1 00:01:38,057 --> 00:01:41,227 Miss beadle made Willie oleson stay after school again 2 00:01:41,394 --> 00:01:42,896 for talking in class. 3 00:01:43,062 --> 00:01:44,731 Laura: That makes 3 days now. 4 00:01:44,898 --> 00:01:48,526 One more, and she's going to talk to his mother. 5 00:02:02,123 --> 00:02:03,875 What is the matter? 6 00:02:04,042 --> 00:02:06,961 Charles: What could be the matter? 7 00:02:07,128 --> 00:02:11,758 You all look like you have something up your sleeve. 8 00:02:11,925 --> 00:02:13,760 Well, as a matter of fact, I was thinking. 9 00:02:13,927 --> 00:02:15,345 I knew it. 10 00:02:15,512 --> 00:02:18,223 Well, I was thinking... I'm going to take a trip to mankato. 11 00:02:18,389 --> 00:02:20,266 It's going to be very lonesome, 12 00:02:20,433 --> 00:02:22,268 just me, a couple of horses, a load of lumber. 13 00:02:22,435 --> 00:02:25,438 And then I got to thinking it's been a long time 14 00:02:25,605 --> 00:02:27,440 since my wife had a holiday. 15 00:02:27,607 --> 00:02:29,734 Charles, you can't be serious. 16 00:02:29,901 --> 00:02:31,736 Well, I can, and I am. 17 00:02:31,903 --> 00:02:33,780 I want you to go with me. 18 00:02:33,947 --> 00:02:37,242 But this is Monday, and you won't be back till Saturday. 19 00:02:37,408 --> 00:02:39,327 We'll get along just fine, ma. 20 00:02:39,494 --> 00:02:42,288 It will be fun. We can do it. 21 00:02:42,455 --> 00:02:43,832 Sure, they can. 22 00:02:47,961 --> 00:02:50,129 Well, you don't expect me to go traipsing off 23 00:02:50,296 --> 00:02:52,298 and leave 3 children all alone on the prairie. 24 00:02:52,465 --> 00:02:54,843 Of course not. I figured grace could take care of them. 25 00:02:55,009 --> 00:02:58,555 Well, you really can't ask another woman just to move in... 26 00:02:58,721 --> 00:03:02,433 Well, I already did. Grace said she'd be more than happy. 27 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:03,351 Well.. 28 00:03:03,518 --> 00:03:05,812 Please, ma? Please? 29 00:03:07,355 --> 00:03:08,982 What if something went wrong, 30 00:03:09,148 --> 00:03:10,859 if one of them got sick or... 31 00:03:11,025 --> 00:03:13,820 Grace is a very responsible woman, isn't she? 32 00:03:13,987 --> 00:03:14,696 Yes. 33 00:03:14,863 --> 00:03:16,447 Then it's settled. 34 00:03:17,824 --> 00:03:19,576 You and I are going to have a holiday. 35 00:03:28,042 --> 00:03:29,919 Ho! 36 00:03:46,519 --> 00:03:49,022 Oh, grace, am I too early? 37 00:03:49,188 --> 00:03:51,024 No. It's not that. 38 00:03:51,190 --> 00:03:53,318 I wanted to send word to you. 39 00:03:53,484 --> 00:03:57,280 It's just that I've got this terribly sore throat. 40 00:03:57,447 --> 00:03:58,865 Oh, I'm sorry. 41 00:03:59,032 --> 00:04:03,578 Couldn't you postpone your trip till I'm feeling better? 42 00:04:04,871 --> 00:04:06,748 I wish I could, but I promised oleson 43 00:04:06,915 --> 00:04:10,668 I'd have that merchandise I'm hauling for him Saturday at the latest. 44 00:04:10,835 --> 00:04:13,713 Oh. Well, maybe if I was to bundle up real good. 45 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:15,882 No, no. I wouldn't think of that. 46 00:04:16,049 --> 00:04:17,884 You take care of yourself. Stay warm. 47 00:04:18,051 --> 00:04:20,553 Oh, Charles, I'm just sick about this. 48 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,514 Nothing we can do about it. Take care. 49 00:04:41,032 --> 00:04:43,993 Now, it's going to be up to you girls to keep everything spotless. 50 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,455 I don't want Mrs. Snider... do you know where the kerosene is? 51 00:04:47,622 --> 00:04:48,539 We know, ma. 52 00:04:48,706 --> 00:04:50,208 And you know how to skim the milk? 53 00:04:50,375 --> 00:04:51,501 Yes, ma. 54 00:04:51,668 --> 00:04:53,544 Laura: We've seen you do it a hundred times. 55 00:04:53,711 --> 00:04:55,129 Caroline: And don't you forget to comb out your hair 56 00:04:55,296 --> 00:04:56,506 and brush it every night 57 00:04:56,673 --> 00:04:58,758 and to say your prayers before you go to bed and... 58 00:04:58,925 --> 00:05:00,259 Feed the chickens. 59 00:05:00,426 --> 00:05:01,344 And gather the eggs. 60 00:05:01,511 --> 00:05:03,096 And air the sheets. 61 00:05:03,262 --> 00:05:05,390 That's right, and... 62 00:05:05,556 --> 00:05:07,058 Oh, dear. 63 00:05:07,225 --> 00:05:10,478 There's so many things, I don't know what I've forgotten. 64 00:05:10,645 --> 00:05:12,063 Mary: Here comes pa! 65 00:05:12,230 --> 00:05:15,274 Oh, no. I'm not ready. 66 00:05:24,867 --> 00:05:27,620 Laura: Where's Mrs. Snider? 67 00:05:27,787 --> 00:05:30,248 Charles: Ah, she couldn't come, half-pint. 68 00:05:30,415 --> 00:05:32,291 She's sick... Got a sore throat. 69 00:05:32,458 --> 00:05:34,794 Mary: Couldn't we get somebody else, pa? 70 00:05:34,961 --> 00:05:37,338 Charles: I tried. I just couldn't. 71 00:05:41,134 --> 00:05:42,969 I'm sorry. 72 00:05:43,136 --> 00:05:46,764 Well... it's probably all for the best. 73 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:51,853 Maybe it is. 74 00:06:03,698 --> 00:06:06,284 You won't have to do a thing around the house. 75 00:06:06,451 --> 00:06:07,702 We'll clean and everything. 76 00:06:07,869 --> 00:06:09,871 It'll be fun. Please say you will, Mr. Edwards. 77 00:06:10,038 --> 00:06:11,497 Say I will what? 78 00:06:11,664 --> 00:06:14,333 Why don't you tell me about this thing one at a time? 79 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:17,879 Ma can't go to mankato with pa unless somebody stays with us. 80 00:06:18,046 --> 00:06:21,340 And we just thought maybe you could, if you had a mind to. 81 00:06:21,507 --> 00:06:24,469 Stay with you kids... Is that what this is about? 82 00:06:24,635 --> 00:06:25,595 Yes! Please? 83 00:06:25,762 --> 00:06:26,971 Please? 84 00:06:27,138 --> 00:06:30,641 Would you behave yourself and mind what you're told? 85 00:06:30,808 --> 00:06:33,186 Hope to die! 86 00:06:33,352 --> 00:06:34,479 You mean you will? 87 00:06:34,645 --> 00:06:37,023 Well, I might could be persuaded. 88 00:06:37,190 --> 00:06:38,649 Yeah! Yeah! 89 00:06:38,816 --> 00:06:40,151 That's great! 90 00:06:40,318 --> 00:06:41,611 We'll be good. 91 00:06:41,778 --> 00:06:43,946 We promise! We promise! 