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♪ Way back when in 1863

♪ Now part of the American lure

♪ 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 a stand

♪ Fortunes of war can change their way

♪ They imagine their lives will be

♪ The Marsh family are on their way

♪ They took their family

Wanna know what I'm cooking?

Soup, and I'll let you have some later.

I must concentrate on my cooking so I can't

play with you now Milky Anne.

Now I have an idea, Milky, Beth must be awake now.

Why don't I take you upstairs to pay a little

visit to her.

Go on.

Ah.

Oh.

Mm.

Oh do you like it Hannah?

I haven't tasted it yet, it's still too hot.

Mm!

I must say it's as good as I make, Meg.

You mean it?

Yup.

When your Mama tastes it she's gonna be very proud.

Oh am I glad!

I tell you, you'll catch a good husband

if you keep this cooking up.

Now right about now you are gonna start looking.

Hannah no!

Alright I'm coming.

Hello, you can come in now.

Beth, you have a visitor.

Thanks Marmee.

Milky Anne!

Aw.

Now that you're almost well dear we can

bring Amy home tomorrow.

I am feeling much better Marmee, really.

Yes dear I know.

Violins like a...

No no no!

Ugh.

Am I gonna get a taste?

Later, first I'm bringing this to Beth.

It has Hannah's stamp of approval.

Oh really?

She said it was as good as Marmee's!

As good as Marmee's, that'll be the day.

Here goes.

Mm.

It's almost as good.

Good as what?

Yes Beth, what were you going to say?

Your opinion is important, you know.

It's almost as good as yours, Mother!

See, you can cook dear!

Looks like your appetite has returned too Beth.

I only wish that we could take a giant taurine

of this soup to Father.

I do too but I believe Mr. Brooke has been bringing

your father all sorts of good things.

He's taking good care of your father at the hospital.

When I left Washington to return home to see to your

recovery, I made sure your father was in the

best of hands.

Marmee, here's our first letter from Mr. Brooke.

Oh good.

We were just talking about Mr. Brooke and Father.

We were just wishing we could take Father some

of this soup.

It's good?

As good as Marmee's!

Oh my, he says your father's almost recovered.

Mr. Brooke says here, "Frederick is anxious to see

"all of you and is recovering so quickly that you

"should have him back by the new year."

That's wonderful!

And he says "give my regards to your Meg

"and her lovely sisters."

Nice of him, may I see the letter?

Of course dear, there you are.

There's more here for you personally.

Thanks Marmee.

I think I'll take a nice long walk in the snow, bye.

Now young lady it's time to finish that soup.

Okay you can have some.

Ah.

Meg's too young to fall in love.

Jo, Jo, come upstairs will you?

Okay I'll be right up.

Jo, I have a feeling that Meg and Mr. Brooke

are falling in love with each other.

She does seem interested in him, Lorie.

But I don't think I'd call that being in love.

Oh come on now Jo, you've got to admit that they

make a nice pair, don't you think so?

What makes you think that you know so much

about all this, huh?

Meg is my sister, I'd know if she was in love

a whole lot sooner than you would Lorie.

Well maybe, but it just so happens that my

powers of observation are very keen.

They're in love, Jo.

Mr. Brooke has been an absolutely perfect

gentleman to all of us, my whole family appreciates

everything he's done for us since we first arrived here.

He's been around so much, even my mother is calling

him by his first name.

By his first name?

You see that proves it!

Parental approval is the first step towards marriage.

That's entirely an assumption on your part,

there's no way that I could approve a marriage

based on that kind of reasoning.

Tell me Jo, is there something about Mr. Brooke

that you don't like?

I said he was a gentleman.

And he's a superb catch for Meg don't you think?

And Meg for him as well.

A catch, that's silly, Meg is only one year older

than I am!

She's too young to be thinking about marriage

for years yet!

How old do you think you have to be?

Meg's not too young and neither are you

for that matter.

What, that's idiotic.

I'll never marry.

A catch, the idea!

Now now stay calm.

I've got more important goals than standing

over a hot stove cooking soup for a husband.

Let's stick to talking about Meg shall we?

I agree that Mr. Brooke is a gentleman, but Meg does

not have to jump at the first gentleman that pays

a bit of attention to her.

So in other words you feel that Meg can do better.

That's right, if she waited she could find a man

from a rich family, a man of means.

Nonsense Jo, Mr. Brooke has plenty of time

in which to make his fortune.

Maybe so, he is quite capable.

Whatever am I saying?

Meg is much too young and that's all there is to it.

I simply can't agree with you Jo and I'm positive

that Meg wouldn't agree with you either.

In fact I'll go so far as to bet that they'll

be married within a year.

I will not hear of such a thing, she is just

not old enough to marry him!

And she's not in the least bit in love with him.

I know she is and I can prove it.

Why don't you mind your own affairs such as your

studying instead of being such a meddler.

What Mr. Brooke does is my affair.

I am leaving!

If that's what you want.

You'll find out I'm right.

Darn!

I forgot I have to ask you a favor.

Huh?

My mother wants to know if you'll have time tomorrow

to pick up Amy at Aunt Marge's house.

