1 00:01:33,552 --> 00:01:36,722 Pa! I finished my chores. Can I go into town? 2 00:01:36,889 --> 00:01:38,015 What, are you done already? 3 00:01:38,182 --> 00:01:39,517 You're a real whirlwind this morning. 4 00:01:39,684 --> 00:01:40,726 Must be something important. 5 00:01:40,893 --> 00:01:41,894 It is. 6 00:01:42,061 --> 00:01:43,020 All right. Go on. Have a good time. 7 00:01:43,187 --> 00:01:43,980 Thanks, pa. 8 00:01:44,146 --> 00:01:45,189 Caroline: Laura? 9 00:01:45,356 --> 00:01:46,399 Yes, ma? 10 00:01:46,565 --> 00:01:48,276 Haven't you noticed the way Jack's been 11 00:01:48,442 --> 00:01:49,819 scratching and fussing at his ears? 12 00:01:49,986 --> 00:01:51,153 No, ma. 13 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:52,571 Well, he has. 14 00:01:52,738 --> 00:01:54,365 It looks like he's been running in the tall grass. 15 00:01:54,532 --> 00:01:56,742 Maybe he's got another foxtail in his ear. 16 00:01:56,909 --> 00:01:59,161 Well, couldn't Carrie pull them out? 17 00:01:59,328 --> 00:02:01,914 Carrie's helping me bake a cake. 18 00:02:03,082 --> 00:02:05,543 Laura, Jack is your dog. 19 00:02:05,710 --> 00:02:07,545 You've been neglecting him lately. 20 00:02:07,712 --> 00:02:09,380 You can't just cast him aside 21 00:02:09,547 --> 00:02:11,757 like a stitch of old clothes you're tired of and forget him. 22 00:02:11,924 --> 00:02:15,428 Ma, I promise to do it when I get home, 23 00:02:15,594 --> 00:02:18,681 but I've got something real important to tend to. 24 00:02:18,848 --> 00:02:21,100 Laura, right now you'll tend to Jack. 25 00:02:21,267 --> 00:02:22,810 Yes, ma'am. 26 00:02:40,953 --> 00:02:44,123 Oh, such a lovely day. 27 00:02:45,374 --> 00:02:48,127 A lovely day. 28 00:02:58,637 --> 00:03:01,223 Morning! 29 00:03:02,516 --> 00:03:03,309 Morning. 30 00:03:03,476 --> 00:03:05,811 Beautiful day, ain't it? 31 00:03:05,978 --> 00:03:07,772 Yes, it is. 32 00:03:07,938 --> 00:03:09,148 As the man said, 33 00:03:09,315 --> 00:03:10,358 cleanliness is 34 00:03:10,524 --> 00:03:11,817 next to godliness. 35 00:03:11,984 --> 00:03:14,570 Crow: Amen. 36 00:03:26,165 --> 00:03:29,752 And I thought perhaps if we invited her to the sunday services tomorrow, 37 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:31,087 we could all get to know her better. 38 00:03:31,253 --> 00:03:33,964 Reverend Alden, in all due respect, 39 00:03:34,131 --> 00:03:36,675 if we invite her into our church, 40 00:03:36,842 --> 00:03:39,011 we will just be encouraging her to stay. 41 00:03:39,178 --> 00:03:41,013 And we don't want her to stay. 42 00:03:41,180 --> 00:03:45,142 As a matter of fact, she's about as welcome as a plague of locusts. 43 00:03:45,309 --> 00:03:47,311 Is it something she's done? 44 00:03:47,478 --> 00:03:51,982 Reverend Alden, people just don't live in a house that isn't there. 45 00:03:52,149 --> 00:03:53,859 Now, if you ask me, 46 00:03:54,026 --> 00:03:56,278 she's more than a little bit off her rocker. 47 00:03:56,445 --> 00:03:58,906 You know, I agree with Mrs. Oleson. 48 00:03:59,073 --> 00:04:00,366 And that animal of hers, Clyde, 49 00:04:00,533 --> 00:04:01,867 is as crazy as she is. 50 00:04:02,034 --> 00:04:03,369 He's the only horse I've ever known 51 00:04:03,536 --> 00:04:05,329 that would rather eat beef jerky and hard candy 52 00:04:05,496 --> 00:04:07,706 than my quality oats and hay. 53 00:04:07,873 --> 00:04:10,209 Reverend, my only concern is with the children. 54 00:04:10,376 --> 00:04:12,545 Now, I think she seems harmless enough. 55 00:04:12,711 --> 00:04:14,880 But, miss beadle, 56 00:04:15,047 --> 00:04:16,215 looks can be deceiving. 57 00:04:16,382 --> 00:04:18,217 Now I have told my Nellie and my Willie 58 00:04:18,384 --> 00:04:19,885 to just keep away from her, 59 00:04:20,052 --> 00:04:22,054 and I can only hope and pray 60 00:04:22,221 --> 00:04:23,889 that all of the other parents have sense enough 61 00:04:24,056 --> 00:04:25,391 to do the same thing. 62 00:04:25,558 --> 00:04:28,561 Mrs. Oleson, it seems to me 63 00:04:28,727 --> 00:04:31,313 that the Christian thing to do under circumstances... 64 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:32,565 Revered Alden, 65 00:04:32,731 --> 00:04:34,233 you stay in walnut grove 66 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:35,651 only two days out of the month 67 00:04:35,818 --> 00:04:38,737 while we have to live with that... that creature 68 00:04:38,904 --> 00:04:40,322 every day. 69 00:04:40,489 --> 00:04:43,242 Well, she seems intent on staying. 70 00:04:43,409 --> 00:04:46,912 And since the property was abandoned, 71 00:04:47,079 --> 00:04:50,374 legally she has every right to stay there. 72 00:04:50,541 --> 00:04:55,129 Well, then, we'll just have to let nature run its course. 73 00:04:55,296 --> 00:04:58,215 She couldn't possibly survive the cold of the winter 74 00:04:58,382 --> 00:05:01,427 in the confines of that root cellar. 