[Man] Help! Help!
Somebody, help!
Help! Help!
- Help! Help! Get us out of here! - Help!
- We're trapped! - [Woman] Francis?
- Help! - Help!
- Help! Help! - Help!
Help! Help!
What happened?
She's hit something.
Have mercy!
I can't get it open. It's jammed.
You first, Fritz.
[Grunting]
Ernst, help your mother.
Captain Wilhelm?
Anybody here?
[Ernst] Anyone there, Fritz?
If anybody was here, they'd have heard us long before this.
It's just as I was telling you.
If they've abandoned the ship, they've got no right to claim it.
It's ours... by maritime law.
I can't believe they'd leave us here. Something must've happened.
Something's happened, all right.
They thought the ship was gonna sink in the storm. It was every man for himself.
It was carrying too much sail. I heard the Captain and mate arguing.
If I'd been captain, I'd have fought the pirates, instead of running.
All right, Mother.
Whew, what a mess.
At least we're not too far from land.
Then there's hope.
Maybe when we get to shore we can get some help, make her sail again.
She'll never sail again.
Maybe we could build a raft. We've got enough wood.
Fritz is right. The sooner we get ashore, the better.
[Francis] Hey! Look what I found.
- [Mooing] - [Francis] Look!
[Mother] Oh, those poor things.
They must have had a worse time than we did.
How's it look? Are we solid on the rocks?
I don't know. No, I'd say we're, uh...
Well, we're here at least until the turning of the tide.
[Francis] Help me, somebody, help! Help!
[Barking]
No!
Look what I found! The Captain's dogs!
And are they glad to see me! Whoa!
- He's all right. - Better make a start. Come on.
Come on, give me a hand.
Suppose it's a deserted island.
I can work out where we are soon as I learn how to use this.
All right, take it along.
It still works.
There's no time for that now.
Oh.
Why don't we put up a distress flag?
Don't you think we look distressed enough?
Ernst, anyone who sees a ship stuck on the rocks...
might possibly guess it's in trouble.
You look after them, Turk. You too, Duke.
But I don't see how we can take all these animals.
- We're not taking them. - But we can't leave them here, Father. They'll die.
When your mother and brothers are safe on land...
then you can talk to me about the animals, not before.
Francis, get them out of there.
- We don't want this one or that. - Wait a minute!
- Or that. - Wait a minute, they wanna go too.
We don't want any of them.
All right, Fritz.
Put it over your head. That's it.
- All right, I'm fine. - Just hold tight. Grip the rope here.
Ernst.
- All right. Don't worry. - Come on, Mother.
Right, Mother, now don't worry.
Right, Fritz.
- Come on. - Now.
- Sorry, Mother. - You all right?
[Whimpering]
[Francis] Hey, Fritz! The dogs!
- He forgot the dogs! - They're not coming with us.
- Cast off, Fritz. - They're my dogs! I found 'em.
Francis, sit down. They weigh more than any of us. We'd sink.
- All right, Fritz? - All right.
All right. Watch that wreckage!
[Barking]
Here comes the dogs, going to swim it.
[Francis] Come on, Duke! Come on, Turk!
You can make it! Come on, boys! Keep swimming!
[Father] Straight between those rocks.
That side, Ernst, that side!
Never mind that side! Help me push over here!
[Barking]
Come on, boys! You can make it! Keep swimming!
Look out, Ernst! Watch those rocks!
Your side, Ernst!
[Fritz] Push off!
Come on, Turk! Come on, Duke!
Look out! Look out!
Do something! They'll drown!
We can't take any more chances.
Look!
[Barking]
Come on, boys! Come on!
[Barking]
Good boy, Turk! Well done.
Keep them in the middle.
- That's right, in the centre. - You see, they didn't sink us.
Let's get to shore.
I wouldn't dare pray for anymore miracles, not in one day.
Fritz, the wave in the front there.
Hey, Turk, Duke! Wait for me!
I'm coming too! Hey! Wait for me!
[Mother] Francis, come back! Stay in your tub.
- [Francis] I'm coming! Hey! - [Barking]
I'm coming! I'm coming, Duke!
Francis, come back here!
[Father] Tie it around the tree stump.
- Come on, let's go. - [Mother] Francis!
[Father] Francis, come back here!
Oh.
- [Growling And Barking] - See ya later.
First thing we've got to do is to unload the raft.
Then, uh...
Put up some sort of shelter for the night.
Not the first thing.
Fritz. Hold it, Fritz.
We are not making any progress.
- I know it, Father. - [Father] It's got to hang even.
Aren't very good.
We're lucky to have them.
[Ernst] Pull your side down.
[Fritz] Right, I've got my side.
- [Father] Hold it down, Fritz. - Right.
Come on.
You're very lucky to have them, you know.
[Growling]
Fritz, I think tomorrow...
if the ship's still there...
you and I and maybe Ernst ought to go out...
and try and bring in the animals...
anything else we might need.
How long do you think we'll have to stay?
Well, I don't know, Mother. I just, uh...
I just think we ought to do everything we can.
[Screaming]
What's going on?
Powder was wet.
[Thunder]
[Birds Squawking]
Aren't you coming to bed?
[Thunder]
You have to have some sleep.
Besides it's going to rain.
No, I'm all right.
No one can ever go back...
and undo what's already done but...
well, l...
I want you to know that...
well, I'm sorry things didn't work out.
Not the way I wanted them to.
I know.
It would have been so much better if we'd just stayed in Bern.
I'm not so sure of it...
not with Napoleon Bonaparte trying to grab more and more.
Fritz and Ernst might both be in war...
maybe even you.
No, it would have been better to stay and face things rather than just...
running away.
Is it running away to try to find a new life...
in a new colony?
To try to give our sons a chance to live...
a chance to be free?
Is that running away?
I keep thinking about all the men...
who work in those other offices along the Marktgasse.
They go on working at the same old jobs and manage to find...
opportunities for their families...
without running off to the other side of the world.
I thought we settled all this before we left home.
It was a good thing we set out to do.
We were right.
All that hasn't changed just because we were shipwrecked.
You're always right, aren't you?
We'll get there, I'm sure of it.
I'm sure of it!
Sooner or later, there's bound to be a ship.
I'll pray for it with every breath I take.
It's a big land, New Guinea.
For hundreds of years there've been new colonies...
a great new world to build.
No limit to what a man can do.
