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it looks like a paradise, but it is themost treacherous desert in the world: the kalahari.after the short rainy season... ...there are many water holes,and even rivers. but after a few weeks, the water sinksaway into the deep kalahari sand. the water holes dry,and the rivers stop flowing. the grass fades to a beautifulblond colour... ...that offers excellent grazing. but for the next nine months,there'll be no water to drink. so most of the animals move away,leaving the blond grass uneaten.
humans avoid the kalahari like theplague because man must have water. so the beautiful landscapesare devoid of people. except for the little peopleof the kalahari. pretty, dainty, small and graceful,the bushmen. where any other personwould die of thirst in a few days... ...they live quite contentedlyin this desert. they know where to dig for rootsand bugs and tubers... ...and which berries and podsare good to eat. of course they know what to doabout water.
in the early morning,you can collect dewdrops... ...from leaves that were carefullylaid out the previous evening. or a plume of grasscan be a reservoir. if you have the know-how, a clumpof twigs can tell you where to dig... ...and you come to lightwith an enormous tuber. you scrape shavings off it with a stickthat is split for a sharp edge. you take a handful of the shavings, pointyour thumb at your mouth and squeeze. they must be the mostcontented people in the world. they have no crime, no punishment,no violence, no laws...
...no police, judges, rulers or bosses. they believe that the gods put only goodand useful things on the earth for them. in this world of theirs,nothing is bad or evil. even a poisonous snake is not bad. you just have to keep awayfrom the sharp end. actually, a snake is very good.in fact, it's delicious. and the skin makes a fine pouch. they live in the vastness of thekalahari in small family groups. one family of bushmen might meet upwith another once in a few years.
but for the most part,they live in complete isolation... ...unaware there are other peoplein the world. in the deep kalahari, there are bushmenwho have not heard of civilized man. sometimes they hear a thunderingsound when there are no clouds. they assume the gods have eaten toomuch and their tummies are rumbling. sometimes they can even seethe evidence of the gods' flatulence. their language hasan idiosyncrasy of its own. it seems to consistmainly of clicking sounds. they're very gentle people.
they'll never punish a childor even speak harshly to it. so the kids are extremely well-behaved.their games are cute and inventive. when the family needs meat... ...the hunter dips his arrowin a brew that acts as a tranquilliser. when he shoots a buck, it feelsa sting and the arrow drops out. the buck runs away,but soon it gets drowsy... ...and it stops running. after a while, it goes to sleep. the hunter apologizes. he explainsthat his family needs the meat.
the characteristic which really makesthem different from all other races... ...is that they haveno sense of ownership at all. where they live,there's nothing you can own. only trees and grass and animals. these bushmen have never seena stone or a rock in their lives. the hardest things they knoware wood and bone. they live in a gentle world, where nothingis as hard as rock, steel or concrete. only 600 miles to the south,there's a vast city. and here you find civilized man.
civilized man refusedto adapt himself to his environment. instead he adapted his environmentto suit him. so he built cities, roads,vehicles, machinery. and he put up power linesto run his labour-saving devices. but he didn't know when to stop. the more he improved hissurroundings to make life easier... ...the more complicated he made it. now his children are sentenced to10 to 15 years of school, to learn... ...how to survive in this complexand hazardous habitat.
and civilized man, who refusedto adapt to his surroundings... ...now finds he has to adaptand re-adapt... ...every hour of the dayto his self-created environment. for instance, if it's monday... ...and 7:30 comes up, you have to dis- adapt from your domestic surroundings... ...and re-adapt yourself to anentirely different environment. 8:00 means everybodyhas to look busy. i've got a good storyabout handicapped children. handicapped children? no! you don'trecommend stuff you don't...
sorry. i'll only print sweetness and light,even if it bores the pants off them. 10:30 means you can stop lookingbusy for 15 minutes. and then,you have to look busy again. - hi, kate.- hi, pete. can you use this about theteacher shortage in botswana? - good story?- yeah. they'll take anybodywho can read and write. i don't know. i got bawled outfor writing a story on mugging. my page should be sweet and light,like liberace and jackie onassis.