92 00:06:44,113 --> 00:06:46,407 Carrie: We'll do everything you say. 93 00:06:46,574 --> 00:06:49,368 Edwards: How come you smell so much of lemon verbena? 94 00:06:49,535 --> 00:06:51,871 After all, Carrie is a little young for me to leave her. 95 00:06:52,038 --> 00:06:53,372 I suppose so. 96 00:06:53,539 --> 00:06:54,707 Laura: Ma, you can go! 97 00:06:54,874 --> 00:06:56,417 Mary: Mr. Edwards is going to look out for us. 98 00:06:56,584 --> 00:06:58,961 Charles: Hey, now, that's the best news I heard all day! 99 00:06:59,128 --> 00:06:59,921 Edwards. 100 00:07:00,088 --> 00:07:01,130 Caroline: Charles? 101 00:07:01,297 --> 00:07:02,673 Edwards: Oh, don't think nothing of it. 102 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:04,550 What are neighbors for except to be neighborly? 103 00:07:04,717 --> 00:07:06,052 I thought you were working at the mill. 104 00:07:06,219 --> 00:07:08,221 I got laid off for this week. 105 00:07:08,387 --> 00:07:10,223 Seems like the lord sent Mr. Edwards to us. 106 00:07:10,389 --> 00:07:13,184 Well, I'm sure Mr. Edwards has other things he'd rather do 107 00:07:13,351 --> 00:07:15,269 than tend to 3 little girls. 108 00:07:15,436 --> 00:07:17,313 Now, if they were little boys... 109 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,232 We can do anything boys can do. 110 00:07:19,398 --> 00:07:20,817 That may be, but... Sure, they can. 111 00:07:20,983 --> 00:07:22,318 I don't know why I didn't think of you first off. 112 00:07:22,485 --> 00:07:23,861 I'm going to feel a lot safer 113 00:07:24,028 --> 00:07:25,196 having a man around the place 114 00:07:25,363 --> 00:07:26,447 while we're gone, won't you? 115 00:07:26,614 --> 00:07:28,324 What time you folks figuring to shove off? 116 00:07:28,491 --> 00:07:31,202 The sooner, the better. I'd like to make mankato by sunset tomorrow. 117 00:07:31,369 --> 00:07:33,663 Mr. Edwards, if this is inconveniencing you... 118 00:07:33,830 --> 00:07:35,540 Oh, no, no. Not at all. 119 00:07:35,706 --> 00:07:38,960 All I got to do is go home and get another shirt. 120 00:07:39,127 --> 00:07:41,587 That means the children would be left alone, doesn't it? 121 00:07:41,754 --> 00:07:44,132 No. We'll go with him. We can help him. 122 00:07:44,298 --> 00:07:47,260 I won't leave them out of my sight, if that's what's fretting you. 123 00:07:47,426 --> 00:07:49,178 It's all settled. I'll get the satchel. 124 00:07:49,345 --> 00:07:50,847 Now, it's only until Saturday. 125 00:07:51,013 --> 00:07:52,098 Mary: We know, ma. 126 00:07:52,265 --> 00:07:54,058 And if there's anything you don't know... 127 00:07:54,225 --> 00:07:55,810 Laura: We're to ask Mr. Edwards. 128 00:07:55,977 --> 00:07:58,020 That's right. And let him light the lamp and the fire. 129 00:07:58,187 --> 00:08:00,064 I don't want you fiddling with matches. 130 00:08:00,231 --> 00:08:02,150 Charles: Come on, let's go. 131 00:08:06,821 --> 00:08:08,739 You all don't worry about a thing. 132 00:08:08,906 --> 00:08:10,032 I won't worry. 133 00:08:10,199 --> 00:08:11,492 We'll be good, ma. 134 00:08:11,659 --> 00:08:13,494 We really will. We promise. 135 00:08:13,661 --> 00:08:15,413 Well, I've made your meals for today. 136 00:08:15,580 --> 00:08:17,331 So all you have to do is warm them up. 137 00:08:17,498 --> 00:08:18,791 Yes, ma. And... 138 00:08:18,958 --> 00:08:20,459 Oh, I know I've forgotten something. 139 00:08:20,626 --> 00:08:23,379 You mind Mr. Edwards while we're gone, all right? 140 00:08:23,546 --> 00:08:24,672 Yes, pa. 141 00:08:24,839 --> 00:08:26,716 I love you. 142 00:08:26,883 --> 00:08:28,467 Mwah! Mwah! 143 00:08:28,634 --> 00:08:30,219 Give me a kiss. 144 00:08:32,138 --> 00:08:33,639 All right. 145 00:08:33,806 --> 00:08:35,057 Now, you be a good girl, sweetheart. 146 00:08:35,224 --> 00:08:36,684 I will. 147 00:08:36,851 --> 00:08:39,228 Good-bye, sweetie. 148 00:08:41,314 --> 00:08:42,523 Mommy. 149 00:08:45,818 --> 00:08:46,736 Ha ha! 150 00:08:46,903 --> 00:08:48,362 Oh, Mr. Edwards, I wouldn't. I... 151 00:08:48,529 --> 00:08:49,614 Kids love it. 152 00:08:49,780 --> 00:08:52,575 They love it. Would you get on the wagon? 153 00:09:00,124 --> 00:09:03,002 If you're good, I'll bring you a present from mankato. 154 00:09:18,643 --> 00:09:21,229 Watch out for rattlers in the grass. 155 00:09:21,395 --> 00:09:23,189 Laura: We will, ma. 156 00:09:23,356 --> 00:09:27,318 Oh, and don't let Carrie go to the creek alone. 157 00:09:27,485 --> 00:09:29,445 Mary: We never do, ma. 158 00:09:31,155 --> 00:09:32,365 And, girls... 159 00:09:32,531 --> 00:09:34,283 Caroline, that's enough. 160 00:09:34,450 --> 00:09:36,285 All right. 161 00:09:40,915 --> 00:09:43,376 Caroline, Mankato's this way. 162 00:10:02,687 --> 00:10:05,106 Well, now, it seems like I slipped when I made 163 00:10:05,273 --> 00:10:07,525 that last cut into the tree trunk. 164 00:10:07,692 --> 00:10:10,069 This big, old, cussed thing comes crashing down on me, 165 00:10:10,236 --> 00:10:12,238 pinning me right to the ground. 166 00:10:13,406 --> 00:10:15,491 Well, now, I know there's not a lmng soul 167 00:10:15,658 --> 00:10:17,910 within 50 miles of there. 168 00:10:18,077 --> 00:10:19,620 So I says to myself, I says, 169 00:10:19,787 --> 00:10:22,915 "Mr. Edwards, your number is up for sure this time." 170 00:10:23,082 --> 00:10:24,083 Then you know what I done? 171 00:10:24,250 --> 00:10:25,501 No. What? No. What? 172 00:10:25,668 --> 00:10:28,379 Well, sir, I kind of raised up most as a could, 173 00:10:28,546 --> 00:10:30,006 and I reached back and was able to get 174 00:10:30,172 --> 00:10:32,341 a plug of chawing tobacco out of my back pocket. 175 00:10:32,508 --> 00:10:34,552 See, I figured I might as well die happy. 176 00:10:34,719 --> 00:10:36,512 But you didn't die, did you? 177 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:39,557 Of course he didn't die. 178 00:10:39,724 --> 00:10:42,268 Well, he might have and then come back to life again. 179 00:10:42,435 --> 00:10:44,186 They do that a lot in the Bible. 180 00:10:44,353 --> 00:10:46,230 Well, wouldn't want to take a chance on that. 181 00:10:46,397 --> 00:10:48,733 What happened next, Mr. Edwards? 