The Bushbaby

Jackie:
That was a wonderful supper, Tembo. I'm full and happy, and not afraid anymore.

Tembo:
To be not afraid is to be careless.

Jackie:
[to Komba] What is there to fear, eh, Komba?

Tembo:
The galago fears little because he knows little. The lion is wise and fears much because he knows much.

Jackie:
[to Komba] Did you hear what he said? He thinks you're stupid. You're not stupid, are you, Komba?

Jackie:
I'm sorry, Tembo. I should have listened and gone to the police like you said.

Tembo:
There is a saying: "All the yesterdays cannot make one tomorrow."

[last lines]

Jackie:
Kwaheri, Komba!

Prof. 'Cranky' Crankshaw:
[to Tembo from a distance] I'll see you hanged for this, you bloody devil. You mark my words. There's still some law and order left in this country!

Tilison:
Your wife was killed in the uprising.

John Leeds:
That was an accident.

Tilison:
In 1956 your houseboy, Tembo Murumbi, was suspected of Mau Mau activities.

John Leeds:
[irritated] What are you trying to say?

Tilison:
We all know the African mentality.

John Leeds:
Do we?

Tilison:
It's very likely that he has a resentment against you.

John Leeds:
No...

Tilison:
You do admit the possibility?

Steward:
[after walking into Jackie's cabin and discovering something moving inside a basket] Blimey!

Jackie:
It's alright, I can make up my own bed.

Steward:
What in heaven's name you got in there, miss?

Jackie:
Nothing...

Steward:
Well, a bit noisy for nothing.

Jackie:
I'll show you if you promise not to say anything.

Steward:
It ain't a snake, is it?

Jackie:
No. [pulls out Komba the galago] Bushbaby!

Steward:
Queer, ain't it? It looks a bit like a monkey!

Steward:
Would you like to hold him? He's very gentle!

Steward:
[hesitatingly] I'll take your word for it, miss.

John Leeds:
[Jackie and her father are standing next to a gravestone marked "In loving memory of Penelope Leeds, who died in the uprising of 1961"] I've arranged for Tembo to keep the flowers watered.

Jackie:
I wish Tembo were coming with us.

John Leeds:
He'll be at the boat to see us off. [noticing Jackie's discontentment] Jackie... Tembo belongs in Africa.

Jackie:
Like Komba? [she walks away from her father] I belong here, too. I was born here. I don't want to go away.

John Leeds:
It can't be helped Jackie. I don't want to leave Africa any more than you do.

Jackie:
It isn't only Africa, I have to leave everything!

John Leeds:
If it is Tembo with Jackie, I don't want him arrested. You know what would happen.

Tilison:
Isn't the important thing your daughter's safety?

John Leeds:
If she is with Tembo she is safe.

Rev. Barlow:
[after Komba has disrupted the choir song] Is that the devil in our midst, miss Leeds? Or as I suspect, a heavenly cherub.

[the members of the church laugh]

Rev. Barlow:
Since it appears the Christian soldiers have lost the battle to a bushbaby, I suggest you all take your seats and we shall continue the service.

[first lines]

Jackie:
[Jackie and Tembo are chasing a small galago around a baobab tree] Where is he?

Tembo:
Sshh!

Jackie:
[after Tembo catches the creature he hands it to Jackie] Oh! Oh, he's so tiny!

Tembo:
He's a young one.

Jackie:
What shall I call him?

Tembo:
He has many names: bushbaby, galago... In Swahili he's called "Komba."

Jackie:
Komba! That's marvelous. [to Komba] Hey Komba, Komba...! [to Tembo] Oh, thank you, Tembo. Asante sana!

Tembo:
Stahere, mtoto.

Tembo:
They have no reason to kill me; I've done nothing.

Jackie:
My mother did nothing.

Tembo:
Are you sure you know this place?

Jackie:
Of course I do; I spent many holidays here. The cottage's up this way and the village is over there. So, stop worrying.

Tembo:
I will stop when you're in the ship with your baba and I'm in the bush.