "What is it, Paula?" "Oh, nothing, honey." "Just somebody playing a drum." "That rhythm..." "It's well-known in Africa." "Yes." "The Kahuua." "It continues, supposedly, until somebody dies." "Sure it does." "Sure it does." "(DRUMMING)" "(GROWLS SOFTLY)" "(CHITTERING)" "(ROARS)" "(CHITTERING)" "Tell Jenny I'm not quite ready to play yet." "But soon I shall be." "I'll be sure and tell her." "Tell her to bring her football, too." "Boy, can she kick a football." " She's a tiger." " I wanna be a tiger, too." "See you tomorrow, tiger." "CHIEF:" "He's no better?" "Chief..." "Your son needs a special type of blood." "And I'm afraid he won't be any better until we find the right blood." "The right blood?" "Yes." "It's very rare, but we're looking all over Africa for some." "If Daktari does not find it soon, I must call back my music man." " MARSH:" "Chief, I understand your" " He would be the only hope." "Well..." "Right now, your music man is sitting on a hill above my compound, drumming out the Kahuua." "The Kahuua?" "Are any of your people sick yet?" "(LAUGHS) No." "No, we've never felt better in our lives." "Daktari chooses to joke." "But he knows well the power of magic." "MARSH:" "In some cases..." "But Daktari also knows that the Kahuua cannot harm him or his people." "I would feel safer if you would let me order my music man away." "MARSH:" "No, no, thank you, my friend." "Well, the reserve doesn't belong to me, and besides, people will think Daktari is afraid of the Kahuua." "Sooner or later, he'll get tired." "Kwa heri, Chief." "And let me know if there's any change." "Kwa heri, Daktari." "And may you find the right kind of blood." "(DRUMMING)" "(JUDY HOOTING)" "Don't let it get to you, Judy." "Morning, Judy." "Morning, Mike." "Good morning, sleepy." "Here comes Daktari." "Oh, I'm glad he's back." "What are you making?" "Oh, this is an experiment." " Can I help?" " Not at this time, small-fry." "You see, this is an elephant-size experiment." "So Bart's going to help me when he gets back from safari." "Oh..." " Morning." " Morning." "Mike..." "Any word on the AB-negative J-factor?" "None." "Not to be had in Casablanca Nairobi, or Addis Ababa." " Any change in the boy?" " No." "Well, I told Hedley to keep trying." "Good." "(DRUMMING CONTINUES)" "Sure the man is still at it, huh?" "Yeah." "That could go on for days." "You know something?" "The chief is surprised" " that none of us are sick yet." " You know, drumming that rhythm is against the law." "It's the law the chiefs themselves made up." "Now, we could have him arrested." "Oh, no, no, Mike." "I'm supposed to be a scientist, and if he were arrested, why, word would spread all over Wameru that Daktari is afraid of magic." " Hi." " Hi." "Is Toto very sick, Paula?" "Toto?" "Was Toto sick?" "I didn't know that." "Toto has a cold." "Came on last night." "You have been so busy with the boy and all," "I put Toto in the clinic until you could take a look at her." "Yeah, I'm going to do that right now." "You know, Mike, this..." "this sure looks very impressive." "Let's hope you still think so after Bart and I test it." "(TOTO SNEEzES)" "So, you've got a cold, huh, Toto?" "You know, all this time I thought you didn't believe in magic." "(GROWLS)" "BART:" "So what's this gonna prove, Mike?" "Well, I'm not sure, Bart." "But I want to amplify her heartbeat so I can compare her rhythm patterns." "Her what?" "I'll explain later." "(AMPLIFIED HEARTBEAT)" "(HEARTBEAT CONTINUES)" "There." "The rhythm is the same." "The heartbeat and the sway." "So, what does that mean?" "Well, this elephant is tethered." "Which is an artificial situation, and she's bored." "So to mask out that boredom, she slips back into an ancient heartbeat rhythm." "It's her first memory of security." "You mean... if I distract her, she won't be bored anymore?" "So she won't sway, right?" "Try it." "I'll try it now." "Hi there." "BART:" "It worked!" "You're right, Mike." "She stopped swaying." "Hey, Bart?" "Listen." "The drumming." "The Kahuua, it's stopped." "He finally fell asleep." "Yup." "There's no doubt about it, young