182 00:10:48,899 --> 00:10:50,943 Hmm, next. 183 00:10:51,110 --> 00:10:54,989 Well, two, 3 days must have passed, you see, 184 00:10:55,156 --> 00:10:58,659 and I was getting powerful hungry, powerful hungry. 185 00:10:58,826 --> 00:11:00,953 Well, I falls asleep, don't you see, 186 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,122 and I dreamed that these Indians come along 187 00:11:03,289 --> 00:11:05,583 and lifted that tree right off of me. 188 00:11:05,750 --> 00:11:07,543 Only it wasn't a dream. 189 00:11:07,710 --> 00:11:10,713 How'd you know that? That's what happened, though. 190 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:12,757 Yes, sir. Then you know what happened next? 191 00:11:12,923 --> 00:11:14,800 No. Tell us! No. Tell us! 192 00:11:14,967 --> 00:11:17,678 They got a custom among savages. 193 00:11:17,845 --> 00:11:21,098 That custom is that when they save a man's life, 194 00:11:21,265 --> 00:11:24,101 he becomes their blood brother from then on. 195 00:11:24,268 --> 00:11:26,812 Get yourself an Indian moniker, too. 196 00:11:26,979 --> 00:11:29,273 What's yours, Mr. Edwards? 197 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:31,359 Oh... 198 00:11:31,525 --> 00:11:33,694 You ever hear of sitting bull? 199 00:11:33,861 --> 00:11:34,987 No. 200 00:11:35,154 --> 00:11:37,490 That's the one they gave me... sitting bull. 201 00:11:37,656 --> 00:11:39,658 Golly! 202 00:11:39,825 --> 00:11:44,121 Carrie, no, no! What if ma saw you do that? 203 00:11:44,288 --> 00:11:46,999 Well, ain't nobody gonna tell ma, huh? 204 00:11:47,166 --> 00:11:50,753 Well, anyway, she ought to eat her supper. 205 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:54,048 Oh, sure, sure, sure. She'll do that. 206 00:11:54,215 --> 00:11:55,633 Here you go. 207 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:57,510 Come on, now. Open up your face. 208 00:11:57,676 --> 00:12:00,429 You got to get some of this inside you if you want to grow. 209 00:12:00,596 --> 00:12:01,597 Come on. 210 00:12:01,764 --> 00:12:03,933 Come on, open it up. 211 00:12:05,434 --> 00:12:07,603 Here, do one of these. 212 00:12:07,770 --> 00:12:09,230 Come on. 213 00:12:09,397 --> 00:12:11,482 Here, you better try it. 214 00:12:11,649 --> 00:12:13,526 I guess you can't force her. 215 00:12:13,692 --> 00:12:15,361 Here, Carrie. Take it. 216 00:12:24,829 --> 00:12:28,457 Carrie, you promised you'd be a good girl. 217 00:12:28,624 --> 00:12:30,543 Good girl! 218 00:12:30,709 --> 00:12:33,504 Hey, do you put up with this at every meal, do you? 219 00:12:33,671 --> 00:12:36,715 Mary: She's just teasing you. 220 00:12:36,882 --> 00:12:38,843 She'll probably eat when she's hungry. 221 00:12:39,009 --> 00:12:42,012 We'll do the dishes. 222 00:12:42,179 --> 00:12:46,475 Oh, well, I'll help you. Here we go. Here we go, Jack. 223 00:12:54,108 --> 00:12:58,070 There. Nothing cleaner than a hound's tooth, I hear tell. 224 00:12:59,822 --> 00:13:00,823 Oh. 225 00:13:00,990 --> 00:13:03,534 All right, what's next on the docket? 226 00:13:03,701 --> 00:13:06,078 Well, better give the cows some hay 227 00:13:06,245 --> 00:13:08,080 and... Clean out the stall. 228 00:13:08,247 --> 00:13:10,332 Well, that's man's work. 229 00:13:17,006 --> 00:13:20,593 Won't tell ma about Jack licking off Carrie's dish. 230 00:13:20,759 --> 00:13:24,346 You bet. She'll never let Mr. Edwards stay with us again. 231 00:13:24,513 --> 00:13:28,434 Do you believe that stuff about, you know, sitting bull? 232 00:13:28,601 --> 00:13:31,228 Well, I didn't want to say anything, 233 00:13:31,395 --> 00:13:33,606 but there's a real sitting bull. 234 00:13:33,772 --> 00:13:35,107 There is? 235 00:13:35,274 --> 00:13:38,360 I saw it in the paper pa brought back from mankato last week. 236 00:13:38,527 --> 00:13:39,987 He massacred general custer 237 00:13:40,154 --> 00:13:42,031 in a place called little bighorn. 238 00:13:42,198 --> 00:13:44,533 Mr. Edwards did? 239 00:13:44,700 --> 00:13:47,119 No, silly. That's not his real name. 240 00:13:47,286 --> 00:13:50,456 That makes Mr. Edwards a liar, doesn't it? 241 00:13:50,623 --> 00:13:52,958 Well, there may be lots of sitting bulls. 242 00:13:53,125 --> 00:13:55,794 Lots of people named Smith, aren't there? 243 00:14:00,466 --> 00:14:03,511 Better do this tonight, till you get the hang of it. 244 00:14:03,677 --> 00:14:06,222 Don't look like all that much to me. 245 00:14:07,765 --> 00:14:08,599 Mary: There. 246 00:14:08,766 --> 00:14:11,185 All right, now. Come on. Come on. 247 00:14:17,316 --> 00:14:19,944 Well, I guess it's about time we all hit the hay. 248 00:14:20,110 --> 00:14:22,363 Would you please tell us a story, Mr. Edwards? 249 00:14:22,530 --> 00:14:24,865 Story? Oh, no, no. It's too late for that. 250 00:14:25,032 --> 00:14:27,076 Now, you remember what you promised your father... 251 00:14:27,243 --> 00:14:28,953 No back talk. Now, off you go. 252 00:14:29,119 --> 00:14:32,081 Aren't you going to listen to us say our prayers? 253 00:14:33,832 --> 00:14:35,960 Well, your folks do that, do they? 254 00:14:36,126 --> 00:14:37,336 Every night. 255 00:14:37,503 --> 00:14:40,756 Well, then, I guess I ain't got no choice. 256 00:14:43,968 --> 00:14:46,512 Both: Now I lay me down to sleep, 257 00:14:46,679 --> 00:14:48,556 I pray the lord my soul to keep, 258 00:14:48,722 --> 00:14:51,642 if I should die before I awake, 259 00:14:51,809 --> 00:14:54,019 I pray the lord my soul to take. 260 00:14:54,186 --> 00:14:55,187 Amen. 261 00:14:55,354 --> 00:14:57,273 Well, there ain't no danger of that tonight. 262 00:14:57,439 --> 00:14:59,358 Come on, off you go. 263 00:15:01,026 --> 00:15:04,363 Aren't you going to kiss us good night? Ma and pa always do. 264 00:15:04,530 --> 00:15:06,824 Oh, well... 265 00:15:06,991 --> 00:15:08,784 All right. 266 00:15:11,829 --> 00:15:12,955 Good night, Mr. Edwards. 267 00:15:13,122 --> 00:15:14,248 Good night, Mr. Edwards. 268 00:15:14,415 --> 00:15:16,500 Sleep tight. 269 00:15:42,901 --> 00:15:43,736 The eggs! 270 00:15:43,902 --> 00:15:44,987 What? 271 00:15:45,154 --> 00:15:46,822 I forgot to remind them to carry the eggs to... 272 00:15:46,989 --> 00:15:48,741 Caroline, now, please. This is your holiday. 