1 00:01:23,918 --> 00:01:26,087 Nels'. Nels'. It's that Amos pike'. 2 00:01:26,254 --> 00:01:27,297 He's coming'. He's headed this way'. 3 00:01:27,464 --> 00:01:28,548 You mean the hermit? 4 00:01:28,715 --> 00:01:30,759 No, he's no hermit. He's a maniac. 5 00:01:30,925 --> 00:01:32,135 Get out of here. Out'. 6 00:01:32,302 --> 00:01:33,386 Harriet'. 7 00:02:03,208 --> 00:02:04,417 Um... 8 00:02:04,584 --> 00:02:07,045 Your special order came in, Mr. Pike. 9 00:02:15,428 --> 00:02:18,223 Uh... let's see. We have, uh... 10 00:02:18,389 --> 00:02:19,516 Coffee... 11 00:02:22,018 --> 00:02:23,102 Flour... 12 00:02:25,271 --> 00:02:26,356 Sugar. 13 00:02:40,829 --> 00:02:44,749 Let's see. That's $5.00 for the special order. 14 00:02:45,959 --> 00:02:49,045 8... 16. 15 00:02:55,844 --> 00:02:59,305 4, 5... 16 00:02:59,472 --> 00:03:00,849 56 cents. 17 00:03:01,015 --> 00:03:03,226 Well, that's exactly right, Mr. Pike. 18 00:03:11,276 --> 00:03:12,277 Ohh... 19 00:03:12,443 --> 00:03:14,028 He's disgusting. 20 00:04:15,298 --> 00:04:17,258 You should have stayed with me. 21 00:04:20,803 --> 00:04:24,265 You'd be the belle of that sociable. 22 00:04:24,432 --> 00:04:25,516 After they heard you sing, 23 00:04:25,683 --> 00:04:28,686 they wouldn't want to hear anybody else. 24 00:04:28,853 --> 00:04:33,232 It's the truth, Lilly. 25 00:04:33,399 --> 00:04:35,151 That's right. 26 00:04:35,318 --> 00:04:36,402 Smile. 27 00:04:39,948 --> 00:04:45,411 Next you'll tell me how you love me... 28 00:04:45,578 --> 00:04:50,249 And how you'll always be at my side. 29 00:04:50,416 --> 00:04:51,459 Then one fine day, 30 00:04:51,626 --> 00:04:53,920 I'll turn around and you'll be gone, 31 00:04:54,087 --> 00:04:57,882 just like before. 32 00:04:58,049 --> 00:05:02,303 You lied to me, Lilly. 33 00:05:02,470 --> 00:05:05,264 What's the good of being so beautiful 34 00:05:05,431 --> 00:05:07,058 if the truth ain't in you? 35 00:05:10,770 --> 00:05:11,980 Don't go. 36 00:05:24,283 --> 00:05:27,120 Bet I could play music on it if I was gentle enough. 37 00:05:35,712 --> 00:05:37,463 I got you'. I got you'. 38 00:05:37,630 --> 00:05:39,257 Laura: Will you please be quiet? 39 00:05:39,424 --> 00:05:42,802 How do you expect me to catch a rabbit with you making all that noise? 40 00:05:42,969 --> 00:05:44,971 I don't have to be quiet. 41 00:05:45,138 --> 00:05:46,347 That's my box. 42 00:05:46,514 --> 00:05:48,057 And my carrot. 43 00:05:48,224 --> 00:05:50,935 So nyah'. 44 00:05:51,102 --> 00:05:52,603 Big, old spider in there. 45 00:05:52,770 --> 00:05:54,272 It'll get you. 46 00:05:54,439 --> 00:05:57,191 I'm not afraid of leggy things. 47 00:05:57,358 --> 00:05:59,610 Bet you are of that old house on the hill. 48 00:06:02,155 --> 00:06:04,490 Why should I be afraid of a dumb, old house? 49 00:06:04,657 --> 00:06:05,950 Because Amos pike lives there, 50 00:06:06,117 --> 00:06:08,745 and my mother says he's a maniac. 51 00:06:08,911 --> 00:06:11,122 A maniac? What's a maniac? 52 00:06:11,289 --> 00:06:12,457 Willie: He's crazy'. 53 00:06:12,623 --> 00:06:14,125 That's what a maniac is. 54 00:06:14,292 --> 00:06:15,960 And he kills people'. 55 00:06:16,127 --> 00:06:17,712 That's silly, Willie. 56 00:06:17,879 --> 00:06:19,589 No, it's not'. 57 00:06:19,756 --> 00:06:21,340 Everyone knows if you're brave enough 58 00:06:21,507 --> 00:06:23,718 to touch the place where a maniac lives, 59 00:06:23,885 --> 00:06:25,511 he can't hurt you. 60 00:06:25,678 --> 00:06:27,930 That's not true, Nellie oleson. 61 00:06:28,097 --> 00:06:32,268 Yes, it is. Just like a ladybug. 62 00:06:32,435 --> 00:06:35,313 How come I never see you going up there to touch it? 63 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:37,106 Our mother told us not to. 64 00:06:37,273 --> 00:06:39,859 Besides, Willie and I have touched it lots of times. 65 00:06:40,026 --> 00:06:42,195 So has Jane. Haven't you, Jane? 66 00:06:42,361 --> 00:06:45,573 Yeah, yeah. I've been up there lots of times. 67 00:06:45,740 --> 00:06:49,035 Looks like you're the only one who's too scared, Laura. 68 00:06:54,874 --> 00:06:57,960 I am not. It's just a dumb, old run-down house. 69 00:06:58,127 --> 00:07:01,464 Then there's nothing to be afraid of, is there? 70 00:07:01,631 --> 00:07:02,507 All right. 71 00:07:02,673 --> 00:07:03,966 All right, Nellie oleson. 72 00:07:04,133 --> 00:07:05,885 I'll touch your dumb, old house, 73 00:07:06,052 --> 00:07:09,013 but after I do it, I don't want to hear anymore about it. 74 00:07:11,849 --> 00:07:14,227 I don't remember touching that old house. 75 00:07:14,393 --> 00:07:16,521 You didn't, silly. It's a trick... 76 00:07:16,687 --> 00:07:18,356 And a good one on Laura. 77 00:08:45,443 --> 00:08:48,613 What are you running for? 78 00:08:48,779 --> 00:08:50,364 What's the matter, Laura? 79 00:08:55,995 --> 00:08:58,122 Nyah, nyah. You didn't touch the house. 80 00:08:58,289 --> 00:08:59,498 Laura is a scaredy-cat'. 