1 00:01:07,861 --> 00:01:10,155 You want to try, Carrie? 2 00:01:10,321 --> 00:01:11,740 Come on. 3 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:15,535 There you go. 4 00:01:15,702 --> 00:01:17,954 Come right down here by pa. 5 00:01:18,121 --> 00:01:20,874 Put your hand right there. 6 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:22,167 There you go. 7 00:01:22,333 --> 00:01:25,295 Oh'. What we getting? 8 00:02:12,717 --> 00:02:14,260 Charles: Well... 9 00:02:14,427 --> 00:02:16,137 Bet you can't guess what Carrie just did. 10 00:02:16,304 --> 00:02:17,972 Laura: What did she do, pa? 11 00:02:18,139 --> 00:02:19,140 Charles: Go ahead. Tell them. 12 00:02:19,307 --> 00:02:21,267 Carrie: I got to milk the cow'. 13 00:02:21,434 --> 00:02:22,310 Wow'. 14 00:02:22,477 --> 00:02:23,603 Charles: Real fine job, too. 15 00:02:23,770 --> 00:02:25,313 She's getting to be a big girl. 16 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:27,524 She'll be helping with all the chores soon. You'll see. 17 00:02:27,690 --> 00:02:30,777 Yeah. Want me to teach you how to clean out the chicken Coop? 18 00:02:30,944 --> 00:02:32,153 No'. 19 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,156 I thought you'd say that. 20 00:02:35,323 --> 00:02:38,243 Charles: I ought to finish cutting that big order today 21 00:02:38,409 --> 00:02:40,745 and have the rest of it shipped by tomorrow. 22 00:02:40,912 --> 00:02:42,872 Will you have to freight it into mankato? 23 00:02:43,039 --> 00:02:44,249 Yeah. Afraid so. 24 00:02:44,415 --> 00:02:46,042 Well, at least that's the end of it. 25 00:02:46,209 --> 00:02:47,627 Well, you think you're happy, 26 00:02:47,794 --> 00:02:49,128 you can imagine how hanson feels. 27 00:02:49,295 --> 00:02:51,589 He hasn't had a penny coming in for 2 months now. 28 00:02:51,756 --> 00:02:53,633 I'm surprised he'd make a deal like that. 29 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:55,760 It's like I told you, it's a big company. 30 00:02:55,927 --> 00:02:57,887 They pay when the order's complete and not before. 31 00:02:58,054 --> 00:03:00,348 It's either that or they give the contract to somebody else. 32 00:03:00,515 --> 00:03:03,059 I'm going to have 2 months' wages by the end of the week. 33 00:03:03,226 --> 00:03:04,561 We'll be rich, pa. 34 00:03:04,727 --> 00:03:07,522 Well, kind of. Just until I get to oleson's mercantile 35 00:03:07,689 --> 00:03:09,482 and pay back all the money I owe. 36 00:03:09,649 --> 00:03:11,609 Mmm, I'll be glad when you do. 37 00:03:11,776 --> 00:03:12,735 Every time I go in with the eggs, 38 00:03:12,902 --> 00:03:14,153 Mrs. Oleson spends all of her time 39 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:16,197 reminding me how much we owe. 40 00:03:16,364 --> 00:03:17,740 Ma, I need another paper tablet, 41 00:03:17,907 --> 00:03:20,326 and my pencil's down to where I can hardly hold it. 42 00:03:20,493 --> 00:03:21,870 Well, you'll just have to wait, dear. 43 00:03:22,036 --> 00:03:24,080 We can't charge anything until that bill is paid. 44 00:03:24,247 --> 00:03:25,999 It will just be a few more days, darling. 45 00:03:26,165 --> 00:03:28,626 My tablet's only halfway used, 46 00:03:28,793 --> 00:03:30,461 and my pencil's plenty long. 47 00:03:30,628 --> 00:03:34,132 Well, it wouldn't be if you did as much homework as your sister. 48 00:03:34,299 --> 00:03:35,800 Now, go on. Finish your breakfast. 49 00:03:35,967 --> 00:03:37,927 We'll ride into town together. 50 00:04:05,121 --> 00:04:06,164 Caroline: Good morning. 51 00:04:06,331 --> 00:04:08,541 Good morning, Mrs. Ingalls. 52 00:04:08,708 --> 00:04:11,044 Caroline: How are you today, Mrs. Oleson? 53 00:04:11,210 --> 00:04:14,881 Oh, my back is killing me again. 54 00:04:15,048 --> 00:04:18,343 And again and again. 55 00:04:18,509 --> 00:04:20,345 Did you say something, nels? 56 00:04:20,511 --> 00:04:21,721 Oh, no. No, dear. 57 00:04:21,888 --> 00:04:24,682 I was, uh... Just, uh, checking these shoe sizes. 58 00:04:24,849 --> 00:04:27,393 And a 10 and a 10. 59 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:29,896 Nels: Oversight. 60 00:04:30,063 --> 00:04:31,564 2 dozen today. 61 00:04:31,731 --> 00:04:33,983 Just credit it to our account. 62 00:04:35,151 --> 00:04:37,070 At this rate, I'll be dead and buried 63 00:04:37,236 --> 00:04:39,072 by the time this is paid for. 64 00:04:39,238 --> 00:04:40,490 Oh, my husband says that... 65 00:04:40,657 --> 00:04:42,533 You must realize, of course, Mrs. Ingalls, 66 00:04:42,700 --> 00:04:44,452 that everything that you purchase here 67 00:04:44,619 --> 00:04:47,580 has already been paid for by us... Months ago. 68 00:04:47,747 --> 00:04:49,082 I understand that. 69 00:04:49,248 --> 00:04:52,460 Well, now, no one extends credit to us, Mrs. Ingalls. 70 00:04:52,627 --> 00:04:54,462 It's cash... Hard cash. 71 00:04:54,629 --> 00:04:56,464 That's the way we operate. 72 00:04:56,631 --> 00:04:57,548 I know. 73 00:04:57,715 --> 00:04:59,968 We're not running a charity here. 74 00:05:00,134 --> 00:05:01,928 I know. My husband said to... 75 00:05:02,095 --> 00:05:03,096 I don't think it's very fair of you 76 00:05:03,262 --> 00:05:08,685 to take advantage of a friendship. 77 00:05:08,851 --> 00:05:10,603 I could hardly take advantage of something 78 00:05:10,770 --> 00:05:11,688 that doesn't exist. 79 00:05:12,897 --> 00:05:14,941 Well'. That's gratitude for you'. 80 00:05:15,108 --> 00:05:16,651 No'. That's true'. 81 00:05:16,818 --> 00:05:19,445 No, you let me tell you something, Mrs. Ingalls'. 82 00:05:19,612 --> 00:05:21,364 Caroline: No, let me tell you something, Mrs. Oleson. 83 00:05:21,531 --> 00:05:24,534 My husband will be in to pay the bill in full by the end of the week. 84 00:05:24,701 --> 00:05:25,451 Well... 85 00:05:25,618 --> 00:05:27,120 Good day, Mrs. Oleson. 86 00:05:27,286 --> 00:05:28,204 Come on, Carrie. 87 00:05:28,371 --> 00:05:29,455 But... 88 00:05:39,966 --> 00:05:41,134 Charles? 89 00:05:41,300 --> 00:05:42,301 Yeah? 90 00:05:42,468 --> 00:05:45,096 Letter from the bank in mankato. 91 00:05:45,263 --> 00:05:48,641 Bank's construction company is bankrupt. 92 00:05:48,808 --> 00:05:50,226 What? 93 00:05:50,393 --> 00:05:52,353 See for yourself. 94 00:05:56,816 --> 00:05:59,235 But all that work, all the lumber we shipped... 