273 00:15:48,907 --> 00:15:51,535 You can't spend the whole time worrying about the girls. 274 00:15:51,702 --> 00:15:53,412 But if the eggs spoil... 275 00:15:53,579 --> 00:15:55,414 All right, listen. I'm going to make you a deal. 276 00:15:55,581 --> 00:15:57,416 If you don't worry about the girls, 277 00:15:57,583 --> 00:16:00,169 if you don't talk about the girls for the rest of the trip, 278 00:16:00,336 --> 00:16:02,254 I'll buy you a new bonnet in mankato. 279 00:16:02,421 --> 00:16:05,841 Are you trying to bribe me? 280 00:16:06,008 --> 00:16:07,426 Call it a present, 281 00:16:07,593 --> 00:16:09,637 with certain conditions attached. 282 00:16:09,803 --> 00:16:11,513 Same thing. 283 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:14,350 Would it be so hard to do? 284 00:16:17,186 --> 00:16:20,064 You know, I can remember before those 3 little ones came along, 285 00:16:20,230 --> 00:16:23,442 you and I had lots to talk about. 286 00:16:23,609 --> 00:16:25,027 You're right. 287 00:16:25,194 --> 00:16:27,946 This isn't my holiday, it's ours together, 288 00:16:28,113 --> 00:16:31,241 and I'm not going to spoil it our very first night away 289 00:16:31,408 --> 00:16:34,119 by worrying about them when they're fast asleep. 290 00:16:36,038 --> 00:16:37,790 That's my girl. 291 00:16:45,964 --> 00:16:50,302 If the eggs spoil, they spoil. 292 00:17:14,702 --> 00:17:15,703 What's this? 293 00:17:18,330 --> 00:17:20,207 What's the matter? 294 00:17:20,374 --> 00:17:22,334 Ah, you're hungry. 295 00:17:22,501 --> 00:17:24,878 Yes. All right. All right. 296 00:17:25,045 --> 00:17:28,549 Pull yourself together. I'll get you something to eat. 297 00:17:31,260 --> 00:17:33,011 Got to be a better system than this. 298 00:17:33,178 --> 00:17:36,515 Man can't go around getting up in the middle of the night every night. 299 00:17:36,682 --> 00:17:40,728 No, sir. Got to have your sleep, for sure. 300 00:17:40,894 --> 00:17:42,187 You got to have your sleep, too, 301 00:17:42,354 --> 00:17:44,690 or you're gonna be short forever. 302 00:17:44,857 --> 00:17:47,693 Ah, sure. This is gonna be good. You're gonna like this. 303 00:17:49,445 --> 00:17:51,447 Like that. We'll do this just once. 304 00:17:51,613 --> 00:17:54,992 Then you and me are gonna come to an understanding about meal hours. 305 00:17:55,159 --> 00:17:56,702 There. That looks good. 306 00:17:56,869 --> 00:17:58,370 There you are, Carrie. 307 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:03,625 Carrie? 308 00:18:06,962 --> 00:18:08,922 Carrie! 309 00:18:10,382 --> 00:18:12,176 Let's see. 310 00:18:17,765 --> 00:18:20,559 God love you. Heh. 311 00:18:23,854 --> 00:18:27,232 Come here, Jack. Come here, Jack. 312 00:18:27,399 --> 00:18:31,987 There you are. Come on. Eat 'er up there. 313 00:18:32,154 --> 00:18:34,782 You do up the dishes. I'm going to bed. 314 00:18:34,948 --> 00:18:37,326 That's a good boy. 315 00:18:41,163 --> 00:18:44,708 Laura: Mr. Edwards didn't wake us up early enough that morning, 316 00:18:44,875 --> 00:18:46,752 so we were late getting off to school. 317 00:18:46,919 --> 00:18:49,922 But Mr. Edwards said he was looking forward to a restful day 318 00:18:50,088 --> 00:18:52,257 with just him and Carrie. 319 00:19:21,578 --> 00:19:23,163 Aww... 320 00:19:31,296 --> 00:19:33,257 Now look what you done. 321 00:19:45,686 --> 00:19:48,564 That's the ticket. You just stay right there. 322 00:19:49,982 --> 00:19:51,650 Aww! 323 00:19:54,319 --> 00:19:55,821 Ok. 324 00:19:57,531 --> 00:20:01,326 Thing I don't understand is how your ma gets anything done. 325 00:20:33,734 --> 00:20:35,485 Carrie, stop! 326 00:20:37,529 --> 00:20:39,740 You stay right here. 327 00:20:41,199 --> 00:20:43,368 What have you got? Whoa, boy. 328 00:20:58,759 --> 00:21:01,762 That ought to be enough for 4. 329 00:21:06,266 --> 00:21:07,142 Supper's on! 330 00:21:07,309 --> 00:21:10,687 Coming. 331 00:21:15,525 --> 00:21:17,569 What's that awful smell? 332 00:21:17,736 --> 00:21:19,571 Afraid that's our supper. 333 00:21:19,738 --> 00:21:22,866 Pure nectar. Ha ha! 334 00:21:30,082 --> 00:21:31,333 Just about on here. 335 00:21:31,500 --> 00:21:34,044 Say, you ever had injun stew before? 336 00:21:34,211 --> 00:21:35,253 Girls: No. 337 00:21:35,420 --> 00:21:37,965 Oh, ho! You're in for a treat. Come here. 338 00:21:38,131 --> 00:21:41,426 Take a whiff of that there. Go on. 339 00:21:42,719 --> 00:21:44,596 Sioux injun gave me that recipe. 340 00:21:44,763 --> 00:21:47,683 Of course, then I added a few little secret ingredients of my own. 341 00:21:47,849 --> 00:21:49,851 Best thing you ever put down your gullet... 342 00:21:50,018 --> 00:21:53,021 Meaning no disrespect to your ma's cooking, of course. 343 00:21:53,188 --> 00:21:54,773 Ha ha! 344 00:21:59,027 --> 00:22:01,697 Get some of the crust off the bottom there. 345 00:22:02,531 --> 00:22:03,448 Woman: Enjoy your meal. 346 00:22:03,615 --> 00:22:05,325 Caroline: Thank you. 347 00:22:05,492 --> 00:22:06,451 Woman: Here you are. 348 00:22:06,618 --> 00:22:08,954 Charles: Thank you. 349 00:22:09,121 --> 00:22:10,914 Well... 350 00:22:11,081 --> 00:22:12,958 You really know you're on holiday 351 00:22:13,125 --> 00:22:14,918 when you get waited on like this. 352 00:22:15,085 --> 00:22:16,962 I could get spoiled very easily. 353 00:22:17,129 --> 00:22:19,297 You deserve to be spoiled. 354 00:22:23,468 --> 00:22:25,470 Mmm- 355 00:22:25,637 --> 00:22:27,514 it's as good as it looks. 356 00:22:27,681 --> 00:22:29,266 It is good. 357 00:22:30,559 --> 00:22:32,310 You're not supposed to agree with me. 358 00:22:32,477 --> 00:22:35,105 You're supposed to say it's not as good as my cooking. 359 00:22:35,272 --> 00:22:36,481 But lying is a sin. 360 00:22:36,648 --> 00:22:39,860 It's nowhere near as good as your cooking. 361 00:22:41,194 --> 00:22:42,946 How much did it cost? 362 00:22:43,113 --> 00:22:45,198 Don't ask. It will ruin your appetite. 363 00:22:45,365 --> 00:22:46,950 Nothing could. 364 00:22:47,117 --> 00:22:50,037 Aren't you proud of me? I'm not even worried about the children. 365 00:22:50,203 --> 00:22:51,997 Good for you. 366 00:22:54,332 --> 00:22:56,710 You know, after all that fancy writing on the menu, 367 00:22:56,877 --> 00:22:59,171 I thought we'd get a lot more food than this. 368 00:22:59,337 --> 00:23:01,715 Kind of hummingbird portions at buffalo prices. 