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.
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- And then all of the sudden, the puppet began to talk and move about like a real boy.
- The Lux Radio Theater curtain goes up on Act I of Walt Disney's, Pinocchio.
- 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.
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