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Thank you.

Ready, Mr. Kershank?

Okay.

Thank you, Dan.

Good. Now, we've got a leopard, vultures, baboon, springhawks, bush

African lion.

Fine. My hometowns will be vastly improved with these. Good.

I'll make a quick physical check on him, and then I'll be on my way. All right,

fine.

Let's start with this one.

Come here, Ritchie.

Is he tame enough to handle?

No, he's my baby.

Come here.

Come here.

Come here.

You call that tame?

No, he's a bit excitable, but he'll be all right.

Okay.

Penrose, you made it. Oh, it's good to see you. You know, I got that note to

meet you over here, and I couldn't believe it. How did you get out? I

I'd have to visit a territorial prison or something.

How do you think?

You broke out. A little fancy bribery, maybe. You wouldn't guess it in a

years.

Good behavior.

Listen,

when I want to accomplish something, Harry, I accomplish it.

Which reminds me, one of the first things I want to do is make some money.

Ever since Marsh Tracy caught me trying to kidnap that flea -bitten lion of his

and threw me in jail, it's been a little tough on the pocketbook.

Yeah. Yeah, and you're not the only one, Eric.

I'll tell you, the good old days around here are gone.

You know, since all the animals headed into Romero Reserve, why, there's

around here but zoologists and camera safaris.

I think the day of the professional hunter's over.

I've heard about it.

But I still want to buy me a good hunting rifle.

Come on.

Dan.

I know all these animals look pretty hale and hearty, but you better take a

at this one. What's wrong? Look at the lion's eyes.

Hey, you sell me good honeyed rifle?

Uh, let me finish with this gentleman, and I'll talk to you about a guy.

The lion's got cataracts.

You shouldn't let the natives pass off beasts like that on you.

He does at that.

I'm sorry.

I can't accept him, Dan.

I'll have a good one for you inside of a week.

All right.

I'll stop by on my way home, and I'll pick up all the animals.

What'll you do with him?

Oh, I don't know.

It's no good to me. I guess I'll turn him loose.

Too bad.

Well, I'll see you next week. All right, fine.

Now, you want to see a good hunting rifle?

No, make that a hypo dart rifle, and I'll give you $15 for the line. Eric,

you gone mad?

How about it?

$100 for the both of them. Good use hypo dart rifle and that useless old beast.

All right, I'll find you a good gun.

A hypo gun.

Are you going into the zoo business?

Harry, when fortune smiles on you, smile back, my boy.

This staggering old beast with cataracts is going to be our salvation.

You ever see the pug marks on a lion with eye trouble?

Well, yeah, but so what?

They're widespread, uncertain, and very distinctive.

And you only find them around defenseless game. Am I right? Right,

know of another lion with pug marks like that?

Well, only one.

Marsh Tracy's line.

Clarence.

He hit it right on the nose.

I hit water on the nose.

How to make Dr. Marsh Tracy lose his license.

How to bring free hunting back to this area. Get the professional hunter in

there again.

Eric, I don't follow you.

What you need is a good stretch in prison, my friend. It sharpens the wits.

Clarence is going to completely destroy the Womaru compound.

Oh, yeah?

How? Ruining its reputation.

Its reliability.

I've got to enjoy this.

Yes, sir, Clarence is going to act in a most unusual way.

The very gentle Clarence is going to become a killer.

Come on.

Come on.

Get up, boy. Come on.

Don't be bashful.

Don't be bashful.

There you go.

Dad, we're just going to measure some elephant prints. Can I take Clarence and

Judy? Oh, not today, honey.

Oh, I think Clarence has spring fever or something. He's been moping around all

morning. You know, he has been.

I'll check him out when we get back.

You got a cure for a lazy lion?

Well, maybe he needs an outside interest.

Like something useful to do. Yeah, we all need to feel useful. Yeah, like did

you bring the sandwiches?

They're in the truck.

Bye, you guys. See you soon.

Now look here, young lady.

You can't go everywhere we do, you know.

You're going to make yourself useful by staying here and keeping Clarence

company until Mike gets back to Nagoro. Understand?

Good girl.

Put a nausea pill in the lion's breakfast this morning.

Unfortunately, he'll be all right by tonight.

Wait here for me. Okay.

Come on.

Hurry. Let the line hit the village from that side.

Now, come on. We've got work to do.

Let's get us another charge. Right.

in those tracks, the elephant seemed to be getting longer and stronger.

And I was wondering, suppose you cross an elephant with a giraffe.

What do you think you'd have?

A nightmare.

Thank you.

Yes, pull the stake right out.

Must be feeling better.

Judy?

Judy.

Where have you been? You were supposed to be watching Clarence.