369 00:23:01,882 --> 00:23:03,925 One thing about the children, 370 00:23:04,092 --> 00:23:05,927 they won't go hungry. 371 00:23:08,180 --> 00:23:10,682 Well, don't wait. Dig in. 372 00:23:13,643 --> 00:23:15,687 Come on, eat up. 373 00:23:30,035 --> 00:23:31,036 Good, huh? 374 00:23:31,203 --> 00:23:32,913 Told you it was good. 375 00:23:36,875 --> 00:23:39,377 Go on, Laura. Eat up. 376 00:23:42,380 --> 00:23:45,300 Don't be bashful. Just dig right in. 377 00:23:48,512 --> 00:23:50,764 Put hair on your chest. 378 00:23:51,973 --> 00:23:55,018 I don't think I want hair on my chest. 379 00:23:55,185 --> 00:23:57,229 Edwards: Oh, I forgot about that. 380 00:23:57,395 --> 00:23:59,523 Well, see, it don't work that way with girls. 381 00:23:59,689 --> 00:24:03,819 The way it works with girls, see, it makes their hair all curly. 382 00:24:03,985 --> 00:24:07,280 That's my good girl. 383 00:24:07,447 --> 00:24:09,116 Come on. 384 00:24:12,911 --> 00:24:14,329 Ain't that good? 385 00:24:14,496 --> 00:24:16,081 Hmm? 386 00:24:29,594 --> 00:24:31,680 What's the matter with you girls? Ain't you hungry? 387 00:24:31,847 --> 00:24:34,266 We had an awful big lunch. 388 00:24:34,432 --> 00:24:36,893 And miss beadle brought cookies for everybody... 389 00:24:37,060 --> 00:24:38,395 At recess. 390 00:24:41,398 --> 00:24:45,152 This is awful good, Mr. Edwards, but we're just stuffed. 391 00:24:45,318 --> 00:24:47,112 Oh. 392 00:24:47,279 --> 00:24:49,322 Well, It'll keep till tomorrow. 393 00:24:49,489 --> 00:24:51,074 Oh, it will? 394 00:25:04,921 --> 00:25:06,798 Come on here, now, ok? 395 00:25:06,965 --> 00:25:08,550 Here. Put your head... 396 00:25:08,717 --> 00:25:11,720 Now, come on. Lay down there. 397 00:25:11,887 --> 00:25:15,724 How do you expect to get any sleep squirming around like that? 398 00:25:15,891 --> 00:25:19,102 You two stop staring at me. It makes me nervous. 399 00:25:19,269 --> 00:25:21,521 Mary: Maybe you better read to her. 400 00:25:21,688 --> 00:25:22,898 Read? 401 00:25:23,064 --> 00:25:24,566 Mary: That's what pa does when she's restless. 402 00:25:24,733 --> 00:25:26,818 Laura: I'll get the three bears. 403 00:25:26,985 --> 00:25:29,237 Seems like a thing like that would spoil her. 404 00:25:29,404 --> 00:25:32,157 Mary: She usually goes to sleep before he's finished. 405 00:25:32,324 --> 00:25:34,242 Edwards: Here, let's sit down here. 406 00:25:34,409 --> 00:25:36,953 Yep. There we go. Let's see that. 407 00:25:38,580 --> 00:25:41,708 Well, that don't look like nothing that would interest a little kid. 408 00:25:41,875 --> 00:25:43,793 Laura: She likes it. 409 00:25:45,378 --> 00:25:46,671 Go ahead. 410 00:25:46,838 --> 00:25:48,882 Oh, well, uh... 411 00:25:49,049 --> 00:25:50,717 Carrie: Read. 412 00:25:50,884 --> 00:25:52,260 Edwards: Uh... 413 00:25:52,427 --> 00:25:56,181 Well, sir... seems like there was these 3 bears here. 414 00:25:56,348 --> 00:25:57,599 Carrie: No, no, no. 415 00:25:57,766 --> 00:25:59,517 There was, too. It's right there on the cover. 416 00:25:59,684 --> 00:26:03,063 Don't you see there? There's 3 bears. 1, 2, 3. 417 00:26:03,230 --> 00:26:05,106 Once upon a time. 418 00:26:05,273 --> 00:26:08,443 Oh! Oh, I see what you mean. All rightie. 419 00:26:08,610 --> 00:26:11,947 Once upon a time, there was these 3 bears. 420 00:26:12,113 --> 00:26:15,242 One of them was a big, mean, ornery-looking cuss. 421 00:26:15,408 --> 00:26:16,534 No, no, no. 422 00:26:16,701 --> 00:26:17,994 What, was they all women? 423 00:26:18,161 --> 00:26:20,872 She likes it the way pa reads it, 424 00:26:21,039 --> 00:26:22,874 not with the words changed. 425 00:26:23,041 --> 00:26:24,626 Kids are funny that way. 426 00:26:24,793 --> 00:26:27,045 Oh, well, then, uh, why don't you read it? 427 00:26:27,212 --> 00:26:29,881 Let me see if you know how to read. 428 00:26:34,219 --> 00:26:37,180 "Once upon a time, there was 3 bears who lived together 429 00:26:37,347 --> 00:26:39,474 in a house of their own in a wood." 430 00:26:39,641 --> 00:26:41,726 Say, that's pretty good for a kid your age. 431 00:26:41,893 --> 00:26:45,063 No, no. Go on. See if you can read what comes next. 432 00:26:45,230 --> 00:26:47,816 Bet you can't. Looks like it gets harder to me. 433 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:51,569 "One of them was a little, small, wee bear, 434 00:26:51,736 --> 00:26:53,571 "and one was a middle-sized bear. 435 00:26:53,738 --> 00:26:56,324 "The other was a great, huge bear. 436 00:26:56,491 --> 00:26:58,785 "They each had a pot for their porridge... 437 00:26:58,952 --> 00:27:01,288 "a little pot for the small, wee bear 438 00:27:01,454 --> 00:27:04,332 "and a middle-sized pot for the middle bear 439 00:27:04,499 --> 00:27:07,836 and a great pot for the great, huge bear." 440 00:27:19,472 --> 00:27:21,516 Carrie: Read! 441 00:27:34,821 --> 00:27:37,073 Oh, coming. 442 00:27:39,868 --> 00:27:40,952 Coming. 443 00:27:42,746 --> 00:27:45,290 Caroline... Where are you going? 444 00:27:45,457 --> 00:27:46,750 Carrie. Carrie's crying. 445 00:27:46,916 --> 00:27:50,378 Caroline... We're in mankato. 446 00:27:50,545 --> 00:27:53,131 What? 447 00:27:53,298 --> 00:27:57,135 We're on our second honeymoon. We're in mankato. 448 00:27:57,302 --> 00:27:58,887 Oh. 449 00:28:00,889 --> 00:28:03,141 Well, I was having a nightmare. 450 00:28:03,308 --> 00:28:05,810 It must have been all that rich food. 451 00:28:05,977 --> 00:28:07,354 Did I awaken you? 452 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:08,563 No. 453 00:28:08,730 --> 00:28:10,106 Oh, good. 454 00:28:11,816 --> 00:28:13,568 Good night. 455 00:29:14,921 --> 00:29:16,965 Laura? 456 00:29:17,132 --> 00:29:18,967 What? 457 00:29:19,134 --> 00:29:21,386 Are you asleep? 458 00:29:21,553 --> 00:29:24,597 No. 459 00:29:24,764 --> 00:29:26,558 You know what? 460 00:29:26,724 --> 00:29:29,018 No. What? 461 00:29:29,185 --> 00:29:33,148 Mr. Edwards doesn't know how to read. 462 00:29:33,314 --> 00:29:34,983 Maybe they didn't have school books 463 00:29:35,150 --> 00:29:38,069 back in the old days when he was a little boy. 464 00:29:38,236 --> 00:29:40,071 But they must have. 465 00:29:40,238 --> 00:29:42,574 George Washington could read. 466 00:29:44,409 --> 00:29:47,537 We forgot to gather the eggs. 467 00:29:47,704 --> 00:29:49,747 It's raining awfully hard. 468 00:29:49,914 --> 00:29:51,207 It doesn't matter. 