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Water table's still dropping.

You ever seen it like this before?

No, the main creek's never been dry.

Marsh, what about upstream? Is there anything that, uh, from a steep bank

could fall in, divert the stream?

Divert it where?

That's Marsh Tracy calling Romero. Do you read? Over.

Tracy calling Lomero. Do you read? Over.

He's drinking it, Paula. He's drinking it.

Is he, Mike? He sure is.

This is Marsh Tracy calling Lomero. Do you read? Over. Come in, please.

Dad, this is Paula. I read you. Over.

Oh, Paula, I'm going to head up creek to the north boundary.

The water table here is very low. We've dug down several feet and not a sign of

water. That's too bad.

And guess what?

Taj is now taking his medicine from the bottle.

That's good news.

Well, Paula, we should be back in a couple of hours. Check with you then.

Out.

Here, sweetheart, you hold it now, huh?

Well, that's what children are supposed to do, Jenny.

Well, maybe his mother and auntie are a little jealous.

Is she really his auntie?

Oh, that's just a name. You see, she protects Taj while his mother's out

and feeding.

Oh, she's a babysitter.

Oh,

I wish it would rain.

Some of the upper streams have already dried up. I know. Dad seemed terribly

anxious.

You don't think the creek's dried up, do you? I don't see how. It's fed by a

river in the mouth.

What the devil?

Somebody's dammed up the creek.

Wonder what's going on around here.

Sure wish I knew.

away from there.

It's Bart Jason.

Put on that rifle, Charlie Rohn.

Bart. Bart Jason.

You know him?

Yeah, I used to work for him a couple years ago.

Let's find out what he's doing out here.

Hi, Bart.

Well, I didn't mean to scare you. There's been a lot of pokies around

How's it in?

Thirsty. What's the idea of building a dam here?

Any complaints?

Dr. Marsh, Tracy.

Charlie Rowan.

He moves mountains and puts them in other people's way.

Oh, yeah. I've heard of you. You're Dr. Tarry. You run the animal compound in

the reserve.

That's right.

And for your information, every creek and stream below here is dry.

Just temporary, Doc.

Temporary until when?

That's hard to say.

Come here. Let me show you something.

Go on back and watch the workers.

I don't need you here.

Yes, sir.

Take a look at this.

You see this creek here?

It runs down here and into that pipe over there.

That's ours.

Then we put this pipe in here especially for you.

First time it rains, this basin will fill up and you'll have all the water

need.

What do we do until it rains?

Can't be more than a day or two.

Come on, Charlie. It hasn't rained here in two months.

Well, it's not my fault.

Just what is your stake in this, anyway?

I make my living conducting camera safaris on the reserve here.

Camera safaris?

What's so funny? You mean so people can take pictures of animals?

He must have hit the bottom of the barrel.

You know, he used to shoot lions for me to protect my workers.

He called himself the greatest hunter in Africa.

Well, now he's in the business of protecting animals, Mr. Rohn.

That's why this reserve was created.

And given water rights.

Rights which you cannot legally take away.

Listen, Doc.

There's an entire tribe on the move headed for a farming project back to

hills. My job is to provide water, and that's what I'm doing.

I don't want to hurt you.

Look over there.

Water from those hills will benefit you when it rains.

We need water now.

You'll have to find some way to share this creek.

Now, don't push me down.

The priority in water has been the same for thousands of years. Human beings

first and then animals.

Does the government know that you diverted this creek?

I have a contract with a deadline to meet. That's all they care.

We'll see about that.

But, Mark, I... couldn't possibly interfere. It's out of my jurisdiction.

I can prove that the law has been broken, and that is in your

Well, yes. All right, come on. I'll show you the papers.

Sorry, Judy, but we have to save water.

You can have some later to drink, but not to play with.

Tosh is thirsty, Paula.

I know, Jenny. They're all thirsty.

Mike, when are you going to water the elephants?

Tonight.

Are they being rationed to?

Your father said all the animals.

But Tosh needs his milk. His mother's going to dry out.

Well, we'll have to weed into a bottle.

I can do it, Paula.

Tosh likes me.

Don't you, Tosh?

I know, Jenny, but it's not as easy as you think.

Hedley, this Brownlee spells are on our rights without question.

But the government's taking the water, not a private citizen.

Hedley, the government doesn't even know about Rowan's actions.

They haven't even approved it, Hedley. Oh?

Are you sure? I'm positive. I won't say as much.

This new housing minister, Sangani, he's a friend of yours. Now, why don't you

go and see him?

Because I don't know him all that well.

That's what I get for not keeping up with politics.

You'd have the matter settled in no time.

