1 00:01:19,539 --> 00:01:24,335 Lars: Ja, I told him, I said, "Mr. Sprague, 2 00:01:24,502 --> 00:01:28,381 I'm going to build your bank just like it was my own house." 3 00:01:28,548 --> 00:01:30,508 And he said to me, 4 00:01:30,675 --> 00:01:32,635 he said... ha ha ha'. 5 00:01:32,802 --> 00:01:34,846 "It's got to be better than that'." 6 00:01:35,013 --> 00:01:36,055 Ha ha'. 7 00:01:36,222 --> 00:01:39,058 Ebenezer sprague... even sounds like a banker. 8 00:01:39,225 --> 00:01:40,602 Ah, well, he's not going to be 9 00:01:40,769 --> 00:01:43,021 an easy man to get along with, you know? 10 00:01:43,188 --> 00:01:47,275 But we're not interested in his social graces. 11 00:01:47,442 --> 00:01:50,570 Well, not as long as he can help us get to the next harvest. 12 00:01:50,737 --> 00:01:54,032 Yeah, I told him that. I said, "Mr. Sprague, 13 00:01:54,199 --> 00:01:57,243 "the farmers around here had a very, very bad year. 14 00:01:57,410 --> 00:02:03,041 They're gonna need money for seed and for new equipment." 15 00:02:03,208 --> 00:02:05,293 And not to mention fixing up old equipment. 16 00:02:05,460 --> 00:02:08,505 Yeah, I told him that, too. 17 00:02:08,671 --> 00:02:10,006 I said, "Mr. Sprague, 18 00:02:10,173 --> 00:02:14,844 you are going to be a welcome blessing in walnut grove." 19 00:02:16,054 --> 00:02:18,056 What did he say? He said, 20 00:02:18,223 --> 00:02:20,433 "I am not a blessing. I'm a banker." 21 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,436 Heh heh heh heh'. 22 00:02:23,603 --> 00:02:25,104 Then he said something else, too. 23 00:02:25,271 --> 00:02:28,274 He said that the building had to be finished in 21 days. 24 00:02:28,441 --> 00:02:30,109 That's when he gets here. 25 00:02:30,276 --> 00:02:31,820 If we are not ready, 26 00:02:31,986 --> 00:02:37,575 then I have to pay a penalty for every day we are late. 27 00:02:37,742 --> 00:02:39,953 We'll have it ready. 28 00:02:40,119 --> 00:02:41,663 Lars: You bet you. 29 00:02:41,830 --> 00:02:42,872 He better be ready, too. 30 00:02:43,039 --> 00:02:44,290 When this bank is finished, 31 00:02:44,457 --> 00:02:48,127 it's gonna be the busiest spot in walnut grove. 32 00:03:08,648 --> 00:03:10,859 Laura, have you finished your homework? 33 00:03:11,025 --> 00:03:12,318 Laura: Almost, ma. 34 00:03:12,485 --> 00:03:13,653 What are you doing? 35 00:03:13,820 --> 00:03:17,532 Well, making dough balls out of the leftover bread 36 00:03:17,699 --> 00:03:18,658 for fishing bait. 37 00:03:18,825 --> 00:03:20,785 That's very frugal of you, Laura, 38 00:03:20,952 --> 00:03:22,203 but I think you'll be needing the homework 39 00:03:22,370 --> 00:03:23,580 before you need the bait. 40 00:03:23,746 --> 00:03:25,456 I'm already on problem 3. 41 00:03:25,623 --> 00:03:28,418 You better hurry so we can turn the page at the same time. 42 00:03:31,588 --> 00:03:32,797 Well, I think I can do it. 43 00:03:32,964 --> 00:03:34,340 Caroline: Do what, Charles? 44 00:03:34,507 --> 00:03:35,717 Farm 40 more acres. 45 00:03:35,884 --> 00:03:38,428 Where are you gonna get 40 more acres? 46 00:03:38,595 --> 00:03:40,513 I'm gonna buy them. 47 00:03:41,514 --> 00:03:43,433 You're sitting there this very minute 48 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,853 trying to figure out how we're gonna hold on to the land we have now. 49 00:03:47,020 --> 00:03:49,355 How in the world are you gonna buy 40 more acres? 50 00:03:49,522 --> 00:03:53,818 I thought I'd take a loan from the bank. 51 00:03:55,403 --> 00:03:58,907 I thought you said you never wanted to be owing to anybody again, ever. 52 00:03:59,073 --> 00:04:00,533 I know what I said, Caroline, 53 00:04:00,700 --> 00:04:02,368 but mankato's growing all the time. 54 00:04:02,535 --> 00:04:04,913 That population has doubled. I don't think it's gonna stop. 55 00:04:05,079 --> 00:04:07,373 And those people are going to need food. 56 00:04:07,540 --> 00:04:09,709 I can sell everything I can harvest. 57 00:04:09,876 --> 00:04:12,170 Well, you'll save some for us to eat, won't you, pa? 58 00:04:12,337 --> 00:04:14,422 Hey, don't worry. My family gets pick of the crop. 59 00:04:14,589 --> 00:04:16,132 And I think every farmer around here is gonna expand. 60 00:04:16,299 --> 00:04:18,468 I don't want to be left out. 61 00:04:18,635 --> 00:04:21,804 Mr. Sprague comes into town, he and I are gonna talk a little business. 62 00:04:21,971 --> 00:04:24,724 Laura: Pa sure left the house early this morning. 63 00:04:24,891 --> 00:04:26,935 Mary: He and Mr. Hanson have to finish the bank today. 64 00:04:27,101 --> 00:04:29,646 I hope the bank gives pa a loan. 65 00:04:29,812 --> 00:04:30,813 How do banks make money 66 00:04:30,980 --> 00:04:33,024 if they just give it to other folks? 67 00:04:33,191 --> 00:04:34,275 Interest. 68 00:04:34,442 --> 00:04:36,194 Sure, I'm interested. That's why I asked. 69 00:04:36,361 --> 00:04:38,321 No, silly. I said interest. 70 00:04:38,488 --> 00:04:40,490 You have to pay back more than you borrow. 71 00:04:40,657 --> 00:04:41,616 Really? 72 00:04:41,783 --> 00:04:42,575 Yep. 73 00:04:42,742 --> 00:04:44,369 Mary, do you have any money? 74 00:04:44,535 --> 00:04:45,912 No. Why? 75 00:04:46,079 --> 00:04:48,790 I was thinking I might loan you a penny. 76 00:05:00,426 --> 00:05:01,511 Don't unload yet. 77 00:05:01,678 --> 00:05:02,553 But I have to get on back. 78 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:03,763 Just wait here. 79 00:05:13,898 --> 00:05:17,902 Hello, Mr. Sprague'. 80 00:05:19,570 --> 00:05:21,739 Practically sanded it to a shine. 81 00:05:21,906 --> 00:05:25,451 Took the whole morning. Ha ha ha'. 82 00:05:28,621 --> 00:05:30,415 Oh, that is solid as a rock. 83 00:05:30,581 --> 00:05:37,422 It'll stand as long as the bank. Ha ha ha'. 84 00:05:40,258 --> 00:05:43,636 The beams are 12 inches apart. Ha'. 85 00:05:53,396 --> 00:05:56,190 A real barrelful of laughs, isn't he? 86 00:05:56,357 --> 00:05:57,442 Yeah. 87 00:06:11,164 --> 00:06:15,501 I'll, uh, have to take off one day for noncompletion. 88 00:06:15,668 --> 00:06:18,588 Mr. Sprague, you said 21 days. 89 00:06:18,755 --> 00:06:22,216 The 22nd day of the month, and today is the 22nd. 90 00:06:22,383 --> 00:06:24,594 The contract clearly states the building 91 00:06:24,761 --> 00:06:27,597 will be completed at 12 noon on the 22nd. 92 00:06:27,764 --> 00:06:30,933 It is now exactly... 