All language subtitles for Flipper.1963.1080p.WEBRip.x264-RARBG

I've lived all my life
on the sea.

So did my father.

So will my son.

I've seen the giant creatures
of the deep,

the great whales,

making their passage
to northern feeding grounds.

And the last herds
of the sea elephant.

I've watched the cunning
maneuvers of killer whale..

As they leaped
into the air...

And hit the sea with the sound
of a Cannon shot,

frightening the sea elephants
and sea lions into the water,

where they would
become easy prey.

The shark,
lacking this cleverness,

prowled for what smaller fish
he could find.

The giant octopus,
fearsome-looking but timid,

has many a time
avoided my boat.

But the dolphins,

the dolphins always
seemed to come right up

to the Fisherman's boat
and ride the bow wave

with the speed
of a torpedo.

Curiously,
they seemed at times

to be talking to each other
and to be looking at us.

I used to watch them
for hours,

studying them,
thinking and remembering

the stories
I'd heard about them.

But I didn't
really know the dolphins

until my son,

a child,
as in the Bible,

led me to an understanding
of their kind.

It was a few years ago

when the red plague destroyed
almost all edible fish

in the Florida keys.

Like the fishermen above,

the surviving creatures below
were hungry.

Even the swift dolphin
was able to find no food.

The fish were poisoned
by the plague.

Their lifeless bodies
were spread throughout the sea.

Pa, maybe this time
the fish will be alive.

Maybe the red tide
didn't come out this far.

Maybe. But soon
we're gonna find fish

if we have to go 20 miles out
and clear to the bottom.

They're dead.

Well, let's get rid of them.

It used to be you'd
throw out an anchor,

you'd hit a fish.

Pa, look!

Dolphins.

They're sure making time.

They're probably looking
for fish the same as we are.

It shouldn't be
as hard for them.

What's the matter, pa?

Is something wrong, pa?

Hazel must have
changed her course.

The weather station
this morning

said she was headed west,
but she's coming north now.

Amplifier's gone.

I should have
carried a spare tube.

You're not scared,
are you?

No, pa.

Well, lash down
everything loose.

We'll gonna make
a run for home.

Message block, son.

Good boy.
Read it.

"Return to port.

"Coast guard patrol boat
will intercept you.

"Hurricane Hazel
now heading north.

Winds increasing
up to 80 knots."

But you knew that
already.

I should have known it
an hour ago. Hold fast.

You Porter Ricks
out of coral key?

That's right.

We've been trying
to raise you.

Radio's out.

You heard from Nick Velakis,
another boat like mine?

Just had him
on the radio.

He says he can
make it in all right

ahead of the storm.

I can't
take you in tow.

Do you want
to come aboard?

Risk my boat?

No, thank you.
We'll make it.

Pa, are we
gonna make it?

I promised your ma
we'd be home before dark.

Come on, Zack, hurry up.

It's terrible
outside the channel.

I haven't seen your folks
go by yet.

You better
go and get 'em.

Mr. L.C. Porett,
you old fool,

stop nagging that boat

and get get on up there
to the post office.

And leave mirabel?

I'd rather
leave my wife!

There's Porter.

Porter Ricks' boat.

Come on, Porter!

Come on, mirabel!

Porter, where the halifax
you been?

Nick Velakis come in yet?

Ain't seen him.
Come on!

Everybody's heading
for the post office.

Sandy, if your mother's
not already at the post office,

you get home and help her,
you hear?

Ok, pa.

Give me that line.

Where the blazes
you goin' now?

I'm gonna put that boat up
at Willow creek.

She'll be safe there.

But you ain't got time.

Give me that line!

This boat's my living!

Kim.

Gee, I'm sorry.

Where you been?

The whole town's been worried
about you and your father.

Is my mother inside
the post office?

No. I was
just going to see if...

you go back inside.
I'll get her.

Gee, you're lucky.

A hurricane
on your first visit.

Son!

Ma!

Where's your pa?

He's taking the boat
up Willow creek.

