Original subtitles

PA! I FINISHED MY CHORES. CAN I GO INTO TOWN?

WHAT, ARE YOU DONE ALREADY?

YOU'RE A REAL WHIRLWIND THIS MORNING.

MUST BE SOMETHING IMPORTANT.

IT IS.

ALL RIGHT. GO ON. HAVE A GOOD TIME.

THANKS, PA.

Caroline: LAURA?

YES, MA?

HAVEN'T YOU NOTICED THE WAY JACK'S BEEN

SCRATCHING AND FUSSING AT HIS EARS?

NO, MA.

WELL, HE HAS.

IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S BEEN RUNNING IN THE TALL GRASS.

MAYBE HE'S GOT ANOTHER FOXTAIL IN HIS EAR.

WELL, COULDN'T CARRIE PULL THEM OUT?

CARRIE'S HELPING ME BAKE A CAKE.

LAURA, JACK IS YOUR DOG.

YOU'VE BEEN NEGLECTING HIM LATELY.

YOU CAN'T JUST CAST HIM ASIDE

LIKE A STITCH OF OLD CLOTHES YOU'RE TIRED OF AND FORGET HIM.

MA, I PROMISE TO DO IT WHEN I GET HOME,

BUT I'VE GOT SOMETHING REAL IMPORTANT TO TEND TO.

LAURA, RIGHT NOW YOU'LL TEND TO JACK.

YES, MA'AM.

[JACK BARKS]

OH, SUCH A LOVELY DAY.

A LOVELY DAY.

MORNING!

MORNING.

BEAUTIFUL DAY, AIN'T IT?

YES, IT IS.

AS THE MAN SAID,

CLEANLINESS IS

NEXT TO GODLINESS.

Crow: AMEN.

AND I THOUGHT PERHAPS IF WE INVITED HER TO THE SUNDAY SERVICES TOMORROW,

WE COULD ALL GET TO KNOW HER BETTER.

REVEREND ALDEN, IN ALL DUE RESPECT,

IF WE INVITE HER INTO OUR CHURCH,

WE WILL JUST BE ENCOURAGING HER TO STAY.

AND WE DON'T WANT HER TO STAY.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, SHE'S ABOUT AS WELCOME AS A PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS.

IS IT SOMETHING SHE'S DONE?

REVEREND ALDEN, PEOPLE JUST DON'T LIVE IN A HOUSE THAT ISN'T THERE.

NOW, IF YOU ASK ME,

SHE'S MORE THAN A LITTLE BIT OFF HER ROCKER.

YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH MRS. OLESON.

AND THAT ANIMAL OF HERS, CLYDE,

IS AS CRAZY AS SHE IS.

HE'S THE ONLY HORSE I'VE EVER KNOWN

THAT WOULD RATHER EAT BEEF JERKY AND HARD CANDY

THAN MY QUALITY OATS AND HAY.

REVEREND, MY ONLY CONCERN IS WITH THE CHILDREN.

NOW, I THINK SHE SEEMS HARMLESS ENOUGH.

BUT, MISS BEADLE,

LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING.

NOW I HAVE TOLD MY NELLIE AND MY WILLIE

TO JUST KEEP AWAY FROM HER,

AND I CAN ONLY HOPE AND PRAY

THAT ALL OF THE OTHER PARENTS HAVE SENSE ENOUGH

TO DO THE SAME THING.

MRS. OLESON, IT SEEMS TO ME

THAT THE CHRISTIAN THING TO DO UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES--

REVERED ALDEN,

YOU STAY IN WALNUT GROVE

ONLY TWO DAYS OUT OF THE MONTH

WHILE WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT--THAT CREATURE

EVERY DAY.

WELL, SHE SEEMS INTENT ON STAYING.

AND SINCE THE PROPERTY WAS ABANDONED,

LEGALLY SHE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO STAY THERE.

WELL, THEN, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO LET NATURE RUN ITS COURSE.

SHE COULDN'T POSSIBLY SURVIVE THE COLD OF THE WINTER

IN THE CONFINES OF THAT ROOT CELLAR.

