1 00:00:12,950 --> 00:00:18,730 Oh, the dreams we wove, Jed and I, of a better life on that free land. 2 00:00:19,735 --> 00:00:22,490 But I should have known, nothing is free. 3 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:29,090 Jed had his work to keep him busy. 4 00:00:41,929 --> 00:00:47,130 But I was left alone, with only the memories of my two girls. 5 00:01:22,205 --> 00:01:27,040 I rocked them, I held them, I prayed for them. 6 00:01:27,945 --> 00:01:31,360 And though they were gone, I could not let them go. 7 00:02:00,490 --> 00:02:06,670 It had happened only that spring, and I had been cold ever since. 8 00:03:08,890 --> 00:03:12,650 I had 9 00:03:21,460 --> 00:03:26,170 prayed for understanding, but it seemed the Lord had stopped listening. 10 00:03:35,645 --> 00:03:38,920 My heart had not yet healed, when the boy came. 11 00:03:49,150 --> 00:03:51,290 You think you can keep old Bud from running off? 12 00:03:53,690 --> 00:03:54,790 I'll leave you to it. 13 00:03:55,570 --> 00:03:56,570 All right. 14 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:58,750 Hey, I thought I recognized that buggy. 15 00:03:59,770 --> 00:04:00,770 How are you, Pastor Clay? 16 00:04:02,020 --> 00:04:03,020 Nice to see you. 17 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:04,360 What a surprise. 18 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:06,040 Good to see you, Jed. 19 00:04:06,070 --> 00:04:07,070 Thank you. 20 00:04:08,030 --> 00:04:10,590 Martha, how are you? 21 00:04:11,490 --> 00:04:12,950 I'm managing just fine. 22 00:04:13,410 --> 00:04:14,410 Good. 23 00:04:14,820 --> 00:04:15,900 I want you to meet someone. 24 00:04:17,850 --> 00:04:18,850 This is Daniel. 25 00:04:19,290 --> 00:04:20,290 Daniel Maris. 26 00:04:22,950 --> 00:04:24,530 Daniel's mama died on the trek. 27 00:04:25,700 --> 00:04:27,070 His papa passed away last week. 28 00:04:27,940 --> 00:04:32,010 I need to find him a good home, and I thought that you'd care for him. 29 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,670 Daniel, this is Jed and Martha Richards. 30 00:04:40,550 --> 00:04:41,550 Can't you say hello, son? 31 00:04:44,570 --> 00:04:45,570 Hello there, young man. 32 00:04:48,410 --> 00:04:50,290 That's a mighty fancy hat you got there, huh? 33 00:04:52,740 --> 00:04:54,810 What would you rather be called, Danny or Daniel? 34 00:04:56,190 --> 00:04:57,930 Daniel's the name I get schooled in by. 35 00:04:59,060 --> 00:05:00,110 When I'm good, I'm Danny. 36 00:05:03,730 --> 00:05:05,286 William, don't you worry about anything. 37 00:05:05,310 --> 00:05:08,570 I think we can make a good home here for the boy, don't you think, Martha? 38 00:05:15,580 --> 00:05:19,380 Martha, I think Danny wants you to have this flower. 39 00:05:23,750 --> 00:05:24,750 Thank you, Daniel. 40 00:05:25,870 --> 00:05:27,030 So what do you think, Martha? 41 00:05:28,220 --> 00:05:30,060 You think we can give the boy here a good home? 42 00:05:43,470 --> 00:05:44,920 Maybe she's not ready for this yet. 43 00:05:47,170 --> 00:05:49,640 You can bring the boy back to me if need be. 44 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:52,280 You understand what I'm saying? 45 00:05:54,930 --> 00:05:59,760 I understand that you brought me a fine son, William, and I'm obliged to you. 46 00:06:49,710 --> 00:06:51,666 Dear Lord, we are truly grateful for the many 47 00:06:51,667 --> 00:06:54,731 gifts that thou has bestowed upon us today. 48 00:06:55,370 --> 00:06:58,939 This good food, the company of a friend, and most 49 00:06:58,964 --> 00:07:01,910 of all the addition of a new member to our family. 50 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:07,230 Bless this food to our body's use and us to thy service. 51 00:07:07,830 --> 00:07:08,050 Amen. 52 00:07:08,590 --> 00:07:08,870 Amen. 53 00:07:09,470 --> 00:07:10,470 Let's eat. 54 00:07:37,210 --> 00:07:38,210 Daniel, slow down. 55 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:39,000 This isn't a race. 56 00:07:39,060 --> 00:07:40,100 You may have all you like. 57 00:07:40,660 --> 00:07:42,760 His pa's cooking probably wasn't much good. 58 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:46,440 He's probably starved for the taste of a woman's cooking. 59 00:07:49,755 --> 00:07:50,755 Oh! 60 00:07:51,510 --> 00:07:52,720 Now look what you've done! 61 00:07:53,420 --> 00:07:55,419 The next time you want some more Johnny Cake, just 62 00:07:55,469 --> 00:07:57,560 ask someone to please pass you the Johnny Cake. 63 00:07:57,700 --> 00:07:58,700 Oh, ma'am, Martha. 64 00:07:58,895 --> 00:08:00,380 No real harm done there. 65 00:08:00,460 --> 00:08:02,620 You know, there's no need in crying over you-know-what. 66 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:05,320 Boy's just hungry. 67 00:08:06,690 --> 00:08:07,690 Needs time to adjust. 68 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,140 There'll be plenty of time for learning manners later on. 69 00:08:13,260 --> 00:08:16,080 I always did like my Johnny Cake soaked in milk. 70 00:08:17,620 --> 00:08:18,620 It's delicious. 71 00:08:20,530 --> 00:08:23,420 Hey, would anybody, uh, like some honey for the cake? 72 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:24,560 I would! 73 00:08:37,669 --> 00:08:38,669 Martha... 74 00:08:40,054 --> 00:08:41,494 Honey, the food's delicious tonight. 75 00:08:57,320 --> 00:08:58,320 Thank you, Martha. 76 00:08:58,870 --> 00:09:00,136 Now don't you worry about me anymore. 77 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:01,960 I'll just bed down in the wagon for the night. 78 00:09:03,879 --> 00:09:05,999 We need to make some arrangements about your sleeping. 79 00:09:08,569 --> 00:09:09,569 I want to go with you. 80 00:09:11,769 --> 00:09:16,020 Well, I guess sleeping under the stars for one more night won't do any harm, 81 00:09:16,839 --> 00:09:18,119 if it's all right with you, Jed. 82 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,679 Well, I see no harm in it, but you sure you don't want to stay in here with us? 83 00:09:29,009 --> 00:09:31,156 Now, if you men need anything, you just give me a holler, okay? 84 00:09:31,180 --> 00:09:32,180 Not surprised. 85 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:35,840 Good night. 86 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:37,080 Good night. 87 00:10:03,734 --> 00:10:07,130 At the time, I could not see his pain. 88 00:10:11,909 --> 00:10:14,020 He had lost everyone he loved. 89 00:10:15,089 --> 00:10:17,140 He was much more alone than I was. 90 00:10:20,589 --> 00:10:27,380 All I could see was that for Jed to have so readily accepted the boy appeared a 91 00:10:27,529 --> 00:10:31,260 betrayal to me and to my little girls. 92 00:10:36,339 --> 00:10:39,580 I'll be stopping by the tanner place on the way back, see how they're doing. 93 00:10:39,860 --> 00:10:41,060 Well, please give my regards. 94 00:10:41,061 --> 00:10:42,061 I'll do that. 95 00:10:42,719 --> 00:10:43,785 Good luck to you here, Jed. 96 00:10:43,809 --> 00:10:44,809 Thank you very much. 97 00:10:44,905 --> 00:10:47,300 Daniel, you mind your manners now. 98 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:49,240 Ma'am. 99 00:10:49,460 --> 00:10:50,080 Mr. Clayton. 100 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:50,700 Let's go. 101 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:51,200 Come on. 102 00:10:51,580 --> 00:10:52,580 Bye-bye. 103 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,000 Dad! 104 00:11:06,170 --> 00:11:07,030 Let me go! 105 00:11:07,050 --> 00:11:08,050 Let me go! 106 00:11:08,090 --> 00:11:09,090 It's okay. 107 00:11:09,219 --> 00:11:10,219 It's okay. 108 00:11:10,270 --> 00:11:11,270 It's okay. 109 00:11:12,699 --> 00:11:14,619 Didn't you know that you were going to stay here? 110 00:11:16,159 --> 00:11:17,439 Don't you want me to be your pa? 111 00:11:18,619 --> 00:11:21,699 Well, then what are you in such a big, all-fired hurry to get out of here for? 112 00:11:27,680 --> 00:11:28,460 Sit down a second. 113 00:11:28,540 --> 00:11:29,540 I want to talk to you. 114 00:11:33,680 --> 00:11:34,680 Listen. 115 00:11:36,959 --> 00:11:39,559 I want you to try to understand something about Aunt Martha, okay? 116 00:11:41,279 --> 00:11:44,119 I mean, she may seem just a little bit rough around the edges right now, 117 00:11:45,139 --> 00:11:47,960 but deep down inside of her, she's got one fine heart. 118 00:11:49,439 --> 00:11:52,080 And that heart's still grieving the loss of our two little girls. 119 00:11:53,929 --> 00:11:57,360 So your two little girls are in the same place as my mama and papa? 120 00:11:57,720 --> 00:11:58,720 Yeah. 121 00:12:02,029 --> 00:12:03,029 She doesn't like me. 122 00:12:04,269 --> 00:12:06,300 No, it's not that she doesn't like you. 123 00:12:06,380 --> 00:12:08,200 It's just that... 124 00:12:08,649 --> 00:12:09,680 well, people change. 125 00:12:09,870 --> 00:12:14,640 You might say that people can go through different seasons in their lives. 126 00:12:17,129 --> 00:12:20,520 When I first met Martha, she was like a warm summer day. 127 00:12:20,859 --> 00:12:23,160 It was nice to just even be near her. 128 00:12:26,429 --> 00:12:29,480 But when we lost the two girls, she lost some of that fire inside of her. 129 00:12:33,379 --> 00:12:36,880 She's kind of going through... she's going through winter now. 130 00:12:39,839 --> 00:12:41,600 Well, the sun's gonna shine on us again. 131 00:12:43,409 --> 00:12:45,320 And springtime's gonna come again for Martha. 132 00:12:48,809 --> 00:12:49,940 When's that gonna happen? 133 00:12:57,129 --> 00:12:58,129 I really don't know. 134 00:13:01,219 --> 00:13:08,240 But I know that when Sarah and Lucy died, that it left a real icy spot in my heart. 135 00:13:09,939 --> 00:13:14,200 And since you've come here, you know, my heart doesn't feel so cold anymore. 136 00:13:17,059 --> 00:13:18,819 So I'm glad that you've come to stay with us. 137 00:13:20,879 --> 00:13:22,679 But would you just give Martha another chance? 138 00:13:24,449 --> 00:13:26,960 And if she doesn't come around... 