93 00:06:31,100 --> 00:06:33,603 12:48. You are 48 minutes late. 94 00:06:33,770 --> 00:06:37,023 The contract also states that the wagon outside will be unloaded by you. 95 00:06:37,190 --> 00:06:39,525 Your payment is due at 12 noon tomorrow. 96 00:06:39,692 --> 00:06:41,611 The money will be ready and waiting. 97 00:06:57,877 --> 00:06:59,253 Over there. 98 00:07:01,506 --> 00:07:03,341 Over here. 99 00:07:08,930 --> 00:07:09,847 That's the lot of it. 100 00:07:10,014 --> 00:07:12,016 Good. 101 00:07:22,318 --> 00:07:25,530 Something, Mr. Ingalls? 102 00:07:25,696 --> 00:07:27,782 Well, it's just that I know you had a long trip, 103 00:07:27,949 --> 00:07:29,408 and this being your first night in town, 104 00:07:29,575 --> 00:07:31,536 I thought you might be tired and like a home-cooked meal. 105 00:07:31,702 --> 00:07:33,412 I'd like to invite you to my place for supper. 106 00:07:33,579 --> 00:07:35,414 Why? 107 00:07:35,581 --> 00:07:36,541 Pardon me? 108 00:07:36,707 --> 00:07:39,752 Why would you want to invite me for supper? 109 00:07:39,919 --> 00:07:42,296 Well, it's like I said. You had a long trip, I figured you were tired... 110 00:07:42,463 --> 00:07:44,006 Mr. Ingalls, 111 00:07:44,173 --> 00:07:47,468 I've been taking care of myself for a great many years just fine. 112 00:07:47,635 --> 00:07:49,720 Tonight will be no different. Good day. 113 00:07:55,810 --> 00:07:57,270 Have a nice evening. 114 00:07:59,230 --> 00:08:01,941 Ah, the smell of ink and money has soured the man, 115 00:08:02,108 --> 00:08:03,651 but a bank is a bank, 116 00:08:03,818 --> 00:08:05,444 and that's what we need. 117 00:08:05,611 --> 00:08:06,737 We need it. 118 00:08:06,904 --> 00:08:10,491 Yeah, so we take the bad along with the good. 119 00:08:10,658 --> 00:08:13,369 Caroline: Miss beadle says that every child, 120 00:08:13,536 --> 00:08:16,122 no matter how poor, should have a textbook. 121 00:08:16,289 --> 00:08:18,499 I think she's perfectly right. 122 00:08:18,666 --> 00:08:22,753 You take Mary and Laura, for example. 123 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:26,174 Mary's always having to hold herself back. 124 00:08:26,340 --> 00:08:28,676 And Laura, she rushes so much, 125 00:08:28,843 --> 00:08:31,429 she doesn't get the most out of the lessons. 126 00:08:31,596 --> 00:08:34,724 And they're the lucky ones. 127 00:08:34,891 --> 00:08:36,475 I'd like to help miss beadle. 128 00:08:36,642 --> 00:08:38,895 I'm trying to think what to do about it. 129 00:08:41,814 --> 00:08:43,691 Charles... 130 00:08:43,858 --> 00:08:48,112 Are you still stewing over that Mr. Sprague? 131 00:08:48,279 --> 00:08:50,907 Yeah, I guess I am. 132 00:08:51,073 --> 00:08:52,658 Imagine that man thinking I invited him to dinner 133 00:08:52,825 --> 00:08:54,327 just so I could get something from him. 134 00:08:54,493 --> 00:08:56,913 Well, you know you didn't invite him over 135 00:08:57,079 --> 00:08:58,664 just to get on his good side, 136 00:08:58,831 --> 00:09:01,876 no matter what he thinks. 137 00:09:02,043 --> 00:09:04,212 That's true. 138 00:09:04,378 --> 00:09:06,339 You invited him over for dinner 139 00:09:06,505 --> 00:09:12,511 because that's what people do for new neighbors. 140 00:09:12,678 --> 00:09:15,348 Some new neighbor. 141 00:09:15,514 --> 00:09:17,225 Bet he doesn't have many friends. 142 00:09:17,391 --> 00:09:21,354 He probably doesn't even have one. 143 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:22,855 Course, maybe we're being too hard with him. 144 00:09:23,022 --> 00:09:24,565 Maybe it's just 'cause he's new in town. 145 00:09:24,732 --> 00:09:27,526 Oh, I hope so. 146 00:09:27,693 --> 00:09:30,613 I wouldn't like him to act that way all the time. 147 00:09:30,780 --> 00:09:34,367 Me neither. I have to go in the bank tomorrow and ask him for the loan. 148 00:09:34,533 --> 00:09:36,118 I know. 149 00:09:36,285 --> 00:09:37,912 Oh, well. Get some sleep. 150 00:09:48,005 --> 00:09:51,050 Caroline, you know what's really bothering me? 151 00:09:51,217 --> 00:09:52,551 Yes. 152 00:09:54,428 --> 00:09:58,599 You're afraid you did invite him over just to get on his good side. 153 00:09:58,766 --> 00:10:00,059 Ha'. 154 00:10:01,519 --> 00:10:03,062 You're right. 155 00:10:04,188 --> 00:10:05,648 What do you think? 156 00:10:07,817 --> 00:10:10,403 I think you're only human. 157 00:10:19,954 --> 00:10:20,955 See you in the morning. 158 00:10:21,122 --> 00:10:22,206 Mmm. 159 00:10:31,132 --> 00:10:33,175 I don't know how long I'm gonna be. 160 00:10:33,342 --> 00:10:35,094 If you get through here, why don't you meet me over at the bank? 161 00:10:35,261 --> 00:10:36,721 All right. 162 00:10:36,887 --> 00:10:39,056 Course, if you'd rather while away the time with Mrs. Oleson... 163 00:10:39,223 --> 00:10:40,975 I don't have that much to say to Mrs. Oleson. 164 00:10:41,142 --> 00:10:42,101 I'll meet you at the bank. 165 00:10:42,268 --> 00:10:43,352 All right. 166 00:10:47,273 --> 00:10:49,650 Oh, it must be so difficult 167 00:10:49,817 --> 00:10:53,279 for a man like Mr. Sprague, a man of his quality, 168 00:10:53,446 --> 00:10:56,532 to have to live side by side with country folks. 169 00:10:56,699 --> 00:10:59,368 Lord knows how hard it is on me. 170 00:10:59,535 --> 00:11:00,786 No matter how long I live here, 171 00:11:00,953 --> 00:11:02,330 I don't think I'll ever get used to it. 172 00:11:02,496 --> 00:11:05,791 Course, when quality is inborn... Ha ha'. 173 00:11:05,958 --> 00:11:08,586 That was 3 dozen, wasn't it, Mrs. Oleson? 174 00:11:08,753 --> 00:11:12,465 Hmm? Oh, yes. Yes. 3 dozen exactly. Is that credit or cash? 175 00:11:12,631 --> 00:11:13,924 Cash, please. All right. 176 00:11:18,095 --> 00:11:22,641 I think I should invite Mr. Sprague for dinner. 177 00:11:22,808 --> 00:11:27,313 I think he would appreciate a nice home-cooked meal... 178 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,316 And particularly with his own kind. 179 00:11:30,483 --> 00:11:32,151 If you would just pay me, Mrs. Oleson, please, 180 00:11:32,318 --> 00:11:33,903 my husband's waiting for me at the bank. Thank you. 181 00:11:34,070 --> 00:11:37,990 Oh'.? Oh, well, uh, I'll walk over there with you. 182 00:11:38,157 --> 00:11:41,035 Ah, ha'. If you can just wait one minute for me now. 183 00:11:41,202 --> 00:11:42,995 I was planning on going over a little later, 184 00:11:43,162 --> 00:11:45,498 so I brought some of my things down, because after all, 185 00:11:45,664 --> 00:11:49,460 you know I really can't go over looking like a shopkeeper. 