"♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) ♪" "(GROWLING)" "Oh, thank you." "Boy, wait till the folks back home get a load of this." " Think that'll help." " Oh...." "Thanks a lot." "Pardon me." " Where's your camera, Ms. Ferris?" " This is my camera, Mr. Jason." " Tape recorder?" " I want to capture Africa in words, not pictures." " You must be a writer, huh?" " I'm trying to be." "Is that all those darn lions can do, sleep?" " Stir 'em up a little." " Tell me, how well do you write" " from inside a lion?" " I thought you were the man who guided Ernest Hemingway and Barnaby Ferris." " That was my father." " Then why aren't you like him?" "I'll bet he knew how to show a writer some excitement." "Uh-huh." "But he didn't have a license to worry about." "This is a game preserve now." "The lions aren't for killing." "MAN:" "Uh, Mr. Jason." "Could you give me a boost?" "Excuse me." "Judy, how does a lion look when it charges?" "(HOOTING)" "Frightening, huh?" "Oh, come on." "Let's you and I go find out." "Oh, come on." "I've seen you with your pal Clarence." "You're not afraid of the lions." "Let's go." "(GROWLING)" "(GROWLING)" "Remember that goat we recorded at the compound?" " It's about to do an encore." " (HOOTING)" "Oh, Judy, stop worrying." "(GROWLING)" "(GOAT BLEATING ON TAPE)" "Sh!" "(GOAT BLEATING ON TAPE)" "(GROWLING)" "(GOAT BLEATING ON TAPE)" " Judy." "Quiet, Judy." " (HOOTING)" "(GOAT BLEATING ON TAPE)" " (HOOTING)" " Quiet, Judy." " (GOAT BLEATING ON TAPE) - (GROWLING)" "(ROARING)" "(HOOTING)" "(GROWLING)" "(HOOTING)" "(GROWLING)" "(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)" "(WOMAN SCREAMS)" "Willis, you stay up there till I get back." "(ROARING)" "(WOMAN SCREAMS)" "You had to do it, huh, lady?" "I just wanted to see what it would feel like to be alone and unarmed in the jungle." "Oh!" "Well, now you know." "Where's your tape recorder?" "I, uh..." "I, uh... dropped it when the lion charged." " Oh, don't bother looking for it." " I'm not." "Sounds like there's a goat in there somewhere, caught in a snare." " You stick with me." " Shouldn't we go back?" " The lion might attack Mr. Willis." " Willis is all right." "Now, come on." "(GOAT BLEATING ON TAPE)" "(JUDY HOOTING)" " (GOAT BLEATING ON TAPE)" " It's all right, Judy, come on down." "(GOAT BLEATING ON TAPE)" "(SQUAWKING)" " (HOOTING)" " Yeah, yeah, I know all about lions." "(GOAT BLEATING ON TAPE)" " You're some pal, Judy." " (HOOTING)" "And you're a kook, lady." "This little caper of yours was either suicidal or homicidal, depending on who got hurt, you or somebody else." "Look, I came on the safari for excitement, violence, adventure." "The things all best-sellers are made of." "You're a bit too intrepid for this dull, little safari, Ms. Ferris." " You can't be serious." " Oh, but I can." "And if I refuse to go?" "Have you ever been hog-tied?" "(HOOTING)" "Oh.... (HOOTING)" "(BIRD CALLING)" "Come on, baby." "Come on." "There we go." " Oh, hi, Mike." " Hi." " Well, how'd it go, old buddy?" " Oh, thrilling." "I visited nine villages, examined 17 goats, inoculated 16 cows, and quarantined three diseased chickens." "Well, you picked the right word:" "thrilling." "Uh-huh." "I could think of some words that would describe it even better." " Oh, come off it, Mike." " I mean it, Marsh." "I'm just a dumb cow doctor." "A country veterinarian, remember?" "Remember that stock diseases have dropped 50 percent since you took over the villages." "Yeah, and my morale has dropped 100 percent." "Darn it, Marsh, I came here to do advanced research, like you." " Not to be a nanny to a goat." " Yes, but your work's important" " and you're good at it." " Hooray for me." "But please, don't tell me it's important." "Dad, look." "Marsh, I'm tossing you a hot potato." "Sounds as if I need asbestos gloves." "To handle this one, yeah." "A little lady with more