All language subtitles for The Waltons s04e08 The Competition.eg

Our home at Walton's Mountain
was far off the beaten track,

but we were connected
with the rest of the world

by a picturesque backcountry
road.

Muddy or frozen in winter,
hot and dusty in the summer,

rutted always, the road
brought us many adventures.

Sometimes a herd of deer would
leap in front of the headlights

or the pine forest dappled
with newly blossomed dogwood

or redbud would refresh the eye
and lift the spirit.

I remember one occasion when
I met a stranger on the road,

a casual incident which led
to fireworks in the family

such as
we had never seen before.

Hey. Can I give you a lift?

-Sure. Thanks very much.
-Hop in.

Feels good to rest my feet.

-Where you from?
-Richmond.

-That's a fair walk.
-Not bad, really.

If you're not in a hurry,
it beats driving.

-You can look at things.
-That's true.

-You live up here?
-A couple of miles up the road.

I always wanted
to live in the hills.

My grandfather,
he's a mountain man.

Guess it kind of
rubbed off on me.

Well, my grandpa says
it gets in your blood.

-I'm Chad Marshall.
-John Walton.

-Pretty country, John.
-Yeah.

How'd your folks
find their way up here?

My great-grandfather settled
the mountain in the 1700s.

-You on vacation?
-No, no. School project.

-I'm a Forestry Major at VPI.
-Really?

I'm doing a paper on lumbering.

-You go to school?
-Second year at Boatwright.

-What in?
-Journalism.

Say, you know something?

If you're doing a paper on
forestry, talk to my daddy,

he runs a lumber mill up at the
house, he and my grandpa.

I mean, forestry and lumbering
has been their whole life.

So far, all I know
is out of books.

I could use some
down to earth background.

They'd love to talk to you.
I'll take you up there.

Great.

Livie, go up to the attic and
see if you can find more jars.

We're not gonna have enough.

-They wouldn't be up there.
-Well, sure, they...

I put a whole box up there
last summer, didn't I?

Under the eaves.
Go up and look in the corners.

-Go ahead, Livie, please.
-Alright, I'll find them.

What's keeping that girl?

Livie.

Livie, did you find them?

Livie, will you get down here
with those jars?

We're having a real run
on mason jars this summer.

Both jars and lids.
Mostly lids, though.

Now, there's something
I don't understand.

You'd think they'd be the same,
you know, one jar and one lid?

They have a way of getting lost.

Well, I've never done any
canning, so I don't know.

Why, Joleen Guthrie.
When did you get into town?

We just came up yesterday.
Mama hadn't seen the baby.

-She's so cute. May I?
-Sure.

Thought I'd never
get her away from Mama.

She just set herself down
and commenced rocking

like she was never gonna stop.

She is so beautiful.

Here's your change, Olivia.

Olivia, your change.

Yes, you're such a little... Oh!

Hello. Hello, baby.

Hey, girls.

These are my two sisters.

Chad, this is Erin
and Mary Ellen Walton.

This is Chad Marshall.
He's from Richmond.

Hi.

Jump in the front.
I'll get in the rumble seat.

-We can't sit three in front.
-Sure we can. Come on, get in.

We'll be all jammed in.

Well, why don't you and I
jump in the back, then?

Well, I guess
there's no other way.

Come on, Erin. Get in.

Hold that, please. Thank you.

All set?

I'll go see if there's any mail.
I'll be right out.

Okay.

You walked all the way
from Richmond?

It's not so bad.

You just keep putting one foot
in front of the other.

Well, you could've taken
a bus or something.

If I'd taken a bus, I wouldn't
have met your brother.

I wouldn't have met you.

You wanna know something?
You're fresh.

You want me to say the mountain
air has my head spinning?

That's even more fresh.

I don't see why. If you like
somebody, why shouldn't you just

come right out
and say it?

You don't come right out and say
it the minute you meet somebody.

Well, why not?
It's just plain honest.

Didn't you ever meet somebody
you liked right off?

-I suppose.
-Well, didn't you tell him?

-No.
-Why not?

Because I'm more sophisticated
than that.

I'm sorry, Grandma.

-Livie, what are you doing?
-I was gonna put potatoes on...

Livie, the potatoes
are already on.