JACK, HOLD STILL! JACK, YOU'RE BEING STUBBORN AS A GOAT.

NOW, WOULD YOU LET ME GET THE FOXTAILS OUT OF YOUR EAR?

JACK, STOP IT!

[GROWLING BARK]

JACK, COME BACK HERE!

GET BACK HERE!

I'M LOSING MY PATIENCE WITH YOU.

GET BACK HERE NOW!

[RUFF]

PUT THAT TOY DOWN. I DON'T WANT TO PLAY.

[RUFF]

ALL RIGHT. GO AROUND WITH FOXTAILS IN YOUR EARS.

SEE IF I CARE.

[JACK BARKING]

[WHIMPERING]

SORRY I'M LATE.

I HAD TO STAY HOME AND PICK FOXTAILS OUT OF JACK'S EARS.

ARE YOU SURE IT WASN'T FLOWERS YOU WERE PICKING?

I TOLD YOU WHY I WAS LATE.

JUST THOUGHT IT'D BE NICE IF WE BROUGHT HER SOMETHING.

WILLIE THINKS SHE'S A WITCH.

YOU SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT HER A DEAD RAT.

STOP TALKING LIKE THAT, AND LET'S GO.

IT'S GOING TO GET DARK.

IT'S STILL MORNING, SILLY.

COME ON.

[CAW CAW]

[CROW CAWING]

[CAW CAW]

SHE SAW US.

SHH!

Mary: COME ON.

AHEM.

UH, HI.

WE CAME TO WELCOME YOU TO WALNUT GROVE.

MAY WE COME IN?

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS KNOCK, AND THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED.

COME ON.

KNOCK KNOCK.

IS ANYBODY HOME?

[CAW]

MY! MY!

WHAT HAVE WE HERE?

WE'RE THE WELCOMING COMMITTEE.

OH.

YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE, CHILDREN.

YOU'RE TOO KIND.

PLEASE, WON'T YOU COME INTO MY HOUSE?

I'M KEZIA HORN, AND THIS IS PARROT POLLY.

THAT'S NOT A PARROT. IT'S A CROW.

OH. SHH.

HE THINKS HE'S A PARROT.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO DISAPPOINT HIM.

Crow: WANT A PIECE OF CANDY.

OH. I DON'T HAVE NO MORE.

LAND SAKES, POLLY.

YOU AND CLYDE HAVE GOT A SWEET TOOTH LATELY.

HA HA HA!

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO HAVE TEA AND ORANGES WHEN YOU CAME A-KNOCKING.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN ME?

CAN I HAVE COFFEE LIKE MY PA DRINKS?

OH, I THINK I CAN FIX THAT.

YES.

YES, WE'LL BE WANTING... 7 CUPS AND SAUCERS.

IT WAS WHISKEY JAKE CURRY WHAT GIVE ME THESE CUPS.

HE KNEW I HAD AN EYE FOR PRETTY THINGS.

BEAUTIFUL, AREN'T THEY?

YEAH, THEY SURE ARE.

BEAUTIFUL. YEAH. HA HA.

[BLOWS]

[WHISTLING LIKE A TEA KETTLE]

WATER'S BOILING.

[CAW CAW]

NICE AND WARM.

YEAH.

HERE'S YOUR COFFEE,

ALL NICE AND HOT LIKE YOU ASKED FOR.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

I DON'T SEE ANY COFFEE.

NELLIE!

WELL, THIS IS DUMB. I DON'T SEE ANY COFFEE.

THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO LEAVE.

WHAT?

YOU CAN'T STAY IF YOU CAN'T SEE IT.

YOU MIGHT ACCIDENTALLY BURN YOURSELF.

THEY CAN'T SEE IT. THEY HAVE TO GO, TOO.

I CAN SEE IT.

ME, TOO.

WILLIE?

NICE AND STRONG, JUST LIKE PA DRINKS IT.

HA HA HA! HA HA HA!

SOME PEOPLE NEVER REMEMBER TO CLOSE THE DOOR.

HA HA!

CARRIE, ON THE CAKE.