186 00:11:49,627 --> 00:11:51,712 I mean, even though I am one, it really doesn't... I mean, 187 00:11:51,879 --> 00:11:53,881 it isn't... you know, for a man who is so important 188 00:11:54,048 --> 00:11:56,759 as Mr. Sprague is. 189 00:11:56,926 --> 00:12:00,054 Now, I've got everything... Yes, yes. 190 00:12:00,221 --> 00:12:01,514 All right, now, well come along, mrs.Ingalls. 191 00:12:01,680 --> 00:12:04,016 We mustn't keep Mr. Sprague waiting. 192 00:12:15,361 --> 00:12:16,529 This is, uh, 193 00:12:16,695 --> 00:12:18,322 really not very much land, Mr. Ingalls, 194 00:12:18,489 --> 00:12:20,408 not enough for collateral. 195 00:12:20,574 --> 00:12:22,243 Well, it's not just the land, Mr. Sprague, 196 00:12:22,410 --> 00:12:23,869 it's what I've done with it. I've got a crop coming up. 197 00:12:24,036 --> 00:12:26,288 I heard last year's wasn't very good. 198 00:12:26,455 --> 00:12:27,915 Well, we had a bad winter last year, 199 00:12:28,082 --> 00:12:29,458 but next year it's gonna be different. 200 00:12:29,625 --> 00:12:33,879 I cannot use next year for collateral, Mr. Ingalls. 201 00:12:34,046 --> 00:12:35,506 Well, Mr. Sprague, I'm a hardworking man. 202 00:12:35,673 --> 00:12:38,134 I've got a good name in this town. You can ask anybody. 203 00:12:38,300 --> 00:12:41,053 Nor can I put your good name in my safe, sir. 204 00:12:41,220 --> 00:12:44,223 Well, I'm not asking for charity, I'm asking for a loan. 205 00:12:44,390 --> 00:12:46,475 Mrs. Oleson: Hello'. 206 00:12:46,642 --> 00:12:51,564 Welcome to walnut grove, Mr. Sprague. 207 00:12:51,730 --> 00:12:55,151 I'm Mrs. Oleson of oleson's mercantile company, 208 00:12:55,317 --> 00:12:56,402 just across the way. 209 00:12:56,569 --> 00:12:57,820 How do you do, Mrs. Oleson? I'm right... 210 00:12:57,987 --> 00:13:00,281 I wanted to meet you before you got the notion 211 00:13:00,448 --> 00:13:03,701 that there was absolutely nobody like you in the town. 212 00:13:03,868 --> 00:13:04,994 Like me? 213 00:13:05,161 --> 00:13:10,374 Mm-hmm. Uh, educated people of quality, and, uh... 214 00:13:10,541 --> 00:13:13,919 Substance. 215 00:13:14,086 --> 00:13:18,382 I, uh, come from a city also, Mr. Sprague, 216 00:13:18,549 --> 00:13:20,843 as I'm sure that you do. 217 00:13:21,010 --> 00:13:22,970 Mrs. Oleson, I quit school when I was in third grade. 218 00:13:23,137 --> 00:13:26,307 My father was a farmer. I never saw a city till I was 17, 219 00:13:26,474 --> 00:13:27,641 and then I didn't like it. 220 00:13:27,808 --> 00:13:29,351 Now, if you have some business to transact, 221 00:13:29,518 --> 00:13:30,686 I'll be with you in just a moment 222 00:13:30,853 --> 00:13:32,396 as soon as I'm through with Mr. Ingalls. 223 00:13:37,026 --> 00:13:38,944 Oh, no. 224 00:13:39,111 --> 00:13:41,155 No, I just wanted to inv... 225 00:13:44,658 --> 00:13:47,328 Welcome a new neighbor. 226 00:13:47,495 --> 00:13:48,829 I, uh... 227 00:13:48,996 --> 00:13:49,747 Oh'. 228 00:13:49,914 --> 00:13:51,373 I see that you're busy. 229 00:13:51,540 --> 00:13:53,209 Well, good day. 230 00:13:54,877 --> 00:13:56,420 I'll, uh... 231 00:14:00,299 --> 00:14:01,967 What about the loan, Mr. Sprague? 232 00:14:02,134 --> 00:14:04,470 Yes, well, uh, I'll have to have some time to think it over. 233 00:14:04,637 --> 00:14:06,597 Why don't you check back with me in a few days? 234 00:14:11,143 --> 00:14:13,604 Thank you. 235 00:14:13,771 --> 00:14:16,899 Caroline: He's the rudest man I have ever met in my entire life. 236 00:14:17,066 --> 00:14:18,692 Charles: I warned you about him. 237 00:14:18,859 --> 00:14:21,153 Yes. But I didn't believe he could be so... 238 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:25,491 Ha'. I must say, though, I almost liked it when he told Mrs. Oleson off. 239 00:14:25,658 --> 00:14:26,825 Ha ha ha ha'. 240 00:14:26,992 --> 00:14:29,161 Ha ha'. The way she scurried out of that bank... 241 00:14:29,328 --> 00:14:32,665 Oh, I'm afraid nobody's gonna get anything out of that man, 242 00:14:32,831 --> 00:14:34,083 not Mrs. Oleson and not us. 243 00:14:34,250 --> 00:14:36,418 Charles, he didn't say no. 244 00:14:36,585 --> 00:14:38,921 No, but I think he will. 245 00:14:39,088 --> 00:14:41,048 Maybe there's another way. 246 00:14:41,215 --> 00:14:42,174 Maybe. 247 00:14:42,341 --> 00:14:43,842 If not, we've managed so far. 248 00:14:44,009 --> 00:14:44,927 We'll keep right on doing it. 249 00:14:45,094 --> 00:14:48,305 Of course we will. 250 00:14:48,472 --> 00:14:49,390 Ha ha ha'. 251 00:14:49,557 --> 00:14:53,060 It was worth it to look at Mrs. Oleson. 252 00:15:13,038 --> 00:15:14,415 Mr. Sprague... 253 00:15:14,582 --> 00:15:15,541 We're closed. 254 00:15:15,708 --> 00:15:17,042 Oh, now come on. 255 00:15:37,104 --> 00:15:41,191 Which night is Mr. Sprague coming to dinner? 256 00:15:41,358 --> 00:15:43,235 Well... 257 00:15:43,402 --> 00:15:46,405 I wouldn't invite that ignorant farmer 258 00:15:46,572 --> 00:15:48,741 to dine at my table. 259 00:15:48,907 --> 00:15:52,202 I thought... Well, don't. 260 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:56,415 Finish the sweeping. 261 00:15:56,582 --> 00:15:58,000 What did I do now? 262 00:15:58,167 --> 00:15:59,084 I thought he was coming to dinner. 263 00:15:59,251 --> 00:16:00,878 How was I supposed to know? 264 00:16:09,303 --> 00:16:10,387 Laura'. 265 00:16:10,554 --> 00:16:12,806 Well, that's what happens when you sweep. 266 00:16:17,603 --> 00:16:18,520 Laura, what are you doing? 267 00:16:18,687 --> 00:16:20,564 I'm all finished, ma. 268 00:16:25,778 --> 00:16:27,154 Did you finish your chores? Yes, ma'am. 269 00:16:27,321 --> 00:16:28,489 What about your homework? 270 00:16:28,656 --> 00:16:30,240 I did that right after I came home from school. 271 00:16:30,407 --> 00:16:31,825 You want to go fishing, Mary? 272 00:16:31,992 --> 00:16:33,827 No. I'm gonna do those extra problems miss beadle gave us. 273 00:16:33,994 --> 00:16:34,953 Ok. 274 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:36,789 Caroline: Did you do those problems, Laura? 275 00:16:36,955 --> 00:16:38,415 Laura: No, we don't have to. 276 00:16:38,582 --> 00:16:41,669 Miss beadle said it was op... 277 00:16:41,835 --> 00:16:42,586 Op... 278 00:16:42,753 --> 00:16:44,546 Optional? Laura: Optional. 279 00:16:44,713 --> 00:16:46,090 It means only if we want to, 280 00:16:46,256 --> 00:16:47,800 and I don't want to. I want to go fishing. 