Later still, the two dogs swim across a river while Tao walks across on a beaver dam. Jeremy mistakes them for human guests, and tries to serve them food, but then distractedly eats it all himself. Luath catches a rabbit, but Bodger and Tao discover an old hermit, Jeremy, who has dementia. They are forced to pass through the yard of a sawmill, where Bodger attempts to raid the cookhouse trash can, only to be shot at by the cook. The animals travel on, hunting as they go. Tao and Luath return and drive off the bear, and Bodger eats a bobwhite that Tao has killed for him, regaining his strength. The mother bear comes running at the noise, thinks Bodger has hurt her cubs, and tries to attack. Two black bear cubs discover Bodger, but he does not respond to their play, so they decide to wrestle each other. Tao goes off to hunt some birds, and Luath goes off in search of water. Having no means of getting food from humans without getting caught, they continue to forge ahead, but Bodger eventually collapses. The animals soon realize Bodger, due to his age, is a liability.

Oakes and her husband Bert arrive, and assume that Longridge has taken the animals with him.

They intend to travel due west until they get there, not knowing how far it is. He leaves the yard, and the other two follow. Oakes can arrive, Luath hears wild geese traveling home, and decides he wants to go home, too. The next day, Longridge lets the animals into his yard for a run, and departs. Tao, meanwhile, accidentally knocks the crucial half of the note into the fireplace, destroying it. Tao and Bodger belong to Hunter's children Elizabeth and Peter, respectively, and Longridge offered to take in all three pets while the family was away. He retires to bed, and reflects on how his friend John Hunter (Luath's owner, who lives nearly 250 miles away) received an offer for a visiting fellowship at Oxford University. Oakes is coming the next day, so he leaves her a note, including how he plans to let the three animals staying with him - Tao the Siamese Cat, Luath the Yellow Labrador, and Bodger the elderly English Bull Terrier - out for a morning run. One night, deep in the forests of Ontario, bachelor John Longridge plans a long hunting trip. It was the final film to be scored by longtime Disney composer Oliver Wallace, who died two months prior to its release. However, the human scenes, including the climactic ending, were criticized for disrupting the mood of the film. Released on Novemby Buena Vista Distribution, the film received $4.2 million in overall rentals, and was mostly praised for its nature scenes and for Allen's narration. The film's human cast consists of Г‰mile Genest, John Drainie, Tommy Tweed, and Sandra Scott, with Rex Allen providing narration. Based on the 1961 novel of the same name by British-Canadian writer Sheila Burnford, the film follows the adventure of Luath the Labrador Retriever, Bodger the Bull Terrier, and Tao the Siamese cat (Syn Cat) as they journey 250 miles (400В km) through the Canadian wilderness to return to their home. The Incredible Journey is a 1963 adventure film directed by Fletcher Markle and produced by Walt Disney Productions.

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