He paused. And the Grinch put a hand to his ear. And he did hear a sound rising over the snow. It started in low, then it started to grow.
17 seconds sound clip from the How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:20:18 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- 'Pooh-pooh to the Whos', he was Grinch-ily humming.
- They're finding out now that no Christmas is coming.
- They're just waking up. I know just what they'll do. Their mouths will hang open a minute or two.
- Then the Whos down in Who-ville will all cry boohoo.
- 'That's a noise', grinned the Grinch, 'that I simply must hear'.
- Fah who for-aze, dah who dor-aze, welcome Christmas, come this way. (2)
- Christmas day is in our grasp...
- But this... this sound wasn't sad. Why, this sound sounded glad.
- Every Who down in Who-ville, the tall and the small was singing without any presents at all.
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Actors: Boris Karloff (The Grinch / The Narrator), June Foray (Cindy-Lou Who), Dallas McKennon (Max), Thurl Ravenscroft (Singer)
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