Original subtitles

HI, PA!

COME SEE WHAT I GOT IN THE WAGON!

HA HA HA!

OH, PA.

WHERE'S ALBERT?

IN THE BARN.

OK.

HEY, ALBERT!

COME ON OUT HERE!

COME ON. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT I GOT IN THE BACK OF THE WAGON.

ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL?

OH, IT SURE IS.

Albert: LOOK AT THOSE EYES.

I GOT HIM FOR YOU, ALBERT.

FOR ME?

THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO BE A FARMER, DIDN'T YOU?

YES, SIR, I DID.

THERE'S A LOT MORE TO FARMING THAN JUST RAISING CROPS.

GOT TO LEARN ABOUT LIVESTOCK, TOO.

YOU'RE GONNA RAISE THIS YOUNG'UN.

OH, YOU HEAR THAT, LAURA?

I GET TO RAISE HIM.

YEAH, I HEARD.

THINK YOU CAN HANDLE IT?

OH, YOU BET I CAN.

DON'T WORRY, MR. INGALLS.

I'LL RAISE YOU A COW TO BE PROUD OF.

FIRST LESSON, ALBERT: MALE CALVES VERY RARELY GROW UP TO BE COWS.

OH, YEAH. THEN I WON'T EXPECT IT TO GIVE MUCH MILK.

NO. I'M AFRAID NOT.

ALL RIGHT, YOU GET HIM UNTIED AND WATERED.

I'LL FIX UP A STALL IN THE BARN.

OK. MR. INGALLS?

YEAH?

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

Laura: WHAT ARE WE GONNA NAME HIM?

LET'S SEE...

I'LL CALL HIM FAGIN.

WHAT?

FROM A BOOK I READ ONCE.

OH, YOU MEAN OLIVER TWIST.

UH-HUH. I LIKED IT.

I SURE WOULDN'T HAVE PICKED THAT NAME.

BUT LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S MY CALF.

HELLO, FAGIN.

Charles: AS YOUNG AS THAT CALF IS,

I CAN TELL HE'S GOT SOME GOOD BLOOD IN HIS BACKGROUND.

I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND, CHARLES.

I MEAN, IF IT WERE A HEIFER, WE COULD USE THE MILK,

BUT YOU'RE NO CATTLE BREEDER.

WELL, YOU REMEMBER THOSE PICKLES AND PRESERVES

YOU ENTERED IN THE BROWN COUNTY FAIR OVER AT SLEEPY EYE?

I STILL HAVE THE RIBBON I WON.

NO REASON ALBERT CAN'T DO JUST AS WELL WITH A CALF.

AT THE SAME TIME, HE COULD LEARN A LOT ABOUT LIVESTOCK.

[DOOR OPENS]

Albert: I DID LIKE YOU SAID, MR. INGALLS.

I GAVE FAGIN PLENTY OF HAY

AND A MIXTURE OF GRAIN AND CORN.

FAGIN?

YEAH. THAT'S HIS NAME.

IT WAS HIS IDEA, NOT MINE.

WELL, I CAN CHANGE IT.

NO, NO. IT'S NOT THE NAME THAT BOTHERS ME.

I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO GET TOO ATTACHED TO HIM, THAT'S ALL.

WHEN THAT SLEEPY EYE FAIR ROLLS AROUND,

HE'S GONNA BRING A PRETTY GOOD PRICE AT AUCTION.

WE'RE GONNA ENTER HIM IN A FAIR?

NOT WE. YOU. YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S RAISING HIM.

DO A GOOD JOB, YOU JUST MIGHT WIN A PRIZE.

THERE'S PRIZES?

DARN RIGHT THERE'S PRIZES.

OH, DON'T WORRY, MR. INGALLS, FAGIN WILL WIN.

I'M GONNA MAKE SURE HE HAS ENOUGH GRAIN.

SUPPER'S ALMOST READY!

I BETTER GO WITH HIM.

OTHERWISE HE'LL SPEND THE WHOLE NIGHT OUT IN THE BARN.

Laura: PA, I FORGOT TO SHOW YOU.

I GOT AN "A" ON MY ENGLISH TEST.

AH, I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT.

WHY DON'T YOU CLEAN UP THE TABLE? ALMOST TIME FOR SUPPER.

[DOOR CLOSES]

IT WAS THE ONLY "A" IN THE CLASS.

[YAWNS]

YOU KNOW, THE MINUTE I SET EYES ON THAT ANIMAL,

I THOUGHT OF ALBERT.