Oh.

I'm sorry, Grandma.

-Livie, what's got into you?
-Oh, nothing.

Well, you've been woolgathering
all afternoon.

I'm just little absent-minded.
I'll get over it.

You know when you meet someone
that you've never seen before,

and you just feel like you've
known each other all your life.

No.

Well, Chad and I just started
talking.

And it was so natural.

Like we weren't even strangers.

And he looked right at me
when he talked.

Did you notice his eyes?

Doesn't he have the most
beautiful eyes you ever saw?

I guess he does.

And, you know, he said right out
that he liked me.

And he's so interested
in the outdoors.

You know what?
He's never even been here before

and yet he seems
to belong to the mountains.

Ooh. Wait till Mama finds out
you were powdering your face.

If you tattle, I'm gonna get
you, Elizabeth.

Besides, I'm old enough
to use powder on my face

and rouge if I want to.

You're gonna eat supper
in your church dress?

Why don't you keep your nose
out of other people's affairs?

Mama says you and Erin should
come down and do some helping.

You're gonna look awful funny
slopping the pigs

in your church dress.

Now, the first house he built
when he cleared the land

is way up there on the mountain.

If you go there, you can
see the old chimney

and some of the trees
from the original orchard.

John-Boy, give me a hand here,
will you?

-Sure, I'll be right back.
-Sure. Sure.

-Yes, sir?
-Get me the toolbox in the barn.

Okay, I'll see if I can find it.

-I like your farm.
-Do you like eggs?

-Sure.
-Have one.

-What about you? You like eggs?
-Yeah.

Well.

-Come on.
-No.

Got it. Get ready.

Come on, higher, higher.

I got it.

Butterfingers.

-Erin.
-Somebody hit you with an egg?

Yeah, your crazy sister
hit me with the egg.

Don't be shy around here,
young man.

At suppertime everybody
plunges right in.

Pa, would you do
the honors, please?

Who, me?

Father of heaven, omnipotent,
we thank thee for the bounty

that you've helped us bestow
upon this table and also for the

exceedingly pleasant weather
that we've been having lately,

which has brought our crops
in rather nicely.

Also for the presence, this
evening, of a young man

who loves trees
and the trailing arbutus,

we ask you to bestow
your bounty upon him, also.

In all humility, in thy name,
Amen.

-Amen.
-Amen.

I wonder why they never say,
"A women." Pass the meat.

Chad, I hear you're here to get

a firsthand look
at timber business.

I'm doing a paper on forestry
in Virginia.

You've come to the right place.

The Waltons been timbering
up here for over 200 years.

-Chad?
-Yes, Elizabeth.

-Are you married?
-No.

Why, you looking for a husband,
Elizabeth?

No, he's just very good looking.

-Thank you, Elizabeth.
-Where you heading from here?

No place in particular. Father
works on a paper in Richmond.

He thought this area would give
me what I need for my paper.

You got a place to stay, Chad?

No, I have my tents and my
blankets. I plan on roughing it.

-You ever done that before?
-Not this far up.

Well, it can be a lot rougher
in these woods than you imagine.

I want to experience it, though.
Camp out in my tent.

Maybe you ought to camp nearby,
in case there's bad weather.

Well, that's very kind of you,
Mr. Walton.

I'll pick a spot nearby.
Thank you.

We got ourselves a full moon.
How'd you like to take a walk?

You partial to full moons?

It went to all that trouble,
I figure it ought to be admired.

You got yourself a walker
and an admirer.

Livie, you were quiet at supper.
You got something on your mind?

I was thinking about children.
They're growing up so fast.

They sure are.

John-Boy away at college so
much, Jason at the Conservatory,

Mary Ellen graduating
this summer.

Even the little ones
are no longer little.

Honey, you trying
to tell me something?

How would you feel
about having another baby?

-Are you pregnant?
-No, but I wish I were.

Honey, we've got seven children,
two up in college.

And when they grow up, we got a
house to build in the mountain.

I know, but I can't
help thinking.

There's nothing in this world
so rewarding

as sitting in that rocking chair
late at night,

holding a warm little body
next to yours.

Yeah. I remember I used to come
down in the middle of the night

and see you sitting in the
rocker, asleep with Elizabeth.

