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Thank you.

Hello? Yes, it is.

Who serves me? Put her on.

Mattess?

What?

Wait one second.

I had to close the window. I couldn't hear a thing.

How are you?

Oh, no.

Are you taking your medicine?

Uh -huh.

Uh -huh.

You're coming when?

Oh.

No, no, it's not a problem.

Of course, Charles would love to see you.

It is so true.

And Tess.

You... Aunt Tess, you're talking nonsense.

Yes, I'm sure.

The 15th of this month?

No, no, it's not a problem.

All right, we'll see you then.

I will.

I will.

Love you, too.

Bye.

My vacation with full pay.

Oh, that's wonderful.

Oh, I couldn't believe it. I got four weeks with pay. I mean, I expected two

weeks, but four.

Oh, you deserve it. You did a good job for them.

When does the vacation start?

Two weeks on the 15th.

15th?

Yeah. Is something wrong?

No, no. Nothing's wrong.

Are you sure?

Of course. I'm just surprised.

Oh, me too.

You know, I wish the children were at our school. We could take a trip.

It'll still be nice just to sit around this place and relax for a month in

and quiet.

Oh, it'll be wonderful.

Hey, I want to celebrate. I'm going to take you to dinner tonight.

Oh, Charles, we don't... And don't tell me we can't afford it, because we can.

Did you get my suit out of the cleaners? I was going to pick it up.

Don't worry about it. I'll get it. You start getting ready. I want my best girl

to look beautiful.

Charles!

Yeah, Donna?

I love you.

I love you too. I'll be right back.

Good?

Thank you very much.

Can't believe you ordered that appetizer.

Why not?

Got to try new things.

But, mail?

Yeah, sounds a little bit better when they call them escargot.

Well, here it goes.

Out of the yard and into my mouth.

I don't know what the fuck it's about, though.

It kind of tastes like a rubber ball with garlic on it.

Sounds wonderful.

How's yours?

It's fine.

Something bothering you tonight?

I'm fine, and that is the third time you've asked me.

Well, because after I've lived with you all these years, I know when something's

bothering you.

Come on, whatever.

Aunt Tiff is coming for a visit.

On the 15th.

Of this month?

Carolyn, how could you do that?

I mean, how could you do it?

Charles, please.

She's an old woman.

I couldn't say no.

What do you mean you couldn't say no?

I have my first vacation in two years and I have to spend it with your Aunt

Tess? I can't stand your Aunt Tess.

Charles, please.

You are staring.

Well, let them stare. They don't know what your Aunt Tess is like.

You know, it's going to be just like it was the last time. She's going to take

over, you know, rearrange the furniture, go in the kitchen and cook that health

food stuff she made. Charles, I won't let her in the kitchen. You can't keep

out of the kitchen, you know it. Remember the last time? She cooked stuff

tasted like weeds and shrubbery.

Do you mind? We're trying to enjoy our supper. Would you mind? I'm trying to

have an argument with my wife.

Charles. How would you like to step outside?

That's fine with me.

Charles. Don't worry. It's just going to take a minute.

Here. Oh, thanks.

Charles, I wish you'd wait until tomorrow to call Aunt Tess.

When you're in a better mood.

I'm in a perfectly fine mood.

It's ringing.

Charles, it's late. She's probably asleep.

What, your Aunt Tess asleep?

She never sleeps.

If she slept, she'd have to stop talking.

Hello?

Aunt Tess?

Yeah. Yeah, this is Charles.

Charles Ingalls.

Carolyn's husband.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, here's why I called. I... I... No, I

had no idea it was that bad.

I... Antes, you're not going to die.

I...

I can't wait.

Bye.

I thought you were going to tell her not to come.

You can't tell somebody something if they don't stop talking long enough for

to tell them what you want to tell them.

I'll call her back.

No, no, I can't tell her not to come. She's talking about dying. It's her last

chance to see you. She doesn't have anybody else.

It's silly to waste this. I'm starving.

I'll put it in a pan for you.

Thanks.

You know, it just makes me so mad when somebody makes you feel so bad you can't

tell them how you really feel about them.

I wish you could hurt her on the bones.

That's a friend.