YES, MA.

MOM, WE MET KEZIA HORN TODAY!

AND SHE READ OUR FORTUNES FROM OUR TEA LEAVES.

THAT'S NICE, GIRLS.

I'M GOING TO RAISE A BIG FAMILY SOMEDAY--

BIGGER THAN OURS, MA.

AND I'M GOING TO TRAVEL FAR AND WIDE.

BEFORE YOU TRAVEL ANYWHERE, YOUNG LADY,

I WANT YOU TO TAKE A SHORT TRIP OUT TO THE YARD

AND FINISH TAKING THE FOXTAILS OUT OF JACK'S EARS.

I TRIED TO, MA, BUT JACK WOULDN'T LET ME.

WELL, TRY HARDER.

AND THE NEXT TIME I TELL YOU TO DO SOMETHING, YOUNG LADY,

I WANT YOU TO DO IT.

YES, MA'AM.

JACK! JACK!

PA, HAVE YOU SEEN JACK?

I CAN'T FIND HIM ANYWHERE!

LAST TIME I SAW HIM, HONEY,

HE WAS ASLEEP IN THE BARN.

THANKS!

JACK, ARE YOU IN HERE?

GOOD-FOR-NOTHING DOG.

ARE YOU SLEEPING BACK HERE?

BOY, ARE YOU GOING TO GET IT WHEN I FIND YOU.

JACK, WHY DIDN'T YOU COME WHEN I CALLED YOU?

GET UP, YOU LAZY DOG.

I SAID GET UP!

JACK?

JACK?

[HAMMERING OUTSIDE]

PA, COME QUICK!

HALF-PINT!

WHAT'S THE MATTER? WHAT ARE YOU YELLING ABOUT?

HE'S DEAD, ISN'T HE, PA?

JACK TRAVELED A LOT OF MILES WITH US ACROSS A LOT OF RIVERS.

HE WAS KIND OF OLD AND TIRED.

HIS TIME HAD COME.

JUST WANTED TO GO TO SLEEP QUIET

SO HE WOULDN'T MAKE A FUSS.

WHEN HE NEEDED ME THE MOST, I WASN'T THERE.

HEY, WE ALWAYS FEEL THAT WHEN WE LOSE SOMEBODY CLOSE TO US.

WISHING WE COULD BE WITH THEM,

TELL THEM HOW MUCH WE LOVE THEM.

LIFE DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK OUT THAT WAY.

TELL YOU, YOU AND THAT OLD DOG HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL.

HAD SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE IN A WHOLE LIFETIME.

PA...

CAN WE BURY HIM ON THE LOW HILL OVER THE MEADOW

WHERE HE LOVED TO PLAY?

YOU BET. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A FINE PLACE.

LOVE THAT PLACE.

WHY DON'T YOU GO ON IN THE HOUSE,

AND I'LL... I'LL BUNDLE HIM UP.

I'LL DO IT, PA.

HALF-PINT, SUN'LL BE GOING DOWN SOON.

CAN I BE ALONE WITH JACK A MOMENT, PA?

YEAH.

I DIDN'T MEAN THE THINGS I SAID TO YOU, JACK.

YOU'RE THE BEST DOG IN THE WHOLE WORLD,

THE BEST DOG A GIRL COULD EVER HAVE.

AND I'M GOING TO SAY A PRAYER FOR YOU EVERY NIGHT

SO--SO THAT GOD KEEP YOU SAFE AND WARM IN YOUR NEW BED.

JACK.

THERE'S KEZIA. HI! HI!

I WONDER WHY KEZIA ISN'T COMING TO CHURCH.

BECAUSE, CHILD, SHE'S A HEATHEN.

WELL, MAYBE SHE WORSHIPS AT HOME LIKE WE DO SOMETIMES.

Caroline: MORNING, REVEREND.

CAROLINE.

REVEREND.

CHARLES.

Reverend: SHALL WE PRAY?

All: OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME.

THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD...

HEY, YOU MUTT! GIT!

DAGGONE DOG KEEPS COMING AROUND.