139 00:13:28,919 --> 00:13:30,360 we'll both spill milk on her, okay? 140 00:13:32,300 --> 00:13:33,300 Let's go. 141 00:13:39,249 --> 00:13:41,900 So Daniel came to stay with us... 142 00:13:42,099 --> 00:13:45,240 as we attempted to settle this desolate valley. 143 00:13:46,294 --> 00:13:51,620 I had to admit, the boy was a big help to Jed... in spite of his young age. 144 00:13:54,029 --> 00:13:55,080 Take her easy now, Danny. 145 00:13:56,595 --> 00:13:57,595 Okay, go! 146 00:13:58,059 --> 00:14:00,480 Go, go, go! 147 00:14:00,940 --> 00:14:01,940 Good job! 148 00:14:02,220 --> 00:14:03,340 All right, good work, buddy. 149 00:14:34,690 --> 00:14:35,690 Come on, get on! 150 00:14:46,455 --> 00:14:48,100 Dog bit me right in the rear. 151 00:14:49,479 --> 00:14:50,540 Well, now, that's nice. 152 00:14:50,909 --> 00:14:52,429 Look what Martha's made for you today. 153 00:14:52,900 --> 00:14:53,900 Lucky boy. 154 00:14:55,539 --> 00:14:56,800 My very own bed! 155 00:14:56,801 --> 00:14:58,040 Hold on there! 156 00:14:58,310 --> 00:15:01,080 You're not going anywhere near this nice, clean bed looking like this. 157 00:15:01,549 --> 00:15:03,580 You have got plenty of washing up to do. 158 00:15:05,349 --> 00:15:06,220 Don't go looking at me. 159 00:15:06,300 --> 00:15:07,300 Do what she said. 160 00:15:08,259 --> 00:15:09,739 A good bath ain't never hurt anybody. 161 00:15:10,740 --> 00:15:12,340 Don't tell him when he had his last one. 162 00:15:19,289 --> 00:15:20,649 That should make it nice and warm. 163 00:15:21,460 --> 00:15:22,460 Get in. 164 00:15:23,699 --> 00:15:24,699 Do you need some help? 165 00:15:29,180 --> 00:15:30,060 Suit yourself. 166 00:15:30,061 --> 00:15:32,220 Let me know when you're in. 167 00:15:44,550 --> 00:15:46,010 So, hon, how was your day today? 168 00:15:47,150 --> 00:15:48,150 Fine. 169 00:15:48,270 --> 00:15:49,270 Just fine. 170 00:15:50,269 --> 00:15:53,330 We had more eggs today than we have in the last three weeks. 171 00:15:57,210 --> 00:15:58,210 Daniel, are you in yet? 172 00:15:58,610 --> 00:15:59,610 Yes, ma'am. 173 00:16:01,270 --> 00:16:02,270 Daniel! 174 00:16:06,069 --> 00:16:08,549 Now, that's a rather clever piece of thinking right there, hon. 175 00:16:08,989 --> 00:16:11,530 A boy's taking a bath and washing his clothes at the same time. 176 00:16:11,630 --> 00:16:14,630 I mean, think all the time he's gonna save hauling water back from the well. 177 00:16:16,139 --> 00:16:17,626 Daniel, are you trying to smart aleck me? 178 00:16:17,650 --> 00:16:18,650 What's wrong? 179 00:16:20,439 --> 00:16:21,830 No, get back in! 180 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:29,920 You give the boy such a hard time. 181 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:33,340 I mean, he ain't trying to smart aleck you or anything there. 182 00:16:33,341 --> 00:16:36,500 I think he's just embarrassed about taking a bath with a woman in the room. 183 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:40,360 I mean, he probably don't even recollect how to take a proper bath. 184 00:16:41,380 --> 00:16:43,160 It's been a while since he's had a mom. 185 00:16:44,300 --> 00:16:45,300 Maybe. 186 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:47,380 Don't fret with him, boy. 187 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:48,480 I'll take care of him. 188 00:16:49,510 --> 00:16:50,960 Okay, son, get them clothes off. 189 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:52,400 Come on up. 190 00:16:56,239 --> 00:17:00,520 I'll clean you up so good you won't even know what's going on. 191 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:05,080 Where'd you get them big muscles? 192 00:17:08,010 --> 00:17:09,010 Don't forget his ears. 193 00:17:11,789 --> 00:17:13,669 Martha, where do you think I'm gonna leave them? 194 00:17:16,639 --> 00:17:19,679 If the boy does turn into a smart aleck, I'll know where he got his learning. 195 00:17:20,360 --> 00:17:24,119 You got some spots on this face that I don't think are gonna ever wash off. 196 00:17:25,970 --> 00:17:26,970 Hallelujah, hallelujah. 197 00:17:27,899 --> 00:17:29,860 You got freckles on this boy's face here. 198 00:17:32,139 --> 00:17:34,220 Rub-a-dub-dub, bugs in the tub. 199 00:17:42,869 --> 00:17:43,989 Did I eat good, Aunt Martha? 200 00:17:45,060 --> 00:17:46,060 Yes, you did. 201 00:17:46,580 --> 00:17:47,580 Very good. 202 00:17:49,099 --> 00:17:50,099 You did very good. 203 00:17:55,180 --> 00:17:58,640 Now... Jed, on your way back in, will you fetch me some water for tomorrow morning? 204 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:03,600 But why I didn't think of that. 205 00:18:14,819 --> 00:18:16,219 Thank you for the bed, Aunt Martha. 206 00:18:16,930 --> 00:18:17,930 You're welcome. 207 00:18:19,994 --> 00:18:22,710 Don't you think I'd best be saying my prayers long about now? 208 00:18:27,659 --> 00:18:29,240 I suppose now would be a good time. 209 00:18:36,429 --> 00:18:40,480 Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 210 00:18:43,294 --> 00:18:44,294 What's hallowed mean? 211 00:18:47,779 --> 00:18:48,779 Being wonderful. 212 00:18:49,299 --> 00:18:50,820 Oh, that makes sense. 213 00:18:52,919 --> 00:18:55,080 Help me mind my manners like a good boy would. 214 00:18:56,499 --> 00:19:00,080 Take care of my mama and my pa, and my new pa and Aunt Martha, 215 00:19:00,749 --> 00:19:02,300 and Aunt Martha's two little girls. 216 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:04,200 Amen. 217 00:19:12,829 --> 00:19:17,340 Aunt Martha, have you ever seen God? 218 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:22,700 No. 219 00:19:22,701 --> 00:19:23,980 No, I haven't. 220 00:19:26,629 --> 00:19:27,720 My mama has? 221 00:19:32,189 --> 00:19:35,570 Yes, I suppose she... she has. 222 00:21:32,084 --> 00:21:36,860 No illness extinguished the flame of human life as swiftly as cholera. 223 00:21:38,944 --> 00:21:43,000 The death illness, we called it, for it left few survivors. 224 00:21:44,234 --> 00:21:48,635 Sarah and Lucy took sick in the afternoon just after 225 00:21:48,636 --> 00:21:51,980 running to me with some wildflowers they'd found. 226 00:21:53,489 --> 00:21:56,200 By the next morning, their sufferings had ceased. 227 00:22:03,639 --> 00:22:08,946 The hardest thing I ever had to do was leave them there, 228 00:22:08,996 --> 00:22:13,170 food for the wolves that forever shadowed the wagon train. 229 00:22:14,330 --> 00:22:15,330 Martha! 230 00:22:39,999 --> 00:22:41,160 Yoo-hoo, Martha! 231 00:22:43,969 --> 00:22:46,110 Hey, sounds like you know who. 232 00:22:46,979 --> 00:22:47,979 Hold on to your ear, son. 233 00:22:48,230 --> 00:22:49,230 It is. 234 00:22:49,459 --> 00:22:51,890 Oh, I haven't prepared yet. 235 00:22:52,159 --> 00:22:53,199 The cabinet's cleaning up. 236 00:22:54,439 --> 00:22:55,439 Look at all these dishes. 237 00:22:56,410 --> 00:22:57,410 Who's that, Pa? 238 00:22:57,789 --> 00:22:58,890 That's the Tanners, son. 239 00:22:59,269 --> 00:23:01,109 They're the closest thing we have to neighbors. 240 00:23:02,419 --> 00:23:03,499 Looks like they have a boy. 241 00:23:03,730 --> 00:23:04,730 Is he my age? 242 00:23:04,870 --> 00:23:05,870 Sort of. 243 00:23:07,029 --> 00:23:08,770 Well, isn't that a lucky deal? 244 00:23:09,199 --> 00:23:10,630 Now I have somebody to play with. 245 00:23:12,189 --> 00:23:13,550 Daniel Sinek's tended to. 246 00:23:15,390 --> 00:23:16,390 Tended to? 247 00:23:18,270 --> 00:23:23,350 Hello, Helena. 248 00:23:23,351 --> 00:23:24,990 What an unexpected visit. 249 00:23:25,429 --> 00:23:27,830 It's so good to see you. 250 00:23:28,899 --> 00:23:30,130 It's good to see you, too. 251 00:23:30,875 --> 00:23:33,590 Oh, you have no idea how lonely I've been. 252 00:23:33,779 --> 00:23:36,130 I much have missed the company of another sweet woman. 253 00:23:37,129 --> 00:23:39,424 Eva, stop lollygagging around up there in that wagon 254 00:23:39,474 --> 00:23:41,960 and get down here and say adieu to our neighbors. 255 00:23:42,169 --> 00:23:43,430 Here, pass me that angel. 256 00:23:45,130 --> 00:23:46,130 Hello, Martha. 257 00:23:46,190 --> 00:23:46,970 Hello, Jed. 258 00:23:46,990 --> 00:23:47,990 Ah, Heber, how are you? 259 00:23:48,949 --> 00:23:50,830 Oh, aren't you glad the cool weather's here? 260 00:23:51,749 --> 00:23:54,610 Oh, Martha, it's been a long time since you've seen Pauline. 261 00:23:54,819 --> 00:23:56,050 Hasn't she grown? 262 00:23:56,450 --> 00:23:57,450 Isn't she perfect? 263 00:23:57,869 --> 00:23:59,790 And she's the sweetest baby that ever was. 264 00:24:00,034 --> 00:24:01,350 Oh, next to Nate, of course. 265 00:24:02,069 --> 00:24:03,890 Oh, and this must be Danny. 266 00:24:04,404 --> 00:24:07,610 Oh, Pastor Clay told us all about how he'd brought you here. 267 00:24:07,849 --> 00:24:08,950 Oh, that's why we came. 268 00:24:09,149 --> 00:24:11,730 We wanted to welcome you to the neighborhood, so to speak. 269 00:24:13,374 --> 00:24:16,050 Oh, Heber, get that parcel out of the wagon. 270 00:24:16,889 --> 00:24:19,630 Oh, what a fine-looking young man you are. 271 00:24:19,824 --> 00:24:21,050 Isn't he fine, Heber? 272 00:24:21,950 --> 00:24:22,950 He's fine. 273 00:24:23,629 --> 00:24:25,830 What a blessing you must be to the Richards. 274 00:24:26,829 --> 00:24:28,990 I brought you some clothes that Nate has outgrown. 275 00:24:29,319 --> 00:24:31,319 I thought you might be needing them for Danny here. 276 00:24:31,854 --> 00:24:33,310 Oh, we also brought you some bacon. 277 00:24:33,630 --> 00:24:34,630 Ma! 278 00:24:34,870 --> 00:24:35,870 Ma! 279 00:24:37,059 --> 00:24:38,490 Oh, I'm sorry, son. 280 00:24:38,889 --> 00:24:40,910 I almost forgot in all this excitement. 281 00:24:41,419 --> 00:24:42,830 Danny, climb up into the wagon. 282 00:24:42,910 --> 00:24:44,610 Nate has something he wants to give you. 283 00:24:45,319 --> 00:24:47,350 Heber, help Danny up in the wagon! 284 00:24:53,770 --> 00:24:54,630 A pig! 285 00:24:54,639 --> 00:24:55,950 My very own pig! 286 00:24:56,470 --> 00:24:57,470 Ain't he something? 287 00:24:57,829 --> 00:24:59,370 Heaven, you'll be my best friend. 