I was just thinking about what you said tonight before you went outside.

What'd I say?

Carolyn, this will only take a minute.

That was right, wasn't it?

Amazing how short he looked when he was sitting down.

Oh, it won't be so bad, really.

The children love Aunt Tess, and she's very good with them.

It'll give us more time to spend alone together.

Oh, it's true, I suppose.

They had a wonderful time at her place last summer.

Oh, I know that.

It's just that... Just what?

Carolyn.

Carolyn, that's it.

What's it?

Well, we can't take the children anywhere because they've got school.

They had a wonderful time last summer with Aunt Tess. She took good care of

them, didn't she? Of course she did.

Well, let's let her take care of them again.

What? Well, sure, just think about it. You and I alone for a whole month? I

mean, we haven't had that in, you know what, 20 years?

Oh, Charles.

No. We couldn't. You mean we couldn't? Why not? You can't think of a good

reason, can you?

Well, no.

All right, then.

All we have to decide now is where we're going to go.

Oh, Charles, there's only one place in the world I'd want to go.

Is it settled, then?

Oh, yes.

Yes!

All right, want to come?

Oh, I'd like to, but I got to help my brother with the rabbit.

Oh, come on. We got a new swing rope up. It's really good.

I don't know.

Let Jason take care of it today. You're bigger than him. What's he going to do?

All right.

I guess it couldn't hurt this one.

You go on. I'll tell him and catch up. Right.

See, I got something I got to do. Do you mind cleaning the cages without me?

Yeah, I might.

This rabbit business is your idea to begin with.

Well, come Easter, you're getting half the money, aren't you?

Yeah. Well, then, just do me this one favor. I wouldn't ask you if it wasn't

important. Well, where are you going?

Jason, it's so important, I can't even tell you.

All right, but just this one.

Thanks. Come on, kid, are you going swimming or not?

Coming.

Swimming?

you get water in your ears. I hope you get sick and throw up.

Jason!

Jason, could you do me a favor?

This letter came in on the late stage for Laura.

Could you drop it by her place for me?

It's from her pa.

Oh, sure.

It's on my way.

Thank you, Jason, and you have a nice day.

It's too late to have a nice day.

When that I was and a tiny little... Come on, you.

Good day, Jason.

Hi, Miss Weiser.

Hi, Jason.

I got a letter for you.

Miss Foster gave it to me.

Well, thank you.

It's from my father.

You're still buying a rabbit from me, aren't you? Of course I am.

Don't you say anything, Jenny. I want it to be a surprise for her on Easter.

I won't. My lips are like the envelope. See you.

Thanks. See ya. See ya.

to do.

He went swimming.

You guys sure go a lot.

There you go, Rabby.

money to buy whatever I want.

Now I'll have my barn back.

Oh, hi, Pa.

Jason, where's your brother?

Swimming. I thought you two shared all the chores in this business venture of

yours. Yeah, so did I.

Well, you shouldn't let him get away with it.

I can't do nothing.

He's better than me.

I wish you guys had me first.

Just poor planning on our part, I guess.

You want me to talk to him?

Heck no.

Then he'd just get mad and... Do something to me.

Oh, come on now. Your brother's not so bad to you.

How would you know?

Because you would tell me.

The heck I would. When older brothers do something bad to you, the first thing

they tell you is, I'll do something worse if you tell.

Well, I'll put a stop to that.

Well, that's all right. I'll handle it.

You're sure?

Yes, sir.

All right. Well, I got to get back to work.

like it if you, Ma, could make a younger child.

Then it wouldn't be so bad if I had someone to pick on.

Well, son, I'm going to have to talk to your Ma about that.

Ah, thanks, Pa.

You're very welcome.

You hear that, Herbie?

Mom and Pa might make a younger child.

So then I could do what Jeb does to me.

You know, hard pinching and picking my nose and make him eat it.

Didn't you sleep?

at all i tried to but i couldn't just do it i guess anxious

to see rose and grandma yes i am grandpa how about some breakfast

i'm not hungry some coffee sounds good all right i'll find the butcher boy are

you sure you don't want something else an apple if they look nice what happened

a cup of coffee coming up

Sioux reservations were cut in half in 58.

