1 00:01:40,391 --> 00:01:41,642 We chopped and stacked a whole bunch of wood for you. 2 00:01:41,810 --> 00:01:44,019 More than two cords. 3 00:01:44,187 --> 00:01:45,562 I'll load it tomorrow. 4 00:01:45,730 --> 00:01:47,898 That's as much a day's work as a man could expect, 5 00:01:48,066 --> 00:01:48,607 especially from a couple of young'uns. 6 00:01:48,775 --> 00:01:51,276 Thank you, Mr. Caulder. 7 00:01:51,444 --> 00:01:53,654 Now, boys... 8 00:01:53,822 --> 00:01:56,073 I got that north pasture to start clearing. 9 00:01:56,241 --> 00:01:56,490 Now, if you have a mind to... 10 00:01:56,658 --> 00:01:58,492 Yes, sir. 11 00:01:58,660 --> 00:02:00,244 Mr. Caulder: Same wages, 20 cents a day each. 12 00:02:00,411 --> 00:02:01,995 Oh, we'd like that fine. 13 00:02:02,163 --> 00:02:04,498 I'll expect you both bright and early tomorrow. 14 00:02:04,666 --> 00:02:07,334 Mr. Caulder: For you... 15 00:02:07,502 --> 00:02:08,710 Thank you. 16 00:02:08,878 --> 00:02:10,295 Mr. Caulder: Best you boys be running on. 17 00:02:10,463 --> 00:02:10,921 You'll be late for supper. 18 00:02:11,089 --> 00:02:12,631 Bye, Mr. Caulder. 19 00:02:12,799 --> 00:02:14,216 See you tomorrow! 20 00:02:18,429 --> 00:02:19,513 Andy: Getting so we're finding work most every day. 21 00:02:19,681 --> 00:02:21,640 Albert: Yeah. 22 00:02:21,808 --> 00:02:23,600 If things keep going the way they are, 23 00:02:23,768 --> 00:02:26,895 we could end up saving an awful lot before summer's out. 24 00:02:27,063 --> 00:02:27,688 Andy: How much, you think? 25 00:02:27,856 --> 00:02:32,359 Albert: Hmm... 10, maybe $12, 26 00:02:32,527 --> 00:02:33,777 even more if we work 6-day weeks. 27 00:02:33,945 --> 00:02:36,405 Andy: What will you spend yours on? 28 00:02:36,573 --> 00:02:38,365 Albert: Don't rightly know. 29 00:02:38,533 --> 00:02:41,118 Just kind of like that feeling that it's all piling up. 30 00:02:41,286 --> 00:02:42,578 Andy: Yeah, me too. 31 00:02:42,745 --> 00:02:45,080 Albert: See you tomorrow! 32 00:02:45,248 --> 00:02:46,373 Andy: Bye! 33 00:02:52,463 --> 00:02:52,796 Laura: It just isn't fair. 34 00:02:52,964 --> 00:02:54,798 I quite agree. 35 00:02:54,966 --> 00:02:55,799 Charles: Well, I'll tell you, it's partially my fault. 36 00:02:55,967 --> 00:02:58,093 I've been so busy doing my work, 37 00:02:58,261 --> 00:02:59,678 I haven't been keeping an eye on him, 38 00:02:59,846 --> 00:03:01,430 making sure he's doing his chores. 39 00:03:01,598 --> 00:03:02,723 Caroline: Well, I think it's time we got it settled once and for all. 40 00:03:02,891 --> 00:03:05,100 Oh, don't you worry, I will. 41 00:03:05,268 --> 00:03:06,393 Thank you, Carrie. 42 00:03:06,561 --> 00:03:10,355 I could tell what you were cooking halfway up the road. 43 00:03:10,523 --> 00:03:12,482 Mmm... hungry as a bear. 44 00:03:12,650 --> 00:03:18,488 Andy and me must have chopped and stacked over two cords today. 45 00:03:18,656 --> 00:03:19,698 Something the matter? 46 00:03:19,866 --> 00:03:21,116 No, but I'd like you to go upstairs, 47 00:03:21,284 --> 00:03:23,118 take a look at your part of the loft, please. 48 00:03:23,286 --> 00:03:24,328 Why? 49 00:03:24,495 --> 00:03:26,413 Just do it. 50 00:03:26,581 --> 00:03:27,289 Sure. 51 00:03:31,002 --> 00:03:34,504 All right, I'm looking. 52 00:03:34,672 --> 00:03:36,298 Do you see anything wrong? 53 00:03:36,466 --> 00:03:37,549 Wrong? 54 00:03:37,717 --> 00:03:38,342 Wrong. 55 00:03:42,639 --> 00:03:45,140 Nope, just the way I left it. 56 00:03:45,308 --> 00:03:47,351 Charles: Well, that happens to be our problem. 57 00:03:47,518 --> 00:03:48,727 Huh? 58 00:03:48,895 --> 00:03:51,188 The bed isn't made, the whole place is a mess. 59 00:03:51,356 --> 00:03:53,190 And it's starting to smell bad. 60 00:03:53,358 --> 00:03:56,109 Well, but I like it that way. 61 00:03:56,277 --> 00:03:59,196 Maybe I shouldn't leave food lying around, but... 62 00:03:59,364 --> 00:04:01,365 Well, like, making the bed. 63 00:04:01,532 --> 00:04:03,492 It doesn't make sense. 64 00:04:03,660 --> 00:04:05,410 Albert: I have to mess it up when I go to sleep, 65 00:04:05,578 --> 00:04:09,539 and, well, that's practically the only time I'm up there. 66 00:04:09,707 --> 00:04:12,668 Albert, when this many people live 67 00:04:12,835 --> 00:04:15,379 in such a very small house... 68 00:04:15,546 --> 00:04:16,755 Well, if one person is deliberately messy, 69 00:04:16,923 --> 00:04:19,299 then everyone suffers. 70 00:04:19,467 --> 00:04:20,175 Now, keeping your part of the house neat 71 00:04:20,343 --> 00:04:21,718 is one of the rules around here. 72 00:04:21,886 --> 00:04:24,096 Well, sure, but... 73 00:04:24,264 --> 00:04:24,513 No buts. 74 00:04:24,681 --> 00:04:26,515 Look... 75 00:04:26,683 --> 00:04:27,766 Look? You want to look? 76 00:04:27,934 --> 00:04:29,351 You come on outside with me, we're going to look. 77 00:04:32,814 --> 00:04:34,773 Well, you've been neglecting your chores outside, too. 78 00:04:34,941 --> 00:04:37,192 I want you to take a look at this chicken Coop. 79 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:39,736 You mean, you really expect me to do all that 80 00:04:39,904 --> 00:04:40,988 besides putting in a hard day's work? 81 00:04:41,155 --> 00:04:42,239 Of course I do! 82 00:04:42,407 --> 00:04:43,073 I never asked you to put in a hard day's work 83 00:04:43,241 --> 00:04:44,283 at somebody else's place. 84 00:04:44,450 --> 00:04:46,368 What do you want to work all the time for anyway? 85 00:04:46,536 --> 00:04:47,744 It's summer vacation. 86 00:04:47,912 --> 00:04:51,081 Well, isn't vacation a time when people do what they want? 87 00:04:51,249 --> 00:04:52,791 Exactly, of course it is. 88 00:04:52,959 --> 00:04:57,129 Then why shouldn't I work if that's what I want? 89 00:04:57,297 --> 00:04:57,879 Well, no reason at all, as long as you do your chores and 90 00:04:58,047 --> 00:05:00,007 you keep the loft clean. 91 00:05:00,174 --> 00:05:01,300 Now, come on, clean up the Coop. 92 00:05:01,467 --> 00:05:03,051 Do you have to do those kinds of things 93 00:05:03,219 --> 00:05:03,927 when you come home from a day's work? 94 00:05:04,095 --> 00:05:06,263 Of course I don't. 95 00:05:06,431 --> 00:05:07,389 Why? 96 00:05:07,557 --> 00:05:09,599 Because it's different, that's why. 97 00:05:09,767 --> 00:05:11,560 In what way? 98 00:05:11,728 --> 00:05:13,812 Albert, try to understand, I'm supporting a family. 99 00:05:13,980 --> 00:05:15,731 I'm doing a man's work. 100 00:05:15,898 --> 00:05:17,607 Is chopping firewood man's work? 101 00:05:17,775 --> 00:05:19,484 Sure. 102 00:05:19,652 --> 00:05:21,445 Is clearing a pasture man's work? 103 00:05:21,612 --> 00:05:22,612 Charles: Yeah. 104 00:05:22,780 --> 00:05:24,698 Is plowing a field man's work? 105 00:05:24,866 --> 00:05:26,199 Of course it is. 106 00:05:26,367 --> 00:05:28,327 Albert: Well, that's what I've been doing. 