"♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) ♪" "(TRUMPETS)" "Twenty-four." "Strong and steady, Paula." "Well, good, then that new feed mixture is really working." "Uh-huh." "Shows you what kind of a botany major I am." "I didn't think foxglove grew in Africa." "Well, Africa's full of surprises, Ted." "I'm finding that out." "So, now all we do is cut down on the digitalis purpurea, huh?" " Right?" " Right." "If she slips back to her old pulse rate, we'll know we're on the right track." "Hey, Marsh, I hate to interrupt these animal studies with people problems, but Ted's old man is due any minute." "Do I look okay?" "I mean, do I need a shave?" "You look just fine." "Well, it's just that the last time he saw me, I..." "I was just a beardless boy." "A beardless boy." "Uh, the thing that concerns me is where are the blankets for the cots?" "I left them on the clothesline." "I'll have the bunks made up in a second." "(CAR HORN HONKS)" "That must be your dad." "I'll be with you in a couple of minutes, Ted." "I wanna talk to Marsh." "Please, Bart, it would make it a lot easier." "I mean, I've heard how you've hunted together and, well, I'm sure if it wasn't for you, he wouldn't even come here." "Yeah, could be you're right." "Maybe you and your old man do need a guide to help you find each other." "Come on." "(LION GROWLS)" "(CHUCKLING) Take it easy." "He's just a pet." "Hello, young lady." "How are you today?" " Fine." " My name's Chet." "What's yours?" "Jenny." "And this is my little girl." "(CHUCKLES) How are you, Jenny?" "Well, what a pair of man-killers you're gonna be when you grow up." "And this has to be Clarence." "That's right, and he's my friend." "(CHUCKLES) He's quite a friend." "Well, Bart Jason." "Chet." "You look wonderful." "How are you?" "Mean and ornery as you, hard-nose." "What kept you?" "Well, my bush pilot ran out of bailing wire again." "Listen, your boy got here two days ago." "Ted. (CHUCKLES)" "Let me take a look at you." "How are you, sir?" "You know how long I've dreamed about taking this boy on safari?" "You told me." "(CHUCKLES) Wait a minute." "I brought something for you." " Ted, is he your real daddy?" " Mm-hm." "I adopted Daktari for my daddy." "Here you go." "Is that for me, sir?" "Look at it." "The best weapon made." "Thanks, but you keep it, sir." "Hunting's not my bag." "Not your bag?" "(CHUCKLING) Don't worry." "Bart here will teach you how to bag the limit, right Bart?" "Not around here, Chet." "Wameru's a no-kill area." "No kill?" "Aren't we going on safari?" "Camera safari." "All the shooting we'll do is on film." "(FORCED CHUCKLE) Now wait a minute." "Don't tell me the best professional hunter in the business is spending his time helping old ladies take snapshots." "If you want to kill game, Bart will take you into the free area." " CHET:" "Now that's more like it." " I'll just hang around here." " You'll what?" " Oh, don't worry about me, sir." "I'll work with Marsh." "He'll teach me more in one week" " than I've learned all term." " And who is Marsh?" "Daktari." "How do you like that?" "I come all the way from Capetown to take my boy on safari and he wants to hang around this zoo." "Come on, sir, I'd like you to meet him." " This is Dr. Marsh Tracy, sir." " Hi." "How are you, Mr. Rainey?" " Chet to my friends." " Chet." "And this is Judy." "She's practically a member of the family." "She is a member of the family." " Shake his hand, Judy." " (HOOTS)" "Now give him a kiss." "(KISS)" "(CHUCKLING) How do you like that?" "A chimp that greets you with a handshake and a kiss." "Well, there are lots of surprises around here, sir." "By the way, Bart, Paula says everything is under control." "Thanks." "Would you like to have a look around the place," "Mr. Rainey, or Chet?" " Oh, fine." " Come along." "It's always "Chet" to Marsh and "sir" to you, huh?" "What do you mean?" "Is Chet your old man or your commanding officer?" "Oh, I guess you knew he sent