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I don't know.

Take it easy, boy.

You're in friendly hands now.

Jack, this is no time for experimenting.

He doesn't recognize you or any of us.

Get in the truck.

Don't give me any of your bad talk.

You heard me. Get in the truck and hurry.

Judy seems to recognize him, so there's a good chance that he'll recognize her

and us.

Jack, he was loose in the bush and turned killer. You know he attacked that

witch doctor of the Nyeri tribe?

We have orders to stop him.

Yeah, I know, but he was at the compound for over a month after he had that

spear wound, and when he left, he was just as tame as Clarence. We can dart

without any trouble.

Yeah, I know, Paula, but maybe we won't have to. Let me just try to calm him

down a little bit, huh?

He's hungry and frightened. He'll attack.

He's reverted, Jack.

What little I know about animal psychology tells me you can't be that

Okay, Bombo boy, take it easy, fella. We're going to take you back to the

compound.

What did you do that for?

To keep you from getting mauled.

realize what I was trying to prove?

That you were stubborn.

Well,

he's out cold.

Paula, radio Marsh and tell him to have the new cage ready. Tell him we're

bringing Bombo in right now.

Well, can't we stay and look for Prince and Serang? They've been gone for two

days.

Serang is a stranger to the bush, but Prince is a smart dog. He'll sniff his

home. Yeah, Paula, they always came back before.

This is Sergeant Kayunga. Bombo the lion has been captured and is being held at

the Wamero compound.

Well, Bombo, old boy, I think you should sleep for a little while longer yet.

Okay, Gene.

Hey, uh... Hey, Warden, how about letting us out of here, huh?

This new cage is like a bank vault.

Well, at least it's duty proof.

For once, you can't help your friends escape.

You got all my reports in there?

Yes, Dad.

I should be back by nightfall. I'm just going to see the Commissioner of Health,

the editor of the Science Quarterly.

Okay, I'll get you a thermos of coffee for your trip. Oh, good, thanks.

Well, here's my paper for the quarterly.

Studies on human -to -animal rapport by Jack Dane. Ready to submit it now, huh?

Well, yeah, I think my theory makes sense. Oh, it makes sense, but at the

it's just a hypothesis.

We've got to have valid proof before the scientific world can accept it as a

theory.

Marsh, I'd like to submit my paper, too, on primitive instincts in animal

behavior.

Have you got plenty of evidence to back up your hypothesis?

Oh, plenty.

Take Bombo, for instance.

Once a nicely trained animal got back in the bush and reverted to his primitive

self. It could happen in a matter of days.

Oh, wait a minute. There's a good chance that Bombo might have proved my theory

if somebody hadn't gotten trigger happy.

Oh, how do you like that? I save his life, and he accuses me of wrecking his

experiment. How do you like that?

Well, there's one thing you're both overlooking, and that is element X.

Element X?

Mm -hmm, the unknown variable.

Just what was it that made Bombo attack that witch doctor?

Incidentally, While he's still down, you better take some blood samples and run

some tests on him. All right. I'll take these along with me, and, well, see you

all tonight.

See you later.

Stop teasing Bombo. Who told you to go so near that cage anyway?

Oh, I did, Mike.

Judy and Bombo used to be buddies, and I'm trying to recreate the environment I

worked with Bombo in before.

What makes you think he'll respond to you now that he's reverted to the wild?

Oh, well, why don't you read my paper?

I've got it, Carter.

Oh, I know your ideas.

And they're interesting, but unproven.

Oh, really?

Yes, well, I've spent most of my life in the bush, except for the time at the

University of Nagoro.

And I assure you, you cannot truly evaluate animal behavior under

compound conditions.

You've got to study them out in the bush in their natural habitat.

Oh, I see. Well, perhaps had you spent less time in the bush and more at the

university, you would be aware of the value of a scientifically controlled

environment when studying animal behavior. Furthermore, I... Excuse me,

gentlemen. Is this the Womero Study Center or the local debating society?

Yeah, well, Mike and I do occasionally get carried away.

We only argue about... Discuss?

We only discuss our different scientific approach to the same problems.

But you discuss these scientific approaches with such enthusiasm.

My word.

Perhaps you can tell me when I can pick up Bombo here.

Well, Hedley, not till I take a good stab at trying to retrain him.

Hedley, eventually you'll have to return him to the bush.

I'm sorry, gentlemen, but my orders are to dispose of him.

What do you mean, kill him?

Those are my orders.

Hedley, you have no proof that that animal is a killer.

Marsh will be back by nightfall. Can't you wait until then?

I suppose so.

My sergeant knows where I am and he can handle any emergency till I get back.

