The Last Flight of Noah's Ark Page #3

Oh, great. We have a certain amount

of fuel to get us to your island.

We burnt that up flying in the wrong

direction for God knows how long.

- So what are you gonna do?

- What am l gonna do?

l'm gonna squeeze as much mileage

out of whatever fuel we have left.

- Turn back?

- No, we've gone too far.

(Dugan) Mayday. Mayday. Boeing B-29.

Zero November Niner. One Three

Two Niner. Mayday. Mayday.

Boeing B-29. Zero November Niner.

One Three Two Niner.

Do you read me? Can anyone read me?

Hello? Hello?

That's great. Even if l knew where we were

l couldn't tell anyone. Did you hear me?

Do you really think that'll do any good?

Do you think it can do any harm,

Mr. Dugan?

- Did you find any life jackets?

- Just one and that fell to pieces.

l'll kill Stoney.

(engines sloww)

- What's that? What's happening?

- We're running out of gas.

- Are we gonna crash, Mr. Dugan?

- Don't worry, Julie, we'll make it.

Why don't we just land?

Just where would you suggest

l land, Mr. Know-lt-All?

Over there on that island.

Kid, you got the eyes of an eagle.

We're gonna do it, Bernie.

We're dropping.

That happens when you've only got two

engines holding up a four-engine plane.

- Can we make it?

- lt gets a lot more difficult with no engine.

So you better start praying again, baby.

Kids, get into that engineer's seat.

Strap yourselves in and hold on.

OK.

Thanks, Bernie.

Get behind that wheel.

l may need some help.

- Oh, Mr. Dugan.

- Don't worry, kid.

(engines sloww)

There they go.

l'm gonna try and pancake her

into the beach from the water.

(Dugan) Hold on!

(animal noises)

Come on,

let's go see how the animals are.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

Thank you, Mr. Dugan. You must be

the best pilot in the whole world.

Ah, out of the mouths of babes.

Well, l'm sorry l badmouthed you, old girl.

You did real good. Real good.

Hello.

(in Japanese) l don't believe it.

l just don't believe it.

You just sit here quietly, all right?

l'll get some bandages and a splint. You

might've sprained it. Gonna be all right.

l don't think it's serious.

Well, Mr. Dugan...

What does the situation look like?

Lonely.

l mean, what do you suggest we do?

l don't know.

But after that l'm gonna take a swim.

Oh, really, Mr. Dugan, God has given us

minds and we must use them.

Positive thinking is the key.

We have been spared

and we will be rescued, l'm sure of it.

But God helps those who help themselves.

We must search

for any inhabitants of this place.

We must look for food and water.

But first we must

prepare ourselves for the night.

The corral must be built,

the animals taken out and placed there,

the plane interior must be cleaned so that

we can use it for sleeping quarters.

Oh, and some partition

must be put up for privacy.

- Oh, of course.

- Well, let's get on with it.

A little honest work never hurt anyone.

There's an axe in the plane. We'll use

that to cut palms to make fences.

Wanna bet she's also an Eagle Scout?

- Not bad, huh?

- (groans)

- What'd you do?

- l'm afraid l've gotten some blisters.

Oh, well, a little honest work

never hurt anybody.

- Bobby, come on, bring 'em in.

- All right.

Well, here we go again.

Come on. Come on, you stubborn thing.

Now the pigs.

- (laughter)

- l don't know how to grab one.

Come here, you. Come on, get back here.

(Julie) l got one!

(speaks Japanese)

(speaks Japanese)

- We'll be back.

- Well, can' t we come?

Absolutely not. There's no telling

what's in that jungle. You stay put here.

(children) Aw...

Come on, Julie, let's go to the corral.

Come on, Brutus. Come on.

l wonder if there are people here.

Ah, there's probably a Hilton hotel

just around the corner. Don't worry.

- l hope they're friendly.

- Bernie, l'm surprised at you.

Your religion dictates positive thinking,

remember?

Brutus! Brutus!

- Brutus!

- Brutus, come back here.

Brutus!

- Brutus!

- Stop!

Brutus, come back.

Brutus!

Brutus, you're a naughty boy, now.

Come along before l get mad at you.

- That isn't the way.

- Sure it is.

- Brutus knows.

- l wish l had Petey with me.

Ducks know their ways better than bulls.

This is not the way, either.

- Yes, it is.

- No, it isn't.

You'll see.

Tell me something.

What made you become a missionary?

l didn't think people did that any more.

- Mr. Dugan, do you really want to know?

- Of course l do.

Well...

l come from a big family.

My mother died.

l was the oldest so l pretty much

raised my brothers and sister.

When they were ready to leave home,

l was out of a job.

The only thing l knew was helping people.

l tried nursing for a while

but that wasn't quite what l wanted,

so then l thought of missionary work.

Why didn't you just get married

and start your own family?

Oh, well...

l believe that wasn't the way for me.

Anyway, the welfare of others matters

more to me than my personal desires.

- Some guy let you down, huh?

- Mr. Dugan, you have no right...

l got as much right as you,

walking around with your nose in the air

like you know more than anybody else.

l guess when you spend

your life bossing kids around,

you think you can do it with

grown-ups too.

Who do you think you are, talking to me

like that, you insensitive...?

Uh-uh-uh! Don't say it, Bernie.

Listen, stop calling me Bernie.

Whatever you say, Miss Lafleur.

Come on, boy. Come on.

Whoa, boy. Whoa, boy. Whoa.

Look.

Come on, let's go tell Mr. Dugan

what we've found.

(Dugan) Must've been

a military outpost during the war.

(Bernadette) These men are behaving

as if the war's still going on.

lt may be they don't know it's over.

l read where the news

never reached some of them.

What war?

Well, we'll just go right down there

and disabuse them of that notion.

Are you outta your mind? They'd cut

you down before you opened your mouth.

- We don't even know how many there are.

- We've got to do something.

Yeah, beat a hasty retreat back to the plane

where there's a little armor

between them and us.

Come on.

Watch it, Bobby.

Are we supposed to hide in here forever,

Mr. Dugan?

What's the matter with you people?

This is no joke.

They're out there waiting for us.

They have real guns with real bullets.

l'll help you, Mr. Dugan.

Thanks, but that doesn't

make me feel a whole lot better.

- What would?

- A machine gun.

Well, it seems to me

you might have a better plan.

lf l had a plan, lady, l would've

kept going the first time l saw you.

- My dad could've figured out a strategy.

- Hey, how about playing General Custer?

We could send Brutus out there

on a cavalry charge.

- He might get shot.

- Yeah.

Hey, the war is over. Now, why can't

we go out there and explain it to them?

l'm sure we could resolve this amicably.

Amicably? We just crashed on their

island in an air force bomber.

What makes you think they'd believe you?

- l never lie, Mr. Dugan.

- Can you say that in Japanese?

Hey, l don't care what you say.

l have a job to do and l'm going to do it.

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