Garth: Hey! You, in the crate! Get your lion butt outta there.
Walter: What happened to her?
Garth: Looks like her heart gave out in all the excitement. She was plenty old, you know.
Walter: Look, I think she's smiling.
Garth: I guess she died happy.
Hub: She died with her boots on, that's the main thing.
Garth: Protecting her cub.
Walter: She was a real lion, wasn't she, there at the end? A real jungle lion. A real Africa lion.
Sheriff: Best I can figure, they were trying to fly through that barn, upside down.
Helen: You take him to the orphanage right this minute.
Hub: Whether we take him to the orphanage or tie him up and throw him in the lake, that's OUR business, not yours.
Answer: An accident. They were inexperienced pilots trying dangerous barnstorming stunts. A fitting end for two adventurers afraid of nothing.
Brian Katcher