your day is chopped into pieces.in each segment of time... - ...you adapt to new circumstances.- may i share a table? no wonder some people gooff the rails a bit. does the noise in my headbother you? no. still got that story aboutthe teacher shortage in botswana? - yeah. you gonna use it?- no. maybe they can use me. in the kalahari, it's always tuesday,or thursday if you like. or sunday. no clocks or calendars tell youto do this or that.
lately, strange new thingssometimes appeared in the sky. noisy birds that flewwithout flapping their wings. one day, something fell from the sky. xi had never seen anythinglike this in his life. it looked like water, but it was harderthan anything else in the world. he wondered why the godshad sent this thing down to the earth. it was the strangest and mostbeautiful thing they had ever seen. they wondered why the godshad sent it to them. pabo got his finger stuck in the thing andthe children thought he was very funny.
xi tried the thing out to cure thongs.it had the right shape and weight. it was also beautifully smoothand ideal for curing snakeskin. and pabo discoveredyou could make music on it. and every day they discovereda new use for the thing. it was harder and heavier and smootherthan anything they'd ever known. it was the most useful thingthe gods had ever given them. a real labour-saving device. but the gods had been careless.they had sent only one. now, for the first time, here was athing that could not be shared...
...because there was only one of it. suddenly, everybody needed itmost of the time. a thing they had never needed beforebecame a necessity. and unfamiliar emotionsbegan to stir. a feeling of wanting to own,of not wanting to share. other new things came.anger, jealousy, hate and violence. xi was angry with the gods. he shouted, "take back your thing!we don't want it! look at the trouble it brought. "
the gods did not take it back. he shouted, "you must be crazyto send us this thing! take it back!" then he shouted,"look out! look out!" but he spoke too late andthe thing felled his daughter dani. xi carried the thing awayfrom the shelter and buried it. that evening, there was no laughterand no chatter around the family fire. a strange feeling of shamehad come over the family... ...and they were very quiet. xi said, "i have buried the thing.it will not make us unhappy again. "
that night, a hyena smelled the bloodon the thing, and dug it up. a bad-tempered warthog chased thehyena away and it dropped the thing. the next day, dani found it. her brother toma heard her playing on itand said, "let me try. let me try too." that night the family was very unhappy. they began to talk about this thing.they did not have a name for it. they called it the "evil thing." gaboo said, "perhaps the godswere absent-minded... ...when they droppedthe evil thing on the earth.
they've always sent only good things,like rain, trees, roots and berries to eat. we are their children and they love us.but now they've sent this evil thing. " xi said, "the thing does notbelong on the earth. tomorrow i will take it to the endof the earth and throw it off. " gobo said, "i think the end of the earthmust be very far. i think you'll have to walkfor 20 days. perhaps 40. " xi said,"i will start walking tomorrow." two thousand miles to the northin the state of birani... ...trouble was brewing.
it's 35 million to combat erosionin the valley. - and 6 million for improvement of the...- hold it, minister. we can't expect... get out. we need the car. that was sam boga's gang.you said they were in cabinda. - that's what i thought.- how many got away? there were two jeeps.four got away. - sam boga was there?- no. this time, he's got to die.find him and kill him yourself. bring him here.
where is sam boga? where is your hideout? bring the one in the corridor. bring that one. where is sam boga?where is your hideout? take them... ...to the helicopter. they went south. - i'll direct you from the helicopter.- yes, sir.
gas guzzler. four of the eight assassinsgot away in two jeeps. the other four were shot in thecabinet room by the security guards. - bastards.- the assassins wore brown t-shirts... ...the trademarkof the terrorist gang... ...led by the notorious sam boga. however, eyewitnesses state sam bogadid not take part in the assassination. it is assumed that he masterminded theattack, some distance from the capital. sources announcedthat the assassins killed...
