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Thank you.

Be quick with that.

Well, this should cut the smell down.

Tell you what.

Supposing we start off our little experiment on Clarence.

Okay. Effect.

Liquid elephant scent.

Test animal.

Namely, Clarence.

Oh, you better make a note that it's African elephant scent.

Clarence is used to our Indian elephant scents with Margie and Modoc being

around. Right, sir. Duly noted.

Now all we have to see is if Clarence thinks it's a real African elephant.

All righty, Judy. Come on. Give me the little baby elephant.

All righty. Now all we're going to do is just douse this thoroughly.

All right. Plush elephant thoroughly doused with liquid African elephant

Right.

Now. Yeah, Clarence reacts to this.

All right, Clarence, old boy.

Let's see how you feel about this.

Wow.

Like Paul beating a hasty retreat.

He sure acted like it was a rogue African elephant, all right.

Well, now all I have to do is test this a little further.

It should work.

Because the one animal every other animal fears is an African elephant.

Yeah, but if it does work, it should help the native villages fight against

their cattle lost by predators, right?

Right. If a lion or a leopard comes close enough for a kill, instead of

a rat, they smell a rogue elephant and take off.

You're a very clever sorcerer, Dr. Perry.

Let's go try it on some of our compound animals, all right?

Oh, Judy, go and get our little baby boys, will you? Come on.

Judy, I know it smells like an elephant, but it's just an experimental toy.

Hey, Judy, bring the thing along and we'll explain the whole idea later.

Come on.

See, McGuire?

Another prank thrown into a double knot.

It must be very soon now.

Jumbo, Chief.

Jumbo.

I'm Chief Wallow.

My medicine man and friend, Magaya.

I'm proud to meet you both. I'm Mike McCooler from the Womeru Center.

You're from a northern territory, aren't you?

Upanga, perhaps?

Oh, no.

Lingua.

200 miles distant.

Lingua, huh?

My grandfather told me remarkable stories about your tribe.

especially one about a famous chief of many years ago.

Of course, the legend of the Great One.

Oh, no, not a legend, my son.

The truth.

The Great One was truly the greatest leader in all of Africa.

When the Great One was our chief, our tribe had great herds of cattle.

Now, our cattle are almost gone.

We are poor and weak.

There's no future.

with a proud past.

Well, there's more to the legend, isn't there? On his deathbed, the Great One

promised that he would return to us again.

In the form of an animal of the jungle.

Yes, as courageous and as cunning as he was.

Do you know that the Great One once killed a mighty rhino with one powerful

with his hand knife?

That is why we have traveled so far to seek him.

The stars.

The signs foretell that we will find the Great One today.

Is that so?

Chief, you've heard of the Daktari at Womero?

Oh, every tribe has heard of the good works of the famous Daktari.

A friend of men and animals alike.

Good. The Womero Center is right down this road. Go there.

Daktari will give you food and supplies for your journey home.

After you find the Great One, of course.

Very kind of you, Mr. McCullough.

We're very grateful to you for your help.

Oh, and I would suggest that you stick to the roads.

A dangerous animal sometimes prowl this bush area.

Thank you.

But we must follow the signs and our destiny wherever they may lead us.

Besides, it is written that the Great One will save the lives of all of those

who seek him.

So we gladly, gladly welcome danger.

Well?

Good luck.

Well, that's it, Marsh. A positive reaction from every animal on the

Yes, but so far it's still an experiment.

Here's some coffee.

Oh, good. I'd like to do some.

Yeah, me too.

Well, Jack, I think it's about time we try this out in the bush, don't you?

Sounds fine, but how do we do it?

Well, first you find a subject that's afraid of just about everything.

Then we douse this subject with the elephant scent.

Place the subject where there are a lot of predators around.

Then with a movie camera, we record what happens.

Here you are.

Thank you. Thank you.

Well, that's quite something. Movies and everything.

Looks like we're going to create an animal star.

Oh, Jack, you make it sound so theatrical.

