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Dad, here's the phenol red. Oh, thank you.

That's all right, I think.

I hope we get lucky.

You know, where there's lion tracks, there's got to be lions.

That's a proverb me old father told me once.

Now, the law of averages says that we've got to snare this one sooner or later.

Tell that to the lion.

Yeah, you know, the trouble with you stokes is you've got no faith in your

partner. I got lots of faith in you, Giles.

It's the animals you can never depend on.

All right, let's set the trip line.

When we come back, maybe we'll be lucky. Perhaps.

All right, come on.

Let's check the stairs up there.

Well, now what, Judy?

Hello.

Judy, calm down.

Anyway, it's very plain she wants us to follow her.

don't have time to go roaming off in the bush with her now.

Well, something's bothering her, whatever it is.

She'll calm down on the way home.

Clarence, come on, let's go.

Judy, bring him over here.

Clarence, did you hear me?

Let's go.

of stubbornness.

Maybe she has to walk home and teach her a lesson.

To disregard Judy was a prime mistake.

If only we had gone with her, we would have been spared grief and danger.

Still no sign of him?

No.

Oh, thank you.

Well, it is kind of strange. They should have been back by now.

Well, I'm afraid it's my fault. I should never have left him out there in the

bush. Oh, Dad, don't blame yourself.

I've come from the brush before and never got lost. I know, but maybe Judy

wasn't just being stubborn. Maybe she really was trying to show us something.

Hey, look, don't worry too much.

I figure that pair can handle just about anything.

I know, they usually can.

Since they are late maybe they ran into something they just couldn't handle.

Beauty's an old hand in animal survival.

She knew that motherless cubs wouldn't last long, if at all, unprotected in the

jungle.

So, she decided to bring them home to the only safe place she knew.

Jack could use some help in the laboratory, Paula.

I'm afraid I wouldn't be much good to him. I'm ready to climb the walls.

Paula, Clarence will take care of Judy.

If he can, then Judy will take care of Clarence.

Maybe I should drive to the village and see if anyone has seen them around.

Judy and Clarence know better than to go near the village.

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The ladies were friendly, of course, but how were they to know that Clarence was

a lover and not a fighter?

Judy had to get those playful cubs out of there before they were spotted and

attacked.

Wait till I tell you, eh?

Patience brings us all reward.

Oh, she's a fine -looking animal, sure enough.

You know, this little venture of ours might pay off yet.

Let's get the net in the truck and get out of here.

Here, have them all. Have them all, Stokes. We can take care of that later.

know, this lioness is still carrying milk, which means that she just had cups

recently and is still nursing them.

So? Oh, yeah.

Cubs bring a good prize, too, partner.

You're not suggesting we go looking for them?

Why not?

They're bound to be around here somewhere.

It's too dangerous.

Now, why stretch our luck? I say we take the animals we got and we head for the

coast. Now, why take half a cake when you can have the old thing, eh, Stokes?

All right, now.

Let's get dressed, eh?

Oh,

I'm sorry.

Tape, huh?

Pull the piece off, huh?

Why, you sure pick a bad time to daydream.

I'm sorry, Jack.

I'm just... I'm terribly concerned about Judy and Terrence.

I wish I knew where to look for them.

If Judy likes to swim, maybe they took the river route.

Are you kidding? She wouldn't go within a mile of that river.

It's infested with crocodiles.

To baby lion cubs, anything, even crocodiles, appear to be fine candidates

playmates.

But like all babies, human or animal, they hadn't yet learned the meaning of

fear.

But Judy viewed this game of tag with proper caution and frustration.

And with her usual resourcefulness, she finally found a way of ending the game

and the danger.

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But the situation was far from the fun and games it seemed to be.

If a jungle predator, like a leopard, didn't get the cubs, surely starvation

would.

And they were still a long way from the compound and its worried inhabitants.

Hey, little lady, it's almost dinner time.

I'm not hungry.

But we are, and you happen to be our cook.

And, Locke, I just know it.

Silly, there's over a dozen signs posted giving directions to the compound.

Hey, Kyle.

I may not be the tracker you are, but aren't these leopard tracks?

Yes, I'm afraid they are.

Well, that settles it then.

There's no pointing going on by now. The leopards have made a meal of them. We

can't be sure about that.

Maybe we'll get to them before the leopard does. Come on.

Speak no evil, hear no evil, and see no evil.

I'm sorry, honey.