95 00:05:59,402 --> 00:06:01,362 They got to pay us something. 96 00:06:01,529 --> 00:06:02,864 Oh, yeah, sure, 97 00:06:03,031 --> 00:06:04,699 but they've got to pay their other creditors, too. 98 00:06:04,866 --> 00:06:08,244 That takes time, and then you get only pennies on the dollar. 99 00:06:10,747 --> 00:06:12,081 I'm sorry. 100 00:06:12,248 --> 00:06:15,918 So am I. They won't pay me, and I can't pay you. 101 00:06:16,085 --> 00:06:19,464 I was counting on that money, same as you were. 102 00:06:19,630 --> 00:06:22,550 I wish there was something I could do, 103 00:06:22,717 --> 00:06:24,093 but till this is settled, 104 00:06:24,260 --> 00:06:26,971 I got to close down the mill. 105 00:06:54,791 --> 00:06:57,502 I didn't expect you so early. 106 00:07:00,421 --> 00:07:03,883 I really had it out with Mrs. Oleson today. 107 00:07:04,050 --> 00:07:07,887 She just kept going on and on about the bill. 108 00:07:08,054 --> 00:07:11,224 She wouldn't let me get a word in edgewise. 109 00:07:11,390 --> 00:07:15,061 You should have seen the look on her face when I told her... 110 00:07:22,276 --> 00:07:24,570 Stay here, Carrie. 111 00:08:31,345 --> 00:08:32,805 What are you doing? 112 00:08:32,972 --> 00:08:35,516 Biting off a hangnail. 113 00:08:35,683 --> 00:08:37,727 Were you asleep? 114 00:08:37,894 --> 00:08:39,353 No. 115 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:41,147 I can't sleep. 116 00:08:42,190 --> 00:08:44,150 Neither can I. 117 00:08:49,363 --> 00:08:51,782 Pa looked so sad tonight. 118 00:08:51,949 --> 00:08:53,201 I know. 119 00:08:53,367 --> 00:08:55,119 It's just not fair... 120 00:08:55,286 --> 00:08:58,206 Working so hard, and then this happens. 121 00:08:59,665 --> 00:09:04,003 I can always tell when pa is sad by the way he plays the fiddle. 122 00:09:04,170 --> 00:09:07,506 It almost sounds like the fiddle's crying. 123 00:09:07,673 --> 00:09:10,760 It seems like the sadness comes right out of his fingers 124 00:09:10,927 --> 00:09:13,304 onto the strings. 125 00:09:13,471 --> 00:09:15,431 There must be some way we can help. 126 00:09:15,598 --> 00:09:16,891 But how? 127 00:09:17,058 --> 00:09:18,684 I don't know. 128 00:09:19,977 --> 00:09:20,978 Well, maybe when we're asleep, 129 00:09:21,145 --> 00:09:23,189 an idea will creep into our heads. 130 00:09:23,356 --> 00:09:25,566 Maybe. Good night. 131 00:09:25,733 --> 00:09:27,360 Good night. 132 00:09:30,112 --> 00:09:33,866 Mary? 133 00:09:34,033 --> 00:09:36,410 If an idea creeps into your head tonight, 134 00:09:36,577 --> 00:09:38,287 will you wake me up and tell me? 135 00:09:38,454 --> 00:09:40,039 I won't be able to. 136 00:09:40,206 --> 00:09:41,082 Why not? 137 00:09:41,249 --> 00:09:42,708 Because I'll be asleep. 138 00:09:42,875 --> 00:09:44,627 Oh, yeah. 139 00:09:44,794 --> 00:09:46,629 See you in the morning. 140 00:10:15,658 --> 00:10:17,576 You can't sleep? 141 00:10:17,743 --> 00:10:18,828 No. 142 00:10:21,956 --> 00:10:25,459 How would you like me to heat some milk? 143 00:10:25,626 --> 00:10:28,254 Hmm. No. 144 00:10:31,507 --> 00:10:33,926 Everything is going to be all right. 145 00:10:34,093 --> 00:10:36,262 We've been through worse than this. 146 00:10:36,429 --> 00:10:38,848 I know that. It's... 147 00:10:39,015 --> 00:10:40,933 Just that you plan on something, 148 00:10:41,100 --> 00:10:43,936 two months' wages, and then nothing. 149 00:10:44,103 --> 00:10:45,271 I can't pay oleson, 150 00:10:45,438 --> 00:10:47,606 first time in my life I couldn't meet a debt. 151 00:10:47,773 --> 00:10:49,275 Isn't your fault. 152 00:10:49,442 --> 00:10:52,111 Well, it is in the fact that I ran up the debt. 153 00:10:52,278 --> 00:10:54,697 I was just so sure of that money. 154 00:10:57,158 --> 00:11:00,411 Sometimes I think we were better off alone on the prairie. 155 00:11:00,578 --> 00:11:03,039 We just had to depend on ourselves, 156 00:11:03,205 --> 00:11:05,124 nobody else. 157 00:11:06,667 --> 00:11:11,172 Maybe it's god's way of punishing me for wanting too much. 158 00:11:11,339 --> 00:11:14,050 Oh, or his way of testing you 159 00:11:14,216 --> 00:11:16,927 to see if you're worthy of his love. 160 00:11:22,224 --> 00:11:23,976 I just hope I'm worthy of yours. 161 00:11:24,143 --> 00:11:26,062 Oh... 162 00:11:28,314 --> 00:11:31,359 I'll find work tomorrow. You wait and see. 163 00:11:31,525 --> 00:11:34,403 I wasn't worried. 164 00:11:36,739 --> 00:11:39,116 Now, how about that milk? 165 00:11:39,283 --> 00:11:41,702 I'd love some. 166 00:11:56,801 --> 00:11:58,719 Tomorrow. 167 00:12:01,889 --> 00:12:03,307 Caroline: All ready when you are. 168 00:12:03,474 --> 00:12:04,767 I don't know why you don't let me take the eggs 169 00:12:04,934 --> 00:12:06,519 into town for you, save you that walk back. 170 00:12:06,685 --> 00:12:10,564 Carrie and I like the walk, especially on a beautiful day. 171 00:12:10,731 --> 00:12:11,899 I have to stop in oleson's, 172 00:12:12,066 --> 00:12:13,651 tell them I can't pay the bill I owe. 173 00:12:13,818 --> 00:12:16,612 I thought you would. 174 00:12:16,779 --> 00:12:18,531 Charles: After what you said to Mrs. Oleson the other day, 175 00:12:18,697 --> 00:12:19,490 I just thought... 176 00:12:19,657 --> 00:12:21,117 I know what you thought. 177 00:12:21,283 --> 00:12:22,368 Why put off till tomorrow 178 00:12:22,535 --> 00:12:24,328 what's bound to come sooner or later? 179 00:12:24,495 --> 00:12:26,330 Well, she's not going to be easy on you, you know. 180 00:12:26,497 --> 00:12:27,832 I hope she isn't. 181 00:12:27,998 --> 00:12:29,917 If she were nice about it, I'd have to like her, 182 00:12:30,084 --> 00:12:33,712 and that would ruin my whole day. 183 00:12:33,879 --> 00:12:34,964 Hyah'. 184 00:12:49,979 --> 00:12:51,230 Nels: Good morning, Charles, Mrs. Ingalls. 185 00:12:51,397 --> 00:12:54,233 Charles: Good morning, nels, Mrs. Oleson. 186 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,570 Good morning, Mr. Ingalls, Mrs. Ingalls. 187 00:12:57,736 --> 00:12:58,487 2 dozen. 188 00:12:58,654 --> 00:13:00,948 You're 2 days early. 189 00:13:01,115 --> 00:13:04,743 We weren't expecting you until the end of the week, Mr. Ingalls. 190 00:13:04,910 --> 00:13:06,704 Harriet. 191 00:13:06,871 --> 00:13:07,746 Well... 192 00:13:07,913 --> 00:13:09,915 I'm only repeating what I was told. 193 00:13:10,082 --> 00:13:12,751 Isn't that correct, Mrs. Ingalls? 