lady." "You are sick." "Hmm." "Well, at least we know it had nothing to do with the Kahuua, don't we?" "HEDLEY:" "That'll be enough of that, Kupiga." "You know that Kahuua is against the law." "Daktari has sent you." " He is afraid." " No, music man." "Daktari is not afraid." "I am." "KUPIGA:" "It is too late." "Already, one of his prized animals is sick." "The leopard's heartbeat is 90." "He crosses the cage five times every 18 seconds." "So what?" "So his heartbeat and his pacing are in rhythm." "You know, Mike, this experiment of yours has brought out some interesting facts." "You know, you scientists kill me." "So you got an interesting fact." "Now tell me, what good is an interesting fact?" "Maybe no good at all." "But then again, you never know." "As they say:" "One theory leads to another, then another." "So, who knows." "Yeah, yeah." "Mm-hm." "Hey..." "We've got company." "Oh, don't tell me." "You two stay here." "I have a feeling this is something I'd better handle alone." "Uh-oh." "Trouble." "(CHITTERING)" "MARSH:" "Oh, no, Hedley." "You didn't." "This man's been sitting up here, putting a curse on somebody." "MARSH:" "Yes, I know." "We heard him." "We can't have that sort of thing." "I have to make an example." "Oh, come on now, Hedley." "You don't believe that voodoo nonsense, do you?" "You know I don't, Marsh." "But others do." "Hedley, don't you realize?" "You're making the Kahuua important." "He was perfectly harmless sitting up there." "One of your animals is already sick." "And she is growing worse." "There is no sick animal here, Kupiga." "Oh yes, there is." "Toto." "She has a sore throat." " Jenny." " But it's not the music man's fault." "Judy gave her a bath yesterday." "And she's sneezing all over the place." "That's why she's sick." "Kahuua, indeed." "Hedley..." "I'll tell you what I'd like." "I'd..." "I'd like you to release Kupiga into my custody." "I think I can use him." "You can use a music man?" "Mm-hm." "You know, uh, how one theory leads into another." "Kupiga," "I would like to say, before your chief, who in turn will tell your people" "that Daktari apologizes and would like to ask you a favor." "If the chief will allow it," "I would like you to be Daktari's music man for a while." "HEDLEY:" "Look here, Marsh." "Hedley, please." "Yes, you may." "Thank you." "Kupiga, will you bring your drum?" "And together we might learn a new use for it." "You may even have power over the elephant." "(WHISTLE SOUND)" "(WHISTLING AND DRUMMING)" "I ask for one drum, and he brings the whole philharmonic." "Kupiga?" "Just a minute." "Hold on, hold on." "(CLEARS THROAT)" "Kupiga, you're very good." "Very, very good indeed." "But, uh, this is not quite what I had in mind." " KUPIGA:" "It's not?" " MARSH:" "Uh, no, uh." "It was very subtle," "But you remember I..." "I wanted something soft." "Slow." "Kidogo, poli poli?" "Maybe just one drum, your favorite drum?" "(SPEAKS SWAHILI)" "PAULA:" "What was that?" "The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond." "Paula, how's Toto?" "Much better." "Listen, Hedley called and he was able to locate that rare blood type in Johannesburg." "He said it'll be on the midnight flight to Ngoro, so you can pick it up there in the morning." "Boy, that's a relief." "Any word from the chief?" "No, so I guess his son isn't any worse." "(AMPLIFIED HEARTBEAT)" "That is the dance of the elephant's heart." "Can you play that dance on your drum?" "This drum is not big enough for the elephant's heart." "(DRUMS HEARTBEAT RHYTHM)" "That's very good, Kupiga." "Now I'd like you to play the same dance, but differently." "Not any faster, not any slower." "(DRUMS TO HEARTBEAT TUNE)" "You know, I think she feels contentment because the drum is in rhythm with her own heartbeat." "Certainly seems to have a soothing effect." "I did that?" "Try stopping." "(GROWLS)" "Daktari spoke the truth." "I have power over the elephant." "Yes, and it's just possible you may have power over the leopard." "Power over the leopard?" "(ROARING AND TRUMPETING)" "Papa!" " What is it, my son?" " I'm hurt." " Where?" " Here." "There." "It