75 00:05:01,594 --> 00:05:06,557 Jack, hold still! Jack, you're being stubborn as a goat. 76 00:05:06,724 --> 00:05:09,977 Now, would you let me get the foxtails out of your ear? 77 00:05:10,144 --> 00:05:12,229 Jack, stop it! 78 00:05:14,023 --> 00:05:16,442 Jack, come back here! 79 00:05:16,609 --> 00:05:18,360 Get back here! 80 00:05:22,031 --> 00:05:24,325 I'm losing my Patience with you. 81 00:05:24,492 --> 00:05:26,410 Get back here now! 82 00:05:27,870 --> 00:05:30,915 Put that toy down. I don't want to play. 83 00:05:32,416 --> 00:05:34,251 All right. Go around with foxtails in your ears. 84 00:05:34,418 --> 00:05:36,128 See if I care. 85 00:06:00,319 --> 00:06:01,820 Sorry I'm late. 86 00:06:01,987 --> 00:06:03,989 I had to stay home and pick foxtails out of Jack's ears. 87 00:06:04,156 --> 00:06:06,116 Are you sure it wasn't flowers you were picking? 88 00:06:06,283 --> 00:06:07,868 I told you why I was late. 89 00:06:08,035 --> 00:06:10,079 Just thought it'd be nice if we brought her something. 90 00:06:10,246 --> 00:06:11,664 Willie thinks she's a witch. 91 00:06:11,830 --> 00:06:13,499 You should have brought her a dead rat. 92 00:06:13,666 --> 00:06:16,752 Stop talking like that, and let's go. 93 00:06:16,919 --> 00:06:18,337 It's going to get dark. 94 00:06:18,504 --> 00:06:20,089 It's still morning, silly. 95 00:06:20,256 --> 00:06:22,091 Come on. 96 00:06:57,334 --> 00:06:58,210 She saw us. 97 00:06:58,377 --> 00:06:59,503 Shh! 98 00:07:01,046 --> 00:07:02,506 Mary: Come on. 99 00:07:08,429 --> 00:07:09,722 Ahem. 100 00:07:12,141 --> 00:07:14,727 Uh, hi. 101 00:07:14,893 --> 00:07:17,229 We came to welcome you to walnut grove. 102 00:07:17,396 --> 00:07:18,689 May we come in? 103 00:07:18,856 --> 00:07:24,278 All you have to do is knock, and the door will be opened. 104 00:07:25,446 --> 00:07:27,156 Come on. 105 00:07:35,122 --> 00:07:36,332 Knock knock. 106 00:07:36,498 --> 00:07:38,751 Is anybody home? 107 00:07:48,093 --> 00:07:50,888 My! My! 108 00:07:51,055 --> 00:07:53,098 What have we here? 109 00:07:53,265 --> 00:07:55,184 We're the welcoming committee. 110 00:07:55,351 --> 00:07:57,186 Oh. 111 00:07:57,353 --> 00:08:00,898 You shouldn't have, children. 112 00:08:01,065 --> 00:08:04,777 You're too kind. 113 00:08:04,943 --> 00:08:07,613 Please, won't you come into my house? 114 00:08:23,962 --> 00:08:28,884 I'm kezia horn, and this is parrot Polly. 115 00:08:29,051 --> 00:08:32,054 That's not a parrot. It's a crow. 116 00:08:32,221 --> 00:08:33,305 Oh. Shh. 117 00:08:33,472 --> 00:08:35,307 He thinks he's a parrot. 118 00:08:35,474 --> 00:08:37,976 I wouldn't want to disappoint him. 119 00:08:38,143 --> 00:08:39,978 Crow: Want a piece of candy. 120 00:08:40,145 --> 00:08:43,023 Oh. I don't have no more. 121 00:08:43,190 --> 00:08:44,274 Land sakes, Polly. 122 00:08:44,441 --> 00:08:47,986 You and Clyde have got a sweet tooth lately. 123 00:08:48,153 --> 00:08:49,697 Ha ha ha! 124 00:08:49,863 --> 00:08:55,285 I was just about to have tea and oranges when you came a-knocking. 125 00:08:55,452 --> 00:08:57,871 Would you like to join me? 126 00:08:58,038 --> 00:09:00,874 Can I have coffee like my pa drinks? 127 00:09:01,041 --> 00:09:03,001 Oh, I think I can fix that. 128 00:09:03,168 --> 00:09:04,253 Yes. 129 00:09:15,347 --> 00:09:20,644 Yes, we'll be wanting... 7 cups and saucers. 130 00:09:22,980 --> 00:09:28,986 It was whiskey Jake curry what give me these cups. 131 00:09:29,153 --> 00:09:33,741 He knew I had an eye for pretty things. 132 00:09:36,577 --> 00:09:38,412 Beautiful, aren't they? 133 00:09:38,579 --> 00:09:40,539 Yeah, they sure are. 134 00:09:40,706 --> 00:09:44,084 Beautiful. Yeah. Ha ha. 135 00:09:51,049 --> 00:09:53,927 Water's boiling. 136 00:09:59,224 --> 00:10:01,059 Nice and warm. 137 00:10:01,226 --> 00:10:02,311 Yeah. 138 00:10:02,478 --> 00:10:04,188 Here's your coffee, 139 00:10:04,354 --> 00:10:06,565 all nice and hot like you asked for. 140 00:10:06,732 --> 00:10:07,858 Thank you, ma'am. 141 00:10:08,025 --> 00:10:09,693 I don't see any coffee. 142 00:10:09,860 --> 00:10:11,069 Nellie! 143 00:10:11,236 --> 00:10:13,071 Well, this is dumb. I don't see any coffee. 144 00:10:13,238 --> 00:10:15,157 Then you'll have to leave. 145 00:10:15,324 --> 00:10:16,742 What? 146 00:10:16,909 --> 00:10:19,745 You can't stay if you can't see it. 147 00:10:19,912 --> 00:10:21,705 You might accidentally burn yourself. 148 00:10:21,872 --> 00:10:25,250 They can't see it. They have to go, too. 149 00:10:25,417 --> 00:10:26,877 I can see it. 150 00:10:27,044 --> 00:10:28,003 Me, too. 151 00:10:28,170 --> 00:10:29,463 Willie? 152 00:10:29,630 --> 00:10:33,425 Nice and strong, just like pa drinks it. 153 00:10:37,095 --> 00:10:39,056 Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha! 154 00:10:46,563 --> 00:10:51,318 Some people never remember to close the door. 155 00:10:51,485 --> 00:10:53,445 Ha ha! 156 00:10:58,283 --> 00:10:59,993 Carrie, on the cake. 157 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,287 Yes, ma. 158 00:11:02,454 --> 00:11:04,164 Mom, we met kezia horn today! 