281 00:16:47,966 --> 00:16:50,552 Do you know why miss beadle gives optional work? 282 00:16:50,719 --> 00:16:51,762 Yeah, so we can learn 283 00:16:51,929 --> 00:16:53,138 more things and be smarter. 284 00:16:53,305 --> 00:16:54,640 Don't you want to be smarter? 285 00:16:54,807 --> 00:16:56,684 Pa says fish are brain food, 286 00:16:56,850 --> 00:16:58,310 and I'm getting a whole bunch of fish 287 00:16:58,477 --> 00:17:02,439 so I can be smarter than anybody. Bye, ma. 288 00:17:27,965 --> 00:17:29,967 Laura: Jack, stop it'. Come back here'. 289 00:17:34,596 --> 00:17:36,223 Get away from me, dog. Get away'. 290 00:17:38,851 --> 00:17:40,102 Get away from there'. 291 00:17:40,269 --> 00:17:42,521 Stop it, Jack'. 292 00:17:42,688 --> 00:17:45,190 Whoa'. Get away from here, dog. 293 00:17:45,357 --> 00:17:47,234 Get away'. 294 00:17:47,401 --> 00:17:48,277 Whoa'. 295 00:17:48,444 --> 00:17:50,237 Mr. Sprague: Whoa, horse'. Whoa'. 296 00:17:50,404 --> 00:17:52,531 Oh, no'. 297 00:17:56,285 --> 00:17:58,537 Whoa, now'. Whoa'. 298 00:18:00,414 --> 00:18:02,624 Jack'. 299 00:18:06,712 --> 00:18:07,880 Whoa, horse'. 300 00:18:08,046 --> 00:18:09,840 Whoa, there'. 301 00:18:15,304 --> 00:18:17,014 Jack'. 302 00:18:17,181 --> 00:18:19,516 Come back here'. 303 00:18:26,982 --> 00:18:29,276 Whoa, horse'. 304 00:18:29,443 --> 00:18:31,028 Ho, now, ho'. 305 00:18:34,573 --> 00:18:36,033 Whoa, now'. Whoa'. 306 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:37,493 Whoa back here'. 307 00:18:42,289 --> 00:18:44,208 Whoa, horse'. 308 00:18:52,007 --> 00:18:53,759 That's enough, Jack. 309 00:18:53,926 --> 00:18:55,677 Is that your dog, young lady? 310 00:18:55,844 --> 00:18:56,970 Yes, and I'm sorry. 311 00:18:57,137 --> 00:18:58,972 Well, it's a little late to be sorry. 312 00:18:59,139 --> 00:19:01,767 I'm just gonna have to report this to the sheriff at walnut grove. 313 00:19:01,934 --> 00:19:02,768 Well, you can't. 314 00:19:02,935 --> 00:19:04,102 And why not? 315 00:19:04,269 --> 00:19:06,814 Because there isn't any sheriff in walnut grove. 316 00:19:06,980 --> 00:19:08,106 Oh. 317 00:19:08,273 --> 00:19:11,318 Laura: I really am sorry. 318 00:19:11,485 --> 00:19:13,111 You going fishing? 319 00:19:13,278 --> 00:19:17,950 No. I just carry this fishing rod around to beat off wild animals. 320 00:19:18,116 --> 00:19:20,410 Now, if you'll hold that dog of yours till I'm out of sight... 321 00:19:20,577 --> 00:19:22,120 Yes, sir'. 322 00:19:22,287 --> 00:19:25,332 Tch, tch, tch. Giddyap. 323 00:19:30,504 --> 00:19:34,132 Jack'. 324 00:19:34,299 --> 00:19:37,636 You better wait here. You're in enough trouble already. 325 00:20:20,470 --> 00:20:21,430 Any luck? 326 00:20:21,597 --> 00:20:24,391 Young lady, this is a very large pond. 327 00:20:24,558 --> 00:20:28,478 I'm sure we'll both be more comfortable if you find some other spot. 328 00:21:08,644 --> 00:21:10,187 Now... 329 00:21:34,044 --> 00:21:37,339 You want to try my bait? 330 00:21:37,506 --> 00:21:40,092 I do not need your help. 331 00:22:35,105 --> 00:22:37,399 Well, I'm going now. 332 00:22:37,566 --> 00:22:40,402 I have some extra dough balls if you want to try some. 333 00:22:40,569 --> 00:22:45,323 Young lady, I have been fishing for more years than you have been alive. 334 00:22:45,490 --> 00:22:48,452 My lure is absolutely correct for these waters, 335 00:22:48,618 --> 00:22:51,038 and I have read many, many books on the subject 336 00:22:51,204 --> 00:22:53,665 that will prove that it is correct. 337 00:22:53,832 --> 00:22:56,626 Well, maybe the problem is 338 00:22:56,793 --> 00:23:00,005 that the fish just haven't read the books. 339 00:23:00,172 --> 00:23:02,841 Noisy children, barking dogs, 340 00:23:03,008 --> 00:23:04,676 it's no wonder the fish aren't biting. 341 00:23:04,843 --> 00:23:06,053 Good luck. 342 00:23:08,513 --> 00:23:10,974 Come on, Jack. 343 00:23:11,141 --> 00:23:13,101 The education of children... 344 00:23:13,268 --> 00:23:15,896 Is the concern of their parents. 345 00:23:16,063 --> 00:23:21,026 Now, if some parents prefer to squander their money on things other than books, 346 00:23:21,193 --> 00:23:25,363 well, the school cannot take over their responsibilities. 347 00:23:26,573 --> 00:23:28,158 Uh'. 348 00:23:29,910 --> 00:23:31,828 I'm afraid I disagree with Mrs. Oleson. 349 00:23:31,995 --> 00:23:35,540 The education of our children is the future of America. 350 00:23:35,707 --> 00:23:38,001 It must be the concern of all of us. 351 00:23:38,168 --> 00:23:42,672 We can't punish a few children because their parents can't afford to buy books. 352 00:23:42,839 --> 00:23:46,134 Shall we do what we did last year for the blackboards? 353 00:23:46,301 --> 00:23:48,678 We can collect from those who can afford it. 354 00:23:50,931 --> 00:23:53,058 How much money will we need, miss beadle? 355 00:23:53,225 --> 00:23:56,728 Uh, well, I have that already worked out. 356 00:23:56,895 --> 00:23:58,814 Let's see, uh... 357 00:23:58,980 --> 00:24:00,732 We need "the mcguffey reader," 358 00:24:00,899 --> 00:24:03,735 and we need the general study books. 359 00:24:03,902 --> 00:24:06,738 It all comes to $27.50. 360 00:24:07,906 --> 00:24:10,742 Oh'. So high'. 361 00:24:10,909 --> 00:24:12,410 Oh, that's a lot of money. 362 00:24:12,577 --> 00:24:15,580 Shall we take the same areas that we did last year, miss beadle? 363 00:24:15,747 --> 00:24:18,416 As a matter of fact, I still have the assignment sheet. 364 00:24:18,583 --> 00:24:22,629 Uh, Mrs. Oleson, you'll take the town. 365 00:24:22,796 --> 00:24:25,090 Mrs. Ingalls, you'll take the area east of plum creek, 366 00:24:25,257 --> 00:24:29,136 and, Mrs. Foster, you take the area west of plum creek. 367 00:24:29,302 --> 00:24:33,265 It would be so nice if next year we could get some english history 368 00:24:33,431 --> 00:24:35,350 or... or art history. 369 00:24:35,517 --> 00:24:37,018 You know, you're gonna turn our little schoolhouse 370 00:24:37,185 --> 00:24:38,436 into a university before long. 371 00:24:38,603 --> 00:24:39,855 Ha ha ha'. 372 00:24:40,021 --> 00:24:41,106 Excuse me, uh, miss beadle. 373 00:24:41,273 --> 00:24:42,691 Yes. 374 00:24:42,858 --> 00:24:45,277 Uh, there's something that I have to ask Mrs. Ingalls. 375 00:24:45,443 --> 00:24:49,447 Oh, of course. Well, until our next meeting? 376 00:24:49,614 --> 00:24:50,949 Good-bye, miss beadle. 