...the ministers of education,public works and agriculture. the president, who survived the hailof bullets with only a flesh wound... ...will be addressing the nationin a few moments. we did it! we did it! we got thepresident, and five of his ministers! you didn't, you know. that's him. it was the will of the almightythat i was spared. we mourn the deathsof three members... ...of my cabinet.we extend our deepest sympathies... he's lying. we got six.i saw them go down.
you killed three and wounded five. and you lost four. why do i have to work withamateurs? did you get away clean? yes, we were in and out in twominutes. they will never find us. attention. - what happened?- we ran out of gas. - how long ago?- about 15 minutes, sir. okay, let's go! now, you tell me.
next time you're goingto be a bit higher. i'll tell you, i'll tell you!the banana forest at dumgaze. i'll tell you, i'll tell you! i'll show you.the banana forest at dumgaze. i'll tell you. i'll show you where. - do you hear me?- right here, general. - banana forest at dumgaze. follow me.- right, general. the man we want is the president,not the bloody minister of education. understand? i'll come with you.we'll get him in his bed. cover up! cover up!
come on. mount the bazooka.move it, move it! hurry up, hurry up, hurry up! now take cover. you, you go there. not there, you bloody fool.get out of there. - well?- they're there. they're there. you cannot see them,but they're there. okay. you see, there they are. okay. no, hold it.
okay. shit. cut it out, man! - born to be our champion.- you showed them. - beautiful, man.- hey. quiet. stand by. let's go. the most inquisitive creaturein africa is the baboon. xi said,"that is a very evil thing you've got.
you better give it back so i cantake it and throw it off the earth. it brought unhappiness to my family.if you don't give it to me... ...it'll bring grief to youand your family too. " he spoke long and earnestly untilthe baboon began to pay attention. he must have convinced it,and it dropped the thing. and xi said,"you have done a very wise thing." - so you want to go to botswana?- i want to get away from all this. but in the kalahari? mom, it's not in the kalahari.botswana isn't all desert.
get in there. why do they put thenuts where you can't get at them? right in my bloody face. every year i have to lay hereon my back. keep it down a bit, mpudi.i'm trying to tune the scanner. okay, mpudi. go ahead. every year you come here with a biggerand better tent and equipment. and every year, you turn up with thisand i have to work my ass off. that's funny. this elephant's dungshows a complete lack of boron. hello, reverend.what are you doing on a horse?
i hit a rock with my crankcase.cracked it wide open. the trouble is, i have to meet thenew schoolteacher at mabula. you can have that one,but she's in a terrible shape. we've been knocking aroundin the hamadulas. i promised mpudi that i'd work here,so he could have a week to patch it. here, reverend. - thank you.- get in there, you bloody... morning, mpudi. - morning.- will this make it to mabula and back?
she's gonna be a bastard to start.sorry, reverend. - i put in new rings and they're tight.- but will she make it? you said i could have a whole week. this is an emergency. we want to knowif she'll make it to mabula and back. i haven't looked at the brakesor steering gear. - mpudi.- okay, she'll make it. as soon as i connect the steeringrack, but she'll be a bastard to start. there we are, reverend.then she'll be all yours. i don't think i can handle her.i hear mpudi calls her the antichrist.
well, she is a thing. i was hoping...i was ho... - i was hoping you could go.- i'm very awkward around women. - yes, aren't we all?- no, it's not like that. when i'm in the presence of a lady,my brain switches off or something. - i turn into an idiot.- you ought to meet more women. - it only gets worse.- but you will do this for me? come on, prince. come on. go, boy. come on, boy.come on, come on. okay.
son of a...choke. choke, choke, choke, choke. you tried to murder me,you son of a... don't switch her off or let her stall.you'll never start her. don't park on a slope.you got no hand brake. now you tell me. - goodbye.- goodbye, andrew. - take care, now. goodbye.- bye, mpudi. one day, a very noisy animal rushedpast where xi was sleeping. it left very peculiar tracks, as if twoenormous snakes had slithered past.
everybody lie down on the ground. all of you, lie down! come on, lie down, you and you! everybody lie down! hey, you! didn't you hear me?lie down! he can't hear you, sir. - he's deaf.- shut up! hey, wake up!come and give us petrol here. did two jeeps pass here?
yes, sir. they took half my stock. they took a big can of petrol,and they made me to lie down. if you find them, ask them.they must pay me my money. it's a lot of stuff they took. morning. - miss thompson?- yes. - my name...- how do...? my name...my name is... my name...
my name is andrew steyn. how do you do? the reverend cracked his crankcase,so he asked me to... thank you. how far do we have to go? how...? oh, sorry. hello, andrew. hello, phineas.