That is if you're not too busy.

No I'm not too busy, will you be coming along Jo?

I'll see how I feel tomorrow.

Right I can't wait.

Yay!

Amy, oh!

Marmee, Marmee!

Marmee.

Oh Beth is almost completely recovered right Marmee?

That's right dear, and since she's out of danger

we can take you home now.

Oh just what I was hoping to hear!

Would you like me to go upstairs and help you

pack your bag?

I don't need anybody to help me, Jo.

You brought an awful lot here, don't you need anybody

to help you pack it all?

I did it all, I told you that I knew Beth

was gonna be alright, so I packed already.

You must admit Amy that we had a little forewarning

because Lorie sent the messenger this morning.

Auntie, yes, I guess I just forgot

about the messenger.

Thanks for everything Auntie.

And thank you for being such good company.

I only wish you could stay a while longer but there

is no place like home.

Oh Aunt Marge, we thank you for your hospitality.

I hope we haven't inconvenienced you in any way.

Mary, it was my privilege to care for

the young lady.

Your little Amy is full of vigor and some of it rubbed

off on me I must admit.

Amy keeps us all going nonstop.

Josephine, will you be coming around again?

As often as you like, Auntie.

Lorie?

Yes ma'am.

I hardly ever see enough of you, young man.

I hope you'll be able to pay me a visit

every now and then.

Sure.

Going home and everything is back to normal.

With Beth recovered, all five of us will be

snuggling around the fire again.

Actually six because Marmee says Father's coming

home soon, and Hannah's eggnog to warm our tummies.

Everything is back to normal, except Jo and Lorie

haven't spoken a word for the entire ride home.

It's nothing to fret about I guess, it's just that

they usually chatter away so much one can't get

a word in edgewise.

No matter, it's just good to be home.

Again Lorie, thank you.

I'm just glad I could help.

Hannah, it's so good to be home, Hannah!

It's good to have you back, darling.

I have to go see Beth, Beth, Beth!

Hey Beth!

Amy hello!

Hi Beth, I missed you, I missed you so much!

I'm sorry you had to be away.

Don't worry, the important thing is you're getting well.

Mhm, much better.

In fact, tomorrow I wanna try walking.

Are you sure, but are you strong enough?

Will you help me Amy?

Sure I will, I'll have you strong enough to

meet Father at a gallop when he comes home, Beth.

I'm sure you will.

On the very next day we started

Beth's exercise program.

I wanna try it alone now.

Oh, be careful Beth!

Don't you think we should rest for a while?

I'm okay.

Beth, we've been at it for almost two hours,

don't you think that's enough for a day?

You'll get exhausted and have a relapse,

won't she Meg?

What?

You didn't hear a single word I was saying, did you?

I said if Beth doesn't rest she's liable to get

exhausted and have a relapse.

Amy's right, you should take it a little at a time

and not overdo it.

Do you remember what the doctor said Beth?

With patience your strength will return.

I do so wanna scurry around again.

Oh really, how come you never wanted to scurry

around before, Beth?

Since I've been sick I missed having the chance,

I want to.

I know you do, dear.

But why don't you take the winter months to build

up your strength, and when the spring comes,

you can frolic to your heart's content.

Okay, but I'm strong enough to play the piano now.

Jo.

Can I talk to you for a second?

Well I'd rather not be disturbed right now.

It's very important.

Oh really?

Yes really.

Oh alright, what is it?

Beth is feeling much better, I think I helped

her a lot.

Say that's swell, now go away.

No wait Jo there's a lot more to it,

things are really different since I've returned.

Different, how so?

Well--

I haven't got all day.

First of all you've changed.

Oh no I haven't.

Well for one thing you're not talking to Lorie anymore.

Who says I'm not talking to him?

During the carriage ride home from Aunt Marge's

you didn't speak one single word to him, Jo.

Oh I hadn't noticed.

That seemed strange because you and he are

usually very close.

We're not quarreling if that's what you're getting at.

We were discussing something the other day and we

had a difference of opinion, that's all.

So what else do you think is different?

Meg has changed, haven't you noticed she

hasn't been herself lately.

Oh I don't know.

She spends all of her time preoccupied with

her own thoughts, don't tell me you haven't noticed it.

Possibly.

You've both been acting very unusual and it's

making me uncomfortable.

But then maybe I'm mistaken.

You're not mistaken about Meg, Amy, she does act funny.

What?

Yes, ever since we received Mr. Brooke's

letter from Washington.

Why would that change her?

Amy you're too young to understand.

Why can't you tell me what the letter said?

Mmm hmm!

Wait a minute, Amy don't you go blabbing this to

Lorie, do you hear me?

I bet Lorie read that letter before he brought it over.

Lorie brought it over?

Yes isn't that the letter you were talking about?

A second letter?

Jo and I then figured out without too much trouble

that we were talking about two different letters.

The first was the one Mr. Brooke sent us directly

from Washington which arrived the day before

I returned home.

The second was one that Mr. Brooke apparently

and for some reason sent to Lorie to hand deliver

to Meg yesterday.

