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They were so young, but long before you knew what death was, you were wishing it on someone else.

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10 seconds sound clip from the X Minus 1 - The Veldt by Ray Bradbury classic radio drama series.

You can hear this line at 00:11:45 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- It wouldn't hurt to lock the children out of the nursery for a while.

- It was clear that they had been spending too much time in Africa.

- That sun! he could feel it on his neck, still, like a hot paw. And the lions. And the smell of blood.

- Remarkable how the nursery caught the telepathic emanations of the children's minds and created a life to fulfill their desires.

- The children thought zebras, and there were zebras. Sun - sun. Giraffes - giraffes. Death... and death.

- They were so young, but long before you knew what death was, you were wishing it on someone else.

- But this... the long, hot African veldt... the awful death in the jaws of a lion. And repeated again and again and again.

- The children came home dutifully at eight-thirty.

- Hi, Mom. Hi, Pop.

- Hello, darling.

- Do you want something to eat, dear? We're just having dessert.

- We're full of strawberry ice cream.

- And hot dogs.

- We'll just sit and watch.

- Sure.

[...]

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X Minus OneQuotes with audio samples from the old-time science fiction radio drama series "X Minus One" that was broadcast from 1955 to 1958 on NBC.

Actors: Fred Collins (Announcer), Wendell Holmes, Bill Zuckert, Peter Capell

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