Just because we're a couple of months late getting there won't matter.
We're not too badly off, are we?
- We've got each other. We've got the family. - [Thunder]
- Food to eat. - And a tent to keep the rain off...
if we had sense enough to use it.
Oh, the dogs.
- Here, Duke! - Try to keep covered up.
Now, don't worry. Try to go back to sleep.
- [Barking] - I'm soaked!
Having trouble?
Oh, I'll get it down...
but it may take a while.
[Pigs Squealing]
Easy.
[Squealing]
- Easy. - Wait a minute.
Hold him. Hold him.
Easy!
I keep trying to tell her it's for her own good.
- [Ernst] A ship! - What?
- There's a ship! - Come on!
Ahoy! Ahoy there!
I think they've seen us. Ahoy!
[Ernst] Ahoy! Ahoy!
[Ernst] Ahoy!
Take a look, Fritz.
[Fritz] There's something on the sail.
I knew it. It's the pirate ship that chased us into the storm.
Get down. Ernst, get down!
And I deliberately tried to get their attention.
At least this time we have something to fight back with.
- Do you know how to fire it? - I think so.
Let's pull it back.
[Grunting]
I'll get a keg of powder.
See if you can find some rags we can use for wadding.
I know. I'll be right back.
[Speaking In Native Language]
[Native Language]
We only have one shot. Let's wait till we can't possibly miss.
- What's happening? - They're leaving. They're going away.
[Ernst] Do you think they saw us loading the cannon and got scared off?
Pirates scared off by one cannon and three people?
Do you know what they're up to, Father?
- What's that? - That? Oh, that's a quarantine flag...
warning that there's black death aboard.
- How did you know that? - I do a bit of reading too, you know.
Come on, Fritz.
Hmm.
[Mooing]
- Pull those new lines tight, Ernst. - Right.
There, that's it. There.
[Grunting]
Oh no. What's the matter with you?
Not that way, stupid, this way.
- Maybe we tried too much for one trip. - We had to try.
Sharks. Sharks!
- You got one! - Watch that one coming in!
- There's another one! - I'll get it!
[Ernst] I hit it!
[Fritz] Here comes another one!
[Ernst] Get out of here.
Got them.
Look out, Ernst! There's another!
No, it isn't. It's a turtle.
Probably disturbed him with our shots.
I think we scared them away.
[Chuckling]
He's pulling us.
Ha-ha-ha, it's better to use your head...
than break your back, I always say.
Francis, see if you can find the...
Francis, where are you?
- [Mother] Here, Duke, Turk! - [Barking]
Francis?
Where's Francis? Go find him.
Now, you wait just one minute...
and I'll have some sugarcane for you.
Come on, little fella, I won't hurt you.
Just let me fix this.
Here, little elephant. Come here.
That's right.
Come on, little elephant. I wouldn't hurt you.
Come on, little fella.
I wouldn't hurt you.
I have some nice fresh sugarcane for you.
Come on, come on.
[Trumpeting]
Come on. Come on.
Just a little closer.
That's right.
Come on, little fella.
[Mother] Francis, where are you? Francis?
Now you just put your foot right there.
Come on, little elephant, a little closer.
Just a little bit closer.
Right...
Now, stop pulling!
[Trumpeting]
[Growling]
What's the ma...
[Mother] Francis! Francis!
You, get outta here!
Francis!
Francis, where are you?
[Francis] You get away from my elephant! Get out, he's my elephant!
[Barking]
Duke! Turk! Come on!
[Francis] You beat him enough.
- Oh, good old Duke. - Good boy.
Did I tell you you could leave the beach?
Don't you know you might have been eaten wandering off that way?
Well, what do you have to say for yourself?
- I'm sorry, but... - [Trumpeting]
[Mother] But what?
Can I keep the baby elephant anyhow?
Now, I'll keep ya.
Come on, Rocky, get going.
All right, Francis, hold it.
Slack off a bit.
Come on, Rocky, back up. Good fella, back up.
Right.
Hold it.
- That was a good idea of yours, Ernst. - Thanks, Fritz.
[Chuckling]
[Father] Come on, boy.
Come on. Come on.
Whew! Here.
Fritz, no more full planks, just some odds and ends.
I think we got enough here, Father.
Well, what do you think of it?
I'd like it a lot better if I knew tigers couldn't climb trees.
They won't climb this one by the time we're finished with it.
You've probably never seen such a house as this is going to be.
I'm sure of that.
The world is full of nice, ordinary little people...
who live in nice, ordinary little houses...
on the ground.
But didn't you ever dream of having a house up in a treetop?
No, mostly I dream of having a house in New Guinea.
You must think we're going to be here for quite a long time.
This I have no way of knowing.
But we can't sit on the beach just waiting for a ship.
But there could be a ship.
Of course.
Then I think we ought to try to light the signal fire.
Just forget about the pirates?
Maybe they won't come back. Maybe we could get away with it.
We can't take that chance.
Right now being alive is more important than being found.
[Mooing]
Don't look down.
All right, Mother, I've got you.
Well, what do you think?
Fritz, can I sleep with you tonight?
- What an idea. - It isn't exactly built for two, Francis.
- But I'll give you a swing. - Oh, good!
Fritz, be careful. Take this rope...
and tie it around his waist!
- [Chuckling] - [Father] Mother!
- Getting on, aren't we? - [Sighing] Yes.
[Francis] Oh no, Fritz, you let me out.
Here, I want to show you something.
[Francis] Oh, faster, faster.
[Gasping]
Look, this is our room.
You're not going to get me to go up there unless you make some sort of railing.
But you don't understand. It's going to be like a real house.
You know, enclosed. This is your own circular stairway.
Let's go back down before someone falls off the edge.
- Come on, Francis. - He'll be all right, Mother.
- [Father] Let me go first. - [Screeching]
[Screeching]
Come on, little fella, I wouldn't hurt you.
I just want to pet you.
Come on, come on.
Francis!
[Father] Francis! Hold him, Ernst!
[Ernst] I've got him!
- He caught it! - You all right, Francis?
- Yes, he's my new pet. - Aww, look at him.
- Don't let him go. - Hey, you should feel his heart beating.
Mine could match his beat for beat.
Supposing I hadn't just happened to insist...
that he have this rope tied around his waist?
Until you get some sort of railing put up...
I don't want Francis back up here and I won't be up here either.
