Original subtitles

NELS'. NELS'. IT'S THAT AMOS PIKE'.

HE'S COMING'. HE'S HEADED THIS WAY'.

YOU MEAN THE HERMIT?

NO, HE'S NO HERMIT. HE'S A MANIAC.

GET OUT OF HERE. OUT'.

HARRIET'.

UM...

YOUR SPECIAL ORDER CAME IN, MR. PIKE.

UH...LET'S SEE. WE HAVE, UH...

COFFEE...

FLOUR...

SUGAR.

LET'S SEE. THAT'S $5.00 FOR THE SPECIAL ORDER.

8...16.

4, 5...

56 CENTS.

WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, MR. PIKE.

OHH...

HE'S DISGUSTING.

[MUSIC BOX PLAYING]

YOU SHOULD HAVE STAYED WITH ME.

YOU'D BE THE BELLE OF THAT SOCIABLE.

AFTER THEY HEARD YOU SING,

THEY WOULDN'T WANT TO HEAR ANYBODY ELSE.

IT'S THE TRUTH, LILLY.

THAT'S RIGHT.

SMILE.

NEXT YOU'LL TELL ME HOW YOU LOVE ME...

AND HOW YOU'LL ALWAYS BE AT MY SIDE.

THEN ONE FINE DAY,

I'LL TURN AROUND AND YOU'LL BE GONE,

JUST LIKE BEFORE.

YOU LIED TO ME, LILLY.

WHAT'S THE GOOD OF BEING SO BEAUTIFUL

IF THE TRUTH AIN'T IN YOU?

[MUSIC BOX PLAYING]

DON'T GO.

BET I COULD PLAY MUSIC ON IT IF I WAS GENTLE ENOUGH.

I GOT YOU'. I GOT YOU'.

Laura: WILL YOU PLEASE BE QUIET?

HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO CATCH A RABBIT WITH YOU MAKING ALL THAT NOISE?

I DON'T HAVE TO BE QUIET.

THAT'S MY BOX.

AND MY CARROT.

SO NYAH'.

BIG, OLD SPIDER IN THERE.

IT'LL GET YOU.

I'M NOT AFRAID OF LEGGY THINGS.

BET YOU ARE OF THAT OLD HOUSE ON THE HILL.

WHY SHOULD I BE AFRAID OF A DUMB, OLD HOUSE?

BECAUSE AMOS PIKE LIVES THERE,

AND MY MOTHER SAYS HE'S A MANIAC.

A MANIAC? WHAT'S A MANIAC?

Willie: HE'S CRAZY'.

THAT'S WHAT A MANIAC IS.

AND HE KILLS PEOPLE'.

THAT'S SILLY, WILLIE.

NO, IT'S NOT'.

EVERYONE KNOWS IF YOU'RE BRAVE ENOUGH

TO TOUCH THE PLACE WHERE A MANIAC LIVES,

HE CAN'T HURT YOU.

THAT'S NOT TRUE, NELLIE OLESON.

YES, IT IS. JUST LIKE A LADYBUG.

HOW COME I NEVER SEE YOU GOING UP THERE TO TOUCH IT?

OUR MOTHER TOLD US NOT TO.

BESIDES, WILLIE AND I HAVE TOUCHED IT LOTS OF TIMES.

SO HAS JANE. HAVEN'T YOU, JANE?

YEAH, YEAH. I'VE BEEN UP THERE LOTS OF TIMES.

LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO'S TOO SCARED, LAURA.

I AM NOT. IT'S JUST A DUMB, OLD RUN-DOWN HOUSE.

THEN THERE'S NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF, IS THERE?

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, NELLIE OLESON.

I'LL TOUCH YOUR DUMB, OLD HOUSE,

BUT AFTER I DO IT, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYMORE ABOUT IT.

I DON'T REMEMBER TOUCHING THAT OLD HOUSE.

YOU DIDN'T, SILLY. IT'S A TRICK...

AND A GOOD ONE ON LAURA.

[LOUD RATTLING]

WHAT ARE YOU RUNNING FOR?