MM-HMM.

I WAS RIGHT, TOO.

I NEVER HAVE SEEN A YOUNG'UN

TAKE TO AN ANIMAL LIKE THAT IN MY LIFE.

MM-HMM.

HUH. GUESS THEY'RE JUST MEANT FOR EACH OTHER.

WELL...IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.

WHAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME?

OH, LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

INSTANT ATTRACTION.

THAT SORT OF THING.

WELL, YOU GOT ANYBODY IN MIND?

THAT ALL DEPENDS.

ON WHAT?

WELL, IT TAKES TWO, YOU KNOW. COME HERE.

ALL RIGHT, CAROLINE.

I'LL GET YOU A CALF TOMORROW.

CHARLES!

HA HA HA!

Teacher: ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE IN YOUR SEATS!

IN YOUR SEATS THIS MINUTE!

DENZIL, WILLIE, SIT DOWN!

DENZIL, SIT.

LAURA, WILL YOU HELP ME PASS OUT THESE PAPERS, PLEASE?

YES, MA'AM.

NOW, THIS SEMESTER, WE'RE GOING TO STUDY ENGLISH HISTORY,

SO THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO LEARN

IS THE ORDER OF THE ACCESSION TO THE THRONE.

THE WHAT?

SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THE LINE OF KINGS AND QUEENS THAT RULED THE COUNTRY.

YOU MEAN THEY HAVE TO STAND IN LINE?

YOU ARE SO DUMB.

THANK YOU, LAURA.

THE PAPER YOU HAVE IS THE LIST OF THE ROYAL MONARCHS.

THEY WERE ALL RELATED IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER,

AND WE ALL KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR FAMILY TREE

BUT USUALLY NOT IN SUCH DETAIL.

WHO KNOWS WHO THE RULER OF GREAT BRITAIN IS TODAY?

YES, LAURA?

QUEEN VICTORIA.

THAT'S RIGHT.

SHE'S A WIDOW NOW,

BUT HER HUSBAND ALBERT AND HER HAD 9 CHILDREN BEFORE HE DIED.

NAMED AFTER A KING, ARE YOU, BOY?

HE WASN'T A KING. HE WAS A CONSORT.

OUR ALBERT AIN'T NO PRINCE, EITHER.

NOBODY KNOWS WHAT HE IS.

Teacher: DENZIL,

DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THE LESSON?

UH, NO, MA'AM.

Teacher: THEN PERHAPS WE CAN CONTINUE?

OK. WE'LL BEGIN IN THE 11th CENTURY WITH KING EDWARD THE CONFESSOR.

WHO'S HEARD OF THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS?

YES, WILLIE?

MY MA AND PA FOUGHT IT LAST NIGHT AT SUPPER.

[LAUGHTER]

WILLIE, STAND IN THE CORNER.

[HOOFBEATS APPROACHING]

[CHILDREN YELLING AND LAUGHING]

Denzil: HEY, I GET TO WALK BEHIND PRINCE ALBERT.

DON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO HIM.

YOU KNOW, FAGIN'S GONNA HAVE TO GET A LOT OF EXERCISE,

OTHERWISE ALL HE'S GONNA DO IS EAT AND GET FAT.

MAYBE WE COULD TAKE HIM FOR A WALK BEFORE SUPPER.

WELL, I HAVE SOME CHORES TO DO,

BUT YOU CAN GO AHEAD IF YOU WANT TO.

IF HE'S PRINCE ALBERT, MAYBE LAURA'S SLEEPING BEAUTY.

YOUR PA SAID FAGIN'S FATHER WAS A PUREBREED HEREFORD.

THAT'S GOOD, ISN'T IT?

WHO'S YOUR FATHER, ALBERT?

NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, DENZIL MACAULEY.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS ANY MORE THAN HE DOES,

MISS HIGH AND MIGHTY INGALLS.

SHUT UP, DENZIL.

THERE'S A NAME FOR KIDS LIKE YOU,

EXCEPT MY PA WOULD WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP IF I SAID IT.

LEAVE HIM ALONE!

GONNA FIGHT HIS BATTLES FOR HIM, TOO?

PUNCH HIM, ALBERT! PUNCH HIM!

[PUNCHING]

Carrie: MAMA, ALBERT'S GOT A BLOODY NOSE!

ALBERT. MY GOODNESS, WHAT HAPPENED?

CHARLES!

I, UH, I WAS--

HE WAS DEFENDING MY HONOR.