me off to military school when I was a kid." "I suppose it stuck." "You never answered my question." "I'm afraid I don't know the answer." "Let's go get the luggage." "Judy, aren't grown-ups funny?" "How come Ted's father hugged me instead of him?" "(HOOTS)" "I guess it's because he's a boy." "(HOOTS)" "Why don't you peak to him, Bart?" "He'll listen to you." "And why don't you stop turning the boy over to other people." " You're his father." " Yeah, I know." "All right." "So I did speak to him." "Like he said, he's not interested in hunting." " You mean with me?" " No, no, he's like Marsh." "I don't think he'd kill an animal if his life depended on it." "Well, he takes after his mother there." "She never would join me on a hunt." "Okay." "So he's different than we are." "Nobody's to blame for that." "But who's to blame for what's happening between you two now?" "Me?" "If you don't change your mind about a camera safari, Chet, you're liable to lose that boy for good." "Think about it." "I'm going back to the compound." "I'll see you in a half hour." "Isn't the baby cute, Judy?" "(HOOTS)" "Okay." "I've zeroed in on one of your spores." "Oh, good." "Let's have a look." "Well, so you have, so you have." "That's nice work, Ted." "Ted... why haven't you spent some time with your dad?" "You know, you've barely seen him these last two days." "But I thought you wanted me to help you." "Yes, but I thought you came here to be on safari." "Dad did, maybe." "But I came to meet you." "African fauna and its effects on animal behavior was the most definitive study I've read." "Well, that's very flattering." "But I'm sure your dad can teach you a few things too." "Yeah, I guess he can, like how to drill for oil and make a million." "Well, that's not easy." "Every well cutter I've ever known went broke." "Maybe if he had, he'd have come home once in a while." "He wasn't even there when Mom died." "Well, did he know that she was ill?" "I don't know." "He was in Africa." "But if he felt any guilt, he certainly didn't show it." "What do you feel, Ted?" "Sometimes..." "Sometimes I think I..." "I don't even know him." "We're strangers." "Well, Ted, something made you come halfway around the world just to be here." "Frankly, I don't think it was just to study here." " (GUNFIRE)" " What's that?" "(ANIMALS ROAR)" "(GUNSHOT)" "(ANIMALS CONTINUE ROARING)" "What in the blazes is going on?" "It sounds like Chet's getting some in target practice." "Why didn't you stop him?" "He'll have every animal in the place jumping out of its skin?" "Why don't you tell him?" "You're the boss of the rancho." "Jenny, you and Judy stay here." "(SCRATCHING)" "What are you doing with that rifle?" "Some pretty fancy shooting." "Care to join me?" "Do you realize you disturbed every animal in the compound?" "I'm sorry." "I thought I was far enough away." "You know darn well you weren't." "So maybe I just wanted people to know I'm around." "All right." "Now they know, so cut it out!" "All right." "I'm sorry." "Hey, Chet, what happened to your hand?" "It's nothing." "I stuck it on a thorn." "Let me see." " No, it's out." " Are you sure?" "I don't need any nursing." "When you're knocked around as much as I have, your hide gets pretty thick." "Like a rhino's." "Oh, it's good to hear you two agree for once." "Now I'd like to know when you're gonna get started on your safari." "Ask your assistant when he can spare the time." "I think he'd rather keep his nose in a microscope." "I've already fired him." "Well." "You call it, son." "After all, I can always go back to Capetown." "There are lots to do around there." "And if it weren't Capetown, it'd be New Delhi or Timbuktu." "Look, I'm not running out on you." "You think I like shooting at cans?" "At least they don't bleed." "Uh, I'll make a deal if you will." "A camera safari is good enough for me." "Oh, I'm sure Ted will agree to that, won't you, Ted?" "Yes, I guess it's okay with me too." "Well, good." "Then