You saying yes?

Liv, you gotta think about this,

all that trouble you had
last year.

I'm all better now.
I feel like a different woman.

Well, I never could give you
a flat out and out no.

But how about this?

How about we see Doc McIvers
before we make up our mind?

That's fair enough.

And now

there's nobody looking.
How about a kiss?

I love you.

-Mama? What are you doing?
-Just going through the trunk.

I heard the noise. I couldn't
imagine what was going on.

Just sorting through
some of Elizabeth's things.

-At 3:00 in the morning?
-John-Boy, go back to bed.

-Yes, ma'am. Mama, you're not...
-No, go back to bed.

Livie, are you trying to give us
a tune or are you humming

for your own amusement?

I didn't even realize
I was singing, Grandpa.

I don't understand you, Livie.

Yesterday, you were drooping
around here

with your head
off in the clouds somewhere.

Now you're just as
chipper as a gold

finch.

Something I should know?

We'll let you in on it, Ma,
as soon as the right time comes.

Well, what about right now?

Esther, your beauty is matched
only by your curiosity.

Well, we generally don't have
secrets in this family.

Grandma, John and I
are going into town.

Anything you want?

Yeah, you can bring back
some truth and honesty

about what's going on
around here.

-Morning, everybody.
-Morning, Chad.

Morning, Chad.

If it's alright, I'd like
to help out in the mill.

I could use the firsthand
experience.

-We could use the help, Son.
-Especially when it's free.

We have to go into town today.
Pa here can show you the ropes.

Now, didn't you forget
something?

Mary Ellen's in the bathroom
and she won't let anybody in.

-She's powdering her face.
-How do you know?

Well, when I knocked
on the door, nobody answered,

so I figured she was dead
and I looked in the keyhole.

Mirror, mirror, on the wall.

-I wasn't admiring myself.
-I know what you were doing.

You were wondering
if Chad thinks you're pretty.

That's right, I was.

-Just remember, I saw him first.
-You did not.

We both saw him
at the same time,

but it doesn't matter anyway.

It does, too, matter.

I saw you at supper last night
making eyes at him.

I was not.

You were, too. You were putting
on all sorts of airs.

I wasn't putting on airs.
I just smiled.

What's wrong with that?

Well, remember,
you're just a child.

What could you possibly know
about love?

How you feel, Liv?

I'm as excited as if we were
having our first baby.

I'll tell you what.
After we see Doc McIvers,

why don't I take you out to
lunch in some fancy restaurant?

What are we gonna use for money?

You think you're married
to a poor man?

I got $2 burning
a hole in my pocket.

-What's the matter?
-It's raining.

Are you crazy?
There isn't a cloud in the sky.

Well, clouds or no clouds, I'm
sitting here getting rained on.

-Your hair is sure wet.
-Yeah.

What was that?

Well, it stopped now.

Mary Ellen, you bring that back.

Erin? Erin.

-Erin.
-Help.

-Erin, are you alright?
-Yes.

-You okay? You sure?
-Yes.

-Okay. Good.
-What were you doing up there?

Look at you.
You're an absolute mess.

-You didn't break anything?
-Yes.

You alright?

Chad.

You're crazy.

Stay right there, girl.

Everything alright?

-What's the matter, Doc?
-Well, nothing, John.

Olivia is as healthy
as she can be.

If I'm so healthy,
why can't I have a baby?

Well, I'm saying you shouldn't.
It could be very dangerous.

You'd be risking your life
and that of the baby.

Isn't there something I could do
to build up my strength?

Olivia, you've borne
seven children,

and that misfortune last year
with an eighth.

We all have limits
to our capabilities.

Your body has reached its limit.

I know how much you want
another child, Livie.

I'm sorry.

Thank you, Doc.

We asked for your advice,
and you gave it to us.

Thank you.

John.

Much going on here.

Mary Ellen and Erin are in love
with the same young man.

Both girls are behaving
irrationally,

which I suppose goes with being
in love at such a tender age.

And I hope this can be resolved

without either of them
being hurt.

I'm also concerned about Mama

and suspect that she may be
having another baby,

even though she denies it.

Oh, Grandpa, I didn't mean
to walk off the job.

I wanted to get stuff
down in the journal.