A FIGHT?

OH, YOU LOOK TERRIBLE! ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

Charles: WHAT'S GOING ON?

WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED TO YOU, BOY?

I'M SORRY, SIR.

IT WAS THAT DENZIL MACAULEY. HE WAS SAYING--

I HAD TO HIT HIM, SIR.

WELL, LAURA MIGHT HAVE BEEN HURT.

YOU WENT ROUND WITH THAT BIG MACAULEY BOY?

Laura: HE SURE DID, AND HE BEAT HIM, TOO!

I'LL BE DARNED!

CHARLES, HE WAS IN A FIGHT.

HE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

Laura: BUT HE SAVED ME.

NOW, THERE. YOU SEE? HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CHOICE.

YOU KNOW WHAT THAT DENZIL'S LIKE.

Laura: HE TOOK AHOLD OF MY ARMS, AND WAS SHAKING ME LIKE THIS.

Caroline: THAT'LL DO, LAURA.

COME ON, ALBERT. LET'S GET YOU CLEANED UP.

RIGHT NOW, MA'AM?

I MEAN, LAURA AND ME HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN FAGIN YET.

IT LOOKS A LOT WORSE THAN IT IS.

I'LL WASH THE BOY UP IN THE BARN. COME ON, BOY.

DAMSEL IN DISTRESS, WE'VE GOT POTATOES TO PEEL.

WHAT ABOUT FAGIN?

ALBERT AND I WILL TAKE CARE OF HIM.

YOU GO ON AND HELP YOUR MA.

SO YOU REALLY GOT INTO IT?

Caroline: LAURA!

Albert: YEAH.

Charles: HA HA! DID YOU GIVE HIM A GOOD ONE?

Albert: YEAH, I GOT HIM PRETTY GOOD.

2 TIMES 12 IS 24.

3 TIMES 12 IS 36.

4 TIMES 12 IS 48.

Albert: COME ON, FAGIN.

5 TIMES 12 IS 60.

6 TIMES 12 IS 72.

STILL GONNA BE THE TEAM TO BEAT AT THE FAIR,

YOU KNOW THAT?

COME ON, FAGIN.

COME ON, BOY.

COME ON, FAGIN.

OH. WHERE WERE YOU?

I WAS DOING MY 12 TABLES.

ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD.

NO. I GUESS I KNOW THEM PRETTY GOOD.

COME ON, FAGIN.

I DIDN'T TELL YOU WHAT I HEARD

ABOUT NELLIE AND THAT DENZIL MACAULEY.

I THINK HE KNOWS HIS NAME.

WHO, DENZIL?

NO, SILLY--FAGIN, LOOK.

COME ON, FAGIN. COME ON, BOY.

COME ON, FAGIN.

HA HA HA!

I THOUGHT CALVES WERE TOO DUMB FOR THAT.

WELL, LOOK. HE COMES WHEN ALBERT CALLS HIM.

WELL, I WOULD, TOO, IF HE HAD MY SUPPER.

ANYWAY, SARAH LEWIS TOLD ME

THAT MARTHA KENNEDY SAID

THAT MRS. GARVEY CAUGHT NELLIE AND DENZIL KISSING

BEHIND THE SCHOOLHOUSE.

HA! SHE PROBABLY PROMISED HIM

A BAG OF LICORICE, HUH?

HEY, GOOD, ALBERT! LOOKING GOOD!

THANKS.

OH, WHAT WAS THAT?

NOTHING IMPORTANT.

I JUST REMEMBERED,

I HAVEN'T FINISHED MY REPORT ON THE REFORMATION.

OK.

HI, DARLING. WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

WELL, ALBERT'S HELPING CARRIE WITH HER NUMBERS,

AND MA'S FEEDING GRACE.

MMM.

BEAUTIFUL NIGHT, ISN'T IT?

MM-HMM. THIS IS MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR.

GOOD FISHING WEATHER.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE WENT FISHING TOGETHER.

I SUPPOSE IT HAS.

WE OUGHT TO SET A TIME AND JUST GO.

HOW ABOUT TOMORROW?

ALL RIGHT, TOMORROW'S FINE.

I'LL HAVE ALBERT DIG US SOME WORMS.

WELL, I THOUGHT MAYBE JUST YOU AND I COULD GO.

IT WOULD BE LIKE OLD TIMES.

WELL, SURE. THAT'S FINE WITH ME.

WE'LL MAKE A DAY OF IT. HOW'S THAT SOUND?