What was in the letters to make Meg behave so strangely

was still a mystery to me.

My dearest Margaret, I can no longer

hide my love for you and must know how you feel

about me before I return to Washington.

I dare not tell your father how I feel just yet

nor put these thoughts in a letter addressed

to your whole family, that's why this most personal

letter was sent to you by way of Lorie.

Although for now it is best to keep our love a secret,

should the day come when we choose to express our desires,

I'm certain your parents would consent to our union

knowing that we adore one another.

Mr. Lawrence will help me find a good physician

and then my dear heart, with your consent, we can get

married and make each other happy for all eternity.

I implore you to reveal nothing of us to your family

just yet, I await your words of encouragement.

Please send them through Lorie to yours sincerely,

John Carl Brooke.

That's odd, John signed his letter Carl Brooke

as he usually does all this letters.

But his signature looks different from the one

he sent the day before Amy came home.

Oh someone is playing a trick.

Has Beth gone back to her room yet, Hannah?

Uh huh, and with Miss Amy's help she

walked around a lot!

Really, it looks like she'll be quite

fully recovered by Christmas time.

Mhm.

Mother the most awful thing has happened.

How could they do such a thing to me?

Now calm down, what is it?

Meg please tell me whatever is the matter.

They tried to trick me.

Who tried to trick you dear?

It was Jo and Lorie, they forged a love letter

and signed Mr. Brooke's name, how could they do it?

Don't take on so, we'll get to the bottom of this.

Marmee, Meg, Hannah said you wanted to see me.

Come in and sit down, young lady.

Are you responsible for this, I want the truth Jo.

Don't pretend you've never seen this before,

you wrote it with Lorie's help.

How could you two be so mean and insensitive

about a very private matter.

Now Meg, try to stay calm.

What do you know about this letter, Jo?

Nothing, I would never try to hurt you by

writing something like this.

You've played pranks on me before.

Not now, until you brought it up I had forgotten

that Lorie even brought this letter.

How did you know that Lorie delivered the letter?

You wouldn't have known unless you took part in this

whole ghastly conspiracy!

Josephine, how did you know Lorie delivered the letter.

Amy informed me about it earlier today.

She said that Meg was acting queerly because

of a letter Lorie brought to her.

Amy told you?

I didn't write that letter, I had nothing

to do with it.

I'm sorry Jo, we made a terrible mistake,

I hope you'll forgive us.

Amy!

Ah!

It's not nice to eves drop.

But Jo's getting a tongue lashing.

Well maybe the girl deserves it.

Eves dropping, shame on you.

But it could be my fault.

I have a right to know what's going on here

too ya know!

I thought the letter was real but then I noticed

the signature was different.

If you had answered it it would have been disastrous.

I almost did answer it.

I kept reading the letter over and over again.

After several readings I thought, how unlike John

to be so bold.

Then I noticed the slight difference in the hand writing.

I thought to myself, why should I hand my reply

to Lorie when I could send it off directly to John.

Mhm, that scoundrel!

Lorie forged that letter.

He was trying to prove to me that you were in love

with Mr. Brooke, Lorie and I had words about it

just the other day!

If Meg replied she loved him, then Lorie would

win the argument.

Well that does it, I'm not gonna let him get

away with this one.

Hush now, I am the head of this household and

I will manage it.

A closed fist will solve nothing, Jo.

Huh?

Fetch Lorie, tell him I wanna have a talk with him.

Right.

Meg.

Yes Jo?

You said you were almost going to answer that

letter didn't you?

Yes.

Tell me, what were you going to say in your answer.

Must I?

Yeah.

I'd like to hear the answer to that too.

The letter was so passionate I was shocked at first,

then I sat down and thought of how I would answer him.

I would say I'm too young to make a commitment

like that, perhaps when we spent more time together

and know each other better, perhaps then we could

think about a union between us.

But for now it would be unwise so think

there's only one thing for us to do, let's be friends

and see what the future may bring.

Perfection, great answer.

She covered it all, didn't she Mother?

Yes Jo, that she did

Say Meggie, why don't you put that down on paper

and hand it to Lorie.

Josephine there's no need for that, just go get Lorie

and tell him I want to see him.

I was only kidding.

I saw Jo dash out of the house and across

to the Lawrence's.

I still had no clue as to what was going on.

A few minute later, after hearing Jo return

with Lorie I decided to take action and find out.

Is something going on I should know about?

Sh, wait and don't say anything, not a word Amy!

But why?

We're waiting for Marmee and Lorie to finish

talking, that's why.

What are they talking about Jo?

Stop chattering, I can't hear.

Tell me, what are Marmee and Lorie talking about?

There's no reason you shouldn't know Amy.

Marmee is giving Lorie a lecture on manners

because he played a dreadful prank on me.

Marmee lectured Lorie for over half an hour.

I tried to pry more information from Meg and Jo

but they just told me to hush up.

When Lorie emerged, he apologized profusely to Meg

and Jo, then all three went their merry way,

leaving me still well in the dark about

the whole affair.

♪ Fortunes of war can change their way

♪ They imagine their lives will be

♪ The Marsh family are on their way

♪ They took their family