Thought I'd have a little
refreshment while I doing it.

Never mind.
That boy Chad's a fine worker,

if the girls would just
let him alone.

Well, don't include me, Grandpa.

Erin's the one who's acting
like a crazy person.

Both of you have been behaving
as if you had a touch of sun.

I had absolutely nothing to do
with what happened out there.

He made it clear from the minute
we met he was interested in me.

The next thing you know, Erin's
out pouring water down on him.

I could've done a little
with that cool water myself.

You still didn't have to take
the ladder away, did you?

Well, she had it coming,
the little creep.

Oh, the green-eyed monster comes
to Walton's Mountain at last.

What green-eyed monster?

Jealousy.

Why should I be jealous
of a 15-year-old child?

Then what are you so mad about?

I'm mad because you're making
a crazy fool out of yourself.

Hey, now, wait a minute.
That's Erin's affair.

If she wants to make a fool out
of herself, that's her business.

You act like you own Chad, like
he's your own personal property.

-I did not.
-You did.

Wait a minute.
This is a stupid argument.

-Stay out of this, John-Boy.
-Alright.

Mary Ellen, 'cause he likes me
you're just jealous.

-Stop that.
-Mama, what's wrong?

I've had a big disappointment.

I'm gonna go upstairs, cry for
a while and then I'll be fine.

Well...

-Will you tell me what happened?
-What happened, Daddy?

We just left Dr. McIvers's
office.

She wanted to have another baby.
The doctor said she shouldn't.

Oh, poor Mama.

What does she want another baby
for when she's got all of us?

You know your Mama.

I thought I'd open with history
of the Blue Ridge country.

-You ought to talk to Grandpa.
-What's that, John-Boy?

He says he needs some history
of the Blue Ridge.

Oh, yeah, history. Mostly
gossip. I got plenty of that.

I can tell you who did what to
who for what and when,

way back to Adam.

-Who? Adam and Eve?
-No.

Adam Walker, first man
to settle these here parts,

along with my grandfather.

Mary Ellen, it's your turn
to dry the pans tonight.

I dried them last night.
It's Erin's turn.

Grandma, could you please tell
Mary Ellen that I dried the pots

and glasses
last night?

She owes me pots and glasses.

Tell Erin that I dried
the glasses, the bowls

and the frying pan from lunch,

and bowls and frying pan
equals pots.

I don't care if you're speaking
to one another or not,

but those pans better be dried
before we're finished.

Now wipe.

There's a family downstairs
that needs you very much.

I know.

All I seem to think
about is myself.

Now,

if you were perfect, you'd walk
on water and leave me behind.

Mama. Daddy.

Doc McIvers is here.
He wants to see you both.

I had a thought
after you left the office.

And it may be something
you're not interested in at all,

then again you might.

Elizabeth.

Um, what would you think
of taking in a baby for a while?

Giving it a foster home.

It's a case of giving a child
some family love

until the adoption is completed.

Do you have a baby?

Little girl, eight months old.

Paperwork takes time,

and the young couple
adopting her

can't take her
until it's all finished.

Well, John, you know how I feel.
What do you think?

Well, Liv, it would be taking
a baby into the family

we couldn't keep
and have to give her back.

We'd just all have
to understand that.

Honey, you and all the children
would fall in love with her.

And when we had to give her back
there'd be the devil to pay.

You'd have to think it over,
Liv.

Well, right now I'd rather think
about the child.

It needs a home and a mother.

We'll take it and we'll
just all have to understand

that we're not to get too
attached to it. That's all.

You don't believe me.

Liv, I know you.

The case is being handled over
at the county by a social worker

Blanche Pigeon.

You can get in touch with her

if you decide
you really want to do this.

-Can I talk to you, John-Boy?
-Sure, come on in.

It's about Mary Ellen.

Oh, it is, is it?

I think you two have been
acting pretty childish.

Well, I've said I was sorry,
but she won't make up.

Says she's never gonna speak to
me again as long as she lives,

and I think she means it.

-Well, what should I do?
-I don't know.

It's all because Chad and I
smiled at each other at supper.

And you threw an egg at him
and poured water on his head.

I don't know why
a girl as pretty as you

has gotta do things like that
to get attention.