159 00:11:04,331 --> 00:11:06,208 And she read our fortunes from our tea leaves. 160 00:11:06,375 --> 00:11:07,501 That's nice, girls. 161 00:11:07,668 --> 00:11:08,961 I'm going to raise a big family someday... 162 00:11:09,127 --> 00:11:10,212 Bigger than ours, ma. 163 00:11:10,379 --> 00:11:12,965 And I'm going to travel far and wide. 164 00:11:13,131 --> 00:11:14,800 Before you travel anywhere, young lady, 165 00:11:14,967 --> 00:11:16,635 I want you to take a short trip out to the yard 166 00:11:16,802 --> 00:11:19,304 and finish taking the foxtails out of Jack's ears. 167 00:11:19,471 --> 00:11:21,807 I tried to, ma, but Jack wouldn't let me. 168 00:11:21,974 --> 00:11:23,350 Well, try harder. 169 00:11:23,517 --> 00:11:25,477 And the next time I tell you to do something, young lady, 170 00:11:25,644 --> 00:11:26,937 I want you to do it. 171 00:11:27,104 --> 00:11:29,231 Yes, ma'am. 172 00:11:33,193 --> 00:11:37,489 Jack! Jack! 173 00:11:37,656 --> 00:11:39,157 Pa, have you seen Jack? 174 00:11:39,324 --> 00:11:40,993 I can't find him anywhere! 175 00:11:41,159 --> 00:11:42,494 Last time I saw him, honey, 176 00:11:42,661 --> 00:11:43,787 he was asleep in the barn. 177 00:11:43,954 --> 00:11:45,664 Thanks! 178 00:11:49,167 --> 00:11:51,879 Jack, are you in here? 179 00:11:53,714 --> 00:11:55,549 Good-for-nothing dog. 180 00:11:55,716 --> 00:11:57,843 Are you sleeping back here? 181 00:11:58,010 --> 00:12:01,221 Boy, are you going to get it when I find you. 182 00:12:01,388 --> 00:12:04,975 Jack, why didn't you come when I called you? 183 00:12:05,142 --> 00:12:07,811 Get up, you lazy dog. 184 00:12:07,978 --> 00:12:10,230 I said get up! 185 00:12:14,151 --> 00:12:15,360 Jack? 186 00:12:19,615 --> 00:12:20,949 Jack? 187 00:12:24,119 --> 00:12:25,704 Pa, come quick! 188 00:12:29,875 --> 00:12:31,793 Half-pint! 189 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,713 What's the matter? What are you yelling about? 190 00:13:09,539 --> 00:13:11,750 He's dead, isn't he, pa? 191 00:13:34,439 --> 00:13:39,945 Jack traveled a lot of miles with us across a lot of rivers. 192 00:13:40,112 --> 00:13:43,031 He was kind of old and tired. 193 00:13:43,198 --> 00:13:45,325 His time had come. 194 00:13:47,577 --> 00:13:49,454 Just wanted to go to sleep quiet 195 00:13:49,621 --> 00:13:51,415 so he wouldn't make a fuss. 196 00:13:55,502 --> 00:14:00,966 When he needed me the most, I wasn't there. 197 00:14:01,133 --> 00:14:05,595 Hey, we always feel that when we lose somebody close to us. 198 00:14:06,638 --> 00:14:08,974 Wishing we could be with them, 199 00:14:09,141 --> 00:14:11,351 tell them how much we love them. 200 00:14:11,518 --> 00:14:14,438 Life doesn't always work out that way. 201 00:14:16,523 --> 00:14:18,316 Tell you, you and that old dog had something special. 202 00:14:18,483 --> 00:14:21,820 Had something a lot of people don't have in a whole lifetime. 203 00:14:28,744 --> 00:14:30,996 Pa... 204 00:14:31,163 --> 00:14:35,083 Can we Bury him on the low hill over the Meadow 205 00:14:35,250 --> 00:14:36,710 where he loved to play? 206 00:14:36,877 --> 00:14:40,213 You bet. I think that would be a fine place. 207 00:14:40,380 --> 00:14:42,382 Love that place. 208 00:14:45,177 --> 00:14:46,595 Why don't you go on in the house, 209 00:14:46,762 --> 00:14:48,680 and I'll... I'll bundle him up. 210 00:14:48,847 --> 00:14:50,390 I'll do it, pa. 211 00:15:32,307 --> 00:15:34,976 Half-pint, sun'll be going down soon. 212 00:15:36,853 --> 00:15:40,440 Can I be alone with Jack a moment, pa? 213 00:15:43,985 --> 00:15:45,612 Yeah. 214 00:15:52,077 --> 00:15:55,372 I didn't mean the things I said to you, Jack. 215 00:15:57,499 --> 00:16:00,919 You're the best dog in the whole world, 216 00:16:01,086 --> 00:16:04,297 the best dog a girl could ever have. 217 00:16:06,383 --> 00:16:10,846 And I'm going to say a prayer for you every night 218 00:16:11,012 --> 00:16:16,685 so... so that god keep you safe and warm in your new bed. 219 00:16:23,233 --> 00:16:24,693 Jack. 220 00:16:57,142 --> 00:17:00,478 There's kezia. Hi! Hi! 221 00:17:03,315 --> 00:17:06,067 I wonder why kezia isn't coming to church. 222 00:17:06,234 --> 00:17:08,153 Because, child, she's a heathen. 223 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:11,615 Well, maybe she worships at home like we do sometimes. 224 00:17:19,456 --> 00:17:20,373 Caroline: Morning, reverend. 225 00:17:20,540 --> 00:17:21,333 Caroline. 226 00:17:21,499 --> 00:17:23,001 Reverend. 227 00:17:23,168 --> 00:17:24,336 Charles. 