THAT NO-ACCOUNT CUR WAS TRYING TO STEAL YOUR BACON.

WELL, NO CRIME BEING HUNGRY.

SOONER THAT BACON DISAPPEARS,

THE SOONER I'LL BE RID OF HIM.

HA HA HA! HEY, YOU LITTLE BANDIT.

HOW'D YOU GET ON THE WAGON, HUH?

ALL RIGHT. SIT AND RELAX. ENJOY THE RIDE.

GOT TO FESS UP, DOC.

I TRIED LAYING ON THEM BOARDS LIKE YOU SAID.

IT GOT A MITE DISAGREEABLE AFTER A WHILE.

NOW, JONATHAN, IF YOU WANT THAT BACK OF YOURS TO LOOSEN UP,

YOU GOTTA STAY OFF YOUR FEET FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.

I CAN'T DO THAT, DOC.

I GOT ME A FIELD NEEDS PLOWING.

THAT'S WHAT I FIGURED.

NOW HERE. GET YOURSELF SOME SOAP LINIMENT, CAMPHOR, AND WINTERGREEN,

AND HAVE ALICE RUB IT IN REAL GOOD AT NIGHT.

MUCH OBLIGED, DOC.

DON'T EXPECT ANY MIRACLES.

WHAT YOU NEED IS SOME REST.

YEAH.

STUBBORN. MULE-HEADED.

HEY, WE'RE HOME.

CHARLES! WHERE DID YOU FIND HIM?

I DIDN'T EXACTLY FIND HIM.

IT'S MORE LIKE HE FOUND ME.

IS HE REALLY OURS TO KEEP?

I DON'T SEE WHY NOT. WHERE'S HALF-PINT?

IN THE BARN.

WE'LL SEE IF THIS LITTLE FELLOW CAN CHEER HER UP.

COME ON! COME ON, BOY!

[BARKING]

HEY, HALF-PINT. I GOT A LITTLE SURPRISE FOR YOU.

HEY. WELL, COME ON, BOY.

LOOK WHAT JUMPED ON MY WAGON ON THE WAY OUT OF MANKATO.

HE'S JUST A STRAY, BUT HE'S A DARNED GOOD DOG.

HE'S SMART.

HA HA! OH, HE REALLY LIKES YOU.

HE CAN BE YOURS IF YOU WANT HIM.

DON'T WANT HIM!

DON'T WANT ANY DOG.

AW, COME ON.

HE'S JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE LOVING, THAT'S ALL.

I DON'T WANT HIM!

AH, WE TRIED.

COME ON, BOY.

[WHIMPERING]

MA, CAN'T WE LET HIM IN?

NOT WHILE WE'RE EATING. HE'LL PICK UP BAD HABITS.

HE'S HUNGRY.

Caroline: WELL, YOU CAN GIVE HIM SOME SCRAPS AFTER DINNER.

WELL, BEING IN A STRANGE PLACE AND ALL,

HE'S PROBABLY FRIGHTENED TO DEATH OUT THERE ALONE.

[DOG WHIMPERING]

ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN LET HIM IN, BUT JUST FOR TONIGHT.

I'LL DO IT.

WE HAVE TO NAME HIM.

HEY, YOU'RE RIGHT. I FORGOT ALL ABOUT THAT.

ANYBODY GOT ANY IDEAS?

WE COULD CALL HIM TOM.

SALLY NORTH HAS A DOG NAMED TOM.

SALLY NORTH HAS A CAT.

OH, YEAH.

HE DOES LOOK LIKE HE'S WEARING A MASK,

AND I DID CATCH HIM STEALING WHEN I FIRST SAW HIM.

WHY DON'T WE CALL HIM BANDIT?

OH, THAT NAME REALLY SUITS HIM.

YEAH.

Caroline: WHAT DO YOU THINK, LAURA?

I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU NAME HIM.

MAY I PLEASE BE EXCUSED?

Caroline: YOU'VE HARDLY TOUCHED YOUR SUPPER.

I'M NOT HUNGRY.

ALL RIGHT, THEN.