Look, I'll tell you what.

I'll go back to where they took off and see if I can pick up the trail. Now,

Clarence is pretty easy to track because he never walks in a straight line.

So we shouldn't have any problem.

Judy, Clarence! And friends.

They follow the signs.

When I'm so mad at them, I don't even want to see them.

Well, you can start giving Clarence and Judy a hard time if you want to, Paula,

but those cubs look like they could use some warm milk. Well, I'll fix it.

You better help Marsh. Uh -uh.

Now, we're going to get a very practical lesson.

We're going to see how the Doctore handles three squirming lion cubs.

even for him.

See? He made it. Come on.

A

lion

cub, too young to be weaned, could not live longer than 24 hours without its

mother's milk.

Time was running out on us.

Want to take a look?

All righty.

Yeah, let's see there.

Oh, that's good. Yes, no stiffness or anything.

Well, Jack, I think you can let him go.

Good. We'll go.

Hi, have you finished feeding the cubs? I didn't even get started. They just

won't eat.

Especially Nod.

Nod?

I named them Wink and Blink and a Nod.

Nod's getting in trouble?

He's starving.

Well, not yet.

But he will. All three of them will if they don't get something to eat if we

can't find their mother.

Did you call in Officer Headley? Yes, yes, about an hour ago.

He said he'd tell his men to keep their eyes open for a very worried Mother

Lioness. I'm beginning to feel like a very worried mother myself.

She's right.

If they don't take nourishment, and we can't find a mother.

I know.

Dad!

Paula, what's the matter?

Well, look!

You'd better let Judy handle it.

After she's finished, we'll put them in the baby pen.

It's not for you. That's for the babies.

It appeared that perhaps the cubs were old enough to survive without their

mother.

But our happiness and joy was soon to turn into something quite else again.

Hello, Hedley.

Can I join the party?

Oh, Hedley, you're just in time. Look.

Sometimes I wonder just who belongs in a pen.

I'd say that's not a... Yes, it is.

It's a bear.

Dirty and thirsty.

And resourceful. Isn't he cute?

What the deuce is a Himalayan bear doing here in Africa?

We imported him.

Yes, I worked that part out for myself.

The point is, why?

Just another part of our studies in interspecial relationships, Hadley.

And pretty good proof, I think, that there's no such thing as natural

At least not in the animal world.

Look, Judy's afraid the bear's going to hurt the cubs. She's protecting them.

valiant of us.

I take it he's a little rat who he called me about.

Yes, and...

Have you dug up anything?

Uh, well, no, not really. No talk of a lioness being killed or found dead or

anything.

She wouldn't desert them.

And without their mother, I'm worried.

Hey, look healthy enough.

Well, they took some nourishment from Judy, but not nearly enough.

You mean without their mother, they mightn't pull through?

Well, let's hope they don't have to try, huh?

Hmm. I do see what you mean, old boy.

Very well, I'd better be off then. Look around a bit.

Thank you, Emily.

For all of us.

Thank you.

I'll take a look back here.

Well, them cubs didn't come back here either, so let's drive.

Oh, relax, Stokes. Relax!

No person would think you've got somewheres to go.

Look, if the cubs don't show up first thing in the morning, then off we pop.

I'll wick my own like this makes me itchy.

All right, then. Do something constructive.

Both of the animals.

We've got to keep them healthy.

I don't blame you for being a bit timid, old boy.

That's right. No fast moves.

A nursing lioness.

It's a bit ironical, but I know a family that'll be very grateful to you.

Oh, and the next time you poach, be sure you cover up your tire tracks.

Thank you. We will always do anything for you.

And to quote a certain nosy district officer, no fast moves.

All right, now drop your gun.

Drop it, I said.

Well, now, that was kind of foolish, wasn't it, old boy, huh?

No, no, I wouldn't do that if I were you, Stokes.

At the risk of making a bad pun, you're jumping the gun.

You don't want me to finish him?

Oh, indeed I do, but not here.

Now, we tie them up and we take them with us in the morning.

Then when we're safely across the border, we're over there.

A dead district officer from over there ain't no skin off nobody's nose, eh?

It's a shame Paula didn't stay to enjoy her own cooking.

She's too excited to eat.

Well, what's the latest report?

They won't eat anymore, but at least they'll settle down for the night,

to Judy.

Judy? You mean she's still with them?

They wouldn't settle down without her. Come on, look.

