Road to Zanzibar Page #6

It'll pick me up

a little.

That's the last dose. The last dose?

I better take it. I

think I'd better have it.

I'm operating this

safari and I think...

I'm the man with the pink eyes.

I'd better go for it. There we go.

Take it all.

That's a good boy.

Makes you feel better.

That's good.

What is that? It's a mild sort of sedative.

Sedative!

Yeah.

That'll make me sleep! I gave you a

double-header. It shouldn't hurt you.

I got a date with Donna. I gotta

be peppy. I'll make up your bed.

Why do I listen to you? I gotta

take something. Take a nap.

I gotta be... Come on,

Junior. La da Dee Dee

Why do you

do this to me?

Da da Dee Dee da There. Why

do I want to listen to you?

Oh, what a night!

What a moon!

What a girl!

Must be more to it than this. What does

a fella do now? You could read poetry.

I could if I had

a book of poetry.

I could play a guitar

if I had a guitar.

If you knew how to play one. How

about a nice mixed green salad?

This reminds me

of a picture I saw once.

A fellow and a girl

in a canoe.

Just like we are...

only he was paddling.

Showing off?

Yeah, and out of a clear sky

he started to sing a song.

What's wrong with that? Nothing.

But what killed me is that from

nowhere an orchestra started...

Violins and everything right

in the middle of the jungle.

I think I can top that.

I saw a picture once...

Same situation...

a boy and a girl in a canoe.

She was paddling.

Show-off?

All of a sudden he sticks

his hand in the water...

and out comes the sound of a harp,

out of the water. I don't believe it.

It's a fact.

All he did was this.

Did you hear something?

Uh-huh. Do it again.

What is this?

That's not bad. Now if you could

just take it down a halftone.

Okay, shorty!

Orchestra, please.

Whenever it's

early twilight

I watch 'til a star

breaks through

Funny, it's not

a star I see

It's always you

Whenever I roam

through roses

And lately

I often do

Funny, it's not

a rose I touch

It's always you

If a breeze

caresses me

It's really you

strolling by

And if I hear

a melody

It's merely

the way you sigh

Wherever you are

You're near me

You dare me

to be untrue

Funny, each time

I fall in love

It's always you

Where have you been half the

night? And I don't believe it. Oh...

Just out, grandma.

Just out, huh?

I don't need any thermometer to tell

me that you're running a temperature.

Tomorrow, huh?

Oh, no.

I'm a little tired. We'll

take care of it right now!

You're marrying Bradley if

I have to climb the steeple...

and ring the wedding bells

myself. Can't we forget Bradley?

You wanna forget Bradley?

Now, you listen to me!

You're not going to pass up

the Bradley millions,

not for the other half

of a human cannonball!

All right, Julia!

If it'd make you happier, the next time

Chuck comes near, I'll sling mud at him!

Good! And I'll

hand you the mud!

Good night, baby.

Not too much muscle on

those duds. Leave it to me.

There we are. What did

you do to my best shirt?

What'd you do to your best pal?

You handed me a Mickey Finn!

Would I do that to you? You sure

would, if you were in the same spot.

All the time she was with you,

she was talkin' about me.

She was very unhappy

because you weren't there.

Cried, cried, and cried... on my

shoulder. That don't mean nothin'.

Being a gentleman

of the old school,

I slipped my arm around her, no

struggle. That don't mean nothin'.

With the moon and the stars

and one thing and another,

I sorta kissed her.

That don't mean nothin'. Did to me.

Listen, Buster, you're just the

come-on, the shill. I'm the shill?

You think she's gonna kiss

me to make you jealous?

You weren't there.

You didn't even see it.

Somehow you don't get it.

Don't you know why she does it?

Why's that? She knows you'll

tell me. You big blabbermouth!

Fearless, would you like to

take a little walk with me?

Huh? Oh, sure! I'll be right

with you. I can finish this later.

If you don't mind, I'd like

to talk to Fearless alone.

Alone?

Sure.

That's the way life is. Some fellas

got it and some fellas ain't got it.

Hey!

You got it!

I'm no different than

a lot of other guys.

I've knocked around, but then the

right one comes along and I'm hooked.

Not easy, mind you.

Fearless,

let's sit down.

Yeah, I know

what you mean.

You can fight it

all you want to,

but when love really

comes along, you're gone.

And it's

come along, huh?

That's what I wanted

to talk to you about.

Well, tell Hubert. What's whispering

in that little heart of yours.

Well, it's about Chuck. Oh.

No, don't go.

Last night I guess I was carried

away, gave him the wrong idea.

Now I'm worried. I want to be

fair with him, but you see...

There's

somebody else.

Oh. And now you wonder whether

you ought to tell Chuck?

Uh-huh, but it's kinda

hard for me to do, I...

How did you know? I know what girls are

thinking better than they do themselves.

What should I do?

I've got to tell him.

I like him so much, and yet

I... Listen, it's simple.

Don't worry. He already knows.

I've been tellin' him all along.

How did you find out? Right there.

I got a feeling for those things.

It shows all over you. I

knew the first time I met you.

And you told Chuck? I tried to, but

it's so hard to beat it into his head.

He's one of the nicest fellas

in the world, my best pal,

but he's so

stuck on himself.

Thinks when he's around a girl,

they won't look at anybody else.

What do you think I should

do about it? Don't do a thing.

Leave it all to me.

I'll handle the whole thing.

Fearless, you're a darling. Yeah, I know.

Donna?

I think I better go.

Thank you, Fearless.

Aren't you coming?

Not until my toes uncurl. Bye.

Come on, come on. Put

that junk up, will ya?

Let's talk this over. This isn't

junk and I've got nothing to say.

I've gotta get it finished.

Should look very fetching on you.

I'm getting shoes and a

bag to match. I'd do that.

It's for a certain party. Token

of my steam. "Esteem" is the word.

No, steam.

I was hot that night.

Stop dropping these

veiled hints around here.

What's percolating up in

that single cell of yours?

It's what I've been

trying to tell you.

Donna doesn't care for you,

she's in love with me.

- She told you?

- If I might say, verbatim.

That's the silliest

thing I ever heard of.

How could she be

in love with you?

You talk like I'm a goon or something.

When I'm with women, I get

a different personality.

Sort of a Jekyll and Hyde. You

don't ever get them mixed up, do you?

You've been wonderful to me,

and I want to be fair with you,

because we like you...

but you know that's life.

Some fellas got it and some

fellas ain't got it... I got it.

Chuck, I wanna talk to

you. Why don't you knock?

What,

on canvas?

I'd like to talk to Chuck. Go ahead.

Chuck, sit down.

The lady wants to talk.

What I'm gonna tell you, it's for

your own good. Donna's, everybody's.

I don't know what

you're talkin' about.

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