[WHIMPERING]

[SAW BUZZING]

OH!

LORD ALMIGHTY!

HEY, WHY DON'T YOU QUIT TRYING TO WORK

UNTIL THAT BACK OF YOURS HEALS UP?

NAW. IT'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.

SURE YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S WHY YOU'RE MOANING AND GROANING ALL THE TIME.

AH, IT'S--I GOTTA TAKE MY MEDICINE NOW.

I'LL BE LIKE A NEW MAN.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

SUIT YOURSELF.

GOOD MORNING, MR. GARVEY.

JUMPING JEHOSHAPHAT, CHILD.

YOU SHOULDN'T SNEAK UP ON A MAN LIKE THAT.

OH, I WASN'T SNEAKING. I WAS JUST GOING TO SCHOOL.

OH, YEAH. WELL...

WHAT'S IN THE BOTTLE?

UH, THAT'S, UH...

OH, THAT'S JUST THE MEDICINE THAT DOC BAKER GOT FOR ME.

IT'S THE BIGGEST BOTTLE OF MEDICINE I EVER SAW.

YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW, AS BIG AS I AM,

WHY, I GOTTA HAVE A LOT.

DON'T LIKE THE STUFF.

I'LL BET KEZIA'D HAVE A BETTER CURE.

THAT OLD MAGPIE?

SHE'S CRAZIER THAN A LOON.

BUT SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT EVERYTHING.

YEAH, WELL, I--

MAYBE I'LL GO ON AND SEE HER, HUH?

SEE YA.

SEE YA.

OH, DADBURN IT.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING, KEZIA?

HUH?

IT'S A PERFECT DAY FOR HANGING OUT THE WASH.

HA HA HA! GOOD IDEA.

Laura: GET AWAY! I SAID, GET AWAY!

I DON'T WANT YOU FOLLOWING ME.

♪ LAURA'S DOG IS UGLY AS A HOG ♪

♪ LAURA'S DOG ♪ GET AWAY, I SAID!

♪ IS UGLY AS A HOG ♪

♪ LAURA'S DOG ♪ HE'S NOT MY DOG!

♪ IS UGLY AS A HOG ♪

Nellie: THEN WHOSE IS HE? Laura: HE'S A STRAY!

♪ LAURA'S DOG IS UGLY AS A HOG ♪

HE'S NOT MY DOG!

♪ LAURA'S DOG IS UGLY AS A HOG ♪ HE'S NOT MINE!

GO AWAY!

[CROW CAWS]

UH, MORNING.

HOW DO.

I WAS, UH...

I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD HAVE A FEW...

HAVE A FEW WORDS WITH YOU.

OH, ALWAYS A-HANKERING AFTER GOOD CONVERSATION.

HEY! POLLY, GET OFF THE MAN'S HEAD.

[CAW CAW]

COME ON IN.

MIND YOU, USE THE DOOR.

UH, NAME'S GARVEY, MA'AM.

MY NAME'S KEZIA.

SOME PEOPLE CALL ME KIZZY.

SOME PEOPLE CALL ME CRAZY.

SOME PEOPLE DON'T CALL ME AT ALL.

HEH HEH HEH.

UH, ME AND MARY WAS JUST KIND OF JAWING,

AND, UH, SHE SAID--

WELL--WELL, DOC BAKER'S GIVEN ME A WHOLE PASSELFUL OF REMEDIES FOR MY CRICK.

AIN'T NONE OF THEM WORKING,

AND I WAS JUST KIND OF WONDERING--

ACTUALLY KIND OF HOPING IF MAYBE YOU'D BE HAVING A CURE.

A PAIN? DULL OR SHARP?

WELL, KIND OF-- KIND OF NAGGING.

YOU KNOW, LIKE A ROPE PULLING DOWN LOW ON MY BACK.

YOU GOT A TOUCH OF THE "TIZ"--RHEUMATISM.

I'VE HAD IT MYSELF NOW AND THEN.

YOU GOT A CURE?

I GOT THE VERY THING FOR IT.

