He was as sharp as a fox. Yes sir. Looked like a fox, too. Kind of a long face like a fox and... say, come to think of it, I guess he was a fox.
10 seconds sound clip from the Pinocchio (1939) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:16:00 in the radio play.
Quote context
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- Well sir, there he went, off to school.
- And where was I while this was going on? Folks, I'm ashamed to tell you. I was asleep.
- A fine conscience I turned out to be. I should have been right with him.
- And, well you see this Honest John had a stooge by the name of Gideon, a dumb alley cat.
- And between the two of them, they were a pretty tricky pair.
- Well, when I thought about them that morning, I tell you I just shivered all over.
- Ah, Gideon, my boy, listen. The merry laughter of children wending their way to school.
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