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All right, children.

Today we're going to begin our study of entomology.

Can anyone tell me what that is?

Yes, Mary?

Is that the study of the earth

and how mountains and rivers and caves were made?

No, that's geology, but that was a good try.

Grasshoppers.

That's right.

Entomology is the study of insects,

and now that spring is here

and the insects are starting to hatch,

we're going to be able to see our little friends all around us.

Friends? They eat the crops.

Yes, but most insects are man's friend.

You never got caught in a swarm of bees before.

Oh, did you, Carl?

You bet. I got stung plenty

before I could even get to the pond.

Well, I'm sure they were only trying to protect their queen.

I got stung once on the outhouse.

All right. Can anyone tell me how a bee helps man?

Laura: They make honey.

That's right,

and they also pollinate the flowers.

Nellie: What does that mean?

Well, when the bee goes about collecting the nectar

from the flower to make his honey,

he carries the pollen on his legs from flower to flower,

and that way, it makes more flowers.

So, you see, he really is man's friend.

All right.

Let's look at this diagram of the grasshopper,

and we can learn the different parts of the insect's body.

This is the head, of course.

I'm sure that's easy to remember.

This part is called the thorax.

Let me hear you say that.

Children: Thorax.

Right. And this part is...

It's the behind. That's where the bee stung me.

Willie, go stand in the corner.

Now, the reason I'm having you learn the different parts of the insect's body

is that I want you to start collecting them,

all different kinds,

so we can compare them and see how they're different.

Miss beadle, can we collect butterflies?

Absolutely.

Miss beadle, what good are butterflies to man?

They make the world prettier.

Morning, Ingalls.

Mr. Loudy.

Is Mr. Hanson around?

Yeah.

What are you doing here, loudy?

Oh, Mr. Hanson.

I came to see you about a job.

Look, we've been over this before,

and the answer is no.

Please, Mr. Hanson.

Things are different. I've changed.

I haven't had a drop in weeks.

I told you before, loudy.

I don't want to have anything to do with the likes of you.

Now, get.

Please, Mr. Hanson. I've looked everywhere.

I've just got to have a job.

- Not here. - It's been over 20 years!

I don't care if it's 100 years.

It's because she married me, isn't it?

Because she married me?

The truth. The truth, hanson!

Because you killed her!

And nothing will ever change that... Or you.

Mr. Loudy: You're right, hanson.

Look! Nothing has changed! Nothing!

You all right?

Yeah.

When I see him, I remember,

and I...

It's not because she married him.

He was with the railroad...

A construction engineer...

And, uh, good money, good job,

and I was just beginning.

She was a beautiful woman.

Don't you think he's suffered enough?

The fire was an accident.

It wasn't his fault.

He saved himself and his little girl...

But he left her in that house to die.

He saved himself, but not my Ellen.

You have work to do, Charles.

Hi, ma.

Mary: Hi, ma.

Hello, girls. You're home from school awfully early.

We walked fast.

Because we got to get started on our homework.

Laura, what are you looking for?

We need two jars.

What for?

For our homework, ma.

We're studying ento... Entomo...

We're studying bugs, ma.

Yeah.

Here's two.

Can we use these two jars?

Oh, Laura, I'm running awfully low on canning jars.

We'll bring them back.

All right.

Caroline: I suppose I can boil them out afterward.

Thanks, ma.

Mary: We need something to catch butterflies with, too.

Uh, let's see.

You'll find some cheesecloth in the drawer,

and I'm sure there's some wire in the barn.

I'll get the wire.

I want to go with them.

Caroline: Don't you want to go into town with me?

I want to catch bugs.

Caroline: Ha ha ha!

All right.

Oh, ma, does she have to go?

You have to be real quiet to catch bugs.

I'll be quiet. I promise.

But we're going all the way to Willow lake.

She wants to go so badly.

Oh, all right.

If we don't get any bugs, you'll know why.

Come on, Carrie.

Keep an eye on her,

and be home in time to help with supper.

Yes, ma'am.

I'm going to catch bugs.

Good day, miss beadle.

- Oh, Mrs. Ingalls, how are you? - Fine.

My children just raced off on their homework assignment.

Oh, I have the feeling that, by tomorrow,

my classroom is going to be literally buzzing.

I'll make sure they don't bring anything that bites.

Oh, well, I guess I'd appreciate that.

Have a nice day. Bye-bye!

- Miss beadle! Miss beadle: Yes, Willie?

Look at my collection.

Uh, well, it's very nice, Willie,

but I think you're supposed to get your own collection.

I did. I got it from behind the counter.

No, Willie. What I mean is,

all the other children

are going to go a long way to find their insects.

A long ways? Ha! Look on the back.

"Made in england."

None of the other kids are going that long a ways.