All right, I'll go first thing in the morning.

All right, we're going to have to take over.

Okay.

I wish there was some other way.

What do you mean?

Marsh has his rights, of course, but this sort of thing can get very sticky.

Knowing Rome, couldn't you possibly work it out more agreeably?

I don't know.

I can try.

Mark!

All right, take it.

Mark!

Take it.

I'll meet you over on the north side.

What is this, psychological warfare?

She's thirsty.

Hey!

I don't think she likes you, Charlie.

Go on, beat it.

Go wait in the truck, Judy.

Charlie, as old friends, I'd like to ask you a favor.

Look, I wouldn't do it for Dr. Tarry, and I'm not going to do it for you. Why

not? I've got a deadline to meet, a tribe of 300 people.

Oh, come on, Charlie.

Look, what do you know of responsibility?

You move around from job to job, no competition.

I'm responsible for my company's contracts.

If I don't fulfill them, somebody else will.

And will they go for you stealing somebody else's water?

Look, Charlie, Tracy's no lightweight.

He's going to Nagora tomorrow.

You don't scare me, not a bit.

One day is rain and I'm a hero.

Hey, would you like to go up the hill and see what you've been doing with the

drainage?

Who's that?

That's my assistant.

Two years out of engineering school and he knows more than I do.

You want to come up?

No.

I want water.

Don't you realize that I'm not going to touch that dam until the government

orders me to?

Come back someday when I'm not working.

Why ask me?

Charlie's the boss.

Because I can't get a straight answer from him. I mean, is sharing the water

asking too much?

The river's drying up in the mountains.

It was a miscalculation of absorption and runoff.

All right, so somebody goofed. Look, you couldn't have planned to take our water

on purpose.

All right.

All right, so Charlie made a mistake.

What can we do about it?

Nothing.

The tribe's on its way.

Look, I told Charlie three weeks ago to warn the company home office that we

couldn't make the deadline.

Now it's too late.

Otis, will Charlie be fired if the government makes him take out that dam?

There's always an investigation as to judgment, methods.

Well, there's a number two man that kind of puts you in the driver's seat,

doesn't it?

That's right.

There isn't enough sewage to make it worthwhile.

I know.

Maybe we ought to keep digging, though. We might strike a little water, then at

least some of the animals will be able to drink.

I tell you, if we don't, they're all going to leave the reserve.

Let's get at it.

Looking for Buck J.

Oh, he's not here.

Gee, that's a funny hat.

Is it?

I never saw one like that before.

Here. It's called a hard hat.

Is he tied down?

No, he doesn't want to be any more than you do.

Besides, he's my friend.

Here, I'll introduce you to him.

Here, I'll put this away for him.

Well, I don't know.

Who are you anyway?

Well, my grandchildren call me Uncle Charlie.

You can too if you want. How come they don't call you Grandpa?

Because I don't like to be called Grandpa.

You're funny.

Here, I'll introduce you to him.

Well, I don't know.

This is Uncle Charlie. Uncle Charlie, this is Quentin.

Are you putting me on?

What do you mean, Uncle Charlie?

Nothing. Pet him, and then he'll be your friend.

Uh, I don't think so.

Oh, come on, Uncle Charlie.

Haven't you ever petted a lion before?

Well, frankly, honey, that's one experience I've done my best to avoid.

Paula says he has ESP.

That means Extra Special Periscope. I think. I guess you mean extrasensory

perception.

You know, Uncle Charlie, he's awful fierce when he doesn't like anyone.

Aren't you, Clarence? I hope he likes you.

I hope so, too.

Pit him hard so he doesn't think it's a fly and be annoyed.

Well, the last thing on the world... I want to do is to be a fly and annoy you,

Clarence. But I'm glad to know you.

I came here looking for Dr.

Curry. Did he go into Nagoro?

Yes.

Somebody took our water, so he went to get it back.

May I have the pliers, Judy?

The pliers, Judy.

Thank you.

Okay, now you two get up on the veranda and stay out of the sun.

Good morning, Miss Tracy.

I'm Charlie Roan.

Roan? That's right.

You're the one who stole our water.

Well, yes and no.

Jenny, will you see if Taj will drink from this?

Okay, Paula.

I just dropped by to see if I couldn't help you find some water.

Groundwater.

Groundwater? Yeah, there are two kinds, you know. Surface and ground. That's

under the earth.

Why don't you just give us back what belongs to us?

But the water under this land does belong to you. Don't you understand?

When's Bart coming back?

I'll have to radio him and find out.

I don't suppose you would mind watching Jenny. I don't like to leave her alone

with the elephants.

Come on, Tars.

Please try to drink your bottle.