- good morning, madam.- good morning. - i'm sorry, madam. sorry.- it's all right. here. i'm truly sorry,madam. sorry. it's all right. what are you doing? what...? what...? what are you...?your brakes are shot. - yes.- what are you doing? i'm opening the gate. how do i get out of here?
no, it's all right. i... now i just... - oh, this is too weird. i'm getting out.- no, it's okay. i just have to... - what are you doing now?- i'm closing the gate. but don't worry. are you crazy? it has no brakes!do you wanna get me killed? - are you crazy?- all right, it'll come back. - what?- the land rover, it'll come back. - what do you mean, it'll come back?- it's all right. - i suppose you think it was funny.- i'm sorry. the brakes don't work.
i noticed. xi saw a strange-looking person,and greeted him. but the man didn't hear him. xi said, "this is a funny stick.did it grow on a tree?" he couldn't understandwhy he ran away. he realized the man must've seenthe evil thing he was carrying. that's what made him run. - she stopped.- i noticed. can you start her again?
no. we gave her new rings,and they're very tight. - how far are we from the mission?- about 30 miles. - will we get there before dark?- i don't know. - this thing has stopped.- i noticed. are you sure you can't start her? yes. this morning it took a horseand three men. - so now what?- i can make a fire. and there's some foodand a sleeping bag. spend the night?
i'm afraid so. you sure this thing's stopped? yes. didn't you notice? i can carry you across.then you don't have to... watch it! be careful! i'm sorry. i'm sorry. - i'm sorry.- look at my dress! i lost my shoes! - your what?- my shoes. i'm sorry.
well, watch it, buster. - sorry. i'll fetch your bags.- no! you'll drop them! i'll get them myself. i'm all right. i'm okay. leave that one. i don't need it. idiot. what are you doing?leave me alone! don't you dare! - go away!- it's all right. she's gone! keep away! you keep away from me!
no, i wasn't...there was this warthog. - what warthog?- she's gone, but... keep away. - i wasn't...- go away! i wasn't... i didn't... half a mile away, xi was fixing dinnerwhen he was rudely interrupted. the rhino is the self-appointedfire-prevention officer. when he sees a fire,he rushes in and stamps it out.
- do you work here in botswana?- yes, l...yes. yes. and what do you do? l...i collect manure. l... get away from...get away from... leave me alone! miss thompson? miss thompson! miss thompson!oh, it's all right. he's gone. - who's gone?- the rhinoceros.
what bloody rhinoceros? didn't you see him?he stamped out the fire. you stamped out the fire.i saw you. no, he did it first.i didn't want him to come back, so... - but didn't you see?- keep away. miss thompson, if you make a fire,and a rhinoceros sees it... ...he comes and stamps it out. rhinos do that.it's a most interesting phenomenon. you get sudden urges, and comeup with warthogs and rhinoceroses.
all right, i'll show you.i'll make another fire. think i'm lying. i'll show you. you see how i'm making another fire? you'll see he'll come back.think i'm a liar. maybe it's too far away. maybe it's upwind. mr. steyn. ask them. they'll tell yourhinoceroses always stamp out fires. i don't speak the language.
okay, i'll ask them. - see?- i noticed. they're tswanas. they always shaketheir heads when they mean to say yes. i'm making coffee. some people didn't showme their passports. they smashed the barrier.they've got guns. this is frank. - were they in two jeeps?- yes, sir. they're being followed byarmoured cars. can you see them? excuse me, sir.
- yes, sir. i can see one.- stop them! yes, sir. stop! stop, stop, stop! stop! frank? frank? frank, what was that noise? i stopped them, sir. right. explain that they cannot crossour border under arms. we cannot allow them to violateour territorial integrity. request permission to crossyour border in hot pursuit of sam boga.
sorry. we cannot allow an armed forceto come into botswana. i gotta get sam boga.he shot up half our cabinet. our police will track him down andhand him over to you, dead or alive. bye. bye. can't they help us? they'll take a message to the river. i think i can get the thingout of the river. there's an electric winch on the front. mr. steyn? mr. steyn!
