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♪ way back when in 1863, now part of the American lore ♪

♪ a young family must leave their home ♪

♪because of the civil war ♪

♪ living their lives in a brand new town ♪

♪doing the best they can ♪

♪ four little women are on their own ♪

♪ looking to make their stand ♪

♪ 'fortunes of war can change their way ♪

♪we imagine their lives will be ♪

♪ the march family are on their way ♪

Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy ♪

Ahhh, ummm, haaaa

Umm, ahhh

we had been living at aunt march's house

for quite sometime when things started

to get out of hand.

Four girls sharing a bedroom is never easy

and we all dreamed of having our own rooms

again one day.

But when Jo nearly fell off the sofa,

her dream went a little too far.

Oh, our new house is so big and beautiful!

And it reaches all the way to the sky!

Just look at all of these steps.

I feel like a queen!

And this hall, it's absolutely tremendous.

This is the most wonderful house

anyone has ever seen.

Look how it sparkles and glistens in the light.

Oh, yes, mother!

Mother?

Will you please rent this house for us, marmee?

I knew you'd agree.

I'm going to find my room.

It's up there somewhere.

There's so many steps but I'm getting closer.

Come on, don't stop.

Keep running!

My room, there it is!

Finally!

Where is it going?

Come back here!

I know it's up there somewhere.

Here I come!

I better hold on.

This house is strange.

Where did it go?

It must be here.

No, I see it!

It's all the way up there!

There it is!

At the top of the stairs!

Finally!

My beautiful bedroom.

Wee!

Awe!

Help me!

Awe!

Jo, wake up. You're having a nightmare.

Oh, Meg.

You fell off the couch, Jo.

Are you feeling all right?

Huh?

Did you hurt yourself?

You took quite a spill.

Oh.

Oh, my!

I had an unbelievable dream.

Well it's morning now, Jo,

so you don't have to worry anymore.

It was incredible.

The house was enormous.

And as I kept running, my room got further away.

The stairway stretched on endlessly.

Oh, sounds like quite a house.

It was beautiful.

Maybe today we'll find our house, Meg,

and leave this cramped place forever.

Today? What in the world makes you think

we'll find a house so soon?

It's because of my dream.

Huh? Oh.

Well, it certainly is a beautiful day

to find a house.

Just look. So clear.

The air is so wonderfully fresh,

I can smell the flowers everywhere.

Today is our day.

If you're right, maybe the realtors

finally found something. I hope so.

Mrs. march, let me see.

Here it is. Mrs. march has been here looking for

homes on a number of occasions, you know.

Well she hasn't been able to find one yet.

How many places have you offered her?

Seven or eight, actually.

But she only really looked at two of them.

She declined the others without seeing them

because they didn't have what she was looking for.

She didn't even look at them?

Hmm...

Are you really that old?

I guess I am.

If that's true, Ben, did you know my papa

when he was a kid my age?

Not at that time, Amy.

Grandma considered father her favorite.

When did you meet him?

A long time ago. Quite a while back.

He was older than you,

about the same age as your cousin David.

That's about as close as comparison gets

between those two.

I remember your father, all right.

Tell me what was papa like

when he was a young man.

Your father was a very special person.

He was always cheerful and kind to everyone.

A good man.

A man to trust.

My papa's great.

He certainly is.

I remember how diplomatic he was regarding the

inheritance of this house.

Legally it was his, but in order to prevent a fight,

he let your aunt have it.

I miss papa dearly ever since he left us to fight

the confederate army.

A terrible war.

He believes the south must put an end to slavery.

Ben! Ben!

Huh?

Come over here and take my horse and carriage.

Yes, sir. Coming, sir.

Arrogant, impudent, popinjay.

Someone's at the door! Someone's at the door!

Dumb bird.

I've come to see my aunt march, Beth.

Dumb bird! Awk!

Aunt march is upstairs, but she's napping and

cannot be disturbed.

Huh? Napping? Baugh!

Napping! Napping! Stupid people!

Hush! You...

You overly obnoxious feather bag of wind.

And then the young child approached the house.

That sounds about right.

He must have come a long way from his home

deep in the mysterious woods.

That is better.

Huh?

What are you writing this time, Jo?

Can I have a look at it?

It's none of your business.

You musn't be so secretive, cousin.

Give it back!

You and your family are up to something

and I know all about it.

I do not know what you're talking about.

I wasn't born yesterday.

I've seen how you girls are doing everything

possible to keep aunt march happy.

What do you mean?

I'm convinced your family is buttering her up.

Our family happens to love aunt march.

Your family has absolutely no intention of

ever leaving this house.

That's not true.

We want our own house to live in.

You cannot fool someone like me little girl.