THAT SOUNDS JUST PERFECT.

I MADE YOUR FAVORITE-- HAM AND CHEESE SANDWICHES.

AND I BAKED US A CARROT CAKE, TOO.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO ALL THAT TROUBLE.

I ALWAYS MAKE SOMETHING SPECIAL.

YES. I REMEMBER YOUR APPLE TURNOVERS.

HA HA HA!

WELL, NOBODY TOLD ME THAT RIPE APPLES HAD TO BE RED AND NOT GREEN.

YEAH. AND PEELED AND SLICED.

WE ATE ALL OF THEM.

DON'T REMIND ME. I HAD 8 OF THOSE THINGS.

THEY WERE AWFUL!

THANKS. REMEMBER WHEN I USED TO PRETEND THAT I WAS GONNA MARRY YOU?

WELL, WHO ELSE WERE YOU GONNA MARRY?

AFTER TASTING THOSE APPLE TURNOVERS,

NOBODY ELSE WOULD HAVE YOU.

WELL, I'VE IMPROVED A LOT SINCE THEN.

NOW I CAN DO ANYTHING I WANT TO.

I COULD EVEN HAVE RAISED FAGIN ALL BY MYSELF.

WELL, I KNOW THAT.

NOTHING CAN STOP AN INGALLS, RIGHT?

Albert: MR. INGALLS, WHERE ARE YOU?

ALBERT, OVER HERE!

WHAT'S THE MATTER, SON?

IT'S FAGIN. HE'S COME DOWN WITH A REAL BAD COUGH.

YOU GOT TO SEE HIM.

I'M SORRY, HALF-PINT. I GOT TO GO.

ALL RIGHT, COME ON.

[LABORED BREATHING]

WHAT DO YOU THINK, DOC?

I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE.

THEY CALL IT HUSK.

COMES FROM PASTURE GRASS.

I'M SORRY, ALBERT.

I CAN'T PROMISE ANY MIRACLES.

THERE IS ONE TREATMENT, BUT IT'S QUITE DRASTIC.

WHAT IS IT?

HUSK IS CAUSED BY WORMS WHICH INFECT THE LUNG TISSUE.

THE ONLY REMEDY IS AN INJECTION

MADE UP OF CHLOROFORM, SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE,

AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF CREOSOTE.

THAT'D KILL HIM.

NOT IF WE'RE LUCKY, CHARLES.

WE FOLLOW THAT UP WITH SOME MEDICINE

THAT I'LL MAKE UP FOR YOU,

AND WITH AS MUCH OF YOUR BEST CATTLE FEED AS HE CAN EAT,

WE'LL HAVE A 50/50 CHANCE.

BUT YOU HAVE TO WATCH HIM CAREFULLY.

THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL TELL.

[GROANING]

[DOOR OPENS]

CHARLES? I KEPT YOUR SUPPER HOT.

I'LL SERVE IT.

HOW'S FAGIN?

AH, THERE'S NO CHANGE YET.

GOT TO GIVE THE MEDICINE A CHANCE TO WORK.

CAN'T GET ALBERT TO LEAVE THE BARN.

WE'LL HAVE OUR SUPPER OUTSIDE.

Carrie: ME, TOO.

NO, NO. YOU JUST STAY IN HERE AND EAT YOUR SUPPER.

Caroline: LAURA, TRY AND EAT SOMETHING.

FAGIN WILL BE ALL RIGHT.

I'M NOT HUNGRY, MA.

AN EMPTY STOMACH, AND... YOU'LL BE SICK, TOO.

WORRYING ABOUT IT WON'T CHANGE ANYTHING.

THAT'S FOR SURE.

[LABORED BREATHING]

HEY, GETTING COLD?

SOME.

HERE. LET'S PUT THIS BLANKET ON YOU, HUH?

PULL THAT UP AROUND YOU.

THERE YOU GO.

THAT BETTER?

IS HE GONNA MAKE IT?

I'D SAY SO.

DOC SAID IT'D TAKE SOME TIME.

I THINK YOU MADE HIM STRONG ENOUGH TO BEAT IT.

I HOPE SO.

YOU LIKE BEING CALLED MR. INGALLS?

NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT. THAT'S MY NAME.

WELL, EVERYBODY DOESN'T CALL YOU THAT.

NO, NO. SOME FOLKS CALL ME CHARLES,

SOME JUST INGALLS.

IN THE CITY, MOST OF THE TIME,

THEY JUST SAID, "HEY, YOU." HA!