we can get started." "Look at that." "Look at them go!" "There's something you won't see in a microscope!" "Lean back, sir." "You guys wanna stop so you can get a better shot?" "Why don't you put Ted in back where he can shoot the action." "Oh, you wanna drive, is that it?" "What's the matter?" "Hanging around that zoo made you soft?" "All right, hard-nose." "But you be careful." "Don't break an axle, hear me?" " Let me have your glasses." " Can't see without 'em." "Now look, Chet, hurry up or we'll never catch them." "Grab this tarp." "Those animals aren't gonna wait for us!" "Come on!" "Take it easy, Chet!" "Okay, boy, let's move it!" "What's he trying to do, run them down?" "I don't know." "Maybe he thinks a camera safari's too tame." "My glasses." " Chet, take it easy!" " (CHUCKLES)" "(TIRES SCREECH)" "Chet!" "Chet, slow it down!" "Chet!" "What do you think you're doing?" "What's the matter, Bart?" "Eating too much dust back there?" " No, I'm not eating too" " Then why'd you call it quits?" " It's Ted." " Ted?" "Leave him alone, Bart." "Look, Chet, I'm responsible for this safari." "He's just car sick." "I don't want any baby stuff out here." "He's just car sick." "I don't want any baby stuff out here." "He's with me now, not his mama." "And you're with me!" "From now on, I'm giving the orders." "Hello, Daktari." "Hello, young lady." "I thought you were asleep." "What's the matter?" "Do you like Chet?" "Well, yes, I like Chet." " Do you like Ted too?" " Well, of course, don't you?" "How come they don't like each other?" "Well, they do." "They get awful angry at each other." "Well, that's only normal." "Don't we fight sometimes?" "Haven't you seen me get angry with Paula?" "And Judy." "Mm, and Judy." "But that doesn't mean we don't love each other, does it?" "I..." "I guess that people want the person they love to be perfect." "She's perfect." "Mm." "She, um, doesn't play too hard or scratch?" "Well, maybe just a little bit." "Just a little bit." "So what happens then?" "You scold her, don't you?" "Hm-hm." "Well, that's the way it is with Ted and Chet." "They each expect the other to be perfect." "Of course that's impossible because each has a different idea of what perfect means." "You know, Jenny, it's... it's not easy to be a parent." "We want so much for those we love." "And we sometimes expect too much from them." "Well, anyway... all I want is... for you to grow up to be a healthy, normal, happy little girl who loves Daktari and..." "Jenny?" "Jenny?" "Yeah." "Yeah, that's a good girl." "(CAT PURRS)" " Hit the deck, son." " Mm." "Ted?" "Come on, Ted, rise and shine." "What's for breakfast?" "A little eggs, bacon, coffee." "How about Guinea hen?" "I saw a fine covey down by the stream." "(CHUCKLES) That old trigger finger of yours still itching, huh?" "Ah, why leave them for the hawks and the weasels." "Because that's the way it is in this area?" "Ah, fine." "So what do we shoot for the family album today?" "Uh, how about some leopard, huh?" "With just cameras?" "Why not?" "If you don't hurt them, they won't hurt you." "Hm." "That's what you think, son." "Let me tell you something." "There are only two kinds of animals in this world:" "those who hunt, those that are hunted." "Is that why you sent me off to military school?" " Not exactly?" " And why we're on this safari?" "Maybe I thought the right environment would make a man of you." "Funny." "I thought man came out of his cave a long time ago." "Did he?" "Isn't it still dog eat dog?" "We got out of the jungle because we could share what we learned." "When I was your age, mister, there wasn't anything to share." "You either took or you starved." "Okay." "So now you've got gushers of loot." "What good is it?" "Can you spend it on Mom?" "She's dead." "Me?" "I don't want it." "We can't bring her back, Ted." "The only wealth you can keep, is what you can give away." "The new generation, Bart." "Do you, uh, dig it?" "Uh, no