288 00:25:03,805 --> 00:25:04,805 Does he have a name? 289 00:25:07,289 --> 00:25:09,010 He's just like a little bear cub, ain't he? 290 00:25:11,159 --> 00:25:12,439 That's what I'll call him, Nate. 291 00:25:12,590 --> 00:25:13,350 I'll call him Bear. 292 00:25:13,510 --> 00:25:14,510 What do you think? 293 00:25:15,759 --> 00:25:17,190 Oh, I'm awful sorry, Martha. 294 00:25:18,009 --> 00:25:20,170 That was the bacon I was telling you about. 295 00:25:20,430 --> 00:25:20,830 That? 296 00:25:21,409 --> 00:25:23,690 Well, it's still quite fresh, as you can see. 297 00:25:26,699 --> 00:25:27,699 Thank you, Aunt Martha. 298 00:25:28,129 --> 00:25:30,510 I promise I won't let Bear be a bother to you. 299 00:25:31,409 --> 00:25:32,210 Don't thank me. 300 00:25:32,410 --> 00:25:33,830 I didn't give it to you. 301 00:25:34,419 --> 00:25:35,419 Thank the Tanners. 302 00:25:36,990 --> 00:25:37,990 Thanks, Nate. 303 00:25:39,330 --> 00:25:40,330 Thank you. 304 00:25:40,549 --> 00:25:42,370 Oh, you're more than welcome, son. 305 00:25:42,870 --> 00:25:45,531 Giving gifts brings much pleasure to a boy such 306 00:25:45,532 --> 00:25:48,931 as Nate, even if it isn't the gift he intended. 307 00:25:50,739 --> 00:25:51,739 Oh, my. 308 00:25:52,179 --> 00:25:54,050 My, that's a dusty road, isn't it? 309 00:25:57,430 --> 00:25:57,950 Martha? 310 00:25:58,249 --> 00:25:59,249 Oh, yes, it is. 311 00:25:59,959 --> 00:26:01,599 Why don't you come in for a rest, Eleanor? 312 00:26:01,810 --> 00:26:02,410 Oh, thanks. 313 00:26:02,470 --> 00:26:03,570 I don't mind if I do. 314 00:26:03,894 --> 00:26:07,130 Nate, come and talk this parcel on up to the cabin for me. 315 00:26:08,559 --> 00:26:11,250 Oh, there they go, off to hide in the barn. 316 00:26:12,170 --> 00:26:13,850 Well, it's just as well, I suppose. 317 00:26:14,139 --> 00:26:16,570 You can hardly get a word in edgewise with men around. 318 00:26:19,725 --> 00:26:21,810 Oh, Martha, there's dirty dishes. 319 00:26:21,985 --> 00:26:23,230 Did we interrupt your meal? 320 00:26:23,479 --> 00:26:24,690 I'm terribly sorry. 321 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:26,080 Just finished. 322 00:26:26,110 --> 00:26:27,110 What did you have? 323 00:26:27,189 --> 00:26:29,770 Oh, boy, put the parcel up on the table. 324 00:26:30,524 --> 00:26:33,030 Oh, go ahead, open it up, see what you can use. 325 00:26:33,229 --> 00:26:34,810 Daniel, get that pig outside. 326 00:26:36,309 --> 00:26:40,530 You may need to do a little bit of hemming, but it's just a sweater and some 327 00:26:41,579 --> 00:26:43,730 pants and... 328 00:26:46,110 --> 00:26:47,110 Good pig. 329 00:26:47,210 --> 00:26:48,210 Good bear. 330 00:26:49,999 --> 00:26:52,730 Oh, what a luxury this must be. 331 00:26:53,429 --> 00:26:55,466 Having your own looking glass and being able 332 00:26:55,467 --> 00:26:58,311 to look at yourself in the mirror every day. 333 00:26:58,629 --> 00:27:01,750 Why, I'd almost forgotten what I looked like. 334 00:27:02,319 --> 00:27:05,390 Oh, look at the crooked way I parted my hair. 335 00:27:07,959 --> 00:27:08,959 It's a pity it's cracked. 336 00:27:09,090 --> 00:27:10,090 It is? 337 00:27:10,799 --> 00:27:11,870 No, I mean the glass. 338 00:27:12,429 --> 00:27:13,790 It happened on our way out here. 339 00:27:14,269 --> 00:27:15,450 Oh, yes, of course. 340 00:27:16,374 --> 00:27:21,631 Well, it's a wonder anything so fragile survived a journey like that even this well. 341 00:27:22,965 --> 00:27:27,871 Here, Martha, take hold of Pauline so I can get a better look at myself in the mirror. 342 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:30,350 I was just going to fix us something to drink. 343 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:37,970 Oh, it's a shame our living out here just takes the prettiness right out of a woman. 344 00:27:38,590 --> 00:27:44,090 Oh, makes her all dried up and tough like a piece of old jerky. 345 00:27:44,770 --> 00:27:47,718 Oh, but then if you stayed soft and pretty with 346 00:27:47,719 --> 00:27:50,930 delicate feelings, oh, you probably wouldn't last long. 347 00:27:52,979 --> 00:27:54,170 How old are you, Martha? 348 00:27:54,959 --> 00:27:55,959 Oh, never mind. 349 00:27:56,059 --> 00:27:57,070 I can judge for myself. 350 00:27:57,610 --> 00:28:02,630 I was 37 when I gave birth to Pauline, and I'm guessing you're younger than I am. 351 00:28:03,409 --> 00:28:05,650 Surely you have time for one or two more. 352 00:28:06,510 --> 00:28:07,510 Heavens, Eleanor. 353 00:28:08,579 --> 00:28:14,350 You know, I hear tell that when an Indian woman wants a little papoose, she unbraids 354 00:28:14,350 --> 00:28:20,210 her hair and lets it hang long and loose on her shoulders. 355 00:28:21,630 --> 00:28:22,630 Beer. 356 00:28:23,889 --> 00:28:25,090 Hey, that's real good, Nate. 357 00:28:25,279 --> 00:28:26,490 Wait till I show Aunt Martha. 358 00:28:31,139 --> 00:28:32,200 Aunt Martha, look. 359 00:28:33,544 --> 00:28:34,544 It's bear. 360 00:28:38,250 --> 00:28:39,250 Daniel! 361 00:28:40,549 --> 00:28:42,269 What do you mean marring my Bible like this? 362 00:28:42,959 --> 00:28:44,599 I can't keep my eyes on you all the time. 363 00:28:44,829 --> 00:28:48,691 I have to be able to trust you not to do something like this when my back is turned. 364 00:28:51,564 --> 00:28:52,564 Come on, Nate. 365 00:28:55,310 --> 00:28:56,310 Boys. 366 00:28:56,909 --> 00:28:59,490 Martha, Danny didn't draw this picture. 367 00:28:59,915 --> 00:29:00,915 Nate did. 368 00:29:01,349 --> 00:29:03,590 Oh, the boy is starved for something to draw on. 369 00:29:03,894 --> 00:29:05,999 I let him draw on the inside cover of all our 370 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,370 books because there's nothing else to use. 371 00:29:08,904 --> 00:29:11,530 Well, now he thinks that's what this inside cover is for. 372 00:29:12,369 --> 00:29:13,390 Oh, I'm terribly sorry. 373 00:29:13,839 --> 00:29:15,039 He should have said something. 374 00:29:15,069 --> 00:29:16,370 Just let me carry on. 375 00:29:17,279 --> 00:29:18,990 But he was protecting my Nathan. 376 00:29:19,809 --> 00:29:21,810 It's a good boy you've got there, Martha. 377 00:29:22,570 --> 00:29:23,510 Come on, Nate. 378 00:29:23,530 --> 00:29:24,530 Come on. 379 00:29:24,930 --> 00:29:25,570 Go now. 380 00:29:25,810 --> 00:29:26,810 Go. 381 00:29:30,924 --> 00:29:32,070 Get down. 382 00:29:33,790 --> 00:29:34,790 Good. 383 00:29:37,879 --> 00:29:39,290 Danny, I'm sorry. 384 00:29:39,510 --> 00:29:40,510 I'm a bad boy. 385 00:29:41,230 --> 00:29:42,230 No, you're not. 386 00:29:42,470 --> 00:29:43,470 It's okay. 387 00:29:43,929 --> 00:29:45,470 I don't know why she got so upset. 388 00:29:45,819 --> 00:29:48,270 She never reads that old Bible anyways. 389 00:29:49,619 --> 00:29:52,010 If I had a book, I'd let you draw on it for sure. 390 00:29:52,869 --> 00:29:54,950 My real mama and papa had lots of books. 391 00:29:55,449 --> 00:29:58,129 Do you want to see something that belonged to my real mama and papa? 392 00:30:01,189 --> 00:30:03,050 I ain't showed no one these things before. 393 00:30:09,449 --> 00:30:11,460 This here is a lucky penny my pa gave me. 394 00:30:12,539 --> 00:30:13,840 I'm never supposed to spend it. 395 00:30:15,340 --> 00:30:16,340 Want to hold it? 396 00:30:20,409 --> 00:30:21,409 Here it is. 397 00:30:26,764 --> 00:30:28,700 This here is a curl from my mama's hair. 398 00:30:30,149 --> 00:30:31,480 Feel how soft it is. 399 00:30:32,860 --> 00:30:34,020 Very soft. 400 00:30:37,199 --> 00:30:39,620 Now you promise never to tell nobody what's in this box. 401 00:30:41,380 --> 00:30:42,380 Promise? 402 00:30:43,269 --> 00:30:44,280 Do you really promise? 403 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:46,120 Promise. 404 00:30:48,930 --> 00:30:49,930 Look, Nate. 405 00:30:50,179 --> 00:30:51,459 There's a big cool garter snake. 406 00:30:51,910 --> 00:30:52,610 Don't worry. 407 00:30:52,859 --> 00:30:54,010 He probably won't hurt us. 408 00:30:54,349 --> 00:30:56,109 I'll throw a cloud at him and scare him away. 409 00:30:58,850 --> 00:30:59,730 What are you doing? 410 00:30:59,850 --> 00:31:00,850 Are you afraid of it? 411 00:31:10,449 --> 00:31:11,449 You caught him, Nate! 412 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:12,480 You caught him! 413 00:31:12,780 --> 00:31:13,780 Let me see him. 414 00:31:14,859 --> 00:31:16,380 He kind of looks like Aunt Martha. 415 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:18,040 Touch it. 416 00:31:29,739 --> 00:31:30,739 Why'd you let him go? 417 00:31:35,629 --> 00:31:36,629 You're smart, Nate. 418 00:31:37,669 --> 00:31:38,750 I'm a smart boy. 419 00:31:39,679 --> 00:31:49,270 Too harsh, I saw. 420 00:31:52,419 --> 00:31:53,630 I'll never get it. 421 00:32:01,689 --> 00:32:02,689 Keep swatting. 422 00:32:04,779 --> 00:32:05,860 Wait till I show Pa. 423 00:32:06,660 --> 00:32:07,660 Come on, Bear. 424 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:09,520 Come on. 425 00:32:18,044 --> 00:32:21,180 Sure has been nice visiting you folks, hasn't it, Eber? 426 00:32:21,380 --> 00:32:22,380 Nice visit. 427 00:32:22,519 --> 00:32:24,199 Well, you know, you're always welcome here. 428 00:32:24,314 --> 00:32:26,880 Come on, boy. 429 00:32:32,014 --> 00:32:33,840 There's to be a sociable in town. 430 00:32:34,144 --> 00:32:37,420 First Saturday of next month, I was to pass the word along. 431 00:32:37,769 --> 00:32:39,300 We'll be seeing you there, I hope. 432 00:32:40,939 --> 00:32:42,200 We won't be able to make it. 433 00:32:43,439 --> 00:32:47,100 It'll be our last chance to socialize before winter sets in. 434 00:32:47,659 --> 00:32:49,560 Bunny, you with this fin? 435 00:32:49,834 --> 00:32:52,560 Oh, Jim, talk some sense to her. 436 00:32:52,860 --> 00:32:53,860 Bye. 437 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:11,720 What's the matter, Bear? 438 00:33:12,734 --> 00:33:14,200 Don't you want me to be your Pa? 439 00:33:26,859 --> 00:33:29,010 He won't cause you any trouble at all, I promise. 440 00:33:29,129 --> 00:33:30,570 No, absolutely not. 441 00:33:30,709 --> 00:33:32,989 He will not be having his little pig dreams in this cabin. 