Well, if the experiment is a success, it should receive a lot of notice in

scientific circles.

Sure, with those movies and the pictures and all the papers, that animal is

going to be famous.

Hey, you two, why don't you go up to the house and get me some sweet rolls?

Go on.

You keep referring to this as an experiment, which means it hasn't been

perfected. Something could go wrong.

Oh, no, I don't think so.

Besides, Jack and I will be right there with dart rifles.

Well, do you think that the elephant scent could cause a leopard or a lion to

attack your subject?

No, no.

Because I don't know of any animal that will ever attack a rogue elephant.

Dad. Hmm?

Is the subject going to be Judy?

He is.

I mean, she's the only one with enough intelligence to make the experiment a

success. Oh, honey, the dangers are minimal.

In the last words, the experiment was a success.

Oh, yes, the subject died.

But for a noble cause.

No, Judy, not Toto, just you.

Yes, I know that Toto's your friend.

Toto's just too small.

Judy, we like Toto just as much as you do, but she's just playing too much of a

shrimp to be a proper hero.

So you are going to be our star, the sole center of attention, right?

Come on, Toto.

Beat it.

Get lost.

Dad, the university at Nagoro is on the radio. They want to discuss with you the

new vaccine.

They said it's very important.

Oh, okay. I'll be right there. Oh, Jack, do you want to grab those notes?

Yeah, sure.

First, we select a subject that will run from just about everything.

Then we douse the subject with the elephant scent, place the subject with a

of predators around, and then with the movie camera, we'll record what happens.

Judy, we like Toto just as much as you do, but she's just playing too much of a

shrimp to be a proper hero.

That's great. Something, movies and everything, will create an animal star.

With the movies and the pictures and the papers everywhere, that animal is going

to be famous.

Come on, Toto.

Beat it.

Get lost.

We can't smell this.

But to every other animal, you're going to smell like the toughest rogue

elephant that ever was.

Hey, don't worry, Judy.

We're going to be with you all the time. No matter what happens, you will never

be alone.

be, Morris.

Been in this spot for over an hour now.

Jack, this should be a productive area.

Hi, Morris.

Jack. Mike.

Any action?

No, not a doggone thing. Oh, Morris, we may have company for dinner.

Really? Who? An old chief and his medicine man from Lungoa up north.

I'll tell you about them later. They're not too far from us now.

Fine, fine.

Well, let's see if we can't get this show on the road.

Hang on, Larry.

All right, Judy. Now, come here. Come on. Come on over here.

Now, look, Judy. We're right smack on the path to the waterhole.

We should get some action soon.

Judy, look, there's nothing to be frightened of. We're all right here with

see?

Just don't panic.

Okay, okay.

It's all right.

Nothing's going to hurt you.

Don't be frightened, young lady.

You know,

she can't be more than a couple years old.

That's kind of strange.

Chimps never abandon their young.

She must be an orphan.

I think you're right. I don't see any others around.

You know, she could use a little food, too.

I'll tell you what.

Take her on back to the compound, feed her, and check her over.

Don't you need us here?

No, I'm convinced the less humans sent around, the better.

We'll go check out that leopard area.

We'll see you all later.

Right.

Toto?

Toto?

Toto, where are you?

Where'd that little imp go?

Well, Clarence, I hope your friend Toto has enough sense to stay out of trouble

today.

Ludwig will devour it. We must rescue her.

That's Leopard.

He's on to something.

Come on, stay close. Come on.

Did you see, Magaya?

Did you see?

Yes, Chief, I did see.

The Great One was courageous to make the fierce leopard run.

And cunning, too.

Magaya, our search has ended.

We have found the Great One.

Toto, I heard a leopard.

Well, so the leopard was after you, huh?

There was a leopard.

But the great one made him run.

Yes, Eddie, I'm Dr. Tracy from Romero. Oh, yes, the famous Dr. Terry.

I am Chief Wallow.

This is my medicine man, my friend, McGuire.

Well, Jumbo McGuire.

Jumbo.

Well, I see you've met Toto.