WHAT'S THE MATTER, LAURA?

NYAH, NYAH. YOU DIDN'T TOUCH THE HOUSE.

LAURA IS A SCAREDY-CAT'.

I AM NOT'.

MY PA WILL TAN MY HIDE IF I DON'T GET HOME AND DO MY CHORES.

All: NYAH, NYAH, NYAH, NYAH, NYAH'.

LAURA IS A SCAREDY-CAT'.

NYAH, NYAH, NYAH, NYAH, NYAH'.

LAURA IS A SCAREDY-CAT'.

Laura: I HAVE TO GET HOME'.

All: NYAH, NYAH, NYAH, NYAH, NYAH'.

LAURA IS A SCAREDY-CAT'.

MM. I THINK I'LL HAVE ANOTHER PIECE OF CHICKEN.

LAURA, YOU'VE EATEN SCARCELY A BITE.

I'M NOT VERY HUNGRY TONIGHT, MA.

IS MR. PIKE REALLY A MANIAC?

WHO TOLD YOU THAT?

WELL, MRS. OLESON AND WILLIE AND NELLIE

SAID HE WAS DANGEROUS.

WHAT A THING TO SAY.

HE'S JUST AN OLD MAN WHO LIKES HIS PRIVACY, THAT'S ALL.

AND HAS EVERY RIGHT TO IT.

SURE DOES LOOK SCARY.

WELL, MAYBE I'LL LOOK SCARY

WHEN I GET AS OLD AS HE IS.

THAT OLD HOUSE OF HIS LOOKS AS SCARY AS HE DOES.

Mary: DID HE BUILD IT? MM-HMM.

LONG BEFORE THE FIRST SETTLERS CAME HERE.

THAT'S WHY I THINK HE'S GOT A RIGHT TO LIVE

THE WAY HE WANTS TO.

I GUESS.

JUST LET OTHER PEOPLE SAY WHAT THEY WANT

ABOUT MR. PIKE.

LET THAT MAN LIVE IN PEACE.

RIGHT, PA.

STOP POKING THAT POTATO AND EAT SOME.

A PIECE OF WOOD.

WHAT?

ALL I HAVE TO DO IS TAKE A PIECE OF WOOD

FROM THAT OLD MR. PIKE'S HOUSE.

THEN NELLIE WOULD HAVE TO KNOW THAT I TOUCHED IT.

ARE YOU STILL GOING ON ABOUT THAT?

PA SAID YOU WEREN'T TO BOTHER MR. PIKE.

I'M NOT GOING TO.

ALL I HAVE TO DO IS TOUCH THAT HOUSE

OR NELLIE WILL TEASE ME SOMETHING AWFUL.

I'D RATHER TAKE THE TEASING.

TOMORROW'S SATURDAY.

EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT MR. PIKE GOES TO TOWN ON SATURDAY.

WANT TO COME WITH ME?

I CAN'T.

SCARED, TOO, HUH?

I'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO DO.

LIKE WHAT?

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

I DON'T WANT PA TO SKIN ME ALIVE

LIKE HE'S GOING TO DO TO YOU IF HE FINDS OUT.

WELL, PA SAID NOT TO BOTHER HIM.

AND IF HE'S NOT GOING TO BE HOME, HOW CAN I BOTHER HIM?

IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU'D JUST FORGET ABOUT IT.

WELL, I'M GOING TO DO IT,

AND I'M GOING TO TAKE JACK WITH ME

BECAUSE PA DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING TO HIM.

COME ON, JACK.

A PIECE OF WOOD WOULDN'T MATTER THAT MUCH.

[CAT MEOWS]

[JACK BARKS]

HUSH, JACK.

JACK'.

JACK, YOU COME BACK--

HERE.

[SLAM]

[CAT MEOWING AND JACK BARKING]

JACK?

YOU COME BACK HERE NOW...

AND LEAVE THAT OLD CAT ALONE.

[CAT MEOWS AND LAURA SCREAMS]

[JACK BARKING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[HUMMING]

[JACK BARKING]

JACK'.