What's the matter with his mother's milk?

Well, she's darned because she doesn't have any water.

Oh, is that so?

Who's the other one?

Oh, that's Taj's auntie.

His mother picked her up to be her babysitter before Taj was ever born.

Before he was born?

That's the way they do it.

Very smart.

Why don't you take our water?

Well, frankly, honey, I made a little mistake.

You never made a mistake.

I guess.

Did you get punished?

No. When you grow a little older and you make a mistake, people don't forgive

you so fast.

If you give us our water back, I'll forgive you.

Well, I'm going to see what I can do about it.

Bart can't make it in. He asked if you'd come out and see him.

Where is he?

Well, it's not very far. If you just take this road to the riverbed, turn

you won't miss him.

All right.

Bye, Denny.

Bye, Mr. Holmes.

Come on, Tosh.

Please try to drink it.

All right, then I'll feed the milk to my other babies.

You're just going to be out of...

before I'd waste my time looking for groundwater.

Look, I'll do the looking.

All I want is someone to show me around.

Bart, I'm trying to help you.

Help me?

You mean since you found out about Marsh yesterday?

Look, I asked some questions. So, Dr. Harry's a big man.

Maybe you can hurt me.

But if my equipment hadn't broken down and the weather turned so dry, there

wouldn't be any trouble.

Or if you weren't so stubborn and would listen to your assistant.

Now, don't tell me... Look, I'm still in the driver's seat.

And I'm not asking any favors.

You know, Charlie, the government will divert the flow of that dam before you

find any water.

Look, can you stick it out for another week?

It won't take Marsh a week.

Well, I've got news for you.

The housing minister is out of the country. He won't be back for a week.

And I'm not touching that dam until he orders me.

Look, I'm trying to help you, Bart.

Mike knows the reserve better than I do.

He's out scouting the area now.

I'll have him help you when he gets back.

Thanks.

Charlie, I'm not going to let this reserve dry up.

If you don't find water, I'll do anything, including dynamite your dam.

Bart, you wouldn't do that to me.

You look what you've done to them.

Is this the lowest spot in the area?

Well, from here to the south boundary, it's about the same.

Any water holes?

No.

Everyone on the reserve is dried up.

Come on.

Wonder what.

Gosh, he's dirty.

Invisible.

Might as well let her have a good time before the water evaporates.

Go on.

to get hippopotamuses mixed up with rhinoceroses.

Maybe Mr. Rone and Mike will find an underground river.

I'm not holding my breath.

Neither am I, but I'm just praying for rain.

Okay, Judy, go inside.

Oh, boy, I want you to meet Tom Otis.

Yeah, we have met.

He's brought us a tank of water.

Well, that's not the main reason I'm here.

Where's Charlie?

He went to Nagoro for the weekend.

To answer your father's charges, I suppose.

The main reason I'm here is to look for another source of water on the reserve.

Tomorrow's Sunday, I can spend all... Now, what makes you suddenly concerned

with Charlie's troubles?

I've been concerned ever since I was assigned to him.

I'm sorry for him.

He's a good man, but the new technologies...

Passed him by, so he's scared.

Why shouldn't he be?

You want his job.

I want to work with him.

I don't know half as much as he does, just a lot of book theories from

engineering school, but he resents what I know.

Now, look, Charlie's 58 years old.

Maybe you want respect.

Maybe I wasn't.

Like he says, I'm at the bottom of the barrel.

But if we don't get things straightened out, that's just where he'll be.

Is it that bad?

He'll have a hard time finding another job as chief engineer.

What are you doing away from camp?

And what's that water truck doing here?

That's pretty obvious, isn't it? Well, who'd you leave in charge?

For all we know, the rest of the tools may be gone by now. I set guards.

Look, I'm not going to Nagoro. I'm going to stay here tonight.

Now, you get back to that camp just as fast as you can.

Mike, you show him where to dump that water?

Hey, what's that all about?

They smell water.

Those trunks are like divining rods.

They're smarter than that assistant of mine.

Dumb kid.

Now you can see what I'm up against.

Sure that you don't need glasses?

Just what's that supposed to mean?

It means that I think you're getting old, Charlie.

Mike, breathe.

If I breathe, I'll lose.

Look, Mike, I'm betting on you.

I'm betting on you too, Uncle Charlie.

Thank you, dear.

You traitor.

Come on, pull it, Mike.

Go, Uncle Charlie.

You're too much for me here.

All right, come on, Bart.

Sit down here. Come on.

Go on, muscles.

Now listen, you sure you don't want to retire undefeated? Put it up here, boy.

You loosen it up?

Yes, sir.

Are you ready?