No, this is Judy, another member of Romero.

You know...

For the life of me, I can't figure out how Toto got here or why.

But I am certainly in your debt for saving Toto from that leopard.

Oh, no.

It was the other way around.

It was she that saved us.

Oh.

Well, Chief, I imagine you're rather tired from your long journey.

Why don't you and Magaya come and stay with us for a while at Romero? It's not

far from here. Well, since our mission is completed.

One day's rest would be fitting, but no more.

I must hasten back to my village and bring the news of our pilgrimage.

Now, after many years of despair,

the Great One will bring us joy.

He must be returned soon.

By the Great One, you... You don't mean our little Toto, do you? All the signs

say that we will find him today.

The omens never lie.

The Great One saved the life of Chief Warlow when his foot was caught here.

The Great One was courageous.

The Great One was cunning, as he said he would be.

I see.

On the way back to Romero, I'd like to hear more about the Great One.

Are you all right, Chief? Can I give you a hand?

Oh, thanks to the Great One.

I can make it, I'm sure.

like that, huh?

There you go.

Hi, Paula.

Oh, hi, Mike.

Well, didn't take long for our little orphan to make himself at home, did it?

About an hour.

You know, what he really needs is a name. A name.

Well, let's see.

How about, uh, Chowhound?

Oh, silly. He needs something more dignified than that.

Oh.

Well, I met two men today from a place that sounds very dignified.

Lingoa. How about that? Little Lingoa.

Little Lingoa. Yeah, I like that.

Good. You like that?

Oh, I forgot. Marsh called in. The Lingoans will be here for dinner.

Thanks a lot. Now you tell me.

You feed little Lingoa while I rustle up a decent dinner for them.

a new leader.

Chief,

this is not your great one. This is merely our pet chimp, Toto.

You should know the signs.

The great one promised that he would return in the form of an animal.

Yes, as courageous and as cunning as he once was.

This might have been your pet yesterday, but today, Doctor,

Toto has inherited the spirit of the Great One.

Chief, I can appreciate and understand your feelings, but please let me try to

make one thing clear.

Toto cannot help your people.

Dad, what about that little orphan chimp? We've already named her Little

The boys have her up in the nursery and checking her over.

Yes, Chief.

Why don't you take Lingoa? Now, she's going to grow up to be a nice, healthy

chimp like Judy and Toto.

We do not want to play a thing.

We are men, not children.

And the Great One is our true leader.

But don't you understand? Toto is just an ordinary chimp.

Aren't you, Toto?

You're wrong, daughter of Dectary.

You were not there.

The Great One made the leopard run.

A supreme act of daring.

Well, that's just what it looked like, Chief.

There must have been some other reason that made that leopard run. It certainly

wasn't Toto.

have been our scent.

We were close by, Judy and I.

Chief, would you tell me the story about the rhino, the one you told Dad?

Oh, that was one of the greatest moments in the history of our tribe.

The great one killed a mighty rhino with one stroke of his hand knife.

It is said that all the rhinos know when the great one will return.

When he appears before them, they will tremble in fear.

And the great one...

We'll make the rhino run.

Then we know that he is truly retired.

Well, Chief, your tribal legends are charming, but they just don't match up

the facts.

Hector, we don't expect you to believe.

You're a stranger from a far, far land.

But we know that the Great One will change the entire course of the history

our village.

That is why she must return with us.

No, Magaia.

Toto must stay where she belongs.

Yes.

Where she belongs.

Chief, you and Magaia are most welcome to our guest room tonight.

Oh, no, thank you.

Will you sleep under the stars?

Dr. Terry, until tomorrow.

And thank you very much for a very fine meal, Miss Tracy.

You're quite welcome, Chief.

Would it be all right if we kept the great Toto with us for tonight?

Well, yes, that would be all right.

Thank you.

Well, speaking of the great one, I'm going to start some new tests with Judy

the elephant scent first thing next week.

Do we have to douse her anymore?

No, it lasts for about a month.

