Hatari! Page #4

he'd be back in a few days.

- We talked to the doctor.

- Did he tell you I was coming?

He said you borrowed 15

from the Indian.

And he said he hadn't seen you since.

- You thought I was going to skip out?

- You could have.

I've got something to do first.

Do you always carry that chip

on your shoulder?

That depends. I needed the money

to get my rifle from the gunsmith.

Without a rifle

I couldn't be much good to you.

Question is,

are you worth anything with it?

Why don't you try me and see?

Kurt is a pretty good shot.

Would you like to shoot against him?

I'd like that.

- Bring your gun down to the range.

- I'd like to go.

Me, too. Would an audience bother you?

If it does, he won't be much use to us.

- It won't make any difference.

- Hop in.

- Hey, where are you going? Wait!

- Dallas, come on!

All right.

Kurt, take the first bottle on the right.

And you... What is your name, anyway?

- Charles Maurey.

- Chalmo...?

- Charles Maurey.

- Never mind. Chips will do.

You take the second one

and then alternate. Ready?

Go ahead.

There go my deposits!

Now shoot what's left of 'em.

That's pretty fair shooting.

- He's faster than I am.

- A little.

Reload, Chip.

We'll see how fast you really are.

Well, it looks like you're going to work.

I still have something to do.

May I have your gun, please?

- Sure.

- Thank you.

You still want me now?

You got the job.

OK.

But you've got a strange way

of asking for it.

- Kurt.

- Go ahead, Sean.

Our motor's a little hot.

We're going to get some water.

- Find a place in the shade and wait.

- OK, we'll be waiting for you.

- Holy smoke! What on earth is this?

- It's a well, a water-hole.

It belongs to the Masai tribe.

Nobody knows who built it

or how old it is. 2,000 years maybe.

You see how they raise the water

to the cattle.

Funny thing, they'll work all day

getting that water up.

But when it comes to repairs,

they won't touch it.

They hire another tribe to do the work.

They're cattlemen. Too proud to dig.

Can't you get any more speed

out of this thing?

Let's go, Pockets!

Oh, nuts! Don't slow down,

pass me the line.

Come on, hurry it up!

Some day, Pockets,

I'm gonna wring your neck!

Not today, bwana, not today!

Just shut up and drive!

We'd better get this one

or else he'll be awful mad!

The Lone Ranger rides again! Yahoo!

If he misses again,

stick your fingers in your ears.

Slow down easy! Easy!

Hold him! Let me see something!

Hang on to him!

Open the door!

Kurt, get out of there. He's hard to hold.

Come on out! Get the hell out, will you!

Get up!

Get him up!

I thought he was going

to take you clear to Arusha!

- You got another cage?

- No, thank you!

Let's break out the beer.

Cheeky!

Chewy!

- Bring him over here.

- OK.

He knows the way.

Come on!

See how he likes it?

- Want some?

- Brandy!

- Good morning.

- Morning.

I really twisted this thing yesterday.

Yeah.

What's the matter? You look liverish.

Too much sun?

Sean, how old is Brandy?

She's around... Let's see, she was 17...

Have you had a close look at her lately?

Holy smoke! She's all grown up.

I noticed that the other night

when I was zipping up her dress.

- When you what?

- Zipping her dress.

All of a sudden,

I stopped thinking of her as a kid.

- You did?

- I did.

That Frenchman isn't looking at her

like she was a child.

Anybody with two eyes can see that.

That's why you're green around the gills!

Spring comes to the bushveld

and the bucks start fighting.

- So what?

- So...

I can't answer that. But don't let it

gum up the work around here.

I won't. But I'm not going

to give him a free hand, either.

This is going to be great.

The Indian's knocked out,

we're stuck with a woman photographer,

now you break out in monkey bites.

- And we're a month behind already!

- So what?

So don't give him a free hand.

Come on!

Hey! It's the Indian!

- Welcome back, Little Wolf!

- We've missed you!

- Don't spoil him.

- Get the stretcher.

- Comment a va?

- Frenchie, you've got good blood.

- We're blood brothers.

- Not till I give you some back.

It's like carrying an elephant!

Indian, this is

Signorina Anna Maria D'Alessandro.

- Molto piacere, signorina!

- Piacere!

- Where are you taking me?

- Bed. You're going to stay there.

- Pockets stood in the chair.

- No kidding!

All right, clear out.

Let him get some sleep.

- 'Night.

- Thanks, boys.

- Brought you some water.

- I've had that for days.

- Maybe this'll help.

- That's more like it.

Bring me up to date.

What's happened since I've been gone?

Frenchman's working out pretty good.

Quick. Pretty fair shot.

- Better than I am?

- Just as good. Moves fast.

Go on.

- We got a giraffe and a zebra.

- Go on.

The Frenchman and Kurt

got a thing going about Brandy.

- Well, good for Brandy! Go on.

- What do you mean, "go on"?

That Italian import out there.

Who does she belong to?

That Italian import out there

belongs to the Basle zoo.

That's A M D'Alessandro. Next time

you write to a photographer,

check what the initials mean.

- How come you let her stay?

- I had no choice.

- You haven't answered my question.

- What question?

- Who does she belong to?

- Oh, Indian!

If you need anything, holler.

I'll leave my door open.

Sean.

What about rhino?

They say there's plenty of them

around Longido.

- Don't do it.

- Why?

Let 'em alone.

First, it was that Belgian kid.

Then Brandy's father and then me.

- This was pretty close.

- Too close.

I'm beginning to think

we got the jinx on us about rhino.

- That's just because you got horned.

- No, it isn't.

Sure, I'm scared of 'em.

So is anybody with any sense.

You're right, there.

So just for this season,

let 'em alone.

Well, we'll wait

till we fill the other orders and then...

Don't lose any sleep over it

for a while. Goodnight.

'Night.

You didn't waste any time,

giving the Frenchman competition.

Competition? She was kissing

Uncle Kurt for giving her a present.

Has she thanked Uncle Kurt

that way before?

- No, she hasn't.

- Some present! What was it?

Oh, nothing.

One of those things women wear,

with laces on it

and some stuff around...

What business is it of yours?

The Frenchman was watching.

You got him worried, anyway.

- What's next?

- I was thinking of buffalo.

Got an order for three.

A male and a pair of young ones.

Semanjaro might be good.

I hear they are moving through there.

Could be all right.

Semanjaro's good country

for a lot of stuff we need.

Ought to be good, because it's so dry.

- Indian, do you like travelling?

- Sure, if I don't have to walk.

Tell Arga to get the stuff ready.

We'll go tomorrow.

- Enough for four or five days?

- That ought to do it.

Dallas, no trunk.

While I'm thinking about it,

no red shirt like you had on the first day.

Why?

Some people say animals

are colour-blind, but I don't agree.

- I had a bull chase me once.

- Really?

Sure it wasn't the other way round?

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