Ma, what about Pete?

Can I take him?

Everyone's allowed
one luxury.

Go get him.

Pete!

Pete, where are you?

Pete!

Pete!

Pete, come down here.

We got to get
to the post office.

Pete, I'll whale
the tar out of you

unless you come down here!

Pete, come down here.

We got to get
to the post office.

Is your ma all right?

Ma's ready to go.

Get Pete and come.

Come on down here, Pete.

Porter.

You didn't worry?

I did.

Will it be here
when we get back?

The boat's safe.

I can always build
another house.

Dang blast it,
you stubborn old bird!

Come on, Sandy.

Pete won't come.

We can't wait.

He'll be killed.

Pelicans have lived
through more hurricanes

than we'll ever see.
Come on.

May I bring
my boat in, miss hettie?

No, sir,
Mr. L.C. Porett.

You can come in, but you
can't bring the boat.

I can't leave mirabel out here.
She'll blow away.

"Parcels in any post office
of the United States

"shall not exceed
100 inches

in length
and girth combined."

Section 135.32, postal
laws and regulations.

I don't want to mail
mirabel anywhere.

The same applies
to holding and storage.

Are you coming in?

Not without my mirabel
I ain't.

I'm pretty sure we got
ahold of everybody

that didn't go inland,

except Nick Velakis.

His boat's still out.

Well, if the phone goes out,
we've still got the radio.

Well, we're
fairly comfortable here.

If the water level
don't rise,

I think we'll
make it all right.

Nick must have run
with the wind,

put in at one
of the other keys.

He would have called me.

The phone lines
might be down.

When he's safe,
I feel it.

Stella, he has to be
all right.

Nobody knows the sea
like Nick.

The sea...

It kills even those
who know it.

I'm not worried
about myself.

I just hope my father
and cousin

aren't trying to come
out from the mainland.

State police don't let
anybody on the causeway

once the hurricane
warning goes up.

Well, I bet he's sure
worried about me.

What? With you
staying with hettie?

You know what she says.

Uh-uh.

No hurricane
would dare blow down

the U.S. post office.

Miss hettie?

Miss hettie?

Miss hettie?

It's still no,
Mr. L.C. Porett.

Don't make no difference,
miss hettie.

Mirabel just blew away.

Oh, Mr. Porett,
come in.

Oh, Mr. L.C. Porett,
you poor, dear man!

Post office.

Who's calling?

Who? Parker?

Oh. He wants you.

Miss hettie white speaking.

Yes, Mr. Parker.

I'm looking at her
this very moment,

safe, high and dry.

Aren't you, Kim?

Now, don't you worry,
Mr. Parker.

As soon as Hazel leaves,
you come right on out.

Of course,
we'll take good care...

hello. Hello?

Hello!

Well, line's down.

That means the water's
over the causeway.

Yeah. We could have water
in here like in '58.

Radio: Winds to 120,
gusts to 160.

Barometer is still falling.

Waterspouts reported
in the area.

Full Gale warnings
have been posted.

Pa, what about Pete?

It's my fish house!
It's on fire!

My fish house is on fire!

Mr. Abrams!

If it's not there,
what do we do?

Build it again.

That's right, son.

Let's find out.

It's still there!

Pete?

Pete?

Isn't it beautiful?

You sure are.

Thanks for not crying.

Pa, we should've
taken him with us.

Pa, we should've.

You haven't even
looked for him.

Maybe he's under the house.
Let's go see.

Ohh!

Well,
let's take a look.

Old hurricane Pete.

You get him
untangled, son,

he'll be all right.

Maybe we'd better
look inside.

Pete, you old...

You gave me
all that trouble last night

you're going to, you old...

Sandy, your house is ok!

I thought I'd come and see.

Yeah,
but this bird isn't.

Hey, it's Pete!

Yeah. And just as big
a pest as ever.

Hi, Mr. Ricks.
Hi, Kim.

Well, it's kind
of damp inside,

but it's
not too bad.

