Two Brothers Page #3

Have you heard of these ceremonies?

Of course.

What animal would he be against?

A savage one.

We have the best fighting beast we've ever own in captivity.

We want an opponent that is worthy of him.

A special beast means a special price.

5000 Piasters.

He'd better be worth it.

He is.

Let us know when to stop feeding him.

Are they real?

Of course. Everything about my father was real.

It rather overdone for modern taste.

Your father was crazy.

It was a tradition.

Nothing was too expensive or beautiful for those he loved.

Was he born ferocious?

He was a very shy animal when he arrived here.

Full of fears. So was fear that make them into killers.

Why did they call him Sangha?

The Administrator's child named him.

Leave me.

Your Excellency. He's very dangerous.

Leave me.

Do you remember your father, Sangha?

Was he a great lord of the jungle?

Mine was.

Did all the other creature shrink in his shadow?

That's how was with mine.

Was yours disappointed in his son?

No. Perhaps yours was not.

So you too think one must be cruel in this world.

That one must be cruel to gain respect.

We've got him.

He's promised to sign it at the end of the ceremony.

Once his name is on the dotted line...

If I faint with the first sight of blood, don't say I didn't warn you.

If I were you, I would get used to it.

Because if I am appointed, as we hope,

Remember there has a bullfight every something.

It could happen. It could be my tiger.

Think about it. It's possible.

Raoul, stop it. It won't be your tiger.

You wait here for me.

Blood hell. These years, isn't it?

I am so sorry.

How did you recognized me?

I am the one who's changed.

Looking for another tiger skin?

That one is not for sale.

No. But it soon will be.

You know His Excellency's tiger is a wild beast.

He, on the other hand, is a poodle. He's been trained to sit up and beg.

So he'll be torn to pieces.

How dare you lecture us? Who would you think you are?

So one tiger will die.

But every penny we earned from it will be spent on keeping the rest of our animals alive.

I asked you to take care of him. Not sending him to the slaughter.

You are the hunter, not us.

You are the one who get rich by killing.

Give us the key.

I'll buy him from you.I am asking for whatever they pay for him.

You could have avoided it.

The key.

Come on. Boys!

Give us the key.

I'm finished here. Let's go.

Sangha. It's him.

Mama, It's Sangha. It's him.

How could it be?

I am sure.

You know very well he's in the zoo. The zoo in Bangkok.

Whatever. He's a thousand miles away.

Move, Kumar. It's time to go to work.

You are a ferocious beast.

So act like one.

God come with you, my brother.

Go on.

Go. Kumar.

Get some stones. Stop them playing.

Get them scared! Get them angry!

Come on Kumar! Fight! Fight!

Kumar! What's the matter with you? What do you think you are doing?

The gun! Give me the gun!

The door! Closing that gate!

Take him away.

Go! Sangha, Run!

Oh, thank God.

I was not sure you are to come.

No until I was thinking selfishly.

Thank you.

Where are they? Not far.

My soldiers took a shot at them at the temples.

But they got away.

We had to tell him that we give him tiger to His Excellency.

He didn't take it very well.

I don't suppose you'll speak to him.

You see that old man over there, leaning on his cane,

That woman with her child?

What would you say if you find out that you tiger torn one of their legs or killed one of them?

Sangha never eat anyone.

No, but he will. It won't be long.

If he wanted to, he would've already done it.

He never learned to hunt.

He's not afraid of people.

So when he gets hungry, he will get the easiest prey he can find.

Like the women in fields or the children.

You see, all great predators

who escape from captivity become man-eaters when they return to the wild.

They can't avoid it. It's instinct.

But they aren't all like that. I know they are not.

No, you hope they are not. That's only because you love Sangha.

And you don't love Kumar?

Of course I do. More than you know.

So don't kill them. Please!

I'm the one who took Kumar from the jungle.

I'm also the one who let you keep Sangha.

So this whole mess is my fault.

If I don't do it, somebody will.

But I swear to you, after this is all over,

I will never touch a rifle again. It's a promise.

I will leave the tigers and the statues in peace.

I'll go back to my country.

I'll marry the woman I love and I'll stick to writing books.

Then go to write books now.

I can't.

Sangha isn't a killer. Nor is Kumar.

They'll stay in the jungle. They'll learn to hunt.

But who will teach them?

"Your Excellency,

I am sorry to learn that my government has decided to abandon the temple road project.

Just at this moment, when I can promise you that the two animals responsible

for all these disturbance, are being killed.

Raoul?

Raoul? Where are you?

Raoul is gone.

Raoul!

Sangha!

Where are you?

Sangha, come out!

Sangha!

Sangha?

It's me, Raoul.

I knew you'll recognize me.

You must never come back to the villages of man.

Promise me,

You must stay in the jungle forever.

Forgive me.

Forgive me.

Did you hear that? Another tiger is answering them.

Now who out here would know them, do you think?

Whoever it is, could he maybe teach them to hunt?

Let's hope so.

We're taking a big chance here.

I know. But that's good, isn't it?

To take a change sometimes?

Yeah. Sometimes it is good.

Today it feels very good indeed.

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