I'll see you in school tomorrow, Willie.

See you.

Laura: Get him, Mary! - I'm trying!

Laura: Just... - Oh!

Laura: Just swoop it down.

Where'd he go?

Get him! Get it.

Laura: Get him!

I'm trying.

Mary: Oh!

Grab him!

Mary: Got it.

Don't squeeze it.

I won't.

Where is he?

Careful, don't hurt its wings.

See his big eyes? And there's his feelers.

How many we got now?

Let's see... we got ants, a caterpillar,

a grasshopper, and some ladybugs.

I hope they don't eat each other.

They won't.

They're too worried about being caught to be hungry.

Laura: We got a whole bunch of them, Carrie.

Laura: Can I put them in the jar for you?

Mary: No, I can do it.

The top's gone!

All the bugs are gone!

Carrie!

Carrie, why did you do that?

I don't know.

Now, you listen to me.

You sit here with Jack and don't move.

Understand?

Yes.

Come on, Laura.

Let's start all over.

Laura: You stay there, Jack.

Aah!

Oh!

Charles? You about ready?

Yeah, just got to shut her down.

Climb aboard.

Hello, Mr. Hanson.

How are you, Mr. Hanson?

Charles: Unh! I'm hungry as a bear.

What's the matter with Mr. Hanson?

He didn't even speak to me.

Oh, Wendell loudy came by today.

Oh...

I felt sorry for him.

It's never going to change between those two.

Hyah! Come on, Judy.

Hey, look at these big ants.

Jack:

Jack, you were supposed to stay with Carrie!

Be quiet, Jack. You'll scare all the bugs away.

Be quiet!

Mary, he's acting awful funny.

He always acts funny.

No, I mean it.

I think we'd better check on Carrie.

We've come an awful long way.

Yeah, I guess you're right.

All right, come on.

Jack:

Charles, look.

Stay here.

Mr. Loudy?

What?

What do you want?

You all right?

Leave me alone. You were there.

You saw me... Begging for a job.

Yeah, well, I'm not the one that hires. Hanson is.

Hey, come on. Let me help you.

I don't need your help!

Let me tell you something about your friend,

the almighty Lars hanson.

After it happened and I started drinking,

it was hanson who told the god-fearing people in this town

to tell the judge to take away my little girl.

They left me with nothing,

and I ain't ever going to forget.

Why don't you come home with me

and take supper with my family?

Supper? What do you want from me?

Don't want anything, I just...

Go on home with your family and choke on your food.

I don't want it.

Suit yourself.

Ingalls?

You have children?

Yeah, 3 girls.

3 girls.

My little girl's...

A grown woman now.

I haven't seen her in all these years.

But she wrote me a letter.

She's coming to see me.

After all these years,

she's coming all this way just to see me.

I'd rather be dead than have her see me like this.

Then don't let her see you this way.

What can I do?

I need a job, some clean clothes,

and a decent place to live.

It's no good for a man to look good on the outside

when he's rotting away on the inside.

Hey, come on, take some supper with us.

Caroline, you know Mr. Loudy.

Certainly.

Charles: He's going to have supper with us.

It won't be fancy, Mr. Loudy,

but we've got plenty.

Thank you.

Carrie?

Carrie, where are you?

Jack:

Something is wrong.

Show us, Jack.

Laura: Carrie!

Carrie!

Carrie?

I hear her.

Can you see her?

No, but she's close.

Laura, get pa! Hurry!

Carrie, it's all right!

Pa'll be here!

Pa! Pa!

Pa!

Charles, something's wrong.

Mary and Carrie aren't with her.

Laura, what's wrong?

It's Carrie.

What about her? Where is she?

Where are your sisters?

Carrie fell.

She fell down a hole...

In the field by Willow lake.

Get in the wagon. Show us.

Charles: Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!

Charles: Whoa!

Mary, how is she?

I don't know, pa.

Carrie!

Caroline and Charles: Carrie!

Carrie!

Carrie?

Carrie: Mama.

How deep do you figure she is?

I can't tell.

Take a hold of me. I'll see if I can reach her.

Try not to loosen too much of the dirt.

Charles: I'm stuck! I'm wedged in!

Force your way down.

Charles: I'm trying!

Charles: Hey, I can almost reach her!

Charles: I can see her!

Charles: Just a little more.

Charles: Carrie!

Charles, what happened?

Charles: Pull me up!

Charles: Pull!

I could almost reach her, and she slipped away further down the hole.

What are we going to do?

I got a shovel in the wagon.

Ingalls, wait!

Ingalls, listen to me.

I got to get my little girl out of there!

But not this way.

For every shovelful of dirt you take out,

another will fall on Carrie.

It won't take long to Bury her.

We'll have to dig a second shaft.

A second shaft?