You going to see
the boat?

Right now. Do you
want to come along?

Yeah.

Sure!

Come on.

Pa, she's wrecked.

No, not wrecked,
just swamped,

but there might
be some damage.

Here, son.

You bail out
the dinghy

while I take
a look here.

A shark!

Where?
Over there!

It's a dolphin.

You hurt or scared?

Just scared,
I guess.

Good. You better
start bailing.

Mr. L.C. Porett's

gonna have to help me
get the boat out.

Drive shaft's broken.

Lay to, northern star.
Lay to, baby.

Anytime your Jack
is ready, Mr. L.C. Porett!

Aye, aye, Porter.

1/3 ahead, northern star.

1/3 ahead.
Easy as you go.

Gee, it's
so pretty up here.

Look!
There he is again!

Pa?

Ever see anything
like that before?

Dolphins do like that
every now and then.

Little right rudder,
northern star.

Do they really,
Mr. Ricks?

Well, there are lots
of stories about dolphins.

One old one
that Nick Velakis...

that Nick tells about
a Greek poet named arion,

who lived
some 3,000 years ago.

Once when he was sailing
home to Greece from sicily,

robbers took his money
and threw him overboard.

Well, a dolphin
who was following the ship

swam for him,
lifted him up,

and carried him
safely to shore.

You believe that, pa?

Well, I believe dolphins
are very special animals.

Animals?

Sure. A dolphin
isn't a fish.

They breathe air

and have eyelids

and have babies,
just like people.

You mean the dolphin jumped
right out of the dinghy?

Like a bucking bronco.

And like a dope,

I was yelling,
"shark! Shark!"

Oh, hello, sid.

Would you like
a cup of...

what is it?

Porter, I thought
you ought to know.

He was your friend.

Nick Velakis.

We found his boat,
but not his body,

and we searched
all day.

"He is not dead.

"He doth not sleep.

"He hath awakened
from the dream of life.

He has outsoared
the shadow of our night."

Unto almighty god,

we commend the soul
of Nick Velakis,

who might not have
been of our faith,

but was in spirit

a brother to us all.

We commit his body
to the deep.

Amen.

Nick Velakis was
killed by the sea,

but he wasn't
defeated by it.

His life and his living
came from it.

When the red tide came
and took the fish away,

he kept looking for
new places to find them,

as food for all of us.

Nick, I'll keep
searching.

In there, young man.
Put it in there.

Oh, Porter, knew I'd
catch you on the way back.

Sorry I couldn't attend,

but the living
come first.

Lou germain sent you
a wire from Ocala.

He...well,
read it yourself.

It's really to you.

Thanks, hettie.

Come, now,
a little bigger!

I wonder what's
on Lou's mind.

Sandy!

My father's on his way
with my cousin.

Is he bringing
his new boat?

Uh-huh. We'll
all go fishing.

Sandy: Ok.

Sandy, you've got
a lot of chores

and repair work at home.

Yes, sir.

See you later.

Fishing.

It's nice of Lou germain
to offer to help.

Truth is,
I was going to ask him.

It's going to take a good
$300 worth of credit...

a new drive shaft,
engine parts,

some new planking.

Po, have you thought again

about doing what Lou did?

Go onto the mainland,
I mean.

Open a boat agency

or some inland job
we talked about?

At least there'd be
no red plague or hurricanes.

Well, there might be
other things.

I guess.

Well, if you're gonna
truck the boat

into Ocala tomorrow,
let's go to bed.

Would you...Want to live
on the mainland?

I just don't know
anymore.

Leave those till
morning, sweetheart.

Oh. I don't want
to forget this.

Do you expect him
to get all those chores done

before you get back?

Well, he ought to.

I'll be gone at least
a couple of weeks.

Dang you, Pete.

Don't you think
this is heavy enough?

Beat it.

Mom?

Mom, could
I please...

oh, thanks, ma.

Tired?

Dragging tired.

I think you've done
enough for one day.

It's Kim
and her father.