I'm ready now. Keep that arm up in the air. Let's keep this legal.

Here we go.

How's that for an old man?

Oh, I thought you pulled a muscle. That's the way the karate boys do it.

You learn something new every day.

Some days you're extremely lucky.

Come on, Jenny. It's time to go.

Good night, Uncle Charlie.

Good night, Jenny dear.

Sure you wouldn't rather stay at the house?

Oh, no, thanks. This is fine.

Good night.

Good night.

Good night.

Night, night.

Hey, Charlie, got any more of that coffee?

It's a nice place you have here.

What do you do for excitement?

I'm Russell, old man who cheat.

I suppose by this time you're learning a lot about wild animals from that Dr.

Tyree fellow.

Yeah, with a man like Marsh around, you can't help but learn.

When do you think you're going to take over?

Charlie, stop running scared.

If anything shows a man's age, it's that.

Don't tell me.

I just told you.

And if I didn't like you, I wouldn't have bothered.

Then what am I supposed to be scared of?

Charlie, how many young assistants have you trained?

Do you treat them all like Otis?

Well, maybe the rest of them weren't so arrogant.

Gave you an earful, didn't he?

You can say that.

And you still think he's not out to get me?

I came here this afternoon offering to look for water.

To help you.

I don't believe that.

Charlie. Charlie, what's wrong with growing old?

Everybody's got to step down sooner or later.

Yeah, but I want to retire and not be fired.

But I need the diviner.

Yeah, these scientific instruments are okay, but if you want to find water,

there's nothing like a man, a diviner, an old -fashioned dowser with a divining

rod in his hand.

Easy, ladies.

Okay, you four -legged beauties, let's go find some water.

Taj, you stay here.

Hold on.

What happened, Jenny?

Well, we heard Taj crying, so we came to see what happened.

Did you see anything?

Did you see Taj's mama and auntie?

What do you think happened to them, Mike?

I don't know, honey.

They went off that way.

I'll get Bart and we'll start tracking them, huh?

Four -legged dowser, let's go find some water.

Well,

you got it figured out yet?

I want to get started.

Let's catch up with the elephants and see how Boss is doing.

Well, I don't understand why he let them loose in the first place.

To find water.

Water? Elephants can smell water better than any other animal, even under the

ground. Sure, they dig for it.

Mike and I know that better than Bart. We've just been too busy being mad at

to think about it.

I'm sorry about that.

But what about all the other elephants in the area?

There aren't any. All the herds are gone. He's looking for water.

I see.

smell something?

Well, take me to it. Come on.

Keep

going,

girls.

That's it. Take me to it.

Help me drive them away. I've got water here. They're thirsty.

Look, I know they're thirsty. Now help me drive them away. I'll explain about

the water later.

Come on, Moe. Get out. Let's go.

Come on, man. Let's move it.

so Tosh had to drink it.

Tosh, look.

Please try to drink it, Tosh.

Paula, Tosh won't drink his milk.

Well, maybe we'll later on. We have other animals to feed. Come on.

What's going here?

Oh, this is here. Somebody.

It's another set of prints.

They went out this way.

Let's dump the water downwind of here so they won't smell it.

I'm sorry.

I was only trying to help.

Yeah, I know.

Look.

I see him.

Come on, let's help him.

Yeah, I think I have. Oh, good. Here, give me two holes then.

What about here? What about here?

You better pick up the tools.

Mark, see if you can flatten out a couple pieces of that stuff.

here, Mike. Take this fuse back in. Keep it straight.

Let's get out of here.

It's Taj.

You okay, Charlie? Yeah, I'm all right. Yeah, did we get anything? No.

Come on.

Oh, come on. Get in there. Take your drink.

Come on, Murdoch. Come on. Go on in there, boy.

Hey, it takes up six gallons of water.

That's beautiful.

There you are.

Thank you, Judy.

Looks like Judy.

to make up with you.

You know, I didn't do anything of it. You and the elephants did it.

You put your life on the line for Tide. That makes you a big man around Romero.

Makes you a big man in Nagoro, too.

The housing ministry was mighty pleased that you were able to meet your deadline

and still give us back our water.

Well, I was just lucky, I guess, considering.

Oh, anybody can make a mistake.

What you have is invaluable experience.

I, um, was just on the radio with Hedley.

That's some rather interesting news.

Seems that your home office would like to have you be chief engineer on the new

Esmara Dam project.

Hey, Charlie.

That's great. Thanks. Congratulations.

Thank you.

You know, that Esmara job might be a long one.

Maybe a year.

Real rugged country, too.

Want to be my chief honcho again?

It's a deal. Attaboy.

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