It was some time before the petrol burned down to the bed of the ditch, but when it did, the devils came back for more.
8 seconds sound clip from the Leiningen Versus the Ants (1948) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:21:03 in the radio play.
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- Leiningen, for the love of God, don't sit there like a statue! They'll be on us in a moment!
- Let them fill the ditch first.
- Ah... Now! All right! Everyone back!
- Hand me the torch. Now we'll see how our friends like a little heat!
- The flames from the ditch shot into the air, devouring ants by the millions.
- Again, Leiningen fired the ditch to destroy them. And still again they came on.
- And as they returned to the assault, time after time, a slow, sickening horror crept into my mind.
- I looked quickly at Leiningen, then at the petrol tanks. He read my gaze and nodded slowly.
- That's right, we could hold them off forever if our supply of petrol was unlimited. But it isn't.
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