228 00:17:38,558 --> 00:17:40,185 Reverend: Shall we pray? 229 00:17:40,352 --> 00:17:45,857 All: Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 230 00:17:46,024 --> 00:17:52,113 Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 231 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,533 Give us this day our daily bread... 232 00:18:24,396 --> 00:18:26,940 Hey, you mutt! Git! 233 00:18:28,733 --> 00:18:32,529 Daggone dog keeps coming around. 234 00:18:37,659 --> 00:18:41,204 That no-account cur was trying to steal your bacon. 235 00:18:41,371 --> 00:18:43,206 Well, no crime being hungry. 236 00:18:43,373 --> 00:18:44,624 Sooner that bacon disappears, 237 00:18:44,791 --> 00:18:46,626 the sooner I'll be rid of him. 238 00:19:30,211 --> 00:19:32,589 Ha ha ha! Hey, you little bandit. 239 00:19:32,756 --> 00:19:34,299 How'd you get on the wagon, huh? 240 00:19:34,466 --> 00:19:38,303 All right. Sit and relax. Enjoy the ride. 241 00:20:00,408 --> 00:20:02,660 Got to fess up, doc. 242 00:20:02,827 --> 00:20:05,747 I tried laying on them boards like you said. 243 00:20:05,914 --> 00:20:08,583 It got a mite disagreeable after a while. 244 00:20:08,750 --> 00:20:11,419 Now, Jonathan, if you want that back of yours to loosen up, 245 00:20:11,586 --> 00:20:14,214 you got to stay off your feet for a couple of days. 246 00:20:14,381 --> 00:20:15,799 I can't do that, doc. 247 00:20:15,965 --> 00:20:17,509 I got me a field needs plowing. 248 00:20:17,675 --> 00:20:19,219 That's what I figured. 249 00:20:19,386 --> 00:20:22,555 Now here. Get yourself some soap liniment, camphor, and wintergreen, 250 00:20:22,722 --> 00:20:24,766 and have Alice rub it in real good at night. 251 00:20:24,933 --> 00:20:27,018 Much obliged, doc. 252 00:20:27,185 --> 00:20:28,853 Don't expect any miracles. 253 00:20:29,020 --> 00:20:30,814 What you need is some rest. 254 00:20:30,980 --> 00:20:32,774 Yeah. 255 00:20:34,734 --> 00:20:37,404 Stubborn. Mule-headed. 256 00:20:46,496 --> 00:20:48,998 Hey, we're home. 257 00:20:54,087 --> 00:20:57,340 Charles! Where did you find him? 258 00:20:57,507 --> 00:21:00,343 I didn't exactly find him. 259 00:21:00,510 --> 00:21:02,053 It's more like he found me. 260 00:21:02,220 --> 00:21:03,638 Is he really ours to keep? 261 00:21:03,805 --> 00:21:05,765 I don't see why not. Where's half-pint? 262 00:21:05,932 --> 00:21:07,350 In the barn. 263 00:21:07,517 --> 00:21:09,811 We'll see if this little fellow can cheer her up. 264 00:21:09,978 --> 00:21:12,480 Come on! Come on, boy! 265 00:21:24,576 --> 00:21:26,536 Hey, half-pint. I got a little surprise for you. 266 00:21:26,703 --> 00:21:28,746 Hey. Well, come on, boy. 267 00:21:28,913 --> 00:21:31,583 Look what jumped on my wagon on the way out of mankato. 268 00:21:31,749 --> 00:21:33,668 He's just a stray, but he's a darned good dog. 269 00:21:33,835 --> 00:21:34,794 He's smart. 270 00:21:34,961 --> 00:21:38,256 Ha ha! Oh, he really likes you. 271 00:21:38,423 --> 00:21:41,217 He can be yours if you want him. 272 00:21:42,844 --> 00:21:43,845 Don't want him! 273 00:21:44,012 --> 00:21:45,722 Don't want any dog. 274 00:21:45,889 --> 00:21:47,307 Aw, come on. 275 00:21:47,474 --> 00:21:49,809 He's just trying to give you a little loving, that's all. 276 00:21:50,810 --> 00:21:53,396 I don't want him! 277 00:22:04,115 --> 00:22:05,700 Ah, we tried. 278 00:22:05,867 --> 00:22:07,368 Come on, boy. 279 00:22:20,798 --> 00:22:22,509 Ma, can't we let him in? 280 00:22:22,675 --> 00:22:25,303 Not while we're eating. He'll pick up bad habits. 281 00:22:25,470 --> 00:22:26,888 He's hungry. 282 00:22:27,055 --> 00:22:30,975 Caroline: Well, you can give him some scraps after dinner. 283 00:22:31,142 --> 00:22:33,937 Well, being in a strange place and all, 284 00:22:34,103 --> 00:22:36,147 he's probably frightened to death out there alone. 285 00:22:39,734 --> 00:22:43,238 All right. You can let him in, but just for tonight. 286 00:22:43,404 --> 00:22:45,031 I'll do it. 287 00:22:55,583 --> 00:22:56,834 We have to name him. 288 00:22:57,001 --> 00:22:59,128 Hey, you're right. I forgot all about that. 289 00:22:59,295 --> 00:23:00,505 Anybody got any ideas? 290 00:23:00,672 --> 00:23:02,465 We could call him Tom. 291 00:23:02,632 --> 00:23:05,426 Sally north has a dog named Tom. 292 00:23:05,593 --> 00:23:08,846 Sally north has a cat. 293 00:23:09,013 --> 00:23:10,848 Oh, yeah. 294 00:23:11,015 --> 00:23:12,559 He does look like he's wearing a mask, 295 00:23:12,725 --> 00:23:14,185 and I did catch him stealing when I first saw him. 296 00:23:14,352 --> 00:23:15,436 Why don't we call him bandit? 297 00:23:15,603 --> 00:23:17,647 Oh, that name really suits him. 298 00:23:17,814 --> 00:23:18,898 Yeah. 299 00:23:19,065 --> 00:23:21,401 Caroline: What do you think, Laura? 300 00:23:21,568 --> 00:23:23,653 I don't care what you name him. 301 00:23:23,820 --> 00:23:25,154 May I please be excused? 302 00:23:25,321 --> 00:23:27,073 Caroline: You've hardly touched your supper. 303 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:29,158 I'm not hungry. 