442 00:33:38,490 --> 00:33:39,190 Bye, Bear. 443 00:33:39,250 --> 00:33:40,610 I hope I see you in the morning. 444 00:33:41,769 --> 00:33:43,530 I hope the wolves don't get you. 445 00:33:45,319 --> 00:33:46,810 Sure hate to picture that. 446 00:34:12,154 --> 00:34:13,154 Squeals. 447 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,260 One more squeal out of you, and compared to 448 00:34:20,261 --> 00:34:22,460 me, a wolf is gonna look like your best friend. 449 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:23,960 Come on, Bear. 450 00:34:40,150 --> 00:34:42,380 Starting tomorrow, that pig sleeps outside. 451 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:47,780 Stampeding buffalo? 452 00:34:53,670 --> 00:34:55,520 Jim, fix it. 453 00:34:55,690 --> 00:34:56,699 No, you fix it. 454 00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:57,320 You broke it. 455 00:34:57,555 --> 00:35:00,660 You did it. 456 00:35:04,790 --> 00:35:05,920 Danny, you fix the bed. 457 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:12,160 Jim... 458 00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:01,640 Fetch means to go and get it and bring it back to me, okay? 459 00:36:04,020 --> 00:36:05,020 Go fetch! 460 00:36:08,060 --> 00:36:09,060 What's wrong? 461 00:36:10,305 --> 00:36:11,305 Don't you have pig ears? 462 00:36:15,024 --> 00:36:16,781 Bear... Squeals. 463 00:36:25,830 --> 00:36:26,950 What do you find there, boy? 464 00:36:36,170 --> 00:36:37,170 Poor thing. 465 00:37:19,970 --> 00:37:22,050 He's gonna tell my mom how I miss her. 466 00:37:25,750 --> 00:37:27,730 She'll be glad to see her pretty bird in heaven. 467 00:38:00,860 --> 00:38:04,840 Though my heart was locked tightly around the memory of my little girls, 468 00:38:05,740 --> 00:38:10,780 at times I felt ashamed that I could deny love to a child, any child. 469 00:38:12,110 --> 00:38:14,480 And I made up my mind to try harder. 470 00:38:23,150 --> 00:38:25,800 I suppose the boy's education's been neglected long enough. 471 00:38:27,110 --> 00:38:28,110 Yes, I would say so. 472 00:38:29,700 --> 00:38:31,060 I'll commence teaching him myself. 473 00:38:32,590 --> 00:38:34,400 There's a primer I can use in the trunk. 474 00:38:37,250 --> 00:38:39,260 Nobody can say I didn't try to educate the boy. 475 00:38:41,780 --> 00:38:42,780 Daniel! 476 00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:55,550 Then the winter snows blanketed the earth, 477 00:38:55,551 --> 00:38:58,741 and the grasshopper could find no more food. 478 00:38:59,009 --> 00:39:02,860 Starving, he went to the ant's house and begged for something to eat. 479 00:39:02,861 --> 00:39:03,861 Ant? 480 00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:05,440 Daniel? 481 00:39:06,190 --> 00:39:07,190 Try as I might. 482 00:39:08,130 --> 00:39:10,580 I couldn't help comparing Daniel to my daughters. 483 00:39:12,190 --> 00:39:14,030 He said, have you any food that I might borrow? 484 00:39:14,930 --> 00:39:16,420 What were you doing all summer? 485 00:39:16,529 --> 00:39:17,529 cried the ant. 486 00:39:18,230 --> 00:39:21,160 Didn't you store any food away when the days were long and sunny? 487 00:39:22,130 --> 00:39:24,500 They had been such a pleasure to hold close. 488 00:39:25,820 --> 00:39:29,274 Well, scoffed the ant, then sing and dance now, for 489 00:39:29,275 --> 00:39:32,260 it is best to prepare today for the needs of tomorrow. 490 00:39:32,725 --> 00:39:33,780 And the ant shut the door. 491 00:39:35,350 --> 00:39:38,400 While Daniel always seemed so far away. 492 00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:43,400 What did we learn from this story, Daniel? 493 00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:49,040 Uh... 494 00:39:49,340 --> 00:39:50,500 Grasshoppers can sing? 495 00:39:53,775 --> 00:39:54,775 All right, you may go. 496 00:39:58,040 --> 00:39:59,520 Come on, Bear, we can go outside now. 497 00:39:59,780 --> 00:40:00,780 Let's go play. 498 00:40:02,510 --> 00:40:06,060 The girls had played quietly in the house with their dolls. 499 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:10,860 But Daniel preferred the outdoors. 500 00:40:12,250 --> 00:40:13,740 And different company. 501 00:40:14,970 --> 00:40:16,650 All right, what kind do you want to catch? 502 00:40:16,830 --> 00:40:19,222 Well, I forget the name of it, but it's a 503 00:40:19,223 --> 00:40:21,500 certain kind of fish that lives in the ocean. 504 00:40:21,501 --> 00:40:22,501 Uh-huh. 505 00:40:22,790 --> 00:40:25,050 And it goes through a whole lot of trouble 506 00:40:25,051 --> 00:40:27,580 swimming up rivers and jumping up waterfalls. 507 00:40:27,740 --> 00:40:27,940 Uh-huh. 508 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:30,300 Just so its babies will be born safe. 509 00:40:30,650 --> 00:40:32,100 But then it dies. 510 00:40:33,070 --> 00:40:35,160 And those baby fish are all alone when they're born. 511 00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:37,376 Oh, you know what I think you're talking about? 512 00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:38,840 I think you're talking about salmon. 513 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,100 Yep, that's the kind of fish I like to catch. 514 00:40:42,260 --> 00:40:43,446 Well, I hate to tell you, but I don't think 515 00:40:43,447 --> 00:40:45,080 you're going to find any salmon around here. 516 00:40:45,140 --> 00:40:46,240 They're a long ways away. 517 00:40:47,240 --> 00:40:48,720 How come you know so much about them? 518 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:49,840 My pa told me. 519 00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:51,740 That's why this hat is so big. 520 00:40:52,220 --> 00:40:53,220 It was his. 521 00:40:53,690 --> 00:40:56,026 I figure the more things you know, the more 522 00:40:56,027 --> 00:40:58,901 your head's got to grow to make room for it. 523 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:01,500 I think you're right. 524 00:41:07,810 --> 00:41:10,320 Now, you remember all the good times you had with your pa. 525 00:41:11,780 --> 00:41:14,660 I can tell you that every single day I think about my pa. 526 00:41:16,110 --> 00:41:16,900 See that big one out there? 527 00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:18,160 That's what we're going to get. 528 00:41:19,210 --> 00:41:21,410 He used to joke with me because I liked to fish so much. 529 00:41:22,330 --> 00:41:27,680 He said, Jedidiah, when the good Lord made woman, he knew that he was going to have 530 00:41:27,905 --> 00:41:31,260 to invent something for man so that he could get away from her every once in a while. 531 00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:32,540 So he taught us how to fish. 532 00:41:34,380 --> 00:41:37,780 You see, what happens is that woman thinks that we're out here working real hard, 533 00:41:38,180 --> 00:41:40,020 bringing home meat for the supper table, right? 534 00:41:40,740 --> 00:41:43,786 And I can promise you, if she knew that we were having as good a time as we're 535 00:41:43,810 --> 00:41:45,600 having, she'd say, uh-uh, I'm going to find 536 00:41:45,660 --> 00:41:47,360 something for us to do at the house, you know? 537 00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:48,880 More work. 538 00:41:50,250 --> 00:41:51,890 We don't have to make it our secret, okay? 539 00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:54,640 Watch out. 540 00:41:54,720 --> 00:41:55,720 Watch your cork. 541 00:42:05,100 --> 00:42:07,430 I was glad Jed gave the boy attention. 542 00:42:08,870 --> 00:42:13,530 But at times I felt he had grown to love Daniel more than he did me. 543 00:42:24,930 --> 00:42:25,930 Don't worry, Bear. 544 00:42:26,010 --> 00:42:27,520 There ain't nothing to be afraid of. 545 00:42:35,839 --> 00:42:36,839 Caught ya! 546 00:42:38,130 --> 00:42:39,820 This is your new snake house. 547 00:42:42,995 --> 00:42:44,000 There you are. 548 00:42:44,330 --> 00:42:46,010 I've been wondering what you've been up to. 549 00:42:46,054 --> 00:42:47,140 Now I need... 550 00:42:47,265 --> 00:42:49,240 Daniel, what are you doing with my cat? 551 00:42:49,260 --> 00:42:50,936 You're not supposed to be playing with that. 552 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:51,960 I need it. 553 00:42:52,290 --> 00:42:55,340 Don't you let go... Daniel, let go! 554 00:42:56,310 --> 00:42:57,540 Now come help me with supper. 555 00:43:09,780 --> 00:43:10,780 Daniel! 556 00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:12,040 I'm waiting. 557 00:43:16,630 --> 00:43:18,380 Here, can you whip these eggs for me? 558 00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:20,560 You sure you know how? 559 00:43:55,970 --> 00:43:56,610 No! 560 00:43:56,990 --> 00:43:57,230 No! 561 00:43:57,610 --> 00:43:58,610 Wait! 562 00:43:59,370 --> 00:44:00,370 Daniel! 563 00:44:02,180 --> 00:44:02,850 Never mind. 564 00:44:02,980 --> 00:44:03,980 I'll do it. 565 00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:11,630 I need that kettle. 566 00:44:12,809 --> 00:44:14,050 What is in here? 567 00:44:15,150 --> 00:44:16,390 Let go! 568 00:44:23,454 --> 00:44:25,040 Don't worry, Aunt Martha. 569 00:44:25,180 --> 00:44:25,820 I'll get them. 570 00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:27,160 Jed! 571 00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:28,600 What? 572 00:44:47,890 --> 00:44:48,890 Hey, Pa! 573 00:44:49,050 --> 00:44:50,770 Look what I found sneaking around the cabin. 574 00:44:53,780 --> 00:44:55,260 You have some explaining to do, Danny. 575 00:45:01,580 --> 00:45:02,700 It's not funny. 576 00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:04,880 I know. 577 00:45:19,090 --> 00:45:20,690 I don't know how I got tucked into this. 578 00:45:21,130 --> 00:45:23,770 Martha, if you'd just let yourself relax, you'll have a grand time. 579 00:45:32,414 --> 00:45:34,920 Nate, I promised your Ma I'd have you wear this. 580 00:45:36,075 --> 00:45:37,075 Goodness gracious. 