Escape from the Planet of the Apes Page #6

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They made me tell them everything,

Cornelius.

- Brutes.

- Shall I tell you something?

I'm glad I did.

We can't live with lies.

After this, I doubt

we shall be allowed to live at all.

Do you mean that?

Oh.

How long?

A week. Maybe sooner.

They treated you like dirt.

Ma'am, sir.

Chow time.

I'm not hungry.

Well, maybe somebody else

is who can't talk yet, huh?

Oh, come on, ma'am.

It's pure vitamin "C."

You better drink your soup

and eat the oranges...

for the sake of that little monkey

you got

What have you done, Cornelius?

- Nobody makes a fool out of my wife.

- But oughtn't we to call

Shh! We just ought to leave.

I'll be going back with Dr. Hasslein

in a few minutes.

I'm the one who has to tell them.

- Stevie, you've gotta come help me.

- I'll come right away.

It just seems so cruel and horrible and

I don't know. I'll see you.

- Cruel, Dr. Dixon?

- Unbelievably.

- Zira wants her baby.

- So do I.

- But dead.

- Yes.

You'd prefer the parents dead too.

Shall we go?

Gate 4.Just a minute, sir.

I'll take a look.

No, sir. The lieutenant

hasn't checked in yet.

- Night, Charlie.

- Night, Ed.

Yes, sir.

I'll give him that message.

"Contact the motor pool. "

Yes, sir. Just as soon as I see him.

Gate 4.

Oh, yes, Captain.

No, sir. The supply truck

isn't due until 0600 hours.

Well, I'm sorry, sir.

- Good night, Charlie.

- I said good night.

We haven't any way

to contact them until then.

Well, the depot's closed, sir.

Okay, sir. I'll be off duty,

but the relief comes on at 0430 hours...

and I'll get him to pass the message.

Yes, sir.

Zira, what's the matter?

I I think my pains have begun.

Oh, my dear.

Administration, Doctor.

It's urgent.

- What happened?

- The apes have killed their orderly.

- Where are they?

- On the run.

Now they've killed.

And for that, they must be killed.

It has to be done and done quickly

before we start a stone rolling that will

gather enough poison moss to kill us all!

Look, I'm going back to camp.

- I'm going to find Lewis, and I'm going to get help.

- No. No.

Zira, I just lost my temper with the boy.

Now maybe

- It's better now. I can walk.

- Listen to me.

They may punish us for what we did...

but at least the baby will be born.

- Were they armed?

- No, I don't believe so.

Then, when they're found, there's no need

for a shooting match, is there?

Not strictly speaking, no.

I am speaking strictly, Hasslein.

Science regards these apes as unique.

The people regard them

as practically human.

Mr. President, the people must be told

that the killers of today...

could become

the mass murderers of tomorrow.

Of course they must, Hasslein...

and I can think of no one better equipped

emotionally than yourself...

to persuade them of that possibility.

But, in a democracy, we do not shoot

unarmed suspects on sight...

for a murder in which

their participation is still legally unproven.

Now, I want them taken, yes,

but taken alive.

- Is that clear?

- Quite clear, Mr. President.

You lost, miss?

Oh, it's you, Dr. Branton.

You'd better be careful, ma'am.

There's been a murder.

- Murder?

- Yes, ma'am.

The monkeys have killed their orderly

and escaped.

What? I don't believe it.

How did it happen?

I don't know, ma'am.

All I know is they've killed their orderly.

And I've been given orders to find them.

Drive carefully, Dr. Branton. There will be

a lot ofvehicles in the area tonight.

- Cornelius, what have you done?

- Stevie, I didn't mean to kill him.

He was teasing Zira, and I thought

I just hit him with the tray.

- Please believe me.

- I do, Cornelius. I do, but they won't.

- Where's Zira?

- She's back there. She's hiding in the bushes.

Stevie, she's in labor.

Oh, God. Get in.

Stevie, you won't take us back

to the camp?

Get down. I have a better idea.

Now, wait a second.

Just a moment.

Let me get this straight.

You are asking me to risk imprisonment...

for the sake of two fugitive apes?

Well, the answer is,

a thousand timesyes.

Oh, yes.

I do it for you and for Stevie...

and for your two distinguished friends.

- Uh, "notorious" now.

- The hell with notoriety.

What is a husband expected to do

stand by and see his wife insulted?

Good God. Aren't we rude

enough to each other...

without having to be rude to animals?

And anyway, he didn't mean to kill the boy.

It was an accident.

- Los tratan bien, muchachos?

- S?, patr?n. iSalud!

I sure appreciate

what you're doing, Armando.

Well, you helped deliver our last baby...

and now you will deliver our next.

Lewis. What took you so long?

After your phone call, I had to work out

some excuse. They think I'm searching.

- Armando's been a saint.

- A minor one. St. Francis would have fixed it better.

- Never.

- Say hello to H?I?Ise.

And your goddaughter, Salome.

- Hello, Salome.

- The first chimp ever born in a circus.

No. Los Angeles has had four.

Los Angeles is not a circus.

Los Angeles is a zoo.

So New Yorkers say.

Lewis is here.

Lewis, I was not responsible

for the death

I know, but you will be responsible

for a birth. How is she?

The pains are coming

every five minutes now.

Every four.

Oh, look. Look at H?I?Ise.

She's showing an expectant mother

what to expect.

Mama. Mama.

Say it. Mama.

- Mama.

- Zira.

Zira, don't waste

your breath and strength.

You know that the child of two primitive apes

will never learn how to speak.

I'm getting into practice.

Mama. Mama.

Mam

There. That's good.

Come on. Over here.

Mmm. What are we going to call

- Him.

- Him?

Milo?

Milo.

Milo.

- Milo.

- Congratulations.

Oh.

- No?

- No.

- But, sir

- Captain, I'm fully aware of the fact...

that you've canvassed all the areas

we first established.

Evidently, we were wrong

because you haven't found them yet!

Thank you.

Now, Dr. Dixon, can you

pinpoint the probable date...

of the baby's birth

with any degree of accuracy?

Well, I never examined her,

but, from appearances...

I'd say a week to 10 days.

Well, if it's that's close,

she can't have gone far.

- Where do apes go?

- To other apes.

Of course.

Captain, I want you to start

an immediate and systematic search...

ofevery menagerie, every zoo,

every circus in the city.

I'll augment your force

with the city police.

I want to be kept fully informed

about all results...

- whether positive or negative.

- Yes, sir.

- Lewis will think of something.

- I am so sorry.

I had planned it all so well.

In just one month, we move on

to our winter quarters in Florida.

I could have released you in the Everglades,

and, oh, my dear, dear friends...

you might have lived happily ever after.

But now What can I do?

You have done enough

to make us grateful to you forever.

I did it because

I like chimpanzees best of all apes

and you,

the best of all chimpanzees.

I did it because I hate those

who try to alter destiny...

which is the unalterable will ofGod.

And if it is man's destiny one day

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