Original subtitles

(audience cheering and applauding)

- Your son is giving us quite a show.

- [Porter] Yes, I can see that.

- [Ulla] You should be very proud of Bud.

- I am.

- He won the fire-building event

and he almost won the obstacle course race.

- Almost won?

- Well his friend Stevie fell

and Bud stopped to not help him up.

- Oh, I see.

I didn't know the Cubs and the Scouts competed together.

- Well there were some events where they teamed up.

That poor Stevie, he seems to be a born loser

when it comes to athletics.

We even had to stop the canoe race

because he fell in the water.

(chuckfing)

- Well, he's got other qualities.

He's got a very good mind, you know.

I'm glad that Bud's teamed up with him.

I think it might help Bud a little bit.

(cheering and applauding)

(chattering)

(cheering and applauding)

- Hey, that was great, Bud. (Flipper squeaking)

- Thanks, Flipper. (cheering and applauding)

- Nice going, Bud, nice going.

- Thanks, Dad.

- Bud, you about ready to go?

- Oh Dad, I was wondering,

could I please stay a little longer?

- Well, I just stopped by to see what I could do

about the transportation problem.

- Well thank you, but it's all taken care of.

I promised to drop Stevie and some of the others.

Bud can come along too if he likes.

- Oh, could I, Dad?

- All right, Bud, if you want. - Thanks.

Oh I won a prize, I'll show Flipper.

- What'd he win? - A Scout canteen.

- Well that oughta come in handy.

- He would have won grand prize, Mr. Ricks,

if it hadn't been for me.

- Ah, don't take it so hard, Stevie.

You did your best.

Look, maybe someday you'll be able to help Bud, hmm?

Well I'd better be going.

They're opening the floodgates to the canal

to take some of the runoff from the Everglades.

And I want to check on it.

I'll see you later.

Take care of yourself, Stevie, bye bye.

- [Bud] See what you helped me win, Flipper?

(cheering and applauding)

(Flipper squeaking)

J1 They call him Flipper, Flipper

J1 Faster than lightning

J1 No one, you see

J1 ls smarter than he

J1 And we know Flipper

J1 Lives in a world full of wonder

J1 Lying there under

I! Under the sea

(Flipper squeaking)

- Bye, kids.

- So long, I'll see you. - So long, kid.

- Close your window, Stevie.

I'll put on the air conditioning.

(singing in Swedish)

- That's nice!

- What does it mean?

- Oh, it's a song about freedom and open spaces,

and mountains and happy people.

- Say, if we take the Slingshot Road up ahead,

we'll save some time. - Slingshot?

Why do they call it that?

- Because it meets the highway at about a 20-degree angle.

On the map, it looks like a slingshot.

There it is.

- It doesn't look like a very good road, Stevie.

- No problem, as long as you drive carefully.

- All right, as long as you say so.

- Stevie, look.

- Look out!

(dramatic music) (tires squealing)

- Flipper! (Flipper squeaking)

Go on home, I'll go meet you there.

Hello, Joe, everything all right?

- Yeah, they've already opened the floodgates

on the east canal.

We're all set to go on this one.

- All right, have you checked the road

to make sure no one's on it?

- Not yet, but I'll go over it before I tell 'em

to open the floodgates at the other end.

- All right, fine, see you later.

(insect sounds)

- Miss Norstrand, Miss Norstrand.

- What?

(insect sounds)

(sighs)

Oh!

Stevie, are you all right?

Bud.

- He must've hit his head against the windshield.

- We'll have to get help.

Try the door, Stevie, come on. - I already did.

It won't budge.

The window won't go down either.

- Oh, my head, it hurts.

- Bud, it's going to be all right.

Everything's going to be all right.

(Flipper squeaking)

Stevie,

try the glove compartment,

maybe there's something in there we can use.

- I already looked, there's nothing there.

- All right, try this.

(thudding)

- Dad,

Dad, my head hurts.

- It's going to be all right, Bud.

It's going to be quite all right.

(birds calling)

Oh, it's a car!

Oh, it won't work.

- Help, help!

Help!

(birds cawing)

Help! (birds cawing)

Help!

- Charlie?

All clear on Slingshot.

You can open Floodgate One.

I'm gonna check the other roads.

(water lapping)

(squirrel chattering)

- We're going to get you home soon, Bud.

We're going to get you home soon.

- Sure, there'll be another car along any minute.

(dramatic music) (water roaring)

- It's all my fault. - That's not true.