581 00:45:37,464 --> 00:45:38,464 Oh! 582 00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:44,530 There's so many people. 583 00:45:45,270 --> 00:45:47,550 I never knew as many people even lived around here. 584 00:45:48,184 --> 00:45:50,090 Oh, Jed, look at the moon. 585 00:45:50,689 --> 00:45:52,810 What a beautiful night for a dance. 586 00:45:53,190 --> 00:45:54,190 I told you. 587 00:45:57,010 --> 00:45:59,810 Jed, it's been so long, I don't know if I'll remember everyone's names. 588 00:46:01,630 --> 00:46:02,630 Don't 589 00:46:10,779 --> 00:46:12,810 worry about anybody else forgetting your name. 590 00:46:12,870 --> 00:46:14,390 The whole world's just been announced. 591 00:46:14,450 --> 00:46:14,890 Martha! 592 00:46:15,350 --> 00:46:15,790 Jed! 593 00:46:15,791 --> 00:46:16,791 Jed! 594 00:46:19,010 --> 00:46:20,010 Martha! 595 00:46:20,674 --> 00:46:23,350 Oh, it's lovely to see you. 596 00:46:23,790 --> 00:46:24,790 Danny! 597 00:46:26,095 --> 00:46:27,095 Daddy! 598 00:46:27,470 --> 00:46:28,470 Nate! 599 00:46:29,310 --> 00:46:31,710 Were you a good boy riding into town? 600 00:46:31,990 --> 00:46:33,290 Oh, of course you were. 601 00:46:33,370 --> 00:46:34,770 Why bother to ask? 602 00:46:35,940 --> 00:46:38,290 Now, you two run along and have some fun. 603 00:46:38,830 --> 00:46:44,671 Oh, I don't know about you, but this beat's sitting at home squatting mosquitoes. 604 00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:46,210 They've been really pesky lately. 605 00:46:46,675 --> 00:46:48,810 Doesn't seem to be much of them around here. 606 00:46:49,420 --> 00:46:50,900 We haven't had any trouble with them. 607 00:46:51,170 --> 00:46:52,750 Oh, you're lucky, pet. 608 00:46:52,910 --> 00:46:54,930 They're as thick as fog in the creek bottom. 609 00:46:55,650 --> 00:46:56,650 Oh, look! 610 00:46:56,754 --> 00:46:57,890 There's Widow Olsen! 611 00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:00,790 Oh, I wonder how she's managing to cope. 612 00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:05,010 From the look of things, I think she's doing right well. 613 00:47:09,110 --> 00:47:12,130 I don't know about you, but I don't think we need to let this good music go to waste. 614 00:47:12,495 --> 00:47:14,750 Heber, Eleanor, if you'll excuse us, let's dance. 615 00:47:14,890 --> 00:47:15,290 Hold on. 616 00:47:15,430 --> 00:47:16,430 Jed, what are you doing? 617 00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:30,200 Where do you suppose our Nate has run off to? 618 00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:42,980 Oh, excuse me, ma'am. 619 00:47:43,260 --> 00:47:46,120 I don't think I've had the pleasure of making your acquaintance. 620 00:47:46,444 --> 00:47:47,900 I'm Eleanor Tanner. 621 00:47:48,445 --> 00:47:50,060 And this is my husband, Heber. 622 00:47:50,885 --> 00:47:54,120 And this, little darling, is our baby, Pauline. 623 00:47:54,665 --> 00:47:57,500 Oh, I'm sure you'd love to hold her for a bit. 624 00:47:58,230 --> 00:47:59,230 Come on, Heber. 625 00:48:03,190 --> 00:48:05,440 Go ahead, take our seats. 626 00:48:05,710 --> 00:48:06,710 Don't be shy. 627 00:48:07,060 --> 00:48:08,960 We won't be needing them for a tune. 628 00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:10,440 Or two. 629 00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:21,540 Oh, we haven't danced like this since our wedding. 630 00:48:29,490 --> 00:48:31,210 It's so light on your feet! 631 00:48:33,620 --> 00:48:34,770 And it doesn't cost nothing? 632 00:48:36,750 --> 00:48:37,750 It's okay. 633 00:48:38,250 --> 00:48:39,330 Oh, it's okay. 634 00:48:40,420 --> 00:48:42,530 So when does the side show get in town, huh? 635 00:48:43,270 --> 00:48:44,290 It's not funny. 636 00:48:45,090 --> 00:48:46,090 It's okay. 637 00:48:46,270 --> 00:48:47,750 Well, it's funny to me. 638 00:48:48,510 --> 00:48:49,690 And it's funny to him. 639 00:48:49,740 --> 00:48:51,550 So what are you going to do about it, huh? 640 00:48:52,670 --> 00:48:54,810 So what, do you think you're big enough, huh? 641 00:48:54,970 --> 00:48:55,970 Huh, do ya? 642 00:48:57,060 --> 00:49:00,090 You boys ever have so much fun in one night in all your lives? 643 00:49:00,270 --> 00:49:01,270 No, sir. 644 00:49:02,480 --> 00:49:04,890 These certainly are the best of times, aren't they? 645 00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:08,530 Then why don't you boys go enjoy this dance someplace else? 646 00:49:24,605 --> 00:49:26,805 Daniel, I'd be honored if you'd have this dance with me. 647 00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:28,560 I'll find you after a while, Nate. 648 00:49:30,540 --> 00:49:31,540 You okay? 649 00:49:36,565 --> 00:49:37,840 Put your hands here. 650 00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:40,760 And this is how you lead a woman where you want to go. 651 00:49:41,100 --> 00:49:43,420 Now, we'll take two steps to your left. 652 00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:44,780 Oops. 653 00:49:45,140 --> 00:49:46,600 Well, kind of side by side steps. 654 00:49:46,700 --> 00:49:48,680 And then we go the other direction. 655 00:49:50,620 --> 00:49:51,240 Evening, Jed. 656 00:49:51,609 --> 00:49:52,560 Hi, Pastor Clay. 657 00:49:52,620 --> 00:49:53,620 How are you, sir? 658 00:49:55,530 --> 00:49:58,820 I really think that Martha and Danny are going to make a real good match. 659 00:49:59,240 --> 00:50:00,240 I think so. 660 00:50:00,770 --> 00:50:02,820 That certainly sets my mind at ease. 661 00:50:03,975 --> 00:50:05,215 I've had enough trouble lately. 662 00:50:05,930 --> 00:50:08,900 You know, some of the settlers have come down with yellow fever. 663 00:50:09,340 --> 00:50:10,340 No. 664 00:50:10,620 --> 00:50:11,620 It's a terrible illness. 665 00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:14,100 You've got the chills and fever all at the same time. 666 00:50:14,510 --> 00:50:17,160 Makes a grown man weaker than a newborn baby. 667 00:50:17,260 --> 00:50:18,260 That bad, huh? 668 00:50:18,360 --> 00:50:21,380 I found Ephraim Walters lying in his hog pen. 669 00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:23,160 Listen, do me a favor. 670 00:50:23,255 --> 00:50:25,220 I would appreciate it if you wouldn't say anything to Martha about it. 671 00:50:25,221 --> 00:50:25,940 No need. 672 00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:26,420 No need. 673 00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:27,480 As long as you know. 674 00:50:28,815 --> 00:50:30,500 Why do people like to dance? 675 00:50:31,460 --> 00:50:35,120 Well, it gives a girl a chance to get closer to a handsome man. 676 00:50:35,924 --> 00:50:36,924 Like you. 677 00:50:38,455 --> 00:50:41,160 You know, I was really proud of you the way you stuck up for Nate. 678 00:50:59,210 --> 00:51:00,830 The next dance is ladies' choice. 679 00:51:01,140 --> 00:51:02,140 Girls, don't be shy. 680 00:51:02,230 --> 00:51:03,610 Go find yourselves a partner. 681 00:51:21,660 --> 00:51:22,880 Would you like to dance? 682 00:51:23,250 --> 00:51:24,440 May I have this dance? 683 00:51:28,300 --> 00:51:29,300 Bob! 684 00:51:40,920 --> 00:51:42,560 I'll get you for this! 685 00:51:46,700 --> 00:51:48,020 I'll be right back, Aunt Martha. 686 00:51:51,890 --> 00:51:52,890 Hey, Nate. 687 00:51:52,930 --> 00:51:54,610 Did you see what happened to those bullies? 688 00:51:55,880 --> 00:51:56,880 That's funny! 689 00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:06,000 Well, get along home, Martha, Martha. 690 00:52:06,445 --> 00:52:08,080 Get along home, Martha, Martha. 691 00:52:08,240 --> 00:52:10,080 Get along home, Martha, Martha. 692 00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:12,180 I'll marry you someday. 693 00:52:12,960 --> 00:52:14,560 That's not the way it goes. 694 00:52:14,620 --> 00:52:16,560 It's the way it goes when I sing it, honey. 695 00:52:18,120 --> 00:52:22,320 I wish I was an apple hanging from a tree. 696 00:52:22,720 --> 00:52:26,660 And every time that Martha passed, she'd take a blue bite of me. 697 00:52:26,661 --> 00:52:31,100 And that boy was a stampede buffalo. 698 00:52:31,420 --> 00:52:32,280 Couldn't wake him up. 699 00:52:32,324 --> 00:52:34,360 Get along home, Martha, Martha. 700 00:52:34,420 --> 00:52:35,760 Get along home, Martha, Martha. 701 00:52:35,761 --> 00:52:37,440 Jack, you cannot sing! 702 00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:42,120 Boy, I may not be able to carry two, but I can sing. 703 00:52:53,660 --> 00:52:58,640 I had glimpses of myself happy with the boy and being a family again. 704 00:52:59,890 --> 00:53:02,912 But for every step I took forward, it seemed 705 00:53:02,913 --> 00:53:06,300 something would happen to push me back, too. 706 00:53:18,310 --> 00:53:19,470 Get along home, Bear the Pig. 707 00:53:19,515 --> 00:53:21,160 Get along home, Bear the Pig. 708 00:53:21,580 --> 00:53:23,420 Get along home, Bear the Pig. 709 00:53:26,630 --> 00:53:28,760 We're not gonna eat, Bear the Pig. 710 00:53:28,930 --> 00:53:30,800 We're not gonna eat, Bear the Pig. 711 00:53:45,250 --> 00:53:46,300 What's the matter, Nate? 712 00:53:46,760 --> 00:53:47,760 What's the matter? 713 00:53:55,880 --> 00:53:56,240 Pa! 714 00:53:56,241 --> 00:53:57,280 Pa and Martha! 715 00:53:59,140 --> 00:53:59,820 Come quick! 716 00:53:59,940 --> 00:54:01,020 Something bad's happened! 717 00:54:02,380 --> 00:54:02,740 Nate? 718 00:54:02,741 --> 00:54:03,280 What's wrong? 719 00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:04,320 Where's your ma and pa? 720 00:54:04,960 --> 00:54:05,960 What's happened, son? 721 00:54:06,785 --> 00:54:08,860 My ma and my pa didn't help. 722 00:54:09,180 --> 00:54:09,860 Okay, you did good. 723 00:54:09,900 --> 00:54:10,720 We're gonna help your ma and pa. 724 00:54:10,800 --> 00:54:11,800 Come on, Martha. 725 00:54:11,860 --> 00:54:12,740 No, Jed, you go. 726 00:54:12,860 --> 00:54:14,300 I'll stay here with Nate and Daniel. 727 00:54:15,230 --> 00:54:16,360 No, Martha, you're gonna go. 728 00:54:16,875 --> 00:54:18,956 Eleanor needs help and there's no telling what's happened. 