Flipper's New Adventure Page #2

descriptions perfectly.

Better get

on the radio.

Can one of you

give me a line?

I wouldn't do that,

friend.

Drop your gun

on the bottom of the boat.

All right.

Now move!

Just what we need

to take us where

we want to go.

Probably not enough food

for people we don't need,

so we're going

to make a little swap.

You're going

to take our boat,

and we're going

to take yours.

All right.

We'd better do

as he says.

Wait a minute.

We may need you

to run this boat.

You stay.

Yeah, but they

can't handle that...

All right, lady.

It's all yours.

All right, lady.

Get in the boat!

All right. Let's get

this clunk inside.

Come on, children.

We'd better start rowing.

Help them, Flipper.

Tow them if you can.

A sea monster!

No, it's a dolphin!

Well, never mind it.

Try to row.

But it's attacking us!

I know.

I saw her

try to hit you.

I don't blame you.

I'm getting

blisters, mummy.

Oh, well...

Well, wrap those rags

around your hands.

Oh, mummy, look!

Quickly! Put them

back together!

Oh, quickly!

Quickly, honey!

I can't!

Try! Try!

Row! Row as quick

as you can.

Quickly.

Oh, my babies!

Quickly!

Won't be long now.

Hurry!

I can't!

A ring, look.

Here.

Hold on.

Hold on now.

Hang onto it.

Hang onto the ring.

Gwen! Are you all right?

Penny, are you all right?

Yes!

Thanks to this.

Where did you

get it from?

It must have been

in the boat all along.

Oh, mummy, what are we

going to do now?

No food, no water.

Nothing.

Marooned here.

What will happen

to daddy?

It'll be all right.

Somehow, it'll

be all right.

Good work, Flipper,

but I guess we both

better get out of sight

before they start

looking around.

See ya later.

Morning, Flipper.

I'm going down to see

how our visitors are doing.

Follow me down the beach.

Penny!

Come down at once

before you fall down

and break something!

Oh, but, mummy,

we're all so hungry.

We've got to reach

those coconuts.

Well, maybe we could

cut the tree down.

There must be

millions of things

we can find

in there to eat.

Well, yes, there are,

but there are also

millions of things

that are very poisonous

and none of us knows

which is which.

I'm sorry,

but I can't run the risk

of your getting ill here.

We'll just have

to catch fish

or look for turtle eggs

or something like that.

But how, mummy?

I don't know.

We can try.

I'd like to help them,

Flipper,

but they just can't

know i'm here.

Now, Penny,

you try to fish,

and, Gwen, look along

the beach over there.

See if you

can find something.

Sometimes things

are washed up.

I'll look over there

among the trees.

That's a super idea,

mummy.

Take this to her, Flipper.

And be sure

she doesn't see you.

Flying fish!

Take this to her, Flipper,

and stay out of sight.

Mummy!

Mummy!

But, mummy, they

must be flying fish.

They flew

right up at me.

Penny, they're

not flying fish.

They're a fish

called Grunion.

At a certain

time of the year

when the moon

is right,

they swim up

on the beach.

Well,

I don't see any moon!

Children, I don't care

what kind of fish they are.

I'm just glad we have them.

See? I told you Providence

would take care of us.

Can't I try it, mummy?

Oh, Penny, you'll

only get in the way.

I'll just go on

a bit longer.

Flipper, they just

can't do anything right.

Come on. I'm going

to need you again.

Oh, I'm sorry.

All I'm getting

is blisters.

Well, we'll just have

to eat this fish raw.

Oh, no!

Gwen, in the far east,

millions of people

eat it every day.

With a little lemon juice,

it's quite good.

But we don't

have any lemons.

Well, we must eat!

It's that monster.

Well, never mind.

It won't come on land.

Come on. We must eat.

Mummy, matches!

Dry ones!

I swear they weren't there

10 minutes ago!

They must have been

washed up from some ship.

You see?

Every time we need something,

somehow we get it.

It's just like I told you.

It's Providence

watching over us.

Well, let's hope

that Providence

is looking after

daddy too.

Thanks, Flipper, again.

All that trouble so they

can have just one good meal.

Flipper,

we've got problems.

Who are you?

Look, please...

Forget I'm here.

I'm hiding out. I...

Hiding out?

I'm, I'm a fugitive.

I mean...

You're part of that gang

that took my father!

No! No!

Look! I'm a friend!

I'm not one of them!

Honest!

Look, I've been

trying to help you.

That's how you got

the fish and the matches

and that life ring

when your boat sank.

Flipper brought

them to you.

He's my friend.

He's your friend too.

See?

He's bringing you

a present.

Thank you...

Flipper.

Then why did you say

you were a fugitive

hiding out?

Well, I didn't

really mean...

I haven't got time

to tell you now.

But the important

thing is,

you've got to promise not

to tell anyone I'm here,

not even your mother.

All right.

I promise.

It's got to be an oath,

a blood oath.

A blood oath?

That way I can

really trust you.

Then I'll help you

all I can.

Well, all right.

I swear I won't tell

anything

about Sandy Ricks

or Flipper.

I swear I won't tell anything

about Sandy Ricks...

That's me.

Or Flippah.

His name is Flipper.

But that's what I said.

Flippah.

Why do you

talk so funny?

I talk funny?

Flipper!

Flipper.

Where did you learn

to talk like that?

England.

That's where I live.

Penny!

Oh, Penny!

Go ahead.

Answer.

Coming!

Be right there!

Look, whenever you

hear this whistle...

try and get away

and meet me.

Say, you fight

pretty good.

You were lucky.

You should see me when

I've had enough to eat.

How about that, Flipper?

Flippah?

We'll save these matches

no matter what happens,

and we'll take turns

watching the bay.

The minute you see

or hear anything,

a plane, a boat,

anything,

this signal fire's

to be lit instantly.

Right, mummy.

It's our only chance

to get help

for daddy.

I'll take

the first watch.

Maybe just you and I

should stand watch, mummy.

I think we can rely

on Penny too.

You know

how Penny is.

She daydreams.

Maybe Gwen

is right, mummy.

I'll see if I can have

some more luck fishing.

All right.

Look, I'd better

come with you.

Not bad

for a daydreamer.

Gwen, why don't you

take these back to mummy?

All clear?

It's O.K.

O.K. Now meet me

where I told you.

See how easy it is

when you know

what you're doing?

Now, what did I tell

you about tinder?

Only use the inside

bark of the tree

because it doesn't

get any rain,

so it's always dry,

real dry.

Now, another thing you

should know right away

is how to climb

a coconut tree,

also, how to

husk coconuts.

My pa showed me

how they do it

in the south seas.

It's not hard,

even for a girl.

Come on.

No, no.

You get sweeter milk

from the green coconuts.

O.K. That's pretty good.

I know, for a girl.

Please, Gwen, you

only get in the way!

And that's the way

you come down...

almost the same way

as you go up.

I remembered it all

from a movie I saw

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