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Come on, Laura. We got to get home.

Please tell me, Mary.

And spoil your birthday?

I can't wait. Just give me a hint!

I'll never tell.

Never! If I guess, will you tell me?

Is it a doll...

Or a new dress...

Or maybe something even better?

I don't have the slightest idea what your present is.

Now come on!

Well, why didn't you say so in the first place?

All right. Let her look.

Happy birthday, half-pint.

Thank you, pa, everybody.

It's too small to be a doll.

It's too heavy to be a dress!

Why don't you just open it?

Ok!

It's a dictionary.

Thank you, pa.

I needed a dictionary.

Well, I thought it was about time you had one.

Mary can use it, too.

And me, when I get bigger.

It's the latest edition.

It's got all the new words.

Even got a science section in there, too.

You know, there's a whole map of the sky in the back.

You can find the big Dipper with it.

It's beautiful.

I love it.

Ah...

Well, that is some dictionary.

You know, we actually found the big Dipper and the little Dipper.

And the atlas... I mean, the atlas is right up to date.

I betcha I'll be using that dictionary a lot myself.

I certainly never had anything like that when I was little.

Well, neither did I.

Who am I kidding? She hated it.

Charles, she didn't hate it.

Oh, of course she did.

Me and my bright ideas. I should have let you pick out her present.

It's exactly what I would have picked out.

Don't feel bad.

She's got to learn to be happy getting what she needs.

Besides...

Years from now,

when things like fancy mirrors are broken and long forgotten,

she'll still be using that dictionary

and thinking what a beautiful gift it was.

You think so?

Of course I do.

Now, come on. Let's go to sleep.

All right.

Love you.

Good night.

Hi, Anna.

Aren't they beautiful?

If I had a choice,

I don't know which one I'd take.

What would you take?

I think I'd like the d-doll...

B-

B-b-

take your time.

Because then it would be

a-almost like having a sis-sister

li-like you do.

Y-You know what I'd name her?

What?

I... I'd call her Laura

because she's so nice to me.

We're friends, aren't we?

Laura, we're going up to my room to play.

Wanna come?

No, thanks.

But I'm starting a club.

We're having the very first meeting right now.

What kinda club?

A secret club. No boys can be in it

and only girls who are my very best friends.

Then why'd you invite me?

Do you wanna come or not?

No, thanks. I'd rather play with Anna.

She can come, too.

O-O-Oh, thank... Thank you, Nellie.

O-Oh, please, Laura, let... let's go.

All right.

I want it quiet.

All right, everybody gather round.

Now, the first meeting of the club will now come to order.

Soon as I've called roll,

I'll decide who's going to be vice president.

Well, don't you have to have a president first?

All the meetings will be held in my house.

I'll be president. You can be vice president.

Why don't you let Anna be vice president?

She can't be in the club.

Why not?

Y-Y-You kn-kn-know

wh-wh-wh-why not.

Nellie! Nellie, dear. Oh, here.

I have some punch and some sandwiches made for everybody.

So come on downstairs.

W-We... be-be-better...

G-G-Go dow-downstairs.

Laura, can you talk some?

Will you help me?

Sure.

I'll bet you can name all the furniture in her Dollhouse.

There's a chair and a divan

and a table and a rug and a China cabinet

and... don't forget the curtains for the windows.

And the curtains for the windows.

I didn't stutter. I-I just forgot.

And there was...

A fireplace and a dog.

Good. Now name everything in the kitchen,

and say it louder this time

so they can hear you all the way to mankato.

Good! There's pots and pans...

Keep goin'.

There's pots and pans and a wood stove.

Now I want you to shout that

all the way home to your house... Louder!

Ok. I'll see ya.

See ya!

There's a chair and divan

and a table and a rug...

Let me hear 'em!

There's a chair and a divan and a table

and a rug and a China cabinet

and a wood stove and a fireplace

and pots and pans and a dog

and curtains for the window...

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Well, what's the matter, half-pint?

I hit the wrong notes or something?

I liked it.

Ma: Laura...

You feel all right?

I'm fine.

Bet she got a stomach ache

from too much candy at Nellie's.

I did not!

I didn't eat anything at Nellie's.

Carrie... come on.

You're half asleep already.

Pa, play some more.

No, no, look, I'm losing half my audience right now.

Come on. I want you to get to bed.

Love you. Have a good sleep.

Ok.

Half-pint?

Yes, sir?

You sure you're all right?

I'm fine, pa.

Just tuckered.

You're sure?

Yeah.

All right. Off to bed.

Good night, pa.

Good night.

Order!

Order in the court!

Has the jury reached a verdict?