81 00:08:59,665 --> 00:09:01,876 I am not'. 82 00:09:02,043 --> 00:09:05,504 My pa will tan my hide if I don't get home and do my chores. 83 00:09:07,673 --> 00:09:09,717 All: Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah'. 84 00:09:09,884 --> 00:09:11,886 Laura is a scaredy-cat'. 85 00:09:12,053 --> 00:09:14,180 Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah'. 86 00:09:14,347 --> 00:09:15,973 Laura is a scaredy-cat'. 87 00:09:16,140 --> 00:09:17,099 Laura: I have to get home'. 88 00:09:17,266 --> 00:09:18,684 All: Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah'. 89 00:09:18,851 --> 00:09:21,187 Laura is a scaredy-cat'. 90 00:09:21,354 --> 00:09:24,357 Mm. I think I'll have another piece of chicken. 91 00:09:24,523 --> 00:09:26,776 Laura, you've eaten scarcely a bite. 92 00:09:26,943 --> 00:09:28,986 I'm not very hungry tonight, ma. 93 00:09:29,153 --> 00:09:31,864 Is Mr. Pike really a maniac? 94 00:09:32,031 --> 00:09:33,616 Who told you that? 95 00:09:33,783 --> 00:09:37,161 Well, Mrs. Oleson and Willie and Nellie 96 00:09:37,328 --> 00:09:38,204 said he was dangerous. 97 00:09:38,371 --> 00:09:39,872 What a thing to say. 98 00:09:40,039 --> 00:09:42,041 He's just an old man who likes his privacy, that's all. 99 00:09:42,208 --> 00:09:43,459 And has every right to it. 100 00:09:45,211 --> 00:09:47,129 Sure does look scary. 101 00:09:47,296 --> 00:09:48,256 Well, maybe I'll look scary 102 00:09:48,422 --> 00:09:50,883 when I get as old as he is. 103 00:09:51,050 --> 00:09:54,220 That old house of his looks as scary as he does. 104 00:09:54,387 --> 00:09:56,013 Mary: Did he build it? Mm-hmm. 105 00:09:56,180 --> 00:09:57,890 Long before the first settlers came here. 106 00:09:58,057 --> 00:09:59,058 That's why I think he's got a right to live 107 00:09:59,225 --> 00:10:00,726 the way he wants to. 108 00:10:00,893 --> 00:10:01,811 I guess. 109 00:10:01,978 --> 00:10:03,229 Just let other people say what they want 110 00:10:03,396 --> 00:10:04,563 about Mr. Pike. 111 00:10:04,730 --> 00:10:06,190 Let that man live in peace. 112 00:10:06,357 --> 00:10:08,234 Right, pa. 113 00:10:08,401 --> 00:10:10,319 Stop poking that potato and eat some. 114 00:10:18,286 --> 00:10:20,371 A piece of wood. 115 00:10:20,538 --> 00:10:22,373 What? 116 00:10:22,540 --> 00:10:24,250 All I have to do is take a piece of wood 117 00:10:24,417 --> 00:10:26,544 from that old Mr. Pike's house. 118 00:10:26,711 --> 00:10:28,879 Then Nellie would have to know that I touched it. 119 00:10:29,046 --> 00:10:30,965 Are you still going on about that? 120 00:10:31,132 --> 00:10:33,259 Pa said you weren't to bother Mr. Pike. 121 00:10:33,426 --> 00:10:34,552 I'm not going to. 122 00:10:34,719 --> 00:10:37,096 All I have to do is touch that house 123 00:10:37,263 --> 00:10:39,849 or Nellie will tease me something awful. 124 00:10:40,016 --> 00:10:41,517 I'd rather take the teasing. 125 00:10:45,313 --> 00:10:47,898 Tomorrow's Saturday. 126 00:10:48,065 --> 00:10:51,444 Everybody knows that Mr. Pike goes to town on Saturday. 127 00:10:51,610 --> 00:10:53,487 Want to come with me? 128 00:10:53,654 --> 00:10:55,323 I can't. 129 00:10:55,489 --> 00:10:58,743 Scared, too, huh? 130 00:10:58,909 --> 00:11:01,370 I've got a lot of things to do. 131 00:11:01,537 --> 00:11:04,665 Like what? 132 00:11:04,832 --> 00:11:06,292 It doesn't matter. 133 00:11:06,459 --> 00:11:07,752 I don't want pa to skin me alive 134 00:11:07,918 --> 00:11:10,296 like he's going to do to you if he finds out. 135 00:11:10,463 --> 00:11:12,423 Well, pa said not to bother him. 136 00:11:12,590 --> 00:11:16,260 And if he's not going to be home, how can I bother him? 137 00:11:16,427 --> 00:11:18,971 It would be better if you'd just forget about it. 138 00:11:19,138 --> 00:11:20,139 Well, I'm going to do it, 139 00:11:20,306 --> 00:11:22,183 and I'm going to take Jack with me 140 00:11:22,350 --> 00:11:24,435 because pa didn't say anything to him. 141 00:11:33,652 --> 00:11:34,904 Come on, Jack. 142 00:11:46,665 --> 00:11:48,834 A piece of wood wouldn't matter that much. 143 00:12:06,852 --> 00:12:07,937 Hush, Jack. 144 00:12:08,104 --> 00:12:09,230 Jack'. 145 00:12:13,192 --> 00:12:14,610 Jack, you come back... 146 00:12:17,405 --> 00:12:18,489 Here. 147 00:12:50,604 --> 00:12:53,399 Jack? 148 00:12:53,566 --> 00:12:56,569 You come back here now... 149 00:12:56,735 --> 00:12:58,821 And leave that old cat alone. 150 00:14:46,637 --> 00:14:47,721 Jack'. 151 00:14:53,227 --> 00:14:54,311 Jack. 152 00:14:58,857 --> 00:15:01,026 Come on, Jack. 153 00:15:01,193 --> 00:15:03,320 Well, better start to go home. 154 00:15:03,487 --> 00:15:04,697 Otherwise, we're going to get... 155 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,122 I... 156 00:15:55,289 --> 00:16:00,210 I'm sorry that Jack broke your vase. 157 00:16:03,255 --> 00:16:04,381 Who are you? 158 00:16:06,467 --> 00:16:08,761 Laura. 