nerve than brains." " I'm giving Ferris the heave-ho." " What happened?" "She was playing tag with a pride of lions." "Why would she pull a crazy stunt like that?" "Who knows?" "Collecting material for a novel or her own obituary." " Can you drive her to Ngoro?" " I'll drive her." "Then I can check the northern villages on my way home." " Okay." " Thanks, Mike." "Well, I better get back to my lone paying customer before he starts yelling for a refund." " See you people later." " Yes, fine." "Well, I suppose we better tell Ms. Ferris about her travel arrangements." "Wanna come with me?" "PAULA: (KNOCKING) Ms. Ferris?" "Come in." "Oh, Ms. Ferris, we're very sorry about what happened." "Uh, Mike is waiting to drive you to Ngoro." "I'll give you a hand when you're ready" "Thanks, but no thanks." "I'm sure you can pick up another safari in Ngoro." "The height of the tourist season, they're all booked by now." "I'd appreciate it if you'd rent me one of your vehicles." "Well, I'm not gonna let you go out in the bush alone." "My father did, and he lived to write about it." "Ferris?" "Barnaby Ferris was your father?" " Yes." " He was an old African hen." " He could survive in the bush." " You knew him?" "Well, I must have read all his books." "Matter of fact, he helped spark my interest in Africa." "You might say he was partly responsible for my being here." "Then you can repay the obligation by renting his daughter a car." "Ms. Ferris, I'd loan you a car if I thought you could survive out there." "You don't?" "I'll go on foot." "Boy, you're really determined to risk your neck, aren't you?" "Determined to write, Dr. Tracy." "And write as well as my father did." "Do you have to be so stubborn about it?" "I have to observe Africa firsthand." "My only novel of African life was rejected because they said it lacked authenticity." " I intend to correct that fault." " Dad, why can't Ms. Ferris" " stay with us?" " Oh, Paula, I think it would better" "No, no, she'd learn a lot about African wildlife with Wameru, a lot more than she would on any African safari." "Is there any real excitement around here?" "Excitement?" "We have at least ten crises a week," " don't we, Dad?" " Well, yes, uh...." "At least enough so that we don't have to manufacture any." "If you do stay, no more stunts." " I would want your word on that." " Dr. Tracy, you have it." " And thanks." " All right." "Well, I'll, um, I'll go tell Mike he can leave." " Can I help you unpack, Jan?" " Oh, I can manage." " Okay." " And thanks, Paula." "It's all right." "(TRUMPETING)" "Oh, hi, Ms. Ferris." "Hi, Jenny." "Who's your nosy friend?" " (TRUMPETING)" " His name is Taj." "He likes carrots." "Let me show you how he picks them up with his trunk." "Did you ever hear how elephants got their trunks?" "I think so." "But please tell me anyway." "Well, it goes like this." "Mr. Elephant didn't always have a trunk." "Oh, no, indeed." "Once upon a time, he had a nose." "Very shrunk and hardly bigger than a dime." "Then, one day, a crocodile seized Mr. Elephant by the nose." "And pulled and tugged and jerked a while." "And stretched it, like a garden hose." ""Alas, alas," the elephant cried." ""Oh, look what you have done!"" ""Now take it easy," the croc replied." ""You haven't lost, you've won." "With this trunk, you can suck up water and squirt it anywhere you please." "Take a shower when the day grows hotter." "Or reach for fruit in the highest trees."" "After a little cogitation," "Mr. Elephant saw the compensation." "And from that day, every elephant chose to grow a trunk, instead of a nose." "Wait right here." "I'll be right back." " (HOOTING)" " Come on, Judy." "That's a happy story, not a sad one." "I read that very same story in this book, but I wasn't sure, until you told it." "Well, I guess you and I must read the same books." "I got four other books by J.L. Thomas." "He's the