YOU WANT SOME PARAFFIN, SOME MINERAL OIL,

AND A GOOD STIFF BRUSH

AND A TUB OF HOT WATER.

WHAT KIND OF SKIVVIES DO YOU BED IN?

WELL, UH...

AHEM.

I'LL, UH...I'LL BE IN MY RED FLANNELS.

THEM'S JUST THE THING FOR KEEPING THE HEAT IN.

YEAH. OH, WITH THE PAIN THAT LOW,

BE SURE TO KEEP YOUR FLAP SHUT.

YES'M.

HERE YOU GO.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

MR. HANSON?

Man: HE WENT HOME SICK.

NELS. DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOUR VOICE.

WELL, HANSON FEELING POORLY, IS HE?

OH, YEAH, YEAH.

HE WAS--HE WAS DIZZY.

HE WAS VERY DIZZY.

HA HA HA!

WHAT'S-- WHAT'S SO FUNNY?

I DON'T KNOW. HA HA HA!

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

OH, COULDN'T BE BETTER.

THE TROUBLE IS I'M VERY THIRSTY.

I JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THIS WATER.

WELL, I'LL SEE YOU AT THE MEETING TONIGHT.

WHAT MEETING?

WELL, THE MEETING AT THE CHURCH.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DECIDE

WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO LET KEZIA IN THE CONGREGATION.

OH. THAT MEETING.

I'LL BE THERE.

ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE ALL RIGHT?

FINE AND DANDY.

SEE YOU TONIGHT.

YOU BETCHA, CHARLES!

OH.

[RUFF]

BE QUIET. GO ON. GET AWAY.

[BARKING]

THAT'S JACK'S TOY. GET AWAY.

[RUFF RUFF RUFF]

I SAID GET AWAY!

GO ON. GET AWAY.

[BARKING]

GET AWAY.

GO AWAY.

SHOO!

GO AWAY.

I WANT TO THANK YOU, CHARLES,

FOR HELPING ME TRY TO PREVAIL UPON THEM TO RECONSIDER,

EVEN IF OUR PLEAS DID FALL ON DEAF EARS.

THE WAY THEY CARRIED ON, YOU'D THINK SHE BROUGHT THE PLAGUE TO TOWN.

WELL, I FIND MYSELF CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS.

MINISTER OF THE CONGREGATION,

I'M THE SHEPHERD OF THE FLOCK, BUT...

IF THE FLOCK WON'T TAKE IN ONE OF ITS LOST SHEEP,

WHY, I MUST ABIDE BY THEIR WISHES OR RISK LOSING THEM ALL.

YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT WHEN I WAS A YOUNGER MAN.

WELL, I'LL TELL HER TOMORROW.

I'D RATHER IT BE ME THAN TO HAVE THEM CAST HER OUT

WITHOUT A KIND WORD OR A BLESSING.

I DON'T ENVY YOU, REVEREND.

GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT, CHARLES.

[FAINT SNORING]

[SNORING]

NELS. HUH? WHAT?

NELS? [LIGHT SLAP]

I VOTE NAY.

NELS, THE MEETING'S OVER. YOUR WIFE'S GONE HOME.

OH, THAT EXPLAINS WHY IT'S SO QUIET IN HERE.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

SURE. I'M JUST THIRSTY, THAT'S ALL.

I NEED A DRINK OF WATER.

[DOOR OPENS, THUDDING]

THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR WELFARE.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PROTECTION

AGAINST THE COLD WINTER MONTHS AHEAD.

THE COLD YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, REVEREND,

HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WINTER.

SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S DOING THE PROTECTING.

OH, DON'T GET ME WRONG.

I APPRECIATE YOUR CALLING,

BUT YOU SEE, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN ASKED TO MOVE ON,

AND I RECKON IT WON'T BE THE LAST.

YOU SEE, I'M 80 YEARS OLD.

OUTLIVED TWO HUSBANDS,

BEEN EVERYWHERE THERE IS TO BE,

SEEN EVERYTHING THERE IS TO SEE,

AND THE ONE THING I'VE FOUND IS THE PEOPLE ARE THE SAME EVERYWHERE--

KIND OF SET IN THEIR WAYS,

AFRAID OF ANYONE WHO'S DIFFERENT TO THEM.