194 00:13:14,253 --> 00:13:15,629 It is correct. 195 00:13:15,796 --> 00:13:19,216 Well, we ran into hanson this morning. He told us what happened. 196 00:13:19,383 --> 00:13:21,051 Look, nels, I'm sorry. 197 00:13:21,218 --> 00:13:22,887 I don't know when I'm going to be able to pay the bill. 198 00:13:23,053 --> 00:13:23,929 It will be as quick as I can. 199 00:13:24,096 --> 00:13:25,097 Aw, I know that. 200 00:13:25,264 --> 00:13:28,100 But not by the end of the week, I take it. 201 00:13:28,267 --> 00:13:29,894 No, I'm afraid not, Mrs. Oleson. 202 00:13:30,060 --> 00:13:31,187 Nels, I'd appreciate it 203 00:13:31,353 --> 00:13:32,605 if I could just keep my account open here. 204 00:13:32,771 --> 00:13:34,273 I won't be charging much, just necessities. 205 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:35,232 Certainly. 206 00:13:35,399 --> 00:13:37,610 Harriet: Now, just a moment. 207 00:13:37,776 --> 00:13:41,071 You already owe us a tidy sum, 208 00:13:41,238 --> 00:13:44,450 and now you want to charge more? 209 00:13:44,617 --> 00:13:45,451 Harriet'. 210 00:13:45,618 --> 00:13:48,120 Well, I am speaking, nels'. 211 00:13:48,287 --> 00:13:52,541 Now, you are not the one who was insulted by Mrs. Ingalls here. 212 00:13:54,335 --> 00:13:57,171 If you expect charity from us 213 00:13:57,338 --> 00:13:58,631 and want to keep your account open, 214 00:13:58,797 --> 00:14:02,551 then I expect a full apology from your wife here 215 00:14:02,718 --> 00:14:05,095 for the remarks that she made to me yesterday. 216 00:14:05,262 --> 00:14:07,389 Harriet, please. 217 00:14:07,556 --> 00:14:10,601 I am waiting, Mrs. Ingalls. 218 00:14:11,936 --> 00:14:13,979 Well, you're going to have a long wait, Mrs. Oleson. 219 00:14:14,146 --> 00:14:16,023 I'll pay that bill as soon as I can, nels. 220 00:14:16,190 --> 00:14:18,150 Oh, I know that, Charles. I'm sorry. 221 00:14:18,317 --> 00:14:19,318 I understand. 222 00:14:19,485 --> 00:14:20,819 Come on, Caroline. 223 00:14:20,986 --> 00:14:23,739 "Pride cometh before destruction 224 00:14:23,906 --> 00:14:25,616 and a haughty spirit before a fall"... 225 00:14:25,783 --> 00:14:27,785 Proverbs 16:18. 226 00:14:27,952 --> 00:14:30,663 It is "pride goeth before destruction," 227 00:14:30,829 --> 00:14:32,081 Mrs. Oleson, and as for the rest of it, 228 00:14:32,248 --> 00:14:33,499 I'd fall in the Grand Canyon 229 00:14:33,666 --> 00:14:35,960 before I'd let my wife go begging to you. 230 00:14:43,092 --> 00:14:46,345 Ah, I like the idea of having the stables clean 231 00:14:46,512 --> 00:14:48,138 and the horses cared for. 232 00:14:48,305 --> 00:14:51,308 I just can't afford the luxury of paying somebody to do it. 233 00:14:51,475 --> 00:14:53,102 It would give you a lot of free time for other things. 234 00:14:53,269 --> 00:14:54,603 Ah, true enough, but... 235 00:14:54,770 --> 00:14:56,981 Aw, dad burn it, Charles, to tell you the truth, 236 00:14:57,147 --> 00:14:58,732 the money I could offer is so small 237 00:14:58,899 --> 00:15:00,901 that, well, I'm just too embarrassed to even mention it. 238 00:15:01,068 --> 00:15:03,862 Try me, hans. I need the work. 239 00:15:04,029 --> 00:15:05,906 How long do you figure it would take you 240 00:15:06,073 --> 00:15:08,409 to clean and curry each day? 241 00:15:08,576 --> 00:15:11,370 I'd say 2, 3 hours at the most. 242 00:15:11,537 --> 00:15:14,915 25 cents a day, and I wish it was more. 243 00:15:15,082 --> 00:15:18,043 Don't apologize for giving me a job. I'll start tomorrow. 244 00:15:18,210 --> 00:15:19,837 Good enough. 245 00:15:20,004 --> 00:15:21,714 You don't know anybody else needs any work done at their place, do you? 246 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:24,466 No, not offhand, but if I hear of anything, I'll let you know. 247 00:15:24,633 --> 00:15:26,552 Thank you. Say hello to the missus. 248 00:15:26,719 --> 00:15:28,512 Yeah. You do the same. 249 00:16:14,266 --> 00:16:15,726 Hey, Charles'. 250 00:16:15,893 --> 00:16:17,311 Makay'. 251 00:16:20,731 --> 00:16:22,107 How are you? 252 00:16:22,274 --> 00:16:25,611 Hey'. Tell me what brings you out this way. 253 00:16:25,778 --> 00:16:26,737 Well, I was hoping I could get a little work 254 00:16:26,904 --> 00:16:28,155 with you on the pug mill 255 00:16:28,322 --> 00:16:29,490 now that your boy's going to school full-time, 256 00:16:29,657 --> 00:16:31,075 and I see you got a problem. 257 00:16:31,241 --> 00:16:33,744 Yeah. Well, it must be an underground spring or something. 258 00:16:33,911 --> 00:16:36,038 I don't know. It just seemed to happen overnight. 259 00:16:36,205 --> 00:16:37,247 What are you going to do? 260 00:16:37,414 --> 00:16:39,416 I'll have to build me a new pug mill. 261 00:16:39,583 --> 00:16:41,460 I'd be much obliged if I could help you build it. 262 00:16:41,627 --> 00:16:42,628 I need a job. 263 00:16:42,795 --> 00:16:45,130 Why, sure. I couldn't find a better man. 264 00:16:45,297 --> 00:16:47,341 I'll let you know as soon as I get started. 265 00:16:47,508 --> 00:16:49,176 When do you think it will be? 266 00:16:49,343 --> 00:16:50,719 It will have to be after winter. 267 00:16:50,886 --> 00:16:52,805 I couldn't get anything done before the snow flies, 268 00:16:52,971 --> 00:16:55,391 so I'll just have to wait it out. 269 00:16:55,557 --> 00:16:57,101 Well, let me know when you want to get started. 270 00:16:57,267 --> 00:16:59,812 Sure. Hey, listen, come in the house and have a bit of cider. 271 00:16:59,978 --> 00:17:01,313 No. I've got a lot to do. Thank you. 272 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:03,190 All right. I'll see you. 273 00:17:36,223 --> 00:17:38,267 Well, I see you've changed your mind about the cider. 274 00:17:38,434 --> 00:17:39,977 No, no. I didn't. I just wanted to find out... 275 00:17:40,144 --> 00:17:41,645 What's it going to cost you to build that new pug mill? 276 00:17:41,812 --> 00:17:45,107 Oh, I don't know exactly, but like I said, 277 00:17:45,274 --> 00:17:46,608 I'm not going to start till after winter. 278 00:17:46,775 --> 00:17:48,277 I know that, but what if you could use the old one? 279 00:17:48,444 --> 00:17:51,530 Have you figured out a way for me mule to work underwater? 280 00:17:51,697 --> 00:17:53,907 No, but I think I can get it drained. 