377 00:24:52,701 --> 00:24:58,331 Uh, I realize that the town is not your area, 378 00:24:58,498 --> 00:25:01,334 Mrs. Ingalls, but there is this one person... 379 00:25:01,501 --> 00:25:02,544 Oh? 380 00:25:02,711 --> 00:25:04,004 Uh, well, it's just that we've become 381 00:25:04,171 --> 00:25:06,673 such close business associates and all... 382 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:10,927 That I think it would be putting unfair pressure on the man. 383 00:25:11,094 --> 00:25:12,262 Don't you see... 384 00:25:12,429 --> 00:25:14,848 Who is this man, Mrs. Oleson? 385 00:25:15,015 --> 00:25:18,894 Uh, Mr. Sprague, of course. 386 00:25:19,060 --> 00:25:19,811 Oh. 387 00:25:19,978 --> 00:25:22,105 You can't expect the owner 388 00:25:22,272 --> 00:25:24,482 of the town's leading business establishment 389 00:25:24,649 --> 00:25:30,697 to ask for charity from the town banker, 390 00:25:30,864 --> 00:25:32,532 can you? 391 00:25:32,699 --> 00:25:33,950 Well, I would have thought it would have put you 392 00:25:34,117 --> 00:25:36,203 in a very good position for a fine donation. 393 00:25:36,369 --> 00:25:42,000 Well, no'. Uh, I... I... I'm sure th... but... 394 00:25:42,167 --> 00:25:42,959 No. 395 00:25:43,126 --> 00:25:44,628 I don't think it's proper. 396 00:25:44,794 --> 00:25:47,339 Well, Mrs. Oleson, if you're afraid to ask Mr. Sprague, 397 00:25:47,505 --> 00:25:49,007 I'll be glad to ask him for you. 398 00:25:49,174 --> 00:25:51,468 Don't be ridiculous'. 399 00:25:51,635 --> 00:25:55,013 I mean, it's just... just as I explained it to you. 400 00:25:55,180 --> 00:25:56,556 Well, it's all settled then now. 401 00:25:56,723 --> 00:25:59,809 It's just... oh, I have a million things to do. I... 402 00:26:08,693 --> 00:26:09,569 Ahem. 403 00:26:09,736 --> 00:26:12,030 I'll be with you in just a moment. 404 00:26:24,793 --> 00:26:27,045 Mr. Sprague: I can help you now. 405 00:26:27,212 --> 00:26:29,881 I was just admiring my husband's handiwork. 406 00:26:30,048 --> 00:26:31,258 Oh, you're Mrs. Hanson? 407 00:26:31,424 --> 00:26:33,468 Oh, no, I'm Mrs. Ingalls. 408 00:26:33,635 --> 00:26:35,553 Charles Ingalls' wife. 409 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:37,222 The man who helped Mr. Hanson. 410 00:26:37,389 --> 00:26:40,850 Yes. Uh, he sent you here to reason with me regarding his loan? 411 00:26:41,017 --> 00:26:43,228 Oh, no. I'm not here about my husband's loan. 412 00:26:43,395 --> 00:26:44,562 Mrs. Ingalls, I told your husband 413 00:26:44,729 --> 00:26:45,939 I'd have to have some time to think it over, 414 00:26:46,106 --> 00:26:47,274 and when I do make a decision, 415 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:48,858 it will be based on sound business reasoning, 416 00:26:49,025 --> 00:26:50,610 not on the wiles of a woman. 417 00:26:52,153 --> 00:26:55,365 Mr. Sprague, I am not here about my husband's loan. 418 00:26:55,532 --> 00:26:57,909 I am here on an entirely different matter. 419 00:26:58,076 --> 00:26:59,077 Oh? 420 00:26:59,244 --> 00:27:00,620 The walnut grove school 421 00:27:00,787 --> 00:27:02,872 needs textbooks for the children, 422 00:27:03,039 --> 00:27:05,750 and we're asking the entire community to contribute... 423 00:27:05,917 --> 00:27:08,253 No. 424 00:27:08,420 --> 00:27:12,507 Mr. Sprague, the entire future of America is dependent upon the children. 425 00:27:12,674 --> 00:27:14,551 It is the duty of every citizen... 426 00:27:14,718 --> 00:27:16,261 My only duty 427 00:27:16,428 --> 00:27:22,267 is to run an honest bank and make a fair profit for myself. 428 00:27:22,434 --> 00:27:23,351 But the children... 429 00:27:23,518 --> 00:27:24,602 Children will grow up without books. 430 00:27:24,769 --> 00:27:26,104 I did, and did very well, thank you, 431 00:27:26,271 --> 00:27:27,939 and no one contributed a thing. 432 00:27:28,106 --> 00:27:30,233 Good day, Mrs. Ingalls. 433 00:27:32,068 --> 00:27:33,486 Good day. 434 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:48,001 Hello'. 435 00:27:48,168 --> 00:27:50,378 I see that you're trying my spot today. 436 00:28:05,310 --> 00:28:06,936 Quiet, Jack. 437 00:28:31,169 --> 00:28:34,964 I really wish you'd try some of my dough balls, mister. 438 00:28:40,095 --> 00:28:42,847 Well, it's just that the fish in our pond 439 00:28:43,014 --> 00:28:45,767 aren't used to all that fancy stuff. 440 00:29:05,578 --> 00:29:06,996 Just try it, mister. 441 00:29:07,163 --> 00:29:09,249 You can't have any worse luck than you're having now. 442 00:29:09,416 --> 00:29:13,211 All right. All right. As long as it'll stop you pestering me. 443 00:29:20,093 --> 00:29:21,511 Ouch'. Ooh, you hurt yourself. 444 00:29:21,678 --> 00:29:24,514 I did not hurt myself. 445 00:29:24,681 --> 00:29:26,224 Maybe I better bait the hook. 446 00:29:26,391 --> 00:29:28,351 I know how to bait a hook. 447 00:29:53,585 --> 00:29:55,295 You got one'. Got one'. 448 00:29:55,462 --> 00:29:56,921 He's a big one, too'. 449 00:30:02,927 --> 00:30:05,263 Mr. Sprague: Now, I thought I had that boat well anchored, 450 00:30:05,430 --> 00:30:11,227 but that fish... that fish was so strong that he pulled the anchor loose. 451 00:30:11,394 --> 00:30:12,896 And the next thing I knew, 452 00:30:13,062 --> 00:30:16,483 I was riding along on the current, heading right for the rapids. 453 00:30:16,649 --> 00:30:17,942 Oh... 454 00:30:18,109 --> 00:30:21,279 I knew that river, and I knew that if I got in those rapids, 455 00:30:21,446 --> 00:30:22,822 it was gonna carry me around the bend, 456 00:30:22,989 --> 00:30:25,575 and I knew what was around the bend, too. 457 00:30:25,742 --> 00:30:27,035 What? 458 00:30:27,202 --> 00:30:29,162 A 20-foot waterfall. 459 00:30:29,329 --> 00:30:30,455 Oh, my goodness. 460 00:30:30,622 --> 00:30:31,915 What did you do? 461 00:30:32,081 --> 00:30:34,459 Well, uh, there was a tree growing next to the river, 462 00:30:34,626 --> 00:30:38,463 and I just reached up and got a hold of a limb and kind of hung on. 463 00:30:38,630 --> 00:30:40,256 But I didn't want to lose that boat, you see. 464 00:30:40,423 --> 00:30:42,091 That boat cost me a lot of money. 465 00:30:42,258 --> 00:30:46,721 So, I, uh, I hooked my feet under the seat, curled up my toes, 466 00:30:46,888 --> 00:30:48,640 and then I really hung on. 467 00:30:48,806 --> 00:30:50,808 You must have strong toes. 468 00:30:50,975 --> 00:30:53,603 I do, I really do. 469 00:30:53,770 --> 00:30:55,897 Here's where I get off. 470 00:30:59,150 --> 00:31:00,735 Whoa. 471 00:31:00,902 --> 00:31:01,986 Thanks for the ride. 472 00:31:02,153 --> 00:31:03,655 Well, thank you for the dough balls. 