A rescue one.

I used to be an engineer. I know.

We'll dig alongside the well to a level below Carrie,

then move up through the well

and bring her up through the second shaft.

We'll need more men and equipment, though.

You ride into town. I'll stay here and start digging.

We'll need picks and shovels and rope

and the biggest bellows you can find

and some lengths of pipe.

- I'll get a bellows from the blacksmith. - Good.

And a bottle.

Get me a bottle.

I need it.

Hyah!

5 pounds of brown beans,

a tin of baking soda, and a sack of whole-wheat flour.

Anything else I can get you, Edwards?

Well, better get me a plug of chewing tobacco.

One thing about working at the lumber mill,

you can't light many matches.

Charles: Nels! There's been an accident.

I'm going to need some equipment.

Edwards: What kind of accident?

It's Carrie. She fell down an old well.

It's all caved in. There's no way to get her out.

I'm going to need picks, shovels, rope, lanterns.

Anything you need. Take it out of the storeroom.

Go ahead.

Willie! Willie!

Sound the alarm bell.

Tell every man that you see to get over here as fast as he can.

Hurry up, now! Come on!

Whoa!

Did you get everything I asked for?

Any help coming?

Charles: Yeah, I got everything. Oleson and hanson are rounding some more men up.

Mr. Loudy: Good. Grab a piece of that pipe.

I'll give you a hand with this. And the rest of you, start digging.

I keep talking to her, but she doesn't answer.

Mr. Loudy: Don't dig any closer to the well than about 6 feet.

The soil's awful dry.

We don't want the wall breaking in on her.

Get that pipe down there slow.

I'll tie it off.

Slow.

Tie it off.

Talk to her.

I said talk to her!

Carrie.

Carrie, it's mama.

Caroline: Your pa's here.

Caroline: Carrie, it's going to be all right.

Caroline: Carrie, can you hear me?

Talk again.

Tell her to answer you.

Carrie, honey... Answer mama.

Please.

Caroline: Answer mama!

Carrie:

I can hear her.

I know it's dark, honey...

Caroline: But we're going to get you out.

We're going to get her out.

Caroline: We're going to get you out, baby.

Tell her to be still.

We don't want her to slip more.

Carrie, listen to me.

Caroline: Be very still.

Caroline: Don't move at all.

We're coming for you.

Mr. Loudy: Let's get this thing hooked up.

Laura, get some lanterns ready.

It's going to be dark real soon.

Grace: I'll help.

Loudy: Mrs. Ingalls, you and Mary start pumping this real slow.

She's going to need some air down there.

Let's get to digging.

Right.

Charles, how's Carrie?

Well, we can talk to her.

She's scared, but I don't think she's hurt too bad.

Ah, let me take a look.

Oh, this is good. You've got air going down to her.

How deep is she?

30 feet.

I ran a length of rope down.

Loudy.

Wendell's been a big help to us.

This was all his idea... the air pipe and the rescue shaft.

Yeah, but why the shaft?

Maybe she could take hold of a rope...

Loudy: She's wedged tight.

Besides, if she moved, she could fall further.

All right, so let's see what needs to be done here.

I want to shore up the walls of this shaft as we go deeper.

I don't want anybody else to be buried alive here.

Hanson: All right, we've got lots of work to do.

Need two fresh men in the hole.

All right, bring me lumber, come on.

Come on, we need to shore up the sides here.

Yeah, that's good.

Get it wider there.

You ready for this?

Dr. Baker: Send another light down.

Man: More rope. Send more rope down.

Dr. Baker: We need a longer rope for these buckets.

Ed, Jack, come here.

I want you fellas to go back to my store

and get a whole lot more kerosene oil, all right?

- Oh, Mr. Oleson. - Yes, ma'am?

We're running a little short of coffee, also.

Yes, miss Edwards.

Ed,

pick up a couple of 10-pound bags of coffee off the shelves, too.

It's going to be all right.

They'll have her out soon.

It's my fault.

I left her.

Why did I get angry at her?

All she wanted to do was play with the little bugs.

Carrie.

Carrie, honey, answer me.

Carrie!

Two more feet, I think.

Then we can dig through and get her.

Still nothing, huh?

No.

Caroline just tried again.

We haven't heard her voice for two hours.

Man: We passed 30 feet!

Hanson: Good.

You come on up now.

Edwards, you take over now

and you start tunneling through.

Right.

Caroline...

You rest for a while now.

You been at it for hours.

I have to be near my baby, grace.

I talked to her, but she didn't answer.

Grace, why didn't she answer?

Let me take over for you for a while.

No!

She's asleep.

That's why she didn't answer.

She's asleep.

Caroline.

Honey, let grace help.

Come with me.

Come on. We'll sit by the fire.