SEE, THE REASON I WAS WONDERING IS...

WELL, AT SCHOOL, THEY ASK ME WHAT I CALL YOU.

AND MR. INGALLS SOUNDS SORT OF STUFFY.

WELL, YOU CAN CALL ME CHARLES IF YOU WANT.

NO. I'M JUST A KID. THAT WOULDN'T BE RIGHT.

LET'S SEE. WHAT ABOUT UNCLE CHARLES?

NO.

WHEN I WAS IN THE ORPHANAGE,

THIS BIG KID, RAYMOND,

USED TO GRAB MY ARMS AND PUT HIS FOOT IN MY STOMACH

AND PULL TILL I SAID "UNCLE."

I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR NOT LIKING THAT ONE.

YOU KNOW...IT MIGHT MAKE THINGS EASIER

FOR THE KIDS IN TOWN

IF I CALLED YOU PA.

IS THAT ALL? I...

I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA THINK UP SOMETHING HARD

I'D HAVE TO LEARN TO SPELL OR SOMETHING.

THEN IT'S ALL RIGHT?

IT'S FINE WITH ME.

THANKS, MR. INGALLS.

I MEAN...PA.

NOW, WHY DON'T YOU TRY TO GET SOME SLEEP, HUH?

[SIGHS]

I MIGHT CLOSE MY EYES JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT.

Charles: ALBERT! ALBERT, WAKE UP! JUST LOOK AT HIM!

Albert: WHOOPEE!

WAHOO! LOOK AT HIM!

HA HA HA!

WHOO!

WE COULD HEAR YOU FROM THE HOUSE.

HE'S ALL RIGHT.

HE'S GONNA MAKE IT.

ME AND PA DID IT.

THANK GOD.

Charles: HEY, YOU KNOW SOMETHING? I'M STARVED.

MY EGGS WILL BE BURNING. COME AND GET IT!

WE'LL BE RIGHT IN.

BE RIGHT IN, PA.

I'M GONNA FIX HIM SOME FEED FIRST.

ALL RIGHT, BUT DON'T TAKE TOO LONG. THERE WON'T BE ANY FOOD LEFT.

OK.

YOU STAY RIGHT THERE.

HE DIDN'T NOTICE...

DID HE?

NOTICE WHAT?

WELL, YOU CALLED HIM "PA" BY MISTAKE.

IT WASN'T A MISTAKE. HE TOLD ME I COULD.

HE DID?

YOU KNOW HOW IT IS--

THE KIDS IN SCHOOL ASKING ME WHO I LIVE WITH AND ALL.

IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER ALL AROUND.

COME ON. LET'S EAT.

ALBERT, YOU'RE SURE YOU'RE NOT TOO TIRED TO GO TO SCHOOL?

NO, SIR. I FEEL GREAT.

LAURA, ARE YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT ANYTHING?

Laura: NO, THANKS, MA. I DON'T FEEL SO GOOD.

WAS SHE FEELING SICK LAST NIGHT?

NOT THAT I KNOW OF.

I'M GONNA GO CHECK ON HER.

THANK YOU.

DOES THIS LOOK GOOD? IS THAT YOUR FAVORITE?

WHAT'S THE MATTER, HALF-PINT?

I DON'T FEEL SO GOOD.

WELL, YOU'RE NOT RUNNING A FEVER.

IT'S NOTHING REAL AWFUL, PA.

WELL, DO YOU HAVE A PAIN OR AN UPSET STOMACH?

NO. I DON'T KNOW.

YOU HAVE A TEST TODAY AT SCHOOL.

IT COULDN'T BE BECAUSE OF THAT, COULD IT?

NO.

I'LL TELL YOU, ALBERT STAYED UP HALF THE NIGHT,

AND HE'S GOING TO SCHOOL,

SO I THINK YOU CAN GET YOURSELF TO SCHOOL, TOO.

COME ON, I'LL GIVE YOU A RIDE IN IN THE WAGON.

I WANT TO PICK UP A SHIPMENT AT THE OLESONS' ANYWAY.

I'LL SEE YOU DOWNSTAIRS.

MORNING, CHARLES!

MORNING, NELS!

HI, KIDS.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

I'M SORRY. THAT SHIPMENT HAS BEEN DELAYED, CHARLES.

WON'T BE IN TILL TOMORROW.

Charles: AH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. KIDS ENJOYED THE RIDE.

BESIDES, IT WILL GIVE ME A CHANCE TO WORK ON THE WAGON.