107 00:05:28,494 --> 00:05:30,162 So, if I can do the work of a man, 108 00:05:30,330 --> 00:05:33,373 I should have the right to be treated like one. 109 00:05:33,541 --> 00:05:33,999 Albert, I... I am the man around here, 110 00:05:34,167 --> 00:05:36,335 and you do what I say. 111 00:05:36,502 --> 00:05:38,420 Charles: If you want to work, you work for me, and I'll pay you. 112 00:05:38,588 --> 00:05:40,297 No, that would wreck everything. 113 00:05:40,465 --> 00:05:41,381 Why? 114 00:05:41,549 --> 00:05:43,258 Albert: Because it's an allowance, 115 00:05:43,426 --> 00:05:44,760 and allowances are for kids. 116 00:05:44,927 --> 00:05:47,262 Well, what are you? 117 00:05:47,430 --> 00:05:49,431 I'm a man, and you just said so. 118 00:05:49,599 --> 00:05:50,557 I did not. 119 00:05:50,725 --> 00:05:52,684 You said a man chops wood, clears and plows... 120 00:05:52,852 --> 00:05:54,102 Clean the Coop, Albert. 121 00:05:54,270 --> 00:05:56,480 Come on, clean the Coop. 122 00:05:56,647 --> 00:05:57,564 Grown-ups... 123 00:05:57,732 --> 00:06:00,442 Whenever they're wrong, they yell at you. 124 00:06:00,610 --> 00:06:02,194 Just clean the Coop! 125 00:06:02,362 --> 00:06:03,528 But I already told Mr. Caulder 126 00:06:03,696 --> 00:06:04,654 I'd keep on working for him. 127 00:06:04,822 --> 00:06:06,740 No. 128 00:06:06,908 --> 00:06:09,242 Alice, looking back, 129 00:06:09,410 --> 00:06:10,786 even before I was as old as Andy, 130 00:06:10,953 --> 00:06:12,162 I was already doing a man's work. 131 00:06:12,330 --> 00:06:12,704 The boy ain't no different than me. 132 00:06:12,872 --> 00:06:15,290 Oh, yes, he is. 133 00:06:15,458 --> 00:06:16,500 Well, how? 134 00:06:16,667 --> 00:06:18,502 When you were his age, there was no school. 135 00:06:18,669 --> 00:06:20,462 You didn't have to stop being a man at the end of every summer 136 00:06:20,630 --> 00:06:21,671 and go back to being a boy, 137 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:23,965 a boy with schoolwork and chores. 138 00:06:24,133 --> 00:06:26,385 The boys understand that this is just for the summer. 139 00:06:26,552 --> 00:06:27,844 Ain't that right, son? 140 00:06:28,012 --> 00:06:30,722 Well, not getting educated didn't hurt you none, pa. 141 00:06:30,890 --> 00:06:31,807 Can't see why it wouldn't hurt me neither. 142 00:06:31,974 --> 00:06:34,768 There, you see? 143 00:06:34,936 --> 00:06:36,269 Now, what's that supposed to mean? 144 00:06:36,437 --> 00:06:38,814 I've been meaning to talk to you about it. 145 00:06:38,981 --> 00:06:40,357 About what? 146 00:06:40,525 --> 00:06:43,276 Well, since I can do a man's work, 147 00:06:43,444 --> 00:06:45,612 I don't see no need to go back to school. 148 00:06:45,780 --> 00:06:47,781 "Any" need. 149 00:06:47,949 --> 00:06:50,200 Now, you see the kind of idea you put into his head? 150 00:06:50,368 --> 00:06:51,535 I did no such thing. 151 00:06:51,702 --> 00:06:53,912 Son, when I was your age, there weren't no school, 152 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:55,956 and I didn't have a chance for an education. 153 00:06:56,124 --> 00:06:57,457 Jonathan: You're going to have that chance. 154 00:06:57,625 --> 00:06:58,834 So? 155 00:06:59,001 --> 00:06:59,751 Oh, "sew" buttons on your shirt! 156 00:06:59,919 --> 00:07:02,045 Go to your room. 157 00:07:05,133 --> 00:07:06,091 You always said you'd be so proud of me 158 00:07:06,259 --> 00:07:08,927 if I ever grew up to be like pa, 159 00:07:09,095 --> 00:07:12,097 and when I want to, you send me to my room. 160 00:07:23,484 --> 00:07:24,359 After supper, I'll... 161 00:07:24,527 --> 00:07:26,736 I'll go over to the Ingalls' place 162 00:07:26,904 --> 00:07:30,699 and tell Albert that Andy ain't going to be working with him anymore. 163 00:07:47,258 --> 00:07:49,509 I don't know what the answer is, Charles. 164 00:07:49,677 --> 00:07:51,261 Seems kind of wrong telling a boy no 165 00:07:51,429 --> 00:07:53,388 and not telling him the why of it. 166 00:07:53,556 --> 00:07:54,639 Well, let them have their own way, and you know what we got. 167 00:07:54,807 --> 00:07:57,100 A couple of little boys acting like lords of the manor 168 00:07:57,268 --> 00:07:58,518 because they earned a day's wages. 169 00:07:58,686 --> 00:08:00,020 Yeah, I suppose so. 170 00:08:00,188 --> 00:08:01,438 Well, they're going to find out 171 00:08:01,606 --> 00:08:03,440 there's a mighty difference between saying you're a man 172 00:08:03,608 --> 00:08:04,983 - and being one. - All right. 173 00:08:05,151 --> 00:08:06,651 Pull that light over here for me, will you? 174 00:08:06,819 --> 00:08:10,780 Yeah. Funny thing, when I was that same age, 175 00:08:10,948 --> 00:08:13,575 I was exactly the way they are. 176 00:08:13,743 --> 00:08:14,701 Yeah, me too. Couldn't wait to be a man. 177 00:08:14,869 --> 00:08:17,287 Yeah. 178 00:08:17,455 --> 00:08:19,372 I remember one time... 179 00:08:19,540 --> 00:08:22,083 I was feeling so full of myself 180 00:08:22,251 --> 00:08:25,754 I took on something my pa said I wasn't ready for. 181 00:08:25,922 --> 00:08:27,797 Old trapper got his-self kicked in the head by a mule. 182 00:08:27,965 --> 00:08:30,342 His eyes swelled up, 183 00:08:30,510 --> 00:08:32,928 he wanted to hire me to run his lines while he was mending. 184 00:08:33,095 --> 00:08:35,597 You know, collecting and baiting and such. 185 00:08:35,765 --> 00:08:38,475 Meant 3 days and 3 nights out there, all alone. 186 00:08:38,643 --> 00:08:42,103 Jonathan: Ha, my pa, he argued hard and... 187 00:08:42,271 --> 00:08:45,649 He finally just up and said, "go ahead and go." 188 00:08:45,816 --> 00:08:46,900 Ha, well, I don't have to tell you 189 00:08:47,068 --> 00:08:51,821 those were 3 of the longest, loneliest nights of my life. 190 00:08:51,989 --> 00:08:55,617 Ha ha! 191 00:08:55,785 --> 00:08:57,285 Yeah... something about being out there 192 00:08:57,453 --> 00:08:59,496 all alone in the wilderness 193 00:08:59,664 --> 00:09:01,081 knock a hole in the way a swelled-up young man 194 00:09:01,249 --> 00:09:04,000 is feeling about himself. 195 00:09:04,168 --> 00:09:06,503 Mother nature kind of has a way of doing that, Charles. 196 00:09:06,671 --> 00:09:08,838 You know, it wasn't until a couple years later 197 00:09:09,006 --> 00:09:12,842 I found out that my pa had followed me those 3 days 198 00:09:13,010 --> 00:09:16,930 just to make sure no hurt come to me. 199 00:09:17,098 --> 00:09:19,683 Jonathan, I think that's it. 200 00:09:19,850 --> 00:09:20,976 You think that's what? 201 00:09:21,143 --> 00:09:24,187 Put the boys through something like you went through. 