Why would your family want to rent their own house

when they can always have this one for free?

I do not have to answer your pointed questions.

You are an inconsiderate uncaring person who would

not think twice about my family's problems.

All of you are girls are just like your

stubborn father.

Thanks for the praise.

Well what day is your family planning to move?

It is none of your affair.

Just as I thought.

What are you babbling about?

You aren't fooling me for one instant

Josephine march.

Your family does not seriously plan to find a

house and you can't deny it, can you?

What?

It's high time I had a talk with my aunt.

Move out of my way!

Out of the way! Stupid!

I've had about all i can take of that bird.

Polly's done nothing wrong.

He's looked in the books and verified

that Mrs. Mary march is in absolutely no hurry

to move. Now...

It's Jo.

Enter.

Aunt march, I'm told you wanted to see me.

Yes, I do.

David has been telling me some things about your

family that have caused me a great deal of concern,

my dear. Even though you're a child,

I would like you to tell me if you believe

he is speaking the truth.

Every single thing i have said is the truth.

I am not a child. I'm 15 years old.

A somewhat brash 15.

How you girls were brought up.

Have a seat, my dear, please.

I really would rather stand up.

Oh, whatever you wish.

David has been inquiring about town and informs me

that the march family will be staying put,

more precisely he tells me that you refuse to

even look for a house. That, my dear, must stop.

Is David telling the truth that your family is

only pretending to be looking for a house?

Oh, aunt march, surely you do not believe him.

The realtor told David what happened.

The realtor? I don't believe it.

He says that whenever he offers to show your

mother a house, she declines it without

even bothering to look.

My mother has been to see a lot of houses,

aunt march.

Your mother has no intentions of moving.

She's set herself overwhelming conditions.

What kind of conditions?

What is it you're saying?

The rent, the size.

Those are very important.

There are six people in my family David,

not including my father.

Marmee is trying to find a large enough house which

we can also afford.

She has declined some very good homes just

because the rent is a little too high,

so she says.

That part is true about the rent.

Oh, it is?

I am afraid David's story about the realtor

is correct regarding the rent anyway.

My family cannot afford to spend a great deal

of money on the rent.

Tell me what is wrong with that?

But your father certainly must have saved

a large sum of money.

Unfortunately he lost it all.

Father invested in a factory which the

confederate army destroyed.

The soldiers ransacked everything.

I don't believe I've heard that story.

We have had to live on father's small army salary

for quite sometime now.

Oh, I'm certainly sorry to hear that.

Your family has a plan.

You've all decided to say here in the hope of one

day inheriting all of my aunt's money.

How can you possibly say such a horrible thing?

Because i know it's true,

that's why I can say it. Little miss march.

Excuse me, but I am leaving!

I am not going to stay here and listen to him.

What did i tell you aunty?

The march family has their mind set on stealing

all of your money.

I'm not going to waste anymore time here.

I'm going out and look for a house myself.

How may I ask?

Easy, by going out and looking for a vacancy sign.

You can't just walk around town.

You need to be driven in a carriage.

Miss march, leave the driving to me.

Thanks but I would much rather walk.

Take my carriage, Jo.

Oh, aunt march, do you really mean it?

Can I?

Just come back here before nightfall.

Get Ben, he'll drive you to town.

But I can drive a horse and carriage myself.

Ben probably has more important

things to do anyway.

Very well. But be careful.

I'm much obliged. Bye.

Do you have anything else to say?

How in heaven's name will that girl

ever find a house?

That's enough, David.

I put much more faith in her words than

in anything you might say.

She's Sincere.

I believe those girls.

I'm sure they want their own house as badly as

you seem to want this house of mine.

But aunty, surely you do not think that I have

any intention of...

I'll miss those girls.

They've been very sweet.

You musn't worry, aunty,

I'll be happy to come visit you everyday.

What a dreadful idea.

Thank you but I will do very well without you

constantly sticking your greedy nose in my affairs.

I think your visit has caused far too much

damage already, David. Please be gone.

Jo! Wait for me!

What about me Jo?

Come on, Jo, don't leave me here.

I want to come too.

Thanks Jo.

Let me come, it will be fun.

I'm not playing Amy.

I have to find a house.

But I want to go with you so

we can both look for it.

Please? I know I can help.

All right. I guess i could use the assistance.

Give me your hand.

Thanks!

Can you imagine how great it would be to find

our own house today?

Oh, no, not him again.

David's buggy is broken.

That's too bad for him.

Yaw!

Hey! Hey!

But his wheel broke off.

Yaw!

Hey, hey!

But Jo!

Sorry, we're too busy looking for a house.

Can't believe it. Passed me right by.

Well!

Oh!

Why did you ride right past him like that?