Thank you.

New cage?

Yeah.

Foolproof. It's a spring lock.

It is also duty -proof. Takes a very special key to open this lock.

We keep the keys in this desk drawer right here. Now, all of us here at the

compound have keys to the drawer on our person at all times.

He's a dangerous -looking cat.

Look, Bombo didn't kill anybody.

Yeah, I know he went after the witch doctor, but the point is nobody was

All the more reason why he can't be returned to the bush and live among

again. Or if I can reestablish my rapport with him, maybe he can be

live among humans again.

Oh, hi, Hedley.

Look, Prince and Sarang still haven't returned.

They wandered off.

A German shepherd and a fully grown Bengal tiger? Well, surely they can take

care of themselves.

Well, you were the one last week that warned us about those new poacher's

They could have walked into one.

Don't worry, Paula. Jack and I will help you find them. Good.

Would you like me to come along in my Jeep?

No, no, Hedley. They never go far from the compound.

We'll track them on foot.

No, Judy, you can't come along.

Why don't you go out and find Toto and bring her back here before she gets

Why the medical kit? I'm sure they're all right.

Because my ESP tells me differently.

Here, Hedley.

This key unlocks the top desk drawer, which holds the key to the cages. Don't

let Judy get them. Paula, Paula.

Oh, well.

Poor old Prince and Sarang. I do hope they're not in any trouble.

We've traveled five miles already and still no sign of him.

A dog and a tiger. We can't miss them.

Yeah, let's try the waterhole.

Hey,

over here.

They're Prince's tracks.

They look fresh. He can't be far away.

What about Sarang?

Well, if Prince is around here, Sarang should be, too.

Hey, Prince, boy!

Prince!

be removed surgically. We have to do something. He's breathing hard. Take it

easy, Paula.

What kind of a tribesman would shoot an arrow at a friendly dog?

Mike, give me the kid.

It wasn't a tribesman, look.

Arrow trap?

Yes, for catching wild game.

Prince must have walked into it.

Then I'd better get some branches and make a stretcher. Don't, Paula.

If we move in now, this thing might penetrate a vital organ.

It could bleed to death.

Look, call Headley. Have him bring a truck.

Oh, I forgot to bring the walkie -talkie.

Well, look, we can't let him die.

We'll have to remove it here.

Our only chance, Paula. We've watched your father do it a hundred times.

But neither one of you have ever operated alone. You've always assisted

Well, look, you don't have the experience or the skill to perform this

an operation.

Maybe we do. Maybe we don't. We'll have to find out.

Mike, you want to do the honors? I'll take care of the anesthetic.

Paula, start a fire.

Mike will do a good job.

His heartbeat is weak, but he's still strong enough to risk taking the arrow

out. Good.

Is he fully anesthetized?

Yeah, he's out cold.

You all set?

Paula.

Maybe you'd better not watch.

No, he's my dog.

I'll be all right.

Well, are you ready to operate, Dr. McCullough?

All set.

We don't have any soap. How are you going to scrub?

Alcohol.

A little more, please.

That's it. Thank you.

Scalpel.

He was back.

That's it, right there.

That's it.

That's it.

Mother, he must have...

It's the way those native poachers build them, so the heads break off.

Why? Well, if an animal should get the arrow out the head, we'll kill the

victim. I'm going to probe for the head now. Let's hope it's not poison.

Poison? Do we have that dude?

No. At least we can prevent tetanus. Give me a syringe and a serum. Hurry up.

Hello, Judy, Toto. I was just cleaning my gun.

I have to keep it in good working order, you know.

You never know when I may need to use it.

The acknowledgement.

That's a good boy.

What did you do?

That's my gumbo. What did you do that for?

Oh, I see.

You thought I was going to shoot your friend Bombo here.

Now, listen, old girl.

You're not in a position to judge such matters.

will just have to pop into the cage, get my gun barrel back, and pop out again.

Oh, dear.

Now, Judy, these keys, they stay in the desk drawer, you understand?

Always in the desk drawer, away from you.

Now, Toto, Judy, I want you to be very quiet, because I'm going to go in that

cage and get back my gun barrel.

Quiet, Toto, very quiet.

Shh, Judy.

Now, hold the door open for me, please.

That's the way.

Give me the keys.

There we go.

It won't turn.

I'm sure that's the key.

Or perhaps it's this one.

Oh,

it won't turn.

I'm sure it was that key, the one at the top. Or maybe it's this one. It's very

light.

Jammed in the lot now.

Judy, quiet.

Quiet. Tonto, quiet.

I was found in the cage with a lion dead that I meant to be investigating.

I'd never be able to live it down.