[BARKING]

JACK.

COME ON, JACK.

WELL, BETTER START TO GO HOME.

OTHERWISE, WE'RE GOING TO GET--

[FOOTSTEPS]

[CRASH]

I--

I'M SORRY THAT JACK BROKE YOUR VASE.

WHO ARE YOU?

LAURA.

LAURA INGALLS FROM OVER THE HILL.

YOU COME HERE TO STEAL SOMETHING... DIDN'T YOU?

NO, SIR, I DIDN'T.

JUST THIS OLD PIECE OF WOOD.

GIVE IT TO ME.

NOW I WANT YOU TO GET YOUR THIEVING SELF OUT OF HERE,

AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR LIKES AROUND HERE AGAIN'.

I'M SORRY.

IT'S JUST AN OLD PIECE OF WOOD.

DO YOU HEAR?

I DON'T WANT YOU TO TALK TO NO ONE ABOUT ME.

YOU HEAR?

YOU'RE NOT ANYTHING TO TELL ANYBODY ABOUT.

YOU'RE NOT EVEN A MANIAC.

YOU'RE JUST A MEAN, SELFISH OLD MAN.

SORRY I DISOBEYED YOU, PA.

YOU GOING TO SKIN ME?

WELL, I SUPPOSE I SHOULD, SHOULDN'T I?

BUT I WON'T.

EVERYBODY DISOBEYS ONCE IN A WHILE.

THE IMPORTANT THING IS YOU OWNED UP TO IT.

HEY, GO ON. GET SOME SLEEP.

YES, SIR.

WISH I HADN'T TALKED SO MEAN.

HE'S SO OLD AND LONELY.

THAT'S PROBABLY WHY HE'S SO MEAN.

WELL, I'M SURE HE'S FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT BY NOW.

PA...

COULD I...

COULD I JUST GO TO THE OLD HOUSE JUST ONCE MORE?

WHAT FOR?

I WANT TO SAY I'M SORRY.

I'D FEEL AWFUL IF HE STAYED LOCKED UP IN THAT OLD HOUSE

ALL ON ACCOUNT OF ME.

HALF-PINT, HE'S BEEN DOING THAT FOR A LOT OF YEARS NOW.

YOU CAN'T BLAME YOURSELF FOR IT.

WELL, I'D FEEL BETTER IF I COULD SET THINGS RIGHT.

PLEASE, PA. JUST ONE MORE TIME.

ALL RIGHT. ONE MORE TIME.

BUT I WANT YOU TO JUST GO TO THE DOOR, TELL HIM YOU'RE SORRY,

AND THEN LEAVE HIM ALONE, UNDERSTAND?

YES, PA. THANKS.

SWEET DREAMS.

GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT.

Pike: YOU GET BACK IN TIME FOR THE SEASON,

WE'LL WALK LIKE WE DID BEFORE...

YOUR PRETTY HAND IN MINE,

YOU ALL SMILING AND WARM AND...

YOU'LL LIKE IT. I PROMISE.

IT'S BETTER THAN BEFORE.

A LOT OF FOLKS AROUND.

THEY COULDN'T HELP BUT LOVE YOU...

NOT THE WAY I DO,

BUT, THEN, WHAT WE GOT IS SPECIAL.

YOU SAID IT WAS SPECIAL,

BUT YOU AIN'T LIVED UP TO WHAT YOU SAID.

I'M TRYING TO BE FAIR...

BUT IT'S TIME YOU CAME HOME.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

I--

I CAME BACK TO TELL YOU I'M SORRY

FOR ALL THE BAD THINGS I SAID TO YOU YESTERDAY.

NOBODY ASKED YOU'.

BET YOU NEVER TALK TO HER THAT WAY.

WHAT?

JUST THAT IF I WAS AS BEAUTIFUL AS SHE IS,

YOU WOULDN'T BE ACTING THIS WAY.

IT'S NONE OF YOUR AFFAIR.

DON'T YOU GO TALKING'.

