"♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) ♪" "Judy, don't be so impatient." "We'll get there in good time." "She gets to excited every time she goes to visit old Chief Makubu." "You mean ex-Chief Makubu." "Yes, I've been meaning to ask you, Hedley, um, just how is he taking his banishment?" "Pretty hard." "After all, he was chief of his village for many years." "Yes, a fine man too." "I just hope that his nephew turns out to be half as good a chief." " Who, Kima?" " Mm-hm." "I don't trust him." "Mike, you know as well as anyone that deposing Chief Makubu was done according to tribal custom." "Oh, but Hedley, banishing him from the village and making him live alone in a hut out in the middle of nowhere?" "Well, it may seem cruel to us, Jack, but they do supply him with food." "Although I do imagine he gets pretty lonely out there." "Well, I'm sure a visit from Judy will cheer him up." "By the way, uh, where is Paula?" "Oh, she's in Ngara for her annual shopping spree." "(CAR HORN)" "All right, Judy." "All right." "We'll go." "You're sure it's not taking you out of your way, Hedley." "Not a bit." "I go right by Makubu's hut." "Any message for him?" "Yes, if you tell him that I'll be by to see him as soon as I can." " I'll be glad to." " Good." "Thank you." "Now, Judy, don't be too long." "Hm?" "(HEDLEY):" "Come on, Judy." "Move over." "I'll do the driving." "Judy, don't be difficult." "You know you haven't got your driver's license yet." "(HEDLEY):" "Come on, Judy." "Move over." "You're as headstrong as young Chief Kima." "Well, see you all later." "Bye, Hedley." "Well, I sure hope that young Chief Kima is as cooperative as old Makubu was." "You think he could make trouble?" "Yes, he certainly could." "Well, gentlemen, I, uh, suggest we get back to work, huh?" "Well, so far, none of these animals have reacted at all." "Well, scientists have been working a long time to find a better way to treat senile osteo in animals." "Well, should we continue with the same treatment?" "We're up to formula 14 now." "14?" "No, you better make up another batch, Mike." "Increase the vitamins and geriatric drugs 25 percent." "Continue with the shots every 4 hours and the observation, right?" "(MARSH):" "Right." "Oh, and, uh, don't forget to put everything in writing." "Uh, yes, sir, chief." "Yeah, speaking of chiefs," "I just wonder how old Makubu is getting along." "Judy, my little friend." "I'm glad Officer Hedley brought you to visit with me again." "It's good to see you, but I'm afraid this is not the strong Chief Makubu you once knew." "My bones and my joints" "They don't move with the strength they once did." "But the laws of my tribe have been obeyed." "A weak, old chief has given way to the strong, young chief." "Kima has taken my place." "Yes." "Thank you, Judy, but this is something I must do for myself." "(JUDY MAKES NOISE)" "Judy, to be old is natural, but to be old and sick is cruel." "I've always been healthy, strong." "Judy, I shall be strong again." "Come, Judy." "Let me show you something." "If I could get back my strength, I could be chief again." "(GRUNTS)" "Not too long ago, I could lift a log twice this size." "What's wrong?" "I can lift it, Judy, I knew I can." "It's coming up." "I'm lifting it." "Judy." "Let go." "Get away." "Before they'll let me be chief again," "I must prove my strength has returned." "Well, then, I will get back my strength." "There is a way." "(JUDY MAKES NOISE)" "I will not live in banishment." "That is no way for a warrior to die." "Rather I not live at all." "I will be chief of my village again, or I will die in the attempt." "This is what I'll use." "This hunting knife given to me by my grandfather." "(JUDY MAKES NOISE)" "Judy, most old people give up, but we're not, are we?" "My grandfather, a very wise, old chief, taught me how to make a medicine that gave back weak and wounded warriors their lost strength." "I have not used this medicine because" "I did not think I would need it to become chief again, but now the day has come for me to make this strong medicine and use it." "Come along with me, Judy." "These are the plants we will need, Judy." "Will you help me find it?" "That's good, my little friend, and I've cut some of these special little flowers we'll need." "Our medicine is done." "You were a big help, little friend." "Now you will