They've come for me.
Ma, can I go?

Of course.

Hi, Sandy!

Hi, Kim.

Dad, this is
Sandy Ricks.

Coming with us?

Oh, yes, sir.

With the red plague
and the hurricanes,

is there any fish
out there?

Oh, yes, sir,
if you know the spots.

Well, you're the pilot.
Cast off the lines.

The plague hasn't left
very many fish,

but sometimes
there's one or two.

Sandy, you remember,

I told you my cousin
was coming with dad?

Bill Jamison,
Sandy Ricks.

Aah!

Come on, Sandy.

Be careful.

Hey, let's
go find Bill.

He's hurt.
What was it?

A dolphin.
Go get your pa.

Over there a little bit.

Sandy!

Doc barnett
will know what to do.

He's taken care
of just about everybody.

It's a slight
concussion,

but he's going
to be all right.

Sandy, I can't
thank you enough.

If Bill's ok,

could we go back
to Silver Cove now?

Silver cove?
What for?

That dolphin, sir.
It has a spear in its side.

What could we do
for it?

My pa taught me
to put a dog or a cat

or any animal

out of its pain,
especially a dolphin,

because they beach themselves
before they die, and...

But, Sandy, I've got to
call Bill's mother

and tell her
what happened.

She may want me
to take bill in

to to see the family
doctor. I can't...

it won't take long, dad!

Please, sir?

Dad...

Kim, it's not that
I don't want to.

But bill's mother
would never forgive me.

Please...

Sandy!

Ma!

Ma!

Ma!

Hey, go ahead.

You're free.
I cut you loose.

Swim!

Are you hurt that bad?

Please move.

Just a flipper
or something?

I can't leave you here
to die.

Can't you move at all?

Sandy?

Hi.

Where'd you go?

Nowhere.

What'd you do?

Nothing.

Supper will be ready
in a minute.

Didn't you go out
with Kim and her father?

Oh, sure, mom.

Well, that's nice.

Mom?

Yes?

Mom...

Sandy, you been
up to something?

Oh, no, ma,
only...

Sandy, what?

I've got an 8-foot
dying dolphin

in the fish pen.

An 8-foot dolphin?

You know how long
that cabinet is?

About 8 feet.

Now, you go wash up
for supper.

Sandy.

I think I'll have a look.

Sandy!

That's what
I told you, ma.

He got speared.

Oh, that poor thing.

What'll we do, ma?

Same thing I'd do
for any animal.

Get me the kitchen knife
and the iodine.

And then?

Then I just
towed him home.

"Where'd you go?
What'd you do?"

Nowhere, nothing, huh?

I think it'll be supper

and a good night's
rest for you.

Sandy!
That water's freezing!

You want to catch
your death of cold?

Back to bed.

Yes, ma'am.

I just wanted to see
how flipper was doing.

Flipper?

Yes, flipper.

I named him flipper.

Don't you think
that's a good name, ma?

I think you should
go back to bed. Go on, now.

Ok.

Poor flipper.

My cousin says
he's awful sorry.

Daddy took him home
this morning.

Ma, is he
gonna die?

It's a very bad wound.

But you fixed it.

He needs strength
to recover.

He needs food.

In the ocean,
he'd have a chance...

in the ocean?

Ma, the first shark
that saw him

would kill him.
He's so weak!

He'll die here, too,
without food.

Couldn't we...

Somehow...

Can't I...

Your pa told you how much
fish a dolphin eats.

About 15 pounds
a day.

With the red plague,
where would you find it?

Some days up at silver
cove, there's a lot.

Not every day.

But he'll be well
in a few days, and...

and then we could...

Please, ma?

Please?

Well, you try it,

but just today.

Come on, Kim!

Sandy,
don't go down anymore.

You'll make yourself sick.

But only
2 little fish?

Please?

There just aren't any more.

I guess you're right.

I guess he doesn't like
those kind of fish.

What are we
going to do?

I don't know.

You don't feel
you owe me nothing

for a whole day's
fishing?