I WON'T...

BUT SHE SURE WILL WHEN SHE GETS BACK,

THE WAY YOU LET HER HOUSE GO.

WHAT?

WELL, LOOK AT THIS PLACE.

IT'S A MESS'.

WELL, I...

I'VE, UH...

I'VE BEEN MEANING TO--

MEANING WON'T MAKE IT FIT FOR WOOLLY BEARS.

HAVE TO CLEAN YOUR BROOM BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN SWEEP.

YOU'RE A REGULAR SNIPPETY-SNAP,

AIN'T YOU?

WHAT'S A SNIPPETY-SNAP?

PEOPLE LIKE YOU'.

WELL, I...

GUESS I HAVE LET THE PLACE GO A LITTLE.

WELL, WE COULD FIX IT UP.

IT COULD ALL LOOK JUST LIKE HER ROOM UPSTAIRS...

IF WE DID IT TOGETHER.

YOU WERE UPSTAIRS?

HOW DID YOU KNOW IT WAS HER ROOM?

WELL, IT HAS TO BE HER ROOM.

SHE'S SO BEAUTIFUL.

WHAT'S HER NAME?

MISS LILLY...

MISS LILLY BALDWIN.

BET YOU COULD GET THIS PLACE FIXED UP

IN A JIFFY FOR MISS LILLY,

WITH ME HELPING.

I DIDN'T ASK YOU.

DIDN'T ASK ME TO LEAVE EITHER.

WHAT DID YOU SAY YOUR NAME WAS?

LAURA INGALLS.

I ALREADY KNOW YOURS.

WELL, BETTER START CLEANING UP.

YOU TAKE THAT RUG OUTSIDE AND GIVE IT A GOOD SHAKING,

AND I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO IN HERE.

YOU'RE A REAL SNIPPETY-SNAP. YES, SIR.

DID YOU REALLY CHASE KIDS AWAY

WITH YOUR BIG STICK LIKE EVERYBODY SAYS?

THAT WHAT THEY SAY?

SOME OF THEM DO.

WELL, IT WASN'T OUT OF MEANNESS.

IT WAS JUST PROTECTING WHAT WAS MINE.

AND MISS LILLY'S.

WHEN WILL MISS LILLY BE COMING BACK?

WELL, MOST ANYTIME NOW,

SOON AS SHE GETS TIRED OF CITY LIVING.

HOW COME YOU NEVER WENT TO LIVE IN

THE CITY WITH MISS LILLY? HMM?

WHO ARE YOU COMING AROUND HERE

TELLING ME WHAT I SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T DO?

I DIDN'T MEAN TO.

BUT IF YOU WENT TO THE CITY,

YOU'D SEE MISS LILLY A WHOLE LOT MORE.

WELL, I AIN'T A CITY MAN.

GO CRAZY IN THOSE STACKED HOUSES. ALL THAT NOISE.

PEOPLE RUNNING HERE AND YON.

FELLA COULD GET RUN DOWN IN THE STREET.

I NEED A FAT SUN AND GOOD, CLEAN WIND IN MY FACE.

WELL, YOU'RE NOT GETTING EITHER OF THEM

STAYING LOCKED UP IN THIS OLD HOUSE ALL THE TIME.

LISTEN HERE, YOU RUNNY-NOSED LITTLE UPSTART.

THE WINDOWS ARE LOOKING A LOT NICER.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING

A LADY COULD APPRECIATE MORE

THAN CLEAN WINDOWS...

EXCEPT MAYBE A CLEAN YARD WITH FLOWERS.

YOU LET THAT YARD GO.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE'S COMING.

OH, THAT'S JUST MY PA.

I DIDN'T KNOW HOW LATE IT WAS.

WHOA.

HI, PA'.

HI, HALF-PINT, MR. PIKE.

IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU CAME FOR THIS SNIPPETY-SNAP.

I'LL THANK YOU TO TAKE MISS LAURA INGALLS FROM OVER THE HILL

BACK OVER THE HILL.