159 00:16:08,927 --> 00:16:11,847 Laura Ingalls from over the hill. 160 00:16:12,014 --> 00:16:15,601 You come here to steal something... Didn't you? 161 00:16:15,768 --> 00:16:17,019 No, sir, I didn't. 162 00:16:20,939 --> 00:16:22,691 Just this old piece of wood. 163 00:16:23,776 --> 00:16:24,943 Give it to me. 164 00:16:27,780 --> 00:16:31,200 Now I want you to get your thieving self out of here, 165 00:16:31,367 --> 00:16:34,620 and I don't want to see your likes around here again'. 166 00:16:34,787 --> 00:16:36,372 I'm sorry. 167 00:16:36,538 --> 00:16:37,915 It's just an old piece of wood. 168 00:16:38,082 --> 00:16:39,166 Do you hear? 169 00:16:42,211 --> 00:16:45,381 I don't want you to talk to no one about me. 170 00:16:45,547 --> 00:16:46,632 You hear? 171 00:16:54,139 --> 00:16:57,226 You're not anything to tell anybody about. 172 00:16:57,393 --> 00:16:58,977 You're not even a maniac. 173 00:16:59,144 --> 00:17:01,230 You're just a mean, selfish old man. 174 00:17:24,670 --> 00:17:27,381 Sorry I disobeyed you, pa. 175 00:17:27,548 --> 00:17:29,633 You going to skin me? 176 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:33,512 Well, I suppose I should, shouldn't I? 177 00:17:33,679 --> 00:17:35,764 But I won't. 178 00:17:35,931 --> 00:17:37,683 Everybody disobeys once in a while. 179 00:17:37,850 --> 00:17:39,810 The important thing is you owned up to it. 180 00:17:39,977 --> 00:17:41,353 Hey, go on. Get some sleep. 181 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:42,604 Yes, sir. 182 00:17:45,941 --> 00:17:48,694 Wish I hadn't talked so mean. 183 00:17:48,861 --> 00:17:51,363 He's so old and lonely. 184 00:17:51,530 --> 00:17:53,490 That's probably why he's so mean. 185 00:17:53,657 --> 00:17:55,492 Well, I'm sure he's forgotten about it by now. 186 00:17:58,036 --> 00:18:01,331 Pa... 187 00:18:01,498 --> 00:18:04,209 Could I... 188 00:18:04,376 --> 00:18:07,880 Could I just go to the old house just once more? 189 00:18:08,046 --> 00:18:10,048 What for? 190 00:18:10,215 --> 00:18:12,342 I want to say I'm sorry. 191 00:18:12,509 --> 00:18:14,887 I'd feel awful if he stayed locked up in that old house 192 00:18:15,053 --> 00:18:17,264 all on account of me. 193 00:18:17,431 --> 00:18:19,224 Half-pint, he's been doing that for a lot of years now. 194 00:18:19,391 --> 00:18:22,561 You can't blame yourself for it. 195 00:18:22,728 --> 00:18:25,230 Well, I'd feel better if I could set things right. 196 00:18:26,148 --> 00:18:29,318 Please, pa. Just one more time. 197 00:18:29,485 --> 00:18:30,986 All right. One more time. 198 00:18:31,153 --> 00:18:33,030 But I want you to just go to the door, tell him you're sorry, 199 00:18:33,197 --> 00:18:34,823 and then leave him alone, understand? 200 00:18:34,990 --> 00:18:36,492 Yes, pa. Thanks. 201 00:18:36,658 --> 00:18:37,451 Sweet dreams. 202 00:18:37,618 --> 00:18:38,869 Good night. Good night. 203 00:18:50,297 --> 00:18:51,757 Pike: You get back in time for the season, 204 00:18:51,924 --> 00:18:54,968 we'll walk like we did before... 205 00:18:55,135 --> 00:18:56,720 Your pretty hand in mine, 206 00:18:56,887 --> 00:19:00,599 you all smiling and warm and... 207 00:19:00,766 --> 00:19:02,267 You'll like it. I promise. 208 00:19:02,434 --> 00:19:04,603 It's better than before. 209 00:19:04,770 --> 00:19:06,980 A lot of folks around. 210 00:19:07,147 --> 00:19:08,565 They couldn't help but love you... 211 00:19:10,526 --> 00:19:13,153 Not the way I do, 212 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:15,239 but, then, what we got is special. 213 00:19:23,330 --> 00:19:26,667 You said it was special, 214 00:19:26,834 --> 00:19:30,003 but you ain't lived up to what you said. 215 00:19:30,170 --> 00:19:33,465 I'm trying to be fair... 216 00:19:33,632 --> 00:19:35,968 But it's time you came home. 217 00:19:49,523 --> 00:19:50,732 What are you doing here? 218 00:19:52,484 --> 00:19:55,696 I... 219 00:19:55,863 --> 00:19:58,156 I came back to tell you I'm sorry 220 00:19:58,323 --> 00:20:01,910 for all the bad things I said to you yesterday. 221 00:20:02,077 --> 00:20:03,745 Nobody asked you'. 222 00:20:10,043 --> 00:20:12,170 Bet you never talk to her that way. 223 00:20:12,337 --> 00:20:13,380 What? 224 00:20:13,547 --> 00:20:15,966 Just that if I was as beautiful as she is, 225 00:20:16,133 --> 00:20:17,718 you wouldn't be acting this way. 226 00:20:21,597 --> 00:20:23,682 It's none of your affair. 227 00:20:26,643 --> 00:20:28,520 Don't you go talking'. 228 00:20:28,687 --> 00:20:31,523 I won't... 229 00:20:31,690 --> 00:20:34,401 But she sure will when she gets back, 230 00:20:34,568 --> 00:20:37,070 the way you let her house go. 231 00:20:37,237 --> 00:20:38,071 What? 232 00:20:38,238 --> 00:20:39,114 Well, look at this place. 233 00:20:39,281 --> 00:20:42,034 It's a mess'. 234 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:43,911 Well, I... 235 00:20:44,077 --> 00:20:45,829 I've, uh... 236 00:20:45,996 --> 00:20:47,205 I've been meaning to... 237 00:20:47,372 --> 00:20:49,333 Meaning won't make it fit for woolly bears. 