Willie: HEY, ALBERT, CATCH! LET'S GO PLAY BALL!

Albert: SEE YOU, PA!

SEE YOU LATER, ALBERT!

I'LL BE BACK TOMORROW, NELS!

RIGHT.

HAVE A NICE DAY, NELLIE.

OH, I WILL, FATHER.

SO IT'S "PA" NOW... IS IT?

LEAVE ME ALONE.

WELL, YOUR FATHER'S ALWAYS WANTED A SON.

GUESS HE FINALLY GOT ONE.

SHUT UP, NELLIE.

WHAT'S THE MATTER, LAURA?

DON'T YOU LIKE YOUR NEW BROTHER?

HA HA HA!

THERE WE GO. PA'S GOT IT ALL FIXED.

HEY, CAROLINE!

LOOK WHO'S COMING HOME EARLY.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HOME EARLY, HALF-PINT?

IT'S IN THE NOTE.

SENT HOME FOR FIGHTING.

NELLIE OLESON.

[SIGHS]

WHY, LAURA?

I DON'T KNOW.

COME ON. THAT'S NOT LIKE YOU. DID SHE SAY SOMETHING?

DON'T YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT?

NO.

YOU'LL HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO HER.

YOU KNOW THAT, DON'T YOU?

APOLOGIZE?! I DIDN'T HEAR ALBERT APOLOGIZE TO DENZIL.

NOW, YOU KNOW THAT'S DIFFERENT.

HE HAD A REASON FOR FIGHTING DENZIL.

YOU DON'T SEEM TO HAVE ONE.

YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT TO EXPLAIN?

ALL RIGHT. AHEM.

AS SOON AS SCHOOL'S OUT, WE'LL GO INTO TOWN.

YOU MAY WAIT IN YOUR ROOM.

NELLIE, DARLING,

MOTHER HAS ANOTHER NICE STEAK FOR YOU.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

OH. I'LL BE RIGHT BACK, DEAR.

CAROLINE.

MRS. OLESON.

WELL, I'M SURPRISED THAT YOUR DAUGHTER HAS THE GALL

TO SHOW HER FACE AROUND HERE.

LAURA WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO NELLIE, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT.

COME IN, PLEASE.

NELLIE, DARLING... MRS. INGALLS IS HERE WITH LAURA.

LAURA.

KEEP HER AWAY FROM ME!

NOW, NOW, NOW, DARLING. IT'S ALL RIGHT.

MOTHER'S HERE.

LAURA.

[VERY SOFTLY] I'm sorry, Nellie.

WELL, I SHOULD SAY SO!

Mrs. Oleson: RUINED HER DRESS.

ALL THE WAY FROM ST. LOUIS.

Caroline: DON'T WORRY. WE'LL PAY FOR IT.

WHAT ABOUT ME?

LOOK WHAT SHE DID TO ME.

Mrs. Oleson: THE POINT IS, OF COURSE,

THAT WELL-BRED GIRLS DO NOT GO AROUND PUNCHING ONE ANOTHER

LIKE COMMON BULLIES.

LAURA KNOWS THAT, MRS. OLESON.

THAT'S WHY SHE WANTED TO APOLOGIZE.

OH. WELL, I HOPE YOU DO KNOW THAT, YOUNG LADY.

I SAID I WAS SORRY!

LET US KNOW WHAT WE OWE YOU FOR THE DRESS.

I'LL BRING IT IN NEXT WEEK.

LAURA, I WANT YOU TO STOP THAT CRYING NOW!

NOBODY CARES ABOUT ME!

NELLIE GETS PUNCHED, EVERYBODY CARES.

FAGIN GETS SICK, EVERYBODY CARES.

LAURA, THAT'S NOT TRUE.

YES, IT IS!

I KNOW IT'S TRUE.

AND ALBERT...

I THOUGHT HE LIKED ME...

BUT IT WASN'T ME HE WANTED.

IT WAS PA.

MY PA.

HE DOESN'T EVEN SPEND ANY TIME WITH ME ANYMORE.

HE'S ALWAYS WITH ALBERT AND THAT STUPID CALF.

AND ALBERT...

HE CALLS HIM "PA."

BUT DON'T EXPECT ME TO CALL HIM MY BROTHER,

BECAUSE HE ISN'T!

LAURA?

WAIT!

I WISH THE FAIR WERE SOONER.

CAN'T WAIT MUCH LONGER.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT MUCH LONGER.