We have, your honor.

And how do you find?

We find Laura Ingalls

guilty of stealing a music box!

So be it.

Laura Ingalls,

you have been found guilty of this horrible crime.

I sentence you to a hundred years of school,

where you shall write "I will not steal"

10 million times!

No, please!

I didn't mean it!

Please!

No!

I didn't mean it.

Please.

Laura!

Listen to me.

Laura!

Mary...

Oh, Mary, it's you.

Of course it's me.

I must have been dreaming.

Yeah, so was I until you woke me up

with your "please, please," and "I didn't mean it."

What were you dreaming about?

Something silly, I guess.

Yeah, I guess so.

Try to dream of something different next time.

I'll try.

Believe me...

I'll try.

Laura Ingalls! I wanna talk to you.

Want a gumdrop?

Thanks!

The club's eating lunch together today.

Will you be there?

I'm still thinking it over.

I... I'll be there. I'll be in the club.

You can't be in the club until you learn how to talk!

She's doing the best she can!

Are you gonna be in the club?

I wouldn't be in your club

for all the gumdrops in your father's store. Now leave us alone!

Come on. Don't pay any attention to her.

A chicken can squawk, and a butterfly can flutter,

but Anna can't talk! All she can do is stu-stu-stutter!

Nellie oleson! You get in this house right now!

And get the strap ready.

You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

I didn't do anything! I was just standing here.

You get in there!

Aah!

Oh, mama, please help us. Please help, mama.

Why? What's the matter?

Oh, tell him it to him, please, mama.

I didn't do anything.

Oh, nels, whatever they did,

give them another chance.

Another chance is not what she needs.

I'm sorry, papa. I really am.

Willie didn't do it. It was me, and I'm sorry.

See? I didn't do anything.

See? She's sorry.

I won't do it again, I promise.

Well, if you're really sorry...

I am. I am.

And you realize what you did was wrong...

I know it was.

Then you won't mind going out to that house

and apologizing to that little girl.

Oh, papa, do I have to?

Yes. You do.

You'll spend the day in your room

thinking about what you've done,

and then you'll go out to that little girl's house

and apologize to her and her parents.

Oh, nels, why, she would be so humiliated.

Good.

Maybe she's understand then

how that little girl felt.

Why...

It's either that or the strap.

I don't know where she lives.

Go out to the Ingalls'. Laura will know.

Laura? She'll want to know why.

She might even want to come with me.

Take your choice.

All right. I'll do it.

And get to your room.

What about me? I didn't do anything.

Well, then do something.

Go up and clean your room.

What are you looking at?

Uh...

May I help you?

Jack!

Get away!

Get back!

Back!

That's my music box!

You took it from my room!

I did not. It... it's mine.

Is not!

It is so!

My pa bought it for me.

He did not. There were only 2.

One I got, and the other's still in the store.

He got it for me when he was away on a trip.

He did not. You stole it!

I didn't! I didn't!

Let's go ask him right now.

Your ma'll know. He's not home.

Wait, Nellie.

It's yours.

I took it. I'm sorry.

I was trying to fix it.

I was gonna give it back.

That's a lie. I'm telling your mother!

Please don't tell, please!

I'll do anything you say, anything!

Anything?

You'll do anything I say?

You'll be in the club?

You'll do anything I say?

If you ever change your mind, I'll tell.

Good. You're lucky I like you.

Stealing's a crime. I could have you put in jail.

I promise.

I'll do anything you say.

Hey, girls. Whatcha doing?

Nothing.

We were just listening to Nellie's music box.

Oh, it's your music box now, Laura.

Remember? I gave it to you for your birthday.

That's awful nice of you, Nellie.

I'm happy to see you two girls getting along for a change.

Oh, yes. We're going to be best friends from now on.

The music box is kind of a peace offering from me to Laura.

I have to run now.

Oh, can Laura come over to my house

tomorrow after school to play?

I don't see why not, as long as she's got her chores done.

Oh, Laura, how do I get to Anna's house?

Past oak hill and just beyond the blue pond. Why?

Just wondering.

Bye, Nellie.

Bye.

I'm really happy to see that.

A new friend's a lot better than an old enemy, right?

Yes, sir.

Well, I got to get to work.

That's a beautiful music box.

Is Anna here?

Anna...

W-W-Wha-what d-do you want?

I don't blame you for being mad at me.

I came to say I'm sorry we teased you.

Y-Y-You're sorry?

A-Are you really?

Yes. I came to tell your folks, too.

Uh, th-they can't understand you.

They only ta-talk Swedish.

Oh. Well, you can tell them for me.