You do see what I mean, don't you, Judy?

Oh.

There it is.

You think it's poison?

Can't tell.

Better save it for Marsh to study in case it is.

Hold on. Let's have the suture so I can sew this up.

Well, Mike, you may not know much about animal reversion, but you did a pretty

good job as a surgeon your first time out.

Thanks, Derek.

But we're not out of the woods yet.

of blood.

Yes, but there'll be others.

Lions, leopards.

So Rang's out there.

Can't we go find him?

There's no time.

We've got to finish up and get out of here as fast as we can.

A few more stitches and we've got it.

I can't hear a cart.

Give me those.

He's not breathing.

He's dead.

Yeah, he's still alive. There's a heartbeat.

Just a murmur. If only we had a mechanical resuscitator.

I can't massage the heart with that wound there.

Paula, get that tracheal tube.

His heart is stronger.

Let's see if he can breathe without help.

He's breathing again.

Nice work, Terry.

Thanks, Mike.

Well, there'll be no business around here for them today.

The heartbeat's getting weaker.

I think the blood pressure's dropping.

Adrenaline. Try intravenous injection.

I think I reached the heart in time.

Well, let's try intracardiac puncture.

Paula, do we have a hypodermic long enough? Oh, yes. But have you ever done

before? No, but I've never taken on an arrow tip either.

Paula, get it!

Are you sure?

Paula, it matters of life and death. Only God knows for sure.

I'm sorry, Mike. I shouldn't have asked.

I guess we're doing everything we can for Prince.

What about Sarang?

He could be out there with an arrow in his side.

Paula, you're worrying needlessly.

Well, he's been gone for three days.

He probably hasn't eaten. Do you think it's going to change him any?

Well, in fact, I'll have to leave the answer to that to Jack.

Judy, you see the rest of my gun over there on the desk?

All those little pieces?

Would you get them for me, please, old friend?

Judy, the lion outweighs me three to one.

I'm surely entitled to some sort of protection, aren't I?

That's not being unreasonable, is it, old girl?

Judy! Judy!

Judy, come back, please!

Wow.

Toto, come over here.

There, that's it.

Toto, look.

Toto, would you do your Uncle Hitler a great big favor?

You see the rest of my gun on the desk? All those little itsy -bitsy pieces?

Now, if you'd go and get them for me, Toto, I'd be eternally grateful.

Go along.

Get them for me.

A bullet?

What am I supposed to do with this? Throw it at him?

Oh, no.

No.

Well,

that does it. All we have to do now is get him back.

Well, then let's carry him back. No, we can't. We can't risk it. One misstep and

he might start hemorrhaging.

Okay. I'll go back and get a stretch from the truck.

Oh, no. I'll go.

There might be a lot more predators and scavengers out there.

Someone will have to stay with Prince while the other one takes care of the

intruders. All right, but look, take care on the way in, huh? Okay.

I might even see Serang. Paula, bring back some dart rifles and Headley.

Okay. And some adrenaline. All right.

You know, Jack, Serang may be out there and hungry.

Well, if he is, I think he'll stay hungry.

I doubt that Serang will kill for food.

That's right, Toto. Now get the gun handle and the cylinder and all those

pieces. Please, Toto.

All right. No one meant to disturb your beauty sleep.

Hey, Toto, hold up the cylinder. Well, that's a help, but it isn't enough.

Bombo, Bombo, now don't do anything rash.

There's laws against that sort of thing, you know.

Oh, Rue, what in the world do you expect me to do with that?

Judy, please, go and get me the rest of the pieces of gun off the desk. Please,

Judy.

All right, you, all right, now take the broom. I suppose it's better than

nothing.

Now, take it easy.

Take it easy, boy.

He's holding up nicely.

Now if we can just keep him still until Paula gets back.

Yeah.

Uh -oh, look.

Well, I guess they better remind him this is a hospital zone and there are no

visitors allowed, huh?

Or do you plan some personal animal communication?

No, Mike. I'm just going to get rid of him.

Hey, it might be vice versa, Jack. This is not one of our compound animals and

you don't have a gun. You would let me help you.

Somebody has to stay here with Prince.

Hey!

Be careful, Jack.

Looks like he's getting ready to attack.

It's an old prince's blood. We'll just have to take him on, Mike.

What's that, Mike? Another leopard?

No, something bigger.

It's all right.

Sarang is a 400 -pound fighter. He can lick his weight in Wildcat.

Yeah, but we've trained him not to attack.

If that training holds up, Sarang will be helpless.

Sarang is closing in to attack the leopard.

Because if he doesn't, he'll get himself killed.

dropping. We need more adrenaline.