IT'S ONLY TWO DAYS AWAY.

SEEMS LIKE FOREVER.

Caroline: CHARLES.

I PUT THE BABY DOWN FOR A NAP.

IS LAURA HERE?

NO.

I NEED TO TALK TO YOU.

CAN WE GO IN THE BARN?

ALL RIGHT.

SOON AS YOU'RE FINISHED BRUSHING HIM,

YOU TAKE CARE OF HIS HOOVES.

REMEMBER, THERE'S 4 OF THEM.

I COUNTED. ONE ON EACH CORNER.

HA HA HA!

WELL, WHAT HAPPENED?

LAURA HAS A LOT ON HER MIND,

MOST OF WHICH SHE PASSED ON TO ME.

WHAT IS IT?

SHE DOESN'T FEEL NEEDED AROUND HERE... OR LOVED.

WHAT?

COME ON, CAROLINE. THAT'S JUST PLAIN SILLY.

I DON'T THINK IT IS.

I BRUSHED YOU REAL GOOD.

NOW I'M GONNA DO YOUR HOOVES.

Charles: I'M TRYING TO GET THE FARM BACK ON ITS FEET.

IT TAKES UP MOST OF MY DAY.

Caroline: AND THE REST IS FOR ALBERT.

WHAT IS THIS THING WITH ALBERT?

HE'S GOT 600 POUNDS OF BEEF OUT THERE.

THAT'S MONEY IN THE BANK.

I KNOW THAT,

BUT LAURA ONLY REMEMBERS WHAT IT WAS LIKE BEFORE HE CAME.

IN A LOT OF WAYS, SHE'S STILL YOUR LITTLE GIRL.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN "IN A LOT OF WAYS"?

SHE IS MY LITTLE GIRL. YOU KNOW THAT.

CHARLES, WHY ARE YOU ARGUING WITH ME?

COULD IT BE BECAUSE THERE'S A GRAIN OF TRUTH IN WHAT SHE'S THINKING?

WHAT, THAT I DON'T LOVE HER?

NO. THAT YOU'VE BEEN NEGLECTING HER.

I JUST HAD A TALK WITH YOUR MA.

SHE SET ME STRAIGHT ON A FEW THINGS.

I KNOW I HAVEN'T...

I HAVEN'T BEEN TREATING YOU RIGHT,

BUT I HADN'T REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW?

AND I JUST WANTED YOU TO HEAR MY SIDE OF IT.

YOU SEE, WHEN ALBERT COME TO US,

I WANTED HIM TO FEEL LIKE HE WAS PART OF THE FAMILY, YOU KNOW?

SO I SPENT A LOT MORE TIME WITH HIM THAN I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE.

AND IT WAS...

IT WAS ONLY 'CAUSE I LOVE YOU MORE THAN ANYTHING,

AND I JUST TOOK IT FOR GRANTED THAT YOU KNEW THAT.

IT WAS DUMB OF ME.

AND IT WAS DUMB OF ME FOR NOT TELLING YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU.

BECAUSE I LOVE YOU MORE THAN ANYTHING.

I DO.

I LOVE YOU, TOO.

COME ON.

LOOK AT THIS GIRL.

AW, LOOK AT HER STAND.

LOOK AT HER STAND.

ALBERT, WHAT'S ALL THAT?

OH, JUST MY LAUNDRY.

JUST PUT IT BY THE SINK.

OH, NO. IT'S ALL RIGHT. I'LL DO IT MYSELF.

OH, IT'S NO TROUBLE.

OH, NO. BUT THANKS.

I CAN DO IT GOOD.

WELL, ALL RIGHT, ALBERT.

SAY, "ALL RIGHT, ALBERT."

HA HA!

[MOO]

YOUR BIG DAY'S COMING, FAGIN.

YOU'LL WIN IT.

I COVERED MOST OF HERO TOWNSHIP BEFORE IT GOT DARK.

I GUESS I COULD GO LOOK FOR HIM TOMORROW,

BUT HE COULD BE HALFWAY TO WINONA BY NOW.

I BEST PUT UP THE TEAM.

Carrie: WHEN'S ALBERT GONNA BE HOME?

DOESN'T LOOK LIKE TONIGHT, DARLING.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO PICK BERRIES TOMORROW.

HE PROMISED.

CARRIE...

SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN'T HELP BREAKING THEIR PROMISES.

Carrie: NOT ALBERT.

COME ON, NOW, LET'S GET TO BED.

