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Thank you.

This is mighty neighborly of you folks. Nice of you to come over and visit Big

Joe Wonder.

Miss Jenner.

Miss Tracy.

Thank you.

Dr. All right. Oh, thank you.

Well, here's how.

There.

You know, most newcomers to a lander are looked upon as trespassers.

Well, not around here.

In addition to welcoming you, we'd also like to congratulate you.

Congratulate me?

Well, yes, for buying the old Tupper place here.

Oh, yes, of course. Well, of course, as you can see, it's not settled yet. It's

not ready for a housewarming or anything, but it will be fine, I'm sure.

yes, indeed.

You've certainly got a magnificent view from your body there.

Indeed so.

Some of the most magnificent herds still left in Africa.

Buffalo, mildew bees, zebra.

You know, that's one of the largest herds of eel we've seen in quite a

isn't it, Paul?

Yeah, the first migration of Impala, too.

Well, there's nothing left like that in Wyoming, and that's a fact.

Yeah, it certainly is.

And that's why we want to keep it that way.

Sir?

Yes, Jenny?

We don't like guns around here that shoot bullets.

Well, what difference is... Well, that's just a decoration, Jenny.

Mr. Wonder doesn't plan to use it.

Yes, Jenny, your father is right.

You see, in the old days in Wyoming, we used to use these against lily -livered

varmints. Lily -livered varmints?

There's no lily -livered varmints around here.

Are there, Dr. Torrey?

No, honey.

That's an expression for America's Old West.

But he has a gun just like they did.

Well, yes, Jenny. You see, this is my snake gun.

Snake gun?

In Wyoming, we have rattlesnakes.

Out here, I understand that you have cobras.

I never saw one.

But can we pretend there's one out there?

All right.

Let's pretend there are three out there.

Wow!

That's very impressive.

But do you realize you stampeded those animals?

They didn't go very far.

You see, but some of those are reserve animals. They don't know what shooting

all about.

Well, maybe it'd be good for them to get used to a little shooting. That way,

they'll learn how to protect themselves.

Poor Judy, you frightened her half to death.

I'm sorry, Judy. Now come on down here and I'll find you a banana.

Yes, please come down, Judy.

It was all my fault.

I'll never ask him to shoot that gun anymore.

Yes? Are you, uh, are you planning to put up some barbed wire fencing? Those

animals are free.

Oh, I know the animals are free, Doctor. But after all, a man has a right to

fence in his little spread.

All right, Judy, I'll go get it right now. If you folks will excuse me, I did

promise Judy a banana.

Are you mad at me?

Because I told him to shoot the gun?

No, honey, it was probably a good lesson for you.

No, I was just thinking about some lily -livered varmints of the Old West.

What?

They fenced in animals, too.

like that, don't you?

You know, you're getting gray.

Really?

I'm talking to Clarence, not to you.

I

know

what you're thinking, Dad.

But you're a very fair and tolerant man.

That so?

Why don't you give Mr. Wonder a chance?

You know, he does have a right to fence in his own little spread.

Yes. Yes, he does.

What if the others follow his example?

Well, they could fence off that whole migration.

And if they did, think what that would do to Mike's research for the

He's supposed to follow that migration by plane.

Don't you think you're borrowing trouble?

I hope not.

I really hope not.

Good afternoon.

Hey, Clarence, that isn't very nice.

This is Mr. Wonder, and he's our new neighbor.

Is that the affection train line I've heard about?

Oh, yes, that's grumpy old Clarence.

Well, then, that first growl wasn't for me.

I hope we can be friends, Clarence.

Is it all right to hand this to him? I think it's better if you know him first.

I'll do it.

Here you are, old boy.

Yes, a present for Mr. Wonder.

Yeah, how about that, huh?

Oh, you're gorgeous.

And this is for you, Miss Tracy.

For me?

Oh, that's beautiful.

Thank you, Mr. Wonder.

Glad you like it.

Well, that's very nice of you, Mr. Wonder.

Big Joe, please.

Beg your pardon?

Dr. Tracy in Wyoming, I was always known as Big Joe.

Now, certainly in Africa, I'd like to be known throughout Africa as Big Joe,

too. Especially to my friends.

All right, Big Joe it is.

I'm Marsh, and this is Paula.

Oh, that's fine. That's the way I like it.

Where's my little honey?

Your little honey?

Well, you must mean Jenny.

Are you sure it isn't Judy?

Oh, I have presents for both of them.

Well, they're all at the orphanage. I'll take you over there.

Lush, I'm going on to observe the migration. You know, I only have the

government plate for three more days. Yes, fine.

Mike, I'd like to have you meet Mr. Wonder, or rather, Big Joe. Mike

Mike, it's nice to know you. Thank you. I heard you when we began. Welcome to

Africa. Well, I'm surely glad to be here, that's for sure.