You owe us
a day's fishing.

50 miles out
and 50 back.

Our deal was for marlin,

and all we get is
a bunch of trash fish.

Don't expect to see us
back again, either.

Mr. Lake, sir,

could I have
some of the fish?

Take 'em.
Take them all.

But to get them, you're gonna
have to clean my boat.

Clean it of the smell of fish,
every board and seam.

From now on,

this is gonna be a coral reef
sightseeing boat.

The devil with fish!

Yes, sir.

Yaah!

Ma!

Ma!

Ma!

Hey, ma!

Sandy, come out!

Sandy, don't do that!

Sandy, come out!

Don't do that!

Please, Sandy!

What's the matter, ma?

I think we better
go in the house

and talk this over.

Still, even if,
uh, uh...

Flipper.

Even if flipper
is as gentle as a dog,

how will you feed him?

There aren't any fish,
not even at silver cove.

Mr. Abrams
is bringing in fish

from the other keys
to sell here.

Mr. Abrams is not
going to feed your dolphin.

I'll do chores
for him.

He needs help

to rebuild
his fish house.

What about
your own chores?

I'll do them both.
Mine, too.

Please, ma,
let me try.

Well...you can try
for a while,

but you'd better
get at that fence

first thing
in the morning.

Ok, mom.

Hungry again, huh?

All right,
it's a deal.

You're hired.
$1.00 an hour.

In fish?

In fish.

Start nailing up
the boards.

Hi, Rick.

Hi.

Hi.
Hi, Roy.

Hey, Kim Parker says

you got a porpoise
at your place that does tricks.

Dolphin.

You're a bigger liar
than she is.

I've been out to your place
a couple of times.

It don't do no tricks.

I can prove
I'm not a liar.

How?

Tomorrow
afternoon.

Bring your friends,
all of them.

Ok.

But everybody's got
to bring a ticket.

Ticket?

One fish.

Each kid has got
to bring a fish.

Ok.

Hi, Charlie.

Watch him get it.

Take a seat
right over there.

Hi.

♪ everyone loves
the king of the sea ♪

♪ ever so kind
and gentle is he ♪

♪ tRicks he will do
when children appear ♪

♪ and how they laugh
when he's near ♪

♪ they call him flipper ♪

♪ flipper ♪

♪ faster than lightning ♪

go get this,
flipper.

♪ no one, you see,
is smarter than he ♪

♪ and we know flipper ♪

♪ lives in a world
full of laughter ♪

♪ lying there under ♪

flipper,
go get these.

♪ under the sea ♪

♪ look at the sky
when rainbows appear ♪

bring this back
to me, flipper.

♪ you can be sure
that flipper is near ♪

♪ call him by name,
alas and alack ♪

♪ he'll give you
a ride on his back ♪

♪ we know our flipper ♪

♪ flipper,
knows every answer ♪

♪ no one can be ♪

flipper,
come on, dance.

♪ faster than he ♪

♪ and we know flipper lives
in a world full of wonder ♪

♪ lying there under,
under the sea ♪

flipper,
do you love me?

Do you love me,
flipper?

♪ many a night
way down in the deep ♪

♪ oysters make beds
so flipper can sleep ♪

♪ happy and gay
when he comes along ♪

♪ they all start
singing this song ♪

♪ they call him flipper ♪

♪ flipper ♪

♪ faster than lightning ♪

♪ no one, you see,
is smarter than he ♪

♪ and we know flipper lives
in a world full of wonder ♪

♪ lying there under,
under the sea ♪

po telephoned.

I said po telephoned.
He'll be in tonight.

Say, that boy of yours sure has
a way with critters, ain't he?

Po figures to be in
about midnight.

Thank you, Baxter.

It seemed like
10 weeks.

It sure did.

That's why I didn't stop
to put the boat in the water.

What is it, po?

Well, maybe it's not right
keeping you out here,

but, Martha,
10 days in Ocala

decided me
all over again.