MacGyver, Dr. Harry is noted for saying only the truth.

Could we be wrong?

Every sign predicted that the Great One would come to us today.

With my own eyes, I saw him chase the fierce leopard as if it were a

kitten. I saw it too.

But it could have been, as Dr. Harry has said.

Could be an accident.

My chief, I do not doubt.

Let me prove it to you once more.

How?

We will have the Great One show us his courage once again with that lion.

Did you see the courage?

Even the mighty lion is afraid of the great one.

Is there any doubt?

None.

You are really the great one.

Tomorrow, little friend, you will show the rhino you have returned.

And then you will make him tremble with fear and run.

Let's go and prepare the great one for his final ordeal.

Well, young lady, you seem healthy and well -adjusted to your new environment.

And how many of us can say that, huh?

Dad, I can't find her anyplace.

Find who?

Toto. She's gone.

Judy, do you know where Toto is?

Marsh, Chief Walloo and Guy are gone. There's no sign they spent the night.

They skipped out.

Yeah, and took the great one with them.

What are we going to do?

I'll tell you what we're going to do. We're going to go after them, find Toto,

and bring her back by force if necessary.

I don't think it'll come to that.

Jack, you and Mike cover the area where you first found them.

All right.

Pauline, get on the radio and alert Hedley.

Okay. I'm going to take Judy and cover the Kaluba Plains area.

Kaluba Plains? You think they're looking for rhinos?

Yes.

Dad, if they take Toto out there to face those rhinos, what chance is she going

to have?

No chance at all if we don't find her.

Come on, we've got to get going.

Come on, little one.

will provoke a rhino attack.

Oh, yes, great one.

You will protect us.

will be just as brave, too.

Dr. Harris, you saw?

Did you ever see a rhino run like that?

It was as if the mighty elephant was charging after him. I saw it all right.

I must say it's incredible, but there must be some logical explanation.

I've already given you the answer.

The Dr. Harris saw what I have.

What the Great One has done to stay.

Are we watching another accident?

Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute.

You know something?

It just might be another accident.

The Great One has just humiliated her worst enemy.

And you say it was an accident?

Chief?

You see that rhino that just ran?

See him?

Well, please, take my word for it.

That is not an enemy.

That happens to be Orville.

He's a former patient and an old friend of Romero's.

He's probably the tamest animal on the reserve.

Your stories are almost as charming as those of our village.

McGuire, I deserve that, and don't blame me for being skeptical.

But what you both saw with your own eyes has deceived you.

Each time you speak, I'm certain you cause me to wonder.

Chief, I just want you to see the truth of the matter.

You both have just lost faith in your abilities.

But we believe that the Great One will show us the way. I know you do, and I

respect that belief. But you're looking in the wrong place for your Great One.

If I could just prove to you that Toto...

Judy, bring Toto. We're leaving.

Look, will you both come back with me to where the leopard first attacked?

I think I can tell you another kind of courage.

Now look, Judy, I'm going to need your help to prove that you have more courage

than Toto. Then maybe Chief Whirlwind Maguire will believe us.

I'm going to put you in a spot where that leopard can't possibly help but see

you.

It's all right, Judy. That leopard will run away as soon as he smells that

elephant scent.

Oh, Judy, you can trust me.

That leopard will not attack you.

You get back in the truck.

Judy, come on.

All right, Judy, come on. Get up here.

Now, listen, Judy.

I can just feel him watching us.

So whatever you do now, don't panic.

Look, I'm counting on you.

And you won't let me down, will you?

All right. Good girl.

Judy, you can trust me. That leopard will not attack you.

That leopard's not going to run.

We must help Judy.

What a warrior can do.

Didn't we, Jerry?

Dr. Harry, where's that new courage you were going to show me?

Well, what I had in mind, Chief Warlow, didn't quite work out.

Chief Warlow, you just showed me the other kind of courage.

Even the great one couldn't have done better, because that was one of the

bravest acts I've ever seen. It's been a long time.