238 00:20:52,628 --> 00:20:55,380 Have to clean your broom before you can even sweep. 239 00:20:55,547 --> 00:20:57,883 You're a regular snippety-snap, 240 00:20:58,050 --> 00:20:59,217 ain't you? 241 00:20:59,384 --> 00:21:00,761 What's a snippety-snap? 242 00:21:00,928 --> 00:21:02,054 People like you'. 243 00:21:05,223 --> 00:21:07,184 Well, I... 244 00:21:07,351 --> 00:21:11,855 Guess I have let the place go a little. 245 00:21:12,022 --> 00:21:13,899 Well, we could fix it up. 246 00:21:14,066 --> 00:21:16,568 It could all look just like her room upstairs... 247 00:21:16,735 --> 00:21:19,112 If we did it together. 248 00:21:19,279 --> 00:21:22,157 You were upstairs? 249 00:21:22,324 --> 00:21:23,575 How did you know it was her room? 250 00:21:25,410 --> 00:21:28,080 Well, it has to be her room. 251 00:21:28,246 --> 00:21:31,249 She's so beautiful. 252 00:21:31,416 --> 00:21:33,919 What's her name? 253 00:21:34,086 --> 00:21:36,213 Miss Lilly... 254 00:21:36,380 --> 00:21:38,882 Miss Lilly Baldwin. 255 00:21:42,219 --> 00:21:43,762 Bet you could get this place fixed up 256 00:21:43,929 --> 00:21:45,973 in a jiffy for miss Lilly, 257 00:21:46,139 --> 00:21:48,767 with me helping. 258 00:21:48,934 --> 00:21:50,185 I didn't ask you. 259 00:21:50,352 --> 00:21:51,895 Didn't ask me to leave either. 260 00:21:54,439 --> 00:21:55,691 What did you say your name was? 261 00:21:55,857 --> 00:21:56,942 Laura Ingalls. 262 00:21:57,109 --> 00:21:58,777 I already know yours. 263 00:21:58,944 --> 00:22:00,904 Well, better start cleaning up. 264 00:22:01,071 --> 00:22:03,156 You take that rug outside and give it a good shaking, 265 00:22:03,323 --> 00:22:05,075 and I'll see what I can do in here. 266 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:11,915 You're a real snippety-snap. Yes, sir. 267 00:22:14,126 --> 00:22:15,669 Did you really chase kids away 268 00:22:15,836 --> 00:22:18,630 with your big stick like everybody says? 269 00:22:18,797 --> 00:22:20,090 That what they say? 270 00:22:20,257 --> 00:22:21,383 Some of them do. 271 00:22:22,968 --> 00:22:25,220 Well, it wasn't out of meanness. 272 00:22:25,387 --> 00:22:28,140 It was just protecting what was mine. 273 00:22:28,306 --> 00:22:29,975 And miss Lilly's. 274 00:22:30,142 --> 00:22:33,020 When will miss Lilly be coming back? 275 00:22:33,186 --> 00:22:35,522 Well, most anytime now, 276 00:22:35,689 --> 00:22:39,526 soon as she gets tired of city living. 277 00:22:39,693 --> 00:22:40,569 How come you never went to live in 278 00:22:40,736 --> 00:22:43,196 the city with miss Lilly? Hmm? 279 00:22:43,363 --> 00:22:44,489 Who are you coming around here 280 00:22:44,656 --> 00:22:46,783 telling me what I should or shouldn't do? 281 00:22:46,950 --> 00:22:49,327 I didn't mean to. 282 00:22:49,494 --> 00:22:50,537 But if you went to the city, 283 00:22:50,704 --> 00:22:53,248 you'd see miss Lilly a whole lot more. 284 00:22:53,415 --> 00:22:55,959 Well, I ain't a city man. 285 00:22:56,126 --> 00:22:59,337 Go crazy in those stacked houses. All that noise. 286 00:22:59,504 --> 00:23:01,423 People running here and yon. 287 00:23:01,590 --> 00:23:03,842 Fella could get run down in the street. 288 00:23:04,009 --> 00:23:08,430 I need a fat sun and good, clean wind in my face. 289 00:23:08,597 --> 00:23:09,931 Well, you're not getting either of them 290 00:23:10,098 --> 00:23:13,852 staying locked up in this old house all the time. 291 00:23:14,019 --> 00:23:16,438 Listen here, you runny-nosed little upstart. 292 00:23:16,605 --> 00:23:19,399 The windows are looking a lot nicer. 293 00:23:19,566 --> 00:23:20,358 I don't know anything 294 00:23:20,525 --> 00:23:21,693 a lady could appreciate more 295 00:23:21,860 --> 00:23:24,029 than clean windows... 296 00:23:24,196 --> 00:23:27,157 Except maybe a clean yard with flowers. 297 00:23:28,533 --> 00:23:30,243 You let that yard go. 298 00:23:34,664 --> 00:23:35,957 What's the matter? 299 00:23:37,626 --> 00:23:40,212 Looks like someone's coming. 300 00:23:46,843 --> 00:23:49,679 Oh, that's just my pa. 301 00:23:49,846 --> 00:23:51,473 I didn't know how late it was. 302 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:52,724 Whoa. 303 00:24:01,775 --> 00:24:02,526 Hi, pa'. 304 00:24:02,692 --> 00:24:04,820 Hi, half-pint, Mr. Pike. 305 00:24:04,986 --> 00:24:08,156 It's about time you came for this snippety-snap. 306 00:24:08,323 --> 00:24:11,409 I'll thank you to take miss Laura Ingalls from over the hill 307 00:24:11,576 --> 00:24:13,078 back over the hill. 308 00:24:13,245 --> 00:24:15,247 I'm sorry if she caused you any trouble, sir. 309 00:24:15,413 --> 00:24:18,125 Time was when decent folks kept their children at home 310 00:24:18,291 --> 00:24:20,001 out of other folks' business. 