writer, and he's my favorite storyteller." "Daktari reads him too, and they make him laugh." "MAN:" "Daktari!" "Daktari!" "Daktari!" "Excuse me, Jenny." "I'm gonna tell you a story." "(HOOTING)" " (SPEAKING IN SWAHILI)" " Yeah...." " Is anything wrong?" " A leopard attacked" " some of his villagers." " Was anyone hurt?" "No, they escaped, but they're afraid he may have become a man-eater." "Paula, get my dart rifle and radio Hedley to meet me in Monduli." " Are you gonna kill it?" " No, I wanna catch it." "(SPEAKS IN SWAHILI)" "If it is a man-eater, I wanna find out why." " Let me come with you." " No, that's not a good idea." "Oh, Marsh, please." "It's just what I want to write about." " And I didn't rig this." " Well, all right." "But under one condition." "You are strictly under my orders." "Of course." "Dad!" "I reached Hedley at Barun." "He'll be waiting for you at Monduli." "Oh, good." "Well, hold the fort down, Paula." "That goes for Judy, too, wherever she is." " Okay, good luck." " (ENGINE STARTS)" "(ROARS)" "(HOOTING)" "Hello, Hedley." "Sorry to keep you waiting." "Oh, long enough to get warm." "Oh, Jan, this is District Officer Hedley." " Ms. Jan Ferris." " How do you do?" " How do you do?" " You know M'Bumba, of course." "(SPEAKING IN SWAHILI)" "M'Bumba was saying that the leopard was last seen somewhere in there." "I want to tranquilize it if possible." "You know there's only one thing to do with a man-eater: destroy it." "Hedley, old boy, we don't know if it is a man-eater." "That's what we want to find out." "Marsh, Ms. Ferris is not coming beating through the bush with us, is she?" "No." "Jan, I want you stay with the truck." "Look, Marsh, you know I only came along because I wanted to" "All right." "Um... if you'd rather have a better view, you can climb up on top of the truck." "Thanks." "(GROWLING)" "(GROWLING)" "(MEOWING)" "(MEOWING)" "(MEOWING)" "(MEOWING)" "What were you trying to do, you little rascal?" " Scare me out of my wits?" " (YOWLING)" "Come on, here we go." "Come on, let's go." "(GROWLING)" "(GROWLING)" "(GROWLING)" "DAKTARI:" "She'll be all right." "Sure, she will." "Hedley, I don't think this leopard is your man-eater." "She's recently given birth." "More than likely, she chased away those villagers just to keep them from her young." "She's still a man-eater in my book, until you prove otherwise." "Fair enough." "There must be a cub around here somewhere." "Well, if we don't find her, she'll starve." "Seems to have some sort of infection." "I better take her back for a checkup." " Care to come along?" " Can't." "Have to be in Ngoro at 5:00." " Oh, M'Bumba." " Daktari?" "(SPEAKING IN SWAHILI)" "(YOWLING)" "(YOWLING)" "You're not very good at following orders, are you?" "I heard her crying out there." "I just had to go find her." " Well, she's only a cub." " Yes, but you didn't know that, did you?" "Did you find your leopard?" "Yes, our man-eater turned out to be this little rascal's mother." " Hope you didn't have to kill her." " No, no, no." "We tranquilized her." " She's in the back of the truck." " Hm." "You saved us a lot of trouble finding this cub." " Ah, chui." " "Chui" is Swahili for leopard." "Oh!" "Chui." "Chui." "Daktari, can I keep him?" "Only until his mother gets well, honey." "(GROWLING)" "(DAKTARI SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)" " JAN:" "From giving birth?" " DAKTARI:" "Possibly." " Hi, Mike." " Hi." "Well, well, well." "How were the northern villages?" " I see it's about the same." " Same as the southern villages." " Except more sick cows." " East Coast fever?" "Mm-hm." " What's this?" " It's a sample of Mother Leopard's blood." "Wanna take a look?" "Hm." "Biogenic." "Could be pneumococcus." "Wanna give me a hand on the diagnosis?" "Nothing I'd like better." "But I have to type up this report for the Bureau of Animal Husbandry." "Mike, why don't