- miss thompson?- could you help me, please? don't look. that's a watape tree. you mustn't gonear a watape tree. they grab you. could you hand me my gown, please?it's in the suitcase. the pink one with the white edging. ow! thank you. sorry. thank you very much. thank you. that morning, xi saw the ugliestperson he'd ever come across.
she was as pale as somethingthat had crawled out of a rotting log. her hair was quite gruesome... ...long and stringy and white,as if she was very old. she was very big. you'd have to dig the whole dayto find enough food to feed her. go away. although it was a hot day,she was wearing skins... ...that looked as if theywere made from cobwebs. she was doing strangeand magical things.
it struck him that she must beone of the gods. he wondered what shewas doing on earth. he was glad he met her.he'd give her the evil thing... ...and go home to his family. he said tactfully that he didn't needthe thing, and she could have it back. but she was very rude,and she walked away. - that's a bushman. how'd he get here?- i don't know. he's rude. there was another god.he had a fire inside him. the smoke came outthrough his mouth and nostrils.
xi said politely, "it was kind of youto send us this thing... ...but it made my family unhappy.please take it. " sorry, no sabe. where's the truck? i'll try and get it down. there was a peculiar sound, and xi sawa most amazing animal approaching. its legs went aroundinstead of up and down. and there wasa weird-looking god on its back. he wore blue skin on his headand red on his body.
and hair grew on his face. what the hell happened?where have you been? the funny thing wasthat they couldn't speak. they made sounds like monkeys. - hi.- what happened? where's the antichrist? what the hell did you do that for, huh? i'll tell you later. let's get it down. and the little bushman?what's he doing in these parts? i don't know. he was tryingto tell me something.
- you speak bushman?- yeah. the hairy one could speak. he says, "thanks for the bottle,but you can have it back." i didn't give it to him. - well, he don't want the bottle.- then he'd better throw it away. the hairy one said, "we don't want it.you'll have to throw it away yourself. " xi was very disappointed. it was unfair of the gods to make himthrow it off the earth. in fact, he began to doubtwhether they really were gods.
get out! get out!get out! get in there. get in there! move it! move it! let's go! let's go! let's go! let's go! yes, yes, yes. here comesthe great white hunter to the rescue. miss thompson, i presume. hello, steyn. how would you liketo travel in style for a change? yes, thank you. how do you open this thing?with a can opener? quaint. milady?
- thank you very much, mr. steyn, for...- bye-bye, steyn. goodbye, miss thompson. by the way, i am jack hind. the reverend's worried.he got to me on the short-wave... ...so i offered to look for you.that was very sweet of me. - it sure was.- would you like to sit over there? sure. thank you, mr. steyn. see you, steyn. see you, mpudi.
i don't want to talk about it. she thinks i'm a lunatic,and i don't blame her. you know, she asks me what do i do,and i say i collect manure. i don't tell her i analyse itfor my doctoral thesis. i bet you she thinks i shovel the stuff. was it rough? i'd rather not talk about it. that rough. it won't be long now,and your suffering will be over.
when you get there, you'll have tostand there and look beautiful... ...while the whole tribe singstheir welcome song at you. then you can relax, have a bathand a nice breakfast. is it true that when a rhino sees a fire,he stamps it out? where did you hear that one?did steyn tell you? why would he tell you that? - here. this'll put hair on your chest.- that's all i need. she wouldn't believe me aboutthe warthog and the rhinoceros. - what rhinoceros?- i don't want to talk about it.
so how did this thing get up the tree? she got stuck in a watape treeand i had to... you know she's got flowerson her panties? so that's how this thing got up the tree. yes. don't i wave or take a bowor something? notorious communist guerrilla leadersam boga and his band... ...have crashed through into botswana. - they are heading for mozambique.- well, how many?
not even 300. i told you bastards,don't waste ammunition! now we can't even fight back anymore. all of you switch your guns overfrom automatic to single-fire. anyone withholding informationwhich could lead to their capture... that's automatic. that's single. citizens are warned that sam bogais a dangerous person... ...and that he and his gangare well-armed. so it'll be unwise... and why are you so beautiful?
i'm going to the schoolto give her these. you gonna look like that? - like what?- like it's a funeral. you've gotta smileand tell her she looks good. how are you an expert on women? i got seven wives. how many you got? - why aren't you at home with them?- i know how to marry them. - nobody knows how to live with them.- so, what did you marry them for? someday i have to tell youthe facts of life.