[DOOR OPENS]

THAT ALBERT ALWAYS DID AS HE PLEASED, DIDN'T HE?

INDEPENDENT LITTLE CUSS.

WELL, YOU CAN'T CHANGE A CITY BOY, I GUESS.

IN THE BLOOD. KIND OF LIKE FARMING.

HE'LL PROBABLY GO BACK TO...

SHINING SHOES AND PITCHING PENNIES

AND HAVING A HIGH OLD TIME.

PA...

IT'S ALL RIGHT IF YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVED HIM.

[CALLIOPE PLAYING]

WILL NUMBERS 29...32...AND 41

REPORT HERE IN ONE HOUR FOR THE FINAL JUDGING?

HEY, WE MADE IT TO THE FINALS, HUH?

WELL, OF COURSE WE DID.

ALBERT RAISED A WINNER. COME ON, FAGIN. COME ON.

I NEED YOU TO GIVE ME A HAND, PA.

I GOT TO COMB OUT HIS TAIL

AND POLISH HIS HOOVES ONE MORE TIME.

ALL RIGHT.

Man: FIRST CALL FOR FINALISTS IN THE STEER JUDGING!

PEN NUMBER TWO!

YOU NERVOUS?

NOPE.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

I'LL BE FINE, PA.

YOU WATCH FAGIN. I'LL BE BACK.

HOLD ON, ALBERT. I GOT A FEW THINGS TO SAY TO YOU.

LET ME GO! YOU GOT NO RIGHT!

OH, YES, I DO. AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TALK NOW.

NOW, YOU AND ME HAD A BARGAIN,

AND YOU DIDN'T SEE YOUR END THROUGH.

LAURA'S DOING JUST FINE.

AT LEAST TELL ME WHY YOU LEFT.

I, UH, I MET A MAN IN TOWN.

OFFERED ME A JOB ON THE RAILROAD.

HE PROMISED TO PAY MY WAY TO SAN FRANCISCO.

IT WAS TOO GOOD TO PASS UP.

THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT?

WHY NOT?

SHIPS COME IN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

NEW THINGS HAPPEN EVERY DAY.

OH, COME ON, ALBERT.

THAT'S NO LIFE FOR YOU, AND YOU KNOW IT.

MAYBE NOT, BUT I'LL KEEP LOOKING TILL I FIND A PLACE.

I KIND OF THOUGHT YOU ALREADY HAD.

[SIGHS]

I DON'T FIT IN WITH YOU.

PEOPLE ARGUE BECAUSE OF ME.

WELL, OF COURSE THEY ARGUE.

AND THE REASON FOLKS ARGUE ABOUT YOU

IS 'CAUSE THEY CARE ABOUT YOU.

NO, MR. INGALLS.

I'M IN THE WAY... LAURA'S WAY.

YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT LAURA.

SHE THINKS THE WORLD OF YOU.

IF I HAD FOLKS OF MY OWN,

I WOULDN'T WANT SOME STRANGER COMING IN, MESSING IT UP.

LAURA'S VERY SPECIAL...

AND I CAN'T DO THAT TO HER.

DON'T YOU THINK

YOU AT LEAST OWE HER A PROPER GOOD-BYE, THEN?

SHE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE ME.

BESIDES, I GOT TO GO.

YOU CAME A LONG WAY TO SEE FAGIN.

DON'T YOU WANT TO AT LEAST SEE THE CONTEST?

HE WON'T LOSE.

WELL, I FOR ONE WANT TO SEE HIM WIN.

HOW ABOUT YOU?

COME ON. WHAT DO YOU SAY?

ALL RIGHT.

BUT THEN I GOT TO GO.

YOU GOT A DEAL.

Man: I HAVE THE NAMES OF THE WINNERS NOW!

IN THIRD PLACE, NUMBER 41,

OWNED BY ROD PETERSON OF SLEEPY EYE!

IN SECOND PLACE, NUMBER 29,

OWNED BY JESSE POTTER OF MANKATO!

AND NOW FOR THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER--

NUMBER 32, LAURA INGALLS OF WALNUT GROVE!

ALL RIGHT!

CONGRATULATIONS, YOUNG LADY.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?

THANK YOU, SIR.

BUT THIS HONOR REALLY DOESN'T BELONG TO ME.

I...

I'D LIKE TO ACCEPT THIS AWARD FOR MY BROTHER ALBERT.

[APPLAUSE]

YOU SURE SAN FRANCISCO CAN'T WAIT?

MY KIDS.