"♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) ♪" "(zEBRAS WHINNYING)" "Now, Tubo, I told you you must watch yourself or you'll get that fire right behind you!" "Yeah." "I still don't know what we're doing over here when the rest of the fire's on the side of the ridge where Hedley's men are." "Because that's their job, honey, and our job is animal control and certification." "All the animals got out, didn't they?" "According to the air survey, they all did." "The trouble is no one's reported seeing the Atana lion pride." "That beautiful pride of lions." "Oh, Dad, you don't think they got trapped?" "Mmm, my instinct tells me their instinct was all the warning they needed." "But, just to play safe, I thought I'd double-check." "Oh, but Dad, they had some little cubs." " Well, you don't suppose" " Oh, for Pete sakes, honey." "If Judy isn't worrying about something, you are." "Ah, there's the area right up ahead there." "(BIRDS SQUAWKING)" "Come on, Judy." "Come on." "Well, it looks as if that lion pride got ahead of the fire all right." "Boy, a brushfire can be a terrible thing." "Makes even the most confident of animals quite helpless." " Helpless and homeless." " Hmm." "(GROWLS)" "Paula calling Hedley." "Come in please, Hedley." "Paula Tracy calling Hedley." "Hedley, do you read me?" "Come in, please." "Hedley here, Paula." "How is it with you?" "Oh, we've just finished over here." "We're by the river crossing." "We can see quite a bit of the burned-out bush." "How are you doing?" "Yeah, it's under control here too." "Why don't you join us at the compound" " for a cup of tea, then?" " I'd love to." "I'm absolutely parched." "Well, I'll get cleaned up and I'll see you at the compound." " Well, shall we go?" " Yeah, might as well." "No sign of life around here." "And it'll be a long time before the animals move back into this area." "(CHATTERING)" "Oh, come on, Judy." "Judy?" "Well, now where'd she go?" "Judy?" "That rascal." "Judy." "Judy." "Judy." "(CHATTERING)" "Judy." "Come on, Judy." "It's tea time." "Let's go." "Come on." "(GROWLING)" "Oh, you poor thing." "Hey, Dad!" "Yeah?" "Well, he must've been separated from the pride by the fire." "Well, he seems to be all right." "Maybe we ought to take him back to Wameru, at least though," " and check him over." " Oh, Dad, can we keep him?" "Well, for a while, anyway." "Until he's well enough to go back into the bush where he belongs." "But, Dad, we always have room for one more at the compound." "You forget, young lady, we are running a scientific study center, not a home for stray animals." " Judy, stop that." " Oh, Judy." "The poor thing's frightened, and it can't manage in the bush without its parents, and it's too young to take care of itself." "Yeah, you'd you be surprised how quickly they learn." "Well, ok, if you can manage him, you can take him back." "Oh, boy." "(CHATTERING)" "(BARKING)" "(CHATTERING)" "(BIRDS CHIRPING)" "Oh, Paula, would you hand me the small screwdriver there?" "You know, I have a feeling that my father, the scientist, is up to no good." "Ahh." "Hello, Clarence, Paula." "Hi, Hedley." "What's the good news?" "Well, it's about this little chap's family." "Now, you remember that pride of lions that nearly got caught in the fire?" " Yes." " My Askaris have located them." "Well, good." "Well, how 'bout that cup of tea?" " It's all ready." " Good." "Come on." "(PURRING)" "There we go." " Hello, Marsh." "How are you?" " I'm fine, Hedley." "Well, I see your moustache is crooked, so you must be grinning." "What's up?" "It's about this little chap's family." "My Askaris have located, uh, where they are." "Oh, really?" "Where?" "Now, do you remember that small ravine?" " Over here by the fever trees?" " That's right." "Well, they've settled in their new home just about there." " So right here, huh?" " Mm-hmm." "Good, well, that's interesting." "See, here we are at Wameru." "Here's the fire area, where the pride was and here's where they are now." "An area roughly 10 miles apart." "Uh, Hedley, would you hold him for a second?" "Oh, delighted." "Oh, have a problem, Marsh?" "Well, you've heard stories of people who've had a pet and then they've been forced to move, say from one city to another, maybe hundreds of miles apart, and, inadvertently, they leave the pet behind, and" "And a couple of months later, the pet turns up unexpected at its new home, despite the fact, as you say, it's