281 00:17:54,074 --> 00:17:55,743 Oh, I don't know. 282 00:17:55,909 --> 00:17:57,161 That... 283 00:17:58,996 --> 00:18:00,330 That would be a tougher job 284 00:18:00,497 --> 00:18:01,540 than building a new pug mill. 285 00:18:01,707 --> 00:18:04,209 I need the work now. 286 00:18:04,376 --> 00:18:05,961 Why, I don't know. 287 00:18:06,128 --> 00:18:08,464 Look, I'll tell you what. I'll not only drain the pug mill, 288 00:18:08,630 --> 00:18:10,174 I'll dig you irrigation ditches 289 00:18:10,340 --> 00:18:13,677 so you can plant that field next to it with any crop you want. 290 00:18:13,844 --> 00:18:14,803 You think you can do that? 291 00:18:14,970 --> 00:18:17,806 I'd sure like to give it a try. 292 00:18:17,973 --> 00:18:19,308 You know, if it don't work out, 293 00:18:19,475 --> 00:18:20,392 I can't pay you anything. 294 00:18:20,559 --> 00:18:22,269 That's fair enough. 295 00:18:22,436 --> 00:18:24,688 Hmm. 296 00:18:24,855 --> 00:18:26,815 All right. Come in the house. 297 00:18:26,982 --> 00:18:29,860 We'll figure the cost of the new mill, and I'll see what I can pay. 298 00:18:45,918 --> 00:18:47,586 Well... 299 00:18:47,753 --> 00:18:49,296 If everything goes all right at makay's, 300 00:18:49,463 --> 00:18:50,339 it's going to take me 3 months 301 00:18:50,506 --> 00:18:51,965 to pay the oleson bill, 302 00:18:52,132 --> 00:18:54,009 and that's doing without. 303 00:18:55,636 --> 00:18:59,056 Well, Mr. Oleson said that he was willing to extend a little credit. 304 00:18:59,223 --> 00:19:01,517 No, and not on your life, 305 00:19:01,683 --> 00:19:03,519 not after what that woman had to say. 306 00:19:03,685 --> 00:19:04,770 I'll tell you something else. 307 00:19:04,937 --> 00:19:05,979 Once we pay the bill at the oleson's, 308 00:19:06,146 --> 00:19:07,564 from now on, anything we purchase there 309 00:19:07,731 --> 00:19:09,942 is going to be cash on the barrel. Is that understood? 310 00:19:10,108 --> 00:19:11,902 It's not only understood, 311 00:19:12,069 --> 00:19:14,696 it's what we hoped you'd say. 312 00:19:14,863 --> 00:19:17,282 Now we have something we want to say to you. 313 00:19:19,243 --> 00:19:22,162 Pa, I talked to Mrs. Whipple today. 314 00:19:22,329 --> 00:19:23,914 She's getting older, and... 315 00:19:24,081 --> 00:19:25,666 Well, her fingers just don't do 316 00:19:25,833 --> 00:19:28,126 everything they used to with a needle and thread. 317 00:19:28,293 --> 00:19:30,087 Anyway, I asked if she could use me 318 00:19:30,254 --> 00:19:31,922 full-time for a while instead of just part-time, 319 00:19:32,089 --> 00:19:33,841 and she said she sure could. 320 00:19:34,007 --> 00:19:36,301 What are you telling me, young lady? That you want to quit school and go to work? 321 00:19:36,468 --> 00:19:40,514 It's only for a little while, until we catch up. 322 00:19:40,681 --> 00:19:42,182 Laura can bring my homework home. 323 00:19:42,349 --> 00:19:44,309 And I can do Mary's chores. 324 00:19:44,476 --> 00:19:46,436 And ma and I could sell the vegetables. 325 00:19:46,603 --> 00:19:49,857 And we can plant a double-size potato crop for winter store. 326 00:19:50,023 --> 00:19:51,900 And I can milk the cow. 327 00:19:52,067 --> 00:19:55,237 We can do it, pa. We can help. 328 00:19:55,404 --> 00:19:57,739 Please let us help, pa. 329 00:20:22,556 --> 00:20:23,682 What a family. 330 00:20:25,684 --> 00:20:27,227 It does make a man proud. 331 00:20:27,394 --> 00:20:29,062 Then you'll let us? 332 00:20:31,899 --> 00:20:33,567 I couldn't do it without you. 333 00:21:56,108 --> 00:21:57,859 Reverend: Thank you, Charles. 334 00:21:58,026 --> 00:22:00,612 Reverend, I'm sorry. I didn't see you standing there. 335 00:22:00,779 --> 00:22:01,780 How are you? 336 00:22:01,947 --> 00:22:03,657 Fine. I heard you were working out here, 337 00:22:03,824 --> 00:22:05,200 and I was making a few visits out this way. 338 00:22:05,367 --> 00:22:06,702 I thought I'd stop and say hello. 339 00:22:06,868 --> 00:22:08,120 Well, I'm glad you did. 340 00:22:08,286 --> 00:22:11,707 Give me an excuse to sit down for a minute. 341 00:22:11,873 --> 00:22:13,709 You got a thirst? It's cold. 342 00:22:13,875 --> 00:22:15,544 No. No, thank you. 343 00:22:15,711 --> 00:22:18,130 Charles, every place I stop, I'm obliged to have a cup of tea, 344 00:22:18,296 --> 00:22:19,464 and by the time the day's over, 345 00:22:19,631 --> 00:22:20,632 I'm sloshing around like a water trough. 346 00:22:24,928 --> 00:22:28,140 Charles, I spoke to nels oleson this morning. 347 00:22:28,306 --> 00:22:29,266 Oh. 348 00:22:29,433 --> 00:22:31,309 He's the real reason I'm out here. 349 00:22:31,476 --> 00:22:32,894 He wanted to come by himself, 350 00:22:33,061 --> 00:22:34,563 but he just couldn't bring himself to do it. 351 00:22:34,730 --> 00:22:36,481 I understand. 352 00:22:36,648 --> 00:22:39,234 He feels very bad about what happened. He asked me to tell you that. 353 00:22:39,401 --> 00:22:41,987 Well, what happened had nothing to do with nels. 354 00:22:42,154 --> 00:22:43,405 I don't have any grudge against him. 355 00:22:43,572 --> 00:22:46,324 Good. I'll tell him that. 356 00:22:46,491 --> 00:22:49,411 And, Charles, try not to think too unkindly of his wife. 357 00:22:49,578 --> 00:22:52,706 There's good in all people. 358 00:22:52,873 --> 00:22:55,667 Just a little bit harder to find in some. 359 00:22:55,834 --> 00:22:57,627 I know what you mean, reverend. 360 00:22:57,794 --> 00:22:59,838 And we're doing fine. 361 00:23:00,005 --> 00:23:02,632 I think the good lord gives us hard times now and then 362 00:23:02,799 --> 00:23:04,301 just so we can appreciate the good ones. 363 00:23:04,468 --> 00:23:07,220 Sometimes I think you missed your calling, Charles. 364 00:23:07,387 --> 00:23:08,764 You should have been a minister. 365 00:23:08,930 --> 00:23:10,515 Couldn't handle it, reverend. I don't like tea. 366 00:23:11,850 --> 00:23:13,602 Well, I'll let you get back to work. 367 00:23:13,769 --> 00:23:16,021 Say hello to the family for me. 368 00:23:16,188 --> 00:23:18,482 I will. See you Sunday. 369 00:23:43,215 --> 00:23:44,424 All done, hans. 370 00:23:44,591 --> 00:23:45,884 Hans: Oh, thank you, Charles. 371 00:23:46,051 --> 00:23:47,761 How's it going over at makay's? 372 00:23:47,928 --> 00:23:49,554 I'm heading back there now. 373 00:23:49,721 --> 00:23:51,807 I wouldn't want to trade you jobs. 374 00:23:53,517 --> 00:23:55,811 I don't blame you. 375 00:23:58,230 --> 00:23:59,815 Aah'. 