729 00:54:18,980 --> 00:54:19,980 Danny, help Nate. 730 00:54:21,500 --> 00:54:23,740 No, my ma needs help. 731 00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:26,200 Okay, Nate. 732 00:54:34,265 --> 00:54:35,460 Is that pig necessary? 733 00:54:35,945 --> 00:54:36,945 Come on, jump in. 734 00:54:40,500 --> 00:54:41,500 Danny, 735 00:55:10,930 --> 00:55:11,930 hand me my gun, son. 736 00:55:25,480 --> 00:55:26,480 Fever. 737 00:55:28,880 --> 00:55:29,880 Martha! 738 00:55:32,479 --> 00:55:33,900 Danny, help me get him to bed. 739 00:55:34,710 --> 00:55:36,000 I think it's the yellow fever. 740 00:55:36,519 --> 00:55:37,519 Yellow fever. 741 00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:38,600 Yellow fever? 742 00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:42,200 Easy, easy, easy. 743 00:55:43,190 --> 00:55:44,190 Turn the blankets down. 744 00:55:53,560 --> 00:55:54,560 She's burning up. 745 00:55:55,600 --> 00:55:56,480 And so is he. 746 00:55:56,560 --> 00:55:57,560 He's shaking like a leaf. 747 00:55:58,860 --> 00:55:59,940 I don't know what to do. 748 00:56:01,360 --> 00:56:02,240 They're gonna die, Jed. 749 00:56:02,241 --> 00:56:03,241 No, they're not. 750 00:56:04,310 --> 00:56:07,310 They're gonna die and there's nothing we can do to stop that from happening. 751 00:56:08,595 --> 00:56:11,440 I can hold him and I can care for him and they're just gonna die anyway. 752 00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:13,800 I'm gonna make a fire. 753 00:56:16,550 --> 00:56:17,550 Please help, Martha. 754 00:56:18,440 --> 00:56:19,440 Yellow fever. 755 00:56:19,700 --> 00:56:20,700 Please help, Martha. 756 00:56:20,890 --> 00:56:23,320 Don't let him die like my ma and pa did. 757 00:56:24,490 --> 00:56:25,490 Let go of me. 758 00:56:27,010 --> 00:56:28,340 You just gotta save him. 759 00:56:28,660 --> 00:56:29,660 Don't let him die. 760 00:56:29,900 --> 00:56:31,360 Martha, you just gotta save him. 761 00:56:31,361 --> 00:56:32,361 Martha, stop it! 762 00:56:34,200 --> 00:56:35,200 Wait. 763 00:56:41,180 --> 00:56:42,340 I'll do the best that I can. 764 00:56:42,460 --> 00:56:44,500 I just don't know that much about Dr. Agnella fever. 765 00:56:48,250 --> 00:56:49,250 Eleanor? 766 00:56:49,890 --> 00:56:50,890 Eleanor? 767 00:56:51,440 --> 00:56:52,560 I've got some water for you. 768 00:56:53,370 --> 00:56:54,370 Here. 769 00:56:55,230 --> 00:56:56,230 Sip it slow. 770 00:56:57,250 --> 00:56:58,250 That's good. 771 00:57:00,470 --> 00:57:01,590 Oh, Martha. 772 00:57:02,505 --> 00:57:03,930 Thank the Lord. 773 00:57:03,931 --> 00:57:04,931 I'm here now. 774 00:57:05,160 --> 00:57:06,240 I'm gonna take care of you. 775 00:57:06,450 --> 00:57:07,530 Jen, fetch me a chicken. 776 00:57:07,750 --> 00:57:09,110 These folks need some nourishment. 777 00:57:09,410 --> 00:57:10,890 Nate, bring us some more water, quick. 778 00:57:21,460 --> 00:57:22,480 Oh, she's fine. 779 00:57:22,660 --> 00:57:23,780 She just needs to eat. 780 00:57:23,940 --> 00:57:24,960 Nat, I can't fix it. 781 00:57:25,180 --> 00:57:26,260 Daniel, can you help a cow? 782 00:57:27,055 --> 00:57:27,700 Yes, ma'am. 783 00:57:27,701 --> 00:57:28,701 I know how. 784 00:57:30,080 --> 00:57:31,080 Come on, baby. 785 00:57:38,800 --> 00:57:39,800 Fever. 786 00:58:01,710 --> 00:58:04,306 Have you ever wondered, Nate, if God is so far 787 00:58:04,307 --> 00:58:07,371 away in Heaven, how can He hear us when we pray? 788 00:58:08,110 --> 00:58:09,110 We have a sales. 789 00:58:10,510 --> 00:58:11,950 Oh, that makes sense. 790 00:58:13,450 --> 00:58:16,690 Do you think we should say a prayer so your mom and pop will get better? 791 00:58:18,090 --> 00:58:19,090 I do. 792 00:58:20,050 --> 00:58:21,050 So did I. 793 00:58:36,860 --> 00:58:37,860 That's her daddy. 794 00:58:38,660 --> 00:58:39,240 That one? 795 00:58:39,540 --> 00:58:40,540 Yeah. 796 00:58:50,600 --> 00:58:51,760 Can I take a turn? 797 01:00:00,700 --> 01:00:02,760 Pauline, your mom is much better today. 798 01:00:52,440 --> 01:00:53,760 Some leaves are still hanging on. 799 01:00:55,305 --> 01:00:57,825 Some fall early, and some make it to the very end of the season. 800 01:00:58,500 --> 01:00:59,780 It just doesn't make sense. 801 01:01:01,935 --> 01:01:02,935 Why are you so sad? 802 01:01:04,860 --> 01:01:08,080 Bella and her Hebrew are going to be just fine because of your doctrine, you know. 803 01:01:08,200 --> 01:01:10,420 But I doctored Sarah and Lucy just the same. 804 01:01:12,580 --> 01:01:14,860 So why did Eleanor and Hebrew live, and not my girls? 805 01:01:20,390 --> 01:01:22,070 Sweetie, we have to get on with our lives. 806 01:01:24,910 --> 01:01:26,376 We gotta make a future for ourselves here. 807 01:01:26,400 --> 01:01:27,400 Come on. 808 01:01:29,360 --> 01:01:30,680 I have big plans for this family. 809 01:01:30,810 --> 01:01:32,260 Big plans, and I need your help. 810 01:01:32,280 --> 01:01:33,740 We lost our family. 811 01:01:36,300 --> 01:01:39,540 We have everything in the world to look forward to, everything. 812 01:01:40,520 --> 01:01:41,520 We have nothing. 813 01:01:45,415 --> 01:01:48,226 Jed, I used to feel like someone was watching out for us, that nothing bad 814 01:01:48,250 --> 01:01:50,410 would ever happen to us because the good Lord loved us. 815 01:01:50,890 --> 01:01:52,850 He was going to take care of us and watch over us. 816 01:01:53,070 --> 01:01:54,500 But it's just not true. 817 01:01:56,930 --> 01:01:59,020 Whatever happens, happens, and we're on our own. 818 01:01:59,070 --> 01:02:00,540 No, no, no, no, Martha. 819 01:02:02,640 --> 01:02:05,760 Sweetie, I don't understand everything, but I know the Lord loves you. 820 01:02:15,100 --> 01:02:16,100 Yeah, now come on. 821 01:02:18,340 --> 01:02:19,720 Look, Pa, she's asleep. 822 01:02:22,810 --> 01:02:23,940 She's all tuckered out. 823 01:02:25,300 --> 01:02:27,740 What she did when Nate spoke was pretty hard on her, you know. 824 01:02:30,540 --> 01:02:32,420 You're right, Pa, about Aunt Martha. 825 01:02:33,580 --> 01:02:34,760 She does have a good heart. 826 01:02:35,970 --> 01:02:38,140 At first, I thought she was just gonna stand there. 827 01:02:40,100 --> 01:02:41,100 But she didn't. 828 01:02:41,260 --> 01:02:42,260 She did good. 829 01:02:43,490 --> 01:02:44,490 She did real good. 830 01:02:47,040 --> 01:02:48,240 She was hollowed. 831 01:02:56,214 --> 01:02:57,416 There's nothing to be scared about. 832 01:02:57,440 --> 01:02:58,200 They got plenty of food. 833 01:02:58,280 --> 01:02:59,680 They're just singing to each other. 834 01:02:59,874 --> 01:03:00,874 Come on, now. 835 01:03:01,340 --> 01:03:02,460 It's getting cold, isn't it? 836 01:03:07,900 --> 01:03:08,900 He 837 01:03:22,780 --> 01:03:23,980 makes you demons! 838 01:03:24,700 --> 01:03:25,700 Yes! 839 01:04:44,940 --> 01:04:46,850 Okay, there, I know I want you to fetch. 840 01:04:47,970 --> 01:04:48,970 Go get it. 841 01:04:49,250 --> 01:04:50,410 Don't do that in the cabin. 842 01:04:50,430 --> 01:04:51,830 Don't do that in the cabin, Daniel. 843 01:04:53,850 --> 01:04:54,850 I can do it. 844 01:04:55,970 --> 01:04:56,970 Watch. 845 01:05:01,220 --> 01:05:02,910 You just gotta learn how. 846 01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:05,050 Now you go get it, okay? 847 01:05:06,610 --> 01:05:07,610 This is it. 848 01:05:07,820 --> 01:05:08,970 Now you go get it, okay? 849 01:05:09,670 --> 01:05:10,670 Ready? 850 01:05:11,470 --> 01:05:12,470 Go get it! 851 01:05:36,669 --> 01:05:38,010 I'm sorry. 852 01:05:43,640 --> 01:05:45,420 Sorry won't fix this mirror. 853 01:05:47,010 --> 01:05:48,920 It came clear from France, you know. 854 01:06:43,110 --> 01:06:44,630 You are 855 01:07:13,260 --> 01:07:14,280 my prisoner, bear! 856 01:07:25,910 --> 01:07:29,390 Daniel, what on earth do you think you're doing? 857 01:07:30,610 --> 01:07:32,450 Do you know how long it took me to make this? 858 01:07:33,870 --> 01:07:35,390 Do you know how hard I worked on this? 859 01:07:36,370 --> 01:07:37,370 Now look at it. 860 01:07:37,825 --> 01:07:38,825 I didn't know. 861 01:07:39,415 --> 01:07:40,550 I was just playing. 862 01:07:41,250 --> 01:07:42,330 I didn't think. 863 01:07:42,520 --> 01:07:43,710 Well, you never think! 864 01:07:44,560 --> 01:07:47,670 Didn't anyone ever teach you not to take things that don't belong to you? 865 01:07:51,120 --> 01:07:52,660 I thought I could just cry. 866 01:07:54,140 --> 01:07:55,140 I could just cry. 867 01:08:00,180 --> 01:08:01,340 You come back here, Daniel! 868 01:08:03,680 --> 01:08:04,680 Daniel! 869 01:09:21,830 --> 01:09:22,830 Help? 870 01:09:23,140 --> 01:09:24,140 Yes, you could help. 871 01:09:25,300 --> 01:09:27,529 You can try doing something constructive for a change. 872 01:09:29,500 --> 01:09:33,070 Why do you always feel like you have to be breaking something or tearing something up? 873 01:09:33,560 --> 01:09:36,229 Why can't you ever just sit quietly and try to learn how to read? 874 01:09:37,529 --> 01:09:38,529 Playing's fun. 875 01:09:40,430 --> 01:09:41,430 Reading's just... 876 01:09:42,310 --> 01:09:43,310 sitting there. 877 01:09:47,740 --> 01:09:48,740 Yes, ma'am. 878 01:09:54,560 --> 01:09:56,040 We've got to start being better, bear. 879 01:09:57,420 --> 01:09:59,120 Or else I'll end up without a home again. 880 01:09:59,510 --> 01:10:00,790 And you'll end up in hog heaven. 881 01:10:02,300 --> 01:10:04,060 I'll just find that dumb old book to look at. 882 01:10:05,890 --> 01:10:07,340 Or should I keep that stupid thing? 883 01:10:45,370 --> 01:10:46,370 Shh. 884 01:10:46,830 --> 01:10:47,830 Don't cry. 885 01:10:48,280 --> 01:10:49,330 I'll take care of you. 886 01:11:10,340 --> 01:11:11,880 Daniel, what's your name? 887 01:11:44,424 --> 01:11:45,424 Woo! 888 01:11:45,810 --> 01:11:46,810 Me! 889 01:11:48,230 --> 01:11:49,230 Me! 890 01:11:49,630 --> 01:11:50,630 Woo! 891 01:11:52,170 --> 01:11:53,170 Woo! 892 01:11:53,570 --> 01:11:54,170 Daniel! 893 01:11:54,545 --> 01:11:56,430 Who told you you could get in that trunk? 894 01:11:58,140 --> 01:11:59,580 I was looking for something to read. 895 01:12:00,320 --> 01:12:01,720 I thought I'd save you the trouble. 