Gotta give you credit, though,
it seems to be working.

Just because Mary Ellen rode
in your rumble seat with Chad

and he was nice to her, well,
she thinks she owns him.

She'd listen to you, John-Boy.

Oh, no. She's not
gonna listen to me,

'cause I'm not gonna say
anything to her.

Everything is fair in love,
but I'll tell you one thing,

if either one of you goes over
the deep end, you'll be sorry.

Because he's gonna go away

and you're probably
not gonna see him again.

I can like him
while he's here, can't I?

Sure, but the more you like him
while he's here,

the sorrier you're gonna be
when he's gone.

No. When it's time for him to
leave, I'll just say goodbye,

and that'll be the end of it.

Okay.

Most useful trees around here
are these southern yellow pines.

There's three of them.

They're very fast growing
and useful for our purposes.

I saw lot of dead ones
up on the mountain.

Beautiful grain woods, but there
were so many dead ones.

-Was it chestnut blight?
-That's right.

Yeah. Now, that wasn't pine
that was a chestnut tree.

A noble tree. It's sad what's
happened to it everywhere here.

Killed off just about
all of them around here.

Here you can see we had a beetle
infestation on these pines.

And by the concentric circles,

it looks like as long
about 1931.

That was the year that Hoover
said to Raymond Clapper,

"What this country needs
is one big laugh."

Yes, but over in our other mill
we use mostly the hardwoods,

like...

Say, hickory and oak
and yellow poplar.

That's tulipwood, isn't it,
John-Boy?

John-Boy.

Isn't that tulipwood?

Yeah, I'm sorry.
My mind is wandering.

It's just about time
for Mama and Daddy to get back.

The new baby hasn't even arrived
yet, and already we're losing

all powers
of concentration around here.

My parents are gonna be foster
parents for a little while.

They went into town
to get the baby.

Your mother wants another child?

-I know it's hard to imagine.
-New baby.

In all other subjects she seems
to be pretty levelheaded.

Will you silly children quit
playing around and do some work?

Why?

Because we gotta get things
ready for the baby.

You boys, come on,
give me a hand here.

Okay, Grandma.

I think we had all the washing
we needed around here

without adding more.

It's heavy.

I'm not finished with you.
Come back here and help.

But that's women's work,
Grandma.

Work is work. Now, come on.

Sure is a skinny looking towel.

That's a diaper.

I know, I was only joking.

Your mama said
to freshen these up

for whatever it is
they're bringing home.

Well, they're here already.
Hey, everybody.

Hey, I see her!

She's really cute!

Her name is Jennifer
and she's eight months old.

-Did I ever look like that?
-You were worse.

When you were that age
you could scare snakes.

-Let me hold her.
-Careful.

Hello, Jenny. She's so cute.

She's even
got her eyes open, too.

-Jim-Bob, she's not a puppy.
-Can I hold her?

-Sure, honey.
-It's time for your speech, Liv.

Remember, she's not ours.

We're keeping her for the county
until her adoption goes through.

What your mother's trying
to say is,

don't get too used to her
because she's not staying.

Isn't she just beautiful?

Say "hi" to Elizabeth.

Easy, easy.

It's raining cats and dogs
out here.

You can hardly see the house
from the barn.

Judas Priest.

Mama, you better hurry up. She's
getting awful tired and hungry.

The milk will be ready
in just a minute, Elizabeth.

Heavens to Betsy.

This place looks like a bed
sheet factory hit by a tornado.

Didn't have much choice,
Grandpa.

Come here. You expect us
to go outside and say,

"Sorry, Lord,
you can't let it rain right now.

"We've got our wash
on the line."

Give me that.

Ladies, doesn't anybody know
that it's suppertime?

Yeah, when are we gonna eat?

Be ready in a few minutes,
Jason.

Well, Jennifer's gone
and messed everything up.

Don't you yell at Jennifer.

Here you go, Grandma.

Poor little thing, doesn't know
what's happening to her.

Thinks the house is full of
crazy people.

Come on.

Grandpa, I'm hungry.

Well, we boys might as well
get used to the idea.

If you don't wear diapers
around here, you don't eat.

You still shooting, huh?

Don't you love all
the nice smells after a rain?