Since I hunted boldly, the Great One has passed his courage on to me.

My chief has become the brave warrior of his youth.

Well done, Warlu.

And now, we'll take the Great One and leave. No longer will my people have to

live like a frightened lamb.

Instead, they'll be brave as a lion.

As mighty as the elephant.

As mighty as the elephant.

Elephant.

Judy.

Judy, you and I are going to have a little chat.

You don't have any elephant scent on you, do you?

Somehow or another, you manage to put it on Toto, and Toto knows it, doesn't

she?

And that's why she seems so brave, and that's why the leopard almost got you,

young lady.

Well, I imagine after this little experience, you won't interfere with my

experiments again, will you?

Chief Warlow, if you and Magaya will come back to O'Mara with me, I think I

prove once and for all that Toto is not your great one.

And if you should fail?

Well, you can take Toto back to your village.

And already I'm sorry I asked. Mike, look, I want you to give Toto here a

scrubbing. The water temperature's just right.

And Jack, take Little and Goa and douse her thoroughly with that elephant scent.

I'll be back and pick them both up later.

Hey, wait.

May we ask what you're up to? Yeah, after it works.

If it works.

All right, you two. Here we go.

Toto, you take Little and Goa. Oh, sure.

And Toto, you sit right down there.

Now, is the bacteria ready to prove the truth?

Yes, Chief, but, um... Well, first I'd like to ask you a question.

About the Great One and the rhino.

Did your grandfather actually see it happen?

Now, think back, Chief.

Did he say he actually saw the Great One kill the rhino?

That was such a long time ago.

Oh, I... recall, my grandfather told me that he heard of the

feat through the village storyteller.

The storyteller? Mm -hmm.

Chief Warlow, have you ever fought a rhino? Oh, no, Dr. Harry.

No single warrior would do anything like that.

Chief Warlow, don't you understand what Dad's driving at?

I'm not sure what Dr. Harry wishes me to know.

Well, it's simply this.

If a warrior were to kill a rhino with just his hand knife, that rhino would

have to be sick or dying or perhaps even dead.

As that terrorist speaks, you make new pictures in one's mind.

Well, I'm sure your great one had great courage and great strength.

But today, Chief Worlow, you showed me great courage and great strength also.

No, I believe you're right. I believe you have found the great one.

But it's not little Toto.

All right, Toto.

Since you think you're so great, you just come on along with me.

Okay, Toto.

Chase Clarence away if you're so feared. Go on. The line will run just as it did

before.

In fact, little then go on.

The Great One.

Who is he?

A man who fiercely pursued a leopard with only a spear.

You mean Warloo?

Yes, it is Warloo.

It is you too, Magaia. It is everyone in your village.

You mean the Great One is in us all?

And this is the lesson I must take back and teach my tribe?

Yes, Chief Warloo. This is the lesson you must take back and teach to your

tribe.

And once again, they'll have pride.

And with hard work, your village will soon be thriving once more.

Perhaps the signs were true.

Perhaps we did find a great one today, McGuire.

Let us hope so.

McGuire, I see that one of your experiments is getting a result you did

intend.

understand. Is it some kind of magic?

I believe you now.

Toto, you're no longer the great one.

But how was he able to get in?

Well, it wasn't magic.

It was science.

See this little bottle? Well, it's filled with elephant scent.

Now, Toto somehow happened to get some on.

Well, that's what scared all the animals away.

Well, we washed Toto up.

and put some of it on Lingoa.

You saw for yourself.

Thank you.

We have learned many good and wonderful things today.

We will return to our tribe and pass on the message that you bring us.

Well, come on over here.

Chief Warlow, why don't you take little Lingoa with you?

That elephant scent will last for about a month, but by then your people have

learned how to...

Work for themselves and they won't have to rely on magic or science to be brave.

Then little Ingoa can be your mascot.

Yes.

Yes, she can be your good luck piece.

The symbol of your new courage.

Oh, no, not new.

Old courage.

Courage that was lost.

Now we've found it again.

Thanks to you.