Now, most of that land went to the trading post owners.

Of course, they couldn't do anything with it until Sibley defeated Little

in 62.

At that point, the land was safe, but it was of very little value.

Now, all of that changed.

Iron ore changed all of that.

As you know, the Vermilion Range has been highly successful.

But there's been an even bigger discovery.

at Masabi.

And that, gentlemen, is why we're here. That discovery has made all the land

around Masabi very, very valuable.

Excuse me.

Yes, can I help you?

Yeah, I was just looking for the butcher boy. I'm sorry. I didn't know this was

a private car.

He must be up front.

Thank you very much. Again, I'm sorry.

Well, now that we've found the butcher boy, where were we? Ah, yes.

The new discovery at Masabi has made all of this land very valuable.

Naturally, Lassiter and company saw it coming. We've made deals with most of

trading post owners.

Let me show you on this map.

Drew.

We now own all of the shaded areas.

That's a lot of property.

Yes, and we got it for a song.

Some of these shaded areas have towns in them. That's right, Drew. And I want

you men to check them all out.

The towns we want to own, we'll own.

Drew, I want you to start right there.

Walnut Grove.

Look, there's that old oak tree you fell out of.

Remember? How could I forget? Climbing up onto that silly kite.

That was our first year here.

Our first year.

So many memories.

Come on, don't start crying. I won't.

I take it you two used to live around here.

Yeah.

My wife hasn't been back for about three years.

We're going to visit our daughter and our granddaughter.

Where are you headed?

Walnut Grove.

Oh, really? Is this your first time?

Yes. You're going to like it. It's a nice town, nice people.

I can't wait.

Charles, what time do you have?

Let's see.

A little after one.

We're going to be early.

At least an hour.

They could get the driver to stop at their place. I bet they haven't left for

town yet. I'm surprised.

Let's try.

All right.

Driver?

Driver!

Yeah? What if you could do me a favor? My daughter's place is about two miles

the road.

You could drop us off there and save a trip into town. It's the first road on

the right.

You mean a wilder place.

That's right.

Sure, I'd be glad to.

I appreciate it.

We're all set.

Oh, Charles.

Only two more miles.

Hope you enjoy our town.

So do I. We'll see you around, I'm sure.

Go.

Oh.

House.

It's so big.

I told you.

I know, but... I never dreamed it was so... It looks

like a mansion.

That's a mite bigger than a little house, I guess.

a surprise. We weren't expecting you this early.

That was kind of a miracle. First time in history the stage was early. How you

doing? Just fine, sir.

Where's Laura?

Well, she's still upstairs getting ready. She didn't sleep all night.

That makes two of them.

Well, go on, go on, go on.

all dressed up in our Sunday best.

We have to look special for the most special grandma in the world.

Rose, you're going to love her.

She's the most...

Good to be home.

Here's

your

bag, mister.

Thank you, sir.

Yes,

I do understand that, Doctor.

But the fact is... Excuse me.

Just a moment.

Yes? I just wanted to check.

Do you have any available rooms?

Yes, we do.

I'll be just a moment, please. There's no hurry. I just wanted to make sure you

had a room.

I'm sorry, Doctor.

What I was saying is that it's been over six months since Harriet went into the

clinic, and it seems to me that we don't know anything more about her problem

now than we did then.

Yes, I... Yes,

I understand that, Doctor.

Will you please tell my wife that I'll call her tonight?

Yes, I will. Thank you.

Bye.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

It's perfectly all right. I was just looking at the menu.

How's the food?

Best restaurant in Walnut Grove.

Of course, it's the only one.

It's good food, though.

And the beds are firm, I hope.

Well, see for yourself, Mr... Colson Drupal.

Nels Olson. I'll get the key.

My wife and I own this place.

She's been ill. That's why I was on the phone just now. She's in the hospital in

Minneapolis. I'm sorry.

Yeah, we really miss her around here.

This is my first trip to your town.

It's a nice place.

How's business?

Very good.

Especially since they started mining over at Misabi. Oh, I'm glad to hear

You thinking of doing some business here?

Yes, as a matter of fact, I am. What business are you in?

You might say just about everything.