more than my old man dug me." "He never did think I could do anything right." "He was a hunter too, wasn't he?" "Yeah." "Yeah, always trying to prove myself a better man than he was." "Well, he'd be proud of you now." "Yeah, maybe." "Like some day you'll be proud of him, huh?" "Hello, Officer Hedley." "Hello, Jenny." "Where's Daktari?" "Inside." "How's the baby?" "She's perfect, except when she scratches and bites." "Oh?" "Then I scold her 'cause I love her." "My goodness, that's very interesting." "Tell me more." "Well, if I didn't love her, I wouldn't scold her." "But if I didn't scold her, she wouldn't think that I love her." "See?" "Oh, yes, yes, yes." "Quite, quite." "Wonderful grasp of psychology." " Ah, oh, Marsh." " Hello, Hedley." "Ah." "Gosh, tell me, how do you keep up with this amazing child?" "Oh, just by trying to stay out of her way." " How are you, anyway?" " I'm just fine, Marsh." "This cablegram just came for Chet Rainey." "It's from Capetown." "Hmm." "Well, he and his son just left for safari yesterday with Bart." "Oh, well, sometimes these things bring bad news." "Why don't we give them a call?" "Mind if I use your radio?" " By all means." " Thanks." "MARSH:" "Ah, this is Marsh, calling Bart Jason." "Do you read, over?" " Hey, Chet, get this huh?" " Okay." "MARSH:" "Wameru, calling Jason." "Do you read, over." "Marsh, I read you." "This is Bart. Go ahead." "Now, listen, Bart, tell Chet Hedley just arrived with a cable for him from Capetown." "Ask him if he wants us to read it." "Capetown?" "I know what it is already." "They must have hit saltwater at 2,500 feet." " Go ahead." " Read it, Marsh." "Uh, "Saltwater at 2,500 feet." "Suggest cancel site seven." "Advise." "Capetown office."" "This is Chet." "Cable a one-word reply: cancel." "That all? "Cancel"?" " That's it." " MARSH:" "Okay." "Out." "Does..." "Does that mean you're going back?" "What, and cancel this safari?" "Well, I mean, well," "I don't want you to think that..., Well, because of me." "Well, that's exactly what you've always accused me of, running off somewhere instead of staying with you." " I know, but" " Look, Ted, if you think this safari idea is a bust, just say so." "No, honest, sir." "That's not what I meant, I..." "Hey, I'm ready any time you guys are." "Is that your leopard country?" "Yeah, that's their home base up there." "How about snapping a couple of those cats in color?" "Anything you say, sir." "Hey, just make sure they don't snap you guys first, huh?" "Let's go." "I don't want any heroes trying to get head close-ups." "Don't worry about me." "This is a telescopic lens." "Why the gun, Bart?" "Don't force me to use it or Marsh will shoot me." "I don't want to bring home any dead cats." "They don't like to be cornered." "And of course, being cats, they'll chase anything that runs." "I see." "The hunters and the hunted." "That's right." "Uh, Chet, don't forget those last words of wisdom, huh?" "Oh, I'll be good, I promise." "And hard-nose, you remember whose side you're on?" " Oh, sure." " Let's go." "Hey, slow down." "It's tough when you're not used to it, huh, Ted?" "Pretty country though." "Well, if we weren't looking for cats," "I'd be hunting for oil shale." "And I'd be looking for specimens." "Hey, Bart..." "(LABOURED BREATHING) ...what kind of a... plant is this with... seed pods?" "I don't know, Ted." "Daktari's department." "We'll ask him when we get back." "Yeah, Marsh would know." "(LOW GROWL)" "Chet." "Chet." "There's a cat." "Let's get him." "Go around that way, Bart, I'll circle the other way." "Drive him between us and I'll nab him with this." "Ted, stick with us." "(LOW GROWL)" "(GROWLS)" "(HISSES)" "No, Ted, stand still!" "Stand your ground, you hear me?" "!" "(GUNSHOT)" "Ted?" " Ted?" " He fainted." "He knocked himself out when he fell." "He fainted." "That's not what I said." "He may look like his mother, but he's still my kid." " I don't have to cover for him." " Neither do