several hundred miles away." "And although it happens all the time, everyone's enormously surprised." " Right." "And can you explain it?" " Oh, no." "Psychology's not my cup of tea." "But this is." "Thank you, Paula." "You explain it." "Well, I can't." "How?" "That's one of the frustrating mysteries that zoologists have been trying to solve for years." "Well, come on, why don't you just sit down here for a minute?" "You can just settle down here for a bit." "Yeah, that's a good boy." "No, we don't know enough about animal behavior, and if we could just make one step towards a better understanding..." "And I feel an experiment coming on." "Well, I've been wondering." "You know, a--a cub this age is guided by instinct." "Now, if he had to choose between where that pride was and where it is now, which one would he choose?" "Why don't you set the little beggar loose in the bush and see where he goes?" "That's exactly what I wanna do." "Oh, no, Dad." "You can't do that." "Well, Paula, we'll put a transmitter on his neck, and we'll know exactly where he is all the time." "But a cub that size in the bush, that's a terrible danger." "We can't risk that." "Paula, there's hardly any risk at all." "As a matter of fact, we have a very good chance of finding out something really interesting." "But it's reckless to play with an animal's life that way." "Paula, you know Marsh isn't reckless." "Paula, this is an opportunity that only comes along once in a lifetime." " Well, I think it's reckless." " Now look, we attach this tiny transmitter to the cub." "Now, I have adapted it so that we can pick up where he is all the time on this radio direction finder." "Listen." "See?" "(TRANSMITTER BEEPING)" "But it's still dangerous in the bush." "Paula, there's no danger in the bush." "It's only our fears that make it dangerous." "An animal doesn't have those fears." "But he's used to us." "He needs someone to feed him, to care for him." "But, Paula, he's either going to head back to where this pride is now or to where we found him." "Scientists." "You trust in your electronical devices, and not in human emotions." "Well, I don't like it." "Come here, now." "Let's just see if this'll slip over your head." "There we go." "Paula, come on." "Give me a hand here." "There." "Now, you see?" "It's almost hidden by the fur." "You can rest assured we'll know where he is all the time," " so don't worry." " Oh, all right." "Hedley, will you grab that radio direction finder?" " Right." " Come on." "Here we go." "(TRUMPETS)" "Jack, look." "They're heading toward the bush." " Hmm." " It seems you were right." "How did you know?" "Well, you take one scientist working all morning on an electronic gizmo, you add a homeless lion cub" "And you've got the beginning of another daktari experiment, huh?" " That's about it." " Well, it's no concern of ours." "Uh, not for the moment, anyhow." "(TRUMPETS)" "(WHISTLING)" "All right, little fellow." "Let's see if you can go find your family." "Go on." "Shoo." "(CHATTERING)" "(GROWLS)" "Judy doesn't like it either." "Oh, Judy's just annoyed at losing someone she can mother." "Come on, fella." "Go find your family." "Come on, little fella." "Now, go find your home." "Let's see if you can answer a question for us." "Just follow your instincts." "You'll be all right." "Yes, I know, Judy." "That cub's heading for trouble unless we do something about it." "Now, just a minute, young lady." "This is one experiment you're going to leave alone." " Strictly alone." " Don't worry so much, Paula." "He'll be fine." "I'll prove it to you." "(TRANSMITTER BEEPING)" "Now, Paula, there's nothing to worry about." "Marsh is out there, not too far away from your favorite new friend, keeping an electronic eye on him." "But what you don't seem to understand is that" "That miniature jukebox can only find out where that cub is, not if it's in any trouble." "He's out there all alone, with no one to give him the kind of help he's come to know from-- well, from other animals." "Anyway, he wouldn't know where to find his parents or his home." "I know he wouldn't." "He'll have to face all kinds of dangers in the bush with no one to help him." "Lions don't run into too much danger in the bush, you know." "At this age, even a hyena's a danger." "Or a snake or a leopard." "Now, you can't tell what's gonna happen." "I'm gonna do something about it." "Come on, Judy." "Like what?" "Every baby