Wait, wait a minute.

Tie that lion up, Moss.

Do what?

Tie him up.

Clarence has killed a lamb in that girl's village.

Eddie, that's not a very funny joke.

I'm not joking, Marsh.

She saw it. She saw Curran. She saw the chain.

I didn't believe it myself at first, but there's two dozen other witnesses.

Two dozen?

Hedley, that can't be. You know Clarence as well as we do. Yes, I do, but I know

the villagers too. They're not given the falsehoods.

We've got serious trouble, Marsh.

Marsh, look at this.

Jack, get a slide.

Right. It can't be. It's got to be paint or something.

I know we were painting this on ESV and there's some red paint behind the lab.

Mark!

Jack, get the slides anyway. I want to take some smears.

Judy?

Judy, did you see Burns go away?

Are you sure?

Marsh, I can't take Judy's weather. Clarence didn't leave here.

I can't. Her word's as good as mine. Oh, Paula.

Well, there's something wrong here.

We've got to find out what.

Don't worry.

We'll get on it right away.

Don't be blinded by your affection for Clarence, Marsh. Stranger things have

happened.

Now, this isn't easy for me to say, but you know the law as well as I do, better

than I do sometimes.

Clarence is going to have to be destroyed.

Headley, at least give us time to work on it. I'm sorry, Paula, but the law's a

law. A killer is... Headley, we haven't proved that yet. I'm afraid we have,

Marsh. Look, I'm supposed to know something about this sort of thing.

Now, we both want the truth.

So let me try to prove it out one way or another.

I'm not going against regulations, Marsh.

Why can't we cage him until we investigate this thoroughly? Yes, at

check it out.

Now, Clarence could have found that carcass and dragged it in there, but I

positive he didn't kill it.

Very well.

Out of my friendship for you and Clarence, I'll bend of it.

But he'll have to remain locked up, and I'll keep the key. Fair enough.

Martin. Yeah?

Stains on Clarence?

The blood from the goat?

Matt.

Oh, no, that doesn't seem possible.

Take him to the cage, please.

Try to understand, Paula, I'm being as lenient as I dare to.

You wouldn't want to be responsible if Clarence attacked a child next time,

would you?

How would you feel?

You know as well as I do, Paula, that a lion with bad eyesight can only go after

lambs or baby goats or children.

I'll leave after he's locked up.

Well, I'm no lip reader, but your little plan just blew sky high.

They're not going to kill him. They're putting him in a cage.

You didn't count on that, did you? Oh, come on, Harry. Take it easy, will you?

Don't use your power to think.

Our luck is still running with us. Oh, yeah. You're a great one for luck. You

are. The reputation of that compound hasn't been hurt one little bit.

So we'll hurt it a little bit.

You know, Marge Tracy doesn't want to lose Clarence, does he?

We've already established his reputation as a killer.

So what happens to the reputation of the compound if Clarence happens to kill

Dr. Tari?

No Doctari, no compound.

We can go back to making a living again.

Yeah, that's a great idea.

Except that tired old pussycat down there wouldn't hurt a flea.

Maybe not.

But I've got a way to make Clarence kill Doctari.

I drew these up for comparison.

As you know, a normal lion walks directly towards his prey.

Claws make a distinct pattern.

Clarence has an irregular pattern, like this.

The lion of the village had an irregular pattern.

They're not quite the same, though. This one seems to toe out more on the left.

Clarence on the right. Yeah, but it's disturbingly close, and the difference

could be the terrain.

Well, it doesn't look good, I'm sorry to say, in spite of the fact that I don't

believe it at all.

You couldn't find any traces of hair? Not a strand, Marsh.

But he wasn't in the area alone, I'm sure.

Clarence, please eat your dinner.

Judy. Judy, see if Clarence will take it from you.

Clarence, you have to eat something.

He just wants to die.

Ever since he's been locked up in this cage, he hasn't eaten a thing.

He's just given up.

He doesn't want to live. Being cooped up has hit him pretty hard.

You know, animals suffer from changes in their status just like human beings.

You found out anything new about what happened?

No, not yet. We're going to start on the village tomorrow.

Is it possible for an animal with Clarence's gentle personality to revert

wild so suddenly without warning?

Well, I've seen it happen once or twice, but not without provocation.

Clarence hasn't been provoked.

Plus, I don't think he could be provoked to do something that extreme.

That's what baffles me.

Me too.

Well, it's been a rough day.

Come on, let's go inside.

They're going in.

Puller, you don't need the rope. We've already got the chain on.

Now look, we've lost him.

Don't worry about it, Harry. We're not going to be trouble -tracking that lion.

