The Day of the Dolphin Page #3

I'm Sorry.

- It's alright.

I'll tell you what

I think it is.

I figure he's learning his own language,

from Beta. Must be a great relief.

Fish for Bee?

Come on Fa, come on.

Say "fish."

Say "Ma" Come on ... Fa say something.

Come on Fa. You know how.

Oh, alright here take it.

Ok Bee. Good girl.

Come on.

It's love alright.

How much longer?

- What?

How much longer? Ah it's hard to tell.

Guess.

could be an hour. -oh Christ-.

Feeling a little sick? "A little" isn't exactly

the right word. There's a bunk down below.

- How often you make this run?

Now and then.

You work with the dolphins too? Sometimes.

- How many of you are there?

- What? Working at the center, how

many? Oh, few, I guess.

Thats pinning it down alright.

Terrell tell you not to talk to me?

- What? - Did he tell you

not to give me information?

Hang on Mr. Mahoney

we're going to hits some swells.

Is the um, water circulating in the holding tank?

- Yeah.

He's been down there almost all day Maggie.

U-hum. You want to argue with me about it? No thanks.

He says he wants Alpha and Beta to know that what's

going to happen is his game.

- I know...

Jake!

The boats coming in.

Ah nuts, I told Mike to take the long way. Hey!

Fa, give now!

Okay, listen you guys take Alpha and Beta,

and put them in the holding tank. I'm coming out.

Okay, You won't be laughing long pal.

Ah, gonna have to put these away.

Take it easy

Mr. Mahoney.

I don't get it.

We're supposed to be keeping all

this Alpha stuff a secret.

And this guy comes to write

something about it. What's the point?

Well, he's supposed to be a friend

of someone at the foundation.

Anyway we're keeping him from seeing these two,

that's all. He be gone tomorrow.

Let me help you with this. Thanks, I can do it.

I still got few ounces of strength left.

Was the trip over a little rough?

No, no, it was delightful.

I particularly enjoyed

the part where I threw up.

What's that building?

Well we're trying to build a special tank

for some experiments. Sounds interesting.

No more so than anything else,

that's ah, nothing special.

A special kind of tank for nothing special.

I can hardly wait to see inside.

What magazines do you write for Mr. Mahoney?

Anyone that will accept my material.

- How long have you known

Harold DeMilo? Oh, quite a while.

Did you know him at Harvard. I think he went

to Princeton. Oh yeah, Princeton that right.

Well I thought you might want to get some rest,

maybe have something to eat...

... then we'll have one of the boys show you around.

- You know what I would really

like to do? - What?

I've really been looking forward

to seeing that dolphin of yours.

You know, what's his name, Alpha?

You know, the one that was born here.

Isn't that his name, Alpha? Yes that's his name.

I'd really love to take a look at him.

He's right behind you.

What's he saying?

Your guess is as good as mine.

Who's is he Jake?

Whats the difference He won't be here long enough

to give us any trouble.

What kind of trouble?

Whatever kind of trouble you had in mind.

Well, you know he's not here to write an article

about dolphins. No, I don't know that.

Oh come on .

Come on yourself.

He lying about being a friend of

Harold DeMilo. I don't think he even knows him.

That sort of makes Harold a liar too

doesn't it?

That doesn't come as any great shock to me.

You just don't trust the good

old establishment do you?

Which good old establishment.

Leave it alone Maggie.

Well don't you even want to know what...

...leave it alone.

Let Mr. Mahoney do his job

whatever that is and... get out...

...and we'll go on about our business.

We'll probably be

ready in a month or so...

... and then we can move one of the dolphins in

and... really concentrate on them.

Which one are you going to put in.

No special one. Uhum.

He likes you. What? Alpha,

he likes you, I said.

Oh he likes everybody. Everybody

likes him too. Not everybody.

What? That piece missing from his fin.

It looks like somebody chewed it off.

Oh a shark did that probably.

A shark out in the ocean?

He did that when he was a baby. He jumped out

of the pool. Fell on his back.

The fin got infected, we had

to take a piece out.

- That was before Lana got here.

- That's right, that was before I got here.

Well thanks for the tour.

My pleasure.

Jake ... Are you awake?

Jake?

Jake sleeps, what is it?

Maggie, someone just tried to open

the door.

Where is he now?

Well, it sounded like he went away.

The telephone number on the card,

you can reach me there if you ever need to.

I'm not sure what it is you have in mind...

You will when the time comes.

- Goodbye Mrs. Terrell.

- Goodbye, Mr. Mahoney.

We are all on the same side you know.

He knows something's up.

What is it Fa?

What does Fa want?

Jake he's going to try to jump over.

He can't run...

Jesus...

it'll hold. Will Alpha?

Alright, uh... leave us alone.

Fa ... do ... Bee ...

- Fa?

Fa... do... Bee ...

Fa? Fa... want...Bee ... now.

- Yeah ...

Fa ... do... now ...

- Yes, Fa wants Bee?

- now... Fa... Bee... now... Bee... now.

Maggie ... Maggie ... Maggie!

How's it look?

It's okay.

A section came loose from one of the

pipes. I re-attached it.

Does it look like anything's been at it?

No... I don't think so.

You mean like a shark?

yeah.

Do you think they could handle one if it got in?

I don't know... I don't think it's worth a chance to try it.

What would they do?

Well, they could always yell for help.

- Man, it's weird.

Think so? You don't?

I mean I stand there and watch you

talking to them... and listening...

I know its happening,

but its weird.

Its like we're all having a dream,

or some sort of... psychotic fantasy.

Don't you feel something

like that?

Well I'll tell yeah ...

... since Alpha started

speaking I've had a feeling...

... I haven't had since I was your age.

What's that?

That there are infinite... possibilities.

Jake ... it's the Foundation ...

Mr. De Milo.

Maggie and I talked about this thing, we both feel

that all of you should know as much as we do about it.

So here's what's happened...

It seems Mr. Mahoney, knows about Alpha and Beta.

How much about em?

All about them.

And apparently he's ready to publish

all his information on the work we've been doing here.

How in hell did he find out?

We don't know.

...but you can imagine how...

...disappointed the people at the foundation are

that we kept them in the dark too. Oh boy...

the point is it looks like we are going to be

forced to come out with the information first...

...to keep this whole thing to keep from

turning into some kind of freak show.

that's exactly what I

didn't want to have happen.

I had hoped we had more time.

...but, (we don't)

we don't.

They're sneaking up on us.

- Jake, it's not that bad.

It's not that good.

The world has to find out about this sooner or later,

thats all part of it. What's all this work been for?

I don't know any longer....

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