469 00:29:51,374 --> 00:29:53,084 If we leave them there overnight, 470 00:29:53,251 --> 00:29:55,378 one of the hens might sit on them, and they might get bad. 471 00:29:55,545 --> 00:29:57,213 If we sell bad eggs to Mr. Oleson, 472 00:29:57,380 --> 00:30:00,592 he sells them to somebody else, and you know what that means. 473 00:30:13,271 --> 00:30:16,774 Mary: Oh, I forgot. We aren't supposed to light matches. 474 00:30:16,941 --> 00:30:19,152 Laura: It's an emergency. 475 00:30:22,906 --> 00:30:25,241 Maybe we ought to wake up Mr. Edwards. 476 00:30:25,408 --> 00:30:27,619 No. He might get mad. 477 00:31:50,785 --> 00:31:52,954 Chicken thieves! 478 00:32:00,253 --> 00:32:03,631 There's only one way to handle chicken thieves. 479 00:32:10,972 --> 00:32:12,390 Edwards: What the... 480 00:32:12,557 --> 00:32:14,475 Get in here! 481 00:32:14,642 --> 00:32:15,893 What... 482 00:32:16,060 --> 00:32:17,770 Look what you made me do! 483 00:32:17,937 --> 00:32:20,857 Now, what in tarnation are you two doing out there 484 00:32:21,024 --> 00:32:22,775 in the rain getting wringing wet? 485 00:32:22,942 --> 00:32:25,153 Mary: We're sorry. We forgot to gather the eggs. 486 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:27,363 Oh, you did, huh? So you get up, you sneak off, 487 00:32:27,530 --> 00:32:30,241 you light the lantern... and you know you ain't supposed to do that. 488 00:32:30,408 --> 00:32:31,743 Laura: We know, but... 489 00:32:31,909 --> 00:32:33,620 But you did it anyhow, 490 00:32:33,786 --> 00:32:35,747 sneaking around the middle of the dark 491 00:32:35,913 --> 00:32:37,457 in the rain. 492 00:32:37,624 --> 00:32:39,626 Don't you know that there's wolves prowling around out there? 493 00:32:39,792 --> 00:32:41,085 Mary: In the rain? 494 00:32:41,252 --> 00:32:42,378 Well... 495 00:32:42,545 --> 00:32:45,590 How am I going to explain that to your ma and pa? 496 00:32:45,757 --> 00:32:47,383 Laura: Do you have to? 497 00:32:47,550 --> 00:32:49,677 It wouldn't be fair and square not to. 498 00:32:49,844 --> 00:32:51,679 Mary: We're sorry. Laura: Yes, Mr. Edwards. 499 00:32:51,846 --> 00:32:53,806 All right, now, get to bed. Hurry up, now. 500 00:32:53,973 --> 00:32:55,141 Get on up there. 501 00:32:55,308 --> 00:32:59,020 Ohh! Make sure you get dried off real good, now. 502 00:32:59,187 --> 00:33:01,022 Lord have mercy. 503 00:33:17,872 --> 00:33:20,750 Woman: Now, that's what I call fetching. 504 00:33:20,917 --> 00:33:22,710 Isn't that fetching, Mr. Ingalls? 505 00:33:22,877 --> 00:33:24,629 Charles: Fetching is exactly the word for it. 506 00:33:24,796 --> 00:33:27,382 Woman: I especially like the ruching, don't you? 507 00:33:27,548 --> 00:33:29,342 So stylish this season. 508 00:33:29,509 --> 00:33:31,636 Well... 509 00:33:31,803 --> 00:33:34,639 Of course, it's not very practical. 510 00:33:34,806 --> 00:33:37,308 It's not supposed to be. 511 00:33:38,976 --> 00:33:40,228 How much is it? 512 00:33:40,395 --> 00:33:42,063 Woman: Only $2.50, ma'am. 513 00:33:42,230 --> 00:33:45,316 A real bargain. 514 00:33:45,483 --> 00:33:47,819 Oh, that's too dear. 515 00:33:47,985 --> 00:33:52,490 Now, no, it isn't. You go ahead and put that hat right back on. 516 00:33:55,743 --> 00:33:58,579 You wouldn't happen to have seen Mona or Louise, have you, Jess? 517 00:33:58,746 --> 00:34:00,289 Not this morning, Mrs. Kirkwood. 518 00:34:00,456 --> 00:34:01,916 Have they run away again? 519 00:34:02,083 --> 00:34:03,710 Yes. Wouldn't you just know it? 520 00:34:03,876 --> 00:34:05,795 Without an if, and, or but to their mother. 521 00:34:05,962 --> 00:34:07,672 I'll keep an eye out. 522 00:34:07,839 --> 00:34:10,550 Thank you, and if you see them, you tell them to skedaddle on home. 523 00:34:10,717 --> 00:34:11,801 I certainly will. 524 00:34:11,968 --> 00:34:14,137 I hope she finds them soon. 525 00:34:14,303 --> 00:34:16,431 I'm afraid she won't. 526 00:34:19,142 --> 00:34:20,852 They're dead. 527 00:34:22,353 --> 00:34:24,981 Been dead 'most 15 years. 528 00:34:25,148 --> 00:34:27,734 But she's looking for them. 529 00:34:27,900 --> 00:34:31,112 Well, you see, she was away from home the day they were killed. 530 00:34:31,279 --> 00:34:32,905 It was wartime. 531 00:34:33,072 --> 00:34:35,074 Mr. Kirkwood was with sherman, marching through Georgia. 532 00:34:35,241 --> 00:34:37,368 Anyhow, there came this electrical storm, 533 00:34:37,535 --> 00:34:40,705 and the kirkwood house was struck... burned to the ground. 534 00:34:40,872 --> 00:34:42,248 With the children in it. 535 00:34:42,415 --> 00:34:46,878 She hasn't been right in the head ever since. 536 00:34:49,464 --> 00:34:51,758 But I thought you wanted this lovely bonnet. 537 00:34:51,924 --> 00:34:52,884 Another day. 538 00:34:53,050 --> 00:34:54,677 We'll be back. 539 00:35:14,530 --> 00:35:16,073 Carrie? 540 00:35:20,953 --> 00:35:22,455 Carrie? 541 00:35:22,622 --> 00:35:24,248 Where are you? 542 00:35:34,634 --> 00:35:36,260 Carrie! 543 00:35:49,899 --> 00:35:51,609 Carrie? 544 00:36:02,870 --> 00:36:03,913 Carrie! 545 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:05,456 Carrie? 546 00:36:12,505 --> 00:36:13,965 Carrie? 547 00:36:18,386 --> 00:36:20,054 Carrie? 548 00:36:26,477 --> 00:36:28,229 Uh, Carrie? 549 00:36:38,030 --> 00:36:39,615 Carrie! 550 00:36:45,538 --> 00:36:47,582 Carrie? 551 00:36:54,046 --> 00:36:55,548 Carrie? 552 00:37:00,136 --> 00:37:01,721 Carrie? 553 00:37:10,521 --> 00:37:14,650 I'm not going to panic here. The main thing's not to panic. 554 00:37:14,817 --> 00:37:17,945 Now, she's not in the stream. We know that. 555 00:37:19,322 --> 00:37:22,658 Oh, where could that little kid be? 556 00:37:22,825 --> 00:37:24,493 Boo! 557 00:37:28,539 --> 00:37:30,875 Boo! 558 00:37:32,418 --> 00:37:33,502 Boo! 559 00:37:40,384 --> 00:37:42,053 Mary, look! 560 00:37:56,484 --> 00:37:58,736 Mr. Edwards, Carrie shouldn't be up there! 