202 00:09:24,355 --> 00:09:26,523 You mean kind of like a test? 203 00:09:26,691 --> 00:09:27,482 Charles: Sure. 204 00:09:27,650 --> 00:09:28,858 You know that road to sleepy eye. 205 00:09:29,026 --> 00:09:30,694 That winds around some of the roughest country in the state. 206 00:09:30,861 --> 00:09:32,612 Charles: Now, if we sent the boys... 207 00:09:32,780 --> 00:09:35,532 Now, Charles, we can't do that, that ain't no fair test, they'd never make it. 208 00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:36,866 Well, I know. 209 00:09:37,034 --> 00:09:39,536 But they would learn a few things, wouldn't they? 210 00:09:42,039 --> 00:09:43,456 Jonathan: Do you think they'd go for it? 211 00:09:43,624 --> 00:09:45,667 Well, you did. 212 00:09:45,835 --> 00:09:47,502 Charles: What do you say? 213 00:09:47,670 --> 00:09:49,796 I think that's downright mean. 214 00:09:49,964 --> 00:09:51,798 Let's do it. 215 00:09:51,966 --> 00:09:53,091 Yeah, let's. 216 00:09:53,259 --> 00:09:54,676 Ha ha! 217 00:09:54,844 --> 00:09:57,304 Ha ha ha! 218 00:09:59,056 --> 00:10:01,057 Charles: Don't let me forget to give you your beef jerky. 219 00:10:01,225 --> 00:10:02,559 Andy: Is that all we get? 220 00:10:02,727 --> 00:10:04,561 Jonathan: Well, it's part of the test, son. 221 00:10:04,729 --> 00:10:07,022 You got to learn to live off the land, forage for your food. 222 00:10:07,189 --> 00:10:09,566 You got hooks for fishing and makings for a snare. 223 00:10:09,734 --> 00:10:11,901 Charles: Besides, if you're careful, it'll last you a couple of days. 224 00:10:12,069 --> 00:10:14,112 Albert: How you going to know if we get all the way to sleepy eye? 225 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:15,572 Charles: I thought about that. 226 00:10:15,740 --> 00:10:17,866 Had a letter sent in there by stage yesterday. 227 00:10:18,034 --> 00:10:19,451 It's addressed to me. 228 00:10:19,619 --> 00:10:22,037 When you get to sleepy eye, all you have to do is go to the post office, 229 00:10:22,204 --> 00:10:24,456 pick it up, and bring it back home to us. 230 00:10:24,624 --> 00:10:27,417 Albert: And when we do, you'll stick to your part of the deal? 231 00:10:27,585 --> 00:10:29,294 Charles: Honest injun. Long as you're working, you pay your own way, 232 00:10:29,462 --> 00:10:31,546 you can make your own decisions. 233 00:10:31,714 --> 00:10:32,922 Andy: And then I can quit school? 234 00:10:33,090 --> 00:10:34,549 That's right, son. 235 00:10:34,717 --> 00:10:36,718 Well, here we are. 236 00:10:36,886 --> 00:10:39,763 Fellas, sleepy eye... That-a way. 237 00:10:39,930 --> 00:10:40,764 Let's go. 238 00:10:40,931 --> 00:10:41,931 Yeah. 239 00:10:42,099 --> 00:10:43,433 Charles: Good luck. 240 00:10:43,601 --> 00:10:44,768 See you in about 6 days! 241 00:10:56,781 --> 00:10:58,073 Well, there they go. 242 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:00,241 Charles, if you're so sure they're not going to make it, 243 00:11:00,409 --> 00:11:01,117 how come you sent that letter to sleepy eye? 244 00:11:01,285 --> 00:11:02,744 Well, miracles do happen. 245 00:11:02,912 --> 00:11:05,789 Besides, you and I believe in fair play, don't we? 246 00:11:07,750 --> 00:11:09,834 What do you give them, 4, maybe 5 hours? 247 00:11:10,002 --> 00:11:11,127 Yeah, maybe a little bit more. 248 00:11:11,295 --> 00:11:12,796 I'm sure we're going to be home for supper. 249 00:11:12,963 --> 00:11:14,005 Well, I'm all for that. 250 00:11:14,173 --> 00:11:15,382 Come on, let's follow them. 251 00:11:26,352 --> 00:11:28,978 Uh... we're far enough in. 252 00:11:29,146 --> 00:11:30,980 We're safe. 253 00:11:31,148 --> 00:11:33,066 Safe for what? 254 00:11:33,234 --> 00:11:35,151 To go back to the road, what else? 255 00:11:35,319 --> 00:11:36,986 What? 256 00:11:37,154 --> 00:11:39,155 You don't really expect me to go through all that 257 00:11:39,323 --> 00:11:41,116 just to get to sleepy eye. 258 00:11:41,283 --> 00:11:42,659 Andy: Of course you do. 259 00:11:42,827 --> 00:11:43,535 Are you crazy? 260 00:11:43,703 --> 00:11:45,328 We can pick up a ride on a wagon 261 00:11:45,496 --> 00:11:49,165 and be there before sundown tomorrow. 262 00:11:49,333 --> 00:11:51,835 Not a chance. 263 00:11:52,002 --> 00:11:53,670 Look, we pick up the letter, 264 00:11:53,838 --> 00:11:55,422 fish or something for a few days, 265 00:11:55,589 --> 00:11:57,674 and we come back the same way. 266 00:11:57,842 --> 00:11:59,926 We're not cheating, and that's that. 267 00:12:00,094 --> 00:12:01,094 Who's to know? 268 00:12:01,262 --> 00:12:02,595 I'm to know, that's who. 269 00:12:02,763 --> 00:12:03,763 And you're to know. 270 00:12:03,931 --> 00:12:05,223 Oh, grow up, will you? 271 00:12:05,391 --> 00:12:08,643 That's what we're supposed to be doing by taking this on. 272 00:12:08,811 --> 00:12:11,104 All we have to do is make it look good. 273 00:12:11,272 --> 00:12:12,397 Albert, we made a deal, 274 00:12:12,565 --> 00:12:14,941 and I'm sticking to it. 275 00:12:15,109 --> 00:12:17,277 Well, I'm not. 276 00:12:17,445 --> 00:12:19,738 Fine, you catch your ride into sleepy eye 277 00:12:19,905 --> 00:12:22,157 but not with me. 278 00:12:22,324 --> 00:12:23,199 Andy, where are you going? 279 00:12:23,367 --> 00:12:25,493 Make up your mind, Albert. 280 00:12:25,661 --> 00:12:26,870 Either we stick to the deal 281 00:12:27,037 --> 00:12:28,913 or I'm turning around right now and go back 282 00:12:29,081 --> 00:12:32,834 and tell everybody that we were too scared to go through with it. 283 00:12:33,002 --> 00:12:34,002 You'd do that? 284 00:12:34,170 --> 00:12:35,545 Try me. 285 00:12:36,422 --> 00:12:40,258 All right, we do it your way. 286 00:12:40,426 --> 00:12:43,928 How could anybody be so dumb? 287 00:13:10,664 --> 00:13:12,040 That beef jerky sure makes you thirsty. 288 00:13:12,208 --> 00:13:13,374 Yeah. 289 00:13:13,542 --> 00:13:16,002 How long have we been gone? 290 00:13:16,170 --> 00:13:17,253 I don't know. 291 00:13:17,421 --> 00:13:18,004 I'm getting tired. 292 00:13:18,172 --> 00:13:21,800 Yeah, me too. 293 00:13:21,967 --> 00:13:23,593 Shh, listen. 294 00:13:25,221 --> 00:13:27,096 Water! 295 00:13:27,264 --> 00:13:29,098 Just like I told you, we could fish for supper 296 00:13:29,266 --> 00:13:31,559 and set a rabbit trap for tomorrow, come on! 297 00:13:44,031 --> 00:13:46,991 I don't think those young'uns ever stop for a rest. 298 00:13:47,159 --> 00:13:48,076 I was thinking the same thing. 299 00:13:48,244 --> 00:13:50,203 Yeah, we're heading down that gorge now. 300 00:13:50,371 --> 00:13:51,621 No way they're going to get away from us. 301 00:13:51,789 --> 00:13:53,122 Why don't we stop and rest a piece? 302 00:13:53,290 --> 00:13:53,915 That's fine with me. 303 00:13:57,294 --> 00:13:59,420 I figure they ought to get a little discouraged by now, eh? 304 00:13:59,588 --> 00:14:01,631 The sooner, the better. 