I." "Chet, he's got a bump on his head." "Ah, that's nothing." "Now look, what does it take to convince you that it's not his fault your pride's hurt?" " What happened?" " You took a spill." "Here." "Wipe your face, and behind your ears." " Ow!" " Does that hurt?" "Yeah." "Where's the leopard?" "I scared him away." "It took a couple of shots." " Sure scared me." " You ran like a rabbit." "I'm sorry, Dad." "Where are you going?" "To the truck." "I'm calling Wameru." "What for?" "Tell them we're coming back in the morning." "(TRUMPETING)" "Chet?" "Chet?" "Come on, wake up." " Come on, wake up!" " What's the matter?" "You got what you wanted." "Ted took my rifle and went leopard hunting." " He what?" "How long ago?" " I don't know." "Your guess is as good as mine." "Bart, he's on his own out there." "I thought you wanted him to act like a man." "Are you crazy?" "That boy doesn't know one end of a gun from the other." "You know, you almost sound like a father." "(HONKS HORN)" "I think one of us better search that ridge." "Let me." "No, it's too risky without a gun." "I brought mine." "You did what?" "Just in case." "It's behind the seat." " Move forward, will ya?" " Okay, hard-nose." "I'll drive over that way." "I can cover more ground in the truck." "Okay." " Chet." "Be careful." " I will." "(TRUCK HORN HONKS)" "(HONKS HORN)" " Where's Dad?" " Ah, he's out looking for you." "I'm sorry." "It just dawned on me how stupid this was." "Yeah." "Yeah, it seems to run in the family." "Well, I just wanted to show him I" "I know, but you don't have to prove yourself a man." " Maybe not to you." " Look, forget it, okay?" "Let's go find your old man." "(LOW GROWL)" "(LOUD GROWL)" "Funny." "They should've been back by now." "Well, maybe they're getting good pictures and" " forgot to call in." " Judy, you come back here!" "What on earth is going on here?" "Come on, you two, play quietly." "But she's too big to play with my baby toys!" "She's right, Judy." "Now you go play with your own things." "Judy didn't mean to upset you, Jenny." "I know, but if I don't scold her now and then, she'll think I don't love her." "I wonder where she got that idea." "Jenny, you run along now and make up to Judy, hm?" "But Daktari!" "Go on, Jenny." "Dad's got a lot on his mind." "All right." "Judy!" "Judy, apologize to me!" "If anything goes wrong on that safari, It'll be my fault." "Why?" "Well, if I'd had minded my own business, they wouldn't have gone." "(ECHOING GUNFIRE)" "(ECHOING GUNFIRE)" "He's got a rifle." "He knows enough to answer." "Maybe he thinks we'll meet him back at camp." "MARSH:" "Uh, Bart, this is Marsh." "Do you read?" "Over." "Hello, Bart, this is Marsh." "Do you read?" "Over." "Yeah, Marsh." "Uh, listen, Bart, what happened?" "Chet said you'd be back early." "Well, I thought we would but..." "Well, Chet's out looking for Ted." "Looking for Ted?" "Why?" "Where's Ted?" "Well, it's a bit complicated, Marsh." "Chet doesn't answer my rifle shots." "Now, I don't think it's anything to get worried about." "We haven't even started looking for him yet." "BART:" "Ted thinks he may have gone back to our last campsite." "Where are you now?" "Directly south of the zarubi water hole." "BART:" "I'll go back to our last campsite and leave a note for Chet to stay put if he arrives." "That's a good idea." "I'll tell you what." "I'll come on out and join you." "If I take the shortcut through zarubi gorge," "I can meet you at Camelhump in about an hour." " MARSH:" "Out." " Out." "Let's go." "Are you going somewhere?" "Yes, honey, but I'll be back soon." "Now listen, you do what Paula tells you to and be a good girl, huh?" "I'm always good." "Mm-hm, you always are, hm?" "Come on, Jenny." "Where's Judy?" "Looks like everybody's getting lost." "(HOOTS)" "Judy." "I might've known." "Okay." "Come on, get up there." "It's too late to take you back now." "(HONKS HORN)" "Do you see him?" "No." "But don't worry, that moose is indestructible." "Let