I'm sorry, dear. I don't blame you for being upset.
You don't seem to understand what we have in mind.
- No, but won't you trust us? - Do what you like.
Just see that Francis is on the ground and I won't be back.
All right, all right, we'll do that.
You stay back in camp and when we've got everything fixed up...
just the way we want it, then we'll bring you back, see how you feel about it.
Don't you think you can talk to me like that.
- [Mother] How much further? - Hurry, Mother.
You're gonna love this new house.
This way, Mother, wait'll you see what we've done.
I really think you're gonna like it.
[Ernst] You just wait.
- We must be there now. - Wait till you see this.
- I can't wait. - Take off the blindfold.
[Mother] Oh!
- Oh. - Just a moment, please. Old Swiss custom...
- carry the bride across the threshold. - Father.
[Barking]
Duke, Turk, get outta my way.
How's this?
All the latest innovations... running water...
genuine imported tortoise shell.
And not forgetting the cooler.
This is Ernst's contribution. He invented it. He and Fritz built it.
See how it works. Look, big wheel turns the little wheel up there.
The cup pours the water into the shell. It runs down the bamboo...
feeds the sink and the cooler.
I can't believe it.
Darling, thank you.
I'm second. I go after Mother.
Hey.
- Thank you. - Up you go.
[Squawking]
[Father] Up there's the boys� room.
And look.
This is something I worked out.
When you're in for the night, turn the wheel.
[Father] Pull up your stairs.
Not only keeps out wild animals...
but any neighbors who might become a nuisance, you know, always wanting to borrow something.
We'll be troubled so much by them.
Hey, get me down.
Oh.
Remember this? I built it for us.
Don't tell me you...
you pull this to ring for the butler!
Here, I'll show you.
Now, you can lie here and look at the stars.
Don't you remember?
That summer we went to Interlaken?
You said that someday if you could have your wish...
you would sleep each night so you could see the stars.
What is it? What's wrong?
These curtains don't belong in here.
Well, they're from the captain's cabin. We thought you'd like them.
It's so wonderful. I don't deserve it.
I can't believe it.
Don't worry about the curtains.
If you don't like them, I know a woman who can fix anything.
Oh.
[Mother] [Music]My heart was an island [music]
[Music] On a stormy sea [music]
[Music] Till my golden ship [music]
[Music] Of dreams came to me [music]
[Music] La, la [music]
[Music] La, la, la [music]
[Music] La, la la, la [music]
[Music] Filled with the wildest dreams [music]
[Music] Of love [music]
Here it is. "Tiger. Panthera Tigris. Native of Asia.
Ranges north to Siberia...
and south to India and the Malay Peninsula."
That can only mean one thing, a land bridge.
That's how there came to be so many different kinds of animals on one island.
Well, how do you know it's an island?
Why couldn't it be a peninsula?
Well, why don't you let us try and sail around it?
You know how your mother feels about that.
It's just as I was telling Fritz.
I think there used to be a land bridge between here and Asia.
That would explain how so many different types of animals came to be trapped here.
What do you think, Fritz? Do you agree?
I suppose there could have been one a long time ago.
There's only one way to find out.
Why don't you ask Mother again? Maybe she'll change her mind.
[Ernst] After all, Mother wants to get to New Guinea as much as we do.
There might be something there...
a village or an outpost, someplace where ships come in.
If the occasion presents itself, I might bring it up.
What's this, spelling competition?
Tiger, bear, elephant.
That's the list of animals we've identified so far.
- Hyena, monkey, lizard. - [Trumpeting]
[Barking]
Ostrich.
[Francis] Help!
Whoa! Help me, somebody!
- [Father] Francis! - Help!
Francis, let go!
I can't let go or he'll get away!
[Fritz] Let him go anyway. We'll catch him.
Francis!
Head her over this way!
- Are you all right? - Yes, I'm all right.
- Are you all right, Francis? - Not a mark that won't wash off.
- Grab his neck! - We can learn to ride him.
Ride him? Let me try, somebody help me up.
I think we'd better get him trained first.
- Let me try it then. - All right, all right.
I get to try next.
I got him. I got him. Hold on!
Hold on! Hold on!
Oh, you sillies.
[Shouting]
Here I go! Whee!
[Francis] Watch out for that rock.
Yea!
[Francis] No fair stopping. You gotta keep swinging.
[Ernst] Ya-hoo!
Francis, come on. Come on, everybody. Follow the leader.
Fritz.
Come on, I'll race you down.
[Yelling]
Mother, look at me!
- Go ahead, Father. You can do it. - Me? Of course I can.
Here I come!
Where're we going, Ernst?
Wait and see.
Come on!
- [Screeching] - Hey, look at the monkeys, look!
- What? - Oh, yeah. Look at 'em swinging.
[Father Chuckling]
Look at that one.
- I can do that. - Let's see you try.
[Fritz] Anyone can change hands.
- Now steady, Fritz. - Go on, Fritz.
- [Father] He's done it! - Whew!
- My turn next. - No, no, it's my turn.
After me, after me.
- [Gasping] - [Laughing]
Are you all right?
Never better. See what I mean?
Ha-ha-ha-ha!
- You are very graceful. - Thank you very much, Mother.
Don't you sometimes feel this is the kind of life we were meant to live?
Everything we need, everything's right here at our fingertips.
You know, if only people could...
have all this and be satisfied...
I don't think there'd be any real problems in the world.
Or any future generations.
Hmm?
There isn't everything we need right at our fingertips.
What are you talking about?
This, it's wonderful for today, I know.
But what about tomorrow? What about our sons?
- What future is there here for them? - Don't worry about tomorrow.
- It'll take care of itself. - Suppose we should never get away from here.
They'd never know what it was like to be married.
Yes, it, uh... Yes, that's right.
Now you come to mention it, there aren't many girls.
It's not anything to joke about.
Suppose they never have a chance to know what it's like to have a family.
What you're trying to say is...
we ought to make every possible effort to get away from here.
- Exactly. - Right.
Then I'll tell the boys we've decided to let them sail around the coast.
- See what they can find. - That's not what I said at all.
Sooner or later, we're going to have to face it.
But what do they know about sailing and outrigging and... Do you think it's safe?
We can't hold onto them forever.
Come on, Rocky, you can pull it faster.
- Come on, pull! - Straight ahead. Straight ahead.
- [Barking] - Fritz, grab a hold. That's it.