376 00:24:02,317 --> 00:24:03,944 Good day, Mrs. Oleson. 377 00:24:13,745 --> 00:24:14,996 Caroline, supper was delicious. 378 00:24:15,163 --> 00:24:16,748 I hope you've got room for berries. 379 00:24:16,915 --> 00:24:17,916 I picked a whole mess of them. 380 00:24:18,083 --> 00:24:20,585 I've always got room for berries. 381 00:24:20,752 --> 00:24:22,587 I want sugar on mine. 382 00:24:22,754 --> 00:24:24,089 Not tonight, dear. 383 00:24:24,256 --> 00:24:26,174 Oh, let her have a little sugar. It won't hurt her. 384 00:24:26,341 --> 00:24:27,634 There isn't any more. 385 00:24:30,303 --> 00:24:33,974 No tea, no sugar. 386 00:24:34,141 --> 00:24:36,893 It's nothing we can't do without. 387 00:24:37,060 --> 00:24:38,603 It's not the doing without that bothers me. 388 00:24:38,770 --> 00:24:41,773 It's having to... I mean, after all we've worked. 389 00:24:41,940 --> 00:24:43,191 Everything you've gone through, 390 00:24:43,358 --> 00:24:45,443 I can't even give you a little tea and sugar. 391 00:24:45,610 --> 00:24:47,529 It won't be for long. 392 00:24:47,696 --> 00:24:51,199 Besides, you always said sugar was bad for your teeth, pa. 393 00:24:53,118 --> 00:24:55,078 Well, if you're all not complaining, I guess I shouldn't. 394 00:24:55,245 --> 00:24:58,623 Ok, we'll have some berries and a cup of coffee. 395 00:24:58,790 --> 00:25:01,668 How about just some berries? 396 00:25:03,962 --> 00:25:06,590 That was the last of the coffee this morning. 397 00:25:06,756 --> 00:25:07,966 You always said too much coffee 398 00:25:08,133 --> 00:25:09,301 makes it hard for you to sleep. 399 00:25:09,467 --> 00:25:12,179 It's true. You did say that, pa. 400 00:25:12,345 --> 00:25:15,515 I did say that. 401 00:25:15,682 --> 00:25:17,851 Well, if the good lord provided us with berries and Laura picked them, 402 00:25:18,018 --> 00:25:19,477 I think we ought to eat them. 403 00:25:19,644 --> 00:25:22,772 Bowls, please. 404 00:26:01,853 --> 00:26:03,230 Laura. 405 00:26:03,396 --> 00:26:05,690 Yes, miss beadle? 406 00:26:05,857 --> 00:26:07,192 Laura, you didn't turn in 407 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:08,693 your assignment again today. 408 00:26:08,860 --> 00:26:11,112 Now, that's 2 in a row. 409 00:26:11,279 --> 00:26:12,197 I know. 410 00:26:12,364 --> 00:26:13,865 But that's not like you. 411 00:26:14,032 --> 00:26:15,533 What's the matter? 412 00:26:15,700 --> 00:26:18,828 It... it's nothing. 413 00:26:18,995 --> 00:26:20,622 Sit down, Laura. 414 00:26:23,541 --> 00:26:26,044 Now, we're friends, aren't we? 415 00:26:26,211 --> 00:26:27,045 Yeah. 416 00:26:27,212 --> 00:26:28,546 Well, when you have a problem, 417 00:26:28,713 --> 00:26:29,965 you should be able to tell a friend, shouldn't you? 418 00:26:30,131 --> 00:26:32,676 Yes, ma'am. 419 00:26:32,842 --> 00:26:34,344 Well, what is it? 420 00:26:34,511 --> 00:26:39,224 Well, I don't have any more tablet paper left. 421 00:26:39,391 --> 00:26:42,769 I would have done the assignments, honest, 422 00:26:42,936 --> 00:26:44,938 but I didn't have anything to write them on. 423 00:26:45,105 --> 00:26:48,984 I see. Well, I'll tell you. 424 00:26:49,150 --> 00:26:50,235 I was just on my way over 425 00:26:50,402 --> 00:26:51,361 to oleson's mercantile 426 00:26:51,528 --> 00:26:52,404 to get some more tablets for school. 427 00:26:52,570 --> 00:26:53,905 Why don't I just pick up 428 00:26:54,072 --> 00:26:55,407 2 extra for you and Mary? 429 00:26:55,573 --> 00:26:57,867 Oh, no, ma'am. I couldn't let you do that. 430 00:26:58,034 --> 00:26:59,995 Now, wait a minute. I wasn't through. 431 00:27:00,161 --> 00:27:02,289 If I get you the tablets, 432 00:27:02,455 --> 00:27:03,331 you have to promise me 433 00:27:03,498 --> 00:27:04,833 you'll get me some chalk... 434 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,251 Someday when I need it. 435 00:27:06,418 --> 00:27:07,419 Promise? 436 00:27:07,585 --> 00:27:10,672 I promise. 437 00:27:12,716 --> 00:27:14,050 That's too hard. 438 00:27:14,217 --> 00:27:15,969 It will be harder next time. 439 00:27:16,136 --> 00:27:17,637 Oh, yeah? 440 00:27:17,804 --> 00:27:18,888 Hey. 441 00:27:19,055 --> 00:27:21,182 Look who's coming. 442 00:27:41,286 --> 00:27:42,287 Miss beadle? 443 00:27:42,454 --> 00:27:43,538 Yes, Laura? 444 00:27:43,705 --> 00:27:45,290 I'd just as soon wait outside, 445 00:27:45,457 --> 00:27:46,458 if you don't mind. 446 00:27:46,624 --> 00:27:48,251 Of course not. 447 00:27:50,295 --> 00:27:51,171 Both: Hi, miss beadle. 448 00:27:51,338 --> 00:27:52,922 Hello. 449 00:28:01,431 --> 00:28:02,891 I wonder why Laura Ingalls 450 00:28:03,058 --> 00:28:04,851 doesn't come in the store anymore. 451 00:28:05,018 --> 00:28:07,312 Because she's too poor to buy anything. 452 00:28:07,479 --> 00:28:08,813 That's why. 453 00:28:08,980 --> 00:28:10,440 So's her father. 454 00:28:10,607 --> 00:28:12,359 He can't even pay what he owes in the store. 455 00:28:12,525 --> 00:28:13,401 Yeah. 456 00:28:13,568 --> 00:28:15,987 Can't get a decent job, either. 457 00:28:16,154 --> 00:28:19,449 All he does is dig in the mud and clean up after horses. 458 00:28:19,616 --> 00:28:21,326 My pa works hard'. 459 00:28:21,493 --> 00:28:22,452 So does a mule. 460 00:28:22,619 --> 00:28:24,788 You take that back. 461 00:28:24,954 --> 00:28:26,706 Nellie: I will not. 462 00:28:26,873 --> 00:28:28,792 My mother says she's glad your father doesn't come in the store anymore 463 00:28:28,958 --> 00:28:30,168 because he smells bad. 464 00:28:30,335 --> 00:28:31,836 He smells like a dirty stable. 465 00:28:32,003 --> 00:28:34,839 That's all he's good for... cleaning up after horses. 466 00:28:40,845 --> 00:28:42,931 Laura'. 467 00:28:46,518 --> 00:28:48,019 What's the matter with Laura? 468 00:28:48,186 --> 00:28:49,396 I don't know, miss beadle. 469 00:28:49,562 --> 00:28:51,022 We just said hello, and the next thing I knew, 470 00:28:51,189 --> 00:28:52,857 she just up and ran off. Isn't that right, Willie? 471 00:28:53,024 --> 00:28:54,901 Yeah. She just up and ran off. 472 00:28:55,068 --> 00:28:57,529 Well, we have to get started on our homework, miss beadle. 473 00:28:57,695 --> 00:28:59,406 Bye. 474 00:29:13,628 --> 00:29:14,879 Charles: Miss beadle. 