IT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING GOOD OR BAD

OR GENEROUS OR STINGY.

IT'S HUMAN NATURE.

DON'T EVER CHANGE, KEZIA.

IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFERENT WHO MOVE THE MOUNTAINS.

HAVING LIVED AS LONG AS I HAVE,

I'M NOT ABOUT TO,

BUT I KNOW WHEN I DON'T BELONG.

ONLY REASON I STAYED THIS LONG WAS THE CHILDREN.

THEY REACHED OUT AND MADE IT ALL WORTHWHILE.

WHERE WILL YOU GO?

UH...WELL, I DON'T RIGHT KNOW AT THE MOMENT,

BUT DON'T YOU GO WORRYING NONE, REVEREND.

I'LL GET BY.

I'M SURE YOU WILL, KEZIA.

I'M SURE YOU WILL.

WELL, I'D BEST BE GOING.

MIND YOU, DON'T FORGET TO CLOSE THE DOOR.

PA! MA SAID I COULD GO INTO TOWN A LITTLE BIT EARLY AND VISIT WITH KEZIA.

ALL RIGHT, DARLIN'. WE'LL SEE YOU IN CHURCH.

THANKS, PA.

[RUFF RUFF]

[CAW]

Laura: DON'T FOLLOW ME! I DON'T WANT YOU! GO AWAY!

GO AWAY!

GO ON! GET AWAY!

[BANDIT BARKING]

GO HOME!

I DON'T WANT YOU FOLLOWING ME. NOW GO HOME!

GO HOME.

[BANDIT YELPS]

KNOCK KNOCK.

DOOR'S OPEN. COME ON IN.

SEEMS YOU WERE A MITE CROSS WITH THAT THERE DOG OF YOURS.

HE'S NOT MY DOG. HE'S A STRAY.

JACK WAS MY DOG.

HE WAS THE BEST DOG IN THE WHOLE WORLD AND SMART, TOO.

BUT HE DIED.

I KNOW HOW YOU'RE FEELING.

LOST MY FIRST MAN WHISKEY JAKE OUT AT SEA.

I SAYS, "KEZIA, THERE AIN'T NO MAN ON THIS EARTH

THAT WILL EVER FILL HIS SHOES."

THAT WAS BEFORE I MET SMILIN' WILLIE HORN.

YOU KNOW, A PERSON GETS TO BE LONELY.

GETS HANKERING AFTER BEING NEEDED.

BUT JACK AND I HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL.

NO DOG WILL EVER TAKE HIS PLACE.

THAT THERE HEART OF YOURS WILL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE FOR JACK.

BUT I BET IT'S GOT A LOT MORE ROOM IN IT FOR LOVING.

BUT I CAN'T LOVE SOME DUMB OLD DOG

WHO GOES AROUND CHASING HIS TAIL ALL THE TIME.

PRETTY CLEVER CRITTER IF YOU ASK ME.

YOU WOULDN'T PLAY WITH HIM,

SO HE MADE DO WITH WHAT HE HAD.

KIND OF LIKE YOU PRETENDING YOU HAVE A REAL HOUSE

WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY WALLS OR A ROOF.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE WALLS AND A ROOF TO HAVE HOSPITALITY.

I WISH YOU WEREN'T GOING, KEZIA.

WELL, FOLKS HAVEN'T TAKEN TOO KINDLY TO ME.

I CAN'T STAY IF I HAVEN'T GOT A HOME HERE.

IF YOU HAVE A HOME, WOULD YOU STAY?

OH, THERE'S A FEELING--

A FEELING OF BELONGING, OF BEING NEEDED.

YOU'RE A LUCKY GIRL. YOU'VE GOT BOTH.

ME, WELL, UH, I'M KIND OF LIKE THAT LITTLE MUTT.

I GOT A LOT OF LOVING TO GIVE,

BUT I DON'T SEEM TO KIND OF FIND PEOPLE WHO WILL TAKE IT.