you let me type it for you?" "I think I can decipher your hieroglyphics." " They have to be collated." " I can do that." "Well, thank you." "How did we get along without you?" "Stand aside, Daktari." "This cow doctor's taking over." "Alrighty." "I'll go prepare Mama Leopard a cage in the compound." "Wanna come along?" " And I'll make her a nice, soft bed." " You're hired." " Come on." " (LAUGHING)" "(HOOTING)" "DAKTARI:" "Judy?" "What on earth" "(BLOWS RASPBERRY)" "(HOOTING)" "You come back here!" "(BRAYING)" "Judy?" "Come on, now." "There's no use hiding, I'll find you eventually." "Oh." "Judy!" "What's the big idea, huh?" "Oh, boy, look at you." "What do you wanna do?" "Try on the latest styles from the States?" " She was funny." " Ms. Ferris won't think so when she sees her." "Come on." "Let's get these things back." "Oh, no." "Oh, Judy." "Take these things off." "What a mess." "Here." "Wipe your face." "Come on, wipe it!" "Come on, Jenny, let's straighten this place up." "Oh, for the love--!" " Daktari, you know what?" " No, what?" "Ms. Ferris is my favorite storyteller." "I thought J.L. Thomas was your favorite storyteller." "That's right." "But Ms. Ferris is J.L. Thomas." "No, she isn't, Jenny." "It says right here, honest." " It's a cablegram from her publisher." " They want Ms. Ferris to tell everybody who J.L. Thomas really is." " For pub" " Publicity." "Yes, publicity." "Well, apparently J.L. Thomas is Ms. Ferris' pen name." "What's a pen name?" "A pen name is a made-up name that writers use when they don't want their readers to know who they really are." " (HOOTING)" " What's wrong with their real name?" "Well, I don't know, but that's her secret." "We shouldn't have read this, Jenny." "I just wanted to see if I could." "Anyway, listen." "Jenny, would you want someone going into your room" " and prying into your secrets?" " No." " Or reading your mail?" " I don't get any." "I know, um...." "But still, there are certain things that people like to keep to themselves." "And we call this the right of privacy." " Will you remember that?" " I'll try." "Well, the important thing for now is we must keep Ms. Ferris' secret away from everybody else." "All right?" " I won't tell anyone." " Good girl." " (HOOTING)" " Don't you tell anybody either." " (YOWLING)" " Good morning, Jenny." "Good morning, Ms. Ferris." "Golly, she's grown the past couple of days." "I just showed him the rhinoceroses." "Rhinoceroses." "I'm a little rhinoceros." "When my brother comes back, don't call us rhinoceroses." "Call us rhinoceros." "Is that by J.L. Thomas?" "Well, it... could be." "She's still my favorite author." "Well, Jenny, the last time you said that, you said, "He's still my favorite author."" " Why "she"?" " Well... maybe...." "'Cause J.L. Thomas is a name pen." " A what?" " Uh, she means pen name." " Oh." "I see, a pen name." " I, uh, once explained to her that Lewis Carroll's pen name was Charles Dodgson." " He wrote Alice in Wonderland." " That's right." "She just got the words a little mixed up." "(LAUGHS) I see." "Well, I was just on my way over to examine Mama Leopard." " Would you care to come along?" " Oh, I'd love to." " Can I go?" " You sure can." "Bring Chui, huh?" "Are you going in there without tranquilizing her?" "Oh, I've given her a mild sedative, but not enough to invalidate the examination." "I want her normal heartbeat and pulse." "But she could tear you to pieces." "(GROWLING)" "I suppose she could, but I don't think she will, under the circumstances." "All right, girl." "Easy does it." "The first thing you do is you always approach an animal with the back of your hand." "That way you know you're not being aggressive." "See?" "She'll smell it, sniff you over, see if you're all right." "Come on." "Come on over." "Come on over." "That's a good girl." "Yeah." "Let's see if we can just kind of check you over