475 00:29:15,046 --> 00:29:16,297 Mr. Ingalls. 476 00:29:16,464 --> 00:29:20,009 I'm surprised you recognize me with my dirt suit on. 477 00:29:21,386 --> 00:29:22,720 Is something wrong? 478 00:29:22,887 --> 00:29:24,180 I hope not. 479 00:29:24,347 --> 00:29:26,724 It's Laura. 480 00:29:26,891 --> 00:29:30,895 She failed to turn in her homework assignment for the last 2 days, 481 00:29:31,062 --> 00:29:32,147 and when I asked her why, 482 00:29:32,313 --> 00:29:33,773 she, uh... 483 00:29:33,940 --> 00:29:36,025 Well, go ahead. 484 00:29:38,278 --> 00:29:41,114 She said she didn't have any more writing tablets. 485 00:29:43,158 --> 00:29:45,076 Walnut grove is a small town, Mr. Ingalls. 486 00:29:45,243 --> 00:29:46,703 I understand your problem, 487 00:29:46,870 --> 00:29:48,246 and I don't blame you a bit. 488 00:29:48,413 --> 00:29:52,375 That's why I offered Laura some tablet paper, but... 489 00:29:52,542 --> 00:29:54,419 Now, it was just a loan, mind you. 490 00:29:54,586 --> 00:29:56,713 I don't want you to misunderstand. 491 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,132 I don't. 492 00:29:59,299 --> 00:30:00,758 That's very kind of you. 493 00:30:00,925 --> 00:30:04,721 Well, I'm afraid it upset Laura. 494 00:30:04,888 --> 00:30:06,598 She ran away before I could give her the paper. I... 495 00:30:08,892 --> 00:30:11,311 I didn't mean to, but I'm afraid I hurt her feelings. 496 00:30:11,478 --> 00:30:12,687 Ah, that doesn't sound like Laura. 497 00:30:12,854 --> 00:30:13,938 She cares too much about you, 498 00:30:14,105 --> 00:30:15,899 and we all know how you feel about her. 499 00:30:16,065 --> 00:30:18,443 I'm sure it's something else. 500 00:30:18,610 --> 00:30:20,236 I hope you're right. 501 00:30:20,403 --> 00:30:21,738 I'm sure I am. Why don't you come on down to the house, 502 00:30:21,905 --> 00:30:23,448 have some supper with us? 503 00:30:23,615 --> 00:30:27,285 Oh, thank you, but I have a stack of papers waiting for me at home. 504 00:30:27,452 --> 00:30:28,745 Give my best to Mrs. Ingalls. 505 00:30:28,912 --> 00:30:29,787 I will. 506 00:30:29,954 --> 00:30:33,208 I, uh... 507 00:30:33,374 --> 00:30:37,670 I brought the tablets with me. 508 00:30:37,837 --> 00:30:38,922 I'll give them to Laura. 509 00:30:39,088 --> 00:30:40,548 Thank you. 510 00:30:40,715 --> 00:30:42,133 No. Thank you. 511 00:30:42,300 --> 00:30:45,386 We're all pretty lucky having you teaching our children. 512 00:30:47,013 --> 00:30:49,807 Giddy up, pap. 513 00:31:31,224 --> 00:31:32,850 You want to tell me about it? 514 00:31:33,017 --> 00:31:34,602 No, sir. 515 00:31:39,941 --> 00:31:42,569 Miss beadle stopped by. 516 00:31:42,735 --> 00:31:44,946 She was feeling kind of bad. 517 00:31:45,113 --> 00:31:47,240 She was afraid she might have done something to upset you. 518 00:31:47,407 --> 00:31:50,785 She didn't do anything. 519 00:31:50,952 --> 00:31:53,997 Well, you know, when you see a friend run off like that, 520 00:31:54,163 --> 00:31:55,373 it bothers a person. 521 00:31:55,540 --> 00:31:58,293 You get to thinking all kinds of things. 522 00:31:59,877 --> 00:32:02,380 You sure it had nothing to do with miss beadle? 523 00:32:02,547 --> 00:32:05,091 I'm sure. 524 00:32:05,258 --> 00:32:07,677 Well, she'll be glad to hear that. 525 00:32:07,844 --> 00:32:09,971 It was Nellie and Willie. 526 00:32:10,138 --> 00:32:13,057 Those two, huh? 527 00:32:13,224 --> 00:32:14,809 You kind of surprise me, half-pint. 528 00:32:14,976 --> 00:32:17,562 I figured you'd be used to their teasing by now. 529 00:32:17,729 --> 00:32:18,980 I am... 530 00:32:19,147 --> 00:32:21,566 When it's about me. 531 00:32:22,942 --> 00:32:25,236 And this time it wasn't? 532 00:32:28,740 --> 00:32:31,075 You going to tell me who it was about? 533 00:32:31,242 --> 00:32:32,619 No. 534 00:32:34,412 --> 00:32:36,539 When a person doesn't want to tell another person something like that, 535 00:32:36,706 --> 00:32:39,292 it generally means that it was about the other person. 536 00:32:41,502 --> 00:32:42,962 It was about me, wasn't it? 537 00:32:46,174 --> 00:32:47,592 They said awful things, 538 00:32:47,759 --> 00:32:49,552 dumb things. 539 00:32:49,719 --> 00:32:52,221 They said that you couldn't get a decent job 540 00:32:52,388 --> 00:32:55,683 and that all you could do was clean up after the animals 541 00:32:55,850 --> 00:32:58,019 and that you smelled bad. 542 00:33:00,104 --> 00:33:02,148 Well... 543 00:33:02,315 --> 00:33:04,025 They were right 2 out of 3. 544 00:33:04,192 --> 00:33:06,444 And I do clean the stables. 545 00:33:06,611 --> 00:33:08,237 When I come home from working all day, 546 00:33:08,404 --> 00:33:12,158 I don't exactly smell like a bottle of lemon verbena, now, do I? 547 00:33:14,118 --> 00:33:15,620 Well, do I? 548 00:33:15,787 --> 00:33:16,579 No. 549 00:33:16,746 --> 00:33:18,539 All right, then. 550 00:33:18,706 --> 00:33:21,876 And as for the decent job, now, that's something else. 551 00:33:22,043 --> 00:33:23,836 Any job a man can do to make his way in this world 552 00:33:24,003 --> 00:33:28,758 is a decent job as long as he works hard at it and does his best. 553 00:33:28,925 --> 00:33:32,470 You know, god didn't put sweat in a man's body for no reason. 554 00:33:32,637 --> 00:33:34,347 He put it there so he could work hard, 555 00:33:34,514 --> 00:33:37,642 cleanse himself, and feel proud. 556 00:33:37,809 --> 00:33:40,520 Don't you ever forget that. 557 00:33:40,687 --> 00:33:43,189 Hard-working folks only smell bad to some folks 558 00:33:43,356 --> 00:33:47,568 who have nothing else to do but stick their noses in the air. 559 00:33:47,735 --> 00:33:50,905 I think you and I know who they are, don't we? 560 00:33:52,907 --> 00:33:54,158 All right. 561 00:33:54,325 --> 00:33:56,244 Here's those tablets miss beadle wanted you to have. 562 00:33:56,411 --> 00:33:58,413 You make sure you use them, young lady. 563 00:33:58,579 --> 00:34:00,164 I will. 564 00:34:06,838 --> 00:34:09,674 Now, you know they say cleanliness is next to godliness, 565 00:34:09,841 --> 00:34:11,759 so while I'm down at the creek getting a little closer to god, 566 00:34:11,926 --> 00:34:14,429 why don't you go in the house and help ma with supper? 567 00:34:14,595 --> 00:34:15,471 I will. 568 00:34:15,638 --> 00:34:16,723 All right. 