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Thank you.

The day of celebration outlasts the sun.

Soon it will be dark.

Your fellas can sleep a good sleep of fulfillment, my uncle.

Our storehouse is overflowed with grain.

Our hearts with joy.

My home with hospitality.

Clarence, I think my uncle is trying to tell us it's too late to drive back to

the compound.

We accept your hospitality, my uncle.

Besides, Clarence couldn't possibly travel on such a full stomach.

Hey, Judy, take it easy.

Come on. That's okay.

I wonder what's eating her.

I don't know.

Something's sure bothering her.

She's just out there with Paula feeding the animals.

Dad!

There's something wrong with the animals.

That thing jittery. and nervous.

I wonder what could be spooking them.

I don't know.

No signs of predators in the area.

Even if they are, they're perfectly safe in their own cages.

Something's got them on the verge of panic.

We'll just have to keep our eyes open.

Mike, can the credits get back in? No, not yet.

I wonder how long that celebration's going to go on.

in the Turcos village is celebrating their biggest grain harvest in years.

allowed to last all night.

What's the matter, sport?

Calm down, Clarence. Calm down now. What's gotten into you?

Never known you to be so jittery.

Easy, boy. Easy now. That's a good boy.

That's a good boy.

What is it, my nephew?

Clarence's growls awaken me.

It's nothing. I thought... Wait.

Yes. There, do you hear it?

It's all right, Clarence. It's all right.

A storm in the mountains.

No, it's not thunder. This comes from the earth.

It grows louder.

It's an earthquake.

No. No, it's something out there moving quickly in our direction.

Some food will calm him down.

Easy.

Well, any theories?

Nope.

First time I've ever seen Homer turn down food.

They all seem to sense something, I think.

You know, it's as if there's something out there in the bush they're frightened

of.

Judy!

Judy!

Come on now. Come on. Come on out.

Judy, what's the matter?

Dad, I've never seen her this nervous.

Hey, Marsh, maybe one of us should go take a look around. You know, a lot of

times an animal will sense danger before a human.

Yes, if we don't take the time to listen.

Well, if you want, I'll listen and you can go look.

Okay.

Any word for Mike?

No.

Why, are you worried?

No, it's just that... Well, I'll circle the compound and check in with the

walkie -talkie.

Paula, bring Judy here, will you?

I'll take Judy along with me.

Maybe I can use those animal senses of yours.

Jack, I'm worried.

I've never seen the animals acting so strangely before.

No, nor have I.

Hey, you sure you didn't feed them the leftovers from that stew you made last

night?

Brother Judy look at that destruction

No!

No!

Thank you.

Marsh calling O'Mara. O'Mara's calling O'Mara. Do you read, over?

I read you, Marsh. Where are you?

In the Tonka Ravine.

Jack, I think I just solved our little mystery.

It's a large herd of hungry elephants.

Elephants? In the Tonka Ravine?

Well, what's left of it, they chewed up the whole area.

But the strange part of it is they've migrated from the mare.

I just spotted their leader, old Spindletooth himself.

Spindletooth?

Well, that old tusker's a legend, are you sure?

Ah, no mistaking the majesty of that old bull.

Well, how come the herd migrated so far south of their normal feeding grounds?

I don't know, Jack, but I have a feeling we're going to have to find out.

Dad, is that why the animals were scared with the herd being in the vicinity, I

mean? Yes, quite possibly.

Look, we're going to be heading back.

You two load up the supply truck. Be sure and put in cameras and the portable

lab kit.

We're going to go on an elephant hunt.

Henry, I'm glad to see you. I had a little problem that just came up. I

you remember Simon Treadwell? Simon Treadwell, for crying out loud.

You know, you're looking great. You haven't changed a bit in 20 years. Well,

neither have you, and you're the last person I ever expected to see back in

Africa.

Paul and Jack, this is the man who once saved my life.

Of course, Colonel Treadwell, U .S. Army in North Africa. Right. Oh, I should

have known. Dad's spoken of you often.

Why, we just have a few million things to catch up on.

Paula, get some refreshments, will you? Okay. I'll give you a hand. Excuse me.

Oh, Jack, has Mike come back yet? No, not yet, Marsh.

You know, it's quite a layout you've got here, Marsh.

Hadley here gave me the short tour and brought me up to date on your work. It's

quite impressive.

Well, thank you. I'll give you the long tour. You're personally conducted.