I couldn't trade this
for jammed sidewalks,

auto smoke,
all that hurry.

Unless you said
you wanted to.

I don't want to.

None of the work's
been done.

Martha?

Well, po,
the day after you left,

it so happened
that a dolphin...

This'll take a while.

We better go inside.

Pa, watch this!

Come on out, son.
I want to talk to you.

Pretty good,
huh, pa?

I've never known anybody
who's seen anything like it.

It's like the old stories
Nick used to tell about.

But your mother tells me you
expect to keep the dolphin.

You'll figure some way,
won't you, pa?

Where? The boat's ready.

I'll need the pen.

Couldn't we dig another,
maybe?

It took a month and $500

to blast that one
out of the coral.

Sandy, the dolphin's
well again.

Let him go free.

Pa, he's come
to be my friend.

I'd lose him.
I couldn't do that.

He's a friend who's
kept you from your work.

Not one thing finished
in the 10 days I was gone.

I'll do my work,
honest.

How will you feed him?

Doing chores
for Mr. Abrams.

What about
your own chores?

I'll do them, too.

Son, you've tried that
before.

It just didn't work out.

I couldn't
let him go, pa.

I've gotten to love him.

Do you remember
Stella Velakis

at the funeral?

Didn't she love
her husband?

Sandy, for you
this may be

the first time.

I know it hurts.

Open the fish gate.

I can't, pa.

I can't.

Pa, please don't.

Flipper, don't go.

Flipper, come back.

I sure hope
we find flipper.

I never prayed so hard
in my life

as I did this morning.

Flipper!

Flipper!

Nothing again?

Nothing.

Have you thought
about what I said

the other day?

About losing things
and the people you love?

Uh-huh, like flipper
and Nick Velakis.

Like everybody.

Everybody?
Not you and mom.

In time, everybody, son.

But that's not
to think about now.

What we've got to
make up our minds to

is to find fish,

look ahead to better
days, new friends,

and for you...

School,
come September.

How come the hurricane

hit everything
but the schoolhouse?

Flipper!

Boy, am I ever glad
to see you!

You say something?

Uh, no, sir.

Stay down. Pa doesn't think
you're a good influence.

Sandy!
You'll fall overboard!

Hey,
where are you going?

Flipper,
where are you going?

You want us
to follow you?

You see something?

I thought I saw
some fish jumping,

towards shore.

Well, that's Green Point.
I don't see anything.

I thought I did.

Well, hang on.

Sandy, come here!

Pa, look!

Healthy,
live pompano.

What made you try
off green point?

Well, Sandy
saw them jumping.

Well, I didn't
exactly see them...

Tomorrow I'll be back
there at first light,

and, Martha, tomorrow I'm
bringing back a boatload.

Son, by the way,
when I'm gone,

will you fix that wire?

Ok.

Flipper!
Where have you been?

Sure missed you!

You didn't have to
stay away that long.

Flipper, come here!

Flipper, come up here!

Flipper, don't do that!

Hey, where are you?

Flipper, no!

Flipper, no!

You ate
all of pa's pompano!

That's pa coming now.

All of them.
Every last one.

That dolphin got
every last one of them.

Pompano's selling in ocala
for better than $1.00 a pound,

and you let a dolphin
into the fish pen.

What have you got
to say for yourself?

Pa, the fish
you caught today,

couldn't I help you
get them into the pen?

There were no fish
at green point.

Yesterday's catch
was just an accident.

Yes, sir.

What's wrong
with you, boy?

How old are you, 12?

Almost in your teens?

Or are you 9
or 7 or 5,

a child who doesn't
have the sense

to know what his
next meal depends on?

Answer me! The fence,
the yard, the nets...

not one of your chores done,
and now this!

Are you growing up or down?

Aren't you getting any
sense of responsibility,

of obligation, discipline?

Or are you hanging on to
a "feed me, dress me,

blow my nose" childhood?
Answer me! Are you?!

I'm sure he would...

If he could.

Sandy, you better
go to your room.

One more thing.