I'M SORRY IF SHE CAUSED YOU ANY TROUBLE, SIR.

TIME WAS WHEN DECENT FOLKS KEPT THEIR CHILDREN AT HOME

OUT OF OTHER FOLKS' BUSINESS.

[DOOR SLAMS SHUT]

WELL, I SUPPOSE YOU HEARD THAT.

I SURE DID.

THAT'S JUST THE WAY HE IS.

HE REALLY LIKES ME.

WELL, THIS HOUSE IS LOOKING BETTER,

BUT I HAVE TO SAY THERE'S STILL A LONG WAY TO GO.

Pike: YEAH, WELL, WE'RE GETTING THERE.

WOO'.

COBWEBS COULDN'T WEIGH MORE THAN AIR,

BUT BET I'VE CLEARED A TON OF THEM OUT OF THIS ROOM ALONE.

A LOT OF THEM ANYWAY.

THERE. THAT'S FINISHED.

COULD POLISH FURNITURE IF YOU HAD SOME FURNITURE POLISH.

WELL, USE YOUR EYES, CHILD.

THERE'S A BOTTLE RIGHT THERE ON THE TABLE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LAST DAY

I'LL BE ABLE TO HELP YOU FOR A WHILE.

HUH?

MY PA'S GOING TO TAKE ME TO MANKATO WITH HIM.

WELL, WHAT ABOUT SCHOOL?

WELL, MISS BEADLE FEELS THAT GEOGRAPHY IS IMPORTANT

AND THE BEST WAY TO LEARN IT

IS TO SEE IT AND THEN WRITE ABOUT IT WHEN YOU GET BACK.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO MANKATO?

LOTS OF TIMES.

IT'S WHERE I MET AND MARRIED MISS LILLY.

SHE WAS IN A REPERTORY COMPANY.

A REPER WHAT?

A REPERTORY COMPANY.

MEANS THE SAME ACTORS AND ACTRESSES

DOING DIFFERENT PLAYS,

DIFFERENT PLAY EVERY NIGHT.

FIRST TIME I SAW HER, SHE WAS A SINGER

WHO HAD A BROKEN HEART, A LOT OF SAD SONGS.

HAD EVERYBODY IN THE THEATER CRYING,

WHOLE OCEAN OF TEARS.

I DON'T THINK I'D LIKE THAT.

YES, YOU WOULD. EVERYBODY DID.

NEXT NIGHT, SHE WAS A DANCER,

A GYPSY...

WHIRLING AROUND THE STAGE,

SPARKLES IN HER HAIR,

LIGHTER THAN THISTLEDOWN.

TOOK MY BREATH AWAY JUST TO WATCH HER.

DRESSED LIKE THAT?

YES, CHILD.

ARTIST DIDN'T PAINT HER AS PRETTY AS SHE IS.

DID YOU SEE ALL HER PLAYS?

EVERY ONE OF THEM.

NOT JUST ONCE.

THE THEATER WAS MY COURTING PLACE.

I SAT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FRONT ROW

EVERY NIGHT,

WHERE SHE COULD SEE ME.

AFTER, I WENT BACKSTAGE.

WAS 4 DAYS BEFORE SHE EVEN SAID HELLO.

OH. THEN WHAT?

THEN IT WAS THE WONDER, THE GLORY,

SUNSHINE, AND LIGHTNING ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

I CAME HERE, BUILT THIS HOUSE,

WENT BACK AND ASKED HER TO BE MY WIFE.

WHEN SHE SAID YES,

I WAS SO HAPPY I WAS DUMBSTRUCK FOR AN HOUR.

WHY DID SHE GO AWAY?

IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS WHY.

I'M SORRY.

THERE WAS NOTHING HERE BUT THIS HOUSE--

NO WALNUT GROVE, NO PEOPLE...

NO COMPANY EXCEPT FOR THE BIRDS

SINGING IN THE GROVE DOWN THERE.

SHE WASN'T USED TO IT.

SHE GOT THE LONESOMES SO BAD

SHE COULDN'T STAND IT.