311 00:24:24,631 --> 00:24:26,258 Well, I suppose you heard that. 312 00:24:26,424 --> 00:24:27,926 I sure did. 313 00:24:28,093 --> 00:24:29,594 That's just the way he is. 314 00:24:29,761 --> 00:24:31,012 He really likes me. 315 00:24:38,228 --> 00:24:41,439 Well, this house is looking better, 316 00:24:41,606 --> 00:24:44,609 but I have to say there's still a long way to go. 317 00:24:44,776 --> 00:24:48,488 Pike: Yeah, well, we're getting there. 318 00:24:48,655 --> 00:24:50,323 Woo'. 319 00:24:50,490 --> 00:24:52,117 Cobwebs couldn't weigh more than air, 320 00:24:52,284 --> 00:24:57,289 but bet I've cleared a ton of them out of this room alone. 321 00:24:57,455 --> 00:24:58,748 A lot of them anyway. 322 00:25:03,461 --> 00:25:04,754 There. That's finished. 323 00:25:10,302 --> 00:25:13,138 Could Polish furniture if you had some furniture Polish. 324 00:25:13,305 --> 00:25:14,472 Well, use your eyes, child. 325 00:25:14,639 --> 00:25:16,183 There's a bottle right there on the table. 326 00:25:22,230 --> 00:25:23,315 This is going to be the last day 327 00:25:23,481 --> 00:25:24,816 I'll be able to help you for a while. 328 00:25:24,983 --> 00:25:26,151 Huh? 329 00:25:26,318 --> 00:25:28,278 My pa's going to take me to mankato with him. 330 00:25:28,445 --> 00:25:31,072 Well, what about school? 331 00:25:31,239 --> 00:25:34,159 Well, miss beadle feels that geography is important 332 00:25:34,326 --> 00:25:35,660 and the best way to learn it 333 00:25:35,827 --> 00:25:39,039 is to see it and then write about it when you get back. 334 00:25:39,206 --> 00:25:40,707 Have you ever been to mankato? 335 00:25:40,874 --> 00:25:42,250 Lots of times. 336 00:25:42,417 --> 00:25:45,837 It's where I met and married miss Lilly. 337 00:25:46,004 --> 00:25:47,714 She was in a repertory company. 338 00:25:47,881 --> 00:25:49,674 A reper what? 339 00:25:49,841 --> 00:25:51,593 A repertory company. 340 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:53,553 Means the same actors and actresses 341 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:55,013 doing different plays, 342 00:25:55,180 --> 00:25:56,848 different play every night. 343 00:25:57,015 --> 00:25:59,309 First time I saw her, she was a singer 344 00:25:59,476 --> 00:26:02,312 who had a broken heart, a lot of sad songs. 345 00:26:02,479 --> 00:26:04,439 Had everybody in the theater crying, 346 00:26:04,606 --> 00:26:07,525 whole ocean of tears. 347 00:26:07,692 --> 00:26:09,611 I don't think I'd like that. 348 00:26:09,778 --> 00:26:12,113 Yes, you would. Everybody did. 349 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:14,866 Next night, she was a dancer, 350 00:26:15,033 --> 00:26:16,159 a gypsy... 351 00:26:16,326 --> 00:26:18,828 Whirling around the stage, 352 00:26:18,995 --> 00:26:21,623 sparkles in her hair, 353 00:26:21,790 --> 00:26:23,541 lighter than thistledown. 354 00:26:23,708 --> 00:26:26,086 Took my breath away just to watch her. 355 00:26:26,253 --> 00:26:27,379 Dressed like that? 356 00:26:32,217 --> 00:26:35,512 Yes, child. 357 00:26:35,679 --> 00:26:40,433 Artist didn't paint her as pretty as she is. 358 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,769 Did you see all her plays? 359 00:26:42,936 --> 00:26:45,105 Every one of them. 360 00:26:45,272 --> 00:26:47,482 Not just once. 361 00:26:47,649 --> 00:26:49,234 The theater was my courting place. 362 00:26:49,401 --> 00:26:50,902 I sat right in the middle of the front row 363 00:26:51,069 --> 00:26:51,903 every night, 364 00:26:52,070 --> 00:26:54,406 where she could see me. 365 00:26:54,572 --> 00:26:57,575 After, I went backstage. 366 00:26:57,742 --> 00:27:01,329 Was 4 days before she even said hello. 367 00:27:01,496 --> 00:27:03,498 Oh. Then what? 368 00:27:09,963 --> 00:27:13,008 Then it was the wonder, the glory, 369 00:27:13,174 --> 00:27:16,928 sunshine, and lightning all at the same time. 370 00:27:17,095 --> 00:27:18,430 I came here, built this house, 371 00:27:18,596 --> 00:27:20,390 went back and asked her to be my wife. 372 00:27:21,766 --> 00:27:23,768 When she said yes, 373 00:27:23,935 --> 00:27:26,438 I was so happy I was dumbstruck for an hour. 374 00:27:29,274 --> 00:27:30,567 Why did she go away? 375 00:27:33,111 --> 00:27:34,404 It's none of your business why. 376 00:27:40,452 --> 00:27:41,619 I'm sorry. 377 00:27:43,371 --> 00:27:45,582 There was nothing here but this house... 378 00:27:45,749 --> 00:27:49,085 No walnut grove, no people... 379 00:27:49,252 --> 00:27:50,211 No company except for the birds 380 00:27:50,378 --> 00:27:53,048 singing in the grove down there. 381 00:27:55,425 --> 00:27:57,635 She wasn't used to it. 382 00:27:57,802 --> 00:27:58,636 She got the lonesomes so bad 383 00:27:58,803 --> 00:28:01,556 she couldn't stand it. 384 00:28:01,723 --> 00:28:06,978 Uh... she went away for a little... 385 00:28:07,145 --> 00:28:09,314 Back on the stage again. 386 00:28:09,481 --> 00:28:11,900 In mankato? 387 00:28:12,067 --> 00:28:13,818 Ohh... other places. 388 00:28:13,985 --> 00:28:17,614 Mostly mankato. 