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Here it is only the first of May and the last of the pink-feet have gone already. So have the barnacle geese. All are leaving.

9 seconds sound clip from the The Snow Goose (1954) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:12:30 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- I call you Frith, now you're old enough to call me Philip. Or will that seem very strange to you?

- I don't think so, Philip.

- No, it doesn't even sound strange to me. Almost as though it always should have been, Philip.

- Oh, look! More planes going to Germany.

- Yeah. More planes. More death.

- Perhaps that's why the birds are leaving so early this spring. They're afraid of the planes.

- Yes, they're leaving us to fend for ourselves.

- Planes and bombs. No wonder they're frightened.

- Here it is only the first of May and the last of the pink-feet have gone already. So have the barnacle geese. All are leaving.

- Philip, look!

- The snow goose! The princess, she's going too. Oh, no!

- Where is she going? Oh, she's flying too low for that.

- She isn't rising at all, just slowly circling the lighthouse, getting the feel of her wings. But look! She's settling again.

- Princess, you're going to stay with us?

- Yes, she'll stay.

[...]

The Snow Goose (1954) Sound Clip

Laurence Olivier 1970s portraitListen to Laurence Olivier bring the characters of Paul Gallico's story 'The Snow Goose' to life in this rare 1954 Theatre Royal radio play, featuring sound clips on our page.

Actors: Laurence Olivier (Narrator / Philip Rhayader)

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