561 00:37:58,903 --> 00:38:01,405 She's too little. She'll fall off. 562 00:38:01,572 --> 00:38:03,491 Well, there ain't no chance of that. 563 00:38:03,658 --> 00:38:06,077 I got her dress nailed to the roof. 564 00:38:13,751 --> 00:38:16,921 Caroline: I'd just as soon have gone to prayer meeting. It wouldn't have cost anything. 565 00:38:17,088 --> 00:38:18,839 Charles: The fella at the freight depot 566 00:38:19,006 --> 00:38:21,258 said it's the funniest play he's ever seen. 567 00:38:21,425 --> 00:38:24,553 We need laughs more than we need a prayer meeting to get our minds off... 568 00:38:24,720 --> 00:38:26,055 2, please. 569 00:38:26,222 --> 00:38:27,640 Thank you. 570 00:38:32,770 --> 00:38:34,397 Man: All set. 571 00:38:38,192 --> 00:38:41,612 Girl, melodramatically: Why is our mommy going to leave us? 572 00:38:41,779 --> 00:38:44,198 Doesn't she know we need her? 573 00:38:44,365 --> 00:38:47,618 Second girl: I guess she doesn't love us. 574 00:38:47,785 --> 00:38:49,745 First girl: Here she comes now. 575 00:38:49,912 --> 00:38:52,581 Maybe we can make her change her mind. 576 00:38:54,041 --> 00:38:56,711 Second girl: Mommy, please don't go away! 577 00:38:56,877 --> 00:39:00,715 Woman: I must. I have my own life to live. 578 00:39:00,881 --> 00:39:03,634 Your grandmother will take good care of you. 579 00:39:03,801 --> 00:39:07,471 First girl: But we need you, mommy. We love you. 580 00:39:07,638 --> 00:39:10,558 Woman: Your love is not enough. 581 00:39:10,725 --> 00:39:13,811 I cannot waste the best years of my life 582 00:39:13,978 --> 00:39:16,856 cooped up in a small house in the country. 583 00:39:17,023 --> 00:39:19,483 I must go to the city... 584 00:39:19,650 --> 00:39:21,444 Bright lights, adventure. 585 00:39:21,610 --> 00:39:25,823 First girl: You promised papa you'd stay with us. 586 00:39:25,990 --> 00:39:28,325 Second girl: When he had to go away to war, 587 00:39:28,492 --> 00:39:30,327 you said you would... 588 00:39:30,494 --> 00:39:33,122 First girl: Forever and ever! 589 00:39:33,289 --> 00:39:35,833 Second girl: Till we grew up. 590 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,794 Charles: We'll start home tomorrow morning. 591 00:39:38,961 --> 00:39:42,339 Woman: I cannot stay any longer. 592 00:39:51,015 --> 00:39:52,767 There. How does that look? 593 00:39:52,933 --> 00:39:55,186 Mary: Nobody would ever be able to tell. 594 00:39:55,352 --> 00:39:57,521 I ain't gonna lie about this, you understand. 595 00:39:57,688 --> 00:40:00,941 I mean, if your ma and pa ask me a direct question... 596 00:40:01,108 --> 00:40:02,985 Like if they was to say to me, "Mr. Edwards, 597 00:40:03,152 --> 00:40:06,155 did you shoot a hole in my roof while we was gone?"... 598 00:40:06,322 --> 00:40:07,990 I'd own right up to it. 599 00:40:08,157 --> 00:40:10,826 I just don't see no reason for opening the subject if they don't. 600 00:40:10,993 --> 00:40:15,164 Well, why would they ask you about it now that you fixed the hole? 601 00:40:15,331 --> 00:40:16,791 Exactly. 602 00:40:38,437 --> 00:40:41,023 You disappointed? 603 00:40:41,190 --> 00:40:43,275 About what? 604 00:40:45,277 --> 00:40:48,572 That we're going home sooner than we planned. 605 00:40:48,739 --> 00:40:51,242 Why would I be disappointed? 606 00:40:55,162 --> 00:40:58,415 Wasn't exactly a second honeymoon, was it? 607 00:41:08,092 --> 00:41:09,468 What's so funny? 608 00:41:09,635 --> 00:41:12,638 Well, Caroline... if our first honeymoon was like this one, 609 00:41:12,805 --> 00:41:15,599 we never would have had a second honeymoon. 610 00:41:17,768 --> 00:41:18,853 I'm sorry. 611 00:41:19,019 --> 00:41:20,312 Don't be silly. 612 00:41:20,479 --> 00:41:22,273 Wasn't that bad at all. 613 00:41:22,439 --> 00:41:24,191 The only thing I'm sorry about is 614 00:41:24,358 --> 00:41:26,777 you didn't go to the store and get that bonnet. 615 00:41:26,944 --> 00:41:28,779 I didn't earn it. 616 00:41:28,946 --> 00:41:33,659 I talked and worried about the children the whole time. 617 00:41:35,661 --> 00:41:37,413 Well, to be very honest with you, 618 00:41:37,580 --> 00:41:40,624 I'm as anxious to go home and see them as you are. 619 00:41:56,640 --> 00:41:59,310 Here we go, right across the desert. Whoop! 620 00:41:59,476 --> 00:42:01,979 Look out! Hold on tight! Here we go! Ho ho! 621 00:42:02,146 --> 00:42:03,814 Mary: Hey, what are you doing? 622 00:42:03,981 --> 00:42:06,275 Look out, now. This critter's getting dangerous. Whoop! 623 00:42:06,442 --> 00:42:08,194 Laura: Let me on! Mary: Me, too! 624 00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:10,362 Edwards: Everybody aboard. All right, there we are. 625 00:42:10,529 --> 00:42:11,405 Everybody on? 626 00:42:11,572 --> 00:42:12,323 Ok, ready! 627 00:42:12,489 --> 00:42:15,242 What do we say? Here we go! 628 00:42:15,409 --> 00:42:16,827 Ooh! 629 00:42:16,994 --> 00:42:18,537 Ooh! 630 00:42:18,704 --> 00:42:19,830 Oh! 631 00:42:19,997 --> 00:42:21,081 Oh! 632 00:42:21,248 --> 00:42:22,499 What's the matter? 633 00:42:22,666 --> 00:42:24,376 It's my back. I can't move. 634 00:42:24,543 --> 00:42:27,171 Mary: We're sorry, Mr. Edwards. We didn't mean to hurt you. 635 00:42:27,338 --> 00:42:29,924 It ain't your fault. It's this dumb back of mine. 636 00:42:30,090 --> 00:42:31,342 It happened once before. 637 00:42:31,508 --> 00:42:33,260 Should we get Dr. Baker? 638 00:42:33,427 --> 00:42:35,262 No. There ain't nothin' he can do. 639 00:42:35,429 --> 00:42:37,598 What did you do the last time it happened? 640 00:42:37,765 --> 00:42:39,850 Well, as I recall, I cussed a lot. 641 00:42:40,017 --> 00:42:41,143 We'll go outside. 642 00:42:41,310 --> 00:42:42,978 No, no. It's all right. 643 00:42:43,145 --> 00:42:44,855 Oh! 644 00:42:45,022 --> 00:42:46,565 Ooh! 645 00:42:46,732 --> 00:42:48,609 Oh! 646 00:42:48,776 --> 00:42:50,611 Oh! Gee, I'm sorry, girls. 647 00:42:50,778 --> 00:42:53,906 I was going to cook you up a real Edward special tonight. 648 00:42:54,073 --> 00:42:56,700 I don't think I'm going to be able to bend over the fire. 649 00:42:56,867 --> 00:42:58,577 Oh, don't worry. We'll cook supper. 650 00:42:58,744 --> 00:43:00,871 Won't taste as good, but we won't starve. 