Come on over and sit down. Relax. Take a load off your feet.

Well, fill me in.

You got a uniform? What have you been up to? As a matter of fact, Marsh, I

retired two years ago.

Really? Colonel Treadwell is working for us now.

Oh?

Yes, Paula told me you spotted the Spindledooth herd.

Yes, that's right. They just moved into the area, but... Now, don't tell me

you've become a game warden.

Well, yes, in a manner of speaking.

Marsh, you're well aware of the elephant population problem the northern

province has been encountering.

There's only been a few tentative reports.

As a result of those reports, the government has retained Colonel

services.

Oh, that's wonderful.

You're not going to like this, Marsh. The government has given me full

to institute control measures.

Control?

Well, it must be quite a scientific project to bring you all the way down

No.

It's more of a military project to achieve positive control.

Positive control?

Doctor, that entire herd and all the others that will follow must be

Well, Dad, Clarence is hurt, too.

Boy, it's getting hot in that house.

It's a good thing we set it up outside.

Is he going to be all right, Marshal?

Well, no broken bones, but I already drove as far as beyond me.

When he was mumbling about the fort, do you think that's what really happened?

What are you talking about? An elephant raid in his uncle's village? Uh -huh. Of

course.

Well, we'll get all the details when that comes around.

Paula, how's Clarence?

He's very lucky.

Oh, don't worry, Judy. Your friend's going to be all right.

Just needs a little rest.

Well, let's see if Henry's got any more information on the radio.

Come on, Judy. You're just a little way around here.

Look, you weren't serious about destroying that herd, were you?

That's wholesale murder.

Serious?

Didn't you learn anything from what just happened? What do you mean?

Your assistant almost trampled to death?

Village destroyed? Who knows how many others injured and killed by a rampaging

herd of elephants?

Look, Simon, that herd's a rare variant, the last of an evolutionary line.

But they're destroying nothing on God's earth that's ever going to bring them

back. Now, look at it a different way.

Forget the overgrazing and the destruction and the fire hazard of

dead trees, but one other thing.

Don't the lives of fellow human beings mean anything to you? I mean, even a

scientist like you must value a human life. Certainly I value a human life.

That's why all life is sacred and worth savings.

And another thing. That spindle -toothed herd is probably the advance party for

the entire elephant population within hundreds of miles.

That's exactly why I need some time to study them. But time is on their side.

Don't you see that?

For instance, you know there are 20 ,000 elephants in the Northern Reserve

alone, and another 20 ,000 due west.

And they're moving closer, right towards us here.

Look, maybe we can divert them.

Divert them?

You're going to have a small -scale war in your hands.

You're going to have people and homes destroyed, crops ruined, other animal

species starved out. Simon, at least give me some time to try to find out

causing it all.

It's probably nothing more than a basic food supply problem.

All right, Marsh, you want some time, you've got it.

I'll give you 48 hours and that's it.

And I'll be preparing my campaign in the meantime.

I'm

afraid

Judy and I don't share your state of alarm.

Yes, yes, I know, Judy. Not all elephants are bad. Oh, come on, Marsh.

give me that.

Indian elephants aren't the problem right now.

Right over and out.

Any news, Ellie? I've dispatched every available Ascari unit to the village.

It's a miracle no one was killed, but many were injured.

I'd like you there too, Marsh, please, to help.

There's no time to waste.

Right.

Why, just last night they were celebrating the grain harvest.

Well, they've nothing to celebrate today.

Those marauders sacked the granary and finished off every last ounce of it.

Well, I guess you're right, Doctor.

It's basically a food supply problem.

Jack.

Yeah, he's coming around.

Toto, go get a sponge for his forehead.

Get away.

Get away fast.

You or I'll get killed.

Keep out of their way.

You'll get killed.

Sounds like they're all rushing off.

Keep out of their way.

You'll get killed.

Okay, Judy, go on.

Marsh, well, if you'll wait a bit, we can drive back together. I just have to

stop off at the depot for some supplies.

Supplies?

Weapons and ammunition.

Look, Simon, you gave me a time limit, and I'm not going to waste it by helping

you cart around guns and ammunition.

Judy, a straggler from the herd.

Maybe I can get my blood sample from him.

Yeah, I should put him to sleep for a little while.

Yes, I know, Judy, it's a light dose, but too much can kill him.

You wait here.

I'm going to have to work fast because that won't hold him very long.