needs to have a human eye to watch it." "You know, science alone is not enough." " Human eye?" " Well, subhuman, but it's the best thing." "(CHATTERING)" "Come on, Judy." "(CLARENCE PURRS)" "(GRUNTS)" "Ok, now, Judy." "Paula, Marsh ordered you not to interfere with his experiment." "Well, Judy's not gonna tell a cub where to go." "Anyway, Dad didn't tell Judy a single thing, so she can do whatever she wishes." "It's a fine distinction, I must say." "All right now, Judy," "I want you to go out and find that cub and keep a careful eye on it, do you understand?" "Oh, no, no, Judy, you don't go fishing." "You go watching, spying." "Gotta find that cub." "And whatever you do, please don't let Dad catch you." "Ok?" "Now, you won't need this either." "Paula, if Judy's going to be a spy, she will need a cover story." "You see?" "Her lunch." "Oh, well, why didn't you tell me?" "Ok, now, Judy, I want you to go out there and find that cub and keep a careful eye on it, but whatever you do, don't let it get into any trouble." "Ok, it's all your responsibility." "Go to it." "Go ahead." "Remember, I need your help, so don't let me down." "You know, she's got more sense than all the transistors in Japan." "Ah, Africa." "Paula, you know, I never thought of Judy as a spy before." "How's her, uh, karate?" "How's yours?" " So long." " Ahh!" "(GROANS)" "(ENGINE STOPS)" "(TRANSMITTER BEEPING)" "Well, so far, so good." "Should be right over there somewhere." "Let's see if you can spot him." "Ah, there's too much bush." "But if the transmitter says he's out there, there he is." "Can't fool a transmitter." "Well, you know, it looks as if he's heading back to his old territory." "Yeah, the real test is gonna be when he finds out his family isn't there." "Well, he'll just follow their scent." "That's all." "No, no, no, he can't." "The fire wiped out all traces of scent." " Oh, yeah." " No, sir, if he does find them, it'll be strictly because of that sixth sense that we know so little about." "Yeah, if he does find them is right." "Oh, don't tell me you don't think he will?" "Well, I don't know about this, uh, sixth sense business, but I'll be interested in finding out." "(TRANSMITTER CONTINUES BEEPING)" "You know, I'd also be interested in finding out how did you keep Paula out of this experiment." "Uh, believe me, it wasn't easy." "(SNARLS)" "(OSTRICH CHIRPING)" "(OSTRICH SCREECHING)" "(CHATTERING)" "(GROWLING)" "(TRANSMITTER BEEPING)" "Boy, he's moving awful fast for a small lion cub." "Hey, maybe the battery's dying out." "Well, it shouldn't." "They're brand-new." "Supposed to last three weeks." "Oh." "He's doing better than 30 miles an hour." " Well, that's ridiculous." " Of course it's ridiculous." "30 miles an hour?" "Yeah." "No lion cub can run that fast." "Well, not unless he's being chased by an animal that can run 31 miles an hour." "We'd better get over there." "(ENGINE REVS)" "(TRANSMITTER BEEPING)" "(OSTRICH SCREECHING, TRANSMITTER BEEPING)" "Well, there's nothing here but an ostrich." "And ostriches sure as heck don't eat cubs." "Yeah, but they do travel at 30 miles an hour." "(BEEPING CONTINUES)" " You don't think" " It's possible." "Well, let's check him out." "(OSTRICH SCREECHES)" " Ok, hang on to him, Jack." " I'll try." "(SCREECHES)" " Will you hurry up?" " I'm comin'!" "I'm comin'!" "Hurry up, Marsh." "I'm comin'." "I got it right here." "(SCREECHES)" "Well, how do you explain that one?" "He ate it." " He ate it?" " He ate it." "Well, how did he get it?" "How do I know how he got it?" "Problem is, how are we gonna find one lost cub?" "We're miles from where we left him." "I don't know how we're gonna find it, but I know we'd better do something, or we're gonna have to answer to Paula." "Oh, yeah." "Yeah, you got a point there." "(PAULA):" "Paula Tracy calling Dad." "Come in, please." "There's trouble." "Yeah." "Paula Tracy calling Dad." "Come in, please." " (MARSH):" "Yes." " Dad?" " Yes, Paula?" " How's the cub?" "Are you still in contact with it?" "Well, he, um--he first went to the old territory," " as we expected." " And then?" "Well, he's moved into the bush." "Uh, we're looking for him now." "Um, but, uh, don't worry." "Everything's under control." "Oh, I'm not worried, Dad." "Well, I'm glad to hear that, honey." "Well, how's everything at the compound, huh?" "Oh, everything's just fine." "Hedley's here, and he's feeding Clarence." " That's nice." "How's