Original subtitles

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

ARE YOU SURE YOU PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET WHEN YOU FROM LEFT HOME?

I'M SURE I DID.

ARE YOU SURE IT ISN'T IN THE LUNCHPAIL?

NO. I DON'T THINK SO.

I'LL LOOK.

Willie: COME ON, LET'S GO'.

COME ON'. GET YOUR ROCK'.

WILLIE, LOOK'. A NICKEL'.

IT'S MINE'.

THERE'S A FIGHT'. LET'S SEE'.

[CHILDREN SHOUTING]

COME ON'. COME ON, JONAH'.

THAT'S ENOUGH'.

I SAID THAT'S ENOUGH'.

WILL YOU KINDLY TELL ME WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT?

HE STARTED IT'.

I DID NOT'. IT WAS MY NICKEL.

Willie: IT WAS MINE'.

Jonah: LIAR'. MISS BEADLE, I SAW IT LYING THERE,

AND THEN HE GRABBED IT.

IT FELL OUT OF MY POCKET.

ALL RIGHT. ONE AT A TIME.

WHO HAS THE NICKEL?

DO YOU SUPPOSE WE CAN SETTLE THIS

WITHOUT ANY MORE FIGHTING?

DID ANYONE HERE SEE WHAT HAPPENED?

Mary: MISS BEADLE?

YES, MARY. DID YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED?

NO, MA'AM, BUT DOES THE NICKEL HAVE A NICK ON THE EDGE

AND SOME TREE GUM STUCK ON IT?

YES, IT DOES.

IT'S MINE.

I WAS GOING TO BUY SOME PAPER TABLETS AFTER SCHOOL.

THAT'S TRUE, MISS BEADLE.

WELL, I'D SAY THAT SETTLES IT, WOULDN'T YOU?

UNLESS WILLIE WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN

HOW MARY'S NICKEL FELL OUT OF HIS POCKET.

ALL RIGHT. RECESS IS OVER. I WANT YOU ALL BACK IN SCHOOL.

HERE YOU ARE, MARY.

THANK YOU.

MY GOODNESS, SO MUCH FUSS OVER A NICKEL.

YOU'D THINK IT WAS SUTTER'S MILL ALL OVER AGAIN.

COME ON.

WHAT WAS SUTTER'S MILL?

LAURA, SUTTER'S MILL WAS THE SITE

OF A RATHER IMPORTANT HISTORICAL EVENT.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A HISTORY LESSON.

WHY DON'T WE DISCUSS SUTTER'S MILL AND WHAT HAPPENED THERE?

THEN MAYBE YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY I MADE THAT REMARK.

YOU COULD HAVE LICKED HIM GOOD.

I KNOW.

BUT IT WAS MARY'S NICKEL.

WANT TO GO FISHING THIS SATURDAY?

UH-HUH.

COME ON. WE BETTER GET INSIDE.

AND MISS BEADLE SAID WHEN PEOPLE FOUND OUT

THAT THERE WAS GOLD AT SUTTER'S MILL,

IT STARTED THE BIGGEST GOLD RUSH THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN.

THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF MEN

BRAVED THE WILDERNESS AND THE HIGH SEAS.

AND THEY TOOK INDELIBLE RISKS--

INCREDIBLE RISKS.

THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

THEY TOOK INCREDIBLE RISKS

AND ENDURED TERRIBLE HARDSHIPS

TO GET TO THE PLACE WHERE THE GOLD WAS,

AND THEY JUMPED ALL OVER EACH OTHER'S CLAIMS.

THE WORD IS CLAIMJUMPED.

[SIGHS]

AND THEY STOLE AND KILLED EACH OTHER AND EVERYTHING.

IT WAS WICKEDNESS LET LOOSE.

MISS BEADLE SAID THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY A MIXED BLESSING.

WHAT DID SHE MEAN?

SOME GOT RICH, AND SOME GOT KILLED.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SHE MEANT, HALF-PINT.

A LOT OF BAD THINGS HAPPENED, BUT A LOT OF GOOD CAME OUT OF IT.

WE WOULDN'T BE HERE RIGHT NOW IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THAT.

WHERE WOULD WE BE?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW BUT NOT LOOKING FOR GOLD

AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW, THAT'S FOR SURE.

NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH GOLD.

IT'S JUST THAT IF IT'S AROUND,

PEOPLE AREN'T TOO PARTICULAR HOW THEY GET IT.