389 00:28:17,781 --> 00:28:19,074 Uh, standing around here talking, 390 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:21,451 the spiders will be gaining on me. 391 00:28:21,618 --> 00:28:23,661 Be cobwebs in here thicker than before. 392 00:28:32,253 --> 00:28:34,672 You and ma went to the theater in mankato, 393 00:28:34,839 --> 00:28:35,757 didn't you, pa? 394 00:28:35,924 --> 00:28:36,883 Uh-huh. 395 00:28:37,050 --> 00:28:38,426 Did you see miss Lilly? 396 00:28:38,593 --> 00:28:41,054 No, half-pint. I doubt if miss Lilly is still on the stage. 397 00:28:41,221 --> 00:28:42,680 It's been a lot of years now. 398 00:28:42,847 --> 00:28:44,516 She sure looks young in her picture. 399 00:28:44,682 --> 00:28:46,684 I suppose that's why people have their paintings done, 400 00:28:46,851 --> 00:28:48,728 so they can remember how they looked years back. 401 00:28:48,895 --> 00:28:51,481 Do you suppose she's as old as Mr. Pike is? 402 00:28:51,648 --> 00:28:53,983 Hmm, pretty near, I guess. 403 00:28:54,150 --> 00:28:56,653 I bet if she knew how much that he loved her, 404 00:28:56,820 --> 00:28:57,654 she'd come back. 405 00:28:57,821 --> 00:28:59,072 Well, maybe. 406 00:28:59,239 --> 00:29:02,367 Now, don't forget, a long, long time's gone by. 407 00:29:02,534 --> 00:29:05,286 I still think that she'd come back if she knew. 408 00:29:06,121 --> 00:29:07,580 Well, maybe you're right. 409 00:29:23,221 --> 00:29:24,597 Can I go for a walk, pa? 410 00:29:24,764 --> 00:29:26,099 Yeah, all right. Just don't get lost. 411 00:29:26,266 --> 00:29:27,392 I won't. 412 00:30:08,433 --> 00:30:09,976 Well... 413 00:30:10,143 --> 00:30:12,103 Where'd you come from, little lady? 414 00:30:12,270 --> 00:30:15,690 I'm Laura Ingalls from walnut grove. 415 00:30:15,857 --> 00:30:18,902 You're a long way from home. 416 00:30:19,068 --> 00:30:21,863 You come in here backstage... 417 00:30:22,030 --> 00:30:24,115 I bet you want to become an actress. 418 00:30:24,282 --> 00:30:25,283 No, sir. 419 00:30:25,450 --> 00:30:27,911 I'm looking for a lady who was in a reper... 420 00:30:28,077 --> 00:30:29,996 Repertory company. 421 00:30:30,163 --> 00:30:31,706 Yes. We've had a lot of those. 422 00:30:31,873 --> 00:30:34,292 They come and go, come and go. 423 00:30:34,459 --> 00:30:37,170 Well, this lady's name was miss Lilly Baldwin. 424 00:30:37,337 --> 00:30:38,463 Do you know her? 425 00:30:38,630 --> 00:30:42,050 I did. Yes, indeedy. 426 00:30:42,217 --> 00:30:44,969 No way to forget a woman like miss Lilly. 427 00:30:45,136 --> 00:30:46,471 Well, when will she be back? 428 00:30:48,014 --> 00:30:49,641 Well, she... 429 00:30:49,807 --> 00:30:53,144 She won't, little lady. 430 00:30:53,311 --> 00:30:55,605 She got the cholera, died... 431 00:30:57,106 --> 00:30:59,484 More than 20 years ago. 432 00:30:59,651 --> 00:31:01,110 You must be mistaken. 433 00:31:04,697 --> 00:31:06,241 No. 434 00:31:06,407 --> 00:31:09,661 We all knew and loved miss Lilly. 435 00:31:09,827 --> 00:31:12,247 We were very sad when she passed on. 436 00:31:15,833 --> 00:31:17,544 Thank you. 437 00:31:17,710 --> 00:31:18,920 I'm sorry. 438 00:31:22,757 --> 00:31:24,509 I wish she were here, myself. 439 00:31:31,391 --> 00:31:33,726 I got the horses taken care of. 440 00:31:33,893 --> 00:31:35,770 It's time for your pa to put on a feed bag. 441 00:31:43,778 --> 00:31:45,738 I wonder what it will do to Mr. Pike 442 00:31:45,905 --> 00:31:47,115 when he finds out. 443 00:31:49,701 --> 00:31:52,036 It's one of the facts of life, half-pint. 444 00:31:52,203 --> 00:31:53,246 It's going to come to all of us 445 00:31:53,413 --> 00:31:54,914 at the moment of god's choosing. 446 00:31:55,081 --> 00:31:56,082 It's one of the reasons 447 00:31:56,249 --> 00:31:57,792 why it's important to have faith. 448 00:31:59,752 --> 00:32:02,338 I don't think Mr. Pike has faith. 449 00:32:02,505 --> 00:32:04,048 He doesn't go to church. 450 00:32:04,215 --> 00:32:06,551 Doesn't necessarily mean he's without faith. 451 00:32:06,718 --> 00:32:08,177 He could just be praying in his own way, 452 00:32:08,344 --> 00:32:10,763 same as we did out on the prairie. 453 00:32:10,930 --> 00:32:12,599 I hope so. 454 00:32:12,765 --> 00:32:14,517 Well, you know, even people who aren't much on religion 455 00:32:14,684 --> 00:32:16,686 generally turn to god in their time of need. 456 00:32:18,730 --> 00:32:21,899 Does god listen to people who aren't very religious? 457 00:32:22,066 --> 00:32:24,527 Sure, he does. 458 00:32:24,694 --> 00:32:28,823 When we get back, I'm going to have to tell Mr. Pike. 459 00:32:28,990 --> 00:32:30,158 Want me to go with you? 460 00:32:30,325 --> 00:32:31,534 No. 461 00:32:31,701 --> 00:32:33,244 You're sure? 462 00:32:33,411 --> 00:32:35,163 It's something I have to do. 463 00:33:12,825 --> 00:33:14,118 Pike: Up here, child. 464 00:33:22,085 --> 00:33:24,170 What do you think, child? 465 00:33:24,337 --> 00:33:25,463 Do you like it? 466 00:33:26,631 --> 00:33:29,217 It's beautiful... 467 00:33:29,384 --> 00:33:30,468 But... 468 00:33:32,929 --> 00:33:34,097 What's wrong, child? 