All I can smell is the perfume.
Did you pour the bottle on head?

I hate you.

-I'll throw you in the pond.
-No, Chad, don't.

-Oh, yes. Oh, yes.
-No. Put me down.

-No.
-No, no.

-I thought you'd throw me in.
-I wouldn't throw you in.

A child like you might sink
to the bottom.

-Don't call me "child."
-Why not? That's what you are.

I'm 15. When my grandma was
young, girls got married at 15.

Well, I'm not gonna marry you,
so you can just forget it.

I wouldn't for all the tea in
China. I'd rather marry a pig.

Good. If I see a dirty old pig,
I'll send him around.

You're awful.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean
to throw you in.

Come here.

Why do you like trees?

Trees?

-My grandfather liked trees.
-Mine, too.

Yes.

We're sorry you have
to rush off.

Well, I appreciate you folks'
hospitality.

If you're ever down Richmond
way, stop in and see us.

-We'll do that, Chad.
-You be careful on the road.

Thank you, young man. You'll
find it a lot easier going home.

-It's downhill all the way.
-Thank you.

-Bye.
-Bye-bye.

Goodbye, Mary Ellen.

And I'm sure whatever
hospital you get in

you'll be the prettiest nurse
on the staff.

-Where you going?
-I'm moving on.

Yeah. Daddy, there's something
in here from the county.

What is it?

Well, it's from
the welfare department.

I thought you were staying
with us a couple more days.

No, I changed
my mind last night.

I never thought
I'd fall for a 15-year-old girl.

Erin's a very special person.

Yeah. You say goodbye to her?

I'd like to. What do you think?

Well, I think you should.

Just keep in mind
whatever you say to her

she's gonna remember
for a long time.

If I can only find her.

-Isn't she around here?
-I haven't seen her at all.

I'll tell you
where she might be.

The girl's secret place
is down by Drucilla's Pond.

-Well, I'll look there, then.
-Okay.

-It's nice knowing you.
-Thanks again.

-Bye.
-Bye.

-Daddy, is that the letter?
-Yeah.

The adoption is all wrapped up.
They'll be out to get her.

It's not gonna be easy on Mama.

No.

-I wish I could stay longer.
-Then why don't you?

Because of what I found out
about myself,

because of last night.

I found out that
I loved you, Erin.

Is that so terrible?

No, it was wonderful,

but it just happened
a couple of years too soon.

You still think of me
as a child.

No, I don't.

We just met at the wrong time.

Maybe if we're lucky,
there'll be another summer

and it will be the right time.

Goodbye.

Don't you get
too attached to her, Grandma.

What are you doing?

He's gone.

I know.

I really loved him.

I think you did.

It's like my whole life
is ruined.

Chad's gone and you hate me.

I don't hate you, Erin.

Are we sisters again?

I think we're stuck
with each other.

Erin.

I'm telling you, it is a
scorcher out there today.

-Take a break. We'll cool off.
-I am fully inclined to do so.

I'll tell you that sun
has been simmering my brains.

Regular Turkish bath.

Esther, there's some kind of goo
in this here cup.

Zeb, that's Jennifer's oatmeal.

It's cooling.
What are you doing with that?

I'm making an honest effort
to get myself a drink of water.

Since this place has turned into
a day nursery, there's nothing

but baby bottles
to drink out of.

Ever since the baby came into
the house, you've turned cranky.

What's the matter, Grandpa?
They all ganging up on you?

Oh, Esther, calling me cranky.

You've got her
looking real pretty.

You be careful of her soft spot.

Ma, I know how to hold a baby.

A man never learns how
to hold a baby.

You know, Pa's right.
You are the cranky one.

Hello, you. Hello.

You know, she's gonna be
real pretty when she grows up.

It beats me how a few pounds
of noise and appetite

can upset a whole household,

turn a bunch of sensible people
into babbling idiots.

Zeb, you've got the softest
heart in the whole family.

May have been so at one time,

but in my advancing years
I have got no time for infants.

Daddy, could you come out
to the mill for a minute?

Sure, Son.

Pa, she's all yours.

-What?
-There.

Grandpa, she looks even smaller
when you hold her.

-Look out for her soft spot.

You and your confounded
soft spot.

You ought to know that I know
how to handle babies.