I'm going to get that interfering chimp, too. Come on.

Isn't this a little early for you? This is no time for pleasantries, Marshal.

What do you know about this?

About what? About Clarence being gone.

You gave me your word, Marshal.

Yeah.

Anyone around this page? No.

How did the Tritsport get here?

Well, this has been cut with a hacksaw. Hey, where's Judy?

Judy?

Judy?

Doctor, you don't think Judy could have done this?

We have no proof that she did.

Say, Mike, what about those new helpers we hired?

I'll vouch for them.

Well, don't worry about the guilty party. We'll catch them later.

Now, we're facing a crisis that you must realize.

I'm ordering an immediate track down. I'm calling out my Ascaris, and I shall

want your help, too.

Yes, yes, of course, Henry.

Look, you two stay here in case Clarence returns.

Jack, get the dart rifle.

Right. No dart rifle, Jack.

Live ammunition.

What?

Henry, I've never used live ammunition in my life, and I don't intend to use it

now. If I bring down Clarence, it'll be with a tranquilizer.

Very well.

You do that, then I'll take her.

Hedley, you can't. Clarence is harmless.

I healed you all against my better judgment out of friendship. Now he's

My weakness might result in loss of life.

Dad, can't you do something?

Jack, get the dart rifle.

Dad, you're not going to let Hedley hunt down Clarence, are you?

If we find Clarence, I'll try to stall him until I can figure something.

I'm 50 yards off. Give me the deck rifle.

I learned a few tricks working for the great Daktari.

Unfortunately, I couldn't resist what looked like a little easy money.

It'll all even out now.

One of these and a scrawny hide of that wobbly -eyed lion, you'll sleep like a

kitten. Maybe I'd better cover you just in case. Right.

Come on.

This poison will take care of that nosy little chimp.

Scratch one nosy chimp.

Go get the truck.

We'll spread out from here. But if we don't find Clarence, it could be

for a very good reason.

I have a feeling that Judy is with him. And if she is, well, she's an absolute

genius at playing hide -and -seek.

That's the wrong frame of mind for a trackdown, Marsh. He's right, you know,

Hedley. It's not just an excuse.

She's pretty clever. I know you'll do the best you can, Jack, for all our

So let's not waste any more time. We'll search until I fire my flare gun or

until we find Clarence.

All right, let's get out of here.

Try to be a little easier on yourself, Paula.

It isn't easy, Mike.

For all I know, Hedley's got Clarence in his sights this very minute. And if

Clarence sees Dad coming, he'll walk right out in the open.

Ah, not if Judy's with him. If so, Clarence will be safe.

Mike, what if Clarence really did do it?

It'd be just terrible. Everything we've worked for would be wasted.

Well, we haven't seen Heiner heirloom he is pretty unhappy more than I'm happy I

say I've never seen him any grimmer any new clues. We've done everything we

could around here He comes now

We

failed and I've had to take steps no offense to you Marsh,

but I'm going outside the compound for additional help Additional help what

of additional help?

You may not like this, but I'm ordering the compound personnel off the search

and taking full responsibility myself.

It's become a government matter now.

As soon as I'm provisioned, I'm going back out, and I'm going to stay out

I've got Clarence. I see.

And to make sure I don't fail this time, I've hired an expert, and I was lucky

to get him, too.

Do you mind telling me who?

Here he comes now.

You can see for yourself.

I think you know Harry Penrose.

How did you happen to hire Penrose for this, or did he volunteer?

I know where he makes his camp. He's a good tracker, and he needs the work. Why

are you so interested? Because he's a good friend of Eric Lansing's. That's

And Lansing just got out of jail.

Lansing? Of course he's out, but he's hundreds of miles away. You surely don't

think... Did he know about this when you went to him?

Not a word. You're letting your concern affect your judgment, Marsh.

All right, Penrose, we'd better get started.

Hedley, are you sure you won't reconsider and let Jack and me come

I'd rather not, if you don't mind.

Hedley!

Hedley, I heard you say you didn't want Marsh and his men to come along on this

hunt.

You certainly don't think Dr. Tarry had anything to do with your not finding

Clarence, do you? No, not really, but I have to consider what my superiors might

think. Well, so what?

Look, it's his lion.

He could be a great help.

Besides, two experts on a track are better than one any time.

Thanks very much, Penrose.

Now, come on, Italy.

Let him come along.

Now, after all, if you can't trust Dr. Tarry, who can you trust?

As a matter of fact, I saw a pride of lions this morning down by the Ruala

Waterhole. Now, Clarence could very well have been among them.

It's going to take more than one man to follow a running pride anyway.

All right.

If it makes you both feel better.