304 00:23:30,243 --> 00:23:32,078 All right, then. 305 00:24:08,740 --> 00:24:09,574 Oh! 306 00:24:09,741 --> 00:24:11,284 Lord almighty! 307 00:24:11,451 --> 00:24:13,036 Hey, why don't you quit trying to work 308 00:24:13,202 --> 00:24:14,621 until that back of yours heals up? 309 00:24:14,787 --> 00:24:16,497 Naw. It's going to be all right. 310 00:24:16,664 --> 00:24:18,416 Sure you'll be all right. 311 00:24:18,583 --> 00:24:19,834 That's why you're moaning and groaning all the time. 312 00:24:20,001 --> 00:24:22,920 Ah, it's... I got to take my medicine now. 313 00:24:23,087 --> 00:24:24,297 I'll be like a new man. 314 00:24:24,464 --> 00:24:26,341 I'll be right back. 315 00:24:26,507 --> 00:24:28,176 Suit yourself. 316 00:24:43,024 --> 00:24:45,610 Good morning, Mr. Garvey. 317 00:24:45,777 --> 00:24:46,944 Jumping jehoshaphat, child. 318 00:24:47,111 --> 00:24:48,446 You shouldn't sneak up on a man like that. 319 00:24:48,613 --> 00:24:51,908 Oh, I wasn't sneaking. I was just going to school. 320 00:24:52,075 --> 00:24:53,826 Oh, yeah. Well... 321 00:24:53,993 --> 00:24:55,745 What's in the bottle? 322 00:24:55,912 --> 00:24:57,705 Uh, that's, uh... 323 00:24:57,872 --> 00:24:59,791 Oh, that's just the medicine that doc baker got for me. 324 00:24:59,957 --> 00:25:03,169 It's the biggest bottle of medicine I ever saw. 325 00:25:03,336 --> 00:25:05,880 Yeah, well, you know, as big as I am, 326 00:25:06,047 --> 00:25:07,507 why, I got to have a lot. 327 00:25:07,674 --> 00:25:09,050 Don't like the stuff. 328 00:25:09,217 --> 00:25:11,386 I'll bet kezia'd have a better cure. 329 00:25:11,552 --> 00:25:12,679 That old magpie? 330 00:25:12,845 --> 00:25:14,347 She's crazier than a loon. 331 00:25:14,514 --> 00:25:17,058 But she knows everything there is to know about everything. 332 00:25:17,225 --> 00:25:18,810 Yeah, well, I... 333 00:25:18,976 --> 00:25:20,687 Maybe I'll go on and see her, huh? 334 00:25:20,853 --> 00:25:21,938 See ya. 335 00:25:22,105 --> 00:25:23,231 See ya. 336 00:25:26,567 --> 00:25:29,779 Oh, dadburn it. 337 00:25:36,577 --> 00:25:38,162 What are you doing, kezia? 338 00:25:38,329 --> 00:25:40,748 Huh? 339 00:25:40,915 --> 00:25:44,502 It's a perfect day for hanging out the wash. 340 00:25:44,669 --> 00:25:46,713 Ha ha ha! Good idea. 341 00:25:49,632 --> 00:25:52,385 Laura: Get away! I said, get away! 342 00:25:52,552 --> 00:25:53,886 I don't want you following me. 343 00:26:02,437 --> 00:26:04,063 Nellie: Then whose is he? Laura: He's a stray! 344 00:26:06,357 --> 00:26:08,025 He's not my dog! 345 00:26:12,613 --> 00:26:14,615 Go away! 346 00:26:37,346 --> 00:26:38,723 Uh, morning. 347 00:26:38,890 --> 00:26:41,267 How do. 348 00:26:41,434 --> 00:26:42,727 I was, uh... 349 00:26:42,894 --> 00:26:45,396 I was wondering if I could have a few... 350 00:26:45,563 --> 00:26:46,731 Have a few words with you. 351 00:26:46,898 --> 00:26:50,151 Oh, always a-hankering after good conversation. 352 00:26:50,318 --> 00:26:53,988 Hey! Polly, get off the man's head. 353 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:57,533 Come on in. 354 00:26:57,700 --> 00:27:00,953 Mind you, use the door. 355 00:27:06,375 --> 00:27:09,295 Uh, name's garvey, ma'am. 356 00:27:09,462 --> 00:27:11,255 My name's kezia. 357 00:27:11,422 --> 00:27:13,216 Some people call me kizzy. 358 00:27:13,382 --> 00:27:15,218 Some people call me crazy. 359 00:27:15,384 --> 00:27:18,346 Some people don't call me at all. 360 00:27:18,513 --> 00:27:20,097 Heh heh heh. 361 00:27:21,349 --> 00:27:24,519 Uh, me and Mary was just kind of jawing, 362 00:27:24,685 --> 00:27:26,479 and, uh, she said... 363 00:27:26,646 --> 00:27:31,275 Well... well, doc baker's given me a whole passelful of remedies for my crick. 364 00:27:31,442 --> 00:27:32,819 Ain't none of them working, 365 00:27:32,985 --> 00:27:34,487 and I was just kind of wondering... 366 00:27:34,654 --> 00:27:37,907 Actually kind of hoping if maybe you'd be having a cure. 367 00:27:38,074 --> 00:27:40,284 A pain? Dull or sharp? 368 00:27:40,451 --> 00:27:42,787 Well, kind of... Kind of nagging. 369 00:27:42,954 --> 00:27:46,666 You know, like a rope pulling down low on my back. 370 00:27:46,833 --> 00:27:50,127 You got a touch of the "tiz"... rheumatism. 371 00:27:50,294 --> 00:27:53,798 I've had it myself now and then. 372 00:27:53,965 --> 00:27:55,132 You got a cure? 373 00:27:55,299 --> 00:27:58,052 I got the very thing for it. 374 00:27:58,219 --> 00:28:01,681 You want some paraffin, some mineral oil, 375 00:28:01,848 --> 00:28:03,558 and a good stiff brush 376 00:28:03,724 --> 00:28:06,269 and a tub of hot water. 377 00:28:06,435 --> 00:28:11,065 What kind of skivvies do you bed in? 378 00:28:12,525 --> 00:28:13,401 Well, uh... 379 00:28:13,568 --> 00:28:14,652 Ahem. 380 00:28:14,819 --> 00:28:17,321 I'll, uh... I'll be in my red flannels. 