UH...SHE WENT AWAY FOR A LITTLE...

BACK ON THE STAGE AGAIN.

IN MANKATO?

OHH...OTHER PLACES.

MOSTLY MANKATO.

UH, STANDING AROUND HERE TALKING,

THE SPIDERS WILL BE GAINING ON ME.

BE COBWEBS IN HERE THICKER THAN BEFORE.

YOU AND MA WENT TO THE THEATER IN MANKATO,

DIDN'T YOU, PA?

UH-HUH.

DID YOU SEE MISS LILLY?

NO, HALF-PINT. I DOUBT IF MISS LILLY IS STILL ON THE STAGE.

IT'S BEEN A LOT OF YEARS NOW.

SHE SURE LOOKS YOUNG IN HER PICTURE.

I SUPPOSE THAT'S WHY PEOPLE HAVE THEIR PAINTINGS DONE,

SO THEY CAN REMEMBER HOW THEY LOOKED YEARS BACK.

DO YOU SUPPOSE SHE'S AS OLD AS MR. PIKE IS?

HMM, PRETTY NEAR, I GUESS.

I BET IF SHE KNEW HOW MUCH THAT HE LOVED HER,

SHE'D COME BACK.

WELL, MAYBE.

NOW, DON'T FORGET, A LONG, LONG TIME'S GONE BY.

I STILL THINK THAT SHE'D COME BACK IF SHE KNEW.

WELL, MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT.

CAN I GO FOR A WALK, PA?

YEAH, ALL RIGHT. JUST DON'T GET LOST.

I WON'T.

WELL...

WHERE'D YOU COME FROM, LITTLE LADY?

I'M LAURA INGALLS FROM WALNUT GROVE.

YOU'RE A LONG WAY FROM HOME.

YOU COME IN HERE BACKSTAGE...

I BET YOU WANT TO BECOME AN ACTRESS.

NO, SIR.

I'M LOOKING FOR A LADY WHO WAS IN A REPER--

REPERTORY COMPANY.

YES. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THOSE.

THEY COME AND GO, COME AND GO.

WELL, THIS LADY'S NAME WAS MISS LILLY BALDWIN.

DO YOU KNOW HER?

I DID. YES, INDEEDY.

NO WAY TO FORGET A WOMAN LIKE MISS LILLY.

WELL, WHEN WILL SHE BE BACK?

WELL, SHE...

SHE WON'T, LITTLE LADY.

SHE GOT THE CHOLERA, DIED...

MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO.

YOU MUST BE MISTAKEN.

NO.

WE ALL KNEW AND LOVED MISS LILLY.

WE WERE VERY SAD WHEN SHE PASSED ON.

THANK YOU.

I'M SORRY.

I WISH SHE WERE HERE, MYSELF.

I GOT THE HORSES TAKEN CARE OF.

IT'S TIME FOR YOUR PA TO PUT ON A FEED BAG.

I WONDER WHAT IT WILL DO TO MR. PIKE

WHEN HE FINDS OUT.

IT'S ONE OF THE FACTS OF LIFE, HALF-PINT.

IT'S GOING TO COME TO ALL OF US

AT THE MOMENT OF GOD'S CHOOSING.

IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS

WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE FAITH.

I DON'T THINK MR. PIKE HAS FAITH.

HE DOESN'T GO TO CHURCH.

DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN HE'S WITHOUT FAITH.

HE COULD JUST BE PRAYING IN HIS OWN WAY,

SAME AS WE DID OUT ON THE PRAIRIE.

I HOPE SO.

WELL, YOU KNOW, EVEN PEOPLE WHO AREN'T MUCH ON RELIGION

GENERALLY TURN TO GOD IN THEIR TIME OF NEED.

DOES GOD LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHO AREN'T VERY RELIGIOUS?

SURE, HE DOES.

WHEN WE GET BACK, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TELL MR. PIKE.

WANT ME TO GO WITH YOU?

NO.

YOU'RE SURE?

IT'S SOMETHING I HAVE TO DO.