here." "Could anybody do that?" "I suppose they could, if they knew what they were doing." "Let me just feel that neck." "Let me just feel that neck." "That's right." "She's in pretty good shape." "No, you stay there." "Well, she should be as good as new by morning." "We'll take her out near Monduli and release her tomorrow." "That's where we found them, and Hedley's agreed to it." "But weren't you just petrified?" "I mean, didn't you feel something in there?" "Yes, uh... concern... for the animal." "Wish I knew how it felt." "Take one's courage in hand." "Now that's something I could write about." "(GROWLING)" "(GROWLING)" "(HOOTING)" "(GROWLING)" " Judy, get out of here." " (HOOTING)" "Judy, get back!" " (GROWLING) - (HOOTING)" "(KNOCKING)" "(SCREAMING)" " What happened?" " Leopard's been spooked." "She's out, and she's gonna be a handful." "You stay in the cage." "Paula, you go with her." "Come on, Mike, let's get to Jenny's window." "Jenny's window?" "Won't the leopard just run away?" "She'll pick up the scent of her cub and try to get it." "But the leopard's sleeping with Jenny!" "The window's wide open." "(HOOTING)" "(GROWLING)" "(GROWLING)" "(GROWLING)" "(GROWLING)" "(ANIMAL GRUNTING)" "When I screamed, she bolted the cage." " I'm sorry, Marsh." " You're leaving tomorrow, just as soon as I can arrange transportation." " But Marsh" " But Marsh nothing!" " You promised, no more stunts!" " It wasn't a stunt!" "Then what would you call it?" "Oh, Marsh, please listen." "Before my father wrote Death of a Matador, he went into the ring at Barcelona." "He said the only way to understand a bullfight was to be in one." "All right." "So you're emulating your father." "What do you think now?" "Are you a better writer for it?" "No." "Nothing stays with me, but the fear." "I was kidding myself, Marsh." "I didn't write just one rejected novel," "I wrote a dozen." "And they lacked a lot more than authenticity." "I just don't have my father's talent." "I'm nothing but a writer of children's stories." "Yes, I know." "Your pen name is J.L. Thomas." "You're one of the finest writers of children's stories living today." "For some reason or other, you seem to be ashamed of your talent." "Why?" "You call that a talent?" "Compared to my father's?" "Well, let me ask you something." "Isn't it better to be a first-rate Hans Christian Andersen than a third-rate Hemingway?" "Good night." "JENNY:" "Mike!" "(GROWLING)" "All right." "Fine, doctor." "I'll have Mike meet you on Wednesday." "Thank you." "Tracy out." " Who was that?" " Um..." "Dr. Daruma." "You mean from the Bureau of Animal Husbandry?" "How many Dr. Darumas do you know?" "What did he want?" "Well, it seems he was impressed by the collated reports" " of some dumb cow doctor." " Oh, no." "That's it." "Now I'll never get out of this dull job." "As a matter of fact, he was particularly impressed that you noted the diet of the sick cows as well as the well cows." " So?" " So, nothing." "Except, um... your report revealed that not one cow ingesting Jupiter weed has come down with East Coast Fever." " What?" " He wants to meet with you on Wednesday to discuss setting up a research study." "A study that I want you to take complete charge of." "Marsh, that's great." "Listen, if ever again you hear me complain about my job not being important" "Hedley will be along in about an hour or two to take you to Ngoro." "Oh, come on now, Jan. It can't be all that bad." "Finally learn that you're a washout and a failure?" "That's not bad?" "Well, Jan, it's only human nature to underrate one's self." "You take Mike, for example." "Yesterday, um, he would have traded jobs with anybody." "But just now, he realized how important his job really is." "And he's gained tremendous satisfaction." "I'm glad for Mike, of course." "But what satisfaction can I have?" "Well, you bring wonder into the lives of children." " Isn't