651 00:43:01,038 --> 00:43:03,791 Ought to be all right by the time your folks get back. 652 00:43:03,958 --> 00:43:05,751 Wouldn't want them to see me like this. 653 00:43:05,918 --> 00:43:08,337 They'd think they left you girls in pretty poor hands. 654 00:43:08,504 --> 00:43:09,880 We'll get along fine. 655 00:43:10,047 --> 00:43:11,715 I'll take care of Carrie, and Laura can do the chores. 656 00:43:11,882 --> 00:43:13,676 Why do I have to do the chores? 657 00:43:13,842 --> 00:43:15,052 Because you're the youngest. 658 00:43:15,219 --> 00:43:16,178 Carrie's the youngest. 659 00:43:16,345 --> 00:43:18,013 That's silly, and you know it. 660 00:43:18,180 --> 00:43:20,766 All right, quit your squabbling. 661 00:43:22,726 --> 00:43:25,145 I thought you were supposed to be taking care of Carrie. 662 00:43:25,312 --> 00:43:27,731 I would, if you'd stop arguing. 663 00:43:27,898 --> 00:43:31,235 Edwards: Now, you two carry on like this when your ma's here? 664 00:43:31,402 --> 00:43:32,236 No, sir. 665 00:43:32,403 --> 00:43:33,279 No, sir. 666 00:43:33,445 --> 00:43:37,199 Well, I'm your ma now, so stop it. 667 00:43:37,366 --> 00:43:39,076 Oh... 668 00:43:56,719 --> 00:44:00,931 Ah, hello, Laura! Oh, I see you've got some eggs for me. 669 00:44:01,098 --> 00:44:02,391 Only 9 today. 670 00:44:02,558 --> 00:44:04,059 Oh, the hens tapering off? 671 00:44:04,226 --> 00:44:07,187 No. Some got broken the other night. 672 00:44:07,354 --> 00:44:09,732 Well, did you want me to mark these down, 673 00:44:09,898 --> 00:44:11,608 or you have some shopping to do? 674 00:44:11,775 --> 00:44:15,612 I guess you can write them down. Ma will be back tomorrow. 675 00:44:17,072 --> 00:44:19,700 Oleson: Well, my, how time flies. 676 00:44:19,867 --> 00:44:21,493 You know, if I didn't know better, 677 00:44:21,660 --> 00:44:25,039 I'd say that was your ma coming this way right now. 678 00:44:27,416 --> 00:44:29,626 Don't let them come home, please? 679 00:44:29,793 --> 00:44:31,462 We're not ready for them! 680 00:44:31,628 --> 00:44:34,006 Keep them here awhile, please? 681 00:44:39,219 --> 00:44:40,804 Oleson: Ah! How was the trip, Ingalls? 682 00:44:40,971 --> 00:44:42,973 Charles: It was great, but it's good to be back. 683 00:44:43,140 --> 00:44:44,475 I'll help you unload. 684 00:44:44,641 --> 00:44:46,810 I was hoping to drop Caroline at home first. 685 00:44:46,977 --> 00:44:49,271 Uh, I don't see the, uh, flour sacks. 686 00:44:49,438 --> 00:44:51,190 Well, don't worry. They're in there. 687 00:44:51,357 --> 00:44:52,483 They're down below everything. 688 00:44:52,649 --> 00:44:54,318 What, do you need the flour? 689 00:44:54,485 --> 00:44:55,694 Oh, I sure do. 690 00:44:55,861 --> 00:44:57,988 I got a customer taking off for Dakota territory. 691 00:44:58,155 --> 00:44:59,823 He's really champing to get going. 692 00:44:59,990 --> 00:45:03,410 Looks like we're going to have to unload the wagon. 693 00:45:06,830 --> 00:45:08,415 Won't take long. 694 00:45:20,719 --> 00:45:21,804 Mary: Laura! 695 00:45:21,970 --> 00:45:24,223 Put Carrie's clean dress on her! 696 00:45:24,390 --> 00:45:26,058 Come on, Carrie. 697 00:45:27,393 --> 00:45:28,644 How you feeling? 698 00:45:28,811 --> 00:45:31,397 Oh, never better. Never better. 699 00:46:00,342 --> 00:46:02,886 Edwards: Oh! The broom! The broom! 700 00:46:05,013 --> 00:46:06,932 Edwards: Ha! We done it. 701 00:46:07,099 --> 00:46:08,392 Ooh. 702 00:46:08,559 --> 00:46:10,102 Neat as a pin. 703 00:46:10,269 --> 00:46:11,728 Hey! 704 00:46:13,772 --> 00:46:15,232 Here they come! 705 00:46:15,399 --> 00:46:17,234 Come on, Carrie. 706 00:46:19,570 --> 00:46:22,239 Mary and Laura: Ma! Pa! 707 00:46:32,124 --> 00:46:33,959 Charles: Whoa! 708 00:46:35,627 --> 00:46:36,962 Charles: There they are! 709 00:46:37,129 --> 00:46:38,547 Caroline, laughing: Oh! 710 00:46:38,714 --> 00:46:41,049 Hi, Carrie! 711 00:46:41,216 --> 00:46:42,968 Hi, half-pint. 712 00:46:45,679 --> 00:46:46,805 Caroline: Laura! 713 00:46:46,972 --> 00:46:48,765 Laura: Did you get us a surprise? 714 00:46:48,932 --> 00:46:50,726 Charles: Well, I think we just might be able 715 00:46:50,893 --> 00:46:53,145 to find a little surprise back here in these bags. 716 00:46:53,312 --> 00:46:55,981 Got to wait till we go in the house. 717 00:46:56,148 --> 00:46:57,691 Hey, Edwards! 718 00:46:57,858 --> 00:46:59,485 Hi! 719 00:47:00,944 --> 00:47:03,947 Caroline: Well, everybody looks blooming with health. 720 00:47:04,114 --> 00:47:05,908 Edwards: Oh, sure, sure. 721 00:47:06,074 --> 00:47:08,660 What did you think was going to happen? 722 00:47:08,827 --> 00:47:10,704 Well, I just can't thank you enough. 723 00:47:10,871 --> 00:47:12,206 Oh, well, it wasn't nothing. 724 00:47:12,372 --> 00:47:13,832 The house kind of run itself. 725 00:47:13,999 --> 00:47:15,501 You see? What did I tell you? 726 00:47:15,667 --> 00:47:17,711 Didn't you miss us just a little bit? 727 00:47:17,878 --> 00:47:19,254 Sure, ma. 728 00:47:19,421 --> 00:47:21,173 Just a little bit. 729 00:47:21,340 --> 00:47:23,133 Come on, girls. Let's go inside. 730 00:47:23,300 --> 00:47:24,843 I want you to tell me 731 00:47:25,010 --> 00:47:27,387 about everything that happened while we were away. 732 00:47:27,554 --> 00:47:29,056 And thanks again. 733 00:47:29,223 --> 00:47:31,225 Charles: Don't worry. I'll bring the presents in in a minute. 734 00:47:31,391 --> 00:47:33,143 I knew everything was going to be all right, 735 00:47:33,310 --> 00:47:35,562 but you know the way women are... they're not around every minute, 736 00:47:35,729 --> 00:47:37,606 they think the roof's going to cave in. 737 00:47:37,773 --> 00:47:40,442 It wasn't nothing. Say, how was the trip? 738 00:47:40,609 --> 00:47:42,903 Oh, it... it was fine. It was marvelous. 739 00:47:43,070 --> 00:47:44,905 Really, I can't even tell you. 740 00:47:45,072 --> 00:47:46,865 It was a second honeymoon for us. 741 00:47:47,032 --> 00:47:48,992 Didn't even think about the kids. 742 00:47:49,159 --> 00:47:50,536 Oh, good, good. 743 00:47:50,702 --> 00:47:52,412 I'd better bring the presents in the house. 744 00:47:52,579 --> 00:47:54,498 Why don't you come on in for a minute? 745 00:47:54,665 --> 00:47:56,458 No, thank you, just the same. 746 00:47:56,625 --> 00:47:58,335 Well, thanks a lot.