569 00:34:22,770 --> 00:34:23,604 Pa? 570 00:34:23,771 --> 00:34:25,940 Yeah? 571 00:34:26,107 --> 00:34:28,776 I just love you so much. 572 00:34:47,211 --> 00:34:48,838 I'm sure glad it's Friday. 573 00:34:49,005 --> 00:34:51,841 Well, you don't have to go to school anyhow. 574 00:34:52,008 --> 00:34:54,260 I'm the one who ought to be glad it's Friday. 575 00:34:54,427 --> 00:34:56,679 Friday's the day I get paid. That's why. 576 00:34:56,846 --> 00:34:58,514 How much do you think Mrs. Whipple will give you? 577 00:34:58,681 --> 00:35:01,851 I don't know for sure. She pays me by how much work I get done, 578 00:35:02,018 --> 00:35:05,772 but it should be a lot. I sewed fast the whole week. 579 00:35:05,938 --> 00:35:07,398 Think she'll give you a dollar? 580 00:35:07,565 --> 00:35:09,233 Maybe more. 581 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,486 I wish I could work like you. 582 00:35:11,652 --> 00:35:13,237 I couldn't do it if you weren't doing my chores 583 00:35:13,404 --> 00:35:15,823 and getting all my homework assignments for me. 584 00:35:15,990 --> 00:35:20,328 In a way, half the money I earn is yours, really. 585 00:35:20,495 --> 00:35:22,538 Do you mean that? 586 00:35:22,705 --> 00:35:23,998 Sure, I do. 587 00:35:24,165 --> 00:35:25,374 See you after work. 588 00:35:25,541 --> 00:35:26,793 See you. 589 00:35:29,212 --> 00:35:31,047 Hey, Mary'. 590 00:35:31,214 --> 00:35:32,548 Mary: Yeah? 591 00:35:32,715 --> 00:35:34,801 Can I put half the money in the money jar 592 00:35:34,967 --> 00:35:36,552 so's pa could see? 593 00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:37,845 Sure. 594 00:35:38,012 --> 00:35:39,514 Thanks. See you. 595 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,390 Mary: And don't let Nellie make you upset. 596 00:35:41,557 --> 00:35:43,476 I won't'. 597 00:36:11,045 --> 00:36:12,171 Let's play a new game. 598 00:36:12,338 --> 00:36:13,923 What for? This is a fun game. 599 00:36:14,090 --> 00:36:16,092 Yeah. And I'm winning. 600 00:36:16,259 --> 00:36:18,344 Be quiet, Willie. 601 00:36:18,511 --> 00:36:20,304 I've got a better game. 602 00:36:20,471 --> 00:36:21,472 Willie: What? 603 00:36:21,639 --> 00:36:22,598 We can play horsey 604 00:36:22,765 --> 00:36:24,267 and ride around the schoolyard. 605 00:36:24,433 --> 00:36:27,103 Girl: That's dumb. We don't even have a horse. 606 00:36:27,270 --> 00:36:30,565 Maybe we can get one. 607 00:36:30,731 --> 00:36:31,983 Where is your pa, Laura? 608 00:36:32,149 --> 00:36:33,985 He smells like a horse. 609 00:36:34,151 --> 00:36:37,405 We could pretend and ride him. 610 00:36:37,572 --> 00:36:38,865 Take it back, Nellie. 611 00:36:39,031 --> 00:36:40,491 I won't take it back. 612 00:36:40,658 --> 00:36:42,994 You can go crying to miss beadle, and I won't take it back. 613 00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:45,663 Yeah. We won't take it back. 614 00:36:52,712 --> 00:36:54,881 I'm not crying anymore, Nellie, 615 00:36:55,047 --> 00:36:57,008 and you better take it back. 616 00:36:57,174 --> 00:36:59,176 I won't take it back because it's true. 617 00:36:59,343 --> 00:37:02,054 Your pa smells like a dumb old horse. 618 00:37:03,639 --> 00:37:05,182 I take it back. 619 00:37:07,935 --> 00:37:10,229 Hard-working folks only smell bad to folks 620 00:37:10,396 --> 00:37:12,899 that have nothing to do but stick their noses in the air. 621 00:37:13,065 --> 00:37:16,235 Well, whenever you stick your nose in the air with me, Nellie, 622 00:37:16,402 --> 00:37:17,987 it's going to get punched. 623 00:37:33,210 --> 00:37:34,045 Miss beadle. 624 00:37:34,211 --> 00:37:35,087 Yes, Laura? 625 00:37:35,254 --> 00:37:36,255 I want to thank you about the tablets. 626 00:37:36,422 --> 00:37:37,757 Oh, well, you're very welcome. 627 00:37:37,924 --> 00:37:40,343 And about yesterday, it had nothing to do with you. 628 00:37:40,509 --> 00:37:42,970 And don't worry. It won't ever happen again. 629 00:37:59,403 --> 00:38:00,905 Ingalls. 630 00:38:01,072 --> 00:38:02,657 Oh, makay. 631 00:38:02,823 --> 00:38:04,533 It's coming along. 632 00:38:04,700 --> 00:38:07,203 Yeah. I can see that. How about a little cider? 633 00:38:07,370 --> 00:38:10,414 No, thank you. I want to keep moving as fast as I can. 634 00:38:10,581 --> 00:38:12,416 Well, I... 635 00:38:12,583 --> 00:38:13,876 I don't think it's fast enough. 636 00:38:14,043 --> 00:38:16,587 You know, when you first came up with this idea, 637 00:38:16,754 --> 00:38:18,255 I didn't think you could make it work. 638 00:38:18,422 --> 00:38:20,925 That's why I kind of sat back and waited. 639 00:38:21,092 --> 00:38:23,010 Yeah, well, I can do it. Believe me. 640 00:38:23,177 --> 00:38:25,763 Oh, I do. I believe that. 641 00:38:25,930 --> 00:38:28,224 But I think if we... If we work together, 642 00:38:28,391 --> 00:38:31,060 we could get it done a lot faster. What do you think? 643 00:38:33,354 --> 00:38:37,191 I think we ought to both have a sip of cider and go to work. 644 00:38:49,704 --> 00:38:51,664 All finished with Mrs. Carter's skirt. 645 00:38:51,831 --> 00:38:53,874 I declare, child'. 646 00:38:54,041 --> 00:38:56,627 I've never seen such a fast worker. 647 00:38:56,794 --> 00:38:59,630 Oh'. And perfect work, too'. 648 00:38:59,797 --> 00:39:00,923 Ma says do your best work, 649 00:39:01,090 --> 00:39:02,425 and the time will take care of itself. 650 00:39:02,591 --> 00:39:04,635 Well, you've certainly learned that lesson well. 651 00:39:04,802 --> 00:39:05,636 I'll start on the dress. 652 00:39:05,803 --> 00:39:07,263 Now, hold on. Just a minute. 653 00:39:07,430 --> 00:39:10,141 You know, you weren't even supposed to finish this today, 654 00:39:10,307 --> 00:39:12,351 much less start another garment. 655 00:39:12,518 --> 00:39:13,477 I know, but... 656 00:39:13,644 --> 00:39:15,062 There are no buts about it. 657 00:39:15,229 --> 00:39:18,524 It's 4:00. School is just getting out. 658 00:39:18,691 --> 00:39:20,693 Now, why don't you go and walk home 659 00:39:20,860 --> 00:39:22,319 with Laura for a change? 660 00:39:22,486 --> 00:39:24,321 I can get the dress started. 661 00:39:24,488 --> 00:39:27,908 Mary, you mustn't argue with old people. It's not good for them. 662 00:39:28,075 --> 00:39:30,578 Anyway, you can't win. So run along, 663 00:39:30,745 --> 00:39:32,163 and I'll see you tomorrow. 