Thank you, thank you.

I miss hearing you play.

I'm glad I thought to bring my fiddle along.

Wish I could play like that.

Don't you, Mr. Montague?

I did play like that once.

Really? Yes, when I was a small child.

Really.

Perhaps you'd like to honor us with a little tune.

No, no, no, no. Really.

It's been years.

I didn't think so.

But if you insist.

Dear, I was quite rusty, wasn't I?

No, I didn't think you were rusty at all. I can't believe you haven't played

years. Yes.

But the violin is a bit easier for me to pick up as opposed to, say, the French

horn.

Are you telling me you play the French horn, too?

I play all the instruments, including such ancient ones as the sitar and the

lyre.

Well, that's amazing.

Isn't it?

It certainly came in handy when I was conducting the London Philharmonic.

Well, Mr.

Edwards, perhaps you and I should adjourn for a game of checkers and allow

hosts some time with their family.

Mr. Barnegu is teaching me how to lose gracefully.

I'll see you in the morning.

Sure was a dumb song you were playing.

Really? Yeah, sure was. Nobody could dance a lick to it.

I told you he could do everything.

Well, now I believe you.

I better get to the dishes. I'll help you.

No.

When I come to your place, I'm not going to help you.

I'll get it.

John,

come on in.

I'm not disturbing anything, am I? No, not at all. Pa's here.

Charles. Hey, John. Good to see you.

Oh, it's good to see you. How you been?

You remember my wife, Carolyn, don't you?

Ma 'am, it's been a while.

Yes, it has.

Well, I won't take up any of your visiting time. I just dropped by to see

Isaiah could watch the place for a week.

I've got a shipment to take up to Masabi, and Sarah's going to go along

story on the new field.

I'm sure he'll be glad to. I'll go up and get him.

Almanza, wait a minute.

Carolyn, what do you say we watch the house for the week?

Us? Sure.

Don't you think it'd be kind of fun living in the old place again?

Charles, I'm not going to take the boys, so I'm not sure it's going to be as

quiet as you might like.

Oh, don't worry about it. They're full grown. There'll be no trouble.

Come on, be like old times for the week, huh?

What do you say?

Well, I'd love to.

Yes, Nancy?

Father! What?

Jason's selling Easter bunnies, and I want one.

They're 25 cents.

Well, you can't have one.

Why not?

You know perfectly well why not.

You got a bunny last year, and what happened to it?

I don't remember.

Well, let me refresh your memory.

You played with it for two days, and then you forgot about it.

You didn't give it any water or food, and it died.

You remember now?

Vaguely. It was only a rabbit.

It was a pet.

And pets are a responsibility.

I'm sorry, Jason. I hope you understand.

I sure do, sir.

If I had known that, I wouldn't have offered to sell her one.

You're just like him. You hate me, too.

I hate to say this, Mr. Olsen, but your daughter is awful strange.

I know, Jason.

See ya.

Mr. Olsen.

Morning, Mr. Coulson. How are you doing today?

Oh, fine, thank you. Say, I wondered if I might use your telephone.

Certainly. I'll get the operator for you.

I'm familiar with switchboards. I can get the number.

The call is rather private.

Do you know where it is? Yes, thank you.

Hello? Yes, he is.

Who?

Just a minute.

It's for you. A Drew Coulson.

I'll take it.

Drew?

No, no, no, no. Fine. Go ahead.

Uh -huh.

Uh -huh.

How many?

Really?

Reserve me a room at the hotel for Saturday.

They'll all be in church on Sunday. That's as good a time as any to tell

Right.

Good news?

Excellent news.

It's nothing.

I'm sorry, Carol.

Jeff, what is it?

Jason's not in his bed.

Well, he's probably in the outhouse.

He's been gone too long for that.

I'm getting worried.

All right, all right. I'll go look for him. You go on back to bed.

Romantic, isn't it?

Mm -hmm.

don't have to worry fancy won't be getting one of you and neither will

else who doesn't promise to take good care of you i know you're gonna miss me

and i'll miss you too but you've got to understand i need a way to make some

money to buy stuff for my mom and pop so they'll see that i'm growing up jason

you're not gonna grow up at all if you don't get some sleep what are you doing

here mr ringle

Your brother woke me up.