Jack, we're going along.

Thanks very much, Penrose. Thank nothing.

As a matter of fact, why don't you and I take one car? Jack and Hedley can go in

the other.

And if we spot anything, we can get to work right on it then.

Right. It's a good idea. Fire a flare if you do.

Have each of you got flare pistols? We've got them in the truck.

Right. Let's get going.

Hey, Mike.

Look, how's about getting on the radio? See if any of the trading posts or

anybody knows of another lion with eye trouble.

Okay.

Hola.

There is always a chance, but I thought the lion could have the same kind of eye

affliction as Clarence Yeah about one chance in a million

All

right, we go on foot from here the

water holes right over there Well, I think it's pretty unlikely that Clarence

would be accepted by a group of strangers, even if he wanted to be,

doubtful.

Well, look, I've got a hunch, and I'd like to follow it up. Yeah, I agree.

worth following.

I still think it's a waste of time.

I'm beginning to be sorry I asked you to bring him along.

It won't hurt to check it. We can move on right afterwards.

How did you get the idea that another lion might be involved?

I had a desperation. I couldn't think of anything else.

Not a very good story, huh?

I don't know.

You don't know?

Well, if there is another lion involved, it would certainly answer a lot of

questions. Another lion with a chain, huh?

Yeah.

Then there must be humans involved.

But if there are, I can't figure what they have in mind.

Sure, what would they want clearance to escape, just to make us look bad?

That doesn't sound right, Marshall.

Unless they wanted to destroy the compound. Nothing at the water, Hope.

So let's get down to business. Jack, you come with me.

Headley.

Why don't you take Jack and circle south to Urangal?

Now, there's good lion feeding ground down there.

But it's ten miles.

All right, all right. Take the car.

Now, look, you can keep an eye open for our flares, and there's nothing for you

to do here anyway.

Well, I suppose you're right.

Come on, Jack.

All right, move.

Start down this way.

Now, Troy, why don't you scout south -southeast? I'll take off this way.

Okay.

Dr. Harry.

Dr. Harry.

Why don't you head a little more east?

Hold it, Dr. Harry.

Stay right where you're at.

Well, well, well.

Lansing, huh?

You know, I had a hunch it couldn't be anybody else but you.

You're right.

Drop the rifle.

Turn around.

You're not going to need this where you're going.

You know, Dr. Terry, you've been asking for this for a long time.

I wonder you're any good to yell your lungs out.

Your pals have all been detoured clear the other way.

Get a mat on him, please.

Let's go.

Baby, go down in there.

Dr. Terry, when this old renegade gets ready to jump, it'll be because he wants

to.

By the way, that was the dart you fired at the lion and missed him with.

You were always such a good shot, too, Dr. Terry.

Oh, they'll find the rifle in the pit with you.

Lansing, that lion's not going to jump into this pit.

He'll turn on you, so you'd better keep him caged.

We're not dealing with the law of the jungle, Doctor Harry.

We're dealing with the law of gravity.

You'll see, my friend.

Of course, he won't want to jump without a little convincing, Doctor Harry.

And when he spots you down in there, all of his killer instincts are going to be

released. And the greatest animal lover of them all.

You're going to see I'm going to hit him with a hypo dart and drag his carcass

out of there and throw your pal Clarence in on you, along with your empty dart

gun.

You and the reputation of your whole compound will go out just like that.

Gee, this is not strong enough for a lion. I need a stronger one, a big one.

Give me the big one, the large one.

They found Clarence.

Give it to me.

They're going to have company.

If that's you, you're shooting at the wrong lion.

Marsh, what on earth are you doing down there?

And with Lansing?

I'll tell you, Hadley.

Can you think of a better spot to snare a poacher in his catch than a poacher's

pit?

How's he doing?

Well, see for yourself.

He's doing fine.

The operation cleared up his vision completely.

Clarence has been working with him. I think a little of that affection

is rubbing off.

You've done a wonderful job with him.

We don't deserve the credit.

Clarence does.

With some sideline coaching from Judy, of course.

The reason I dropped by, Marsh, was to tell you that Lansing and Penrose

confessed to the whole plot to close the compound.

Oh, really?

Well, good.

Well, I guess the firm of Lansing and Penrose will be working for the

for a while, huh?

For a long while.

Marsh, I, um... I wanted to tell you how sorry I am that I ever doubted you. Oh,

forget it, Hadley.

I must admit, it didn't look too good for Clarence there for a while.

Dad, do you realize that this time the animals ended up outside their cages and

the humans inside?

Yes, Paula, it's a funny thing.

When a man tries to corrupt animals, he can't. He just ends up corrupting

himself.