see, Judy, how my grandfather's medicine will bring back my strength." "Now, no helping, Judy." "We will show them." "You'll see." "(GRUNTS)" "My grandfather's medicine will make me strong again." "We'll give it a little more time to work." "I'll put it there in the shade for a while, let it cool off, and I'll drink some of it later." "I will rest now, Judy." "You had better get back to Wameru." "Still no significant change, huh?" "No, they seemed to stay just the same." "Well, that's not too surprising." "This formula's mostly made up of high-potency vitamins and geriatric minerals." "At least it can't hurt them, can't hurt anyone, as far as that's concerned." "(JUDY REACTS)" "Doesn't seem to be helping either, Marsh." "Maybe" " Maybe these animals are too young for this formula." "You may have a point there, Mike." "Why don't you make a note that this formula would be excellent for mature or even senile specimens, huh?" "Hey, Mike, what do you say" "We take a break, and run over and see old Chief Makubu." "We can bring him some coffee." "He just loves our imported American brands." "And some magazines." "The pictures give him great pleasure." "He has little else to enjoy these days." "Yes, quite a change, huh?" "Quite a change." "Well, old age is something we can't fight." " I'll get the coffee." " All right." "(MAKUBU): to be old is natural, but to be old and sick is cruel." "(MARSH'S VOICE):" "This formula would be excellent for mature or even senile specimens." "(CLARENCE GROWLS)" "Judy." "Judy." "Judy." "Come on, get in." "All right." "You want to ride in back, ride in back." "(CLARENCE GROWLS)" "Daktari." "(SPEAKS SWAHILI)" "It is so good for you and Mike to come." "And Judy, you've come back so soon." "It always makes Makubu happy to see visitors from Wameru." "Oh, I, uh, thought you might enjoy reading some of these." "Thank you for such kindness." "And we brought you this." " Coffee." " Mm-hm." "It is the one luxury of your world I do like." "(THEY ALL CHUCKLE)" "Would you join me for coffee?" "Well, I think that would be fine." "Please, be seated." "It's all right." "You can come on over and join the party." "No, Judy." "You're too young for coffee, but I have some goat milk for you." "I'll get it." "You heard him." "Goat's milk." "(MAKUBU SIGHS)" "Here you are, Judy." "It will make you as strong as a young warrior." "I don't think she likes it." "Makubu, we've been friends for a long time now, and, well, are you sure there isn't something we can do to help?" "It's not right for you to be out here in the middle of the jungle alone." "It pleases me you are concerned for my sake, but I only can solve my problem." "But in your condition, Makubu." "They put you out here to-- To die." "Who can you turn to?" "Kima." "Why did you do that?" "You could've killed me!" "And I might, if you continue to interfere with the private business of my tribe." "Makubu was my former chief, not yours." "Now, wait just a minute, Kima." "That doesn't give you any right to throw spears at us." "We haven't offended you or your people." "I, Kima, and now chief." "All of you ought to stay out of the affairs of my village." "You put a friend of mine, an old man, out to die." "And have you thought of this?" "One day, I, Kima, will be replaced by a younger man." "He too will put me out, as you say, to die." "I hope I'm around to see it." "And I hope to see the day the Wameru people are gone from the lands of my people." "Now, hold on, Kima." "We just came here to visit Makubu and offer our help, and he refused us." "That's all there is to it." "Kima." "The daktari and Mike do not understand our ways." "And I do not understand why so much of the hunting grounds of our tribe was given to your friend, Daktari." "The animals on your reserve area, which we cannot kill, have become so many they attack the only possessions we value:" "our cattle." "Well, I didn't know that, Kima, and if that's the case, we'll certainly do what we can to help." "The daktari's work will help our village as it has many times before." "They have blinded your eyes, old man." "As long as I am chief, I will do all I can to be rid of Wameru." "We have brought your food for the week." "Now, warn your friends not to interfere again." "My friends, please, go now." "Yes, certainly, Makubu." "We'll go." "But don't forget if you need any help, we're