381 00:28:17,488 --> 00:28:22,285 Them's just the thing for keeping the heat in. 382 00:28:22,451 --> 00:28:26,330 Yeah. Oh, with the pain that low, 383 00:28:26,497 --> 00:28:28,749 be sure to keep your flap shut. 384 00:28:28,916 --> 00:28:31,252 Yes'm. 385 00:28:33,170 --> 00:28:34,505 Here you go. 386 00:28:34,672 --> 00:28:36,966 This is what we're gonna do. 387 00:28:49,854 --> 00:28:51,981 Mr. Hanson? 388 00:28:52,148 --> 00:28:54,483 Man: He went home sick. 389 00:28:57,486 --> 00:29:00,072 Nels. Didn't recognize your voice. 390 00:29:00,239 --> 00:29:01,574 Well, hanson feeling poorly, is he? 391 00:29:01,741 --> 00:29:03,659 Oh, yeah, yeah. 392 00:29:03,826 --> 00:29:05,703 He was... he was dizzy. 393 00:29:05,870 --> 00:29:07,330 He was very dizzy. 394 00:29:07,496 --> 00:29:09,373 Ha ha ha! 395 00:29:09,540 --> 00:29:11,834 What's... What's so funny? 396 00:29:12,001 --> 00:29:14,629 I don't know. Ha ha ha! 397 00:29:14,795 --> 00:29:16,422 Are you all right? 398 00:29:16,589 --> 00:29:18,716 Oh, couldn't be better. 399 00:29:18,883 --> 00:29:21,344 The trouble is I'm very thirsty. 400 00:29:21,510 --> 00:29:24,096 I just can't get enough of this water. 401 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:27,475 Well, I'll see you at the meeting tonight. 402 00:29:27,642 --> 00:29:29,393 What meeting? 403 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:31,729 Well, the meeting at the church. 404 00:29:31,896 --> 00:29:33,272 We're supposed to decide 405 00:29:33,439 --> 00:29:34,899 whether we're going to let kezia in the congregation. 406 00:29:35,066 --> 00:29:36,943 Oh. That meeting. 407 00:29:37,109 --> 00:29:39,612 I'll be there. 408 00:29:41,030 --> 00:29:42,657 Are you sure you're all right? 409 00:29:42,823 --> 00:29:45,409 Fine and dandy. 410 00:29:46,661 --> 00:29:47,578 See you tonight. 411 00:29:47,745 --> 00:29:50,164 You betcha, Charles! 412 00:30:01,175 --> 00:30:02,802 Oh. 413 00:30:25,700 --> 00:30:28,035 Be quiet. Go on. Get away. 414 00:30:37,294 --> 00:30:40,131 That's Jack's toy. Get away. 415 00:30:42,591 --> 00:30:43,843 I said get away! 416 00:30:44,010 --> 00:30:46,470 Go on. Get away. 417 00:31:07,783 --> 00:31:09,035 Get away. 418 00:31:09,201 --> 00:31:10,578 Go away. 419 00:31:10,745 --> 00:31:12,580 Shoo! 420 00:31:12,747 --> 00:31:14,206 Go away. 421 00:31:26,302 --> 00:31:27,595 I want to thank you, Charles, 422 00:31:27,762 --> 00:31:30,431 for helping me try to prevail upon them to reconsider, 423 00:31:30,598 --> 00:31:32,308 even if our pleas did fall on deaf ears. 424 00:31:32,475 --> 00:31:35,394 The way they carried on, you'd think she brought the plague to town. 425 00:31:35,561 --> 00:31:37,521 Well, I find myself caught in the middle of this. 426 00:31:37,688 --> 00:31:38,856 Minister of the congregation, 427 00:31:39,023 --> 00:31:41,776 I'm the Shepherd of the flock, but... 428 00:31:41,942 --> 00:31:45,738 If the flock won't take in one of its lost sheep, 429 00:31:45,905 --> 00:31:50,367 why, I must abide by their wishes or risk losing them all. 430 00:31:50,534 --> 00:31:53,287 You know, I wouldn't have said that when I was a younger man. 431 00:31:53,454 --> 00:31:54,997 Well, I'll tell her tomorrow. 432 00:31:55,164 --> 00:31:57,500 I'd rather it be me than to have them cast her out 433 00:31:57,666 --> 00:32:00,544 without a kind word or a blessing. 434 00:32:00,711 --> 00:32:02,588 I don't envy you, reverend. 435 00:32:02,755 --> 00:32:03,547 Good night. 436 00:32:03,714 --> 00:32:05,466 Good night, Charles. 437 00:32:33,077 --> 00:32:35,830 Nels. Huh? What? 438 00:32:42,086 --> 00:32:43,712 Nels? 439 00:32:43,879 --> 00:32:45,756 I vote nay. 440 00:32:45,923 --> 00:32:48,008 Nels, the meeting's over. Your wife's gone home. 441 00:32:48,175 --> 00:32:52,388 Oh, that explains why it's so quiet in here. 442 00:32:52,555 --> 00:32:54,014 Are you all right? 443 00:32:54,181 --> 00:32:57,101 Sure. I'm just thirsty, that's all. 444 00:32:57,268 --> 00:32:59,353 I need a drink of water. 445 00:33:23,002 --> 00:33:25,713 They're concerned about your welfare. 446 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:27,131 You don't have any protection 447 00:33:27,298 --> 00:33:28,674 against the cold winter months ahead. 448 00:33:28,841 --> 00:33:32,178 The cold you're talking about, reverend, 449 00:33:32,344 --> 00:33:34,972 has nothing to do with winter. 450 00:33:35,139 --> 00:33:41,103 Sounds to me like you're the one that's doing the protecting. 451 00:33:42,938 --> 00:33:44,815 Oh, don't get me wrong. 452 00:33:44,982 --> 00:33:46,650 I appreciate your calling, 453 00:33:46,817 --> 00:33:53,157 but you see, this isn't the first time I've been asked to move on, 454 00:33:53,324 --> 00:33:56,202 and I reckon it won't be the last. 455 00:33:56,368 --> 00:33:59,288 You see, I'm 80 years old. 456 00:33:59,455 --> 00:34:00,748 Outlived two husbands, 457 00:34:00,915 --> 00:34:03,167 been everywhere there is to be, 458 00:34:03,334 --> 00:34:05,836 seen everything there is to see, 459 00:34:06,003 --> 00:34:12,801 and the one thing I've found is the people are the same everywhere... 