To Walk with Lions Page #3

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communicate with each other.

They exchange information,

challenges, insults.

George, I don't wanna

insult any lion.

What have you got me

doing here?

You're just announcing

your presence...

And marking your territory.

Try and save some.

It's a big reserve.

It's good to see you.

Good to see you,

my old friend.

Chief, I want you

to meet my new assistant Tony.

Tony, this is chief

Haji Abu Jibril.

Chief.

And his son Vussif.

Hi.

Chief, I have to start buying

camel meat from you

For my lions.

At least two a month.

Okay. I give you

a fair price.

Money is needed,

for next month,

My son goes to

university.

Congratulations.

What will you study?

Political science,

engineering, and women.

That's what I did

my degree in.

You're the local

expert on women?

Um... Well, let's say

I've never had any complaints.

What are you doing here?

Discover Africa holiday?

Miss Jackson is a post-graduate

student of anthropology

At Oxford.

I'm actually researching

a book on the Somali people.

Oh, very impressive.

This is

mr. George Adamson.

Yes, the lion man.

I'm so happy to meet you.

George.

Perhaps a man so experienced as yourself

Could, well, tell me

where to go in Nairobi.

What to wear.

After all, I'm just an innocent

nomad from the northern frontier.

Yeah, something tells me

you'll be all right.

George, the season

is long and dry.

Our grass

is almost gone.

Can we bring our cattle across the river

Into Kora to graze

for a week?

Chief, I'm afraid

I have to say no.

Not even for

a week or two?

Chief, I think that the

river should separate us.

In truth,

Lions have come into

our fields.

Only two days ago, a lion charged

at my hunters up the river,

And they shot at it

in self-defense.

I pray it was not

one of your lions.

I do, too.

Now, where did this

take place?

Near Meru.

George, hello.

Hello, Maxie.

How are things?

Bwana Fitzjohn.

You know each other.

Oh yes,

we've met.

Yeah, we're old

sparring partners.

Yes, he threw

the first punch,

But I threw

the last.

Well, I was drunk

at the time.

Yes, I know.

I paid

your bar bill.

That must've cost ya.

George, I was hoping to see

you. We found a wounded lion.

We've been looking for one.

Over at the camp

at Meru.

Will you take us?

It's old dubers.

I released him

three years ago...

With a bullet

in his back.

I wouldn't get

too close.

This must be the lion that the

tribesman said charged them.

It's the first time in history

that a lion ever charged backwards.

That is why the tribesmen must

not be allowed to cross the river.

Any time the herdsmen

see a lion, they shoot it,

Or they lay down

poisoned meat.

He looks

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