I recognize the impulse, and share it. Twenty minutes of listening to little mechanical people sing "Small World" will drive any reasonable adult into a tequila bottle.
I'm guessing he thought the little kids were real, and it freaked him!....they were about his size
..or maybe you're right, he couldn't take hearing It's A Small World Afterall...over and over and over and over :)
Dammit. It's been more than thirty years since I was there with little ones. Now it's back in my mind... and it just won't stop..... help me............