that satisfying?" " I wouldn't know about that." "Oh, Dad." "Mike's waiting for you." "He's ready to leave." "All right." "Uh, Jan, you'll be gone by the time Mike and I get back from Monduli." "So I'll say goodbye now." "Jan. Would you do me a favor?" "If I have time." "I'm afraid Hedley will be along any minute." "Well, I know, but Dad forgot this." "He's as grouchy as a bear without his coffee." "You know the road to Monduli." "So I thought you might take this to him." "Paula, you're wonderful." "Do you really think I could talk him into letting me stay?" "Well, I wouldn't be surprised." "That coffee should put him in a very good mood." "Thank you." "(HONKING)" "(LOWING)" "Hey!" "Hey, you in there." "(KNOCKING)" "Clear the road." "(GASPS)" "Jenny!" "I want to talk to Daktari so you can stay." "That's very sweet of you, dear, but I'm afraid he wants me to leave." "I bet he'll listen to me, especially if I say please." "Well, we are closer to Monduli than Wameru." " You might as well come along." " Can I sit in the front seat?" "Sure." "Look!" "Aren't they beautiful?" "(TIRES SCREECHING)" "(TIRES SCREECHING)" " (GRUNTING)" " I'm scared!" " There's nothing to be scared of." " (GRUNTING)" " Make them go away!" " Honey, they'll go away in just a minute." " I'm afraid!" " (HONKING)" "(SCREAMS)" "PAULA:" "Wameru calling Marsh Tracy." "This is an emergency." " Come in, please." " (HOOTING)" "Wameru calling Marsh Tracy." "Come in, Dad." "Dad, this is Paula." "Please come in." "Wameru calling Marsh Tracy." "This is an emergency." "Come in please." "I've been all over the compound twice." "There's not a trace of her." "Where could a little girl go to?" "(HOOTING)" "What happened?" "(GROWLING)" "Mike, what happened?" "A rhino attacked the car." "Jenny's in shock." "Paula, believe me, Jenny hid in the car." " I wouldn't have let her come." " We've been trying to get in touch with you by radio for over an hour, Mike." "Well, we were away from the truck most of the time." "It's too late to get you into Ngoro today, Ms. Ferris." "I'll check with you later, see how Jenny is." " All right." " Mike, I" "Excuse me, I've got to put the truck away." "How is she?" " How's Jenny?" " Dad's still with her." "He's afraid she may have a permanent fear of the animals." "She can't sleep, she keeps having nightmares." " Guess I better get back." " Hey." "Have some coffee first." "Yeah, I guess I could use some." "(HOOTING)" "Paula...." "Oh." "What can I do to help?" "Well, I..." "I was just going to go get her a sedative." "If you wanna stay with her for a while, that'd be all right." " Daktari." " Sh." "He'll be right back." "Now, you just try to go to sleep." "I can't." "Could you if I told you a bedtime story?" "Is it about the elephant who got his long trunk?" "No." "It's a new story, about a very funny little rhino." "I'm afraid of rhinos." "No, Jenny." "Most rhinos are nice." "You just lie back and you relax." "Chubby the Rhino was sad and forlorn." "Shunned by his friends 'cause he had no horn." "Then one day, he saw a car, whose horn went, "Owoogah!"" "Owoogah." "Loud and clear." "Well, he ran so fast to talk to it, he knocked that car down with his ear." "Said Chubby, "Gee, I'm sorry, Miss." "I sure didn't mean to frighten you." "I'm looking for a horn, you see." "By chance, do you have two?"" "Well, car and girl exchanged a wink." ""Indeed we do," our Jenny said." "And bringing forth that extra horn, she plunked it down right on his head." "Chubby wore it always." "It was better than a bonnet." "Well, not only was it buttable, but he could play "Owoogah" on it." "Owoogah." "So I, um... guess I won't need these." "What was it I said?" "Something about bringing wonder into the lives of children?" "I said I wouldn't know about that." "Well, you know now." "♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) ♪" "(English US" " SDH)"