just over the hill there." "I'll remember, and I'm doing something to help myself, with the help of my grandfather." "An ancient potion of herbs that will give me back my strength again, and Judy has helped also." "Somehow, she makes me feel many years younger." "Goodbye, Makubu." "Good luck." "(SPEAKS SWAHILI)" "(MARSH):" "Judy, come on." "(SPEAKS SWAHILI)" "Hey, you guys look down in the mouth." "Is something wrong with Makubu?" "No, not with Makubu, with Kima." "He got angry because we were trying to help Makubu, even threatened to get rid of Wameru." "Well, he sounds charming." "(MARSH):" "Well, you have to remember it's" "Kima's only doing what he thinks is right." "I'll have a talk with Hedley, maybe we can get them some more oxen." "(MARSH):" "Well, Jack, how is the experiment coming, anyway?" "Well, I'm afraid absolutely nowhere." "At least I did manage to get the rather long report on native cures that you gave me read." "Oh, good." "Oh, so, Mike, I'd like to have you read that too." "All right, Marsh." "What's it all about?" "Well, it's on, uh, various investigations being made on the use of native plants to cure diseases and that sort of thing." "Those other cultures as far back as the Incas." "Yeah, right now, they have teams of investigators in the Andes in South America even." "That's 2 cc's even, Jack?" "Right." "They've got these teams in Siberia, Mediterranean, Polynesia, even right here in Africa." "There we go." "Maybe that'll make you feel a little bit better, huh?" "Are these investigations being conducted on a large scale?" "Well, pretty much." "They have teams of botanists, and pharmacologists, and other scientists." "The teams check out old documents and, um, various tribal remedies the natives have been using for years." "(GRUNTS)" "He's a little fidgety today, isn't he?" "Little bit." "Easy." "But a big problem is language." "See, the language changes over the years." "The name of the plant changes, and the various stories and remedies that have been talked about over the years can be jumbled, you know?" "Apparently, even if the scientists do find the right plant, they can't be sure it's gonna cure." "Quite a tricky proposition." "What one plant will cure, another plant of the same species could kill." "(JUDY REACTS)" "Or even the same plant, according to the report, could have a curing effect on a human being, and could kill an animal." "Well, of course, even with the little experiments we conduct here, we must proceed with caution, take no chances." "That's right, Mike." "Our geriatric mixtures are to be carefully controlled or otherwise any one of these animals could wind up dead." "(JUDY REACTS)" "Well, I wonder where she's going." "(JUDY MAKES NOISE)" "Judy, you came just at the right time." "Won't you join me for a cup of tea?" "Makubu's not here yet, Judy." "So while we're waiting, why don't we have a spot of tea, eh?" "There we go." "That's for you, and for me." "Now sugar." "2 lumps, that's the way." "There you are." "No matter where he may be, Judy, a true Englishman should always be able to manage afternoon tea." "(SIGHS)" "Keeps the world on an even keel." "Have a biscuit, Judy." "Officer Hedley." "I have some good news, and I'm most excited." "Hello, Judy." "And I love you too." "Good news, eh, Makubu?" "Why don't you tell me over a cup of tea?" "No, thank you." "Officer Hedley, you and the daktari will no longer have to fear Kima and his threat." "Our village is soon to have a new chief." "That's very interesting." "Today, I challenge to become chief again." "You wouldn't." "But you had to prove to the elders that you were strong." " How did you do that?" " I will show you." "It's good for me, Judy." "Officer Hedley, will you come with me?" "You too, Judy." "Will you try to lift this log?" "Well, I'd be very happy to if I could see any point in it, but, uh, it looks very handsome just lying there." "Anyway, it's much too big." "I want to prove to you my strength." "Well, if my lifting that log will prove how strong you are," "I" " I'd be very happy to try." "Would you mind holding my cup?" "Thank you." "(SIGHS)" "Now: 1, 2, 3." "Oh, my back." "Oh, my back." "Ooh, bad." "Oh." "I say, it's much too heavy to lift." "Now let me try." "You're lifting it." "Yesterday, I" " I could not move it." "This morning, with the help of my grandfather's juices and