305 00:14:01,799 --> 00:14:03,675 My stomach's starting to growl. 306 00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:05,677 No need for that. 307 00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:06,970 Here you go. 308 00:14:07,137 --> 00:14:09,264 Oh... jerky! 309 00:14:09,431 --> 00:14:10,974 Uh, not bad. 310 00:14:15,855 --> 00:14:19,315 Aah! 311 00:14:22,570 --> 00:14:25,989 Aah! 312 00:14:26,156 --> 00:14:27,782 Woo! 313 00:14:27,950 --> 00:14:30,702 Yippee! Ha ha! 314 00:14:30,870 --> 00:14:31,286 Woo! 315 00:14:31,453 --> 00:14:33,746 Woo-hoo! Ha ha! 316 00:14:33,914 --> 00:14:34,080 Yippee! 317 00:14:34,248 --> 00:14:35,957 Yay! 318 00:14:36,125 --> 00:14:39,294 Ohh... 319 00:14:39,461 --> 00:14:41,004 Oh, Charles, that took 10 years off my life. 320 00:14:41,171 --> 00:14:43,381 Mine, too. 321 00:14:43,549 --> 00:14:44,883 Hey! 322 00:15:20,002 --> 00:15:23,087 Smell those fish cooking? 323 00:15:23,255 --> 00:15:27,008 Yeah, that's all I've been smelling. 324 00:15:27,176 --> 00:15:29,552 Them two ain't suffering much hardship yet, are they? 325 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:30,970 Well, they will. 326 00:15:31,138 --> 00:15:34,223 Just taking a little longer than we figured, that's all. 327 00:15:34,391 --> 00:15:36,017 I wish I had a cold. 328 00:15:36,185 --> 00:15:38,019 What? 329 00:15:38,187 --> 00:15:39,270 I said I wish I had a cold. 330 00:15:39,438 --> 00:15:42,523 I wouldn't smell that fish frying. 331 00:15:42,691 --> 00:15:44,359 As chilly as it's getting, you'll get your wish. 332 00:15:44,526 --> 00:15:47,654 You'll get a nice cold, you won't smell anything. 333 00:15:47,821 --> 00:15:49,405 Ain't working out like we planned it. 334 00:15:49,573 --> 00:15:52,116 We were supposed to be home for supper by now, Charles. 335 00:15:52,284 --> 00:15:53,576 Would you not talk about that, please? 336 00:15:53,744 --> 00:15:56,245 Hmm? Just don't talk about it. 337 00:15:56,413 --> 00:15:58,581 Thank you. 338 00:16:02,419 --> 00:16:04,337 There was some poison oak over there. 339 00:16:04,505 --> 00:16:05,922 Ready to eat? 340 00:16:06,090 --> 00:16:07,090 Yup. 341 00:16:07,257 --> 00:16:08,466 Let's dig in. 342 00:16:12,888 --> 00:16:14,305 What happened to them? 343 00:16:14,473 --> 00:16:17,225 I don't know. 344 00:16:17,393 --> 00:16:20,812 Maybe the pan got too hot. 345 00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:22,063 Try one. 346 00:16:29,530 --> 00:16:32,031 Sorry, Andy. 347 00:16:32,199 --> 00:16:35,118 Next time I won't get the pan so hot. 348 00:16:35,285 --> 00:16:36,619 Truth is... 349 00:16:36,787 --> 00:16:38,997 I'm so tired, I really don't care. 350 00:16:39,164 --> 00:16:41,582 Yeah. 351 00:16:41,750 --> 00:16:44,919 At least we'll be nice and warm. 352 00:16:45,087 --> 00:16:48,381 To tell you the truth, I'm not much for fish anyway. 353 00:16:48,549 --> 00:16:51,134 I don't think most kids like fish. 354 00:16:51,301 --> 00:16:55,013 That's why grownups have to make up stories to get us to eat them, 355 00:16:55,180 --> 00:16:58,975 telling us they're brain food. 356 00:16:59,143 --> 00:17:02,437 If fish are so smart, how come they get caught? 357 00:17:06,567 --> 00:17:10,820 Maybe tomorrow we'll catch us a rabbit in one of them snares. 358 00:17:10,988 --> 00:17:13,906 What do you think, Andy? 359 00:17:14,074 --> 00:17:15,158 Andy? 360 00:17:28,422 --> 00:17:30,882 I wish we could have a fire and get warmed up a little. 361 00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:35,261 Oh, so do I, but we can't take a chance they spot it. 362 00:17:35,429 --> 00:17:38,014 You know, the next time you start reminiscing about your boyhood, 363 00:17:38,182 --> 00:17:39,348 you just keep it to yourself, all right? 364 00:17:39,516 --> 00:17:42,018 Now, Charles, you know this idea of a test was your idea. 365 00:17:42,186 --> 00:17:44,187 I'll let you know I got the idea for the test 366 00:17:44,354 --> 00:17:45,104 from that silly story you were telling me about you... 367 00:17:45,272 --> 00:17:47,398 Shh! 368 00:17:47,566 --> 00:17:48,858 All right, let's not argue about it. 369 00:17:49,026 --> 00:17:51,027 Now, we'll just... just go to sleep. 370 00:17:51,195 --> 00:17:53,196 They're bound to give up by tomorrow. 371 00:17:53,363 --> 00:17:55,531 Night, now. 372 00:17:55,699 --> 00:17:58,034 Good night, Charles. 373 00:17:58,202 --> 00:18:01,412 I don't know what's going to be good about it. 374 00:18:25,187 --> 00:18:25,353 Charles. 375 00:18:25,521 --> 00:18:26,479 Hmm? 376 00:18:26,647 --> 00:18:28,898 - Charles. - What? 377 00:18:29,066 --> 00:18:30,024 Sun's up. 378 00:18:30,192 --> 00:18:33,569 Oh... I was hoping I dreamed this last night. 379 00:18:33,737 --> 00:18:34,821 You didn't. 380 00:18:34,988 --> 00:18:35,988 I hope this ain't going to take too much longer. 381 00:18:36,156 --> 00:18:41,035 Oh, my hands are never going to get warm again. 382 00:18:41,203 --> 00:18:42,411 Come on, let's check on the boys. 383 00:18:42,579 --> 00:18:43,204 Yeah. 384 00:18:56,927 --> 00:18:58,553 Look at them two down there. 385 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,430 Charles: They don't look like they're suffering much, do they? 386 00:19:01,598 --> 00:19:05,143 Jonathan: There ain't no more fishing between here and sleepy eye. 387 00:19:05,310 --> 00:19:06,936 It'll be a little different when their bellies are empty. 388 00:19:07,104 --> 00:19:08,354 Well, I hope you're right. 389 00:19:08,522 --> 00:19:11,274 I don't feel like spending another night like the last one. 390 00:19:11,441 --> 00:19:14,443 Come on, let's get out in the sun. 391 00:19:19,616 --> 00:19:22,285 A rabbit. 392 00:19:33,881 --> 00:19:35,840 Give me the knife, give me the knife! 393 00:19:41,638 --> 00:19:43,347 Just our luck. 394 00:19:43,515 --> 00:19:46,309 Charles, I don't know whether I can even take the smell 395 00:19:46,476 --> 00:19:47,560 of cooking rabbit. 396 00:19:47,728 --> 00:19:49,228 Hmm... 397 00:19:57,196 --> 00:19:58,404 You ever clean one of these? 398 00:19:58,572 --> 00:20:01,240 Nope. 399 00:20:01,408 --> 00:20:04,535 Must be just like cleaning a fish. 400 00:20:04,703 --> 00:20:06,996 Yeah, well... 401 00:20:07,164 --> 00:20:09,332 I cleaned the fish last night. 402 00:20:09,499 --> 00:20:11,500 You better do it. 403 00:20:11,668 --> 00:20:12,293 Me? 404 00:20:18,508 --> 00:20:21,427 I never killed a rabbit before. 405 00:20:21,595 --> 00:20:22,303 Neither have I. 406 00:20:27,768 --> 00:20:29,685 Oh, I just can't do it. 407 00:20:29,853 --> 00:20:32,980 I can't do it either. 