664 00:39:32,329 --> 00:39:33,622 All right. 665 00:39:52,224 --> 00:39:53,893 Mrs. Whipple? 666 00:39:55,061 --> 00:39:56,979 Mrs. Whipple? 667 00:39:58,856 --> 00:39:59,940 Mrs. Whipple?'. 668 00:40:01,525 --> 00:40:03,861 I told you, dear. No argument. 669 00:40:04,028 --> 00:40:08,282 I wasn't going to, ma'am. I... 670 00:40:08,449 --> 00:40:09,533 I... 671 00:40:09,700 --> 00:40:12,661 Well, what is it, dear? 672 00:40:12,828 --> 00:40:13,704 What's wrong? 673 00:40:13,871 --> 00:40:15,247 Speak up. 674 00:40:15,414 --> 00:40:18,751 It's Friday, and I thought that on Friday... 675 00:40:18,918 --> 00:40:20,795 Fri... Oh, land's sake. 676 00:40:20,961 --> 00:40:22,588 And I haven't paid you for the week. 677 00:40:22,755 --> 00:40:24,381 Yes, ma'am. 678 00:40:24,548 --> 00:40:28,385 See, that's another thing that's wrong with old people. 679 00:40:28,552 --> 00:40:30,096 Every once in a while, 680 00:40:30,262 --> 00:40:32,723 you've got to keep reminding them of things. 681 00:40:32,890 --> 00:40:35,059 Oh, I'm so sorry, dear. 682 00:40:35,226 --> 00:40:38,062 Here. Hold out your hand. 683 00:40:38,229 --> 00:40:40,564 Here's a dollar. 684 00:40:40,731 --> 00:40:42,608 Here's 45 cents 685 00:40:42,775 --> 00:40:47,321 and 25 cents extra for the excellence of your work. 686 00:40:47,488 --> 00:40:50,074 Mmm'. Mmm'. 687 00:40:50,241 --> 00:40:53,410 A dollar and 70 cents'. 688 00:40:53,577 --> 00:40:54,829 Oh, thank you, Mrs. Whipple'. 689 00:40:54,995 --> 00:40:55,830 Mmm'. 690 00:40:55,996 --> 00:40:57,581 Mmm'. Mmm'. 691 00:41:00,209 --> 00:41:05,548 Mary: Laura'. A dollar and 70 cents'. 692 00:41:05,714 --> 00:41:08,551 A dollar and 70 cents'. 693 00:41:48,382 --> 00:41:49,842 Good day, Mrs. Ingalls. 694 00:41:50,009 --> 00:41:52,386 Oh, Charles'. You're back. 695 00:41:52,553 --> 00:41:54,180 I lost track of the time. 696 00:41:54,346 --> 00:41:57,474 There's not much daylight left. 697 00:41:57,641 --> 00:41:59,059 Look at you. 698 00:42:01,645 --> 00:42:03,105 I must be a sight. 699 00:42:03,272 --> 00:42:05,316 You are. 700 00:42:05,482 --> 00:42:07,151 Your face is dirty, your hair is all askew, 701 00:42:07,318 --> 00:42:08,402 and you're still the prettiest woman 702 00:42:08,569 --> 00:42:09,820 a man ever set his eyes on. 703 00:42:09,987 --> 00:42:12,489 Oh. 704 00:42:22,249 --> 00:42:24,001 The only thing I regret about being married to you 705 00:42:24,168 --> 00:42:27,421 is that I won't have the joy of asking you to be my wife again. 706 00:44:06,145 --> 00:44:08,647 Enough to pay the bill at the oleson's with some to spare. 707 00:44:08,814 --> 00:44:11,525 Enough for some coffee, some tea, 708 00:44:11,692 --> 00:44:14,236 and a little white sugar... 709 00:44:14,403 --> 00:44:16,905 Thanks to all of you. 710 00:44:17,072 --> 00:44:19,491 Now, brush your hair and put on your Sunday dresses. 711 00:44:19,658 --> 00:44:20,617 We're going to town. 712 00:44:20,784 --> 00:44:22,161 This family earned that money together. 713 00:44:22,328 --> 00:44:24,455 We're going to pay the bill together. Off you go. 714 00:44:24,621 --> 00:44:26,457 I'm going to go bathe in the creek. 715 00:44:28,042 --> 00:44:30,627 I might even put on some lemon verbena. 716 00:44:42,014 --> 00:44:43,307 Charles: Nels. 717 00:44:43,474 --> 00:44:46,810 Charles'. Mrs. Ingalls. 718 00:44:46,977 --> 00:44:48,812 It's nice to see you. 719 00:44:48,979 --> 00:44:50,814 It's nice to see you, Mr. Oleson. 720 00:44:50,981 --> 00:44:54,568 We've come to pay the bill, nels. 721 00:44:54,735 --> 00:44:55,986 Just a minute. 722 00:44:56,153 --> 00:44:57,196 Harriet'. 723 00:44:57,363 --> 00:44:58,739 Harriet: Yes? 724 00:44:58,906 --> 00:45:00,157 Customers out here'. 725 00:45:00,324 --> 00:45:02,701 Harriet: Uh, coming. 726 00:45:02,868 --> 00:45:05,329 My wife will take care of this. 727 00:45:05,496 --> 00:45:07,498 Got some work to do in the storeroom. 728 00:45:22,679 --> 00:45:24,014 Yes? 729 00:45:24,181 --> 00:45:26,850 Here's the money we owe on the bill. 730 00:45:27,017 --> 00:45:28,644 Oh'. 731 00:45:28,811 --> 00:45:30,396 Well, I... 732 00:45:32,398 --> 00:45:35,526 I didn't expect you to be able to pay quite so soon. 733 00:45:35,692 --> 00:45:37,361 The whole family worked together. 734 00:45:37,528 --> 00:45:39,321 Yes. 735 00:45:39,488 --> 00:45:42,074 Oh, I had heard that Mary was out of school. 736 00:45:42,241 --> 00:45:44,743 I hope that she didn't fall too far behind in her work. 737 00:45:44,910 --> 00:45:46,120 On the contrary. 738 00:45:46,286 --> 00:45:48,956 Mary did quite nicely with her studies. 739 00:45:49,123 --> 00:45:50,541 Well... 740 00:45:50,707 --> 00:45:51,959 Isn't that wonderful? 741 00:45:52,126 --> 00:45:54,586 You're welcome to count it. It's all there. 742 00:45:54,753 --> 00:45:56,463 Oh, no'. I... no. 743 00:45:56,630 --> 00:46:00,717 No, I... we're... We're old friends. 744 00:46:00,884 --> 00:46:02,386 Well, there are a few things 745 00:46:02,553 --> 00:46:04,721 tobacco and some stick matches. 746 00:46:04,888 --> 00:46:06,598 A writing tablet and a lead pencil, please. 747 00:46:06,765 --> 00:46:08,392 And some chalk. 748 00:46:08,559 --> 00:46:11,019 I want some white sugar. 749 00:46:13,564 --> 00:46:15,315 And that will be cash. 750 00:46:17,192 --> 00:46:20,070 Well, certainly. 751 00:46:26,577 --> 00:46:28,203 Nels: Miss. 752 00:46:31,582 --> 00:46:33,167 Nels: Charles... 753 00:46:34,793 --> 00:46:36,462 I hope we'll be seeing you 754 00:46:36,628 --> 00:46:38,088 around the store again regular. 755 00:46:38,255 --> 00:46:39,673 You will. 756 00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:43,635 It's kind of, uh... Hard to change people, you know. 757 00:46:43,802 --> 00:46:46,096 Why, she says things, but, uh... 758 00:46:46,263 --> 00:46:47,931 I understand. 759 00:46:48,098 --> 00:46:50,350 That's quite a family you got. 760 00:46:50,517 --> 00:46:52,644 I'd like to think my young ones would all pull together 761 00:46:52,811 --> 00:46:54,021 like yours if things got bad, 762 00:46:54,188 --> 00:46:56,064 but like I always say, 763 00:46:56,231 --> 00:46:58,192 we've always been lucky when it came to money. 764 00:46:58,358 --> 00:47:00,903 Believe it or not, Charles... 765 00:47:01,069 --> 00:47:04,156 I think you're the richest man in walnut grove. 766 00:47:04,323 --> 00:47:08,702 Nels, I know I am. I'll see you.