Well, you don't hold it
like a sack of cornmeal.

I'm holding her in a perfectly
natural, comfortable position.

If she didn't like it,
she'd tell me so. Wouldn't you?

Oh, beautiful, blue eyes.

Look at her,
she's gonna smile at me.

Trouble with you ladies is
you don't know how to

talk to a baby, with your...

...and all that.

You've to talk to her as though
she's a highly intelligent

natural human being.

Isn't that right?

Look at her.

She knows that I am talking
sensible to her,

don't you, Jenny?

Now look at the way
she uses her hands.

You know, I think this is a
highly intelligent child, Livie.

Grandpa, we're gonna need
a new belt for the saw.

Well, I'll get around
to it directly.

Are you gonna talk to me,
Jenny, or not?

Come on. Here, come on, look at
your old grandpa.

Grandpa, you're just as bad
as Mama and Grandma,

talking to that baby
like it was gonna answer you.

Well, here, Mr. Know-it-all.

I should inform you that
a baby of this age

can understand
adult conversation.

-It's by the tone of the voice.
-Really?

She's not a bad looking
little thing.

She's much prettier than the
Bedloe baby, that's for sure.

Kind of reminds me of Elizabeth
when she was little,

except Elizabeth had red hair.

-Jennifer.
-Jennifer.

She hardly looks like the same
baby. She's filled out so.

No wonder, the way everyone
keeps feeding her all the time.

Come here, Jennifer.
Come on, sweetheart.

That's a girl.

That's not fair, Mama.
You always get to hold her.

Can't understand it,
a dumb baby.

All it does is holler and wet,
everybody thinks it's wonderful.

Well, it is wonderful
if you think about it, Jim-Bob.

That little baby there is gonna
become a full-sized girl.

You call that wonderful?

John-Boy, get that,
will you, please?

Sure.

I'm Blanche Pigeon
from Jefferson County Welfare.

Are Mr. and Mrs. Walton here?

-Yes, of course. Come in.
-Thank you.

Mama, don't let them take
Jennifer away.

Everybody, this is
Blanche Pigeon.

Hello, I'm John Walton.
This is my wife.

This is the whole family.

And there's little Jennifer.

Looks like you've taken real
good care of her, Mrs. Walton.

We've tried.

Mama, don't let
her take Jennifer.

You did receive my letter.

We expected you sooner or later.
We just hoped it would be later.

Well, it's always like that.

It's difficult to give them up,
I know.

It may help you, Mrs. Walton,
the young couple that are

adopting her can't have children
of their own.

She'll be wanted and loved.

Maybe you could tell us
something about these people.

They're the couple
out in the car.

Perhaps we could have a word
with them.

It's not customary.

I would advise against it.

I'd like to see them.

Ida, Jim,
would you come in, please?

Hello. Come in, please.

This is Ida and Jim Piercy.

This is the Walton family.

-Hello.
-Is that Jennifer?

Could I hold her?

If there's anything you want
and we have it, you're welcome.

Thanks, but we've been
planning for so long.

-Gathering things, you know.
-We got plenty of diapers.

She goes through them
like they grow on trees.

She loves to be held,
especially late at night.

One of these nights, Jim, you're
gonna come downstairs...

I'm sorry.

Okay. Children, say goodbye to
Jenny. Come on. You, too, honey.

She's a real sweet baby.
She doesn't cry much.

-She's beautiful.
-I gotta get some juice for her.

I wonder who'll use it next,
Mary Ellen or Erin.

John,

don't put it too far back.

The cradle was never far back
in the attic.

It was used again and again
as our own families grew.

And I think she is
never so happy

as when one
or all of her grandchildren

come to visit in that house
on Walton's Mountain.

-Night, Mama.
-Goodnight, John-Boy.

-Goodnight, Mary Ellen.
-Goodnight, Mama.

Goodnight, Erin.

Do you think Chad
will ever come back?

I don't know, Erin, maybe.

I hope he doesn't.
When he was here

you and Erin were primping
in the bathroom all the time.

Goodnight, Jim-Bob.

A guy has to get in
the bathroom sometime.

-Goodnight, Jim-Bob.
-Goodnight, Jim-Bob.

Goodnight, everybody.

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