David needed our help, Jo.

That man's not getting any help from us.

That man was trying to convince aunt march to

kick all of us out of her house, Amy.

Why would he want to do that?

I really do not know why Amy but I have

no trust in that despicable person.

Oh.

He has been telling her stories about us

and I'm not going to take it anymore.

And I always thought he was a nice fellow.

He's quite the opposite.

Apparently.

Forget about him Amy.

We have to start keeping our eyes open

for vacant houses.

All right.

How do you know which one is vacant?

You have to use your own good judgment.

All right but my good judgment can't tell

which one's empty and which one isn't.

That's probably because you are not concentrating

on looking for certain things.

Well then I'll try concentrating but I don't

think it will help.

Here goes nothing.

This is really hard.

What kinds of things should I be thinking

about, Jo?

Look! That's it.

That's the very house!

- Huh? - Come on.

How do you know it's empty?

Because on such a beautiful day,

all the shutters on the windows are closed.

Oh, now I know what kind of things

you have to look for.

Come on Amy, let's have a look.

There's no one living here.

That's perfect.

This could be our new house.

Come on Amy, follow me.

Run!

Don't let him eat me!

Help me Jo!

Run, run!

Help me Jo!

This way, Amy!

Follow me this way!

Help!

Help me up, Jo!

I'm coming, Amy!

Give me your hand.

Stop!

You girls should know that this is no play ground.

Now get out of here before I tell your folks.

So much for concentrating.

Oh, Amy.

I almost got killed.

I wish I'd never come on this stupid ride.

Shhh... don't make a sound.

Well?

This time i know I'm right.

This place is empty, Amy.

But what if there's another horrible

dog in there?

There's nothing inside. Come on.

You better be right.

This house is perfect.

I hope we can afford to pay the rent.

What do you think, sis?

I think it's a wonderful house if there

are no dogs living inside.

Oh, no.

Who is that on our porch dear?

What can we do for you girls?

Speak up. No reason to be shy.

Take a look at that house.

This time I am positive that house is

empty for sure.

I bet you're right. Come on.

Let's go before someone else takes it first.

It reminds me of a dream I had.

Try again.

Look the door is open.

Just look at this mess.

It's obvious they've never even

finished building it.

Our family could work together and fix it up

after we move in.

You're right.

By the time we're through with it,

it will be a palace.

Uh-oh.

What is it?

There's no roof.

Oh.

We could fix it.

Can we go home now?

Mary?

Yes, ma'am.

I understand you're having a difficult

time finding a house.

Yes, ma'am. Most difficult time.

And I must apologize for over staying our

welcome while we look.

If our family is disturbing you,

we will move out tomorrow.

Don't be silly.

For the most part your family never disturbs me.

We're looking all the time.

I'm sure it won't be long before something

suitable turns up.

All right, Mary.

I'm in no hurry to move you out.

Oh?

Searching for the correct house is a

lengthy process Mary. Take your time.

Why thank you.

I sincerely appreciate it.

You're very kind.

Now that this matter is settled,

Jo won't have to keep house hunting quite so

desperately anymore.

I'm sorry aunt march but nothing is settled

until we have our own place.

Young lady, you're very stubborn.

You constantly remind me of your father.

The next day Jo began to look for a house alone

since I'd given up going out with her.

One dog named buster was quite enough for me,

thank you.

She walked and walked and always

came home exhausted.

But that didn't spoil her determination

to find us a home.

How much further do I have to walk

before I get there?

It's just a short distance up the road.

She kept at it for three days concentrating

as hard as she could until one afternoon she got

caught in a downpour.

Josephine march, is that you?

Anthony, what in the world are you doing here?

Same thing you are, straying dry.

I was going to my job right down the street

when it started.

I have come here to look for a house.

What's wrong, Jo?

Can you tell me what's going on?

No, it's just that we've been living in my

aunt's house for far too long now, Anthony,

and it's high time we had a house of our own.

I know of a house for rent.

Is it big enough for us?

Can we go see it?

Yes, it's quite a good size home.

And if I recall correctly,

it's not far from here at all.

Anthony, you must take me there at once. Come on.

Hold on. It's raining.

Huh?

Oh. I forgot.

We'll go as soon as it clears up.

I can't wait to see it!

What does it look like?

Describe it for me in detail.

Well, it is a strange house.

It has a big window.

Oh, my gosh! Anthony!

Jo and Anthony remained close to the tree

as a sudden storm thundered around them.

For a moment anyway, Jo's mind was not on the

strange and fascinating house Anthony would

soon take her to see.

♪ 'fortunes of war can change their way ♪

♪we imagine their lives will be ♪

♪ the march family are on their way ♪

Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy ♪