He was worried about you.

He wasn't worried.

He just wanted to get me in trouble.

Oh, come on now, Jason. You don't mean that.

I sure do.

Don't take this wrong, Miss Ringles.

But I know my brother better than you do.

Well, I'm sure you do, Jason, but I still think he was worried about you.

I guess you've never had an older brother.

No, no, hold on. That's where you're wrong. I did, too.

And he treated you nice?

Yeah, sometimes.

Most of the time he told me what to do because I was too little to do anything

about it.

You see, older brothers are all alike.

A bunch of bullies.

Well, you know, I think sometimes they do it because they're scared.

Scared of what?

Well, scared that maybe their ma and pa might love their little brother more

than they do them.

That's dull.

Well, I don't think so. Now, just think about it for a minute.

I mean, here was your brother. He had the whole family all to himself.

And along came you.

Now, you know how moms and pops are about little babies. I mean, they're

them up all the time, telling them how cute they are, giving them all that

loving.

That's enough to make a body get a little bit jealous, I think.

I suppose.

I never really thought of it that way.

You really think he was worried about me?

I'm sure of it.

Know what I think?

Hmm? I think you and I better get some sleep.

You're right.

Good boy.

Mr. Engle? Mm -hmm?

I'm glad we had this talk.

It's all right, baby.

Come on. Get in there.

Watch it.

Jason, I'm sleeping.

What do you want?

I just want to tell you not to be jealous.

What are you talking about?

You know, being jealous because Mom and Pa love me more than they do you.

I'm sure they don't, but thanks for worrying about me.

I don't know what you're talking about, and I wasn't worried about you.

Oh, come on. Sure you were.

Why else would you wake up Mr.

Ingalls and have him come look for me?

Because I thought I'd give it to you good, that's why.

Now go to sleep.

Why do kids listen to grown -ups?

Marvin Tidwell will be celebrating his 95th birthday on Wednesday.

Now, I think he'd like if some of his neighbors would stop by that day. Oh,

Madge Thorne had a baby girl yesterday.

Little Lisa Jean.

Now, if any of you have any old baby clothes, I'm sure Madge and her husband

would appreciate your dropping them by.

And don't forget the picnic after church. Any of you here who want to go

didn't bring any food, don't worry, there'll be plenty of it.

Oh, before our closing prayer, I would like you to meet a stranger to our town,

Mr.

Lassiter, and he's asked if he could make an announcement that he says will

important to our town.

Mr. Lassiter?

Thank you, Reverend.

And thank you for allowing me this moment.

Well, I'd like to introduce myself.

My name is Nathan Lassiter, and I'm president of Lassiter and Company.

We're what you might call a...

Land Development Company.

One of my men, Drew Colson, has been among you for some time now, and has

brought me back glowing reports about you all.

Now, this may come as somewhat of a shock to you, but please hear me out.

As you know, the land that this town was built upon was originally reservation

land.

But when the treaty with the Sioux collapsed, this land, and indeed much of

land surrounding Hero Township, was divided up. It was not homesteading

many of you believed.

What I'm saying is that it really boils down to the fact that Lassiter and

Company owns the property upon which this town has been built.

Is this some kind of joke?

No, sir, it is not. I have the deeds to back it up.

Me and my family have been here for years. You tell me after all that work,

own it?

Please, sir, please.

Please listen to me. I understand your feelings, but we have no intention, of

course, of forcing you all to move.

We understand what you've built here, how hard you've worked for it, and

no reason for you not to go right on building.

What does all this talk about?

You want something, what is it?

There's no reason for you not to go on working just as you've always worked,

sir. The only difference is that you'll be working for me as salaried employees.

What is he talking about? Quiet. Quiet, please.

Mr. Lassiter, as president of the town council, I think I speak for all of our

members when I say that we didn't build our lives here to have it run by some

outsider.

You may think we're just a bunch of hicks, but hicks stick together.

We will fight this in the court until the bitter end.

As you wish, sir.

I shall leave copies of the maps and the deeds for you. Please take them to the

council. You'll find that they're genuine.