We'll be back soon. Maybe we'll find a ship to take us away.
- Oh. - Don't worry, Mother.
Oh, be careful, Fritz.
Drop it, Ernst.
[Father] Francis, get Rocky clear.
Back up, back up.
Well, it's gonna be up to you, Fritz.
If you run into a storm or trouble of any kind...
I'm relying on your judgment, your good sense.
Make sure you both get safely back.
[Francis] Come on, come on, Rocky, let's go.
- Good-bye, Ernst. - Good-bye, Mother. You got nothing to worry about.
Remember to use your head.
Yippee!
Ya-hoo!
[Snorting]
[Father] Good luck.
Don't worry. They'll be back before you know it.
- I hope we are doing the right thing. - Hmm?
- Letting them go. - I'm sure we are.
Perhaps we ought to have let 'em go sooner.
We might have been in New Guinea by this time.
[Francis] Bye, Fritz. Bring me back a crocodile.
- Good-bye. - Bye.
Oh, Fritz, I wish Mother could see this place. She'd love it.
You know what I'd like?
I'd like to see some real mountains once again.
Walk the Oberland. Stand looking up at Jungfrau when a storm moves in.
Remember how you could smell the snow in the air?
Yeah. Fritz, do you ever think about where you'd be...
what you'd be doing if you'd have stayed in Bern?
- Sometimes. - I think about Herr Kobel. What he said.
- That I should attend the academy. - Fine chance you would have had.
Well, you can't tell. It might have worked out.
I'll tell you where I'd really like to be.
Walking down the Nydeckgasse... like on a Sunday after church...
and all the girls stroll past all dressed up.
Any one in particular?
No, nobody special.
Maybe you don't even know them, maybe you don't speak.
But you look and they look and you just know they're there.
Fritz, listen, do you think when we get to New Guinea...
if we ever do... there'll be any girls our age?
By the time we get to New Guinea, we won't care what age they are!
[Laughing]
Ernst, get the sail down quick!
- Keep down! - What's the matter, Fritz? What happened?
Quick, get me the glass!
[Fritz] There's something moving on the beach.
Pirates!
It's the one we scared off with the quarantine flag.
- Let's try to sneak in a little closer. - Oh, yeah!
If we stay behind the rocks, they won't see us.
- Ernst, bring the bow around. - I'm trying!
[Native Language]
That chest they just opened...
it belonged to my first officer, God rest his soul.
I wish they'd fight and kill each other off.
Shh! You let me do any talking.
No, no, leave him! Put him down!
Kuala, listen to me.
Kuala?
You, boy, hmm? You born how long?
- He is 14 years. - Huh?
- [Native Language] - [Native Language]
Ow!
- Leave him alone. - Ow!
- Leave the boy alone. - [Native Language]
Kuala, wait!
You will want me to write a ransom note.
I write.
My people send money if you let me go.
You send plenty money.
Then you go.
Wait! Leave the boy with me...
or I not write ransom note.
No boy, no note.
[Native Language]
Ohh!
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Bertie.
Sorry to have gotten you into this.
We'll... we'll get...
out of this somehow.
Keep as still as you can. You'll only make things worse.
They'll have to decide which crew is going to take us.
Ernst...
I think we could sneak in, free the old man and the boy...
before the others knew what was happening.
All right.
It's now or never.
Come on!
At least I think they'll keep us together.
[Native Language]
Shh!
- Don't make any noise. - Who are you?
Shh!
[Native Language]
- Who are you? - We've come to help you. If only we had a knife.
Quick, don't bother with me. Get the boy free first.
Well, go on!
They won't harm me. I'm valuable for ransom. Get Bertie free.
[Native Language]
Get away if you can.
- If they ransom me, I'll get a ship and come back for you. - I won't leave without you.
- Shh! - Get away quickly.
Don't waste time on me. Go on!
- Run! - Run, Ernst!
[Bertie] No, I won't go!
Go on, leave me! Leave me!
[Native Language]
[Gunshots]
Ooooh!
Come on!
I can't go on another step.
[Native Language]
In here.
- Ah... - Shh.
Pirates took your ship, huh?
What were you, cabin boy?
You mean the old gentleman is your grandfather?
Come on.
[Bertie] Who are you anyway? Where did you come from?
- We were shipwrecked... - Aaah!
[Whispering] Ernst? Ernst!
[Whisper] Run, run!
Aaah!
- Come on. - Come on!
They're leaving.
[Fritz] They're going away!
[Ernst] It could be a trick to get us to come back...
like the Greeks and the Trojan horse.
I think we'll stay here until daylight.
Probably save time cutting across the island instead of going around the beach.
There's no question now. This is an island.
What about me? What am I going to do?
I guess you'll come with us.
Right about... that direction should take us home.
But my grandfather?
If they release him, he's bound to come here to look for me.
Don't worry. He knows you're with us.
If we're not here, he'll sail around the island.
He couldn't get a ship past our place unseen even if he wanted to.
Come on, Bertie. You can have the middle.
[Ernst] Come on.
I'll just sit up. Not sleepy.
- Fritz? Fritz! - Hmm?
Do you imagine we've changed a lot since we first landed here?
- In what way? - Well, lots of ways!
- Like getting stronger, more sure of ourselves. - I suppose so.
Remember the first night we came here?
Everything scared us... all those strange noises.
How could I forget.
- We must've been helpless. - That I'd have to agree with.
Fritz, listen. You don't think we were something like him?
I don't think so.
- Did you look at his hands? - I'll bet he's never done anything.
A wealthy family, probably an only child.
- Sometime get a look at the way he walks. - I did.
[Ernst] Back home, we used to call Jean Monteau a sissy.
- Remember we were wishing we could see some girls? - Yeah?
I don't think we could have come closer to our wish and still miss it completely.
[Chuckling]
That direction! That's the way we've gotta go.
We'll cross here. Doesn't look as though it'll be over our heads.
Do we have to cross just here?
It's easy. Take off your clothes.
Carry them over your head.
It's better than walking around in wet clothes.
It's just until we get across the deep part.
I can't swim.
I don't think you'll have to.
Come on, get started.
I'm going back to the beach to wait for my grandfather.
Don't come any closer!
- Are you out of your mind? - Stay back!
That's my gun! You've got no right to take it.
I'm sorry, but I have more need of it than you.
I'll see my grandfather makes it all right with you.
Wait!