896 01:12:02,600 --> 01:12:06,410 In all their lives, my girls never caused me as much trouble as you do in one day. 897 01:12:07,640 --> 01:12:08,930 I didn't break nothing, honest. 898 01:12:09,890 --> 01:12:11,090 I was just having fun. 899 01:12:13,150 --> 01:12:14,150 I'll put them back. 900 01:12:14,200 --> 01:12:15,510 No, don't touch them! 901 01:12:19,450 --> 01:12:20,450 My shawl. 902 01:12:21,910 --> 01:12:26,110 I wrapped my babies in this shawl and look how you've just flung it on the floor. 903 01:12:28,050 --> 01:12:29,610 You had no call to do this, Daniel. 904 01:12:29,710 --> 01:12:30,750 These are my things. 905 01:12:34,900 --> 01:12:37,490 If you ever get in this trunk again, I'll give you a whipping! 906 01:12:54,490 --> 01:12:55,490 Dad? 907 01:12:57,530 --> 01:12:58,050 Dad! 908 01:12:58,450 --> 01:12:59,450 What? 909 01:12:59,770 --> 01:13:00,770 I'm so angry. 910 01:13:01,070 --> 01:13:02,070 I didn't even see you. 911 01:13:03,770 --> 01:13:04,770 It's Daniel. 912 01:13:06,030 --> 01:13:07,990 I want you to take him to the settlement tomorrow. 913 01:13:08,995 --> 01:13:10,315 And give him back to Pastor Clay. 914 01:13:15,610 --> 01:13:17,530 Martha, Danny doesn't do things wrong on purpose. 915 01:13:18,140 --> 01:13:19,390 He's a high-spirited kid. 916 01:13:19,470 --> 01:13:20,730 He's got a great imagination. 917 01:13:24,150 --> 01:13:25,310 Boys are like that sometimes. 918 01:13:28,310 --> 01:13:29,310 I'll talk to him again. 919 01:13:29,390 --> 01:13:31,450 No, Jed, you already talked to him. 920 01:13:32,090 --> 01:13:33,610 It's not going to make any difference. 921 01:13:34,330 --> 01:13:35,770 I've tried all that I can try, Jed. 922 01:13:35,910 --> 01:13:37,230 I just don't have it in me. 923 01:13:38,020 --> 01:13:41,690 I don't feel any love for that boy and I never will. 924 01:13:45,470 --> 01:13:46,410 Martha, what about me? 925 01:13:46,411 --> 01:13:47,411 What about you? 926 01:13:49,670 --> 01:13:50,670 What about me, Martha? 927 01:13:50,850 --> 01:13:52,490 Do you think that I don't miss the girls? 928 01:13:55,500 --> 01:13:58,870 Do you think that every day that I get up that I don't see the girls also? 929 01:14:01,850 --> 01:14:04,027 Do you think maybe that you could give it one minute 930 01:14:04,028 --> 01:14:06,371 and think about what this boy might mean to me? 931 01:14:11,360 --> 01:14:13,360 I wish things were different, Jed, but they're not. 932 01:14:18,970 --> 01:14:20,010 Probably for his own good. 933 01:14:22,800 --> 01:14:23,800 Shall I tell him? 934 01:14:23,849 --> 01:14:25,089 No, Martha, you don't tell him. 935 01:14:25,800 --> 01:14:26,800 I'll tell him. 936 01:14:29,990 --> 01:14:31,180 As you see best. 937 01:14:57,205 --> 01:14:58,730 I'm sure old Bear will be all right. 938 01:14:59,450 --> 01:15:00,450 Oh, he'll be fine. 939 01:15:00,770 --> 01:15:01,150 Why? 940 01:15:01,520 --> 01:15:05,110 Well, Aunt Martha, she's been extra sad lately. 941 01:15:05,735 --> 01:15:09,250 I just hope she doesn't have a mind for making Bear into bacon when we're gone. 942 01:15:10,570 --> 01:15:11,570 What do you think? 943 01:15:12,210 --> 01:15:13,610 Oh, I think Bear's gonna be okay. 944 01:15:15,050 --> 01:15:16,450 He's not the one I'm worried about. 945 01:15:17,390 --> 01:15:18,390 Good. 946 01:15:18,870 --> 01:15:22,110 May I ask you, how'd you like living with Pastor Clay before he brought you to us? 947 01:15:23,650 --> 01:15:27,530 Oh, he was nice enough, but he wasn't like a part of me. 948 01:15:29,400 --> 01:15:30,670 He wasn't like you. 949 01:15:31,860 --> 01:15:32,990 He wasn't like you at all. 950 01:15:34,070 --> 01:15:35,070 He didn't love me. 951 01:15:44,070 --> 01:15:46,750 Danny, I've been wanting to talk to you about some things, you know? 952 01:15:48,610 --> 01:15:53,251 You know, sometimes in life, when things were... Oh, dang! 953 01:15:53,430 --> 01:15:54,430 What's the matter? 954 01:15:55,950 --> 01:15:57,710 I thought I lost my tin there for a bit. 955 01:16:01,300 --> 01:16:03,050 Pa, how much do you think a penny will buy? 956 01:16:04,460 --> 01:16:05,820 Depends on what you're buying, son. 957 01:16:05,990 --> 01:16:10,350 Well, I'm hoping it's enough for a looking glass and some writing paper. 958 01:16:11,070 --> 01:16:15,510 I'd sure hate to have to pick between the two, but if I 959 01:16:15,511 --> 01:16:20,110 had to pick, I'd pick the looking glass for Aunt Martha. 960 01:16:20,985 --> 01:16:25,150 Because I feel real bad about breaking her looking glass the day it rained. 961 01:16:26,675 --> 01:16:30,990 And the writing paper's for Nate, so he won't have to go writing on the 962 01:16:31,090 --> 01:16:32,170 insides of books no more. 963 01:16:34,540 --> 01:16:37,510 So that's what you've been carrying around, that little bit of tin, huh? 964 01:16:38,510 --> 01:16:39,510 Where'd you get it? 965 01:16:40,290 --> 01:16:41,510 My pa gave it to me. 966 01:16:42,460 --> 01:16:43,910 He gave it to me for good luck. 967 01:16:45,430 --> 01:16:47,550 I had the best luck a feller could ever have. 968 01:16:48,420 --> 01:16:49,530 I got you for a pop. 969 01:16:52,780 --> 01:16:56,830 I figure if I spend it, then Aunt Martha might have some good luck, too. 970 01:17:00,150 --> 01:17:01,750 What was that you were telling me about? 971 01:17:05,050 --> 01:17:09,114 Well, son, I tell you, I think you're just gonna have to 972 01:17:09,115 --> 01:17:11,871 hold on to that good luck penny for a little bit longer. 973 01:17:11,960 --> 01:17:14,480 It looks like old Jasper here's getting a limp, don't you think? 974 01:17:15,150 --> 01:17:16,150 I can't tell. 975 01:17:16,850 --> 01:17:18,086 Well, he's definitely getting a limp there. 976 01:17:18,110 --> 01:17:19,790 We're gonna have to get on back home here. 977 01:17:20,260 --> 01:17:21,660 We'll do this some other time, okay? 978 01:17:22,410 --> 01:17:23,410 Yeah, I guess. 979 01:17:26,490 --> 01:17:28,170 Get along home, Danny, Danny. 980 01:17:28,990 --> 01:17:29,770 Get along home. 981 01:17:29,771 --> 01:17:34,210 I'm happy for a feller who just had a mule go lame. 982 01:17:47,490 --> 01:17:48,490 Jasper's gone lame. 983 01:18:05,490 --> 01:18:07,360 Jim, there's nothing wrong with this mule. 984 01:18:10,280 --> 01:18:12,435 Martha, if I tell you the mule is lame, the mule is 985 01:18:12,436 --> 01:18:14,741 lame, and I don't want to hear another word about it. 986 01:18:16,430 --> 01:18:17,950 Then you can take him back next month. 987 01:18:20,980 --> 01:18:26,321 I'm not going to the settlement until after Christmas, and I can promise you that. 988 01:18:26,415 --> 01:18:27,415 Fine. 989 01:18:29,860 --> 01:18:32,240 But come January, that boy is going back. 990 01:19:20,120 --> 01:19:22,160 I had always looked forward to Christmas. 991 01:19:23,370 --> 01:19:28,861 But that year, the thought of Christmas approaching brought me nothing but heartache. 992 01:19:30,480 --> 01:19:31,140 Martha! 993 01:19:31,141 --> 01:19:32,141 Martha! 994 01:19:37,780 --> 01:19:38,780 Martha! 995 01:19:41,500 --> 01:19:42,500 Martha! 996 01:19:42,660 --> 01:19:48,900 Well, guess what I found south of the Tanner's place? 997 01:19:52,160 --> 01:19:54,940 A little bitty Christmas pine about so tall. 998 01:19:55,090 --> 01:19:58,960 It's nothing like we're used to seeing, but she'll do, I promise you that. 999 01:20:00,050 --> 01:20:04,961 Things may be different around here, but we can sure have ourselves a good Christmas. 1000 01:20:11,010 --> 01:20:13,576 Jim, a tree is not going to make this like the Christmases we used to know. 1001 01:20:13,600 --> 01:20:14,600 Nothing will. 1002 01:20:16,870 --> 01:20:18,670 I don't want to celebrate Christmas this year. 1003 01:20:20,080 --> 01:20:21,800 Martha, we're going to have to do something. 1004 01:20:23,330 --> 01:20:25,260 We have nothing else for the boy. 1005 01:20:27,470 --> 01:20:29,270 Martha, children put a big store in Christmas. 1006 01:20:29,720 --> 01:20:31,400 I know all about children and Christmas. 1007 01:20:35,765 --> 01:20:37,440 Honey, that is over with. 1008 01:20:40,795 --> 01:20:42,596 Now, Danny has the right to have a Christmas like he remembers. 1009 01:20:42,620 --> 01:20:44,260 Oh, Jed, he'll never know the difference. 1010 01:20:44,730 --> 01:20:47,650 He was five when his ma died, and I doubt his pa did much about Christmas. 1011 01:20:48,940 --> 01:20:51,601 Martha, we... Jed, he couldn't even remember how to take a bath. 1012 01:20:52,060 --> 01:20:54,140 How is he going to remember anything about Christmas? 1013 01:20:55,480 --> 01:20:56,140 What's the... 1014 01:20:56,240 --> 01:21:00,520 Jed, I don't want to celebrate Jesus' birthday this year. 1015 01:21:00,580 --> 01:21:01,600 He's done nothing for us. 1016 01:21:13,770 --> 01:21:14,770 Pa, wait! 1017 01:21:21,250 --> 01:21:22,330 You going with me? 1018 01:21:23,090 --> 01:21:24,090 Yeah. 1019 01:21:24,690 --> 01:21:25,690 My 1020 01:21:40,300 --> 01:21:44,740 decision not to celebrate Christmas remained unchanged. 1021 01:21:46,050 --> 01:21:51,540 Jed knew it, and as for Daniel, he mentioned it only once. 1022 01:21:54,980 --> 01:21:57,730 Aunt Martha, can you sing? 1023 01:22:49,870 --> 01:22:50,870 No. 1024 01:22:52,590 --> 01:22:53,150 No. 1025 01:22:53,210 --> 01:22:54,210 No, I can't sing. 1026 01:22:57,720 --> 01:22:59,440 I used to, but not anymore. 1027 01:23:02,440 --> 01:23:04,900 My mama used to sing a pretty song at Christmas. 1028 01:23:08,090 --> 01:23:09,480 I wish I could remember it. 1029 01:23:16,860 --> 01:23:22,500 Daniel did recall snatches of past Christmases, but still I was sure he 1030 01:23:22,501 --> 01:23:26,120 didn't remember enough that it would make any difference to him. 1031 01:23:27,760 --> 01:23:32,680 As for me, I remembered too much about Christmas' past. 1032 01:23:33,220 --> 01:23:34,220 All right, pumper. 1033 01:23:35,180 --> 01:23:36,180 There you go. 1034 01:23:36,320 --> 01:23:39,520 There you go. 1035 01:23:40,280 --> 01:23:40,940 That's good. 1036 01:23:41,020 --> 01:23:41,800 Take her on up to the house. 