I shall return at the end of the week and make individual working arrangements

with each and every one of you.

Drew?

I just don't know.

The deeds look legal, but I can't believe the law would uphold something

this. Well, there's only one answer. We need an attorney.

You want to have a suggestion?

It's Burton and Davis. That's the law firm my son -in -law used to work for.

They've got a good reputation.

All in favor?

Aye.

All right, Burton and Davis it is. I'll leave for Sleepy Eye in the morning.

Charles, you know them. Would you come with me?

I'd be glad to.

What if these lawyers say he's right?

What are we going to do then?

Possession is 90 % of the law.

Now, if they want to get tough, we'll show them how tough we can get. Now,

on.

We just came from church, and you're all set to start fighting.

What do you want us to do, Reverend? Just say, come on in and take everything

we've worked for?

Well, of course not.

What I do say is go through proper channels.

You know, there are laws in this country, laws to protect the people.

And what if they don't?

They will.

Let's all bow our heads and silently pray for guidance and for forgiveness

our anger.

Well, gentlemen, I'm sure I had better news for you, but I'm afraid Mr.

and company has done quite a job in setting this up.

You mean he has a legal right to this town? He can just come in and take it

over?

Legally, he has every right.

Morally, he doesn't.

However, the court will only concern itself, I'm afraid, with the legal

of the case.

I can't believe it.

I can't believe the law would be that unfair.

Neither could the Indians.

who were originally given this land.

Then there's nothing we can do.

Not legally.

I don't know what to tell you.

I only wish I could have been more help.

Walnut Grove is not going to give in without a fight.

That I can tell you.

Thank you for your time.

Gerald.

I know there's going to be trouble.

And I know Lassiter.

He can be rough.

Very rough.

I finished the dishes. Are you coming up?

A few minutes.

Why are you cleaning that rifle?

Beth, we've been all through this.

You've been through it.

I asked you not to buy it, and you went right ahead and didn't anyway.

Beth, I'm not going to let someone come in here and just take away my property.

He's not going to take it away. He said you could work on it, same as always.

It's mine.

It's not his.

I'm not going to be a slave on my own property.

And you'd use that gun to stop him?

Answer me!

Yes!

Yes, I would if I had to.

I don't know what we're gonna do. We haven't sold a single rabbit since...

Folks ain't thinking much about Easter right now.

Yeah, what do you think's gonna happen?

I don't know, but I'm scared.

Yeah, me too.

Hey, look.

That's Lazard, all right.

He said he'd be back today.

He's heading for the Wilders.

We gotta warn them in town. Come on.

Reverend Alden!

What's wrong?

Lousy turning some in. We saw him riding over to the Wilders.

I'm starving.

All right, spread the word in town. Tell them to go out to Almanzo's place. I'll

head out there now. And remember, no guns.

Is that necessary?

We'll find out.

Mr. Almanzo Wilder?

That's me.

A pleasure.

Well, you have quite a place here.

That's right.

And I intend to keep it.

Let's stop the threats, Mr. Wilder. I came here on business.

Now I've calculated a salary for you. I don't think you heard me.

I said this is my place, and I want you off of my land.

You're being rather foolish.

Of course I am. I'm nothing but a dumb farmer. Now get off my land.

I'm afraid you give Mr. Lasseter no choice.

This is a court order for you to quit the premises in 48 hours.

For what?

For I'm afraid you will be removed bodily.

It's legal.

Yes, sir. Quite a place.

48 hours, Mr. Wilder.

Hey,

get him! Get him off me! Get him off me! Get him off me, that virus! Don't take

my leave!

Just hold.

Just hold.

I mean it.

Let's go.

We'll be back here on Friday. You tell him all that.

I came here to be fair, but you wouldn't listen to me.

Now you're going to do as I say and get out.

You tell them all that.

Thank you.

A couple of broken ribs could be all right.

What's going on?

They're making plans for Friday.

Show a force when Lassiter comes into town.

Guns?

Yeah, I'm afraid so.

The Reverend tried to talk him out of it, but it's no use.

You can't bluff a man like Lassiter, you know that.

I don't understand any of you No piece of land is worth losing your life over

You're right

town Friday.