No, thanks, Judy. No dark gun. If you want to kill a vulture, don't use the

price water.

What are you doing?

Trying to say March of that Elephant.

Thanks, Simon. I guess that's the second winning hand you've dealt me.

Second winning hand?

You can score it as three if you want to count the life of that rogue elephant

Judy scared off.

Judy?

Well, I'll tell you something.

It's a good thing you did scare him off.

Because you'd have never brought him down before he trampled me to death.

Well, in that case, Marsh, you better quit while you're ahead.

From now on, this game is for keeps.

And neither one of us may hold the winning card.

what we're up against and what our time limit is.

Yep, and your friend the colonel gets to play soldier again.

Jack, Simon Treadwell is probably one of the finest and bravest men I know.

Frankly, his ability for playing soldier I'm rather grateful for.

Well, I'm sorry, Marsh. I wasn't questioning his integrity.

Dad, it's how he wants to solve the problem.

A large -scale, useless slaughter of innocent...

Well, I know they're not innocent, what they did to you and to your uncle's

village, but they just don't know any better.

Well, maybe we should.

What do you mean?

Look, if it's a war the colonel wants to wage, there's more than one way to win

a war.

Oh?

What's that?

We just have to find out what caused a spindle -tooth herd to migrate to Romero

Reserve.

Otherwise, the Treadwell's going to destroy the entire place.

And all those who follow it.

Yeah, they're liable to wipe out every farm and village from here to the

southern mountain range.

Yes, that's where we've got to find out what caused their sudden change in

feeding habits.

Well, Dad, if we can, will we be able to reverse their migration?

Maybe, if we have time.

But we could be risking one arrow.

The alternative?

Same old thing.

Yeah, you destroy the one thing you fear instead of trying to understand it.

Jack.

Radio Ward and Douglas up in the Northern Reserve. See if you can find

anything about unusual occurrences, disturbances of any nature, you know.

I'll get a checklist started, too. All right.

Paula, will you put a complete serological chemical supply into my

All right, Dan.

Hey, Mike.

Huh? How do you feel? You feel up to it?

I think so, Marsh.

Oh, good. I, uh...

I'd sure appreciate it if you could go around to the surrounding villages and

tell them to throw all their grain and other supplies into deep pits.

Okay, no need to have any more bait around, huh? All right, I'll try and

sure of it, will you? Right.

Oh, boy.

I know those drums have sounded the alarm all over the place and probably

scaring half the population to death.

Well, calm their fears.

They'll believe a reliable witness like me and, uh, Clarence.

Dad, I put the supplies in the kit, the kit and the jeep in. Well, we're ready

to go, too.

I know, Paula, this is one I have to go on by myself.

I want you to stay here with Jack.

You keep Judy with you.

Jack.

What?

I don't know.

Come on, kid, we got work to do. What's bothering you?

I guess it's Dad.

I'd have to rush off with that blood analysis equipment.

Uh -huh.

Okay. Thanks a lot, Warden Douglas.

Out.

Jack, where's Marsh?

He's looking into the elephant situation.

His way.

How's Mike?

Mike?

He's doing some errands in a village.

He's up and about already, huh? He's pretty rugged. Not going to use a

of iron men like that during the North African campaign.

Well, let's not stand around beating our guns. We've got supplies to unload.

Hey, wait a minute. Supplies to unload here?

Colonel Treadwell's designated Romero as his command headquarters.

Oh, no, no.

Marshal, never go for that.

Now, look, fella, I'm not here to play games.

Well, I'm not here to let you turn a research center into a slaughterhouse.

Jack, we're mayors on government property, and the colonel's here on a

government assignment. Wait a minute, Hedley, wait a minute.

Listen, son, I'm not here to commandeer your facilities or interrupt your work.

I'm here to protect your compound and allow you to continue your studies.

But I've got a responsibility, too, and I can't let you interfere with it.

On the contrary, I'm going to need the cooperation and support of...

Each and every one of you.

Fine. You can try that line on the others.

But you can count me out.

Low down.

She's got the explosives. Hold it. Hold it.

Easy, girl.

Easy now. We'll let you help unload the supplies later. Now, you just put that

box down on the ground real gentle.

Real gently now.

That's a girl. Easy does it.

Hey.

That a girl.

Uh, could you tell me where I might find Paula?

Yeah, she's down by the large animal pens.

Thank you.