Pike: UP HERE, CHILD.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, CHILD?

DO YOU LIKE IT?

IT'S BEAUTIFUL...

BUT...

WHAT'S WRONG, CHILD?

I WENT TO THE THEATER IN MANKATO

AND ASKED THE MAN THERE ABOUT MISS LILLY.

OHH...

I'VE GOT SOME MORE CLEANING TO DO.

MR. PIKE.

[MUSIC BOX PLAYING]

MR. PIKE.

SHE'LL LOVE ALL THESE LITTLE MUSIC BOXES.

SHE LOVES MUSIC.

MR. PIKE, I KNOW THIS WON'T BE EASY FOR YOU, BUT--

I FOUND THIS ONE JUST LAST WEEK.

THE MINUTE I SAW IT, I KNEW SHE'D LOVE IT.

MR. PIKE, PLEASE LISTEN TO ME.

IT'S ABOUT MISS LILLY.

SHE GOT REAL SICK, MR. PIKE.

THAT'S A LIE.

IT'S A LIE'. I KNOW IT'S A LIE'.

YOU'RE JUST LIKE ALL THE REST OF THEM.

YOU'RE JUST LIKE THAT DOCTOR.

HE TOLD ME THE SAME THING, BUT I KNEW IT WAS A LIE.

SHE WANTED TO STAY IN THE CITY,

SO SHE TOLD HIM TO TELL ME THAT.

ALL THOSE WEARY MILES TO MANKATO...

TENDING AND LOVING HER.

HE TELLS ME MY WIFE IS GONE.

WELL, I KNEW BETTER.

WHEN SHE GETS HER FILL OF THE BIG CITY,

SHE'LL BE BACK.

[SEVERAL MUSIC BOXES PLAYING]

MR. PIKE...

I...

GET OUT'.

I DON'T WANT TO EVER HEAR ANYMORE'.

PLEASE.

GET OUT AND DON'T COME BACK'.

HI, DARLING. HI, PA.

WHAT YOU DOING THERE, CARRIE?

DRAWING PICTURES, HUH?

HEY, WHAT'S THAT?

JACK.

OH.

I WOULD RECOGNIZE HIM ANYWHERE.

MA'S NOT BACK YET, HUH?

Mary: NO.

WELL, THAT AMY HEARN WILL TALK A LEG OFF A TABLE.

HOW WAS YOUR DAY?

GOOD.

WHERE'S YOUR SISTER?

SHE'S UP IN THE BARN.

SHE SAID SHE WAS STUDYING HER SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.

ON A WEDNESDAY?

DOESN'T SOUND LIKE YOUR SISTER.

SHE'S BEEN SO UNHAPPY EVER SINCE MR. PIKE GOT ANGRY AT HER.

YEAH, I KNOW.

SHE WALKS BY HIS HOUSE EVERY DAY

AND JUST STANDS THERE LOOKING AT IT.

WELL...

I'LL GO OUTSIDE AND HAVE A LITTLE TALK WITH HER.

YOU UP THERE, HALF-PINT?

YES, PA.

MARY SAID YOU'RE DOING A SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.

WELL, KIND OF.

I GOT LOOKING, AND THEN I GOT READING.

STILL WORRIED ABOUT MR. PIKE, HUH?

IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS, PA.

WELL, HALF-PINT, THE MORE YOU LOVE, THE MORE YOU HURT.

I RECKON MR. PIKE

MUST HAVE LOVED MISS LILLY AN AWFUL LOT.

HE SURELY DID, PA...

AND I HURT HIM SOMETHING AWFUL.

OH, IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.

YOU DID IT OUT OF LOVE.

NOTHING BAD EVER COMES FROM THE HEART.

BUT IT TURNED OUT SO WRONG.

I THOUGHT THAT ONCE HE KNEW

HE'D STOP WAITING FOR MISS LILLY...

BUT HE WON'T.

HE'S JUST GOING TO STAY IN THAT OLD HOUSE

FOREVER AND EVER.

WHY WON'T HE LISTEN?