She's asleep, Charles.

She... it's very late,

and she's asleep.

She's asleep.

Reverend.

Yes, Charles?

Take Caroline by the fire, would you?

Oh, certainly.

Go on.

No! I have to be with my baby!

Caroline!

Why did this happen?

Tell me why.

Tell me...

I just heard.

You...

You did this.

You sent them out here.

Caroline, there is no one to blame.

There is!

She sent them out here!

They should have been home with me.

Carrie should have been...

With me.

Oh, my god.

I let her go.

Oh, god!

Oh, god.

I let her go.

Forgive me. Forgive me.

Forgive me.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

It's all right.

It's okay.

Shh.

Hanson: We need two fresh men in the hole.

Edwards: A couple more feet to tunnel through.

It's getting loose down there. Be careful.

I'll be careful.

How much longer?

Not much further. A couple of minutes.

Dear god, let her be all right.

Now, look, doc's going to be right there with her.

Now, you see, she'll be all right.

Now, come on.

It'll be all right.

Dr. Baker: I've broken through!

Dr. Baker: The lantern went out.

Send another one down.

Dr. Baker: She's not here.

She must have slipped down further.

Hanson: Hold the lantern further down.

Can you see her?

Dr. Baker: No! Black as pitch tar down here.

Throw down a rope.

I'll see how much further she slipped.

Doesn't reach!

That's a 30-foot rope.

All right, we've got lots of work to do.

Hanson: I've got to keep those buckets coming.

Come on.

Dr. Baker: Need another plank.

Hanson: All right, you two come up here.

Dr. Baker: Need another lantern down here.

Man: Need a shovel.

It's coal.

This is coal.

Ingalls!

It's coal, don't you see?

Mr. Hanson, I've got something very important for you.

Not now, loudy.

Loudy: Listen to me. You've got to stop digging.

You are drunk.

Listen to me, you pigheaded fool.

That's not a well the little girl's fallen into.

It's a ventilation shaft for a mine... a coal mine!

If you don't stop digging,

you risk collapsing the wall and burying her.

You are crazy.

There is no coal mine around here or any other kind of mine for that matter.

It could have been dug years ago.

If she is in a ventilation shaft, we can find the mine

and work our way towards the shaft

where it turns into the tunnel.

I can smell the liquor on your breath,

and the only mines around here are in your drunken imagination.

Couldn't you be wrong for once in your life?

No!

Come on, let's get this lumber down the tunnel.

That hole is too narrow and too deep.

We thought the sides had caved in.

If they had, it couldn't be that deep.

There's got to be a mine around here.

Carl: There is a mine around here.

Where is it, son? Where is it?

Well, I ain't been there in the dark,

but I'm sure it's just over the Ridge a ways.

Do you think you can find it?

I think so.

Hanson: Man coming down.

Man: Get some light over here.

Man 2: We need some more timber down here!

I just don't understand.

I was sure it was right along here.

Charles: You said it was all boarded up, huh?

Yes, sir. Boarded up,

and it had a bunch of brush growing in front of it.

It'll be hard to find in the dark.

Loudy: Over here.

Carl: Yep, this is it.

Mr. Edwards: How'd you ever get in there, boy?

Carl: I used to board it back up when I left

to keep out the animals and things.

All right, we can slip through now.

All right, stay here, boy.

I paced off 1,200 yards from the shaft to the top of the Ridge.

Allowing for a crooked tunnel,

I figure Carrie to be about 2,000 yards from here.

Let's go.

Charles: Which way?

Loudy: Carrie's got to be to the south of us.

Back that way.

Hanson: All right, you two, out of the shaft.

I need two fresh men down there.

Who's the strongest here?

You and you.

All right, now, take it easy.

This is it! It's the air shaft.

Ingalls, it's not the right shaft.

We haven't come far enough.

But this has to be it. We're at the end of the tunnel.

We haven't come far enough. It's the other tunnel.

Mr. Oleson: How far have we dug?

Hanson: About 30 feet.

Man in tunnel: It's getting even looser down here.

Hanson: Start to tunnel across.

Ingalls!

Boost me up.

You all right?

Charles: I can see her!

I can see her foot!

It's caving in from all that digging.

Those timbers are going to go.

Hurry up, Charles!

Charles: I got her! I got her foot. She's wedged in!

Hurry!

Charles: I can't get her loose.

Man in tunnel: Get us out!

Come on!

Mr. Oleson: Hold on. Hold on. Come on.

What happened?

The whole thing caved in.

It... it's no use.

Charles: Caroline!

Caroline!

Loudy...

You were right, and I was wrong.

Thank god.

You were right about something else.

It was because she married you.

I...

I loved her so...

We both did.

If you're still interested in that job...

Thanks... lars.

I sure could use it.