408 00:20:33,148 --> 00:20:34,857 We might as well let him go. 409 00:20:44,576 --> 00:20:47,245 They let him go, ha! 410 00:20:47,412 --> 00:20:49,538 I think we got them now. 411 00:20:49,706 --> 00:20:52,541 And keep going. 412 00:20:52,709 --> 00:20:53,709 We'll find another creak. 413 00:20:53,877 --> 00:20:56,587 This didn't feel like one to my stomach. 414 00:21:03,136 --> 00:21:05,221 Oh, thank goodness they're not eating. 415 00:21:18,318 --> 00:21:20,987 Uh, hold up a minute, I got another rock in my shoe. 416 00:21:24,783 --> 00:21:27,326 How long you think we've been walking? 417 00:21:27,494 --> 00:21:31,706 Oh, I don't know. 3 hours maybe. 418 00:21:31,873 --> 00:21:33,749 What if there isn't another stream? 419 00:21:33,917 --> 00:21:36,085 What if we don't catch no more fish? 420 00:21:36,253 --> 00:21:38,587 Well, you should have thought that before you turned that rabbit loose. 421 00:21:38,755 --> 00:21:40,381 You told me to! 422 00:21:40,549 --> 00:21:43,134 And I told you to hitch a ride with me on a wagon. 423 00:21:43,302 --> 00:21:46,554 You didn't listen to me then. 424 00:21:46,722 --> 00:21:49,515 Think we ought to turn back? 425 00:21:49,683 --> 00:21:51,100 I don't know. 426 00:21:51,268 --> 00:21:55,938 I hate thinking about going back and admit that we couldn't make it. 427 00:21:56,106 --> 00:21:59,692 Hey, thinking about starving, too. 428 00:21:59,860 --> 00:22:02,278 Yeah. 429 00:22:02,446 --> 00:22:07,867 Well, let's go back where we caught that other fish and decide then. 430 00:22:08,035 --> 00:22:09,452 All right. 431 00:22:35,145 --> 00:22:37,480 I take back everything I said, it worked. 432 00:22:37,647 --> 00:22:39,482 I knew it was going to work all the time. 433 00:22:39,649 --> 00:22:41,317 Yeah, I'll bet you did, come on. 434 00:22:51,703 --> 00:22:52,787 Albert! 435 00:22:52,954 --> 00:22:54,205 What is it? 436 00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:55,915 Berries, hundreds of them. 437 00:23:05,384 --> 00:23:05,758 We can make it now! 438 00:23:05,926 --> 00:23:10,221 We can make it! 439 00:23:10,389 --> 00:23:12,431 Mmm... they're good. 440 00:23:12,599 --> 00:23:13,224 Let's only eat half of them now 441 00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:15,351 and save the rest for later. 442 00:23:15,519 --> 00:23:18,437 All right. 443 00:23:18,605 --> 00:23:20,106 Mmm... 444 00:23:26,154 --> 00:23:28,364 Those berries look good. 445 00:23:28,532 --> 00:23:29,740 Yeah. 446 00:23:34,121 --> 00:23:34,912 Mmm... 447 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,206 You feeling better? 448 00:23:37,374 --> 00:23:38,874 Mmm, yeah. 449 00:23:39,042 --> 00:23:42,586 Sleepy eye, here we come. 450 00:23:42,754 --> 00:23:43,963 Albert: Let's go. 451 00:23:50,804 --> 00:23:52,596 Let's eat some of those berries and then follow them. 452 00:23:52,764 --> 00:23:54,181 Yeah. 453 00:23:58,395 --> 00:23:58,727 Charles: Come on. 454 00:23:58,895 --> 00:24:00,604 My stomach. 455 00:24:00,772 --> 00:24:02,857 Oh, berries! 456 00:24:03,024 --> 00:24:04,483 Berries... 457 00:24:04,651 --> 00:24:05,860 Berries? 458 00:24:06,027 --> 00:24:08,654 Them two didn't leave much, did they? 459 00:24:08,822 --> 00:24:10,156 Uh-oh. 460 00:24:15,871 --> 00:24:16,996 We'll split it. 461 00:24:40,812 --> 00:24:42,313 Looks like a bad one building up. 462 00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:44,815 Who cares? We'll be in sleepy eye in a couple hours. 463 00:24:44,983 --> 00:24:46,150 Jonathan: So will the boys. 464 00:24:55,452 --> 00:24:56,118 I was just closing up. 465 00:24:56,286 --> 00:24:58,454 We've come for a letter. 466 00:24:58,622 --> 00:24:59,288 It's addressed to Charles Ingalls. 467 00:24:59,456 --> 00:25:01,957 - Ingalls, huh? - Yes, sir. 468 00:25:02,125 --> 00:25:03,501 Well, let me look. 469 00:25:13,637 --> 00:25:15,804 Well, there it be. 470 00:25:15,972 --> 00:25:16,972 Come in quite a few days ago. 471 00:25:17,140 --> 00:25:18,933 - Yes, sir, thank you. - We're obliged. 472 00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:20,976 I don't believe I seen you boys around before. 473 00:25:21,144 --> 00:25:22,645 - Oh, we're passing through. - Is that so? 474 00:25:22,812 --> 00:25:24,021 Mm-hmm. 475 00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:25,147 Could you tell us where we could get something to eat? 476 00:25:25,315 --> 00:25:27,900 And maybe stay the night? 477 00:25:28,068 --> 00:25:29,527 Well, the only rooming house in town 478 00:25:29,694 --> 00:25:30,986 is Mrs. Channing's. 479 00:25:31,154 --> 00:25:33,072 She could feed you and put you up for the night. 480 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,491 It's up the end of the road, 481 00:25:35,659 --> 00:25:38,327 uh, biggest house in town. 482 00:25:38,495 --> 00:25:39,787 Thank you. 483 00:25:39,955 --> 00:25:41,664 We're obliged. 484 00:25:41,831 --> 00:25:44,500 What are you talking about? We don't have any money. 485 00:25:44,668 --> 00:25:46,335 I know that. 486 00:25:46,503 --> 00:25:48,837 We got something better than money. 487 00:25:49,005 --> 00:25:50,464 What? 488 00:25:50,632 --> 00:25:52,883 Sad little faces. 489 00:25:53,051 --> 00:25:53,634 Come on. 490 00:26:07,941 --> 00:26:10,442 Thank you. 491 00:26:10,610 --> 00:26:12,570 My lands, what a sight. 492 00:26:12,737 --> 00:26:17,324 Not a tooth in his mouth, and he eats anything I serve up. 493 00:26:17,492 --> 00:26:20,953 Yup, that's all water all right. 494 00:26:23,957 --> 00:26:26,041 Now, who in the world is that? 495 00:26:26,209 --> 00:26:27,960 Harley, pass over them peas. 496 00:26:33,133 --> 00:26:35,092 Well, who do we have here? 497 00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:37,011 Sorry to bother you like this, ma'am. 498 00:26:37,178 --> 00:26:41,682 Oh, come in out of the downpour, my heavens! 499 00:26:41,850 --> 00:26:46,061 Land sakes, if you ain't a sight! 500 00:26:46,229 --> 00:26:47,896 Sorry to get your floors all wet, ma'am. 501 00:26:48,064 --> 00:26:49,440 Don't worry about the floor. 502 00:26:49,608 --> 00:26:52,526 Now, what are you boys doing out on a day like this, huh? 503 00:26:52,694 --> 00:26:55,070 Well, the storm came on us real sudden 504 00:26:55,238 --> 00:26:56,739 before we could find shelter. 505 00:26:56,906 --> 00:27:00,451 Well, why didn't you just go home? 506 00:27:00,619 --> 00:27:02,411 Home... 507 00:27:02,579 --> 00:27:03,787 Did you hear that, brother? 508 00:27:03,955 --> 00:27:05,914 Yeah. 509 00:27:06,082 --> 00:27:06,707 Well, where are you from? 510 00:27:06,875 --> 00:27:10,544 Now, where are your folks? 511 00:27:10,712 --> 00:27:11,754 Our folks? 512 00:27:11,921 --> 00:27:12,921 They're, uh... 513 00:27:13,089 --> 00:27:14,923 They're dead, ma'am. 514 00:27:15,091 --> 00:27:16,759 Dead? 515 00:27:16,926 --> 00:27:18,510 Albert: Yes'm. 516 00:27:18,678 --> 00:27:20,095 We're orphans. 