- I made you take the Slingshot turn-off.

- You did not make me.

It certainly wasn't your fault

that a deer ran out of the bushes when it did.

- I wish just once I could do something right.

- Don't talk like that Stevie.

The most important thing right now

is to take care of Bud.

- Miss Norstrand, look!

(guitar music) (Flipper squeaking)

- Flipper, how can I practice with you making so much noise?

(guitar music) (Flipper squeaking)

Flipper, I asked you to be quiet.

- Sandy, I just talked to Allan Hart.

He said they left Rusty off over an hour ago

and that Stevie and Bud had already left.

Now that means they should have been here by now.

- You know that truck of Ulla's.

They may have had a flat tire or engine trouble.

- No no no, they would have called me.

I guess I better go look for them.

You stay here by the phone.

If they get here, you can reach me by radio.

. Okay-

(suspenseful music)

- Where is it all coming from?

There wasn't that much water in the canal.

- Oh, they must have opened the floodgates.

- The floodgate?

- [Ulla] What are you doing Stevie?

- It's just a chance.

The canteen'll float and the canal flows into the sea

near Coral Key.

Maybe somebody'll find it.

Don't be too scared, Miss Norstrand.

We'll be saved, you'll see.

(somber music)

(Flipper squeaking)

(Flipper squeaking)

(Flipper squeaking)

(Flipper squeaking)

(horn honks)

- Did you find him? - No.

I don't suppose you've heard anything.

Well, I checked Stevie's house, he's not home either.

Guess we better call the sheriff.

(Flipper squeaking)

- Wait.

Flipper's got something.

It's a canteen.

- It looks like the one Bud just won at the Camporee.

Flipper, give me that canteen.

Come on, come on, Flipper.

- What is it again? - This is it.

I know this is it.

Flipper, where'd you get this canteen?

(Flipper squeaking)

Tell me, Flipper, where'd you get this canteen?

Come on, Sandy, get the bowline.

(Flipper squeaking)

- Miss Norstrand.

- Yes, Stevie.

- Would you sing that song you sang before, the Swedish one?

- Yes, of course.

(singing in Swedish)

(squirrel chattering)

(singing in Swedish)

- Flipper, is this it?

Is this where you found this?

(Flipper squeaking)

Sandy, look.

- I don't see anything.

- This canal parallels Slingshot Road.

- $0?

- Well, Flipper found the canteen here.

It's just a possibility that,

well maybe their truck was washed off

when the floodgates were opened.

- Didn't you say that they closed the road

before they opened the floodgates?

- Yeah, I know, I know.

I know it's a long shot,

but it's one we can't overlook.

We're going up the canal.

Flipper, you stay here, that's fresh water up there.

(Flipper squeaking)

- Flipper, don't follow us, understand?

(Flipper squeaking)

- Miss Norstrand, listen.

(engine rumbles)

It's a boat, we're saved, we're saved!

- That tree is too heavy, Porter, try Stevie's side.

(dramatic music)

(birds twittering)

- Dad says you should have this.

- Ah, Dad, you've been stuff in' me for a week.

I'm all right.

Can't I go swimmin' with Flipper, please?

- Now listen, Bud.

A concussion is nothing to fool around with.

The doctor said three more days and that's it.

- But how does doctor know how I feel?

- He knows.

Hello Stevie. - Hello, Mr. Ricks.

Sandy.

How are you Bud? - Oh I'm fine.

But the doctor says I don't feel good.

- He seems impatient.

- Well, he'll be all right.

Luckily he's got a hard head.

- I wonder where he got that.

- Bud, you've just been made leader of your patrol.

- Wow, whaddya know about that?

- Congratulations, Bud.

- Oh that's not all, Stevie, tell him the rest.

- Well, the council said about the accident,

that I was to be,

I can't remember the rest.

- Well the council said that

because Stevie was so courageous at a time of the accident

he has been recognized as exemplifying the 10th Scout law,

a Scout is brave.

_ - Wow! (F"PP°" Squeaking)

Looks like you've been recognized by Flipper, too.

(laughing) (Flipper squeaking)

J1 Everyone loves the king of the sea

J1 Ever so kind

J1 And gentle is he

J1 Tricks he will do

J1 When children are near

J1 And how they laugh when he's near

J1 They call him Flipper, Flipper

J1 Faster than lightning

J1 No one, you see

J1 ls smarter than he

J1 And we know Flipper

J1 Lives in a world full of wonder

J1 Lying there under

I! Under the sea

(lion roars)