Well, Paula gets back here quick.

I hope she brings the hypoduct strong enough to bring down Sarai.

He's our friend. He's not going to hurt anybody.

Tell that to the leopard.

Boy, Sarang. Jack, he may not remember you.

Of course he remembers me. He's only been out in the bush for three days.

Look how he fought off that leopard. He came here because Prince was in trouble.

I think he came back for the same reason those fellows did.

Oh, no.

Yes. I don't think he came back because of loyalty. I think he came back because

of the scent of Prince's blood.

protection all it does is to make him angry he just seems to enjoy chewing on

judy judy do you see those tranquilizer darts over there now

can you get me one please

to sleep. Sleep so he can rest.

seems to be jammed in the lock.

You know, those darts are only strong enough for a small cat. They wouldn't do

much for a full -grown lion.

The wrong key.

Oh, we're getting the right one.

He's in some sort of terrible trouble. Here, help me with the stretcher.

He's holding his own.

Barely.

Well, there's nothing we can do until Paula gets back.

I'll go check Sarang's battle wounds.

Jack, be careful.

I will.

That's a boy. You did a good job with that leopard.

Now just calm down, huh?

Jack, stay away from Sarang. You saw him. He's reverted.

He's got nothing to revert to, Mike. The bush isn't his natural habitat.

All the more reason for him to be frightened and vicious.

I'll have to try, don't I?

Okay, boy.

Take it easy.

It's me, your buddy Jack, huh?

That's Mike over there with your friend Prince. Now, look, Prince has been hurt.

So just calm down and don't disturb him, huh?

That's it.

I think it's beginning to work, Mike.

He recognizes me.

with my right.

It's done the trick. Yeah, the adrenaline saved Prince.

And recognizing Prince saved Serang.

I think it was something more than that. Something more basic.

It was Prince's need for survival. His will to live.

I'd say he's well on the road to recovery.

He was only a week ago out in the bush. We thought he was dead.

Well, that just goes to show you the wonderful recuperative powers that

gives to animals.

Yep.

That old sarang's right back to normal, too, which I think pretty well backs up

my theory on animal training.

Don't you, old colleague?

Well, Jack, old colleague, how about that souvenir sarang gave you? Is that

apple for the teacher?

Uh, that.

Well, that old colleague is something I'm afraid I don't have an answer for.

You know, Dad, we all saw Sarang. He was as fierce as any jungle beast. He was

only in the bush for three days.

Well, Paula, when Sarang was found as a cub in India, he was lying next to his

mother in the jungle.

She'd been killed by a spear trap.

Well, then when he saw Prince injured like that, must have brought his memory

back to him. Well, fear came back to him.

Yes, he went wild again, at least temporarily.

Hello there.

Oh, hello, Hadley. Hi, Hadley.

Say, what's the leash for?

Oh, it's for my former roommate. No, rather, a cage mate.

Oh, yeah.

About Bombo.

I haven't been able to find any physical reason for that attack on the witch

doctor.

Headley, are you going to take him away to be killed?

Headley, you're not going to execute him just because of that one incident, are

you?

Well?

Dad?

No.

I haven't come to destroy Bombo, but to return him to the bush near the village.

Marsh, you were perfectly right.

I had the opportunity to question the witch doctor.

And I learned from him what it was that drove Bombo here off his feet.

It was a swarm of mosquitoes that passed through the village and nearly drove

the animals crazy.

Yeah, the old Element X.

The unknown variable.

Hmm?

Well, I examined Bombo, and I noticed that he had a whole bunch of mosquito

bites, so I asked him to verify it.

Oh, by the way, here's a letter from the daughter.

Oh, it's from the editor of the Science Quarterly.

Hey, did they read my paper? Mine?

Which one did they accept?

Well, I... I'm afraid he didn't accept either one.

He feels that both papers are very well written, but not enough scientific

evidence was presented.

I guess not.

But after our experience with Sarang, I think that'll pretty well prove my

theory. On the contrary, old chap, it proved my theory. He did revert. Yes,

he bounced right back again, and that's because of his training.

Oh, yes, but judging from Hadley's report, it would seem that it was a

to Prince that brought it all about.

Well, maybe you could revise your report and add something about animal rapport

with other animals.

Well, that's up to the fellows. If you want to keep on experimenting and

observing, you just might find the answer.

What happens if we never find the answer?

Well, then you just keep right on searching.

That's the name of the game, you know, science.

Well, if you scientists will help me get Bombo back.

Oh, yeah, certainly.

I'll unlock the, um... I, uh... Wait a minute. Let me have that key.

I'm putting the blazes to the key, girl.

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