You keep his attention. I'll slip around behind.
I'll keep his attention!
[Ernst] You, Bertie!
Put that down or I'll let this go!
Drop it!
Don't do that, Ernst. I'll shoot!
I don't want to shoot you, Ernst. Now put that down!
[Bertie] Let go of me!
Stop it!
Let me take him on! I'll teach him to shoot at me.
- It was my fault. She didn't mean to fire. - I could've been...
What did you say? "She didn't..."
[Crying]
It's a girl!
Why would a girl dress up like that?
It was because of the pirates.
My grandfather made me cut my hair and dress like this because...
he didn't want them to know.
At least now you can wash your face.
It will be nice to be called Roberta again.
I'm sorry, but if we would've known you were a girl...
- we wouldn't have... - We'll try to make it easy for you.
As much as possible.
[Fritz] Careful.
- Give me your hand. - Thank you.
- Careful... Roberta. - Watch your step.
Thank you, Fritz.
- Variations and deviations are two different things. - Hmm?
Like here, Roberta.
Variations can be compensated for mathematically.
But deviations, you never know when they're going to happen.
Wait till my grandfather gets to know you.
He'll put you to work navigating one of his ships.
- Would you like that? - Maybe. Someday.
I'd like to finish school first.
Do you like the sea, Fritz?
I like things you can depend on.
The sea? You can never be sure of it.
That's the fun of it, not being sure of things.
"The winds aloud howl o'er the masts.
And sing through every shroud.
Pale, trembling, tired...
the sailors freeze with fears;
and instant death on every wave appears."
Homer's Iliad.
That's one of the most beautiful things written.
When we were caught in the storm, I was thinking of those lines over and over.
Do you read a lot, Fritz?
[Ernst] Who? Him?
He practically doesn't read at all.
- [Bertie Giggling] - Never needed to.
Sooner or later Ernst tells me everything he knows.
[Birds Squawking]
I think we're getting off course.
We should bear more to the right.
[Gasp]
It's all right. He won't hurt you.
Aaah!
It's gone. Come on.
Stay close to me.
[Birds Squawking]
[Gasp]
[Scream]
Get out of it quick!
[Roberta] Ernst, do something!
The knife! Get the knife!
[Fritz] Ernst, the knife!
Ernst, hurry.
Hurry, Ernst!
Hit the head!
I can't find it!
Here, here, here!
Here. I'm holding it.
Now!
I'm sorry I took so long to find it.
It was horrible.
Let's go back.
Please, let's go back!
It keeps getting worse...
and worse.
I think the worst is behind us now.
Here, give me your hand.
Oh no! My compass, it's gone!
I don't even know where to look!
- I guess we'll have to get along without it. - Get along without it?
[Ernst] We wouldn't have a chance. We need that compass.
We don't necessarily need a compass.
I think I can do just about as well without it.
You think? You could be wrong.
I don't think it, I know it!
From now on, Ernst, you're just going to have to trust my judgment.
Come on.
How's it feel now, Roberta?
I don't care what he says.
I can't go on day after day.
We have to go on. We've got no other choice.
We're lost, Fritz, and you know it.
We're not lost!
Fritz, if you want to go on, go ahead.
Ernst and I have decided not to.
You've what?
We can find the river and follow it back to the coast.
Anyway, it's two against one.
I wouldn't care if it were ten against one.
I'm the one who's got to get us back, and I'm going to.
Just because you're older doesn't mean you're right.
- What are you doing? - I'll just take charge of the pistol for a while.
I remember it being appropriated once when somebody wanted to go back to the beach.
Give me back my pistol!
Watch yourself!
Fritz, Ernst, stop it!
All right, you can have your pistol back.
You know you only have a few shots left.
How far do you think you'd get?
There isn't any decision to make.
We've got to keep going.
I suppose we'd better go with him.
- Do you think you can? - I'll try.
[Barking]
[Birds Squawking]
[Growling]
[Growl]
[Yelping]
[Growling]
Hey! Hey-hey!
Run! Get out! Get away!
Go on! Go away, go away!
Go away! Go on!
Get away! Go on!
You really got yourself into a mess.
All right, boy. I won't hurt you.
Easy, boy, easy! We'll get you out.
- [Roberta] Oh! - If we can get him out...
maybe you won't have to walk all the way.
Not that way. You'll never get him out.
[Chuckle]
I'll get some more branches, make a path for him.
[Ernst] At a time like this you gotta use your head.
- Come on. - Here you are.
[Father] [music] Oh, Christmas tree Oh, Christmas tree [music]
[Music] Thy leaves are so unchanging [music]
[Music] Oh, Christmas tree Oh, Christmas tree [music]
[Music] Thy leaves are so unchanging [music]
[Music] Not only green when summer's here [music]
[Music] But also when 'tis cold and drear [music]
[Music] Oh, Christmas tree Oh, Christmas tree [music]
- [Music] Thy leaves are so... [music] - [Sour Note]
Hmm, must've got wet coming over.
I don't see how you managed to get it ashore.
I couldn't have alone. Fritz and Ernst helped.
Merry Christmas.
Are we ever gonna open up these other packages?
Those are for Fritz and Ernst.
But suppose they don't come back?
Suppose they got et up?
Francis, it's been a long day and it's past your bedtime.
Hmm. But it's Christmas.
Merry Christmas, sweetheart.
- I'll come up and say good night. - All right.
[Crying]
[Music][music][Singing]
[Music]How often has the Christmas tree [music]
[Music]Afforded me the greatest glee [music]
[Music] Oh, Christmas tree Oh, Christmas tree [music]
[Music] Much pleasure thou canst give me [music]
It's Fritz and Ernst!
What've you got there?
- [Music] But also when it's cold and drear [music] - Did you bring my crocodile?
[Music] Oh, Christmas tree Oh, Christmas tree [music]
[Music] Thy leaves are so unchanging [music]
What've you got there?
We thought you got et up or something!
- Merry Christmas! - Merry Christmas!
- Francis. - Merry Christmas.
- What is it? - A zebra.
- Merry Christmas! - Ernst, happy Christmas.
- Mother! - Merry Christmas!
[Music] Oh, Christmas tree Oh, Christmas tree [music]
[Music] Thy leaves are so unchanging [music]
A zebra!
Hmm. I think I need that razor after you.
Let's see, Ernst.
Yes... got it!