"and yet we all agreethat every plate we break... ...was cracked by mr. nobody. 'tis he who tears our books, who..." come in. good morning, mr. steyn. morning, class. l...i brought... please, just leave it. i brought you your shoes.
shoe. you don't want to talk about it, huh? shame. the animals looked ridiculousbut good to eat... ...and he was hungry. suddenly a young boy madechattering noises at xi. so he said, "i shotone of those animals. it'll go to sleep soon,and then we can eat it. " but the boy ran away, maybe to callhis family to join in the feast.
there was a weird sound... ...and another of those strange animalswith the round legs appeared. the young boy and a grownup gotout of it, and seemed very excited. xi said, "come, sit down.there's enough meat for all of us. " but the man was rude and greedy.he took the whole animal. he said, "you have very bad manners. if you eat the whole thing,i'll have to shoot another for myself. " the man shouted,but he didn't want anything to do... ...with such an uncouth person,so he ignored him.
suddenly there was a thunderclap. the animals ran away, and he ranafter them. he was very hungry. do you speak english? you are free to remain silentuntil you have seen your lawyer. if you speak now, whatever you say willbe taken down as evidence against you. i got to go to court. what did you do? the cops were here. they say theycaught a little bushman for stock theft. they say all he can speak is "xixo,"so they want me to interpret.
xixo. they brought xi into a placewith several people. he smiled at them in greeting,but nobody smiled back. interpreter. you, xixo, are hereby charged withwrongfully and unlawfully slaughtering... ...one goat on the 21st of september,1980, in oniamatokwe. how plead you?guilty or not guilty? mpudi found it difficult to interpretbecause, in his language... ...there was no word for "guilty."
finally he asked,"did you shoot an animal?" xi said, "yes, i did, but that man took it.he did not want to share it with me. " - well, what does he plead?- not guilty. - they gave him the death sentence.- for killing a goat? no. three months in jail, same thing.he gonna die for sure. he never seen a wall.now, he got walls all around him. but didn't you explain to them? - they said, "silence in court."- yeah, but surely they ought to know. nobody knows the bushmen.
nobody ever goesinto the deep kalahari. how come you know so muchabout them? when botswana belonged to the british,i hit a policeman for insulting my father. so i fled, right into the kalahari. i died, you know. dehydration. some of those little buggersfound me, and buried me. only my head stuck out. for two weeks, they pushed waterand food into my mouth. and when they dug me up,i was nearly white.
like you. i lived with them for three years.they're the sweetest little buggers. he gonna die for sure. can i go to mahadi tomorrow? you wanna go and seelittle what's his name? i want to get him out. now, don't do anything silly. they got to let him out. maybe if we explain to them.
- you coming too?- yes. says he's sorry.he try to eat the food tomorrow. - has he eaten anything? it's been a week.- no. of course we're worried.we can't force-feed him. - you've got to let him out.- he's got 11 weeks to go. well, is there no way?can't we buy him out or something? well, if somebody wants to employhim as a convict-labourer. but he has no experience,no qualifications. he got qualifications.
he can teach you thingsabout plants and animals. yes. we want to employ himas an ecological expert. he will have to remain in your employfor the full 11 weeks. if he leaves, we will hunt him downand lock him up for a long time. okay, thanks. we can't put him inside. no, you're right. i understand the words,but the meaning... talks about a bad thing,an evil thing.
and about the end of the world. well, explain to him he hasto stay with us for the full 11 weeks. - he doesn't know from weeks.- we'll tell him when it's okay to go. - hello, andrew. mpudi.- hello, jack. i hear a bushman's working for you. yeah, his name is xi. - are they good trackers?- best in the world. mind if i borrow him? one of my guests wounded a cougar.my trackers can't find it.
this is where we lost him. you'll see, he'll find him. hey! hey! scram, go away! get! go away! - i'm sorry, i didn't realise...- i don't want to talk about it. what do you want? hurry up. hurry up.get them out.
come on. get him.hurry up, man. you can drop those guns. bastard. you want me to let fly? now get out.with your hands up. bring out all the kids. sergeant, i'm going to walk due eastfrom here to motambe... ...and i'm takingall these kids with me. if i see one truck or one aeroplaneor one policeman...