I have to.

Why?

Because it's my fight, too. Walnut Grove is still our home.

We watched our family grow up here. I just can't put her on my back on it now.

You can't win.

I know.

Folks, don't stand up. people like Lasseter. It's just, it's just like

go ahead, take what you want.

Sometimes you have to fight for what you believe is right.

You know what I'm

saying, don't you?

Yes, I do.

Yes, Jason.

I have to use the outhouse.

I don't want anyone going outside.

But, Miss Plum, I have to. I can't wait.

All right. But I want you to come right back inside.

Yes, ma 'am.

Jason.

You use the other door.

Yes, ma 'am.

Last, go on with your reading.

You're not welcome here, Lassiter.

I want no trouble.

I've got legal papers for all of you here.

I said you're not welcome here.

Strong talk, considering the fact that you're standing in the middle of my

street in my town.

I'm surprised to see you involved in this, Reverend.

I've done my best to stop this, Mr. Lasseter, but I couldn't.

Now, I ask you all to sit down peacefully and discuss this matter.

There's nothing to discuss.

This is my property.

I want you off it.

How do you propose to get us off?

Getting you off isn't my job.

gentlemen, I'm Colonel Forbes.

Can I have a spokesman or mayor?

I'm Nels Olson, head of the town council.

Mr. Olson, I've been sent here to ensure the peaceful takeover of this property.

Colonel, we have spent our lives building this place up.

We are not going to stand aside and let it be stolen from us.

I understand how you feel, sir, and please believe me when I say that I

like it any better than you do.

But that doesn't alter the fact that I still have a job to do. You better

understand we ain't gonna give up without a fight. Isaiah.

Colonel, I'm Reverend Alden.

There's a lot of anger here today.

If we could just sit down and talk.

Mr. Lasseter, lives could be lost today if you don't listen to reason.

Law is reason, Reverend.

Colonel, get on with it.

I've been instructed to have all residents of Walnut Grove be removed

business establishments by sundown today.

By God, you've got a fight on your hands.

Call them dismount.

Ready position.

Gentlemen, in the name of the United States Army, I demand you give up your

weapons.

You can see, I have a lot of young men in my command, and their lives are my

responsibility.

Now, don't force me to give an order that will create bloodshed, needless

bloodshed.

You'll only delay the inevitable.

He's right.

I know how you all feel, but he's right.

We can't fire against the army.

It makes no sense to die for a lost cause.

Sergeant, form a detail to collect the weapons.

They'll be kept till you're ready to leave.

We've made no preparations to leave.

We've got to have some time.

They're to be out of here today.

Give us till Sunday.

It's Easter.

Let us worship together one more time before we have to say goodbye.

Colonel, I want them out of here now.

We'll give you till Sunday afternoon.

Thank you.

Please understand, I'm only doing as I'm ordered.

Hank, Kevin, you're all right.

I saw Lasseter go by the house with Folgers.

What happened?

It's over.

Everybody has to be out by Sunday afternoon.

Oh, no.

It's just so hard to believe.

I know.

Talk to Almanzo.

He'd like to go back with us.

We can get another homestead together.

Poor boy.

like a baby.

He isn't the first one to have to leave and start all over.

They'll make it.

We did.

That's right, we did.

I've got some coffee on me.

That sounds good.

We're going to have a meeting after services tonight.

The trouble's over, though, isn't it? Oh, yeah.

It's just a gathering.

If anybody needs help moving, a lot to do in a short time.

I'll go over and give Laura a hand.

I hate to tell the Carters they love it here.

Sorry to be gone so long, Charles, but I got another shipment. I had to swing

around through Dawson to pick it up.

Dynamite for the iron mine. They're paying double the haulage.

Were the children good?

Yeah, they were fine.

Something's wrong, Charles. What is it?

Are the children all right?

Your boys are all right.

Why don't you come on in the house and I'll tell you all about it.

It'll be in about an hour to pick up the furniture.

I'm sorry. I just have to let it out.

I know.

I know I've already had my turn.

We've been through worse, you know.

And we've been just fine. I know that.

and Pa feel about this land.

It's ours, and they're stealing it, and I'm...

and the Turners will load Miss Faulkner's things on their wagon.

