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You won't be surprised, if, at a time like this, that burnt ember on the hearth, should move a little and sit up.

10 seconds sound clip from the Pinocchio (1939) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:03:09 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- And then all of the sudden, the puppet began to talk and move about like a real boy.

- I believe you'd be ready for almost anything to happen. And that's the best frame of mind I can suggest for you now...

- The Lux Radio Theater curtain goes up on Act I of Walt Disney's, Pinocchio.

- Christmas night. Dinner is over. And you're settled comfortably in your favorite chair beside the fireplace, gazing dreamily into the flames.

- You're relaxing for the first time today. And you've made a solemn resolution that nothing shall move you from this place for at least 3 hours.

- You won't be surprised, if, at a time like this, that burnt ember on the hearth, should move a little and sit up.

- For you've just noticed that it isn't an ember at all. It's a cricket. And not an ordinary cricket, either.

- He wears a beaver hat, and a long, green, cutaway coat. And in his hand, he carries a furled umbrella.

- He sits looking at you out of his large, rather mournful eyes.

- And then, just as if it were the most natural thing in the world, he begins to sing.

- If your heart is in your dreams, no request is too extreme. When you wish upon a star, your dreams come true.

[...]

Pinocchio (1939) Sound Clip

Pinocchio (1939)Quotes with sound bites from The Lux Radio Theater's play of Pinocchio which pre-dates the first release of Walt Disney's feature, with the original voice-cast. First broadcast on December 25, 1939 (Christmas Day).

Actors: Richard Percy Jones (Pinocchio), Cliff Edwards (Jiminy Cricket), Christian Rub (Geppetto), Walter Catlett (Honest John), Evelyn Venable (The Blue Fairy), Charles Judels (Stromboli), Frankie Darro (Lampwick)

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