herbs, my strength has returned." "It's amazing, simply amazing." "I must make more medicine." "Kima and the elders will put me to the test tomorrow." "Makubu, what you're going to have to do tomorrow will be deadly dangerous." "Even for a young man, it would be extremely reckless." "Now, old friend, must you try?" "Officer Hedley, I do not back down." "Today, I challenge." "Tomorrow, I face the test for myself, for the daktari, for Wameru, and my little friend, Judy." "I don't know about Judy, but I do know Marsh will be dead set against it." "Oh, you bet I'm dead set against it." "Hedley, he could get himself killed." "And he's challenged, Marsh, as much to help you as anything." "Well, look, just exactly what is this test that he has to face tomorrow?" "It's a tradition of his village, a daring trial of strength and bravery." "A deposed chief, in order to prove his cunning, strength, and courage, must, with only his hunting spear and knife, track and kill a lion." "Which, for a man his age, is sheer suicide." "(JUDY REACTS)" "Oh, I'd like to get my hands on whoever or whatever is responsible for making him feel that he's got new strength again." "I mean, lifting a log and fighting a lion is hardly the same thing." "You might as well be giving him a death sentence." "(LION GROWLS)" "(LION GROWLS)" "(JUDY HOOTS, CHATTERS)" "Well, it's 6:30, Hedley." "If we're gonna stop Makubu, it's now or never." "Right, Marsh." "I really hate to see this day begin." "Yeah." "Judy." "Judy, you'd better come on along." "If we can't convince him, maybe she can." "(KIMA):" "Makubu, it is time for the hunt." "Do you still wish to try, old man?" "One moment." "I am ready." "The elders and I will observe how you track and kill." " (MAKUBU):" "Daktari." " I'm glad we got here in time." "Judy, you've come to wish Makubu well." "Makubu, don't go through with it." "Forget the lion hunt." "I cannot." "I've made the challenge, and I must do it." "Makubu, believe me, it is not necessary." "Thank you, Judy, but I've already had some." "Well, look, Makubu, Kima's threats are nothing more than empty words." "When we have disposed of this business with the old chief," "I am going personally to see the governor." "We will then see if my threats are mere empty words." "Daktari knows he is not permitted to interfere with the tribe." "Kima, now, listen to me closely." "We interfere not with you, but with our friend Makubu." "We do not want him to make this test." "And if he does not make the test," "Kima will remain chief, which you do not want." "Kima." "Now, look, we may have our differences." "I think right now our main consideration should be for Makubu." "(KIMA):" "Yes, that is so." "I too am concerned about him." "Perhaps I have been thinking too much about myself." "A new chief learns many things, Kima." "We'll help you, if you'll let us." "Yes, Makubu, please reconsider" "He's gone." "He started his hunt." "Come, we must follow." "Judy, you stay here." "Let's face it, Hedley, if we don't catch him in time, he hasn't a chance." "That's right, Marsh." "Against those killer lions, it's like murder." "Uh, poor Makubu." "Well, I guess all we can hope for now is some sort of miracle." "There, now, that did not hurt much, did it?" "That's a girl." "That's the last one." "Hey, hey, did Marsh tell you to take Clarence?" "He must have." "She has that official look." "(GROWLS)" "I must say, she's in quite a hurry." "Well, our formula is really beginning to work." "No doubt about it, Jack." "Let's see, that dosage was from bottle number" " Number 14?" "That can't be right." "No, no, we used that up two days ago." "It should be 16." "Where is it?" "It's not here." "Could we have goofed on a number?" "We must have, but at least our mistake didn't kill any animals." "Oh, far from it." "They've all been improving." "Then our formula must've had something different from any of the other mixtures." "But all we did was increase the geriatric drugs, which could not account for such a marked difference." "This isn't our formula." "You and I have been the victims of a big switch." "Somebody has put a different medicine in that formula bottle." "Judy." "Where could she have gotten this from?" "I think I know." "From Chief Makubu." "The other day, he was talking about a special herb that would make him grow strong again." "I'll bet I know