Even though we laughed at Judy's antics, I knew what morning would bring with

it.

The sad reality of the Cubs' true peril.

And there would be nothing we could do about it.

Except perhaps to keep it from Paula.

Well, looks like Judy's in for a restless night, huh?

Dad,

come quick!

He's been like this for the last hour.

He won't even eat, not even for Judy.

Poor babies can hardly move.

What do you think, Dad?

Oh, they're all right.

Uh... Remember, they had a pretty exciting day yesterday.

Paula, would you get me some dextrose? We may be able to lift their spirits a

little. All right.

Judy was concerned and quiet.

I knew now that without their mother, all hope was gone.

It would break Paula's heart.

How are they?

For the last time, you'll never get away with this, you know.

If you give yourselves up now, I'll do what I can for you. You're both young.

and a year or two behind bars will go before you know it.

Don't stop.

You know, all these years I thought you were insensitive, Stokes.

Never mind the philosophy. When do we move?

Just as soon as we finish breakfast and police up with it.

Oh, and this time, old boy, we will cover up our tracks. We wouldn't want

to know that any of us had been around here. Now, wouldn't we, eh?

Here she comes now.

They won't touch a drop. They need their mother.

Yes, I'm afraid so, honey.

Well, isn't there something we can do, Dad? Try and find her? Well, Hedley's

doing everything he can. Oh, look, we'd all be out there right now if there were

any chance of finding her. It's just too big an area to cover.

Maybe she's caught in some poacher's net.

Judy, is that it?

What are you trying to tell us?

Dad, when Mike mentioned the poacher's net, she got excited.

See?

Hey, you said she could only communicate by reacting to what we said.

Judy, is it a net?

Is a lioness caught in a net?

Of course that's it. It's exactly what she was trying to tell us yesterday at

the waterhole.

Judy, can you show us where it is? Can you lead us to it?

Hey, I think we are beginning to communicate.

Yeah.

Jack, you and Paul and Mike take the truck. See if you can follow her.

I'm going to call Hadley and see if he's heard anything about poachers in the

area. Should I take the cubs with us, Dad?

No, honey, this is too much of a long shot.

Oh, and by the way, if you should happen to run into any poachers, don't try to

be heroic.

Let Hadley handle it.

Will do.

Judy, which way?

This way.

Let's go.

Here, you take this.

Suppose we take a net and go after her, eh?

Fetch a banana from the truck.

What's the matter with her?

That's what's the matter with her. Come on, Judy. Come on, Judy.

Here, girl. Come on. Come on, girl. Come on, girl.

Hey, look.

There's Hedley in that cage.

Well,

the animals are on the truck. And one's a lioness. You know, it might be the

cub's mother.

At least we know these are the poachers.

Yeah, and they kill Hedley or us without batting an eye.

Come on, Curly. Here's a nice little banana.

What is she doing?

There she is.

Here, Gertie.

Come on, Gertie. Here you are, Chimp. Here, Gertie. Come on, Gertie.

Come on, Chimp. He's a nice little... Here, Gertie. Come on. Come on, Chimp.

She's detouring him away from us.

Do you want me to head back and try to find Marshal? No. No, there's not enough

time. They could drive off with Hedley and a lioness.

What are you going to do with that?

These dots will put an elephant to sleep. They'll certainly knock out a

Jack, that rifle he's carrying shoots real bullets.

I know. I'll just have to try and pick them off before they see me.

Judy, baby, keep them real busy.

Mike, try and get to Hedley.

Here you go.

Come on, little girl.

Come on.

Here, come on.

Here, Jim.

Here, Jim.

What's the matter with you?

I got stung or something.

What?

Leave it alone.

You think I'm going to be taken in by a dog when you're out of your mind?

Let's get Hedley.

Hedley, you all right?

The liner's all right.

Hedley, what happened? How do you feel?

Is your district officer slightly embarrassed?

but as a doomed man, enormously grateful.

The lioness, is she the mother?

Well, Mike, what do you think?

Oh, incidentally, Hedley called.

Said something about arranging a citation for the three of you for having

the poachers and saving his life.

Three of us? You mean four, don't you?

That's right.

By the way, where is Judy? She was here a second ago.

Judy!

Oh, no, not again.

Well, if a cub needs help, Judy will mother it.

Coming up, a young boy runs away from home to make a life for himself in the

Canadian woodlands in My Side of the Mountain.

Next on TNT.