517 00:27:20,263 --> 00:27:22,765 We've been orphans over a month now. 518 00:27:22,932 --> 00:27:25,684 Land sakes. 519 00:27:25,852 --> 00:27:27,227 We lived over in walnut grove. 520 00:27:27,395 --> 00:27:30,439 One night, our house caught fire 521 00:27:30,607 --> 00:27:31,690 and burned to the ground. 522 00:27:31,858 --> 00:27:35,611 My brother and me are the only ones to get out. 523 00:27:35,779 --> 00:27:38,197 Land sakes! 524 00:27:38,365 --> 00:27:40,324 Well, we got no other family, so... 525 00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:42,618 We just been doing for ourselves. 526 00:27:42,786 --> 00:27:46,622 You mean you two are all alone in the world? 527 00:27:46,790 --> 00:27:48,040 Yes'm. 528 00:27:48,208 --> 00:27:51,293 I declare. 529 00:27:51,461 --> 00:27:55,047 We're down to our last few berries. 530 00:27:55,215 --> 00:27:58,676 Folks told us there was a lot of work up in Lafayette, and, 531 00:27:58,843 --> 00:28:02,012 well, that's where we were heading when the storm hit. 532 00:28:02,180 --> 00:28:04,848 We shouldn't be here standing on this kind lady's floor, dripping. 533 00:28:05,016 --> 00:28:07,017 We better go. 534 00:28:07,185 --> 00:28:08,936 Not in this rain, you're not. 535 00:28:09,104 --> 00:28:11,605 Now, you get out of them wet shirts at least. 536 00:28:11,773 --> 00:28:14,858 Supper's on the table, and I'll get some towels. 537 00:28:32,335 --> 00:28:35,003 Can you believe it? 538 00:28:35,171 --> 00:28:37,506 Why, they're two little men. 539 00:28:37,674 --> 00:28:38,674 Hungry ones, too. 540 00:28:38,842 --> 00:28:40,175 Yup, they's hungry, all right. 541 00:28:40,343 --> 00:28:42,094 Now, would you like a little dessert? 542 00:28:42,262 --> 00:28:44,096 I sure would! 543 00:28:44,264 --> 00:28:45,639 Oh, no, Andy. 544 00:28:45,807 --> 00:28:47,891 We've been given too much already. 545 00:28:48,059 --> 00:28:50,686 Nonsense, we've got plenty. 546 00:28:50,854 --> 00:28:52,020 Rice pudding. 547 00:28:52,188 --> 00:28:53,814 Mrs. Channing: You like rice pudding, don't you? 548 00:28:53,982 --> 00:28:55,357 Andy: Yes, ma'am! 549 00:28:55,525 --> 00:28:59,987 No, please, you've been too kind. 550 00:29:00,155 --> 00:29:01,822 Next thing, you'll offer us 551 00:29:01,990 --> 00:29:04,658 some of that chocolate cake over there. 552 00:29:04,826 --> 00:29:06,535 And you'll take it with no argument. 553 00:29:06,703 --> 00:29:10,956 Do you understand? 554 00:29:11,124 --> 00:29:12,416 So much like ma, ain't she, Andy? 555 00:29:12,584 --> 00:29:17,296 Andy: Yeah, so much like ma. 556 00:29:17,464 --> 00:29:19,548 I'll have some of that chocolate cake, too. 557 00:29:19,716 --> 00:29:21,884 I'll get it right now. 558 00:29:22,051 --> 00:29:23,677 Regular little men. 559 00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:38,400 Wait till those two finish eating all that food. 560 00:29:38,568 --> 00:29:41,445 They can't pay for it, they're going to be in a mess of trouble. 561 00:29:41,613 --> 00:29:43,489 Yeah, I hope they call the law on them, 562 00:29:43,656 --> 00:29:44,656 put a little fear of god in them. 563 00:29:44,824 --> 00:29:46,909 Yeah, it'll still work out perfect, though. 564 00:29:47,076 --> 00:29:48,243 We'll let them spend the night in jail. 565 00:29:48,411 --> 00:29:49,453 We can come in tomorrow 566 00:29:49,621 --> 00:29:54,333 and tell them that we heard and came on the stage. 567 00:29:54,501 --> 00:29:56,210 In the meantime, we can get us a warm bed 568 00:29:56,377 --> 00:29:57,920 and get out of this rain 569 00:29:58,087 --> 00:29:59,588 and get some food. I'm hungry. 570 00:29:59,756 --> 00:30:01,089 Right, that'll teach them a lesson. 571 00:30:01,257 --> 00:30:01,924 How much money did you bring? 572 00:30:02,091 --> 00:30:04,092 For what? 573 00:30:04,260 --> 00:30:04,927 For the bed and the food. 574 00:30:05,094 --> 00:30:06,720 How much money did you bring? 575 00:30:09,390 --> 00:30:10,766 You did bring money. 576 00:30:10,934 --> 00:30:12,267 Charles, I thought you had some money. 577 00:30:12,435 --> 00:30:14,102 I didn't bring any money! 578 00:30:14,270 --> 00:30:18,607 Man: Do something for you, gentlemen? 579 00:30:18,775 --> 00:30:22,277 Uh... ahem... No, no, sir. 580 00:30:22,445 --> 00:30:26,240 Constable! 581 00:30:26,407 --> 00:30:28,617 Oh, constable... 582 00:30:28,785 --> 00:30:30,577 Constable, we were just waiting out here 583 00:30:30,745 --> 00:30:32,579 for those two little boys to finish eating. 584 00:30:32,747 --> 00:30:34,039 For what? 585 00:30:34,207 --> 00:30:36,208 Well, you see, we've been following those two little boys now 586 00:30:36,376 --> 00:30:38,043 for about 3 days now, and we were... 587 00:30:38,211 --> 00:30:41,797 You've been following two little boys for 3 days? 588 00:30:41,965 --> 00:30:43,549 Oh, no, no, no, you don't understand... 589 00:30:43,716 --> 00:30:45,968 I hope to St. Francis I don't. 590 00:30:46,135 --> 00:30:47,928 Uh-uh, no, no, no, you see, those are our little boys in there. 591 00:30:48,096 --> 00:30:50,138 Yeah. 592 00:30:50,306 --> 00:30:52,933 Oh, they're your two little boys. 593 00:30:53,101 --> 00:30:54,351 - Right. - Yeah. 594 00:30:54,519 --> 00:30:57,312 And you've been following them for 3 days? 595 00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:58,856 Yeah, yeah. It's a little hard to explain. 596 00:30:59,023 --> 00:31:01,066 See, you see, it's kind of like a test. 597 00:31:01,234 --> 00:31:02,776 A test? 598 00:31:02,944 --> 00:31:06,989 I expect your boys would recognize you on sight. 599 00:31:07,156 --> 00:31:08,824 - Of course. - Yeah. 600 00:31:08,992 --> 00:31:11,827 Well, then, let's just go on over and see. 601 00:31:11,995 --> 00:31:12,661 Oh, no, no, no, we can't do that. 602 00:31:12,829 --> 00:31:14,079 See, it'll spoil everything. 603 00:31:14,247 --> 00:31:17,958 We don't want them to see us until they get in trouble. 604 00:31:18,126 --> 00:31:19,835 Until they get into trouble? 605 00:31:20,003 --> 00:31:22,379 Yeah, you see them eating in there? 606 00:31:22,547 --> 00:31:24,298 They haven't got any money, they can't pay for it. 607 00:31:24,465 --> 00:31:27,801 As soon as that woman finds out, they're going to get in a lot of trouble. 608 00:31:27,969 --> 00:31:30,429 Charles, looks like they're finishing up in there. 609 00:31:30,597 --> 00:31:32,598 Hey, they're going to get it now. 610 00:31:43,192 --> 00:31:47,029 They don't look like they're in trouble to me. 611 00:31:47,196 --> 00:31:51,325 Let's see how much money you got. 612 00:31:51,492 --> 00:31:53,327 Well, you... You see, uh... 613 00:31:53,494 --> 00:31:54,912 We don't actually have any money with us. 614 00:31:55,079 --> 00:31:56,038 We, uh... 615 00:31:56,205 --> 00:31:57,456 That's what I kind of figured. 