460 00:34:12,968 --> 00:34:16,722 Kind of set in their ways, 461 00:34:16,889 --> 00:34:21,435 afraid of anyone who's different to them. 462 00:34:21,602 --> 00:34:25,481 It's got nothing to do with being good or bad 463 00:34:25,648 --> 00:34:29,526 or generous or stingy. 464 00:34:29,693 --> 00:34:32,529 It's human nature. 465 00:34:34,156 --> 00:34:36,825 Don't ever change, kezia. 466 00:34:36,992 --> 00:34:40,204 It's the people who are different who move the mountains. 467 00:34:40,371 --> 00:34:42,748 Having lived as long as I have, 468 00:34:42,915 --> 00:34:45,376 I'm not about to, 469 00:34:45,542 --> 00:34:50,339 but I know when I don't belong. 470 00:34:50,506 --> 00:34:56,053 Only reason I stayed this long was the children. 471 00:34:56,220 --> 00:35:01,558 They reached out and made it all worthwhile. 472 00:35:02,851 --> 00:35:04,228 Where will you go? 473 00:35:04,395 --> 00:35:11,360 Uh... well, I don't right know at the moment, 474 00:35:11,527 --> 00:35:14,571 but don't you go worrying none, reverend. 475 00:35:14,738 --> 00:35:17,741 I'll get by. 476 00:35:18,909 --> 00:35:21,412 I'm sure you will, kezia. 477 00:35:22,913 --> 00:35:25,499 I'm sure you will. 478 00:35:27,418 --> 00:35:30,462 Well, I'd best be going. 479 00:35:31,839 --> 00:35:36,093 Mind you, don't forget to close the door. 480 00:36:09,126 --> 00:36:14,673 Pa! Ma said I could go into town a little bit early and visit with kezia. 481 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:16,508 All right, darlin'. We'll see you in church. 482 00:36:16,675 --> 00:36:19,136 Thanks, pa. 483 00:36:38,113 --> 00:36:41,950 Laura: Don't follow me! I don't want you! Go away! 484 00:36:42,117 --> 00:36:43,285 Go away! 485 00:36:43,452 --> 00:36:45,037 Go on! Get away! 486 00:36:46,914 --> 00:36:48,957 Go home! 487 00:36:49,124 --> 00:36:54,004 I don't want you following me. Now go home! 488 00:36:54,171 --> 00:36:58,092 Go home. 489 00:37:07,893 --> 00:37:09,019 Knock knock. 490 00:37:09,186 --> 00:37:11,939 Door's open. Come on in. 491 00:37:14,608 --> 00:37:19,613 Seems you were a mite cross with that there dog of yours. 492 00:37:19,780 --> 00:37:22,741 He's not my dog. He's a stray. 493 00:37:22,908 --> 00:37:24,326 Jack was my dog. 494 00:37:24,493 --> 00:37:28,789 He was the best dog in the whole world and smart, too. 495 00:37:28,956 --> 00:37:30,416 But he died. 496 00:37:31,875 --> 00:37:34,002 I know how you're feeling. 497 00:37:34,169 --> 00:37:39,591 Lost my first man whiskey Jake out at sea. 498 00:37:39,758 --> 00:37:45,681 I says, "kezia, there ain't no man on this earth 499 00:37:45,848 --> 00:37:50,018 that will ever fill his shoes." 500 00:37:50,185 --> 00:37:57,067 That was before I met smilin' Willie horn. 501 00:37:57,234 --> 00:38:03,073 You know, a person gets to be lonely. 502 00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:08,328 Gets hankering after being needed. 503 00:38:08,495 --> 00:38:10,873 But Jack and I had something special. 504 00:38:11,039 --> 00:38:12,499 No dog will ever take his place. 505 00:38:12,666 --> 00:38:16,795 That there heart of yours will always have a place for Jack. 506 00:38:16,962 --> 00:38:22,259 But I bet it's got a lot more room in it for loving. 507 00:38:22,426 --> 00:38:23,927 But I can't love some dumb old dog 508 00:38:24,094 --> 00:38:26,054 who goes around chasing his tail all the time. 509 00:38:26,221 --> 00:38:29,099 Pretty clever critter if you ask me. 510 00:38:29,266 --> 00:38:31,101 You wouldn't play with him, 511 00:38:31,268 --> 00:38:33,645 so he made do with what he had. 512 00:38:35,355 --> 00:38:38,233 Kind of like you pretending you have a real house 513 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:40,777 when you don't have any walls or a roof. 514 00:38:40,944 --> 00:38:45,657 You don't have to have walls and a roof to have hospitality. 515 00:38:49,077 --> 00:38:50,871 I wish you weren't going, kezia. 516 00:38:51,038 --> 00:38:54,833 Well, folks haven't taken too kindly to me. 517 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:59,421 I can't stay if I haven't got a home here. 518 00:38:59,588 --> 00:39:02,966 If you have a home, would you stay? 519 00:39:03,133 --> 00:39:05,260 Oh, there's a feeling... 520 00:39:05,427 --> 00:39:08,889 A feeling of belonging, of being needed. 521 00:39:09,056 --> 00:39:12,142 You're a lucky girl. You've got both. 522 00:39:12,309 --> 00:39:17,481 Me, well, uh, I'm kind of like that little mutt. 523 00:39:17,648 --> 00:39:20,317 I got a lot of loving to give, 524 00:39:20,484 --> 00:39:27,991 but I don't seem to kind of find people who will take it. 525 00:39:28,158 --> 00:39:33,872 I reckon bandit and me is different from most. 526 00:39:34,039 --> 00:39:38,335 Well, it ain't Christian for folks not to invite you into church. 