And on the map, they had traced the stormy path of the lost bird from its home in Canada to the great marsh of Essex.

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

You can hear this line at 00:06:37 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- No wonder. Probably she'll be afraid of me, just like all the others.

- An ogre. Hunchback with a withered claw of a hand.

- But the child Fred, or Freda, came back. She overcame her fear of Rhayader.

- Her imagination was captured by the presence of this strange white princess from a land far across the sea.

- He had shown her the land on a map. It was pink all over.

- And on the map, they had traced the stormy path of the lost bird from its home in Canada to the great marsh of Essex.

- But now that the winter was over, Snow Goose was quite well again.

- It had been limping about the enclosure with the wild pink-footed geese by Christmas time.

- And now that it was June again, it would fly away.

- Yes. Very soon we shall see the last of our princess. Aren't you sorry?

- Aye.

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Top rated lines from this movie

Where did she come from, did you say? -From Canada. That's a land far, far across the seas. Beautiful daughter of England.
We'll call her La Princesse Perdue, the lost princess.
Yes. Seems a long time ago, doesn't it? -A long time ago. All the way between childhood and being grown up.
Blimy, look at that ruddy goose flying round and round. -Told you it was a good omen. It's a blinking angel of mercy. That's what it is.
They said if you saw the flying wild goose you'd be saved. It's a sort of good luck omen.

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