SOME PEOPLE CAN BE SO SILLY.

THAT THEY CAN, HALF-PINT. THAT THEY CAN.

WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD A BITE YET.

THIS IS THE PLACE.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

'CAUSE I SAW HIM.

FISH DON'T STAY IN THE SAME PLACE.

THIS ONE DOES. HE'S A BIG OLD GRANDDADDY.

I BET YOU NEVER SAW ONE NEAR AS BIG.

BET I DID.

SHH'. DON'T TALK SO MUCH. YOU'LL SCARE HIM AWAY.

[GIGGLING]

WHAT'S SO FUNNY?

YOUR NAME'S JONAH.

WHAT ABOUT IT?

YOU'RE TRYING TO CATCH A WHALE.

HA HA. I GOT HIM'. I GOT HIM'.

HOLD THE LINE TIGHT'. HE'S HEADED FOR THOSE ROCKS'.

WORK HIM HERE'.

I AM'.

IT SNAGGED. WAIT.

DID YOU GET HIM?

YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE WHAT I SAID.

NOW LOOK AT ME. I'M ALL WET.

IT'S NOT MY FAULT.

WE MIGHT AS WELL FIND ANOTHER HOLE.

YOU SCARED EVERYTHING ELSE AWAY.

I'LL GET YOUR STUFF.

JONAH, COME HERE'.

I GOT YOUR STUFF.

JONAH, LOOK.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS?

WHERE DID YOU GET IT?

IN THE WATER OVER THERE.

IS IT WHAT I THINK IT IS?

YEAH'.

GOLD'. GOLD'. GOLD'.

GOLD'. GOLD'. GOLD'.

GOLD'. GOLD'. GOLD'.

JONAH, STOP'.

REMEMBER WHAT MISS BEADLE SAID

ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT SUTTER'S MILL?

YOU WANT THAT TO HAPPEN HERE?

WELL, WHAT WILL WE DO?

I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE DASN'T TELL ANYBODY.

NOT EVEN OUR PARENTS?

THEY'D WANT TO COME AND SEE FOR THEMSELVES.

IF PEOPLE STARTED TO SEE THEM DIGGING OUT AROUND HERE,

THEY'D WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON,

AND THEN THEY'D FIND OUT.

DO YOU THINK WHAT MISS BEADLE SAID IS REALLY TRUE?

WELL, YOU HEARD HER. IT'S HISTORY.

IT'S IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS.

JUST LOOK AT IT.

GOLD DUST.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAN FOR IT,

LIKE MISS BEADLE SAID.

HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE IT SAYS HOW IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS.

WE GOT TO SWEAR NOT TO TELL ANYBODY.

WE GOT TO PROMISE TO KEEP IT A SECRET.

WHEN WE GET IT ALL OUT, THEN WE CAN SHOW OUR PARENTS.

THEY WON'T MIND IT BEING A SECRET THEN.

SAY WHAT I SAY.

I SWEAR...

I SWEAR...

NOT TO TELL A LIVING SOUL...

NOT TO TELL A LIVING SOUL...

ABOUT OUR DISCOVERY...

ABOUT OUR DISCOVERY...

ON PAIN OF DEATH.

DO I GOT TO SAY THAT?

SAY IT.

ON PAIN OF DEATH.

GOOD. COME ON.

WE'LL START PANNING AFTER SCHOOL ON MONDAY.

[THUNDER]

DOESN'T MATTER ANYWAY. WE'RE ALREADY WET'.

JONAH, LOOK'.

THERE REALLY IS GOLD AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW.

THAT ISN'T ALL HOMEWORK.

IT IS TOO.

IT'S ABOUT MINING.

THAT'S NOT HOMEWORK.

IT'S HISTORY, AND IT IS.

I THOUGHT YOU HATED HISTORY.

I DO.

THEN HOW COME YOU'RE STAYING UP SO LATE READING IT?

WELL, IT'S A SIN TO HATE, AND I'M TRYING TO GET OVER IT.

HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO READ?

TILL I'M FINISHED.

YOU'RE KEEPING ME AWAKE.

[SIGHS]

ALL RIGHT.

[GIGGLING]

Mary: LAURA.

LAURA, WAKE UP.

HA HA HA'.

LAURA'.

WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT?

NEVER MIND.

AND DON'T WAKE ME UP AGAIN.

I'M GOING TO TRY AND GET BACK INTO MY DREAM.