616 00:31:57,624 --> 00:32:01,293 I've seen and heard things in my life I wish I hadn't, 617 00:32:01,461 --> 00:32:02,711 and you two... 618 00:32:02,879 --> 00:32:04,212 Now, constable, please, believe me, I can explain this to you. 619 00:32:04,380 --> 00:32:06,214 Now, get out! 620 00:32:06,382 --> 00:32:07,633 Listen, sir. 621 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,218 Go on, while I still got my temper. 622 00:32:10,386 --> 00:32:12,346 Hey... 623 00:32:12,513 --> 00:32:13,931 You... you... You're wrong. 624 00:32:38,206 --> 00:32:40,624 It's not much, but it's going to have to do. 625 00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:42,042 The boys are going to be all right. 626 00:32:42,210 --> 00:32:45,837 They'll be sleeping in a nice, warm hotel tonight. 627 00:32:46,005 --> 00:32:47,297 They must have had some money with them after all. 628 00:32:47,465 --> 00:32:48,757 Charles: Yeah. 629 00:32:48,925 --> 00:32:50,384 Man: What do you two want? 630 00:32:54,347 --> 00:32:57,015 Uh... ahem... 631 00:32:57,183 --> 00:32:58,225 Is this your place? 632 00:32:58,393 --> 00:33:01,520 Man: You got it. Now, what do you want? 633 00:33:01,688 --> 00:33:03,230 Well, you see, we were following our two little boys... 634 00:33:03,398 --> 00:33:07,275 We ran out of money, and we're just looking for a place to sleep. 635 00:33:07,443 --> 00:33:10,404 And I suppose you want me to provide it for you 636 00:33:10,571 --> 00:33:13,031 out of the goodness of my heart, huh? 637 00:33:13,199 --> 00:33:13,740 That would be real nice of you. 638 00:33:13,908 --> 00:33:15,450 Man: No account drifters! 639 00:33:15,618 --> 00:33:18,120 You are all just alike... 640 00:33:18,287 --> 00:33:20,122 Born with one hand sticking out. 641 00:33:20,289 --> 00:33:24,042 Well, one of these days, you'll just have to learn 642 00:33:24,210 --> 00:33:25,919 you'll have to earn your way, 643 00:33:26,087 --> 00:33:28,130 after what little this world provides. 644 00:33:28,297 --> 00:33:33,260 Man: Now, if'n youse clean them stalls right over yonder, 645 00:33:33,428 --> 00:33:37,431 it might earn you a dry spot for the night. 646 00:33:37,598 --> 00:33:42,811 Shovels is by the door. 647 00:33:42,979 --> 00:33:45,063 The shovels is by the door. 648 00:33:50,737 --> 00:33:53,905 Thank you! 649 00:33:59,579 --> 00:34:00,996 - Uh! - Uh! 650 00:34:01,164 --> 00:34:02,289 This is some bed! 651 00:34:02,457 --> 00:34:02,998 Yeah, it sure is. 652 00:34:03,166 --> 00:34:04,624 I'm glad you like it. 653 00:34:04,792 --> 00:34:07,044 Now, you two fellows get a good night's sleep, 654 00:34:07,211 --> 00:34:08,920 and I'll see you in the morning. 655 00:34:09,088 --> 00:34:11,006 - Yes, ma'am. - Good night. 656 00:34:11,174 --> 00:34:12,257 Good night. 657 00:34:20,475 --> 00:34:22,392 Regular little men. 658 00:34:28,066 --> 00:34:30,358 You sure are good, brother Albert. 659 00:34:30,526 --> 00:34:32,235 I know. 660 00:34:32,403 --> 00:34:35,781 Night. 661 00:35:08,439 --> 00:35:09,648 Andy: Still can't believe it. 662 00:35:09,816 --> 00:35:11,817 Albert: Yeah, don't have to do any fishing 663 00:35:11,984 --> 00:35:13,610 with all the food she packed us. 664 00:35:13,778 --> 00:35:15,529 Can't even think about it after that breakfast. 665 00:35:15,696 --> 00:35:17,030 Yeah. 666 00:36:33,482 --> 00:36:35,108 Look at that. 667 00:36:35,276 --> 00:36:38,320 That can't be the stream we crossed. 668 00:36:38,487 --> 00:36:40,238 The rain must have done it. 669 00:36:40,406 --> 00:36:43,200 Well, how are we going to get across it? 670 00:36:43,367 --> 00:36:45,702 Don't know. 671 00:36:45,870 --> 00:36:48,038 We'll have to think of something. 672 00:36:48,206 --> 00:36:48,788 Rain's got that river running high. 673 00:36:48,956 --> 00:36:51,583 I think we got them now. 674 00:36:51,751 --> 00:36:53,335 Yeah, they're never going to get across that. 675 00:36:53,502 --> 00:36:54,669 They'll have to go all the way back to sleepy eye 676 00:36:54,837 --> 00:36:57,380 and then double around on that road and use the bridge. 677 00:36:57,548 --> 00:37:00,383 And we just come back and catch them cheating. 678 00:37:00,551 --> 00:37:01,968 I think we got them... 679 00:37:02,136 --> 00:37:04,429 If we don't starve to death first. 680 00:37:04,597 --> 00:37:06,139 Albert: Let's check downstream. 681 00:37:14,690 --> 00:37:17,359 Ha! We got them. 682 00:37:23,491 --> 00:37:25,742 Albert: Hey, look at that! 683 00:37:25,910 --> 00:37:27,244 Come on! 684 00:37:38,673 --> 00:37:40,507 We can get across that easy. 685 00:37:40,675 --> 00:37:42,259 It sure doesn't look easy to me. 686 00:37:42,426 --> 00:37:44,886 Ah, sure it does. Come on. 687 00:37:59,568 --> 00:38:01,528 Dad burn it! 688 00:38:01,696 --> 00:38:03,571 Why'd that tree have to fall right there? 689 00:38:03,739 --> 00:38:06,783 Charles, it looks like they're going to make it across there. 690 00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:17,210 Oh, no. 691 00:38:17,378 --> 00:38:20,005 Can't they just get wet or something? 692 00:38:29,724 --> 00:38:31,850 Come on. 693 00:38:33,602 --> 00:38:35,312 Dad-burned kids. 694 00:38:38,024 --> 00:38:39,274 All right. 695 00:38:39,442 --> 00:38:40,191 Charles, are you sure we can get across this? 696 00:38:40,359 --> 00:38:42,360 Of course we can get across this. 697 00:38:42,528 --> 00:38:43,611 What are you worried about, anyway? 698 00:38:43,779 --> 00:38:44,863 You're taller than I am. 699 00:38:45,031 --> 00:38:46,197 What's that got to do with it? 700 00:38:46,365 --> 00:38:48,450 I don't know, I'm delirious from hunger. Come on. 701 00:39:10,681 --> 00:39:11,431 Aah! 702 00:39:11,599 --> 00:39:13,850 Hey, no! 703 00:40:15,246 --> 00:40:19,624 Charles, I'm sorry I grabbed you. 704 00:40:19,792 --> 00:40:21,167 You owe me a hat. 705 00:40:40,020 --> 00:40:41,855 I don't think we came this way. 706 00:40:42,022 --> 00:40:42,981 Hmm, me neither. 707 00:40:43,149 --> 00:40:45,233 Let's try that way. 708 00:40:45,401 --> 00:40:46,818 We can't be far off track. 709 00:40:52,116 --> 00:40:53,700 Charles: Didn't realize we got carried so far downstream. 710 00:40:53,868 --> 00:40:55,743 Jonathan: Yeah, I hope we can pick up their trail pretty quick. 711 00:40:55,911 --> 00:40:58,496 Charles: We'll just keep pushing on in that general direction, 712 00:40:58,664 --> 00:41:00,206 and hope to spot their campfire. 713 00:41:05,421 --> 00:41:07,380 I'll be glad when this is over. 714 00:41:07,548 --> 00:41:11,801 Oh, my whole foot's just one big blister. 715 00:41:11,969 --> 00:41:13,511 Yeah. 716 00:41:13,679 --> 00:41:16,931 You know, I still don't think we came this way. 717 00:41:17,099 --> 00:41:19,184 Oh, what's the difference? 