473 00:31:03,821 --> 00:31:05,156 You're welcome. 474 00:31:05,323 --> 00:31:07,492 I'm sorry that Jack chased your horse that first day. 475 00:31:07,659 --> 00:31:09,160 He just had to get used to him, that's all. 476 00:31:09,327 --> 00:31:12,539 Well, I'm sorry I was so grouchy when it happened. 477 00:31:12,705 --> 00:31:14,666 See, it's the same thing. 478 00:31:14,832 --> 00:31:16,960 We just had to get to know each other, right? 479 00:31:17,126 --> 00:31:18,002 Right. 480 00:31:18,169 --> 00:31:19,587 Will you be fishing again tomorrow? 481 00:31:19,754 --> 00:31:21,798 You bring the dough balls tomorrow? 482 00:31:21,965 --> 00:31:23,716 I will. See you then. 483 00:31:23,883 --> 00:31:24,759 See you then. 484 00:31:24,926 --> 00:31:25,802 Bye. 485 00:31:25,969 --> 00:31:28,304 Bye-bye. Tch, tch. Giddyap, boy. 486 00:31:39,190 --> 00:31:40,441 And it was a good thing 487 00:31:40,608 --> 00:31:42,360 they were looking for a place to camp that night, 488 00:31:42,527 --> 00:31:44,571 and that they picked that very spot, 489 00:31:44,737 --> 00:31:47,657 or he would have never come off of that tree. 490 00:31:47,824 --> 00:31:49,117 Did he save the boat? 491 00:31:49,284 --> 00:31:50,702 He sure did. 492 00:31:50,868 --> 00:31:53,413 He lost one of the oars, but he saved the boat. 493 00:31:53,580 --> 00:31:55,331 Now, I wish I did go fishing with you. 494 00:31:55,498 --> 00:31:57,458 Oh, he'll be back. We're good friends now. 495 00:31:57,625 --> 00:31:59,711 We're gonna go fishing together a lot. 496 00:31:59,877 --> 00:32:01,170 He's so nice. 497 00:32:01,337 --> 00:32:04,090 Maybe you should introduce your friend to Mr. Sprague. 498 00:32:04,257 --> 00:32:06,009 Perhaps some of the niceness would rub off. 499 00:32:06,175 --> 00:32:08,428 When were you talking to Mr. Sprague? 500 00:32:08,595 --> 00:32:14,100 I went into his bank today to solicit a donation for the schoolbook fund. 501 00:32:14,267 --> 00:32:15,727 He turned me down flat. 502 00:32:15,893 --> 00:32:17,353 But he must be the richest man in walnut grove'. 503 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:19,147 I'm sure he is. 504 00:32:19,314 --> 00:32:20,732 But he said nobody bought books for him 505 00:32:20,898 --> 00:32:22,900 and that he wasn't buying books for anybody else. 506 00:32:23,067 --> 00:32:27,155 And before I could even tell him why I was there, 507 00:32:27,322 --> 00:32:31,242 he accused me of coming begging for your loan, Charles. 508 00:32:31,409 --> 00:32:34,078 "Wiles of a woman," that's what he said. 509 00:32:34,245 --> 00:32:36,039 What's wiles? 510 00:32:37,248 --> 00:32:39,334 Something your mother never uses. 511 00:32:39,500 --> 00:32:41,753 Oh, please, don't say anything to him. 512 00:32:41,919 --> 00:32:43,212 All right. I won't say anything, 513 00:32:43,379 --> 00:32:45,214 but I don't want you going in that bank again. 514 00:32:45,381 --> 00:32:47,550 You can be sure I won't. 515 00:32:48,593 --> 00:32:51,095 Maybe I should introduce him to my friend. 516 00:32:51,262 --> 00:32:54,724 Maybe some of the niceness will rub off. 517 00:32:54,891 --> 00:32:59,228 Half-pint, I don't think anything'd help Mr. Sprague. 518 00:33:08,988 --> 00:33:11,616 Miss beadle sure looked sad today... 519 00:33:11,783 --> 00:33:13,284 She sure did. 520 00:33:13,451 --> 00:33:15,411 And it's all that Mr. Sprague's fault. 521 00:33:15,578 --> 00:33:17,789 People don't want to give to the book fund if he won't. 522 00:33:17,955 --> 00:33:19,791 He has a whole bank full of money. 523 00:33:19,957 --> 00:33:22,043 You'd expect he could give just a little. 524 00:33:22,210 --> 00:33:24,671 Ma says meanness shows on a person's face. 525 00:33:24,837 --> 00:33:27,924 He must be the meanest-looking man in walnut grove. 526 00:33:28,091 --> 00:33:32,303 You ever see him? No. 527 00:33:32,470 --> 00:33:35,515 Me, neither, and I sure don't want to. 528 00:33:35,682 --> 00:33:36,933 Well, 529 00:33:37,100 --> 00:33:38,643 I guess we'll just have to go on sharing our books. 530 00:33:38,810 --> 00:33:40,269 No, we won't. 531 00:33:40,436 --> 00:33:41,604 Why not? 532 00:33:41,771 --> 00:33:43,856 'Cause I'm going fishing with my friend. 533 00:33:44,023 --> 00:33:45,733 Is that all you ever think about? 534 00:33:45,900 --> 00:33:46,943 Just fishing? 535 00:33:47,110 --> 00:33:49,737 No. Sometimes I like to think about running. 536 00:33:49,904 --> 00:33:51,781 Come on. I'll race you home. 537 00:33:58,496 --> 00:34:00,331 Laura: And because of him, 538 00:34:00,498 --> 00:34:03,167 we won't get our books for a long, long time. 539 00:34:03,334 --> 00:34:04,335 Maybe never. 540 00:34:04,502 --> 00:34:05,962 Mr. Sprague: Maybe the banker's right. 541 00:34:06,129 --> 00:34:08,172 Maybe the family should buy their children's own books. 542 00:34:08,339 --> 00:34:10,216 Don't you think they would if they could? 543 00:34:10,383 --> 00:34:11,801 Well, I think if someone wants something, 544 00:34:11,968 --> 00:34:13,845 he ought to work very hard to get it. 545 00:34:14,011 --> 00:34:15,888 Well, poor folks work harder than anybody. 546 00:34:16,055 --> 00:34:18,015 They can't help it if they're poor. 547 00:34:18,182 --> 00:34:19,642 If you give things to folks, though, 548 00:34:19,809 --> 00:34:21,769 sometimes they get lazy and don't want to work at all. 549 00:34:21,936 --> 00:34:23,980 Not the folks around here. 550 00:34:24,147 --> 00:34:26,774 Well, this banker... You can't run a bank 551 00:34:26,941 --> 00:34:28,860 and not just give away money to everybody that wants it. 552 00:34:29,026 --> 00:34:31,320 I mean, he's just being a good businessman. 553 00:34:31,487 --> 00:34:33,448 Maybe so, but he's not being a good friend, 554 00:34:33,614 --> 00:34:37,452 and good friends are more important than any old business. 555 00:34:37,618 --> 00:34:38,703 You think so? 556 00:34:38,870 --> 00:34:40,621 That's what my pa says. 557 00:34:40,788 --> 00:34:42,957 He says we shouldn't hate the banker, either. 558 00:34:43,124 --> 00:34:46,544 We should feel sorry for him. 559 00:34:46,711 --> 00:34:47,920 Why? 560 00:34:48,087 --> 00:34:51,716 Well, because he probably hasn't got any friends. 