...or one soldier or one person... ...we'll mow these kids down. - have you got shortwave in there?- yes. now get on to headquarters, and tell themi want a corridor 10 miles wide. the army and the policebetter clear out everybody. and they've got to put down foodand water every 20 miles. and then get the hell out of the waybefore we get there. tell them that. all right, get them into a circle.i want a big circle around me. leave the small ones. it's milesto motambe. they'll never make it.
okay, now buzz off. clear out the people from this end... ...because i want to start marchingin two hours. and i warn you,you better clear out everybody. clutch. brake. brake. clutch. clutch! i'm teaching him to drive.just for the hell of it. nothing else to do around here anyhow.
- still mooning about the schoolmarm?- sort of. i want to move up to nioko for afew days so we can do a game count. - how will this get us through the jungle?- we strip it down. come on, xi. come on! he don't know from doors. stop playing that bloody game. okay, it's time. let's go.move them. come on. everybody up. come on, let's go.keep them going.
keep them in a circle around me. move them!don't leave any stragglers. - keep your paws to yourself!- shut up. get them into a circle.a circle, a circle! - stop yelling at them.- that's not a bloody circle. - can't you do anything right?- i can't get them into a circle. they keep coming up in a square. then, make it a square.let them walk in a square. keep them going.don't let them straggle.
who says they'll come this way? he says he wants a corridor10 miles wide. i'm sorry. we'll have to get out of the wayfor now until he passes this point. where can i find andrew steyn? you'd better warn him too.he's five miles that way. you turn right at the... damn it, i'll come and show you. johnny, will you take them to machadi? tell them to sing.come on, everybody. sing, sing!
wouldn't you know? now where do we find him? they left this morning. come on! they went through. they'll meet up with boga for sure. - is there a way around this?- it's a hell of a long way. well, let's go. mpudi.
one, two, three, four, five... ...six adult oryx. he says there are peoplethings down there. - where?- down there. army truck. unloading something. i wonder what they're up to. looks like food.cooking pots and stuff. maybe it's a picnic. funny. they're going away.
- they went away and left their stuff.- yeah, funny. oh, well. one, two, three, four, five, six... you've got to let them rest. the smaller ones can't keep up. they can restwhen they get to the food. - you're driving them too hard.- it's a long way to motambe. you said 20 miles.they can't walk 20 miles without eating. halt!
look at that! i told you,stop playing that bloody game! you've got to letthe little ones turn back. nobody turns back. next thing,everybody's gonna get sore feet. next one drops out, i shoot him! you, you, help her.if you got to carry her, carry her. if i catch you playing again,by god... march!
they can't march 20 miles.they're not soldiers! if they want to eat,they'd better march 20 miles! are you scared it'll spoil your imageif you admit you made a mistake? you! come here! see that hill over there? go to the top, and wave this thinguntil the army people see you. then you go down to them, andtell them sam boga made a mistake. now i want them to leave foodevery 10 miles. - understand?- yes.
now, get going. move! one ostrich and four, five... ...six, seven, eight... a lot of children. the foodmust have been left there for them. - what the hell? they've got guns.- the kids? no. there are men down therewith guns. it's no picnic. i think those kids are hostages. what was that on the newsabout sam boga? that man said i must go to the top,and i must wave my conga.
so miss kate said 20 milesis too much. - is she down there?- yes. we'll have to immobilise them. - are bushmen good stalkers?- best in the world. let him have a look at them. all right. explain to him that the men with the gunsare bad. we have to put them to sleep. he want to know how didthose people get in there? no, no, they're not...
you explain. one hour, then we move! i'm gonna have a snooze. "dear miss thompson: your abductors have been injectedwith an immobiliser. when they go to sleep,you must disarm them." tell him he must give her the noteonly after he's shot all the men. when he shoots, he mustpull back on the thread quickly... ...so the man can think it was a horseflyor a wasp that stung him.