JUST DOESN'T WANT TO FACE IT, I GUESS.

IF ONLY HE TURNED TO GOD FOR HELP,

LIKE YOU SAID.

IT'S RIGHT HERE IN THE BIBLE.

"JESUS SAID UNTO HER, I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE.

"HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME, THOUGH HE WERE DEAD,

YET HE SHALL LIVE."

IF MR. PIKE WOULD ONLY BELIEVE THAT,

HE'D BE ALL RIGHT, WOULDN'T HE, PA?

YES, HE WOULD, DARLING.

HEY.

WHY DON'T YOU COME ON IN THE HOUSE NOW?

CAN I READ JUST A LITTLE MORE?

PLEASE, PA?

ALL RIGHT.

WHY DO YOU KEEP LOOKING?

YOU CAN'T GO UP THERE.

I KNOW, BUT I CAN LOOK.

WE'LL BE LATE.

YOU GO AHEAD. I'LL CATCH UP.

[MUSIC BOX PLAYING]

[MUSIC STOPS]

HURRY UP, WILLIE. YOU'RE NO FUN AS THE LEADER.

I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN.

WELL, LET ME IN FRONT.

NO. YOU ALWAYS GET TO GO IN FRONT.

HEY, LAURA. YOU WANT TO PLAY FOLLOW THE LEADER?

NO. I DON'T THINK SO.

Nellie: YOU'RE SCARED THE MANIAC WILL COME OUT AND GRAB YOU.

HE'S NOT A MANIAC'.

WE MIGHT BELIEVE THAT IF YOU WEREN'T AFRAID TO TOUCH THAT OLD HOUSE.

I DON'T WANT TO.

Willie: LAURA IS A SCAREDY-CAT'.

All: LAURA IS A SCAREDY-CAT'.

LAURA IS A SCAREDY-CAT'.

LAURA IS A SCAREDY-CAT'.

LAURA IS A SCAREDY-CAT'.

LAURA IS A SCAREDY-CAT'.

LAURA IS A SCAREDY-CAT'.

LAURA IS A SCAREDY-CAT'.

LAURA IS A SCAREDY-CAT'.

LAURA IS A SCAREDY-CAT'.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

SHE'S GOING IN, NELLIE.

SHE'S GOING IN'.

MR. PIKE?

I BROUGHT BACK YOUR MUSIC BOX.

IT'S TOO PRETTY TO GIVE AWAY.

SMALL THANKS FOR TRYING TO HELP ME.

I READ WHAT YOU MARKED SO MANY TIMES...

I KNOW EVERY WORD BY HEART.

"HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME...

"THOUGH HE WERE DEAD...

YET SHALL HE LIVE."

AND THIS ONE...

"WHOSOEVER LIVETH AND BELIEVETH IN ME

SHALL NEVER DIE."

DOES THAT MEAN SHE'S UP THERE IN HEAVEN?

YES.

I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING.

I NEVER WAS MUCH FOR BELIEVING.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO START.

JUST HAVE FAITH.

THAT'S WHAT MY PA SAYS.

THEN WE'LL SEE OUR LOVED ONES WHEN WE GET THERE.

IF I THOUGHT I COULD SEE HER AGAIN...

I SHOULD NEVER HAVE BROUGHT HER HERE.

SHE WAS LIKE THE DOLL IN THAT MUSIC...

SO FRAIL.

SO...

SHE GOT SICK...

AND I COULDN'T MAKE HER WELL.

HELP ME TO BELIEVE, CHILD.

HELP ME TO BELIEVE.

LAURA, WHAT HAPPENED?

WHAT DID HE SAY?

WHAT?

WHAT DID HE SAY?

HE SAID HE WANTED TO SEE YOU, NELLIE.

WHAT?

HE SAID HE WANTED TO SEE YOU...

AND WILLIE, TOO.

UH, I GOT TO GO HOME AND DO SOME CHORES NOW.

UH, ME, TOO.

HA HA HA'.

HA HA HA'.

HA HA HA'.

SEE YOU SUNDAY.