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(orchestral music)

(Flipper squeaking)

(relaxed music)

- Mr. Enfield, I caught another one!

This is much more fun than fishing from a powerboat,

don't you think, Mr. Enfield?

- Well, it does put you down

more to the level of the fish, Your Highness.

- I knew that you'd understand Mr. Enfield.

You see, I can fish from a powerboat

in the lakes of my country any time, but never like this.

This is fun.

- Yes, Your Highness.

(boat scraping)

Your Highness, are you all right?

- Quite, and you?

- [Mr. Enfield] Fine, fine.

- What happened?

- We struck a reef.

I'll have us clear in a minute.

- Mr. Enfield, look.

- Oh, not so good.

But I think we can keep up with it.

Uh, Your Highness, if you won't mind bailing.

- I better not mind.

There's a storm coming this way.

Is that it? (thunder rumbles)

- This could be serious.

If that storm catches us here,

we could be pounded to pieces.

- But the sun is shining.

- Around here the weather changes fast.

That storm could be here in 10 minutes.

(thunder rumbles)

- I wonder.

If we got out and stood on the reef,

I believe we could float her off.

- Well, it's worth a try.

Hold it.

(dramatic music)

We'll have to wait those sharks out.

If we can.

(dramatic music)

- They're going away!

- For a while anyway.

Now all we have to do is

worry about getting this boat off the reef.

- What's that?

(Flipper squeaking)

- That's a dolphin.

I don't think they're dangerous.

- It's the dolphin, he's pulling us!

- [Mr. Enfield] Let's help him keep us afloat.

(playful music)

(lively music)

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

(orchestral music)

- Golly, are you really an honest-to-gosh prince?

- His Highness is the crown prince of Rugat.

Someday he'll be king of that country.

. BOY-

- Bud.

You're staring.

. Oh, oh.

I'm sorry.

- (chuckling) Oh that is quite all right.

- Castles and all?

- We have three.

- Would you care for some more tea, Your Highness?

- Thank you, Mr. Ricks.

- Hold it, I'll get it.

Here, Your Highness.

- I wish you would call me Kaza, all of you.

- You run an admirable rescue service, Mr. Ricks.

- Well thank you, but it's really the boys,

they trained Flipper.

- We didn't do that much.

- Flipper kind of figures out most things by himself.

- An amazing creature.

- You should see some of the other things he can do.

- I would like to very much.

Mr. Enfield, I suggest we arrange our schedule accordingly.

- Oh Your Highness, we're due back in Washington.

- Not for three days, I believe.

- Well yes, but um, I uh.

- It would be a distinct pleasure

and an honor, Your Highness,

to have you and Mr. Enfield as our house guests.

- Thank you yet again Mr. Ricks, you are most kind.

- You're welcome. - Yes, yes.

May I use the phone then?

- Certainly, right here.

- I'll call the hotel and have them send over our things.

- Boy, is he gonna have a swelled head.

. Hmm?

- Oh I mean Flipper.

When I tell him that he rescued a real prince.

(Flipper squeaking)

(playful music)

- Okay, in we go.

Your Highness.

- [Kaza] But I wish you would call me Kaza.

- [Sandy] Okay, I'm sorry.

- Now what do we do?

- That's up to His Hi, to Kaza.

- Well, do you think Flipper,

do you think he might give me a ride?

- Well.

(Flipper squeaking)

It's alright with Flipper.

Now all you have to do

is hold onto his dorsal fin when he goes by.

Here he comes.

Hold on.

(relaxed music)

(Kaza gasps)

- Hold onto me, Kaza.

Are you alright?

- Thank you, thanks, I'm quite alright.

- You cut your knee, we'll have to fix it.

Bud.

- Yeah, I know, I have to get the first aid kit.

I always have to get it.

- No no, it's just a scratch, it isn't necessary.

- You're wrong, Your Highness.

You cut yourself on barnacles.

It can get infected real easy.

- Yeah, I'll get the kit.

- Yes, yes Porter, we've had a splendid time.

Marvelous.

- Well, that's good.

- It's made a wonderful impression on Prince Kaza, you know.

Very helpful.

The Kingdom of Rugat is technically

a neutral nation, you see.

It could go either way.

But with the prince so favorably impressed,

it's likely to go our way.

However, I would like a little insurance.

I'd like to give Flipper as a gift.

- Oh, wait a minute now.

You're not serious about that, I know,

because Flipper's a family pet.

I just can't give him away.

- Oh, I'm most serious, I assure you.

Don't you see?

Flipper will be the perfect gift, and the prince

will be simply delighted to have him as a pet.

- Now wait a minute, I don't think you understand.

Flipper is Bud's pet.

He and Sandy found him, and they trained him.

He belongs to them.

- Hmm, not really.

They uh,

they don't own him legally, do they?

. Legally?

No, I suppose they don't.

- Legally, Porter, Flipper belongs to

the people of the United States,

like all the other animals in this park, isn't that true?

- Now that's right.

- And now the people, through their government,

are going to give Flipper to Prince Kaza

as a token of their friendship.

