Jock Page #3

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and mind the animals.

How did that dog get in?

When I arrived at the tree,

the dog had the colours on,

Thought you did it!

How did that little mongrel do it?

Home sweet home.

Yes, Jockie, we have an underground

residence. It's an old mineshaft.

Brace yourself, it's partytime!

Ha ha! Look at them baby! Watch your step,

whoop whoop whoop whoop! Easy does it.

Now listen to this catchy song

my little chirpy canine chum.

They're pointing out

where you went wrong

and to join that race was dumb.

And worse than that

you had to go and win,

which was tactless and insane.

You so don't get the mess you're

in, as my chorus will explain.

You shouldn't have done it!

It was coming first that blew it!

And anyway it wasn't up to me.

Jockie, Jockie, Jockie, Jockie,

Jockie, George is going to throw a fit

I told ya, I warned ya,

You shouldn't have done it!

There was cheating going on.

You shouldn't have done it!

You shouldn't have run it!

- You shouldn't have done it!

- Come on, Jockie.

If you have plans to grow up son,

which right now I would doubt.

You'll learn what is and isn't

done and that interfering's out.

You should have listened

to my sound advice,

When you're on this island paradise.

Oooh I think

you'd best disappear!

I told you, I warned you,

you shouldn't have done it!

You OK?

Wart thought he'd missed the party.

What have you done to him?

He fell down the stairs, you saw.

What happened today, Basil hmm?

A stray dog joins the race, and wins?

Who said you could run?

The warthog couldn't race.

You were in charge.

It was my idea. Leave him alone.

Stop! Please stop. No no no.

Come here, runt!

Bully.

What did you say!

I said bully.

Oh dear. Oh monkey.

- George?

- Hey, I've got an idea.

The beam?

It was a great relief to

leave Crooks Corner behind us,

but to do so we had to

cross the Crocodile River.

I was terrified. Jim, however, was just

delighted to have another opportunity

to display his reckless courage.

Go on. Careful. Wait.

Basophalaphoi.

Be careful Jim!

Masambeni! Donsa!

Baba had once told me that

our actions were as stones

dropped in a pond.

They create ripples that travel

through others in ways we can't control.

That's why it's so important

to listen to our hearts

because he said, that's how the

spirit who Sees All talks to us.

This is the life, eh? Couple of

guys on the road, free as birds.

Well, I am anyway. You're

more like, free as a rock.

Ha ha! Why the long face?

Come on.

I shouldn't have done it.

Well you shouldn't have,

but you did. It's over now.

Bad luck to keep worrying

about the past. Time to move on.

How can I? When I made things worse.

Well you win some, you lose some.

You helped Fitz. But you

put Basil in Hot Water.

He'll survive, probably.

Besides, we're going

to go see your mother!

And I know a couple a hens there who'll

be glad to see me, I'll tell you that.

Fitz, the drums.

Hey, there she is! Hey, there she is!

I've missed you, mom.

Well you certainly didn't tell

me did ya, this one's trouble.

So I've heard.

What are the drums for?

The leopard has killed a

little girl from the village.

If it's got a taste for

humans it'll kill again.

Stay calm.

Time for a quiz.

Right. Who did this?

Anyone else think this is funny?

Who did this?

I didn't say anything.

Try again, Snarly.

Well you see, you were

about to tear the runt apart,

when this old beam just fell

and hit you! It was crazy!

Oh tragic. Right well that's it,

have a good evening.

So you couldn't race?

I don't see any further use for you.

Stop!

Now, where were we, Basil?

The beam fell on me and

you helped me off to bed?

The beam did this?

Oh dear.

I just wanted to help Fitz. He

was going to lose all his money.

So? That might have been just

the lesson he needed to learn.

Money is a human

matter, it's complicated.

Everyone makes mistakes. The

thing is to learn from them.

Here he comes!

What's going on?

What's going on? We're going

to hunt for the leopard!

We? Ha, this I gotta see.

Ow, my hip, oww, when did that happen?

Lead on, Pezulu

Oh, look at this place.

Gross.

- Birds.

- Oh lucky dog,

someone up there likes you.

It's the voice of the ancestors,

a sign of change to come.

The little girl was bathing here.

It's the leopard's waterhole.

I hope he doesn't like chicken.

He could be watching us right now

Jock! Come boy. We're going in.

The leopard is out hunting.

Let's come back tomorrow.

We wait in the cave till he returns.

Really? In there? I don't know

if this is such a good idea.

- Psst, Pezulu!

- Look at this!

Ohh, careful, careful!

Haibo wena! You'll kill

us before the leopard!

Baba?

No. These are thousands of years old.

So no new ones?

Jock!

Stay close boy.

Okay.

He won't come back. He knows we're here.

What was that?

We should stay!

Wow!

Wait here.

Mo-om!

Jock!

Leave her alone!

Stay there, mom!

Don't! Don't shoot!

Mom?

Jess? Oh no. Jess!

He's gone.

I'm here.

It's always said that dogs don't

"feel" things, not the way humans do.

Anyone who had seen Jock's sad eyes

would never say that.

His heart was broken.

Poor Jess. Oh Jock, I'm so sorry.

I'm so proud of you.

It's all my fault.

No, you...

you did everything you could.

You bear no blame.

Don't die. I need you.

You'll do fine. You're like your father.

Fighting for what you believe in.

I love you, I'll always be with you.

We travelled for months and

finally we were here, Pilgrims Rest.

The town I had dreamed of.

It had been 10 years since

the big strikes were made here,

but I was sure there was still

gold coming out of those hills,

and I aimed to find it.

Here we are.

See you at the wagon park, Jim!

I'll bring back pots of

gold boy! See you later.

Jock. You OK, son?

Sure, I'm just going

to keep an eye on Fitz.

Basopha! Basopha! Watch out!

Hello there!

I was blinded by my enthusiasm,

I didn't see how bleak things were,

I didn't see that it was too late.

Every piece of ground in the valley had

been claimed. Newcomers were not welcome.

Hey!

What are you doing?

I'm sorry.

All the claims are taken. Move off.

Years of dreaming, months of journeying,

my life's savings...

gone. I had nothing.

And I didn't know what to do.

I think we're too late Jock.

All this way for nothing.

This is all I've got left. And

I've only got this because of you.

No. Not now.

Hey, come on! No! No!

Not now! Jock, stop it!

Stop it! Hey! Come on!

Mr. Fitzpatrick?

How nice to see you!

Well? Looks like you're

enjoying yourself.

- Any luck, Mr. Fitzpatrick?

- No.

Hard work, that's the ticket, my boy!

Oh we're not afraid of that,

Sir. It seems we are a bit late,

all the claims were taken. They

say Barberton is where the gold is!

I wish you luck.

Why don't you join us for tea?

Lillian!

Morning, morning. Oh George!

I preach the good news! Our

little dog has killed a leopard!

He's a local hero!

Well even you're afraid

of leopards, George...

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