he's fast. it'll work. he must dip the needle each time. i can't see the little bugger. yeah, i see him. now, look at that. yeah, he's clever. nothing's happening down there. it takes time. who are you?
some of those guys are down.she'll need help when they wake up. hey, wake up, man.you gotta wake up. come on, you can't sleep now.come on. we need some rope.there's plenty in the land rover. he can fetch it.i didn't teach him for nothing. says he don't understand the gears. - told him he can drive in any gear.- let's go! and you take that one. and you, that one.
and i'll take... there's only six.there should be eight. maybe they're asleep as well.i don't know. i want you to circulateamong the children. quietly. and tell them thatwhen we grab the guns... ...they must run fast into that crevicebehind us and take cover. okay? good. ready? go! no! get down, get down!
and stay there! get back! all of you! - hey, watch it!- sorry. we've got to outflank them.you go around. i'll keep you covered. get back! get back! hurry up! - you okay?- yep. - who are they shooting at?- i don't know. four, five, six.
two are missing. this one here, and i heardshots from over there. look. roll over. mpudi, hold him. what's happened? have you got water in there? hold these for me. - get up.- but what happened, man?
oh, it's a long story. what happened to those guys?are they all dead? did you kill them? they've been immobilised. where's kate and the kids? they're hiding back there.they can come out now. oh, my god. mpudi. keep that guy covered. kate! it's okay.you can come out now!
we've got everything under control.you can come out! - jack?- hi there. the marines have landed. it's okay. you can all come out. all right, come on. come on. you're safe now. better collect those men beforethey wake up. you were right. - did you fix him good?- yeah, get up. walk. boy, you had a tough time, huh?
watch out! stop fooling around, steyn. it's all right, steyn. move. milady. sergeant, get on the radio and organisesome buses to take the kids home. how come suddenly he the big hero? we'd better get back to our equipment. says thank you, goodbye andhopes you have lots of children. - tell him thanks. i'll miss him.- he can't use that.
- i have to...- bushmen don't know about money. - what can i give him?- there's nothing here he can use. - bushmen don't need things.- he's gotta take the money. it's the law. he's going the wrong way.the kalahari's that way. says he got to find theevil thing and get rid of it. i don't know. - i'm going to miss the little bugger.- yeah, me too. - you gonna look like that forever?- like what? like jack hind is better than you.
- no, i'm going to talk to her.- tell her you were the big hero. no, i can't do that. but i do want to talk to her. i'll tell her... i'll say, "look, miss thompson... ...i know you think i'm an idiot... ...but normally i'm quite normal. it's only when i'm in the presenceof a lady that i... it's really just an interestingpsychological phenomenon.
if a man who is susceptible to a typeof para-freudian syndrome like this... ...encounters a nubilefemale, what happens?" i suppose another big word happens. - too erudite?- yeah, whatever that means. okay. i'll put it more simply. i'll say: "look, miss thompson. kate. kate. it's really only an interestingpsychological phenomenon." she'll understand that bit.she's a schoolteacher.
i'll say, "when there's no lady present... ...i can catch an insectwithout hurting it." if she knew me better, she'dsee i'm not a stumblebum. - all i need is a little practise. if i...- wait for me. you need moral support. there she is. you better do your thingbefore the pupils come. yeah. morning, miss thompson. - how are you?- fine, thanks. how are you?
fine, thanks, and how are you? i'm fine, thank you. kate... ...but i'm not really like that. it's... ...only when i'm around wom... around you. i'm sorry. normally, i'm quite normal. but whenever i'min the presence of a lady... ...my fingers turn into thumbs,my brain switches off.
watch it! it's flour. it's actually... actually, it's really only an interestingpsychological phenomenon. perhaps it's some freudian syndrome. when i brought you your shoes,i came to apologise... ...for the stupid things i didwhen i met you at mabula. to explain that i'm not as stupid as that. but then, of course, i blew it, and i...
so i don't blame you if you think... but it's really only aninteresting psychological... when you get to know me better, you'llsee that i'm not always stumbling. yes, you are a very interestingpsychological phenomenon. and i think you're very sweet. xi was beginning to think he'dnever find the end of the earth. and one day, suddenly, there it was.
