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