Well, it's a good thing you boys have done, a very good thing.
And I'm gonna try and make sure it's not wasted.
How do you mean, Father?
The pirates know you took their prisoner.
They know you're on this island. Do you think they're likely to forget?
They didn't know she was a girl. They thought she was a cabin boy.
They wouldn't come here. What've we got?
We've got their prisoner.
Pirates? If they come here, I'll shoot them.
I'm afraid it'll take more than a crossbow.
The cannon! We can bring the cannon back from the ship.
It's useless. It's rusted right over.
- It's my fault. - Let's not waste time looking backwards.
Thank you, Father.
First thing tomorrow, we'll go out to the ship...
take off everything we might possibly need...
- and then blow her up. - With gunpowder?
What for? They know it's there.
I'm hoping that with hundreds of islands, thousands of reefs...
they won't remember exactly where we are.
Father's right, we'll have to blow it up.
We're ready to fight but not too proud to hide, eh?
Just a sip now.
That's enough.
It must've taken great courage to set off for a new colony...
and leave your whole world behind you.
With my husband and three sons, I wasn't leaving my entire world behind me.
You couldn't know what you were getting into.
There might have been all kinds of hardships.
Think of the things you might have had to do without.
Take a look.
It's beautiful.
I've always wanted a daughter...
someone I could dress up and make clothes for.
I just didn't expect her for Christmas.
Thank you.
How 'bout we get some trees, bend them, make snares.
The pirates step in the snares, trip the mechanism...
and whoosh, they're caught?
How can we defend this place?
What we need is a hill so they have to come up to us.
- I got an idea. - What is it, Francis?
We could dig some big pits.
We could put lions, tigers and snakes...
and all sorts of animals in there.
[Francis] When the pirates come, they fall in.
I don't know whether we could manage the lions and tigers...
but a few pits...
- might be a very good idea. - Nyaah!
You look very beautiful, my dear.
Come and join the family.
Allow me, Roberta.
Well, ah...
May I have the pleasure of the first dance?
Whee!
There you are. What did I tell you?
Anything we really need, the island will produce it, even a girl.
A girl? But we have three sons.
Excuse me, Fritz.
Hey!
I'll dance with you, Fritz.
I'll rest a while, if you don't mind.
- What's the matter? - I was just thinkin'.
We gotta have those lions and tigers...
or else... well, that's the whole idea.
- I guess we'll just have to have them then. - Yeah.
Since you have a partner, I'm sure you won't mind.
It might have been simpler if I'd left the dress in the bottom of the chest.
Keep playing.
Oh, thank you.
Come on, Francis. May I have the pleasure?
[Francis] Yippee!
Something must've gone wrong with the fuse.
Well, we're not going back to find out.
We'll have to pick up every scrap of lumber.
We can't leave any evidence.
Must be getting close.
Kaboom!
I used to dream that somehow...
we'd find a way to make her sail again.
Now...
Well, we can be sure of one thing.
If the pirates do come...
We're going to be outnumbered maybe ten to one.
[Father] But up here if we prepare everything in advance...
I think we'll give a very good account of ourselves.
We'll be just like medieval knights defending the castle.
We'll keep the muskets...
for our final defense.
And I'll give the order when to use them.
Of course, if anything should happen to me...
then Fritz will take charge, then Ernst.
And then me.
Yes, then you, Francis.
We've only got a small army. We can only afford one general.
Now, that's our weak point.
And this is where they'll try to come up.
- We could've used the cannon. - We'll have to do the best we can without it.
Down there we'll put our pits, snares and entanglements.
Maybe we could plant some gunpowder and touch it off with fuses from the top.
Anything we can think of to hold them up.
You can rely on me, Roberta. I've got it all worked out.
And I take care of the lions and tigers and things.
- Right, Francis. You're in charge of the tigers. - Good.
The thing about me is that I'd like to be something in the world.
That's why I want to go to school.
You'd love it in London.
There are concerts, parties, dances...
ladies in beautiful gowns, elegant men in tall hats.
Did you ever own a tall hat?
No.
I can't wait to see you in one.
You'll be quite handsome.
That's what I miss most, the color and excitement.
I know I'd especially like it if you were there.
I'll be there.
As long as I live, I don't think I shall travel any further from home...
than an occasional trip to the seaside.
Thank you, Roberta.
[Roberta] There must be something my grandfather can do for you.
[Ernst] Herr Kobel used to say...
"For some boys, school is a punishment;
for others, a reward."
There must be something my grandfather can do.
Francis, don't!
If you drop that you could blow us to pieces.
That wouldn't set it off. You'd have to light the fuse.
- Even then I'm not so sure. - You don't think they'll work?
They may make noise, keep the pirates confused. That's all they're good for.
Just because Papa thought of them instead of you!
Hey, what's all this? More pirate alarms?
Yes, for over there on the steep side.
You and your pirate alarm!
What about your tiger? Have you caught him yet?
No. Until Fritz and Ernst dig the pits...
- I don't have anyplace to keep him. - [Fritz] Ernst, Roberta!
One of you give me a hand, will you?
- It's all right, I'll go. - Don't bother.
Up there, pull the knot as tight as you can.
Francis, put that down!
Is that all right?
Good!
There we are.
What are you doing?
He was showing me how it will work.
I feel sorry for any pirates who come creeping around here.
It was my idea, don't forget.
If you'd like, I'll show you what else I had in mind.
Pirates. They're here.
Into the fort, everybody. Come on, Mother, quick.
- What is it? - Francis? Where is he?
You know those coconut bombs?
You don't have to worry about them. They work right well.
Come down. You might have been killed.
If you had stayed where you were supposed to, Ernst, this wouldn't have happened.
You can't tell me what to do.
- [Fritz] I just did. - That's enough.
I don't care. He thinks he can give orders and get anyone to slave for him.
Ernst, I said that's enough!
This incident's closed. Let's get back to work.
And I don't want to hear another word about it.
If you really don't want to go to school, and your mind is made up...
maybe my grandfather could give you a job.
It'll be a good job, Fritz...
perhaps in the counting house.
What if he doesn't get back here for one reason or another?
What if we have to stay on this island for ten or twenty years?
He will come back, I know it.
He's probably out there now headed this way in one of his fastest ships.
You'll take the job if he offered it, wouldn't you?
It's not that I wouldn't appreciate it...
but it's just not for me...
cooped in an office, counting somebody else's money...
doing the same thing day after day.