561 00:34:51,883 --> 00:34:55,720 "Happy is a house that shelters a friend," pa says. 562 00:34:55,887 --> 00:34:59,223 Well, actually, Ralph Waldo Emerson said it. 563 00:34:59,390 --> 00:35:01,476 You... you read Emerson? 564 00:35:01,642 --> 00:35:03,728 Of course not. It's too hard. 565 00:35:03,895 --> 00:35:06,314 My pa reads it to us. 566 00:35:06,481 --> 00:35:08,357 He reads lots of things to us. 567 00:35:08,524 --> 00:35:10,026 But that's my favorite. 568 00:35:10,193 --> 00:35:12,528 Because if I can't sleep, 569 00:35:12,695 --> 00:35:15,114 then I could think about it. 570 00:35:15,281 --> 00:35:16,157 Ha ha ha'. 571 00:35:16,324 --> 00:35:17,241 Hey'. I got one'. 572 00:35:17,408 --> 00:35:18,534 Sure did. 573 00:35:20,411 --> 00:35:21,454 Ooh, he's a big one'. 574 00:35:21,621 --> 00:35:22,538 Yeah. 575 00:35:22,705 --> 00:35:23,748 Pretty, too. Ha ha ha'. 576 00:35:23,915 --> 00:35:25,708 Yeah. Ha ha ha'. 577 00:35:32,590 --> 00:35:35,384 Sure you don't want to eat supper over at my house? 578 00:35:35,551 --> 00:35:37,220 Oh, I think I better be getting back. 579 00:35:37,386 --> 00:35:38,346 But you said you lived alone. 580 00:35:38,513 --> 00:35:40,556 What's there to get back for? 581 00:35:40,723 --> 00:35:43,518 Well, maybe some other time. 582 00:35:43,684 --> 00:35:45,102 Didn't you ever have a family? 583 00:35:45,269 --> 00:35:48,022 Ha ha ha'. Well, of course I did, when I was a little boy. 584 00:35:48,189 --> 00:35:50,024 No, I mean one of your own. 585 00:35:50,191 --> 00:35:54,111 No, I... I never seem to have the time. 586 00:35:54,278 --> 00:35:55,863 Oh, it doesn't take long. 587 00:35:56,030 --> 00:35:58,366 I've been to a wedding in church, and it just took a couple minutes. 588 00:35:58,533 --> 00:36:03,704 No, I don't mean that. I mean the courting and all that. 589 00:36:03,871 --> 00:36:06,999 Well, maybe you shouldn't spend all your time fishing. 590 00:36:07,166 --> 00:36:08,793 Maybe you should spend it courting. 591 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:12,004 Well, I think it's a little late for that now. 592 00:36:12,171 --> 00:36:13,631 Oh, no, it's never too late. 593 00:36:13,798 --> 00:36:16,968 There's a lot of really old ladies in walnut grove. 594 00:36:17,134 --> 00:36:19,929 I bet some of them are even older than you are. 595 00:36:20,096 --> 00:36:23,182 Ha ha'. I'm glad to hear that. 596 00:36:23,349 --> 00:36:24,433 Tch, tch. 597 00:36:32,483 --> 00:36:34,402 Laura: Come on, Mary, hurry up. 598 00:36:34,569 --> 00:36:35,862 Mary: Why are you rushing so, Laura? 599 00:36:36,028 --> 00:36:37,530 I want to get my chores done. 600 00:36:37,697 --> 00:36:39,782 I didn't know you loved to do your chores so much. 601 00:36:39,949 --> 00:36:44,453 I hate chores, but I can't go fishing unless I get them done. 602 00:36:44,620 --> 00:36:47,290 Hi'. I'll be there after. 603 00:36:50,751 --> 00:36:52,003 How come you're nice to him? 604 00:36:52,169 --> 00:36:53,963 He's my friend. 605 00:36:54,130 --> 00:36:55,673 He's the meanest man in walnut grove. 606 00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:57,174 He is not'. 607 00:36:57,341 --> 00:36:59,886 He is, too. He won't give a penny to the schoolbook fund, 608 00:37:00,052 --> 00:37:02,096 and he's got more money than anybody. 609 00:37:03,097 --> 00:37:04,557 You mean, he's the banker? 610 00:37:04,724 --> 00:37:07,518 Of course. That's mean Mr. Sprague. 611 00:37:29,165 --> 00:37:30,458 I... I been waiting for you. 612 00:37:30,625 --> 00:37:31,500 They're really biting today. 613 00:37:31,667 --> 00:37:33,711 Look at the size of that one. 614 00:37:33,878 --> 00:37:37,006 Why didn't you tell me who you were, Mr. Sprague? 615 00:37:40,384 --> 00:37:41,719 I... I... I didn't think it mattered. 616 00:37:41,886 --> 00:37:44,722 Well, it did. I was talking to you, 617 00:37:44,889 --> 00:37:46,682 and you didn't even tell me it was you, 618 00:37:46,849 --> 00:37:47,934 and that isn't fair. 619 00:37:48,100 --> 00:37:50,227 Well, I didn't get your name, either. 620 00:37:50,394 --> 00:37:51,729 Laura Ingalls. 621 00:37:51,896 --> 00:37:54,440 But I wasn't keeping it a secret. 622 00:37:54,607 --> 00:37:58,069 Ingalls. You knew very well who I was. 623 00:37:58,235 --> 00:38:01,113 I didn't. 624 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:03,032 Everyone knows who I am. 625 00:38:03,199 --> 00:38:06,869 Well, I didn't. All I knew is that you were my friend. 626 00:38:07,036 --> 00:38:09,205 You were mine because you wanted something from me. 627 00:38:09,372 --> 00:38:11,749 You pa thought you could sweet-talk me into giving him a loan. 628 00:38:11,916 --> 00:38:14,001 That's not true. 629 00:38:14,168 --> 00:38:18,506 Yes, it is. No one talks to me unless they want something from me. 630 00:38:18,673 --> 00:38:21,133 All right. All right. 631 00:38:21,300 --> 00:38:24,178 I did want something from you. 632 00:38:24,345 --> 00:38:28,766 I wanted a best friend who'd want to go fishing as much as I did. 633 00:38:28,933 --> 00:38:31,560 But I don't anymore. 634 00:38:31,727 --> 00:38:35,231 I'd rather go fishing alone for the rest of my life. 635 00:39:05,386 --> 00:39:07,555 Still can't sleep? 636 00:39:07,722 --> 00:39:10,307 No, sir. 637 00:39:10,474 --> 00:39:14,311 All I really wanted was just to be his friend. 638 00:39:14,478 --> 00:39:17,314 I know that, half-pint. 639 00:39:17,481 --> 00:39:21,318 Then why wouldn't he believe me? 640 00:39:21,485 --> 00:39:24,655 Well, that's hard to say. 641 00:39:24,822 --> 00:39:29,160 Some folks just like to think the worst about other folks. 642 00:39:29,326 --> 00:39:32,830 Maybe he's just afraid of being hurt. 643 00:39:32,997 --> 00:39:34,623 I don't know what you mean. 644 00:39:34,790 --> 00:39:38,961 Well, if you never love someone, 645 00:39:39,128 --> 00:39:40,004 you never have to worry about 646 00:39:40,171 --> 00:39:42,798 that person hurting you. 647 00:39:42,965 --> 00:39:44,592 Friends and loved ones 648 00:39:44,759 --> 00:39:47,970 are always the ones to give you joy and sorrow. 649 00:39:51,182 --> 00:39:56,437 And Mr. Sprague is really afraid of sorrow. 650 00:39:56,604 --> 00:39:59,565 That's right. 651 00:39:59,732 --> 00:40:02,902 But he won't ever have any joy, either. 652 00:40:03,069 --> 00:40:05,279 I know. 653 00:40:05,446 --> 00:40:10,242 That's why you can't go through this life being afraid to love. 654 00:40:10,409 --> 00:40:12,536 'Cause without love, there just... 655 00:40:12,703 --> 00:40:14,997 Well, there just isn't any reason for living. 