Mudok, how about you showing me the way, all right?

Easy, Homer.

Everything's going to be all right. You've got to eat.

If you don't eat, you're going to lose your hump. Now, how would you like that?

Now, come on.

In that case, I'm afraid it loses value as an animal.

If you're looking for my father, he's not here.

No, as a matter of fact, I was looking for you. My new friend, Modoc, was kind

enough to leave me to you.

Your friend?

Since when is any animal your friend, let alone an elephant?

Now, if you'll excuse me, Mr.

Colonel Treadwell, I'm very busy.

It's easy to see.

What's got into him?

And all the rest of the animals around here.

They get nervous around strangers.

Oh?

Big strangers?

From the north?

Do you mind, Paula?

That's it, Homer, baby.

That's it. You just relax, huh?

Now, you do have a surprising effect on animals, at least with Homer.

But if he only knew how valuable these animals are to Dad's work.

Mm -hmm. And his life.

You know, it was an animal something like Homer here that once saved your

life. And mine.

A camel?

Mm -hmm. During the war.

Our plane crash -landed and burned on the Sahara Desert.

Only your dad and I walked away from it.

Well, Dad never went into details.

Well, he was delirious or unconscious most of the time.

I carried him through that desert. I don't know how far.

When did you come across the camel?

We didn't.

He came across us.

It was almost as if he knew we were in trouble and wanted to help. I'd passed

out in that blistering heat. I don't know for how long.

And all of a sudden I felt something nudging me.

And I opened my eyes and I looked up.

And there was this face.

To me it was the most beautiful face I'd ever seen.

And you know that camel became our...

Sun shield by day and our transport by night.

If it weren't for the animals, you wouldn't be here to destroy thousands of

other animals. How can you speak of values?

I see the value of your father's work and his desire to preserve the

but you know, I value human life and property even more.

Just as an animal like Homer once saved your dad's life, there's one of those

elephants out there that almost took his life away.

I frightened the rogue with a rifle shot, but you get the point, don't you?

Oh, yes.

Twice your dad was in luck.

Twice I happen to be there to save his life.

And I'm very grateful.

So I'm here again, Paula.

Only this time the issues are larger.

It's a wider scale of values, not just a simple choice.

Not just your dad's life, but his life's work.

His compound.

Not just a hut or a small village, but villages for hundreds of miles around.

Not just a few other animals, but entire herds.

You see, your dad is torn between idealism and cold, hard reality.

And your highly emotional reaction to his problem is making his choice even

tougher. You know, you, more than anyone else, must convince him that he really

has no choice at all.

Try this again, only this time with a little more ammunition.

to wait for Mark any longer, huh?

Hey, fellas, come over here. I want to show you the plans.

Now, you're all familiar with this area.

Could I borrow a pencil, please?

Yeah, thank you.

Now, here's the movement of the enemy's advance force.

They started up here, moved on down, and attacked the village.

stopping at the waterhole first.

After the raid on the village, the herd dispersed as nearly as I can tell.

Now, we're going to need aerial reconnaissance to confirm position,

range, and possible rendezvous point.

In other words, you think the herd is going to keep heading south right

into Omero, huh? No, not directly.

I think they're going to regroup their forces and make another assault on the

village. They would attack my uncle's village again? But why?

They found a huge supply of provisions there the first time. They'll go after

food there again, but this time we're going to be ready for them.

We'll plant landmines at the approaches to the village.

Landmines near the village?

We can reduce the risk if we keep the villagers out of the area.

Now, our only other choice is the waterhole. The elephants will go there

because they probably drained all the others, as Marshall confirmed when he

back. But by planting landmines at the waterhole, we'll endanger other animals.

So we're going to plant them here, here.

And here.

Mike, I'm going to need you to recruit the villagers to help us set the

landmines, right?

Well, he's not in condition to go.

Well, he looks in pretty good shape to me. How about it, Mike?

I'm all right.

Mike, don't you think you should wait until Dad gets back?

I must warn my people about the explosives.

But, Mike... Uh, Paula, remember we discussed this. This is a personal

that each one of us has to decide.

All right, good.

We'll get started just as soon as you line up a spotter plane, and I've showed

you how to plant the mines.

Jack, if I could borrow your radio, I'll arrange for the aircraft.

Yes, sir, Hadley.

Look, Colonel, suppose instead we set up a fire break right along that same

perimeter. That would scare the animals away from the village, wouldn't it?

