The lions were fifteen feet away, so real, so startlingly real, you could feel the prickling fur on your hand, and your mouth was stuffed with the dusty upholstery smell of their heated pelts...
15 seconds sound clip from the X Minus 1 - The Veldt by Ray Bradbury classic radio drama series.
You can hear this line at 00:08:38 in the radio play.
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[...]
- Can you see it? Are you sure?
- It's a little late to be sure.
- Nothing over there but cleaned bone, and the vultures swooping down for what's left.
- Oh! Here come the lions. George, they're frightening.
- Take it easy, Lydia. They're just illusion.
- And the yellow of them was in your eyes like the yellow of an exquisite tapestry...
- The smell of meat from the panting, dripping mouths.
- I'm afraid. They're so real.
- They're only an illusion, that's all.
- Watch out! Out! Quick! Outside!
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