What would you like to do?
If we get off this island, I'd like to do what we started out to do.
Go on to New Guinea and become part of the new colony.
Maybe take up some land in my own name.
Why?
Because it's a good thing.
You've got a chance to build with your own two hands.
It's the beginning of a new country. That's what I like about it.
I'm going to London.
Ernst was very flattering.
He said he'd like to be there if I was.
Well, wouldn't you like to see me in London?
I don't know that I'll ever be in London.
I don't see how anybody can shoot a thing like this.
Fritz, why don't you teach me how to shoot?
It might be important if there's a battle.
All right. Come on.
Well, first...
you pull the gun tight into your shoulder.
And, uh...
Well, here. Tight into your shoulder.
And, uh, right hand near the trigger.
No, no! Here.
Left hand out to support it. A little more. Right.
No, no. You have to use this hand to support it.
Ah, now you sight along the barrel here.
I hope you don't mind.
Why do you think I wanted you to teach me?
- [Ernst] Roberta, where are you? - I'm over here.
May I have this next dance, milady?
You said that's what you missed most of all.
I thought maybe I could make you feel at home.
Wherever did you get that?
You wish the name of my tailor, my good man?
Go past the town square, take the first street left.
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. I thought you were supposed to be covering the pits.
And I thought you were supposed to be working on the bridge.
- He was teaching me how to shoot. I asked him to. - Fritz?
Come here a minute. I wanna show you something.
If you'd like to learn how to shoot, Roberta, I'd be happy to teach you.
I think I have the general idea.
You know, Fritz, the ol' tiger...
he'll come along at night after the pit's been all covered up...
and he'll sniff the meat.
And he'll start to circle the pit.
[Growling, Sniffing]
He'll come around here... [Growling]
And he'll think...
"I think I just might grab that big hunk of meat."
So he gets down like this...
and he gets like this, and then...
I think you better just tell me, not show me.
Otherwise you'll be in there before that tiger of yours.
Anyhow, he'll jump for the bait...
- and that's how I'll catch my tiger. - Ha!
Do you think a tiger's going to fall for this?
You're wasting your time.
You talk about wasting time, Ernst.
How many hours did you spend making that silly hat?
That's none of your business. You're not my boss.
No. Ernst, we've got more important things to do...
- than try to amuse Roberta. - You're jealous.
Jealous? Of what? Why don't you grow up?
That's enough, Ernst.
[Francis] Fight, fight! Now you hit him, Fritz!
Ow!
Come on, Fritz, get him!
Get him, Fritz!
Fight, fight!
Come on, Ernst, you can get him!
Fight, fight! Get him, Ernst!
Get him, Ernst, get him!
Oh, what a beauty!
Now your turn, Fritz. Come on, Fritz, get him.
Fight, fight!
Are you afraid of him, Ernst? Poke him one!
- Come on, Fritz, get him. - Fritz! Ernst!
What's this all about?
Nothing.
[Father] Who started it?
You know, uh...
I think this is probably my fault.
I've think I've been pushing everybody a bit too hard.
It might do us good to relax for a change.
So here's what we're gonna do.
Tomorrow we are going to observe...
the first national holiday in the history of New Switzerland.
A holiday?
You mean like Christmas?
- Let's get on with the work. Get ready for it, eh? - Yippie!
A holiday! We're gonna have a holiday, Roberta!
[Indistinct Chatter]
[Growl]
Where did we get these flags?
I got 'em off the ship.
Allow me.
Thank you.
[Growling]
How do you like this for the winner of the race?
I better try it on for size, eh?
Not going to argue? Just conceding that I'll win?
Fritz, about this afternoon...
I know why you and Ernst were fighting. It was my fault.
It wasn't your fault.
Everything that's happened is because you brought me back with you...
even the danger we're in from the pirates.
I don't recall your asking to be brought here.
It seems to me you had quite different ideas, remember?
Poor Ernst!
The hours he spent making that silly hat.
He didn't mean to neglect his work. He was trying to be nice to me, that's all.
I know that.
I never dreamed he'd do that.
I did hope I could repay your family.
All I've achieved is to cause trouble. I didn't want that.
Don't.
Roberta... I'm not much at saying things, you know, but...
It's no good. When we leave here...
you're going on and I have to go back to London.
Let's not make it difficult.
You talk about when we leave here!
How do you know we're going to leave? We might be here...
[Growling]
My tiger! I bet I got him!
- Francis, come back here! - [Barking]
Come on.
Look out, Ernst.
[Growling]
He might be anywhere.
- Let me go. - Wait till we get there. Wait a minute.
- Francis, wait! - It's my tiger. Let me go!
Mind the pit.
[Francis] Where is he? Ahh!
Well, I never believed it! Well done, Francis.
Let's hurry and cover it up with palm leaves...
so he'll go to sleep and the pirates won't know he's there.
Tell your mother. We'll cover the pit.
Oh, yes.
You don't have to worry anymore. I got my tiger.
He's got his tiger.
Everybody behind the starting mark.
Everybody out of my way!
[Francis] Come on! Come on, Rocky, turn around.
[Father] Hang on. Hang on.
Mother, you hold Duke, will you?
Now remember, you go around the first pylon, then over to that one...
then back and forth three times and here to the finish.
- And now, ladies and gentlemen, to the winner... - Good.
- This gorgeous culinary creation, which all of us will eat. - Bravo!
Serving as our official starter, the loveliest lady of the Canton.
- Whoa! Whoa! - Wait!
- Quick Mother, fire. - Wait for me.
- [Gunshot] - [Native Language]
- Come on! - We're winning!
- Come on! - Faster!
Come on, Rocky. Get goin'!
Come on, Duchess. Round you go!
- Wait! - That way. Come on, Rocky!
Let me get on. Give me a chance.
Now we're off.
No, Turk, get out of here. You're ruining everything!
Get out, Turk! No, the other way!
Look out! Wait a minute, Ernst.
- No, not that way. - Hold it, Clementine. What's the matter?
Try to jump on.
Come on, boy! Good boy, Lightning!
- Hey! - [Giggling]
[Francis] You're going the wrong way, Roberta.
- Come on, Rocky! - Stand still!
Come on.
- Now we're gonna win! - Whoops!
[Francis] It's not good if you can't stay on him, Fritz.
[Laughing]
- [Barking] - Turk! Get away, Turk!