me have your pad and pen." "By the time we reach Camelhump," "Marsh should be waiting for us." "Bart, if he's around here, he should've heard the horn by now." "Yeah, don't worry." "We'll find him." "And when we do, Chet will be roaring mad 'cause we kept him waiting." "Let's go." "Hang on." "(LOW GROWL)" "(GROWLS)" "(LEOPARD GROWLS)" "MARSH:" "Have you found him?" "BART:" "No." "We just arrived a few minutes ago." "I thought I could circle in the truck and come up from the other side." "Yeah, that's a good idea." "Ted can stay with me." "Ted, you keep in sight of Marsh." "These canyons are like a maze." "Here, Judy, take these up to Ted." "We were on the upper ridge yesterday." "It's where Bart thought Dad would be heading." "Well, it's as good a place as any to start." "Judy, come on." "This is one time you might be helpful." "(LOW GROWL)" "There's where we ran into the leopard yesterday." "Or I should say I ran." "Bart almost had to shoot him because of me." "That's why I carry this." "One of these darts will bring down almost anything without hurting it." "Come on." "Marsh, this is Bart." " Come in, Marsh." " Yeah, Bart." "I'm on my way in." "Any signs yet?" "No, not a thing." "Look, we're heading towards the top of the ridge moving west." "Okay." "Watch out for cats." "I know, Ted told me." "Out." "Okay, Ted, just keep checking that side and I'll check this." "Oh, and watch for sudden movement of birds or game." "They can tip off a lot." "(LOW GROWL)" "(LABOURED BREATHING)" "(ECHOING GUNFIRE)" "That's the echo." "The first sound came from down there, right?" " I think so." " Bart?" "I read you, Marsh." "Go ahead." "We heard a rifle shot in the ravine west of us." "We're heading down." "I'm on my way over." "Hey, Ted, keep your eyes peeled." "(HOOTS)" "Ted?" "That's Dad's all right." "Okay, Let's spread out." "And yell if you see anything." "(GROANS QUIETLY)" "(HOOTS)" "(HOOTS LOUDLY)" "Ted, I think Judy's found something." " Oh, my." " Dad!" "Dad!" "What's wrong with him, Marsh?" "I don't know." "It's like an acute anaphylactic reaction of some sort." "Must be snake bite, maybe an insect." "Give him some water." " Bart?" " Yeah." "We found him." "He's in bad shape." "What's wrong with him?" "Don't know." "We're in a ravine on the west slope." "I'll tell you what, look for Judy." "Right." "Judy, get up there and yell when you see Bart." "His arm is swollen." "Let's see." "It's a puncture." "Chet, Chet, listen to me." "This is important." "Did you get punctured by a thorn again?" "(GROANS)" "Yeah." "Yeah." "He's had an eliciting dose of foreign protein." "Second puncture must have triggered it off." "Is there an antidote?" "Yes." "Some form of steroid." "But we'd never get him back to the compound in time." "Don't tuberous roots provide that?" "Yes, they do." "You know what to look for?" "Okay." "But hurry, he's in a state of shock." "Okay." "Ted, take the dart rifle too." "You may need it." "Okay." "(HOOTS)" "(LOW GROWL)" " (JUDY HOOTS)" " Judy?" "Judy, where are they?" "(LEOPARD GROWLS)" "Ted, stand still." "(GUNFIRE)" "Nice shot, Ted." "Now let's move." "That cat will be up in a few minutes." "Thanks." "You said tuberous roots did it, huh?" "That's right." "So you see," "Ted was the one who saved your life." "Yeah, and he bagged that cat too." "He what?" "Don't worry, he used your dart gun." "It was a beautiful shot." "It's just like I said, hard-nose, the kid's a Rainey." "Quite a man too." "Yeah, I can see that now." "It's been quite a safari," " eh, Bart?" " Yeah, but no trophies." "No, but..." "I got what I came for." "How about your next vacation, Ted?" "I understand the Amazon rainforest is a botanist's dream." "Hey, sure, Dad." "Only I heard it was an oil man's paradise." "(CHUCKLES) How do you like that?" "Now who's the hard-nose?" "Let's shake on it." "It's a..." "It's a deal?" "(HOOTS)" "♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) ♪" "(English US" " SDH)"