And why? I ask you, why? Just because he's got those big ears, they call him a freak. The laughingstock of the circus.

Timothy Q. Mouse (Edward Brophy)

12 seconds sound clip from the Dumbo (1941) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:57:13 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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(crows laughing) (3)

- Quiet, gentlemen. The Reverend Rodent is gonna address you.

- You ought to be ashamed of yourselves. A bunch of big guys like you, picking on a poor little orphan like him.

- Suppose you was torn away from your mother when you was just a baby. Nobody to tuck you in at nights. No warm, soft, caressing trunk to snuzzle into.

- How would you like to be left out alone in a cold, cruel, heartless world?

- And why? I ask you, why? Just because he's got those big ears, they call him a freak. The laughingstock of the circus.

- Then when his mother tried to protect him, they threw her into the clink.

- And on top of that, they made him a clown.

- Socially, he's washed up.

- But what's the use of talking to you cold-hearted birds?

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