527 00:39:38,502 --> 00:39:43,048 Oh, maybe. But it's no worse than driving off a little dog 528 00:39:43,215 --> 00:39:45,842 who just wants to love you, is it? 529 00:39:47,761 --> 00:39:50,138 No. 530 00:39:50,305 --> 00:39:53,100 It's just that... 531 00:39:53,267 --> 00:39:55,852 Oh, come on. Out with it. 532 00:39:57,312 --> 00:40:00,190 Well, I loved Jack so. 533 00:40:00,357 --> 00:40:02,859 When he died... 534 00:40:04,361 --> 00:40:10,242 Yes, and you're afraid to love bandit because he might die, 535 00:40:10,409 --> 00:40:14,121 and you'd hurt all over again. 536 00:40:14,288 --> 00:40:15,497 Yes'm. 537 00:40:15,664 --> 00:40:18,584 Well, let me tell you this, child. 538 00:40:18,750 --> 00:40:21,211 Hurting goes away. 539 00:40:21,378 --> 00:40:23,880 Love, never. 540 00:40:24,047 --> 00:40:29,177 Loving is the greatest gift the good lord gave us. 541 00:40:29,344 --> 00:40:31,597 Don't waste it. 542 00:40:31,763 --> 00:40:35,767 Not for a moment. 543 00:40:37,728 --> 00:40:39,187 I got to go find bandit. 544 00:40:39,354 --> 00:40:40,897 I'll be back. 545 00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:44,568 I love you. 546 00:40:44,735 --> 00:40:47,654 I love you, too, child. 547 00:40:47,821 --> 00:40:49,239 Now git. 548 00:40:49,406 --> 00:40:50,907 Ok. 549 00:41:07,716 --> 00:41:09,468 Bandit! 550 00:41:20,854 --> 00:41:22,731 Bandit! 551 00:41:28,278 --> 00:41:30,906 Bandit! 552 00:41:31,073 --> 00:41:32,532 Come on, bandit! 553 00:41:32,699 --> 00:41:33,867 Come on! 554 00:41:34,034 --> 00:41:35,786 Come on, bandit! 555 00:41:38,538 --> 00:41:40,791 Bandit! 556 00:41:56,264 --> 00:41:57,724 Bandit. 557 00:41:59,601 --> 00:42:02,062 Bandit! Come back! 558 00:42:02,229 --> 00:42:04,064 I didn't mean it! 559 00:42:04,231 --> 00:42:06,900 Please come back! 560 00:42:07,067 --> 00:42:10,070 Bandit... 561 00:42:10,237 --> 00:42:12,447 I do love you. 562 00:42:12,614 --> 00:42:14,408 I love you, bandit. 563 00:42:14,574 --> 00:42:17,160 Please don't be afraid. 564 00:42:17,327 --> 00:42:20,372 I love you. 565 00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:15,635 Bandit. 566 00:43:15,802 --> 00:43:17,429 My bandit. 567 00:43:19,681 --> 00:43:21,141 My bandit. 568 00:43:31,651 --> 00:43:33,195 Hey, uh, miss kezia? 569 00:44:15,779 --> 00:44:18,615 Come on, Polly. We're off. 570 00:44:22,786 --> 00:44:25,747 Come on, Clyde. Whenever you've a mind to. 571 00:44:25,914 --> 00:44:27,749 Come on. There. 572 00:45:06,329 --> 00:45:08,039 Laura: Reverend Alden? 573 00:45:08,206 --> 00:45:11,668 Reverend Alden, miss kezia's gone. 574 00:45:11,835 --> 00:45:14,504 We can't let her go. 575 00:45:14,671 --> 00:45:18,174 She left because she thought she didn't belong here. 576 00:45:18,341 --> 00:45:20,260 But she was wrong. 577 00:45:20,427 --> 00:45:23,638 We need her here. 578 00:45:23,805 --> 00:45:26,057 She's got so much love to give. 579 00:45:27,684 --> 00:45:31,062 She made me see I needed bandit as much as he needed me. 580 00:45:33,231 --> 00:45:37,193 She was good and kind to everyone who gave her half a chance. 581 00:45:38,278 --> 00:45:41,114 So what if she was different? 582 00:45:41,281 --> 00:45:42,699 We're all different. 583 00:45:42,866 --> 00:45:47,537 If we knocked on her make-believe door, she let us in. 584 00:45:47,704 --> 00:45:50,498 But when she knocked, nobody heard her. 585 00:45:52,375 --> 00:45:56,129 Seek and ye shall find. 586 00:45:56,296 --> 00:46:01,009 Knock and it shall be opened to you. 587 00:46:01,176 --> 00:46:06,181 He preached his gospel as he walked by the sea of galilee, 588 00:46:06,348 --> 00:46:08,516 talking of love and kindness. 589 00:46:09,935 --> 00:46:11,728 Healing the sick. 590 00:46:12,854 --> 00:46:16,024 Giving hope to the poor in spirit. 591 00:46:16,191 --> 00:46:22,072 As I stand before you, I ask you... 592 00:46:24,908 --> 00:46:28,244 If this gentle stranger... 593 00:46:28,411 --> 00:46:32,290 Who made the blind to see... 594 00:46:32,457 --> 00:46:34,626 And the lame to walk... 595 00:46:37,337 --> 00:46:41,549 If he were to come today to our town of walnut grove... 596 00:46:45,261 --> 00:46:48,598 Would you cast him out just because he was different? 597 00:46:51,643 --> 00:46:54,938 Mrs. Oleson: What we're talking about has already been voted on. 598 00:46:55,105 --> 00:46:57,691 Now, I for one am not about to change my vote. 599 00:46:57,857 --> 00:47:00,443 All in agreement, please raise your hands. 600 00:47:08,910 --> 00:47:12,497 Yahoo! Come on! Let's go get her! 601 00:47:47,323 --> 00:47:50,160 Laura: Kezia didn't leave walnut grove that day. 602 00:47:50,326 --> 00:47:52,662 She stayed with us for the rest of her years... 603 00:47:53,997 --> 00:47:55,373 And so did my dog... 604 00:47:55,540 --> 00:47:57,208 Bandit.