00:23Hello out there, Peabody once again.
00:26Sherman has just set the way-back machine for the year 1871.
00:30Where are we going, Mr. Peabody?
00:32Africa, Sherman. For today, we shall be on hand for that historic moment when
00:37Stanley finds Livingston.
00:40Sherman and I were instantly transported to a small clearing in the African jungle.
00:44However, it appeared as if we had arrived a trifle late.
00:48What do you mean saying, Dr. Livingston, I presume?
00:52I say, Mr. Stanley, I presume.
00:55Oh, no, you don't. I said it first.
00:58But I've been waiting for you all these years, so I could say it.
01:02Sorry, old boy, but it's been said. After all, I found you.
01:07You found me. I found you.
01:11By George, it's an attack.
01:13Yes, gentlemen. While you were debating, a tribe of cannibals surrounded the clearing.
01:17Even as I spoke, a tall warrior, obviously a chief, appeared in a dense undergrowth.
01:25That gentleman is Swahili. Upper Swahili.
01:29You mean you understand that gibberish?
01:32I invented that gibberish.
01:34Well, what did he say?
01:36He just said, Dr. Livingston and Mr. Stanley, I presume.
01:41Oh, fine. Now he's found us.
01:44Hopelessly surrounded, we were escorted to the cannibals' village.
01:48Well, things could be worse.
01:54At least they're giving us our choice of pots.
01:57You mean he wants to cook us?
01:59I'm afraid so.
02:01After liberally sprinkling us with salt, we were deposited in our own individual pot.
02:06That's when I decided the whole affair had gone too far, and producing a pack of cards,
02:10I proceeded to perform a series of tricks I had once taught Houdini.
02:15Naturally, my dexterity found a most receptive audience.
02:18So much so that after dinner, vegetarian, I might add,
02:22we were inducted into the tribe as honorary cannibals.
02:25Does this mean we can go free, Mr. Peabody?
02:27Not exactly, Sherman. They expect us to live with them.
02:32We spent the next hour listening to some old Blue Baron records left behind by Usa and Martin Johnson,
02:37and then were marched down to a river that flowed by the village.
02:41There we saw a somewhat startling sight.
02:43It's an old man, Mr. Peabody.
02:49It's the chief's father. He's been standing in the river for three and a half months.
02:53So who looked to a tumba tumba?
02:55Chief says he'd give anything to get his father out.
02:59I suppose he wants him out because he's afraid he'll drown.
03:03No, he wants him out because he's scaring the fish.
03:06Tell you what, Stan, little thing. I'll make you a wager.
03:10Whoever succeeds in extricating the old fella has the privilege of saying, I presume.
03:16Done.
03:18Sherman and I, and the entire village, lined the banks of the river to watch the contest.
03:23Dr. Livingston went first.
03:25Shovel in hand, he attempted to tunnel his way under the chief's father and bring him back by an underground
03:30route.
03:31Unfortunately, Livingston lost his bearings and only succeeded in tunneling his way across to the opposite shore.
03:37As for Stanley, she had high hopes of towing the chief's father out.
03:41And it's quite a work had the rope been stronger.
03:44We'll never get him out.
03:46You're right, Livingston. Pity.
03:48If you gentlemen wouldn't mind, Mr. Peabody could get him out.
03:52Think you can, Peabody?
03:54Yes, and without moving from this spot.
03:57Sherman, hand me that towel, please.
03:59Hmm, the Hilton Watusi.
04:02Now this should do it.
04:03And so say, I flung it directly at the chief's father.
04:06A minute later, father and son were reunited on the shore.
04:09By Jove.
04:11So that's why he refused to come out of the water?
04:14Yes.
04:15He'd lost his pants and was waiting for someone to throw him a towel.
04:18Brilliant deduction, Peabody.
04:20Yes, wasn't it?
04:21We were given our freedom and it wasn't long before we were bidding goodbye to our companions
04:25as they boarded the steamer belonging to Mr. Stanley.
04:28I still say, I should say, Mr. Stanley, I presume.
04:33And I say you have it all wrong.
04:36Well, there they go, Mr. Peabody.
04:38And that's some boat.
04:40I agree, Sherman.
04:41And it's a perfect illustration of just how wrong history can be.
04:45Wrong, Mr. Peabody?
04:46Yes.
04:48You know, most people thought the Stanley steamer was a car.
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