Judy?" " Uh, Judy?" "Uh, well, Judy's around." "About that cub, Dad." "I just want you to know that he's in very good hands." "Well, thank you, honey." "That's very nice of you to say so." "We'll keep in touch." "Out." "She didn't sound a bit worried." "In good hands, she said." "Very good hands indeed." "Ooh, if he only knew what I really meant." "Secrets?" "Much too good to share, Hedley." "Oh." "Well, that just about does it, Clarence, old boy." "By the way, do you brush after every meal?" "Heh." "(CHATTERING)" "(BIRD SQUAWKING)" "(SNARLING)" "(PAULA):" "You can't tell what's gonna happen." "At this age, even a hyena's a danger." "(HYENA LAUGHING)" "(HYENA LAUGHING)" "All kinds of things can happen to it." "Well, even if it's a hyena, it's a danger." "(CHATTERING)" "(GROWLS)" "(SIGHS) Well, I think it's hopeless here." "Let's head over to where Hedley said that pride was." "You know, you're beginning to worry more about that cub than you are the experiment." "(HEDLEY):" "Hedley calling Marsh Tracy." "Do you read me?" "Glad that's not Paula." "Hedley calling Marsh Tracy." "Hedley calling Marsh Tracy." "Do you read me?" "Yes, Hedley." "Marsh here." "Where are you?" "At the compound?" "No." "I'm at that stream about 10 miles south of Wazuka village." "I've been checking on that pride of lions for you." "You know, the one that Paula's cub belongs to." "Well, I'd hardly call it Paula's cub." "Oh, don't be persnickety, Marsh." "You know what I mean." "Well, the pride's moved out from the ravine where the fever trees were." "I just thought you'd like to know." " Well, where have they gone?" " Well, who knows?" " Does it matter?" " Well, yes, it matters a lot." " We've lost the cub." " Lost it?" "Now, how could you possibly do that when he was wearing one of your special transmitters as a necktie?" "Look, it so happens that an ostrich" "I don't think he'll believe me." "It doesn't matter how it happened, Hedley, the point is that we've lost him." "Now, do you wanna help us find him?" " Yes, of course." " Well, we're, uh" "We're just north of the Ambrosi plain, about 3 miles east of the river." " Can you join us here?" " Yes, of course." "But how are you gonna find one small lion cub in all that bush?" " That's a tough job." " We'll find him." "(HEDLEY):" "Out here." "(CHATTERING)" "(SIGHS)" " Marsh?" " Mm-hmm?" "Chimp tracks here." "Think they could be Judy's?" "Well, Jack, you're about as bad as Paula." "Every time you see chimpanzee tracks, they just have to be Judy's." "It was just a thought." "Oh, Marsh, we're wasting our time out here." "Oh, don't be pessimistic, Jack." "Though I dare say the cub's not having an easy time of it." "I only hope the little chap's lucky enough or clever enough to stay alive." "(PAULA):" "Snakes are a danger." "(HISSES)" "Mike, any news from Dad?" " No, not lately." " Oh." "But we did get a weather report." "There's a cloud burst up in the mountains." "Should raise the water level of the river, and just about time too." "Otherwise, we'd have a lot of thirsty animals to worry about." "I'm more worried about that cub." "Dad should've called in by now." "Paula Tracy calling Daktari." "Come in, Dad." "(PAULA):" "Over." "Paula Tracy calling Daktari." "Come in." "Hedley here." "Hello, Paula." "Hedley, is Dad there?" "Oh, wait." "I'll get him for you." "Marsh." "Marsh." "Hedley, is the cub with you?" "Uh, well, no." "We--we seem to have lost it for the moment, but, uh, um-- Oh, here's Jack." "Jack, it's Paula." "She wants to know about the cub." "Aw, Hedley." "Uh, hi, Paula." "Hey, look, uh, about the cub, uh, well, it's like this." "We had a little trouble and we've lost him." "I'm not particularly worried." "But tell me, how can you lose that cub with that electronic device tied around its neck?" "Here's Marsh." "Thanks." "Paula." "Well, we, ahem--seems that the cub lost the transmitter and, well, it seems that an ostrich found it," "Well, you know how an ostrich will eat almost anything." " Oh, no." " We found the ostrich, but we don't know where the cub is." "We're looking for it now." "Honey, I'm--I'm sorry." "This was something that nobody could foresee." "Well, don't worry about it too much, Dad." "I told you, the cub's in good hands." "Yes, uh, I'm glad you feel that way about it." "Uh, so I promise you, we'll find the cub." "We just sort of lost it temporarily." "Ok, Dad." "Over and out." "Out." "Must say, she took it