469 00:33:38,059 --> 00:33:41,312 I went to the theater in mankato 470 00:33:41,479 --> 00:33:43,815 and asked the man there about miss Lilly. 471 00:33:47,860 --> 00:33:48,945 Ohh... 472 00:33:51,155 --> 00:33:53,116 I've got some more cleaning to do. 473 00:33:53,282 --> 00:33:54,492 Mr. Pike. 474 00:34:06,337 --> 00:34:08,339 Mr. Pike. 475 00:34:08,506 --> 00:34:10,758 She'll love all these little music boxes. 476 00:34:10,925 --> 00:34:12,051 She loves music. 477 00:34:13,678 --> 00:34:17,306 Mr. Pike, I know this won't be easy for you, but... 478 00:34:17,473 --> 00:34:20,017 I found this one just last week. 479 00:34:20,184 --> 00:34:22,603 The minute I saw it, I knew she'd love it. 480 00:34:22,770 --> 00:34:25,523 Mr. Pike, please listen to me. 481 00:34:25,690 --> 00:34:27,316 It's about miss Lilly. 482 00:34:27,483 --> 00:34:29,026 She got real sick, Mr. Pike. 483 00:34:29,193 --> 00:34:30,486 That's a lie. 484 00:34:30,653 --> 00:34:33,364 It's a lie'. I know it's a lie'. 485 00:34:33,531 --> 00:34:35,783 You're just like all the rest of them. 486 00:34:35,950 --> 00:34:38,077 You're just like that doctor. 487 00:34:38,244 --> 00:34:43,040 He told me the same thing, but I knew it was a lie. 488 00:34:43,207 --> 00:34:45,293 She wanted to stay in the city, 489 00:34:45,460 --> 00:34:49,464 so she told him to tell me that. 490 00:34:49,630 --> 00:34:53,676 All those weary miles to mankato... 491 00:34:53,843 --> 00:34:56,345 Tending and loving her. 492 00:34:56,512 --> 00:34:59,182 He tells me my wife is gone. 493 00:34:59,348 --> 00:35:01,100 Well, I knew better. 494 00:35:04,771 --> 00:35:08,149 When she gets her fill of the big city, 495 00:35:08,316 --> 00:35:09,066 she'll be back. 496 00:35:14,030 --> 00:35:16,574 Mr. Pike... 497 00:35:16,741 --> 00:35:17,825 I... 498 00:35:17,992 --> 00:35:18,910 Get out'. 499 00:35:19,076 --> 00:35:20,870 I don't want to ever hear anymore'. 500 00:35:25,291 --> 00:35:26,167 Please. 501 00:35:26,334 --> 00:35:28,711 Get out and don't come back'. 502 00:35:57,573 --> 00:35:59,784 Hi, darling. Hi, pa. 503 00:35:59,951 --> 00:36:01,619 What you doing there, Carrie? 504 00:36:01,786 --> 00:36:03,621 Drawing pictures, huh? 505 00:36:03,788 --> 00:36:06,165 Hey, what's that? 506 00:36:06,332 --> 00:36:07,291 Jack. 507 00:36:07,458 --> 00:36:08,709 Oh. 508 00:36:08,876 --> 00:36:11,420 I would recognize him anywhere. 509 00:36:11,587 --> 00:36:12,588 Ma's not back yet, huh? 510 00:36:12,755 --> 00:36:13,798 Mary: No. 511 00:36:13,965 --> 00:36:16,634 Well, that Amy Hearn will talk a leg off a table. 512 00:36:16,801 --> 00:36:17,677 How was your day? 513 00:36:17,844 --> 00:36:18,636 Good. 514 00:36:18,803 --> 00:36:19,595 Where's your sister? 515 00:36:19,762 --> 00:36:20,972 She's up in the barn. 516 00:36:21,138 --> 00:36:23,224 She said she was studying her Sunday school lesson. 517 00:36:23,391 --> 00:36:24,308 On a Wednesday? 518 00:36:24,475 --> 00:36:25,977 Doesn't sound like your sister. 519 00:36:26,143 --> 00:36:29,981 She's been so unhappy ever since Mr. Pike got angry at her. 520 00:36:30,147 --> 00:36:31,691 Yeah, I know. 521 00:36:31,858 --> 00:36:32,984 She walks by his house every day 522 00:36:33,150 --> 00:36:35,069 and just stands there looking at it. 523 00:36:37,363 --> 00:36:38,489 Well... 524 00:36:38,656 --> 00:36:40,658 I'll go outside and have a little talk with her. 525 00:36:54,088 --> 00:36:56,883 You up there, half-pint? 526 00:36:57,049 --> 00:36:59,427 Yes, pa. 527 00:36:59,594 --> 00:37:01,929 Mary said you're doing a Sunday school lesson. 528 00:37:02,096 --> 00:37:03,431 Well, kind of. 529 00:37:05,391 --> 00:37:07,602 I got looking, and then I got reading. 530 00:37:10,062 --> 00:37:12,189 Still worried about Mr. Pike, huh? 531 00:37:12,356 --> 00:37:13,983 It's been two weeks, pa. 532 00:37:15,359 --> 00:37:18,070 Well, half-pint, the more you love, the more you hurt. 533 00:37:18,237 --> 00:37:19,280 I reckon Mr. Pike 534 00:37:19,447 --> 00:37:22,033 must have loved miss Lilly an awful lot. 535 00:37:22,199 --> 00:37:24,577 He surely did, pa... 536 00:37:24,744 --> 00:37:27,538 And I hurt him something awful. 537 00:37:27,705 --> 00:37:29,749 Oh, it's not your fault. 538 00:37:29,916 --> 00:37:30,958 You did it out of love. 539 00:37:31,125 --> 00:37:33,878 Nothing bad ever comes from the heart. 540 00:37:34,045 --> 00:37:36,172 But it turned out so wrong. 541 00:37:37,673 --> 00:37:41,594 I thought that once he knew 542 00:37:41,761 --> 00:37:44,847 he'd stop waiting for miss Lilly... 543 00:37:45,014 --> 00:37:46,682 But he won't. 544 00:37:46,849 --> 00:37:48,476 He's just going to stay in that old house 545 00:37:48,643 --> 00:37:50,478 forever and ever. 546 00:37:50,645 --> 00:37:51,938 Why won't he listen? 547 00:37:55,483 --> 00:37:57,068 Just doesn't want to face it, I guess. 548 00:38:02,156 --> 00:38:04,742 If only he turned to god for help, 549 00:38:04,909 --> 00:38:06,619 like you said. 550 00:38:06,786 --> 00:38:09,664 It's right here in the Bible. 