[GIGGLING]

Mary: WHEN YOU WERE DREAMING LAST NIGHT, YOU LAUGHED.

WHAT WAS SO FUNNY?

I DREAMED WE WERE RICH.

THAT DOESN'T SOUND FUNNY.

WELL, IT WAS.

WHAT WOULD YOU WISH FOR IF YOU COULD HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED?

I'D WISH FOR SOMETHING FOR MA AND PA.

SO WOULD I, BUT IF YOU COULD HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF,

WHAT WOULD YOU WISH FOR?

I DON'T KNOW. THIS IS SILLY.

BESIDES, WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED.

OF COURSE, IF I COULD WISH FOR ANYTHING--

JONAH'.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW,

WHY DID YOU ASK ME IN THE FIRST PLACE?

DID YOU TELL ANYBODY?

I ALMOST HAD TO.

MY MA KEPT AT ME AND AT ME.

YOU FIBBED'.

WE DON'T DARE FIB.

OTHERWISE, IT'S TOO HARD TO REMEMBER WHAT WE SAY.

WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT.

ABOUT THE GOLD?

SHH'. NO. LIKE WE'RE LOOKING FOR

SOME BURIED TREASURE OR SOMETHING.

HERE COMES BIG EARS.

WHAT'S SO SECRETIVE?

DON'T YOU WISH YOU KNEW?

WHISPERING'S RUDE.

SO IS LISTENING IN ON THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING IT.

I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE APPLE I'M BRINGING MISS BEADLE.

ISN'T IT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ONE YOU'VE EVER SEEN?

I BET YOU'RE NOT GIVING HER ANYTHING.

OH, NELLIE, LET ME LOOK.

TASTES AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS'.

LAURA INGALLS'.

NELLIE OLESON'.

MISS BEADLE'.

MISS BEADLE'. MISS BEADLE'.

Jonah: 16 GRAMS--1 OUNCE. 16 OUNCES--1 POUND.

100 POUNDS-- 1 HUNDREDWEIGHT.

2,000 POUNDS--1 TON.

THAT'S VERY GOOD, JONAH.

NOW...

WHO WOULD LIKE TO RECITE DRY MEASURE FOR ME?

JONAH, YOU JUST RECITED.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION.

Miss Beadle: YES?

HOW MUCH IS AN OUNCE OF GOLD WORTH?

Miss Beadle: I DON'T THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT ONE.

I CAN LOOK IT UP FOR YOU.

BUT I SEEM TO RECALL SOMEONE SAID ONCE IT WAS WORTH $20 AN OUNCE.

Miss Beadle: WHY DO YOU ASK?

MY UNCLE HAS A GOLD TOOTH. I WONDERED HOW MUCH IT WAS WORTH.

ALL RIGHT, WHO WOULD LIKE TO RECITE LONG MEASURE?

NELLIE.

Nellie: 12 INCHES EQUAL 1 FOOT.

3 FEET EQUAL 1 YARD.

Mary: LAURA, WAIT'.

CAN'T'.

CHORES ARE ALL DONE. CAN I GO NOW, MA?

WHAT ABOUT YOUR HOMEWORK?

WE DID IT AT SCHOOL RECESS. HONEST.

WHAT'S YOUR RUSH?

I PROMISED JONAH I'D MEET HIM AT THE CREEK.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND CATCH THAT BIG ONE IF IT'S ALL RIGHT.

- PLEASE, MA. - I SUPPOSE SO.

THANKS.

Caroline: CLOSE THE DOOR'.

[SQUAWKING]

Caroline: LAURA'.

DON'T YOU WANT YOUR FISHING POLE?

OH, YEAH.

THANKS, MA'.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

HOW'D YOU GET HERE AHEAD OF ME?

SKIPPED MY CHORES AND PUT OFF MY HOMEWORK TILL AFTER SUPPER.

YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT.

WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING JUST THE SAME, ONLY FASTER.

THEN IT TAKES TWICE AS LONG TO MAKE UP FOR EVERYTHING.

ANYWAY, IF'D YOU'D DONE YOUR HOMEWORK,

YOU'D KNOW HOW TO PAN FOR GOLD.

HOW?

I'LL SHOW YOU.

GOT TO GET MY PAN.

COME ON.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SWIRL IT AROUND LIKE THIS.

THEN ALL THE SAND GOES OUT, AND ALL THE GOLD STAYS.

MAYBE YOU DID IT TOO SWIRLY.

