1:02:01
...where they dip in a graceful ballet
to collect food for their chicks.
1:02:22
But the lake and the many
water holes are impermanent.
1:02:26
Soon the water will sink away
into the Kalahari sand...
1:02:29
...and there'll be a long, grim wait
of nine months or more...
1:02:33
...before the rain comes again.
1:02:36
The only human beings...
1:02:38
...in the deep Kalahari
are a few Bushmen.
1:02:40
They don't live in tribes, but
roam about in small family groups.
1:02:45
The region is so vast that
one family hardly ever meets another.
1:02:49
They must be the most carefree
and contented people in the world...
1:02:53
...because they own nothing.
1:02:55
In the desert, there's nothing
you can own, but everything you need.
1:02:59
They're also the most gentle people,
possibly because they've never seen...
1:03:03
...anything as hard as
a rock or a stone in their lives.
1:03:07
Where they live, there's only sand
and trees and grass and animals.
1:03:12
So their tools are made of
leather or bone or wood.
1:03:16
They never experience
anything harder than wood.
1:03:20
When they find food,
they eat it all at one sitting...
1:03:23
...so they have very
expandable stomachs.
1:03:27
When they sleep, their heads
never touch the ground...
1:03:31
...because there are crawly things
in the sand that can get into their ears.
1:03:35
They dig their elbows into the soft sand
and use their shoulders as pillows.
1:03:53
The children have to have an intimate
understanding of the animals around them.
1:03:57
So the elders teach them,
in stereophonic sound yet.