- Look, I've got an idea.

We'll give a dolphin as a pet to the prince,

but it doesn't have to be Flipper, does it?

- It has to be Flipper, and I'll get

the necessary papers if I have to.

(tense music)

I would like for you to ship him out tomorrow.

Please arrange it.

- Alright, Mr. Enfield, if that's the way it is,

I'll get started on it right away.

- Hey Bud,

what took you so long?

- I don't know.

- And where's the first aid kit?

- Oh, I guess I forgot it.

- On boy.

Do you have any kid brothers?

- Three.

- Then you know.

Come on, I'll get it myself.

(dramatic music)

(dolphin horn)

(motor starts)

- Good boy.

Now follow me, Flipper.

I'm gonna hide you out for a while.

(Flipper squeaking)

Just til they leave.

If I don't, they'll ship you off to Rugat!

(Flipper squeaking)

I don't know where it is, either.

But it's a long ways from here, now come on boy.

(adventurous music)

(Flipper squeaking)

Now listen, Flipper.

I want you to stay here.

I'm going to go try and find a cove you can hide in.

Now stay here.

(Flipper squeaking)

Good boy, now stay.

(Flipper squeaking)

(birds calling)

(Flipper squeaking)

(tense music)

' 0w!

(dramatic music)

(chicken sizzling)

- Smells good.

- Dinner will be ready in about five minutes.

- Oh fine, I'm starved.

Where's uh, where's Prince Kaza?

Is he out with Bud?

- He's getting dressed.

Bud's still out on the dock.

- Well, you'd better go down and get him, Sandy.

I don't want him to be late.

- Certainly not tonight.

This is something of an occasion,

and I'm going to make a very special announcement,

as you probably know.

- No sir, I don't.

- [Porter] Go ahead, Sandy.

- Sure, Dad.

- I didn't tell Sandy or Bud.

- On?

Why not?

- Well I, I guess I was hoping for a reprieve or something.

- Mm hmm.

(dramatic music)

(Flipper squeaking)

(Flipper squeaking)

(dramatic music)

- ls there anything I can do to help?

- Oh, no thank you, Kaza.

If you want to be seated,

dinner will be ready in a minute or two.

- [Kaza] Thank you.

- Dad, Bud's gone.

- What?

- I looked all over.

He took the skiff.

- Oh, that's just great.

What a time for him to go off on his own.

- Perhaps he didn't go off entirely on his own, Porter.

- Well, Flipper's probably with him,

if that's what you mean.

- Exactly.

I imagine that's what happened, don't you?

- Well, if it is, Bud will bring him back,

I promise you that.

I'm sorry Kaza, but looks like

dinner will have to wait a while.

Come on, Sandy.

Sandy, give me those glasses.

(horn honking)

Try it again.

(horn honking)

- Do you really think that's going to do any good?

- Sure, Flipper always comes in when he hears it.

- What if he's told not to?

- What do you mean?

- Mr. Enfield means he thinks that

Bud took Flipper away deliberately.

- Why would he do that?

- He probably did it because he heard

that we were going to make a presentation to Prince Kaza.

But I assure you it will be made.

- What presentation?

- My government, Your Highness,

is venturing to offer you a slight token

of our affection and esteem.

- Thank you, but what has that to do with this?

- The token, Your Highness, is Flipper.

- Flipper?

(dramatic music)

- [Kaza] Mr. Enfield, there he is!

(Flipper squeaking)

- Dad, he wants us.

Something must have happened to Bud.

(Flipper squeaking)

(dramatic music)

There's the skiff.

He must be around here someplace.

- Okay, Flipper.

Okay.

(dramatic music)

- There his is, Dad, over on the beach!

(Flipper squeaking)

- Bud.

Bud, are you alright?

- My foot, foot.

- Bud, what happened?

- Looks like a bite.

Let's get him back to the launch.

(Flipper squeaking)

Easy, take it easy.

(dramatic music)

- Dad.

- Yeah, Bud.

- Dad, where's Flipper?

Is he okay?

- He's fine, son, just fine.

He's right over there.

(playful music)

(Kaza clapping)

- I'm sorry I was so dumb about Flipper, Kaza.

- You were?

- Yeah.

I guess we gotta give Flipper to you,

to show that we like your country,

and that we're friends.

(Flipper squeaking)

You will take care of him, won't you?

- Well, Bud, I don't see how I can.

- All you have to do is make sure

he gets enough to eat every day.

- I will be in Rugat, and he will be here with you.

- What?

You mean you're not taking him?

- I do not need Flipper to prove that we are friends,

your country and mine.

- Wow, did you hear that, Flipper?

(Flipper squeaking)

But what about Mr. Enfield?

He'll flip.

- Remember, I am the Crown Prince of Rugat.

J1 Everyone loves the king of the sea

J1 Ever so kind and gentle is he

J1 Tricks he will do when children are near

J1 And how they laugh when he's near

J1 They call him Flipper, Flipper, faster than lightning

J1 No one you see is smarter than he

J1 And we know Flipper lives in a world full of wonder

J1 Lying there under, under the sea