Mike is studying the migration of animals by air. You know, what grasses

eat, what water holes they prefer, etc.

Certainly sounds important.

We think so.

Excuse me.

Yes, sir.

Oh,

Judy, will you grow up?

of Greeks bearing gifts.

He's a Greek?

He bears gifts.

Thank you, sir, but I don't like guns anymore.

Oh, well, Jenny, it's a toy pistol. You see, it shoots water.

Watch, I'll fill it.

Judy and Jenny are still upset about the gun.

I know I feel very thoughtful having scared them when I first met them.

Jenny, you try this. It's worth the water.

I thought maybe a toy pistol would erase a bad first impression.

Very thoughtful.

with water.

Toto also likes to be squirted by the elephant.

She'll probably think this is a mini -bath.

I've got something for you too, Judy, honey.

Here we are.

Did you get the leopard picture? Yeah, I got the picture.

Joe! Big Joe!

You remember me, Bart Jason, knocking you on?

Jason? Bart Jason, certainly. Yeah, I was your guide.

Marsh, I gotta tell you, this moose can shoot straighter than any man I've ever

had on safari.

Oh, well, then you know our neighbor, huh?

Neighbor? Yes, while you were away, Big Joe bought the copper ranch.

Hey, that's great. Neighbor.

Marsh, I gotta tell you, a born hunter, that's Big Joe.

Hey, you fell in love with Africa and had to come back, right?

Well, something like that, certainly.

Now, if you folks will pardon me, I'll have to get back to spread. Paula, would

you see that Judy gets those?

Of course.

Bye, Jenny.

Goodbye.

I'll see you to your truck.

Oh, it's not necessary. Oh, I'd like to. I'd like to, neighbor.

He's one of the good guys.

You know, you never mentioned that you'd been to Africa before.

I didn't?

Oh, most people usually do, especially the hunters. You know, they fall in love

with the place and want to return.

Okay, Jenny.

Thank you.

So long, Marsh.

Mr.

Wonder, those gifts, I mean, that was very thoughtful of you, but somehow I

a feeling you're after something.

Marsh, let me tell you something.

When a man is no longer after something, he might just as well pull the turf up

over him and say goodnight.

I'll see you.

It's only a toy, and it shoots water.

Take it.

Paula, what am I going to do with her?

She'll never learn how to play cowboys with me.

Take it, Judy. Now you shoot it this time.

Jenny, she's still reacting out of fear.

It's the second primate emotion to develop.

I'm not interested in experiments.

I want to just play cowboys.

Man -teaching animal to use a gun?

Oh, Dad, it's only a water pistol.

Jenny, why don't you toss the gun away and let's see what Judy will do.

Isn't that interesting?

Now Judy's expressing the first primate emotion, affection.

Gratitude because Jenny threw away the gun.

Paula, this is one part of your experiment that I'm not too enthusiastic

Dad, you're worrying too much.

Calling Romero.

Well, would you grab that? Of course.

Dr. I make her stop.

She just loves you, honey.

I think she still associates this gun with the gun of Mr.

Wonder and the frightening sound it made when he shot it, remember?

Honey, I know how much you enjoy playing cowboy.

Yes, sir.

But since your pal Judy doesn't seem to enjoy it, I think it's only fair that

you hang up your gun belt, huh, partner? But I just got it, and I haven't shot a

little liver vomit except Toto.

At least Toto knows how to play cowboy.

Yes, well, Calamity Jane, I hate to do this, but you just shot your last lily

-livered varmint, and I'm asking you to hang up your shooting iron, ma 'am.

All right, I'll tell Dad.

Thanks for calling, Hedley.

Jay, I know you don't like this.

We won't like this either.

Won't like what?

Well, Hedley just called and Mr. Wonder's taken out a license for a

lodge.

He's also secretly bought up farms bordering the reserve.

And so?

And fencing them in, too.

Where are you going?

I'm going to visit a neighbor.

No, you have every legal right to open a hunting lodge.

But I'm telling you, this fence is going to cause untold damage to animals, to

the land, even Africa.

You would actually fence off animals to be shot.

Let me ask you something.

Would you fence animals in for controlled breeding?

I fail to see your point.

I'm fencing them in for controlled killing.

Controlled killing, huh?

Exactly. I plan to select the animals my paying customers will shoot.

I'll pick from the old, the infirm, the diseased, and the rogues.

That way I'll ensure the survival of the fittest.

Now, there's a lot to be said for natural selection living free.

Point. We're both after the same thing.

Healthy animals preserved from extinction.

That's so.

Well, Big John...

I cabled a scientist friend of mine at the University of Wyoming.

And I received this information.

You failed as a rancher.

So you opened your land to a hunt club.

Because nature's animals were your best crop.

Well, you shot out your land.

After that, you came to Africa.

