I Dreamed of Africa Page #4

- Next time you and Emanuele must come.

Yeah, please?

You were gone 10 days, Paolo.

I'm sorry.

What happened to checking out

the ranch like you talked about?

Come on.

- Well, look.

- What?

No watch.

Took it off when the plane landed in

Nairobi, and haven't put it on since.

Things have a different rhythm here.

You'll get used to it.

So I keep hearing.

There are things to do here.

This isn't Italy.

It takes time. You can't just pick up

a phone and make it happen.

I didn't know where you were.

Fine. I'm sorry.

Next time I'll get word to you.

I'm sorry.

You have two minutes to get dressed.

We're going fishing.

- We'll go down to the coast.

- Fishing?

How many did we lose?

- About four this week.

- And six last week.

They're picking up infections somewhere.

I'll check the waterholes.

I'll tell you what. We'll dip them tonight.

Wow! Look at the size of those horns.

You must be especially careful of Kaa.

Mapengo will help you.

You mustn't overfeed them.

I wish I could take them with me.

- Are you going to be all right?

- Sure.

And you know what else?

Charlie says there's a lake for rowing.

You'll be great at that.

I'm going to miss you, too.

I hate it. I hate it.

I know Ema has to go off to school.

I understand we can't give him

the education he needs on the ranch.

I've known it since we decided

to come to Africa.

But that doesn't make it any easier.

Come here.

He is my son.

He is my friend.

Just be the person you are.

Choose your friends.

Don't let them choose you.

Emanuele, come on!

He has been the one constant in my life.

What makes it worse is...

... he wants to go.

Why does love cost us so much?

Why won't they let us visit

on the weekends? It's inhuman.

It's the British way.

It makes a better man, apparently.

It's ridiculous.

Delta 2-8.

Same problem as last year. Only worse.

I'll speak to you on the sked again tonight.

Delta 2-8, out.

- I was going to bring those over later.

- Thanks.

Paolo sent word.

He's going to be another couple of days.

I saw Pokots today with their cattle

near the waterhole.

Yeah, well, they're welcome to the water.

Or they were.

It's just that their water supply

dries up sooner than our lake.

- Your lake.

- So, it's not a problem?

Well, it is. Their cattle are

carrying diseases. They're infecting ours.

We're loosing about 10 head a week.

European?

Yes. From Italy.

When I was a boy...

...the missionaries

taught me your language...

...and told me many stories

about European people.

Now at night,

I tell my children the same stories.

My father did the same

with me as a child...

...except his stories were of Africa.

My people know OI Ari Nyiro

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