ruit ing ▁children ▁for ▁a ▁special ▁school . ▁He ▁showed ▁Lock e ▁several ▁items , ▁including ▁the ▁comp ass , ▁and ▁asked ▁Lock e ▁to ▁identify ▁which ▁items ▁belonged ▁to ▁him . ▁Al ong ▁with ▁several ▁other ▁items , ▁Lock e ▁picked ▁a ▁kn ife ; ▁anger ed ▁by ▁Lock e ' s ▁failure , ▁Al pert ▁left ▁in ▁a ▁hur ry , ▁claim ing ▁Lock e ▁was ▁" not ▁ready " ▁for ▁his ▁school . ▁Al pert ▁tried ▁to ▁rec ruit ▁Lock e ▁again ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁this ▁time ▁into ▁an ▁intern ship ▁program ▁with ▁Mittel os ▁Labor ator ies ▁in ▁Port land , ▁Oregon , ▁but ▁a ▁te en age ▁Lock e ▁turned ▁it ▁down . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁in ▁" The ▁Man ▁Be hind ▁the ▁Cur tain ", ▁Al pert ▁encountered ▁a ▁young ▁Benjamin ▁Lin us ▁( you ng er , ▁Ster ling ▁Be aum on ; ▁older , ▁Michael ▁Em erson ) ▁in ▁the ▁j ung le . ▁Ben ▁expressed ▁a ▁desire ▁to ▁run ▁away ▁from ▁his ▁father , ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁scientific ▁research ▁group ▁called ▁the ▁D har ma ▁In iti ative , ▁and ▁join ▁the ▁O thers . ▁Al pert ▁realized ▁Ben ▁is ▁special ▁when ▁Ben ▁mentioned ▁seeing ▁his ▁dece ased ▁mother ▁( Car rie ▁Pr eston ) ▁in ▁the ▁j ung le . ▁He ▁agreed ▁to ▁Ben ' s ▁request , ▁but ▁told ▁Ben ▁it ▁will ▁require ▁time ▁and ▁p atience . ▁ ▁In