No, no, now listen, son. The whale only opens his mouth when he's eating. Then everything comes in. Nothing goes out. It's hopeless.
11 seconds sound clip from the Pinocchio (1939) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:50:35 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- Huh? Ears? Oh, these. That's nothing. Look. I got a tail, too!
- But we got to get out of here.
- Get out? Oh, no, no, no, no, son. I tried every way.
- A RAFT? That's it! We'll take the raft, and when the whale opens his mouth...
- Come. We make a nice fire and we cook some of the fish.
- Yes. And then we'll all eat again...
- A great big fire! Lots of smoke!
- Smoke? Oh yes. Sure. Smoked fish would taste good.
- But, what will we sit on...?
- We won't need it! We're getting out!
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