Tomorrow you'll
go out by yourself.

And by yourself
you'll find the fish

to replace what
that dolphin ate.

And you'll keep
going out every day

till you've replaced
every pound of them.

Yes, sir.

Why?

Because
it was the truth.

But you were too rough.
He's just a boy.

Well,
he's got to grow up.

Nevertheless, he is a boy.

He's hurt. He's crying.

He still has to be
told the truth.

The way you told him?

Shouting?
Nearly taking his head off?

Well, you should have
stopped me.

I did.

Look, Martha,
I love that boy...

then why don't you
tell him?

Men just don't
talk that way.

Maybe they should.

Maybe.

Look, sweetheart,
I grew up with the sea.

The sea is never soft.

And he is
a Fisherman's son.

Flipper!

Flipper!

Where are you going?

Is it for me?

Can you get me
another one?

Oh, flipper!

Near Kingman reef,
huh?

There's never
been fish there.

What made you try?

I...i just had
a feeling.

Well, never mind why.
Let's go back and see.

Pa, will they be
alive this time?

Only one way
to find out, son.

Pa!

Well, this could mean life
for Coral Key again.

We'll stop at the wharf
and tell them,

then we'll go home.

Only this time, I'll make sure
the fish gate stays closed.

But flipper
was the one...

flipper can find
his own fish.

Easy, folks. There's
enough for everybody.

Here's a big fat one.

Hold out your sack
there.

Sandy, you keep it going
with Mr. Porett, will you?

Keep them coming,
lad.

Well, what do you think?

Good as it ever was.

But for commercial,
there has to be tonnage.

Is there tonnage?

There's never been any
at Kingman reef before.

Well, there is now.

Maybe it has to do
with the red tide,

or it could be a new current
from the channel.

Baxter, you and I could sample
the whole area in one day.

I'll be at your place
at 7:00 in the morning.

Good.

Mmm, smells good.

Ahh!

Lord, whose bounty
sustains us,

we ask thy favor.

Unite our hearts
in family love.

Strengthen our will
to serve thee in peace.

Thank thee, o lord,

who bringest forth food
from the sea for all. Amen.

Pa, when the lord
brings forth food,

he gets help sometimes,
doesn't he?

Well, the lord helps those
who help themselves.

I mean, the lord,
for instance,

would ask one man
to help another?

Of course.

Well, sometimes wouldn't
the lord ask dolphins

to help people?

What's on your mind, Sandy?

It was flipper who
led me to Kingman reef.

Flipper, huh?

Yes, pa.

Maybe you saw
the same dolphin

and maybe you didn't.

It doesn't matter.

Try to understand, son.

If the dolphins come,

they tear our nets,
they eat our fish,

they chase the rest away.

Now, they may be your friends,

but when the fish are scarce,
they're a deadly enemy.

If they come,
we'll kill them.

We have no choice.

Even flipper?

Even flipper.

Flipper!

Flipper!

Where are you?

We ought to be getting
pretty close now.

Dolphins.
Hundreds of them.

If we kill a few,
maybe the rest will run.

Look, po. There's
one that got inside.

I'll get him.

Wait, Baxter.
Ease up.

Sandy!

And so after flipper
killed the shark,

he lifted me up

and brought me
back to you,

just like you
told us about Arion,

the Greek poet?

You believe me,
don't you, pa?

I saw it.

And, pa, there are
lots of fish,

millions and millions
of them.

And it was flipper
who led me to them.

Aren't there plenty
for all of us?

I think it was written
for us today

to share with the dolphins,
not to kill them.

♪ everyone loves
the king of the sea ♪

♪ ever so kind
and gentle is he ♪

♪ tricks he will do
when children appear ♪

♪ and how they laugh
when he's near ♪

♪ they call him flipper ♪

♪ flipper ♪

♪ faster than lightning ♪

♪ no one, you see,
is smarter than he ♪

♪ and we know flipper lives
in a world full of wonder ♪

♪ lying there under,
under the sea ♪