Ma-mama asked

if you could st-stay for supper.

Oh, I'd like to, but I can't.

I have chores at home.

Some other time, maybe.

I really am sorry, Anna.

I think you're talking much, much better.

Uh... uh... eh...

D-do you, really?

I sure do.

I hope we can be friends.

W-W-We can i-i-if you want.

See you at school.

S-S-See you at school.

Mm-hmm. Pa?

What's it like to be in jail?

Never been there myself,

so I don't know for sure.

Why do you wanna know?

Homework. For school.

Well, I did know a couple of fellas

went to jail during the war.

They told me some stories

I didn't want to hear, let alone repeat.

What kinda things can they put somebody in jail for?

Well, they put you in for cheating,

for hurting somebody, for stealing.

For stealing something big, like a horse.

Oh, no. No, they hang you for that.

No, they put you in jail for stealing just about anything.

That's what you wanna know?

Yes, sir.

Mrs. Oleson: Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Ah ha ha ha ha!

Laura.

I'm hungry! Laura!

I'm hungry!

Laura, stop it!

Must have been dreaming again.

Yeah, I didn't think you were beating on the wall

cause you were starving to death!

Pa: What's goin' on up there?

Please don't say anything.

I know you're awake.

Now, what's goin' on?

Laura rolled over and fell out of bed.

Is she all right?

I'm fine, pa.

All right, then. Back to sleep, the both of you.

I won't say anything this time,

but I'll have to if you keep doin' it.

I won't. I promise. Good night.

Good night.

Mary?

What?

If I was to tell you something bad, would you tell pa?

Yes.

Oh.

Good night, then.

I'll decide who's going to be it,

and as president of the club, I don't have to be it.

I won! I won!

Laura, Mary, we're going to play hide 'n' go seek.

No, thanks, Nellie.

Suit yourself.

Come on, Laura.

Laura, my friend, I want you to be it.

All right.

Laura!

I'll play with you right after school, Anna.

I promise.

Laura, my friend, we're ready.

I got to go.

Gotcha, Willie.

No, you didn't.

What do you mean, I didn't? I just tagged you.

You didn't find me.

Oh, come on. I did, too.

Dum dum dum

dum dum dum dum dum dum dum

dum dum dum

you're right.

I didn't find you.

How were things in school today?

Ok.

Just fine.

Glad to hear it.

That new dictionary I got you helping you with your report?

Some.

You using it, too, Mary?

Some.

Glad it's coming in handy.

How's that new music box of yours?

I'm finished. Can I be excused?

There's pie for dessert.

I'm full.

Besides, I've got a lot of homework to do.

All right, then. You may be excused.

You and your sister have a fight, did you?

A little one.

What about?

Nothin'.

You don't want to tell me about it.

No, sir.

All right, you're finished.

You go on upstairs and start your homework.

Yes, sir.

Why didn't you tell him how mean you were to Anna?

I wasn't mean to her.

I still like her, but I like Nellie, too.

You didn't like her at all until she gave you that music box.

I did so!

You did not!

You're just jealous 'cause you're not in the club!

Ha! I wouldn't be in that club

for all the gumdrops in Mr. Oleson's store. That's what you said!

All right, what's going on up here?

Nothing.

Well, it doesn't sound like nothing to me.

Come on, what's going on?

Laura and her new friend Nellie were being mean to Anna.

I didn't do anything mean to her!

Anna thought you were her best friend,

and then you hurt her just like all the others!

You made her cry.

And don't try to lie. I was there!

I didn't mean to make her cry.

I just wanted to play with Nellie today.

That's all.

But you did promise Anna.

Yeah, I guess so.

You guess so?

Either you did or you didn't.

Yes.

Laura, Anna's kind of a special friend of yours.

I don't see why you can't have

Nellie and Anna both as friends.

Because the club doesn't want Anna because she stutters!

Is that true?

Yes.

I can't hear you. Is that true?

Yes.

I'm surprised you want to be in a club like that.

It doesn't sound very good to me.

Well, all of my friends are in it.

Not Anna.

Your sister's right. I want you to go in town tomorrow

and tell Nellie you can't be in the club

unless Anna can be in it, too.

Yes, sir. I'll tell her.

All right, I want the two of you to make up.

I don't want you goin' to bed mad at each other.

Come on.

I'm sorry.

Sorry I got so mad at you.

Finish your homework, and get to bed.

Good night, Laura.

Good-bye, Mary.

Hi, Laura.

Hi.

I have to talk to you.

About what?

My pa says I have to quit the club

unless Anna can be in it.

He can't make us let her in!

No, but he can make me quit.

You'd better talk to him, or I will.