is better." "It is going away." "I'm ashamed." "Of what?" "I am a chief's son." "I do not cry." "(GROANS)" "It is come back, the evil pain?" "Yes, papa, it is come back." "I will send for the music man." "No, papa." "Not the music man." "(MOANING)" "Appendicitis." "You must cut the evil pain out of him, Daktari." "Marsh, with the boy's blood count the way it is, wouldn't it be suicide to operate?" "Yes." "We have to have that AB-negative." "MIKE:" "Meanwhile, if the appendix burst..." "Peritonitis." "It's going to be a long night." "Thank you." "Your music has put Jenny and Toto to sleep." "HEDLEY (OVER RADIO):" "Hello, Wameru." "Hedley here." "Come in, please." "Yes, Hedley, this is Paula." "Come in." "I checked that flight from Jo-burg." "On schedule." "Arrives in Ngoro at midnight." "Well, then we won't get that plasma until sometime tomorrow noon." "Afraid so." "All we can do is wait." "(GROANS)" "Still no change in temperature, Marsh, 103.2." "We have to have that blood." "Mike, he's in an awful lot of pain." "MIKE:" "How about more codeine?" "No, not with anemia." "That's the trouble." "A local application of ice might help." "MIKE (OVER RADIO):" "Wameru, come in, please." "Paula, are you there?" "Come in, please." "Paula, are you there?" "Yes, Mike." "This is Paula." " Over." " Where's Bart?" "PAULA:" "He's out in the bush." "He's on another camera safari." "All right." "Now, two things, Paula." "We want you to send us all the ice you got." "Ice?" "MIKE:" "That's right." "You'll find a good supply in the clinic refrigerator." "All right." "I'll bring it myself." "No, have one of Hedley's askaris bring it." "You standby there." "What about the Johannesburg flight?" "We're still on schedule." "That feels good, Daktari." "Paula, call Hedley again." "Have him charter a plane in Ngoro and fly that blood shipment to us the minute it's light enough to see." "Will do." "I just hope there's a plane available." "Mike?" "Is the boy gonna make it?" "MIKE:" "Cross your fingers, Paula." " Miss Tracy?" " Yes?" " Let me take the ice." " You can't drive." "But I can run." "Very fast." "Truly." "Oh, if we could just get him to rest, conserve his energy." "(GROWLS)" "Chief!" "Chief!" "Chief!" "Chief!" "The ice, Chief." "(MOANING)" "(DRUMS HEARTBEAT RHYTHM)" "(DRUMS SOOTHING RHYTHM)" "You notice something?" "His head is keeping time with the rhythm." "Nothing helps." "Please, Daktari." "Cut the pain out of him." "Chief, without that blood there'd be one chance in a thousand." " He's sleeping." " The ice must've relieved the pain." "Or could it be the rhythm?" "That's the last of the ice." "Better take his temperature again." "(JAGGED BREATHING)" "(GROANS)" "When I was a boy, they told me some pretty weird tales of cures by witch doctors." "Well..." "The rhythm seems to be soothing him." "The sun's been up for 20 minutes, Marsh." "Maybe there was no plane for charter." "His temperature's up." "Chief?" "I must take a chance and cut out the pain from your son." "Do I have your permission?" "Yes, Daktari." "Mike, prepare a spinal and cinic." "I want him conscious." "Kupiga." "We're gonna need your music now more than ever." "(HISSING SOUND)" "Judy, do you hear something?" "I hear it now." "(PLANE RUMBLES)" "There it is!" "(SIGHS) I just hope, we're in time, Jenny." "Come on, Judy." "Let's go get it." "Well, you know, I think we did it." "He's all right." "Kupiga, we couldn't have done it without you." "Your rhythm pattern soothed the boy and made him sleep." " You delayed the crisis." " Thank you." "Daktari taught me." "No, let's just say we learn from each other." "There you go, Toto." "That's the way you wear it." "Now remember:" "No giggling." "Come on!" "I brought the little chief a get-well present." "You did, huh?" "Ah, whad'ya know." "I'll tell you what." "Why don't you take it right on in to him?" "He's awake." "Come on, Judy, Toto." "We..." "We brought you this." "Shhh." "Judy, Toto." "Oh, thank you." "From now on I'm really gonna be a tiger." "♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) ♪" "(English US" " SDH)"