551 00:38:09,830 --> 00:38:15,086 "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life. 552 00:38:15,252 --> 00:38:18,506 "He that believeth in me, though he were dead, 553 00:38:18,673 --> 00:38:21,676 yet he shall live." 554 00:38:21,842 --> 00:38:24,428 If Mr. Pike would only believe that, 555 00:38:24,595 --> 00:38:26,514 he'd be all right, wouldn't he, pa? 556 00:38:28,975 --> 00:38:30,226 Yes, he would, darling. 557 00:38:33,813 --> 00:38:34,897 Hey. 558 00:38:36,482 --> 00:38:37,984 Why don't you come on in the house now? 559 00:38:40,444 --> 00:38:42,613 Can I read just a little more? 560 00:38:42,780 --> 00:38:43,906 Please, pa? 561 00:38:47,493 --> 00:38:48,577 All right. 562 00:39:17,523 --> 00:39:18,816 Why do you keep looking? 563 00:39:18,983 --> 00:39:20,818 You can't go up there. 564 00:39:20,985 --> 00:39:23,070 I know, but I can look. 565 00:39:23,237 --> 00:39:24,363 We'll be late. 566 00:39:27,533 --> 00:39:29,410 You go ahead. I'll catch up. 567 00:42:14,617 --> 00:42:17,036 Hurry up, Willie. You're no fun as the leader. 568 00:42:17,203 --> 00:42:18,787 I'm doing the best I can. 569 00:42:18,954 --> 00:42:20,414 Well, let me in front. 570 00:42:20,581 --> 00:42:23,209 No. You always get to go in front. 571 00:42:28,756 --> 00:42:31,342 Hey, Laura. You want to play follow the leader? 572 00:42:31,508 --> 00:42:32,968 No. I don't think so. 573 00:42:34,803 --> 00:42:37,348 Nellie: You're scared the maniac will come out and grab you. 574 00:42:37,514 --> 00:42:39,099 He's not a maniac'. 575 00:42:39,266 --> 00:42:42,853 We might believe that if you weren't afraid to touch that old house. 576 00:42:43,020 --> 00:42:44,146 I don't want to. 577 00:42:44,313 --> 00:42:45,981 Willie: Laura is a scaredy-cat'. 578 00:42:46,148 --> 00:42:47,858 All: Laura is a scaredy-cat'. 579 00:42:48,025 --> 00:42:49,777 Laura is a scaredy-cat'. 580 00:42:49,944 --> 00:42:51,695 Laura is a scaredy-cat'. 581 00:42:51,862 --> 00:42:53,530 Laura is a scaredy-cat'. 582 00:42:53,697 --> 00:42:55,407 Laura is a scaredy-cat'. 583 00:42:55,574 --> 00:42:57,368 Laura is a scaredy-cat'. 584 00:42:57,534 --> 00:42:59,245 Laura is a scaredy-cat'. 585 00:42:59,411 --> 00:43:01,205 Laura is a scaredy-cat'. 586 00:43:01,372 --> 00:43:03,499 Laura is a scaredy-cat'. 587 00:43:48,544 --> 00:43:50,087 She's going in, Nellie. 588 00:43:50,254 --> 00:43:51,547 She's going in'. 589 00:43:59,763 --> 00:44:00,848 Mr. Pike? 590 00:44:11,608 --> 00:44:14,069 I brought back your music box. 591 00:44:14,236 --> 00:44:16,447 It's too pretty to give away. 592 00:44:16,613 --> 00:44:19,992 Small thanks for trying to help me. 593 00:44:35,299 --> 00:44:38,594 I read what you marked so many times... 594 00:44:38,761 --> 00:44:41,930 I know every word by heart. 595 00:44:42,097 --> 00:44:45,726 "He that believeth in me... 596 00:44:45,893 --> 00:44:48,145 "Though he were dead... 597 00:44:48,312 --> 00:44:51,315 Yet shall he live." 598 00:44:51,482 --> 00:44:52,608 And this one... 599 00:44:54,902 --> 00:44:58,822 "Whosoever liveth and believeth in me 600 00:44:58,989 --> 00:45:00,199 shall never die." 601 00:45:05,245 --> 00:45:09,083 Does that mean she's up there in heaven? 602 00:45:09,249 --> 00:45:10,417 Yes. 603 00:45:14,630 --> 00:45:18,342 I want to believe that more than anything. 604 00:45:18,509 --> 00:45:22,304 I never was much for believing. 605 00:45:22,471 --> 00:45:24,014 I don't even know how to start. 606 00:45:26,392 --> 00:45:27,810 Just have faith. 607 00:45:27,976 --> 00:45:30,020 That's what my pa says. 608 00:45:30,187 --> 00:45:32,272 Then we'll see our loved ones when we get there. 609 00:45:36,360 --> 00:45:38,487 If I thought I could see her again... 610 00:45:41,990 --> 00:45:43,867 I should never have brought her here. 611 00:45:46,328 --> 00:45:50,707 She was like the doll in that music... 612 00:45:52,376 --> 00:45:55,295 So frail. 613 00:45:55,462 --> 00:45:56,547 So... 614 00:45:59,007 --> 00:46:00,342 She got sick... 615 00:46:03,470 --> 00:46:05,013 And I couldn't make her well. 616 00:46:10,185 --> 00:46:11,979 Help me to believe, child. 617 00:46:16,859 --> 00:46:18,193 Help me to believe. 618 00:46:54,938 --> 00:46:56,565 Laura, what happened? 619 00:46:56,732 --> 00:46:58,484 What did he say? 620 00:46:58,650 --> 00:46:59,443 What? 621 00:46:59,610 --> 00:47:00,861 What did he say? 622 00:47:05,824 --> 00:47:08,452 He said he wanted to see you, Nellie. 623 00:47:08,619 --> 00:47:10,245 What? 624 00:47:10,412 --> 00:47:13,373 He said he wanted to see you... 625 00:47:13,540 --> 00:47:15,375 And Willie, too. 626 00:47:22,341 --> 00:47:25,135 Uh, I got to go home and do some chores now. 627 00:47:25,302 --> 00:47:27,262 Uh, me, too. 628 00:47:27,429 --> 00:47:32,184 Ha ha ha'. 629 00:47:32,351 --> 00:47:34,102 Ha ha ha'. 630 00:47:35,521 --> 00:47:37,147 Ha ha ha'. 631 00:47:41,485 --> 00:47:42,986 See you Sunday.