To Walk with Lions Page #5

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I don't even know

why I bothered.

I can't believe

I even thought...

That I might have

fancied you.

You sort out

your own problems.

Or not.

Bwana!

Bwana!

Poachers.

Tony Fitzjohn

to warden Ngetha. Over.

Tony, can you hear me?

What's wrong? Over.

James, we heard some gunshots,

And we're on our way

there now. Over.

Jesus.

Terence!

Get down!

Shoot at the bastards,

james.

They have to shoot at us

Before you can

shoot back.

They're shooting now.

Open fire!

You okay?

I'm okay.

Hold on, james.

It will not be okay.

You don't know what you

got yourself into, Tony.

You know who you

got killed yesterday?

Abi, my brother.

The ivory hunter,

my cousin Hakim.

Get out.

If you don't,

The old man is dead.

Do you understand?

George.

I'm gonna have to

go away for a while.

Keya and Hamsi

will look after you.

I don't need anyone

to look after me.

Where you going?

Tanzania.

The place

Lucy mentioned.

Oh.

I think she's still

with friends in Nairobi.

Oh.

You'll be all right then.

Yeah.

Nabu.

Do you think

he'll come back?

Who is lord of the land?

I am.

Speak of the devil.

Fitzjohn.

Lucy.

This is becky.

Hi, becky.

Hi.

I'll go inside.

What happened to you?

Um, ran into a door.

Some bouncer you are.

Lucy, I think

you were right.

I think I should go see

this place in Tanzania.

I have all the maps and

contacts. I can give them to you.

I was hoping you'd...

You'd come with me.

Come with you?

Somehow I just don't think

I'm your type, Fitzjohn.

Listen...

I'm sorry for what I said.

Maybe we could

start again.

I just wanna do this

for George really.

Please, will you help me?

After the slaughter

of the elephants,

Terence grew

increasingly distant.

Each morning, he silently

went off to build his roads,

But his heart

was no longer in it.

So it's easy.

You just keep it

level, right?

Yep. That's all you do.

There it is.

Mkomazi.

Do you think

You could teach me

how to fly?

Yeah, sure.

Here you go.

Sh*t! Sh*t!

Pull the stick back.

Pull back

on the stick.

Where you going?

I'm going to land.

Where?

I don't know.

I'm looking for

A couple of hundred yards

without any trees or rocks.

There. Over there!

Did you enjoy that?

Yeah?

You don't look like you did.

It's beautiful.

It really is.

It's gonna take

a lot of work.

We're gonna need

roads, water holes.

Outposts, anti-poaching patrols.

Take ten years.

It's wonderful.

It's the beginning

of a dream.

I don't know, Lucy.

Maybe it's

too much.

If George can do it,

you can do it.

Ow!

You all right?

Oh, sh*t!

What happened?

Ah!

Twisted my ankle.

Can you put

weight on it?

Oh!

Me Tarzan,

you Jane.

Come on, faster.

What's wrong with you?

How's the ankle?

You don't think I really

twisted it, do you?

What?!

Here's a young one.

He'll be hungry.

Come on, baby.

See the one circling us?

Yes!

This is a good place

for the lions.

Oh, yeah.

It's perfect for lion.

Elephant, rhino.

Yeah.

George would

love it here.

Terence, come look.

Halley's comet.

Remember when we first

saw it in india?

Look.

It's halley's comet.

Terence, come.

Come and look.

Look how bright

it is tonight.

You remember the first time we saw it?

1910. How it

filled the sky!

How it reflected

so huge in the pool

In front of the palace

in akbar.

Remember...

Remember how we tried

to touch it in the water?

Ah! Look how bright

it is tonight.

Come. Terence?

Terence?

Terence.

My dear brother.

George, is there

anything I can do for you?

Would you like me to

get in touch with Tony?

You know...

It's a bitter irony.

The harder and harder

it gets...

To lose people

as you get older

Yet the older you get,

The more people...

...The more people you lose.

Until finally...

You lose everyone.

Come on, George.

Hamsi will make us

a nice cup of tea.

Thank you.

Thank you, Maxie.

You know, I think I'll...

I'll go for

a little walkabout.

I'll go up to Meru.

Terence and I used to hunt,

fish when we were young.

I'll...

I'll take...

I'll take Coretta with me

for company.

Whatever you like, George.

Did you want me

to come with you?

No, no, thank you, Maxie.

Just... Just Coretta and I.

I'm getting

too old for this.

I'm getting old.

You're very

talkative today.

What are you

trying to tell me?

Oh, my god.

Newscaster:

The violence continued

In the northern provinces

of Kenya.

Shifta bandits are reported

to have killed

40 villagers

in the Meru district.

You know, Suliman,

You should be the one

up here instead of me.

You can smell, see,

hear intruders

A lot farther than I can.

Ah!

Oh!

Ooh!

Radio the flying doctor.

I don't need

a bloody doctor.

How's Suliman?

You only grazed him.

I swear to god,

it wasn't his fault.

He was only playing.

I spooked him;

I should've known better.

Bwana Adamson,

you must live...

Forever.

Don't worry, Hamsi.

I intend to.

Hi, Tony.

Hi, doc.

How is he?

Well, I stitched him up.

He lost a lot of blood,

but he'll survive it.

He's a tough

old bugger.

Tony, I think you should know

that George is in

The early stages

of osteoporosis,

A degenerative

bone disease.

It'll progress quickly,

And there's very little

that we can do.

He'll be in

a wheelchair

Within a year.

Does he know?

No. I thought you

might want to tell him.

I've given him antibiotics.

Call me if the wounds

go septic.

Yeah.

Here we go.

They're giving you

handouts.

One day you will have

to find your own dinner.

That's it.

Bwana George.

A special visitor for you.

Victoria.

Good god!

After all these years.

George!

I thought you didn't

recognize me.

It's just

a tiny nuisance.

What the hell

are you doing here?

I've come

to look after you...

Not that you need

looking after.

Damn well right I don't

need looking after.

You are most welcome,

indeed.

Oh!

Tony, Tony.

I want you to meet

Victoria Anrecelli.

Hello.

Tony Fitzjohn.

Hello. I guided her father's safaris...

In the '60s...'60s?

'60s? In the '40s.

In the '40s.

Just after the war.

Do you remember the storm we sailed into

In lake rudolph?

when I had to

drag you ashore?

Yes. I saved his life.

I saved your life.

Yes, you did.

I could never swim

worth a damn.

I saved all your letters.

It's marvelous

of you to come.

Here we are.

I think groll and her cubs...

They must be

around here someplace.

Groll doesn't need

us anymore.

She's wild now.

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

I just came

to say hello.

Give her a few

little tidbits.

Listen, George...

Can we please

talk about this?

I can't wait any longer.

You know that I love Kora

as much as you do, but...

It's dying.

You've thrown me out, they're

trying to get rid of you.

You've got to make

a decision about the future.

Why don't you just

come and see Mkomazi?

It can be everything

you have here and more.

How many times?

How many times

do I have to tell you

For you to understand?

I will never

leave Kora.

Nobody, nothing,

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