I already did. I tried.

Please don't tell about the music box.

You'd better talk to him again.

He won't change his mind.

I know he won't. Please don't tell.

You know, maybe he's right.

About what?

Maybe we should let her in the club.

You mean it?

Yes, I mean it.

After all, she's your friend, too.

Let's go tell her right now.

Ok.

Settle in, everybody. Come on.

Time to initiate our new member.

Hurry up, hurry up. Get in here.

Now I get to ask you some questions,

like why do you want to be in the club?

Be-because it's a good club,

a-a-a...

A-a-and you are all my friends.

Nellie: And who are your friends?

Th-the club members.

And who makes the rules of the club?

Th-the president

a-and the vice president.

Good. Now one more thing.

You have to speak the secret password.

Read what's on there.

Th-this isn't a pa-password.

I say it is.

Now read it!

P-Peter...

P-Piper...

P-P-Pick... picked

a peck of...

No, no, you have to say it fast!

Pep-pep-peppers...

Nellie: Go on, spit it out.

Pe-pe...

Spit it out!

Pe-pe-peck of

pep-peppers.

I can't understand you!

No, Anna.

Take your time.

You can do it if you take your time.

Peck o-of pickled peppers...

Fast!

Pep-pep... pepper...

I said fast!

Pa-Peter pa-Piper...

You can't be in the club unless you can say it fast.

Anna!

I wonder what's wrong with her.

Anna!

I hope you're proud of yourselves.

That's the meanest thing anybody ever did.

You never wanted her in this club.

You just tricked her so you could make her cry again.

What did she ever do to any of you?

She just wanted to be somebody's friend.

Anybody's friend.

You should all be ashamed of yourselves.

Laura Ingalls!

You come back here or I'll tell!

You hear me? I'll tell!

I didn't know.

I... I... I...

I... I trusted y-you.

Y-You said you were my f-friend.

I meant it.

I... I only...

I only wanted to be

in the... in the...

I-in the club

be-because y-you were in it.

I'm not in it anymore.

Starting right now,

every day after school,

we're gonna get you to talk as good as anybody else.

We'll show that Nellie oleson.

Come on, let's go home.

Wanna sing something?

Sure.

It's raining, it's pouring

the old man is snoring

he went to bed, and he bumped his head

and he couldn't get up in the morning

you're sure she was gonna play with Anna?

She left school with her.

Got caught in the rain.

Well, I guess you did.

Let's get you by the fire.

Mary, will you get her some dry clothes, please?

Wait a minute, Mary.

I have something I have to say to you. All of you.

It can wait.

No. It can't wait.

Last Friday when I was at Nellie's house...

I took a music box.

Took it?

She didn't give it to you?

No.

I sto-stole it.

Laura.

It was so beautiful. She didn't care about it at all.

She just threw it down on the bed.

I always wanted something like it so bad.

I was gonna bring it back,

but I bro... I broke it.

She caught me with it.

I was so scared, I told her I'd do anything she said

if she wouldn't tell.

If only I had known what it meant.

She made you do all those things?

I didn't want to tell you,

because I knew how disappointed you'd be in me.

I thought I could figure out a way

to make it right by myself.

But I couldn't.

The reason you couldn't was you were

too busy avoiding the only real way...

Tellin' the truth.

I know.

And I'm willing to take... take my medicine.

Whatever that medicine'll be, it'll be up to Mr. Oleson.

We'll go to town tomorrow and see him, all right?

Yes, sir.

Now can I get you into some dry clothes?

Sure.

Let me help her.

Mary...

I'm sorry about all the things I said to you

and that I hurt you.

It's ok, Laura.

I understand.

I really do.

And I wanted to give it back...

But I broke it.

I'll do anything you say to pay for it.

I know I was wrong.

Not as wrong as somebody else.

Nellie!

Get down here!

Nels, I told half-pint

that whatever the punishment would be would be up to you.

Whatever you think's fair.

Well, I can't condone stealing,

but I think you've been punished enough.

Thank you, Mr. Oleson.

School's not for 15 minutes!

Your friend Laura brought you something.

That's my music box!

Laura Ingalls, you stole it out of my room!

Now, don't start!

Where do you think you're going?

T-To school.

I'll... I'll be late!

Today you've got a lesson to learn right here at home.

You go to your room. Now!

I think you girls ought to get off to school now.

Yes, sir.

Laura, carry this water for me.

What did you say?

Carry this water for me.

Why should I?

You know.

Dum dum dum

dum dum dum dum dum dum dum

dum dum dum

oh, yeah.

We'll both help you, Willie.

That's better.

You're welcome, Willie!