718 00:41:19,351 --> 00:41:21,269 We're most of the way back already. 719 00:41:21,437 --> 00:41:21,603 How lost can we get? 720 00:41:21,770 --> 00:41:22,770 Yeah. 721 00:41:25,649 --> 00:41:26,941 What was that? 722 00:41:27,109 --> 00:41:28,651 What? 723 00:41:28,819 --> 00:41:29,861 I heard something. 724 00:41:31,614 --> 00:41:33,990 There it is again. 725 00:41:34,158 --> 00:41:36,534 Just some animal. 726 00:41:36,702 --> 00:41:38,661 He won't come near the fire. 727 00:41:38,829 --> 00:41:40,538 Yeah. 728 00:41:40,706 --> 00:41:41,831 That's right. 729 00:41:47,671 --> 00:41:48,755 Hmm... 730 00:41:48,923 --> 00:41:52,091 Bet our folks are going to be surprised tomorrow. 731 00:41:52,259 --> 00:41:54,010 I don't think they figured we could do it. 732 00:41:54,178 --> 00:41:57,514 I had that feeling myself. 733 00:41:57,681 --> 00:41:59,474 And look at us now. 734 00:41:59,642 --> 00:42:03,978 Wasn't easy, but wasn't all that hard either. 735 00:42:04,146 --> 00:42:05,980 How many boys our age could have done it? 736 00:42:06,148 --> 00:42:09,025 Not many. Not many grown-ups neither. 737 00:42:09,193 --> 00:42:10,735 That's right. 738 00:42:10,903 --> 00:42:12,904 We handled everything just right. 739 00:42:13,072 --> 00:42:15,406 Even that story about us being orphans. 740 00:42:15,574 --> 00:42:17,784 Well, that's all part of it. 741 00:42:17,952 --> 00:42:19,661 Wound up making us feeling good 742 00:42:19,828 --> 00:42:22,330 and her feeling good. 743 00:42:22,498 --> 00:42:24,332 You handled your part just right, too. 744 00:42:24,500 --> 00:42:26,292 Not as good as you. 745 00:42:26,460 --> 00:42:29,087 Well, the whole point is... 746 00:42:29,255 --> 00:42:31,464 I think we proved that we can take on 747 00:42:31,632 --> 00:42:33,883 just about anything life hands us. 748 00:42:38,597 --> 00:42:39,597 Ha ha ha! 749 00:42:39,765 --> 00:42:42,892 Vagrant: Ooh, ha ha ha! 750 00:42:43,060 --> 00:42:44,435 Hee, ha ha ha! 751 00:42:44,603 --> 00:42:47,855 Ha ha ha! 752 00:42:48,023 --> 00:42:50,483 Ooh, ha ha ha! 753 00:43:14,717 --> 00:43:15,800 What was that? 754 00:43:15,968 --> 00:43:17,719 I don't know, and I don't want to find out. 755 00:43:17,886 --> 00:43:18,761 Oh, me neither. 756 00:43:18,929 --> 00:43:20,722 Oh, no. 757 00:43:20,889 --> 00:43:22,098 What is it? 758 00:43:22,266 --> 00:43:24,309 The letter, the letter was back there. 759 00:43:24,476 --> 00:43:26,060 They'll never believe us now. 760 00:43:26,228 --> 00:43:27,520 We have to go back. 761 00:43:27,688 --> 00:43:30,398 I'm not going back. 762 00:43:30,566 --> 00:43:31,733 Me neither. 763 00:43:31,900 --> 00:43:33,359 Come on. 764 00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:38,823 Charles, over here! 765 00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:45,079 I don't know what's happened here. 766 00:43:45,247 --> 00:43:47,749 Albert! 767 00:43:47,916 --> 00:43:51,753 Andy! 768 00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:54,422 Charles. 769 00:43:54,590 --> 00:43:56,215 Jonathan: It's the letter. 770 00:43:58,969 --> 00:44:03,598 They wouldn't have left that behind unless something terrible happened here. 771 00:44:03,766 --> 00:44:05,933 No use wasting our time trying to find them in the dark. 772 00:44:06,101 --> 00:44:07,727 Let's get to town, round up a search party. 773 00:44:13,025 --> 00:44:14,150 Charles: Caroline! 774 00:44:14,318 --> 00:44:16,903 Caroline: Alice, they're back! 775 00:44:17,071 --> 00:44:18,863 Oh, Charles. 776 00:44:19,031 --> 00:44:22,742 Caroline: Oh, Charles, we've been beside ourselves. 777 00:44:22,910 --> 00:44:25,078 Now, listen, I want you to try not to worry. We lost the boys. 778 00:44:25,245 --> 00:44:26,829 But we're going to get a search party out, 779 00:44:26,997 --> 00:44:28,039 and we're going to find them. 780 00:44:28,207 --> 00:44:30,083 Charles, we weren't worried about the boys. 781 00:44:30,250 --> 00:44:31,584 They've been back for hours. 782 00:44:31,752 --> 00:44:33,461 We were worried about you. 783 00:44:33,629 --> 00:44:35,713 Oh, thank god. 784 00:44:35,881 --> 00:44:37,465 What happened to you? 785 00:44:37,633 --> 00:44:38,966 It's a long story. 786 00:44:39,134 --> 00:44:40,134 Where are they? 787 00:44:40,302 --> 00:44:42,970 In the barn, we heated some water for a bath. 788 00:44:43,138 --> 00:44:47,767 I just told them that you got worried and went looking for them. 789 00:44:47,935 --> 00:44:49,310 Come on. 790 00:45:09,540 --> 00:45:12,375 We don't have any proof... 791 00:45:12,543 --> 00:45:14,460 But we got all the way there and back. 792 00:45:14,628 --> 00:45:16,671 And we picked up the letter, too. 793 00:45:16,839 --> 00:45:19,674 Yeah, but we lost it. 794 00:45:19,842 --> 00:45:20,967 Lost the letter, huh? 795 00:45:21,135 --> 00:45:22,593 Yeah. 796 00:45:22,761 --> 00:45:25,513 I don't blame you for not believing us. 797 00:45:25,681 --> 00:45:27,181 We failed the test. 798 00:45:31,019 --> 00:45:32,687 That the letter you lost? 799 00:45:32,855 --> 00:45:36,107 How'd you get that? 800 00:45:36,275 --> 00:45:38,651 You followed us? 801 00:45:40,779 --> 00:45:42,155 Yeah. 802 00:45:42,322 --> 00:45:44,615 Charles: See, we never figured you'd make it in the first place, 803 00:45:44,783 --> 00:45:46,701 so, we thought we'd better keep an eye on you, 804 00:45:46,869 --> 00:45:50,788 just in case you got in trouble. 805 00:45:50,956 --> 00:45:53,875 We wanted to teach you a lesson. 806 00:45:54,042 --> 00:45:57,044 We felt like we were doing it for your own good. 807 00:45:57,212 --> 00:46:00,673 You surprised us by keeping your side of the bargain. 808 00:46:00,841 --> 00:46:04,177 Well, we'll keep our side of it, too. 809 00:46:04,344 --> 00:46:06,304 From now on, you'll be treated like men. 810 00:46:12,144 --> 00:46:14,353 Didn't think I meant that much to you. 811 00:46:16,231 --> 00:46:18,107 Well, of course you do. 812 00:46:21,069 --> 00:46:24,071 That goes for me, too, son. 813 00:46:24,239 --> 00:46:25,740 You know, pa... 814 00:46:25,908 --> 00:46:30,745 I don't care so much about being a man just yet. 815 00:46:30,913 --> 00:46:33,539 Me neither. 816 00:46:33,707 --> 00:46:35,833 Kind of just like being your boy. 817 00:46:48,764 --> 00:46:50,723 I don't suppose anybody's hungry. 818 00:46:50,891 --> 00:46:52,975 Hey, this is no time for jokes, woman. 819 00:46:55,938 --> 00:46:57,271 We'll get it on the table 820 00:46:57,439 --> 00:46:59,857 while all you little boys wash up. 821 00:47:15,374 --> 00:47:17,959 Laura: Things were a lot different after that. 822 00:47:18,126 --> 00:47:20,294 Andy decided to go back to school, 823 00:47:20,462 --> 00:47:24,799 and Albert figured it was more fun to go fishing than work all summer... 824 00:47:24,967 --> 00:47:26,801 Especially with pa.