Because this is the last of the great happy hunting grounds for a money -happy

opportunist. Are you through?

For the moment.

I thought we two could live together.

We don't inhabit the same world.

I say, Big Joe, let's get going, shall we?

I'll be right with you, Mr. Radcliffe.

Well, can't keep my first paying customer waiting, can I?

The hunt begins.

Mr. Radcliffe. Yes, Big Joe.

Why don't you sharpen your eye with something for the pot?

Now that sounds like a good idea.

Like what?

You see the buck impala under those acacia trees?

Now, not the leader, the little fella.

Probably the runt of the herd.

If you don't get him, a lion will.

Let's wait it out and get a good trophy.

What's all that about?

Showdown at Womeru.

Marsh,

how'd he go?

Not good.

The fence is nearly finished and the first hunter has already arrived.

Oh, well, poor defenseless animal.

Yes, but Big Joe justifies it all, at least to himself.

But not to us.

Dad, you're going to have to do something.

What?

All right, so we don't see eye to eye, but the fence is still legal.

Dr. Torrey.

Yes, honey?

And this book.

I took it from your library.

Oh, what book is that?

How the West Was.

I hope it's all right to look at it.

Oh, yes, of course, honey. I want you to use my library.

Thanks. It says when people put up their fences, then you'll with.

Other people cut them down.

That's true.

You see, they were called fence cutters.

Mm -hmm.

Why don't you and Officer Hedley cut down the fences and let the animals go

free?

Well, I'm afraid they're oversimplifying here, honey.

Officer Hedley and I can't cut down the fence.

But why doesn't Mike and Bart do it like these men did?

Well, Jenny, we don't want to start a range war.

And as responsible adults, hopefully we've grown beyond that.

Responsible adults?

Well, yes. I mean, you see, when a man's over 21, that means he's responsible

for his own actions towards others.

But you're all men.

And men are supposed to take care of women, children, and animals.

Well, you have a very good point there.

But let me try.

Look. We men are bound by law not to cut that fanny, even though we

dearly love to.

But the poor animals, they'll all be dead.

Some of them will.

Headley, let's radio the Minister of Wildlife and Natural Resources.

That's a very good idea.

Can you stop the shooting now?

No, it is going to take time.

Tonight?

No, not tonight.

Tomorrow?

Jenny.

Oh, that's my girl.

I'm very proud of your concern for the animals.

But, honey, try to understand why we can't cut the fence.

I understand why you can't cut it.

Good girl.

Come on, Eddie. Let's go out and minister.

All right.

That's right, Ginny.

And how old is Judy?

Judy's five.

And how old is Modoc?

Modoc?

Oh, um, 60.

Then she can't go.

That's right, Jenny.

And how old is Judy?

Judy, she's five.

And how old is Toto?

Toto's only three.

And how old is Margie?

Margie's nine going on ten.

Aren't you glad we're not growing up?

Come on, Judy, let's go.

You hear something?

As a matter of fact, I do.

You stay here. I'm going to check on him.

Hold it right there!

I'll beat you, hombres.

I'll do the talking.

What

is

going on here?

Cut my fence. All the animals are going to be all over... You little... Come

back here, Jenny.

Jenny, come back here.

All right, then. I'll come and get you.

He's eight.

Oh, it's you, Clarence.

All right, Jenny, come on. Let's go home.

Yes, sir, it's quite a band of vigilantes you rounded up here, Jenny.

Thank you. I know, I know, I know. And as minors, you are not subject to adult

laws.

But I'm afraid that's not totally true.

As minors, you are responsible to us adults.

Mr. Me, Paula, Hedley, Bart, Mike.

And for your information, young lady, Mr. Joe Wonder had every right to shoot

Clarence or any of the other animals here.

As a matter of fact, Mr.

Wonder...

Judy,

Mr. Wonder may be wrong in your opinion, but he is legally right.

Now, Jenny, let me tell you what Mr. Wonder said.

He said, and this really concerns me, that if any of our animals show up on

property again, they'll be shot.

Now, do you understand?

And he's legally right.

So if any of you go back there again, you're going to get your animal friends

here shot.

All right, Judy, that's enough out of you.

I have a plane to catch.

Mr. Radcliffe, this is the ironical side of Africa. One day, as far as you can

see, animals.

The next day... But we're paying for his results, isn't that right?

It seems the animals have wandered onto the reserve. I don't... You boys

wait right here.

I'll get you your animals.

Far end of the reserve near the swamp area.

Let's go.

Move up here! Move up! Get out of here!

Big Joe.

You know what fire means out here? What you've done to these animals?

Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it.

Hold it, hold it.

It isn't a fire.

It isn't.

Oh, don't apologize, young fellow.

Kind of enjoyed the workout.

Now he's just burning tires and oil back there.