LET ME TRY IT.

DOESN'T WORK.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK.

MAYBE THERE'S A TRICK TO IT.

MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE IT'S GOLD DUST AND NOT NUGGETS.

WE COULD PICK IT OUT.

NO. GOLD DUST IS TOO TINY.

THAT WOULD TAKE FOREVER AND EVER.

THERE'S GOT TO BE ANOTHER WAY.

LET'S THINK.

WE COULD TELL OUR PARENTS.

MAYBE THEY'LL KNOW.

NO. WE AREN'T SUPPOSED TO TELL ANYBODY.

WE GOT TO THINK OF SOMETHING.

IT'S FOR THE GOOD OF OUR FAMILIES.

HEY'. IF WE HAD SOME KIND OF SCREEN,

WE COULD STRAIN IT OUT.

YEAH'.

BUT WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET A SCREEN?

YEAH. YEAH'.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

I THINK I KNOW WHERE I CAN GET A SCREEN. SEE YOU TOMORROW'.

GET AWAY FROM THE CANDY.

MA SAID WE COULD.

I DON'T CARE WHAT SHE SAID.

I SAID GET AWAY FROM THAT CANDY'.

YOU TELL MA THAT.

HAVE A NICE DAY.

HAVE A NICE DAY.

DON'T SLAM THE SCREEN DOOR'.

Willie: I CAN'T. IT'S NOT HERE.

NELS'.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

NOTHING, I HOPE.

I'LL GIVE YOU A WHOLE BAG OF LICORICE IF YOU'LL TELL ME.

TELL WHAT?

NONE OF YOUR BEESWAX.

DON'T TELL HER A THING.

I DIDN'T, HONEST.

2 BAGS, 3, 4.

NOT FOR A MILLION.

WE'LL FIND OUT. YOU'LL SEE.

THEN WE WON'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING.

♪ NYAH, NYAH ♪

THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

DID YOU TELL HER ANYTHING?

NO.

DO YOU KNOW HOW DANGEROUS IT WOULD BE IF SHE FOUND OUT?

YOU COULD BE MURDERED.

BY NELLIE?

MM-HMM.

WE'LL FIND OUT. WE'LL FOLLOW THEM WHEREVER THEY GO.

WHY? THEY'RE JUST GOING INTO THE SCHOOLHOUSE.

[BELL RINGING]

AFTER SCHOOL, STUPID.

WHERE DID YOU GET IT?

FOUND IT. LOOK'. IT WORKS'.

ANYBODY FOLLOW YOU?

WILLIE TRIED. HE THOUGHT I DIDN'T SEE HIM.

I LED HIM INTO THE SWAMP.

I GUESS HE'S STILL THERE.

NELLIE TRIED TO FOLLOW ME, TOO.

LISTEN. WHATEVER WE FIND, WE'RE HALFSIES,

EVEN IF I FIND A BIG GOLD NUGGET.

HALF'S YOURS.

SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE, AND NO FIGHTING OVER IT.

Willie, faintly: OVER HERE, NELLIE'.

Nellie: ALL RIGHT, WILLIE'.

HURRY UP'.

I AM.

GET MY SHOES AND STUFF.

I GOT THEM.

GOOD. LET'S GO.

THERE THEY ARE'.

THOUGHT YOU COULD LOSE US, DIDN'T YOU?

WHY, IT'S NELLIE AND WILLIE, JONAH.

HELLO'.

HOW DID YOU GET SO MUDDY, WILLIE?

YOU KNOW HOW.

SURE IS A NICE DAY FOR FISHING.

THIS IS THE BIG SECRET? FISHING?

WHAT DID YOU THINK?

WELL, IF YOU ASK ME, FISHING'S A PLAIN WASTE OF TIME.

COME ON, WILLIE.

DON'T MOVE.

THEY MAY BE SPYING.

I KNOW.

IT JUST SHOWS YOU.

IT'S GETTING DANGEROUSER AND DANGEROUSER.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME HERE EVERY TIME A DIFFERENT WAY.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BURY EVERYTHING

AND BURY IT IN A DIFFERENT PLACE EVERY TIME.

AND COVER OUR TRACKS.

YOU KNOW SOMETHING, LAURA?

WHAT?

IT AIN'T EASY BEING RICH.

I KNOW.

OOH'.

OH, WHEN IS SOMEBODY GOING TO DO SOMETHING AROUND HERE

ABOUT THAT SCREEN DOOR?

THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW.

I'VE ASKED EVERYBODY THAT'S COME IN.

HA'. I SUPPOSE YOU EXPECT THE THIEF

TO COME IN HERE AND OWN UP, HUH?

"YES, SIR, MR. OLESON, SIR.

"I'M SORRY, SIR, BUT I STOLE YOUR SCREEN DOOR, SIR.

I'LL BRING IT RIGHT BACK, SIR."

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?

YOU WANT ME TO ORDER ANOTHER ONE FROM THE CATALOG?

NO. THAT WILL TAKE 4 WEEKS.

ALL RIGHT. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?

I WANT OUR SCREEN DOOR BACK WHERE IT BELONGS, AND DON'T MOVE.

[THWACK]

GOT IT.

UHH'. OH'.

MARY, YOU COMING DOWN?

CAN'T, PA. I GOT TO FINISH MY HOMEWORK.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, HALF-PINT, I GUESS IT'S YOUR TURN TO PICK A TUNE.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION, PA?

SURE. ASK AWAY.

IF YOU COULD HAVE ANYTHING IN THE WHOLE WORLD,

WHAT WOULD YOU WISH FOR?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW. I'VE GOT EVERYTHING I WANT RIGHT HERE.

BUT IF YOU COULD HAVE ANYTHING ELSE,

WHAT WOULD YOU WISH FOR?

ANYTHING ELSE.

WELL, I THINK I'D LIKE A BIGGER HOUSE,

SEPARATE ROOM FOR EACH ONE OF MY GIRLS,

MAYBE AN EXTRA ROOM FOR MA TO PUT HER SEWING AND THINGS.

WHAT WOULD YOU WISH FOR, MA?

WELL, WHY DO YOU ASK?

I JUST WANT TO KNOW.

WELL, I'D WISH THAT JUST ONCE

I COULD GO INTO OLESON'S MERCANTILE

AND BUY EVERYTHING I WANTED.

I WISH PA COULD PLAY THE FIDDLE'.

WELL, THAT'S A WISH I THINK WE CAN GRANT.

[PLAYING SLOW TUNE]

[ELEGANT MUSIC PLAYING]

[TWANGY COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING]

Charles: HALF-PINT?

WHEN DID YOU START EATING PENCILS?

HALF-PINT?

HUH?

I SAID WHEN DID YOU START EATING PENCILS?

I--I WAS JUST LISTENING.

WELL, I SHOULD HOPE SO. HOW DID YOU LIKE IT?

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S GONE.

WHAT YOU DOING?

JONAH, IT'S GONE'. SOMEBODY STOLE IT.

IT MUST HAVE BEEN NELLIE OLESON.

NO, IT WASN'T. LOOK.

IT DIDN'T SEEM SAFE WHERE WE LEFT IT LAST NIGHT,

SO I HID IT HERE.

YOU SHOULDN'T DO THAT WITHOUT TELLING A PERSON FIRST.

I'D HAVE TOLD YOU.

BUT YOU DIDN'T.

YOU HAD ME SCARED HALF TO DEATH JUST NOW.

I DID IT FOR US.

FROM NOW ON,

BOTH OF US HAVE TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYTHING,

AND NO ONE SHOULD KEEP A SECRET FROM ANYBODY.

I WASN'T KEEPING ANY SECRET.

YES, YOU WERE'.

BOY'. SUTTER'S MILL ALL OVER AGAIN.

BANG BANG, YOU'RE DEAD, AND ALL THIS GOLD IS MINE.

I'M SORRY.

WONDER HOW MUCH IT WEIGHS.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S PRETTY HEAVY.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE SACKS.

IF GOLD IS WORTH $20 AN OUNCE,

AND THERE'S 16 OUNCES IN A POUND,

AND 100 POUNDS IN A HUNDREDWEIGHT...

WELL, WE HAVEN'T GOT 100 POUNDS.

BUT WE WILL. WE'LL HAVE MORE-- LOTS MORE.

16...

TIMES 20...

TIMES 100.

200? 1,000?

WE BETTER GET BACK TO WORK.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE ALL FINISHED,

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU MY FISHING POLE.

AND THE FLOAT, TOO?

FLOAT, TOO.

[WHIMPERING]

[RUFF]

[YAWNS]

OHH. THIS BED IS GONNA FEEL GOOD.

I AM SO TIRED TONIGHT.

DID YOU NOTICE LAURA THIS EVENING?