what she did." "She pulled a double switch." "This is his medicine and she brought him our formula." "That's why he think he can lick his weight in lions." "And we've been feeding his home remedy to our animals, and it's been curing them." "Well, maybe not curing, but it sure has helped." "Yes, but meanwhile, our formula is making Makubu think he's a lion killer." "We better find him, and quick." "Let's take the truck and have a look." "(GROWLS)" "(ROARS)" "Clarence." "Clarence." "I almost killed you, and you're such a good friend." "Judy, so you and Clarence came to help old Makubu out." "To be honest, I'm not really angry with you." "Makubu is a worthy chief." "That was the bravest thing I have ever seen." "You are still my chief." "What on Earth?" "He must've made his kill." "Hedley, I'm afraid you're in for a bit of a shock." "Shock?" "What do you mean?" "Well, your simplest answer is right up that tree there." "Judy." "You know, Marsh, I wonder." "Wonder what?" "Is this one of those occasions we should keep as our secret?" "I don't know, Hedley." "I don't know what the right thing to do is." "Kima, I am not your chief." "But I do not understand you." "You have passed the test." "You have killed your lion." "You are my chief." "I did not." "It was a trick." "Clarence." "Judy!" "Come down." "No, Kima, it was not a kill, just two good friends playing a part." "But we believed you." "Why do you tell us now?" "You were our chief." "I could not be a chief based on a lie or a trick." "Neither could you, Kima." "You were meant to be a chief." "You have shown me so much this day." "Makubu, you truly are a great chief." "I suppose you're going to send him back to the banishment." "I must." "It is our law." "Well, Kima, can't the law be bent just a little?" "No, my friend." "Once a chief has been deposed, he is banished, unless he brings to his village a great gift, which I do not have." "So it's back to the jungle alone, huh?" "Fear not for me, Daktari." "I have the medicine which will give me the strength I need to survive." "Makubu." "Goodbye." "Judy, Clarence, you two will always be welcome at my hut." "You taught an old man his rightful place." "You won't forget old Makubu, will you?" "(JACK):" "Makubu!" "Makubu!" "Where's he going?" "Back to his hut." "Did he make his kill?" "Not exactly." "Marsh, there's something we have to tell you." "Later, Mike." "But Marsh." "Judy, Judy, no, there's no sense in crying." "Well, Makubu's just a prisoner of his times." "There's not very much we can do about it." "Clarence, Judy, I'm pleased to see you again." "But I'm as much puzzled as I am pleased of this visit." "Uh, well, uh, Makubu did you know that, uh," "Judy gave our animals your medicine?" "I hope they have not been harmed." "Oh, no, no, on the contrary." "It did them a great deal of good." "so much so, as a matter of fact, that I sent your medicine and the report to the University of Ngara." "My medicine to the great university?" "Now, Makubu, the university's gonna make you an assistant to their scientists." "I, Makubu?" "Yes, Makubu, you." "You see, you're the only one who knows the plants, which your people have been using for years to cure their ills." "You will identify the plants for the scientists, help them with their work." "Yes, you'll be doing work of great importance, worthy of any chief." "My friends, this is a great honor, and I shall work very hard." "Sit down, please, all of you." "Thank you." "Makubu." "Kima, I must not sit." "You are my chief." "No, old Makubu, I bow to you." "You have given our village a great gift." "When the daktari told the university that your medicine has power to cure the animals, they decided such knowledge deserves a reward." "We suggested, Makubu, that your village be given something in your name." "We now have 20 strong new oxen." "Our village is the talk of the whole countryside, thanks to its great chief, Makubu." "Daktari, I hope that we can become the kind of friends you and Makubu are." "That is my hope too, Kima." "Thank you." "Many, many seasons ago, my grandfather told me one day, when you're old like me, it will happen." "Though quiet in desire, a gift will be given you that will make your old heart race as swift as a river." "My dear friends, that day has come." "♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) ♪" "(English" " SDH)"