well." "Well, it's a good thing I have a lot more confidence in Judy than I do in Dad's electronic devices." "Well, what's the matter, Mike?" "I was just wondering how the cub managed to lose that transmitter." "Somebody, or some animal, took it away from him." " Judy?" " Who else?" "Then I better do something about it." "Why not try telling Marsh the truth?" "Tell him you sent Judy out to watch the cub." "He never should've started this experiment in the first place." "Risking the life of a young animal." "Paula, we have to experiment or we'll never learn anything." "Unless we take a small risk once in a while-- that's the essence of what we're trying to do here, to make a better life for all the animals." "Can't you understand that?" "All I understand is Dad has endangered the life of an animal that can't even care for himself." "Now, I'm gonna go out there and find that cub." "Paula... you don't even know where to look for him." "No, but I do know where to find Judy." "She took her fishing rod, didn't she?" "(CLARENCE GROWLS)" " You know something?" " Hmm?" "I didn't have the heart to tell her what I really think." "Well, she's gonna find out sooner or later." "What do you mean, Marsh?" "I don't think we'll ever find that cub." "(VEHICLE APPROACHING)" "Paula calling Daktari." "Come in, Dad." "Yes, Paula." "Where are you?" "At the compound?" "Uh, no, Dad." "I've joined in the search." "I'm at the Yula river bed." "How are you?" " Have you had any luck?" " Well, no, not yet." "Look, we're about 6 miles northeast of the bend in the river." "Hedley's about, uh, oh, about 8 miles to the south of us, and I've asked some of the natives to search the river banks." "What area would you like me to take?" "Well, continue down the river bed." "I'll tell Hedley to head north, and we'll go on west." " Out." " Out." "Let's go." "(ENGINE STARTS)" "(VEHICLE APPROACHING)" "(BRAKES SQUEAK)" "Judy, I thought you were keeping an eye on that cub." "Oh, what a fine spy you turned out to be." "Ok, Judy, let's forget this fishing bit." "Now, show me where the cub is." "Come on, Judy." "Show me where the cub is." "Judy." "You mean that cub's out there somewhere all alone?" "(CHATTERING)" "Oh, Judy, if you could only talk to the other animals." "They could tell us where the cub is." "Tell you what we do." "You stay here in case that cub comes back, and I'm gonna go out and look in the bush, ok?" "(PAULA):" "Oh, Judy, if you could only talk to the other animals." "They could tell us where the cub is." "(CHATTERING)" "(CHATTERING CONTINUES)" "(ELEPHANT TRUMPETING)" "(PAULA):" "It might come across some baby animal, and the mother might think it was threatening the baby." "(CUB SNARLS)" "(TRUMPETING)" "(TRUMPETS)" "(PAULA):" "Leopards are a danger." "(MARSH):" "This is Marsh, calling Hedley." "Marsh calling Hedley." "Do you read?" "Over." "Hedley here." "What is it, Marsh?" "Well, I think we're in the right general area." "You wanna head back over this way?" "Yeah, I'll join you right away, bring you some expert tracking help." "Thank you." "(SIGHS) I have a horrible, instinctive kind of feeling." "Oh?" "Yeah." "It's gonna take more than Hedley's expert tracking help" " to find that cub." " Well, who's the pessimist now?" "You might save a little for me." "Thank you." "(SNARLING)" "(BIRD SQUAWKING)" "(CHATTERING)" "(HORN HONKING)" "(JAGUAR ROARS)" "(LION GROWLS)" "(ROARING)" "Judy, I wonder if this is the cub's family." "If I release it, and it's not the same pride, well, they'll kill him." "And if I don't release it and it is their cub, they'll attack us." "(CHATTERING)" "(ROARING)" "Shall I try and scare them off?" "No." "No, it's too risky." "Paula, don't move." "Stand still." "Just stand still." "Absolutely still." "Whew." " Paula, are you all right?" " Oh, yes, Dad." "I'm fine." "But I was really worried there for a minute." "Yes." "You know, that little cub's family thought I'd stolen its cub." "That's right." "Well, the pride simply went looking for its lost offspring." "Just like any family would." "So that's why the pride left the ravine." "Paula, you should've told me that you sent Judy after that cub." "Now, I certainly hope you've learned a lesson from all this." "Yes, Dad, I realize the cub belongs in the bush, and I have learned a lesson." "(CHATTERING)" "And I dare say Judy's learned a lesson too." "♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) ♪" "(English" " SDH)"