MM-HMM. I HAD TO TAP HER ON THE HEAD TWICE DURING SUPPER

JUST TO WAKE HER UP.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOTTEN INTO THAT CHILD LATELY.

WELL, MAYBE JUST A LITTLE TOUCH OF SPRING FEVER.

IN AUGUST?

WHATEVER IT IS, SHE'LL GET OVER IT.

I'M SURE.

HEY. AT LEAST IT'S NOT AFFECTING HER SCHOOLWORK.

YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE PROBLEM SHE WAS WORKING ON TONIGHT.

IT WAS MULTIPLICATION IN THE THOUSANDS.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT CHILD SO EXCITED

ABOUT GETTING AN ANSWER.

THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOTTEN INTO HER.

WELL, SHE JUST TAKES AFTER HER MOM-- VERY SMART.

GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

YOU'RE SURE IN A HURRY TO GET YOUR CHORES DONE, HALF-PINT.

PROMISED JONAH I'D GO FISHING.

YOU AND JONAH HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF FISHING LATELY,

BUT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN CATCHING ANYTHING.

JUST UNLUCKY, I GUESS.

PA, IS IT RIGHT, IF A PERSON IS DOING SOMETHING

FOR THE GOOD OF HER FAMILY,

IF SHE DOESN'T COME RIGHT OUT AND SAY WHAT IT IS?

YOU MEAN LIKE A SURPRISE?

YEAH.

YOU AND I WOULDN'T KNOW WHO THIS PERSON IS, WOULD WE?

NO FAIR ASKING.

ALL RIGHT. I WON'T ASK.

I IMAGINE IT'S ALL RIGHT, LONG AS THIS PERSON ISN'T DOING ANYTHING WRONG.

OH, THIS PERSON ISN'T DOING ANYTHING WRONG.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE HUNTING FOR BURIED TREASURE.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

I MUST SAY, I DO THINK IT'S A WASTE OF TIME.

I SUPPOSE.

Charles: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT?

HALF-PINT?

YOU WERE A MILLION MILES AWAY.

I WAS JUST ASKING YOU, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE SIGN?

OH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

GOT TO GO.

HOPE YOU FIND SOME BURIED TREASURE.

OW'.

UHH'.

DO YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH WE HAVE HERE?

ALL'S I KNOW, IT'S MORE THAN I CAN FIGURE.

I DON'T THINK IT'S SAFE HERE ANYMORE.

NEITHER DO I. WHAT'LL WE DO?

GUESS WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE BANK.

THEN MR. SPRAGUE WILL KNOW. EVERYONE WILL KNOW.

THEY WON'T KNOW WHERE WE GOT IT.

WHEN WE GIVE IT TO MR. SPRAGUE,

WE'LL ASK HIM TO PAY US WITH MONEY.

IF HE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN THE BANK,

THEN WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO TRUST HIM FOR THE REST.

YOU THINK HE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN THE WHOLE BANK?

I DOUBT IT.

WOW'.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TRY NOT TO LEAVE ANY TRACES.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THAT SCREEN BACK.

I'LL PUT IT BACK WHERE I... FOUND IT, TONIGHT.

GOOD. SO TOMORROW MORNING, MEET ME HERE, AND YOU BRING YOUR CART.

TOMORROW'S SCHOOL DAY.

I KNOW THAT. THAT WAY NOBODY CAN FOLLOW US HERE.

THEY'LL ALL BE IN SCHOOL.

YOU MEAN PLAY HOOKY?

NO. IT'S NOT LIKE PLAYING HOOKY.

IT'S MORE LIKE...

A BUSINESS APPOINTMENT.

YOU KNOW SOMETHING? WE'RE RICH'.

YEAH. COME ON'.

WE'RE RICH'.

WE'RE RICH'. YAY'.

WE'RE RICH'.

YAY'.

OH'. I FORGOT SOMETHING. I GOT TO GO BACK.

BUT YOU'LL BE LATE FOR SCHOOL.

CAN'T HELP IT. YOU GO AHEAD. I'LL TRY AND CATCH UP.

ALL RIGHT.

GET AWAY FROM THE CANDY.

MA SAID WE COULD.

THAT'S IT. WHEN YOU GET HOME FROM SCHOOL TODAY,

THAT CANDY IS GOING TO BE GONE'.

YOU TELL MA THAT.

Harriet: AHH'.

HAVE A NICE DAY.

HAVE A NICE DAY.

