Dr. Cyclops Page #3

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in hospitals to

attack cancer tissue.

Though immeasurably

more powerful,

I am able to employ it with such

delicacy as to treat the wing

of a butterfly without injury.

If you'll examine it closely, you will

note the simplicity of construction.

Pinto.

(NEIGHS)

Pedro. Come here.

Come, Pedro.

I want you to see this, too.

(MACHINERY HUMMING)

(ALL SCREAMING)

(CRANKS)

(GROWLING)

You must not be impatient.

They are in the cellar,

but you cannot see them

until they regain consciousness.

(CHUCKLES)

I can hear Dr. Bulfinch saying,

"lmpossible,"

when he awakens to find himself

fully dressed in a pocket handkerchief.

(CAT GROWLING)

You may be right.

It is nearly time.

(GROWLING)

No.

No, you must not

frighten them.

Come, my little friends.

There is nothing here to alarm you.

(GASPS)

Vocal chords quite unimpaired.

That's a very good sign.

Have you no temperature?

Dr. Bulfinch, would you be good enough

to take the pulse of your companions?

As with all little creatures,

the first instinct

is for escape.

Well, there's the stairway.

Run if you like.

(GROWLS)

No, these mice are not for you.

At least, not yet.

Muscular coordination, perfect.

Reflex actions, perfect.

Physical structure, perfect.

There's no need to hide.

I have shut out the cat.

See, I am sitting down.

I threaten nothing.

Come on out where I can see you.

I'd like to look at you.

How fearful you are.

You've changed in more than size.

Have you forgotten breaking in

to steal my discoveries?

Have you so soon

lost all your interest?

Where is your scientific spirit?

Ah!

Come closer.

Have no fear.

What is the matter?

Can you not speak?

Yes, I can speak.

And a fine, natural voice, too.

But come, are you not curious?

Have you no questions to ask?

Only one.

Why does Providence

permit the existence of such a monstrosity?

(LAUGHS)

Marvelous.

Exactly in character.

Brain and nervous system have

come through undamaged.

Now, my little friends,

it will be necessary to again check

your various weights and sizes.

(YAWNS)

But first, you will forgive me

if I am so rude as to resort to a stimulant.

Excuse me.

But during the period

of your transition,

I have not had one hour,

not one moment's sleep.

(YAWNS)

You should be proud.

I have been able to alter

the size of many organisms,

but you are the first specimens to survive

the ordeal by more than a few hours.

You should be proud, I repeat,

because it was your assistance.

You gave me the clue to my only error.

(YAWNS)

It was the iron crystals,

identifying the iron crystals.

Now I can control life absolutely.

(SQUAWKING)

(GROWLING)

Satanas!

(GROWLING)

(SNARLING)

(HISSING)

(BARKING)

That is my dog.

Sure is a fine dog.

Tipo?

(CHUCKLES) He is magnificent.

Tipo.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Tipo, I am me, Pedro.

Tipo, look at me. I am Pedro.

Tipo, don't you remember

when we're hunting?

You know?

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(WHINING)

He is my dog,

but who is Pedro?

You've been very quiet.

That is good.

Now, come out.

I want to look at you again.

I will grant it is theoretically possible

to break down organic tissue

by subjecting it to radioactivity,

but Dr. Thorkel is wrong

about everything else.

A radioactive field

cannot be channelized.

He is absolutely wrong.

You may be right, Dr. Bulfinch.

Perhaps you are not small at all.

Perhaps everything else is big.

(THORKEL LAUGHING)

My little friends,

I am very proud of you.

You are most resourceful.

Now, come back.

We must resume the examinations.

Remain here.

I shall reason with him.

Come right in, Dr. Bulfinch.

I shall be glad to

take you first.

I most certainly

shall not come in.

What?

Already a mutiny?

I demand that you send for the mules and

have us transported back to civilization.

In a saddlebag?

What an undignified position

for the great Dr. Bulfinch.

In any event, the mules have already

been sent back to civilization.

Then we're to consider ourselves

your prisoners?

Suppose we consider you

self-invited guests in my laboratory.

So we are prisoners.

Prisoners in Cyclops' cave.

Cyclops?

Is that a reflection

on my vision?

No, on your intellect.

Cyclops, too, thought size

and strength were sufficient.

He was a very ignorant fellow.

While Ulysses possessed

a very superior mind.

Well, look out, Ulysses.

There's a hen about to peck you.

Go away, you ridiculous fowl.

(LAUGHING)

Enough of this foolishness.

Come here.

Dr. Thorkel, I will not,

under any circumstances,

cooperate with you in any manner whatever.

Come here at once. This is an order.

I will not. I will not.

Dr. Thorkel, I warn you.

I will not tolerate

this outrage.

Calm yourself, Professor.

I am surprised that a figure

of your scientific attainments

should be guilty

of such emotional outbursts.

So, you will be the one

to tell the world of my work.

Of your crimes.

You will find the world far away

for legs as short as yours.

A little straighter, please.

Thank you, Doctor.

Dr. Thorkel,

I demand your attention.

Exactly 13 and one-quarter inches.

Now, Doctor,

hop up on the scale.

Ah, thank you.

I see you anticipated my wishes.

It certainly was not my intention.

So, something has gone wrong.

You are surprised.

Be quiet.

Then the great mind is not infallible

after all.

Stand here.

I will not.

Stand here.

I will not.

Most unfortunate.

Well, Doctor,

what mistake have you made?

It is nature who is making the mistake.

You are developing exactly

as if you were a young organism

instead of a mature one.

You are beginning to grow.

To grow?

How fast?

So far, your growth is barely perceptible.

Later, it may accelerate.

And later, there will come a reckoning.

I am well aware of that fact.

And it is that which is most unfortunate.

What are you going to do?

As you and your fellows

develop toward normal size,

you will again interfere

with my work,

and that is something

which I cannot permit.

(SCREAMING)

So, you would spy on me.

You'd better come back.

You'll never live

half an hour in the jungle.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(THUNDER CLAPPING)

(CHIRPING)

(SCREECHING)

(WOOD CRACKING)

(THUNDER CLAPPING)

Say, ain't that the canoe

you was telling us about?

Sure. Come on.

She'll ride us clean out of this country.

Kind of big, ain't she?

She was very small canoe.

I paddle him like that.

Well, now what do we do?

Well, anything's okay by me,

just so long as we stay away

from that screwball doctor.

We can't go on like this,

being afraid of everything.

This canoe's our only chance

to get away.

Oh, I will push him in myself.

(WHISTLES)

She is very big.

You're supposed to be an engineer.

There must be some way to

get it into the water.

You're supposed to be a scientist.

What do you suggest?

Well, people move houses,

lots of heavy things.

Don't you use levers

and windlasses?

(SCREAMS)

(GROWLING)

Fine company.

Just when everything was rolling.

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