Now that's using your head.

Good thinking, Jack. That way the animals and the villagers won't be hurt.

quite.

We could use incendiary charges to set up a fire line that would trap the

elephants, cut off their escape route, and drive them right directly into the

minefields. Congratulations, Jack. You've got a good military mind.

Oh, Jack.

I was just trying to think of something to keep them from being slaughtered.

Judy, stop that.

Come on, young lady, you stop that.

What about that little ape trying to sabotage the war effort?

Well that didn't hurt, did it?

and lock. It's semi -automatic. Uh -huh.

Well, maybe a better way to get out into the bush to fire it.

The only experience I've ever had is with dark rifles.

Don't you worry about it. You'll get plenty of practice on stragglers from

herd. Mike!

You know what these are?

Hand grenades.

Hey, Mike, be careful!

It's all right, Paula. I have great respect for these. Besides, they cannot

explode until you pull this ring first.

Now, these little babies we treat with extreme caution at all times.

It's called a pressure -sensitive landmine.

And the slightest weight on it will set it off, even by dropping it.

These little devils are going to be our main line of defense against the enemy.

Hey, you're not going to pat one of those things here.

Don't you worry about it. I'm just demonstrating the correct procedure for

planting it. I haven't put a fuse in it yet.

There. See, Mike?

You leave the dirt real loose around the mine so the villagers can avoid them if

they do stumble into the minefields by accident, huh?

Hi, Marsh. We just completed our battle strategy.

So it seems.

Now, Paul, there's some samples in here I want you to run through the

centrifuge. Use a sulfate reagent. Okay.

Simon, I'm having some trouble arranging for this aircraft.

Will you come and talk to them?

Of course.

Jack, Mike, brief Marsh on our plans, huh?

Excuse me, Marsh. Yeah, sure.

Dad, Jack and Mike are going to help Colonel Treadwell destroy the herd.

Well...

Well, it was the only thing to do to save the compound and all.

So you believe that the herd will actually come right through here, huh?

Well, I did raid my uncle's village, and I promised to do something to help.

I see.

So you're going to go along with the colonel's plans?

It's the only thing to do.

All right, let's have it. What are you two up to?

Okay, Marsh.

You see, we both sort of had the same idea at the same time.

Couldn't fight him, so we join him.

And then fight him.

We agreed to help him.

But as you can see, I am in a very weak condition and cannot work fast.

Yeah, I just can't seem to get the hang of these super sophisticated weapons.

So you're going to deliberately sabotage his effort.

Hey, I think that's a marvelous idea. No, it isn't.

Why not?

Oh, Jack, my... That man up there has more honor and integrity than almost any

man I know.

Well, sure, we don't approve of his solution to the elephant problem because

tactics are extreme.

But we have to fight him back by proving him wrong, not by being underhanded.

Look, we owe it to him and we owe it to ourselves to be fair.

Be fair? This is war.

You know what's going to happen if we fight the war your way? We'll be signing

the death warrant for thousands of innocent animals out there.

And then what do we do?

Just sit around and watch the slaughter?

The colonel's arranging for air support. We should get cracking any minute.

Marshal, they filled you in on the plan?

Yes, yes, they did, and I'm afraid I objected.

What? Now, look here, Marshal. No, no, not to Treadwell's plans.

To theirs.

We were going to pitch in with them, Adderley.

Yes, but we were planning to pitch a no -hit game.

What on earth are you talking about?

Well, shall we just say they weren't planning on giving the colonel their

Sabotage his efforts.

This is very serious. Jack, Mike, is this true?

All right, look, suppose we say, Headley, that we're not going to play

little game at all.

I report for sick call, Sergeant.

We're not playing games.

Marsh, I know you'd have no part of this, and a research scientist, you and

Paula, are free to abstain entirely from this operation if you so wish.

But, gentlemen, you are under orders to assist in this emergency.

I'm terribly sorry, but it isn't up to me. That's why Treadwell was sent here.

You can't make me take part in this.

No, Mike, I'm afraid I can't.

And it hurts me to remind you that since you're a citizen of this country,

you'll be arrested and placed in jail, and there's nothing I can do about it.

Well, I don't want any part of it either, Hedley, and I am not a citizen.

Jack, you know the law.

You're here on a visitor's visa and work permit.

They'll be cancelled and you'll be deported immediately.

I hate to say it, chaps, but you have no choice.

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