You see? If we talk sweetly, they will come in droves. If we hiss, they will run, and we will have to chase after them, an unnecessary expenditure of calories.
13 seconds sound clip from the An American Tail: Fievel Goes West movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:23:17 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- I don't get it, boss. How come we're not munching those mice back there?
- Oui. This fraternity with mice does run counter to nature.
- Which would you rather have, the crouton or the entire Caesar salad?
- Of course, we will eat the mice, but only after we have exploited their labors.
- We are nice to the mice because it is intelligent to be so.
- So when do we take the big bite, boss?
- When do we get to eat them? When, when, when?
- When my empire at Green River is complete, and when we have a better mousetrap.
- Music... To aid the digestion. Help!
- Next stop, mouth, throat, stomach, intestine, and, you guessed it, Green River.
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