656 00:40:29,261 --> 00:40:31,555 Now... 657 00:40:31,722 --> 00:40:33,015 Why don't you try closing your eyes 658 00:40:33,182 --> 00:40:37,103 and thinking about all the people that love you? 659 00:40:38,813 --> 00:40:39,897 All right. 660 00:41:31,448 --> 00:41:33,868 How is she? 661 00:41:34,034 --> 00:41:37,163 Well, she's asleep. 662 00:41:37,329 --> 00:41:41,208 Little tears still drying on her cheeks. 663 00:41:41,375 --> 00:41:46,046 How could that man accuse a child like that? 664 00:41:46,213 --> 00:41:49,300 I'm gonna find out tomorrow. 665 00:41:49,466 --> 00:41:52,678 I'm gonna go in town and have a nice talk with Mr. Sprague. 666 00:42:02,897 --> 00:42:04,023 Charles: Yah'. 667 00:42:10,237 --> 00:42:12,156 Whoa'. 668 00:42:12,323 --> 00:42:14,783 There we are. 669 00:42:14,950 --> 00:42:16,076 Thank you, Mr. Sprague. 670 00:42:16,243 --> 00:42:17,203 I'll be here with more next week. 671 00:42:17,369 --> 00:42:18,662 Fine, fine. 672 00:42:18,829 --> 00:42:19,705 Well, morning, Mr. Ingalls. 673 00:42:19,872 --> 00:42:21,165 Mr. Taylor. 674 00:42:21,332 --> 00:42:22,666 Mr. Ingalls, I've made a decision regarding the loan. 675 00:42:22,833 --> 00:42:24,585 I didn't come here to talk about the loan. 676 00:42:24,752 --> 00:42:27,046 I came here to tell you that my little girl is not a liar. 677 00:42:27,213 --> 00:42:28,547 Well, I have nothing to say about that. 678 00:42:28,714 --> 00:42:30,007 Yeah, well, I have something to say about it. 679 00:42:30,174 --> 00:42:31,717 Now, you broke that little girl's heart. 680 00:42:31,884 --> 00:42:33,636 She went down to that pond every day to see her best friend. 681 00:42:33,802 --> 00:42:35,095 That's what she called you... her best friend. 682 00:42:35,262 --> 00:42:36,847 Yes, because she wanted me to lend you money. 683 00:42:37,014 --> 00:42:39,183 She didn't have the slightest idea who you were. 684 00:42:39,350 --> 00:42:42,978 And as for the loan, I wouldn't take it if it meant I'd lose everything. 685 00:42:43,145 --> 00:42:44,563 My little girl gave something to you... friendship... 686 00:42:44,730 --> 00:42:46,690 And you took it and threw it right back in her face. 687 00:42:46,857 --> 00:42:48,609 I don't need any friends. 688 00:42:48,776 --> 00:42:51,445 Well, that's good for you, Mr. Sprague, 'cause you don't have any. 689 00:42:54,615 --> 00:42:56,325 You know, I feel sorry for you. 690 00:42:56,492 --> 00:43:00,537 You can't take anything, and you can't give anything except money. 691 00:43:00,704 --> 00:43:01,872 And as far as I'm concerned, 692 00:43:02,039 --> 00:43:04,500 that means you don't have anything at all. 693 00:43:53,382 --> 00:43:54,383 All right, your assignment 694 00:43:54,550 --> 00:43:59,596 will be to read pages 34, 35, and 36. 695 00:43:59,763 --> 00:44:02,016 Boy: I don't have a book, miss beadle. 696 00:44:02,182 --> 00:44:03,934 Well, Johnny, you'll have to go to the Kennedys'. 697 00:44:04,101 --> 00:44:05,811 Yes, ma'am. 698 00:44:05,978 --> 00:44:07,855 There won't be any arithmetic homework tonight, 699 00:44:08,022 --> 00:44:10,024 unless of course you didn't finish your classroom assignment, 700 00:44:10,190 --> 00:44:11,692 then you'll have to do that at home. 701 00:44:11,859 --> 00:44:15,279 I finished all my arithmetic problems in class, miss beadle. 702 00:44:15,446 --> 00:44:16,822 Miss beadle: That's very good, Nellie. 703 00:44:16,989 --> 00:44:18,907 Maybe you can loan your book to someone until tomorrow. 704 00:44:19,074 --> 00:44:20,743 Mommy says I mustn't. 705 00:44:22,161 --> 00:44:24,997 All right, tomorrow we'll start on fractions. 706 00:44:26,665 --> 00:44:29,209 Man: Around the bend. 707 00:44:29,376 --> 00:44:30,794 Boy: Who are they? 708 00:44:30,961 --> 00:44:33,630 Children: What is that? 709 00:44:33,797 --> 00:44:37,301 Children, please, we're still in school. 710 00:44:37,468 --> 00:44:38,510 Well, what is it? 711 00:44:38,677 --> 00:44:40,137 Don't know what's in it, ma'am. 712 00:44:40,304 --> 00:44:43,098 All we got was orders to deliver it here in a hurry. 713 00:44:43,265 --> 00:44:45,184 Well, I'm sorry. I didn't order anything. 714 00:44:45,351 --> 00:44:47,561 Laura: Well, open it, miss beadle. 715 00:44:47,728 --> 00:44:51,398 Uh... Have to sign for it first. 716 00:44:51,565 --> 00:44:52,733 Nellie: Who sent it, miss beadle? 717 00:44:52,900 --> 00:44:54,985 Nellie, I don't know. It doesn't say. 718 00:44:55,152 --> 00:44:57,780 It just says, "one crate." 719 00:44:57,946 --> 00:44:58,947 Thank you. 720 00:44:59,114 --> 00:45:01,950 Excuse me, could you help us loosen the lid? 721 00:45:04,119 --> 00:45:06,163 I just can't imagine... 722 00:45:06,330 --> 00:45:08,207 Thank you. 723 00:45:08,374 --> 00:45:10,417 Well... 724 00:45:10,584 --> 00:45:12,252 Everyone: Oh'. Books'. 725 00:45:12,419 --> 00:45:14,797 It's millions of them'. 726 00:45:23,013 --> 00:45:26,642 "Mcguffey's reader." 727 00:45:32,022 --> 00:45:33,982 "Famous poets." 728 00:45:36,402 --> 00:45:39,363 "The complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson." 729 00:45:39,530 --> 00:45:41,448 Boy: Who sent them, miss beadle? 730 00:45:41,615 --> 00:45:44,993 Miss beadle: I don't know. 731 00:46:10,394 --> 00:46:12,062 Good afternoon, young lady. 732 00:46:14,565 --> 00:46:16,233 Catch anything? 733 00:46:22,656 --> 00:46:23,949 Thanks to you. 734 00:46:32,166 --> 00:46:33,792 Thanks to you. 735 00:46:38,964 --> 00:46:42,593 Heh heh heh'. 736 00:46:42,759 --> 00:46:45,596 Well, you... you going fishing or aren't you? 737 00:46:45,762 --> 00:46:48,265 Looks like you caught enough fish for both of us. 738 00:46:48,432 --> 00:46:51,602 There's maybe even enough there for 6 people. 739 00:46:51,768 --> 00:46:55,105 I'd say that's about right. 740 00:46:55,272 --> 00:46:59,443 You know, my ma cooks the best fish in the whole world, 741 00:46:59,610 --> 00:47:02,321 if you mind sharing them with the whole Ingalls family. 742 00:47:02,488 --> 00:47:05,240 I think that'd be a pretty good idea. 743 00:47:05,407 --> 00:47:08,035 'Sides that, I got something 744 00:47:08,202 --> 00:47:10,204 I want to talk to your pa about. 745 00:47:26,303 --> 00:47:28,597 Laura: We kept Mr. Sprague's secret about the books, 746 00:47:28,764 --> 00:47:33,101 and pa got his loan and bought the 40 acres. 747 00:47:33,268 --> 00:47:36,730 Mr. Sprague said I sure didn't lie about ma's cooking. 748 00:47:36,897 --> 00:47:39,858 It was the best in the whole world.