Out of Africa Page #3

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In Ohio we put up scarecrow

to keep the birds away.

Here, you hope there's enough leopard

to keep down the baboon.

They'll take your dog too.

But that's Africa.

How much will we plant?

A thousand acres.

How long will that take?

That depends on Kinanjui.

He's chief of the Kikuyu.

Gotta deal with him to get your help.

When will be our first harvest?

Well, these are seedlings.

It'll be three,

maybe four years.

Four years?

If they bear at all.

No one's ever

tried coffee this high.

What will we live on for four years?

I'm working to get home.

If you haven't got it, be good

if you could tell me right now.

We will plant 500.

Chief Kinanjui,

I've heard you're wise

Not now, please.

And I look forward

to our dealings.

Your Kikuyu are good workers...

and I look forward

to dealing with them...

honestly and fairly.

Msabu, this chief

has no British.

Tell him I am Baroness Blixen.

Chief knows that, msabu.

Well, then tell him what I said.

What did he say?

He says this Kikuyu

can do this work.

What else did he

Your leg is very sick.

You must come

to the house for medicine.

Does he understand me?

Yes, msabu.

If you don't come, the other boys

will say you are afraid.

l, myself, will think

only that you are foolish.

This boy must

come to my house for treatment.

See that he does.

What else did Kinanjui say?

He says coffee

must not grow this high.

Never mind, msabu.

He's a chief, but he's a Kikuyu.

If you put a dam here

to stop the water...

then I can make a pond here.

Do you know how

This water must go home to Mombasa.

It can go home

after we make a pond.

Msabu, this water lives at Mombasa.

Come, then.

I wouldn't run.

If you do, she'll think

you're something good to eat.

Have you

Do you have a gun?

She won't like

the smell of you.

Shoot it.

She's had breakfast.

Don't

Please, shoot her.

No, let's give her a moment.

Oh, my God, shoot her!

just how much closer

did you expect to let her come?

A bit.

She wanted to see if you'd run. That's

how they decide. A lot like people.

She almost had me for lunch!

It wasn't her fault. She's a lion.

It wasn't mine.

Doesn't that outfit come with a rifle?

It's on my saddle.

Better keep it with you.

Your horse isn't much of a shot.

For Berkeley.

He's brought you presents.

We stopped by your house

and them came looking for you.

Good Lord, you're sweet.

On the road, actually. We're off

to Magadi to shoot some ivory.

Now, at least, I have something good

to offer you.

Did you intend to tell Berkeley

what a fool I was?

She had a lion a bit interested.

A bit?

But not enough to bite.

It's all right to take a chance...

as long as it's you who'll pay.

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