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- But there will be too many!
- It's true! Look, more leaves in the ditch all the time. Why, they'll have a solid carpet to walk across in a minute.

8 seconds sound clip from the Leiningen Versus the Ants (1948) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:17:11 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- What do you mean?

- I said if they wanted to get across, they'd have to have rafts. That's just what they've got. Those leaves are their rafts.

- Even as he spoke, the leaves went tumbling down the far bank by the thousands.

- The current drew them away from the bank and each leaf carried several ants.

- Don't worry! As long as you keep spraying them and shoveling dirt on their rafts, they can't land!

- But there will be too many!

- It's true! Look, more leaves in the ditch all the time. Why, they'll have a solid carpet to walk across in a minute.

- Not so fast, Commissioner. I've still got a trick up my sleeve for them.

- The ditch is drying up!

- Yes! Yes, of course, it's drying up. That's the plan. Those are the orders I sent to the dam.

- Are you mad? As soon as it's empty, what's to prevent the ants...? Look! The water's way down! It's almost dry! They'll be able to come across the bottom!

- They'll not make it! The man at the dam will have opened the gates by now.

- To flood the ants?

- Right.

- But what a chance to take! If anything should happen...!

[...]

Leiningen Versus the Ants (1948) Sound Clip

Leiningen Versus the Ants (Escape)Quotes with voice clips from Leiningen Versus the Ants - Escape Radio Show episode aired on January 14th, 1948, based on a story by Carl Stephenson.

Actors: William Conrad (Leiningen), Lou Merrill (The Commissioner)

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