I don't know if I have enough room for all her things.

There's plenty of room in my wagon if you need it.

Thank you, Isaiah.

I'd like to take a moment to talk to you.

Times like these test our faith.

Why does God allow a man like Lasseter to exist?

Why doesn't the Lord intercede in our behalf?

Now, we're good Christians.

Why are we the ones to suffer at the hands of a man like this?

They're not easy questions to answer.

But the fact is, evil does exist in this world.

And it always will.

But I believe that God on our side,

we will survive and we'll prosper.

For faith and love are the strongest weapons in the world.

We must hold those weapons high in times like these.

Just as we have in the past.

We've felt the power of love in this time many times.

When adversity struck, we pulled together.

We have felt the caring of friends.

We have felt something that a man like Lasseter will never feel.

And we thank God for that.

Well, I'm feeling something a little different, Reverend.

And I'll tell you what I'm feeling.

Anger.

Do you think I don't?

Do you think that just because I am a minister, I don't feel those things?

Of course not.

But he owns the land.

What good is it to worry about something that is past when we have the future to

look to?

Now, Lasseter's got the future.

He moves in here and runs the businesses that we've sweated over for years.

Well, why let him?

There's something we can do.

I got mad today.

Really mad.

And you know what I did?

I busted some windows.

Yeah, it may sound silly. Well, maybe it is.

But they were our windows, and he's not going to get them.

He owns the land. We'll let him have it.

But he's going to have an awful lot of fixing up to do before he starts running

our boarding house.

Listen here.

You want to do more than bust a couple of windows?

I got a wagon in my place loaded to the gills with dynamite for the mine.

All right, by God.

Lassiter wants to kill our town. The least we can do is bury it.

Oh, what do you say?

That's right.

Sunday.

Yes.

Well, I think it would be wise for you to be there.

Of course.

Oh, good.

Good.

All right, we'll see you there then.

Bye -bye.

Mayor Stovale will be there.

Good. That's all of them, then.

I think it's smart for all of them to see what's happening in Walnut Grove.

That'll make the takeover of their towns a whole lot easier.

They'll find out for themselves.

They'll either work for Lassiter and company or they get out.

I propose a toast to the King of Hero Township.

I like that, Drew.

I like that a lot.

That's a lap, darling.

Thanks.

I was so proud of you tonight.

You should have been.

I kind of reminded myself of you.

Me?

Yeah, you.

And I remember when things got hard for us for a while.

Like when we had to leave our home in Kansas?

You never let it break you.

He'd sure get mad, but he'd never give up.

We had your pa there.

Oh, I know.

I also know he never could have done it without you.

You're his strength.

All my life I wanted to be like you.

So you see, I'm the one who should be proud.

Because if I didn't have a mom like you, I wouldn't be me.

You're right, you know.

They couldn't have done it without us.

Jeff Jason get in the wagon

I'll

never forget this little house nor will I

Thank you.

We're all set here.

We'll go see how Father's doing.

Okay.

Yes, right after church.

We should be home by Thursday.

I will.

I will.

We love you.

I know. I'll tell him.

Give Aunt Tess a hug for me.

Me too.

Goodbye.

Children all right?

They're fine.

They say to tell you how sorry they are.

About the tail.

Dear Lord, we bury a friend today.

This town has been our friend.

It's made us a family.

It's kept us together.

Wherever we go in this world, we will always remember Walnut Grove.

Always be home to it.

you

Drop the coach.

What the hell?

Get up there.

Sergeant, keep the troops here.

you'll not get away with it.

Get away with what?

Colonel, I want every person here arrested.

On what charge?

Charge they destroyed my town.

Excuse me.

Our town.

Now, you might own all of this land, but what was on it is ours to do with what

we saw fit.

Is that right, Colonel?

That's right.

No law's been broken here.

Lassiter, I don't know how these other men feel, but as mayor of Hinton, I want

you to know that this is what you're going to get if you try to take over our

town.

And that goes for Tillman.

That goes for all of us.

Did you hear?

Walnut Grove did not die in vain.

Onward,

Christian soldiers, marching as to war.

Thank you.