I RECKON BANDIT AND ME IS DIFFERENT FROM MOST.

WELL, IT AIN'T CHRISTIAN FOR FOLKS NOT TO INVITE YOU INTO CHURCH.

OH, MAYBE. BUT IT'S NO WORSE THAN DRIVING OFF A LITTLE DOG

WHO JUST WANTS TO LOVE YOU, IS IT?

NO.

IT'S JUST THAT...

OH, COME ON. OUT WITH IT.

WELL, I LOVED JACK SO.

WHEN HE DIED...

YES, AND YOU'RE AFRAID TO LOVE BANDIT BECAUSE HE MIGHT DIE,

AND YOU'D HURT ALL OVER AGAIN.

YES'M.

WELL, LET ME TELL YOU THIS, CHILD.

HURTING GOES AWAY.

LOVE, NEVER.

LOVING IS THE GREATEST GIFT THE GOOD LORD GAVE US.

DON'T WASTE IT.

NOT FOR A MOMENT.

I GOTTA GO FIND BANDIT.

I'LL BE BACK.

I LOVE YOU.

I LOVE YOU, TOO, CHILD.

NOW GIT.

OK.

BANDIT!

BANDIT!

[COUGHING AND GASPING]

BANDIT!

COME ON, BANDIT!

COME ON!

COME ON, BANDIT!

BANDIT!

BANDIT.

BANDIT! COME BACK!

I DIDN'T MEAN IT!

PLEASE COME BACK!

BANDIT...

I DO LOVE YOU.

I LOVE YOU, BANDIT.

PLEASE DON'T BE AFRAID.

I LOVE YOU.

BANDIT.

MY BANDIT.

MY BANDIT.

HEY, UH, MISS KEZIA?

COME ON, POLLY. WE'RE OFF.

[CAW CAW]

COME ON, CLYDE. WHENEVER YOU'VE A MIND TO.

COME ON. THERE.

♪ ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS ♪

♪ MARCHING AS TO WAR ♪

♪ WITH THE CROSS OF JESUS ♪

♪ GOING ON BEFORE ♪

Laura: REVEREND ALDEN?

REVEREND ALDEN, MISS KEZIA'S GONE.

WE CAN'T LET HER GO.

SHE LEFT BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT SHE DIDN'T BELONG HERE.

BUT SHE WAS WRONG.

WE NEED HER HERE.

SHE'S GOT SO MUCH LOVE TO GIVE.

SHE MADE ME SEE I NEEDED BANDIT AS MUCH AS HE NEEDED ME.

SHE WAS GOOD AND KIND TO EVERYONE WHO GAVE HER HALF A CHANCE.

SO WHAT IF SHE WAS DIFFERENT?

WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT.

IF WE KNOCKED ON HER MAKE-BELIEVE DOOR, SHE LET US IN.

BUT WHEN SHE KNOCKED, NOBODY HEARD HER.

SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND.

KNOCK AND IT SHALL BE OPENED TO YOU.

HE PREACHED HIS GOSPEL AS HE WALKED BY THE SEA OF GALILEE,

TALKING OF LOVE AND KINDNESS.

HEALING THE SICK.

GIVING HOPE TO THE POOR IN SPIRIT.

AS I STAND BEFORE YOU, I ASK YOU...

IF THIS GENTLE STRANGER...

WHO MADE THE BLIND TO SEE...

AND THE LAME TO WALK...

IF HE WERE TO COME TODAY TO OUR TOWN OF WALNUT GROVE...

WOULD YOU CAST HIM OUT JUST BECAUSE HE WAS DIFFERENT?

Mrs. Oleson: WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAS ALREADY BEEN VOTED ON.

NOW, I FOR ONE AM NOT ABOUT TO CHANGE MY VOTE.

ALL IN AGREEMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

YAHOO! COME ON! LET'S GO GET HER!

Laura: KEZIA DIDN'T LEAVE WALNUT GROVE THAT DAY.

SHE STAYED WITH US FOR THE REST OF HER YEARS...

AND SO DID MY DOG...

BANDIT.