No fair, Ernst.
You have to ride him. Come on. We're gonna win.
Come on, Lightning.
Straight, Clementine. Not that way, the other way.
No, the other way!
Come on! Get away! Now.
Come on!
Turk, get out of here. Run, run, run!
I give up. Come on, Clementine.
Whoa! Whoa!
Come on! Don't just walk!
- Out of my way! - Keep out of the way!
Come on.
I'm gonna ride you if it's the last thing I do.
Ya-hoo!
Quick, the tape!
Quick!
[Indistinct Yelling]
Turk, mind now. That's not the way you're supposed to go.
Wrong way, Roberta. Come back.
Roberta, come back here!
[Barking]
Come on, Clementine. Wrong side.
[Francis] Hurry, Rocky. Come on, we're winning.
- Francis, come on! - No fair. I was winning.
You're not hurt?
- Pirates on the beach. - What?
There's pirates right here on our beach.
- Up the hill, quick. - I'll get the muskets.
Come on, quick. Come on, Roberta.
- Remember your orders? Well, get started. - Yes, sir.
[Barking]
- Come on. Come on, Francis. - Come on.
Duke, Turk, come back!
No time now. They'll be all right.
Come along, Mother.
Come on, Francis.
Shh.
- [Growl] - You just stay quiet.
Quick, quick!
Ah!
[Barking]
Francis!
[Whistle]
- Ah! - They see us.
[Yelling]
They've seen us. Fritz, Ernst, the bridge, quick!
All right, Mother?
[Francis] Here, Duke. Here, Turk.
Good boy. Good boy.
- Ready, Ernst? - Ready.
[Native Language]
Now!
Fritz, Ernst, come up.
[Native Language]
Come up, Fritz.
[Native Language]
[Screaming]
[Native Language]
They must be getting near it now.
Over this way a bit.
[Screaming]
My tiger, he got 'em!
[Screaming]
[Native Language]
[Tiger Growling]
[Native Language]
Number three.
Don't light it till I tell you.
Now!
The idea, my boy, is to judge it...
so that the flame reaches the powder the same time as the pirates.
Hmm, see what I mean? Give me the torch.
Bull's-eye!
- Look at 'em running! - [Native Language]
- Now the coconut bombs. - No, not yet.
- They're coming this way. - Don't fire yet.
Get back. Get back.
We've got 'em on the run!
Right... the coconut bombs.
Oh, good!
[Native Language]
Nah.
Kaboom!
That's it.
- Keep throwing. - We did it!
- Yeo! - We haven't stopped them.
Use the rifles. Try and pick off the leaders.
[Francis] Where you going, Father?
- [Francis] Hurray! - It worked!
[Francis] Watch those logs mow 'em down.
- Look at 'em! - Hurray! There's a man getting squashed.
[Growling]
[Screaming]
[Cheering]
- We're saved! We're saved! - Yippee! Hurray!
Hurray!
[Native Language]
Kuala make talk.
You hear?
We hear you.
You take boy belong Kuala.
Give us boy, no more fight.
You hear?
You want the boy, you come and get him.
We're ready for you. Put away your white flag.
Maybe it would be better to agree.
Don't worry. He wouldn't bargain if he thought he could beat us.
Send the boy...
down the hill... Kuala take boy.
Get plenty money.
Nobody hurt. You hear?
You make Kuala fight long time!
Then you die...
and Kuala take boy all the same.
[Native Language]
It's true. You can't possibly hold them off forever.
You don't look like a boy anymore.
You know what will happen if you give yourself up?
Do you know what might happen to all of you?
Nothing's going to happen to anybody.
He must think we're mad. Don't listen to such nonsense.
- [Bells Rattling] - My pirate alarm!
My pirate alarm! They're comin'up that way!
[Gunshots]
[Indistinct Yelling]
Quick! Down! Down!
- Look out, Ernst! - Father, look out!
[Screaming]
Ernst, look!
[Gunshots]
Roberta, stay back.
- [Gasping] - [Yelling]
[Gunshots]
Get down, Roberta!
[Gasping]
[Native Language]
- How many rounds have we got left? - Five.
- [Gunshots] - [Cannon Firing]
Not getting very close.
[Indistinct Yelling]
They're running away.
- They're running away! - [Cannon Firing]
[Native Language]
[Father] It's a ship, a merchantman! They're firing on the pirates!
[Roberta] It looks like one of my grandfather's ships.
I knew he'd come for us.
Yippee! Here we are, up here!
[Cheering And Yelling]
Can I see your hat, please?
- This? Of course, my boy. - Thank you.
No more, thank you. That was delicious.
There's nothing to it. I've been making donations to that college for years.
About time I asked for something.
Roberta and I have talked about school...
but a university... I never dreamed!
I'm going to a university!
And as for the rest of you, I won't try to influence you.
But if you'd like to return to Europe...
I think I could make things interesting and give you a fresh start.
If you still want to go on to New Guinea, I'll be happy to take you.
I think that since we have to decide forever...
that my husband and I would... rather stay here.
Are you sure that's what you want?
Mmm-hmm.
Ah, it's been a good life for us here.
As Roberta says, there are some things you have to do without.
How unimportant they seem when you don't have people feeling sorry for you.
You mean, I don't have to go!
- Yippee! - Fritz and Ernst will go with you.
I think we should keep Francis here for a few years.
I'll be back.
You won't be without neighbors, you realize.
This is a new island. There'll be a new colony, a new governor.
They might make you governor, Father!
[Captain] More than likely, I should say.
- Hello. - Oh.
Funny, isn't it, how you can change your mind about what's important?
What it is you really want?
Take your parents.
All of this time they've been wanting to get to New Guinea.
Now they find out everything they want is right here.
You mean they're not going?
I can understand how they feel.
I do too.
Two people, if they have each other...
what more could they want?
I guess... just to be alone.
Fritz? Roberta?
It's time to go now.
- Captain wants to sail with the tide. - Just coming.
Surely you'll want to see him off.
Anyway, I'll have to explain to my grandfather.
- Bye, Ernst. - Bye, Ernst.
- Come back next year. - Good-bye!
Good-bye Mother, Father, Fritz, Roberta.
- Good-bye, everybody. - Good-bye, Ernst.
God be with you.
[Francis] Hey, wait for me. Duchess, Clementine!
- Turk! - [Barking]
Duke, wait for me!
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