1037 01:23:41,940 --> 01:23:43,180 Be careful, don't you spill it. 1038 01:23:43,700 --> 01:23:44,700 Here, bear. 1039 01:23:46,080 --> 01:23:47,080 Just a little. 1040 01:23:49,080 --> 01:23:49,960 Don't be a pig. 1041 01:23:50,080 --> 01:23:50,280 No. 1042 01:23:50,680 --> 01:23:51,680 That's enough. 1043 01:23:52,060 --> 01:23:53,380 So just remember what I told you. 1044 01:23:53,900 --> 01:23:56,640 You don't want it to be too fat or too thin, right? 1045 01:24:02,485 --> 01:24:03,980 Jed, have you talked to Daniel yet? 1046 01:24:06,170 --> 01:24:06,940 No, not yet, Martha. 1047 01:24:07,080 --> 01:24:08,080 I haven't. 1048 01:24:08,800 --> 01:24:09,800 Why? 1049 01:24:13,380 --> 01:24:16,380 Because I don't want to tell the child something like that on Christmas Eve. 1050 01:24:17,930 --> 01:24:21,520 Martha, I mean, we have so little to offer the guy in the first place. 1051 01:24:22,780 --> 01:24:25,063 I mean, we've got no Christmas tree, we've got 1052 01:24:25,064 --> 01:24:27,761 no gifts for him, we've got no spice cakes. 1053 01:24:30,230 --> 01:24:34,260 I mean, can't we just let him think that he has a place to live on Christmas Day? 1054 01:24:43,380 --> 01:24:44,380 Where are you going? 1055 01:24:44,865 --> 01:24:47,560 I'm going to the Tanner's to help him with some chores again. 1056 01:24:48,240 --> 01:24:50,060 I'm sure they've fully recovered by now. 1057 01:24:50,530 --> 01:24:51,690 I don't mind helping, Martha. 1058 01:24:52,930 --> 01:24:53,930 Pa, wait. 1059 01:24:57,000 --> 01:24:58,020 You'd better take this. 1060 01:24:58,800 --> 01:24:59,900 It's pretty cold out. 1061 01:25:13,410 --> 01:25:14,050 It's perfect, doesn't it? 1062 01:25:14,250 --> 01:25:15,250 Sure does. 1063 01:25:15,780 --> 01:25:17,250 Pa, you're a handsome dog. 1064 01:25:20,530 --> 01:25:21,610 I'll see you tonight, okay? 1065 01:25:21,910 --> 01:25:22,290 Alright. 1066 01:25:22,870 --> 01:25:23,870 Bye. 1067 01:25:29,670 --> 01:25:30,670 Bieber? 1068 01:26:28,080 --> 01:26:29,860 Jed, I found one. 1069 01:26:30,220 --> 01:26:31,220 Good, good, good. 1070 01:26:35,920 --> 01:26:36,920 Oh, hi, Eleanor. 1071 01:26:36,980 --> 01:26:37,380 Jed. 1072 01:26:37,580 --> 01:26:37,800 Nate. 1073 01:26:38,480 --> 01:26:39,060 Oh, wonderful. 1074 01:26:39,360 --> 01:26:40,360 Have a seat. 1075 01:26:41,380 --> 01:26:42,380 Look. 1076 01:26:43,380 --> 01:26:44,880 Oh, what do you have here? 1077 01:26:45,400 --> 01:26:48,420 That's the real reason why Eber risked going to the settlement. 1078 01:26:49,015 --> 01:26:51,560 He wanted Nate to have that drawing paper for Christmas. 1079 01:26:52,330 --> 01:26:54,900 But then he couldn't wait till tomorrow to give it to him. 1080 01:26:56,285 --> 01:26:57,285 Sentimental fool. 1081 01:26:58,210 --> 01:26:59,960 Nate hasn't stopped drawing for a second. 1082 01:27:01,660 --> 01:27:02,660 Oh. 1083 01:27:03,800 --> 01:27:04,340 Pretty good. 1084 01:27:04,390 --> 01:27:09,380 It looks like someone I know, but for the life of me, I can't figure out who. 1085 01:27:12,890 --> 01:27:14,260 How about a piece of pie, Jed? 1086 01:27:14,500 --> 01:27:15,220 Fresh baked. 1087 01:27:15,265 --> 01:27:16,340 No, no, no, no, Eleanor. 1088 01:27:16,400 --> 01:27:17,120 I've got to get back. 1089 01:27:17,315 --> 01:27:18,580 Thanks very, very much, though. 1090 01:27:19,940 --> 01:27:21,540 I don't owe you any more on this, do I? 1091 01:27:21,600 --> 01:27:22,600 Oh, no, thank you. 1092 01:27:22,860 --> 01:27:24,060 It's so good to see you. 1093 01:27:24,610 --> 01:27:26,100 Tell Daddy Merry Christmas. 1094 01:27:26,565 --> 01:27:27,380 I sure will. 1095 01:27:27,420 --> 01:27:29,020 And Merry Christmas to you, too, okay? 1096 01:27:30,800 --> 01:27:31,800 Bye, Nate. 1097 01:27:32,110 --> 01:27:33,720 My regards to Martha. 1098 01:27:34,380 --> 01:27:35,600 Thank you. 1099 01:27:35,900 --> 01:27:36,900 Be safe. 1100 01:27:45,730 --> 01:27:48,190 Well, I feel sorry for whoever it is. 1101 01:27:48,750 --> 01:27:50,230 That's the gospel truth. 1102 01:28:12,320 --> 01:28:15,400 Daniel spent most of Christmas Eve alone outside. 1103 01:28:16,605 --> 01:28:18,820 He was playing with some sticks and strings. 1104 01:28:20,160 --> 01:28:21,760 I didn't pay him much mind. 1105 01:30:00,850 --> 01:30:02,260 There was this new star in the sky. 1106 01:30:05,010 --> 01:30:06,240 And it was mighty big. 1107 01:30:08,420 --> 01:30:15,940 And there, with all the cows and sheep, and maybe a pig, lay the baby Jesus. 1108 01:30:17,750 --> 01:30:21,220 His mama had him wrapped up, good and warm, in some scraps of cloth. 1109 01:30:22,580 --> 01:30:25,580 They weren't very nice, but it was all they had. 1110 01:30:27,740 --> 01:30:30,520 It wasn't near as nice as this here shawl of Aunt Martha's. 1111 01:30:33,000 --> 01:30:34,600 He was a happy baby. 1112 01:30:36,650 --> 01:30:39,040 He smiled a lot at all the strangers he had to meet. 1113 01:30:42,490 --> 01:30:46,440 When he got older, he didn't do things to make his mama mad. 1114 01:30:47,900 --> 01:30:48,900 No, sir. 1115 01:30:51,460 --> 01:30:52,880 And his mama loved him. 1116 01:30:55,430 --> 01:30:57,420 I felt as if I couldn't breathe. 1117 01:31:01,900 --> 01:31:04,960 Suddenly, this was no stranger's child. 1118 01:31:06,490 --> 01:31:09,820 Another mother had loved this little boy. 1119 01:31:10,700 --> 01:31:13,420 And had taught him the story of the Christ child. 1120 01:31:14,540 --> 01:31:18,840 With such love that he hadn't forgotten it, young as he was. 1121 01:31:20,085 --> 01:31:21,980 And I had failed that mother. 1122 01:31:21,981 --> 01:31:24,480 I 1123 01:31:27,835 --> 01:31:29,940 wish I could remember it. 1124 01:31:34,720 --> 01:31:37,470 Silent night. 1125 01:31:40,110 --> 01:31:42,910 Holy night. 1126 01:31:44,460 --> 01:31:47,910 All is calm. 1127 01:31:49,790 --> 01:31:53,110 All is bright. 1128 01:31:54,880 --> 01:32:02,010 Round yon virgin, Virgin mother and child. 1129 01:32:04,260 --> 01:32:12,260 Holy infant so tender and mild. 1130 01:32:12,360 --> 01:32:18,620 Sleep in heavenly peace. 1131 01:32:20,880 --> 01:32:26,960 Sleep in heavenly peace. 1132 01:32:29,820 --> 01:32:30,820 That's the one. 1133 01:32:33,360 --> 01:32:35,660 That's the one my mama used to sing to me. 1134 01:32:38,060 --> 01:32:39,060 Oh, Daniel. 1135 01:32:44,690 --> 01:32:45,970 You mean you're not angry at me? 1136 01:32:46,875 --> 01:32:49,340 For taking the baby's shawl and your little girl's doll? 1137 01:32:50,720 --> 01:32:52,460 No, I'm not angry. 1138 01:32:54,190 --> 01:32:56,380 It's a beautiful major scene that you've built here. 1139 01:32:57,465 --> 01:33:00,380 Besides, it was really the baby Jesus who borrowed the shawl. 1140 01:33:01,950 --> 01:33:03,590 And who could be mad at the Christ child? 1141 01:33:06,480 --> 01:33:08,320 Well, I think that I have been, though. 1142 01:33:10,540 --> 01:33:12,038 Because I felt like you didn't take very good care 1143 01:33:12,039 --> 01:33:14,201 of my little girls and that he'd forgotten about me. 1144 01:33:16,425 --> 01:33:17,940 Don't worry about that, Aunt Martha. 1145 01:33:18,900 --> 01:33:22,120 I'm sure my mom has taken good care of you two little girls. 1146 01:33:24,680 --> 01:33:27,600 Yes, I imagine they've been taken much better care of than I thought. 1147 01:33:29,810 --> 01:33:30,810 And so have I, Danny. 1148 01:33:33,120 --> 01:33:34,980 You've never called me Danny before. 1149 01:33:37,390 --> 01:33:39,060 I didn't do a lot of things before. 1150 01:33:42,205 --> 01:33:44,605 Why don't we go inside and get the cabin ready for Christmas? 1151 01:33:44,940 --> 01:33:47,596 We may have to do things a bit differently, but we can still have it a 1152 01:33:47,620 --> 01:33:49,500 little bit like the Christmases we used to know. 1153 01:33:50,050 --> 01:33:51,480 Will you be sorry it's different? 1154 01:33:51,760 --> 01:33:54,880 I mean, with a boy like me instead of your two little girls? 1155 01:33:56,900 --> 01:33:57,300 No. 1156 01:33:57,301 --> 01:33:58,840 No, I'm not sorry. 1157 01:34:00,375 --> 01:34:02,540 After all, baby, Jesus was a boy. 1158 01:34:03,530 --> 01:34:04,640 A boy kind of like you. 1159 01:34:06,860 --> 01:34:07,860 Martha? 1160 01:34:09,040 --> 01:34:10,040 Martha? 1161 01:34:11,300 --> 01:34:14,140 Now, I know this isn't what you've been wanting to see about now, but... 1162 01:34:15,200 --> 01:34:18,460 Jed, it's the most beautiful tree I've ever seen. 1163 01:34:23,180 --> 01:34:24,180 What's happened here? 1164 01:34:24,220 --> 01:34:25,220 Did you forget? 1165 01:34:25,720 --> 01:34:26,720 It's Christmas. 1166 01:34:34,950 --> 01:34:36,030 And this is for you, Danny. 1167 01:34:36,560 --> 01:34:37,280 For me? 1168 01:34:37,550 --> 01:34:38,760 Yes, it's all yours. 1169 01:34:39,120 --> 01:34:39,940 I can keep it? 1170 01:34:40,020 --> 01:34:40,780 Yep, yep. 1171 01:34:41,020 --> 01:34:42,020 Merry Christmas. 1172 01:34:44,040 --> 01:34:45,120 Want to give it to her now? 1173 01:34:45,540 --> 01:34:46,280 Shut your eyes. 1174 01:34:46,325 --> 01:34:47,325 What are you two up to? 1175 01:34:48,060 --> 01:34:49,060 And tight. 1176 01:34:49,320 --> 01:34:50,320 They're tight. 1177 01:34:52,500 --> 01:34:53,500 Open them. 1178 01:34:54,740 --> 01:34:57,640 What could you possibly have gotten me? 1179 01:34:59,940 --> 01:35:01,800 Oh, my goodness. 1180 01:35:03,560 --> 01:35:05,740 Oh, Jed, it's beautiful. 1181 01:35:07,820 --> 01:35:08,820 It was Danny's idea. 1182 01:35:13,480 --> 01:35:14,660 Merry Christmas, Danny. 1183 01:35:15,540 --> 01:35:18,780 Merry Christmas, Mama. 1184 01:35:24,915 --> 01:35:26,460 Merry Christmas, Jed. 1185 01:35:26,619 --> 01:35:28,080 Merry Christmas to you. 1186 01:35:29,220 --> 01:35:30,640 Merry Christmas to you, too. 1187 01:35:42,620 --> 01:35:46,750 Spring came that year on a snowy Christmas Eve. 1188 01:35:48,095 --> 01:35:52,070 Another mother's child had again brought joy to my heart. 1189 01:35:53,640 --> 01:35:56,630 And I was finally able to let my girls go. 1190 01:35:57,920 --> 01:36:02,410 They were being taken care of much better than I ever dreamed. 1191 01:36:03,870 --> 01:36:05,570 And so was I. 1192 01:37:38,540 --> 01:37:40,640 Merry Christmas.