So you can drive the animals across the reserve into your shooting fence, right,

Mr. Wonder?

That's great.

Marsh, you never hear me out.

The fact is, my clients have been complaining about the insects at night.

Now, since these are the breeding grounds, there's nothing illegal about

pots. You should be thanking me.

Marsh.

I'm not going to fail here, too.

Paula, get in touch with Mike.

He's up there somewhere on the plane.

All right, Bart, but why?

Big Joe started the herds moving toward his hunters.

Maybe Mike can turn him.

I got you.

Mike, this is Paula.

Come in, please.

Mike, this is Paula. Do you read me?

They've been running, gentlemen.

Wait till they get to the river to drink.

And select your trophy.

We all fire together.

Right? Let's go.

That guy must be crazy.

Elephants.

Elephants.

There's a whole family of them.

The one in the middle, the big bull carrying all the ivory.

That's mine.

You some kind of a nut or something?

I wasn't too surprised when a child, Judy, Toto, and the other sub -teens

decided to cut the fence, but you were all supposed to be responsible adults.

Bart, you had to start a fight, and then you set this whole thing in motion

before you even had the facts. And Paula, you were aware that you were

the channel when you guided Mike over private property.

And Mike, you knew darn well that your act was an invasion of privacy.

I thought I'd take an animal count.

At eight feet off the deck?

And in the government airplane?

Dad, some of those animals belong to the reserve. Now, you can't let this Mr.

Big Joe wonder go around murdering all the animals.

Hadley and I are taking steps.

He's making a personal appeal to the minister.

Well, Big Joe says that anyone, no matter who, man or animal, that

for real trouble.

So that means stay away.

No more cockeyed schemes. Is that clear?

Now, if you get any good ideas, let me know.

No, huh?

No.

The minister says his hands are tied, too.

Mr. Wonder is currently leaving.

But he's morally wrong.

Dad, you know that. Yes, I know. Well,

I guess I'd better go to Nagoro and make a last -ditch try.

But I'm afraid Mr.

Wonder can't be stopped.

Well, good luck, old boy.

Paula, Mike, come with me.

Dr. Torrey?

Yes, honey?

If there's only one man, why can't he be stopped before he has all the animals

killed? Well, Jenny, I've tried to explain. You see, things

aren't the same as they were in the old West anymore, where a man meets a man on

the street with a gun to settle their differences.

No, I think there are far too many guns in the world right now anyway.

No, I just have to do it. Some other way.

I understand.

Poor duck pie.

Good luck, Dad.

Thanks, Ellie.

I just saw Judy heading towards Wonder's place.

Judy? With your water pistol.

My water pistol?

Oh, brother.

Well, she's gone and done it since the men of Wilmero won't do anything about

Mr. Joe Wonder.

Judy's accepted the challenge.

Thanks, Ellie.

Jump in. Yeah, this proves a third primate emotion. Affection, fear, now

aggression.

The protective instinct in the female ape is very strong.

I know, I know. She took man's tool, the gun, to protect her friends from

outsiders.

Paula, you are not making things any better.

Oh, I feel just awful.

Jenny, why should you? Because if anything happens to Judy, I'm

her. And I taught her how to use that gun.

Paula, keep Jenny back.

Be careful, Dad. This is all my fault.

Now, Judy, put that thing down before you shoot somebody or...

No,

Jenny.

You stay covered, Big Joe. I'm going to try to get that gun away from her before

she hurts herself.

No, Marsh.

I started this. I'm going to finish it.

I'll give you the banana.

You give me the gun.

Fair trade?

Mm -hmm.

You know, you took quite a chance there.

Wait a minute, wait a minute. Did you get hit?

Oh, Paula, get my bag.

I'm sorry.

It's nothing, just a flesh wound, a ricochet.

Yeah, you sure got creased there all right. Does it burn?

It hurts pretty good.

Matter of fact, I know how those animals feel now.

In fact, I think I was turning into one before I met you folks.

Are you going to be all right?

I'm going to be fine, little sweetheart, better than ever before.

Hey.

One of the first things I'm going to do is rip out those

fences out there.

I'll tell you one thing for certain.

You'll have a lot of help.

And the animals of Africa will be very grateful for your decision.

Well, in the sense of it, just how much arm twisting can one man take?

Well, at least this will take the burn out.

You know, Big Joe, you have a great potential here on your spread.

Bart can bring you his clients to photograph the animals.

I'll bet you'll have your lodge filled in no time.

With people doing their hunting with a camera.

Yes.

You know something, Marsh?

The light went on for me when I saw an ape come over and pick up a gun.

Sort of like a commentary on man's own folly.

Now, as conservator of this area, I'd like to entrust these two guns to you to

destroy.

It'll be my pleasure.

Thank you.

A showdown.

Except they're not armed.

And downright friendly.

Judy, my friend.

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