[LOUD RIP]

Nellie: AAH'.

SCREEN'S BACK.

WAIT HERE WHILE I GET MR. SPRAGUE.

DON'T TALK TO ANYBODY AND KEEP AN EYE OUT.

FOR WHAT?

ROBBERS.

WELL, YOU BETTER HURRY UP.

IT'S IN THOSE SACKS'.

THOSE?

YOU GOT TO PROMISE NOT TO TELL ANYBODY ABOUT ANYTHING.

OTHERWISE, IT WILL BE SUTTER'S MILL ALL OVER AGAIN.

DO YOU PROMISE?

OF COURSE I PROMISE, YOUNG LADY.

LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT IT FIRST.

SHOW HIM, JONAH.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN THE BANK,

WE'LL TRUST YOU FOR THE REST.

YOU, UH, MUST HAVE WORKED A LONG TIME DIGGING THIS ALL UP.

PRETTY NEAR TWO WEEKS.

AND YOU STAYED OUT OF SCHOOL TODAY TO BRING IT HERE?

OF COURSE WE DID. YOU'RE NOT OPEN ON SATURDAYS.

DON'T YOU THINK WE BETTER TAKE THIS STUFF IN SO YOU CAN WEIGH IT?

I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE NECESSARY.

YOU WORKED MIGHTY HARD, AND YOU DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS,

BUT YOU HAVE ONE CONSOLATION:

THERE'S A LOT OF GROWNUPS MADE THE SAME MISTAKE.

WHAT MISTAKE?

I'M AFRAID THIS ISN'T GOLD.

IT'S, UH...IRON PYRITE.

WHAT'S THAT?

WELL, UH...SOME PEOPLE CALL IT FOOL'S GOLD.

I GUESS THE WORST KIND OF DISAPPOINTMENT

IS THE KIND YOU WORK SO HARD AT,

AND YOU'RE ALMOST SCARED TO DREAM OF IT.

IF IT ISN'T GOLD, IRON'S WORTH SOMETHING, ISN'T IT?

NOT THIS KIND.

I'M SORRY. I'M TRULY SORRY.

COME ON, JONAH. WE BETTER GO.

THAT'S THE LAST OF IT.

LOOK AT THAT OLD STUFF SHINE.

WHAT WERE YOU PLANNING ON DOING WITH YOUR SHARE, LAURA?

I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT.

I BET I'LL HAVE AN AWFUL DREAM TONIGHT.

DOES THIS MEAN I DON'T GET YOUR FISHING ROD AND FLOAT?

A PROMISE IS A PROMISE.

IT'S YOURS.

HONEST?

THANKS'. SEE YOU TOMORROW'.

Sprague: INGALLS, YOU GOT A MINUTE?

HI.

HI.

SURE WOULD FOOL A PERSON, WOULDN'T IT?

MR. SPRAGUE TOLD ME.

I BET HE THINKS IT'S A BIG JOKE.

JUST THE OPPOSITE, HALF-PINT.

WELL, I BET EVERYBODY ELSE DOES.

WE'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT KNOW ABOUT IT,

AND I DON'T THINK IT'S VERY FUNNY

WHEN SOMEBODY WORKS AS HARD AS YOU DID

TRYING TO SURPRISE THEIR LOVED ONES.

OH, PA'. I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU SO MUCH.

I WAS GOING TO BUY MA ALL SHE WANTED AT OLESON'S,

AND I WAS GOING TO BUY YOU A BIG HOUSE AND EVERYTHING,

AND NOW LOOK AT IT.

HALF-PINT, YOU LISTEN TO ME.

YOU GIVE US EVERYTHING WE WANT

EVERY SINGLE DAY OF OUR LIVES.

YOU GIVE US LOVE, RESPECT, AND JOY.

THERE ISN'T ENOUGH GOLD IN THE WHOLE WORLD TO BUY THOSE THINGS.

KIND OF NICE DREAMING ABOUT IT.

WELL, SURE IT IS. THAT'S WHAT DREAMS ARE FOR.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I'M GETTING KIND OF AN APPETITE.

ME, TOO.

COME ON.

YOU KNOW, PA,

IT'S A PRETTY GOOD THING I DIDN'T BUY THAT HOUSE FOR YOU ANYHOW.

MA WOULD HAVE AN AWFUL TIME CLEANING ALL THOSE ROOMS.

HA HA'. YOU'RE RIGHT, HALF-PINT.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.