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Laura: LET'S HAVE A RELAY RACE!

Boy: LET'S CHOOSE SIDES.

Boy: I CHOOSE LAURA INGALLS.

HEY, LAURA.

LAURA, COME ON. I CHOSE YOU.

WHAT ABOUT ME?

YOU'RE TOO FAT TO RUN.

[CHILDREN LAUGHING]

Boy: GIVE IT TO ME!

[CHILDREN SHOUTING]

[BELL RINGING]

HI.

HI.

ALL THAT RUNNING MADE ME THIRSTY.

YOU RUN PRETTY GOOD FOR A GIRL.

IS IT JOHN JOHNSON?

IS THAT YOUR FORMAL NAME?

NO, MA'AM. IT'S JOHNNY.

JOHNNY. IS IT?

Laura, voice-over: HIS NAME WAS JOHNNY JOHNSON.

I KNEW JUST HOW HE FELT STANDING UP THERE...

SHY AND SCARY, WITH EVERYBODY STARING...

EVEN WORSE THAN THE FIRST DAY MARY AND I CAME TO SCHOOL,

BECAUSE HE WAS ALL ALONE.

WHY DON'T YOU LOOK AT THIS BOOK?

LOOK AT THE FIRST CHAPTER.

HE LOOKS LIKE A SCARECROW IN SOMEBODY'S GARDEN.

Miss Beadle: ALL RIGHT.

YOU CAN TAKE THIS SEAT RIGHT HERE IN FRONT.

ALL RIGHT.

Miss Beadle: LET'S BEGIN OUR DAY WITH READING.

PATRICK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START?

START RIGHT HERE.

Patrick: "BY SEA AND STREAMS AND FIELDS AND WOODS

"THE WILD BIRDS REAR THEIR LITTLE BROODS.

"LOOK FOR THEIR NEST, BUT DO NOT TAKE.

"NESTS ARE SUCH TIRESOME THINGS TO MAKE.

"WHAT PRETTY LOVE AND TENDER CARE WERE SPENT

"THOSE WARM NESTS TO PREPARE.

"LOOK AND ADMIRE AS WELL YOU MAY,

BUT NEVER TAKE THE EGGS AWAY."

THAT'S VERY GOOD, PATRICK.

THAT DESERVES A GOLD STAR.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

LAURA, I THINK YOU'RE NEXT.

LAURA.

STOP DAYDREAMING. MISS BEADLE CALLED ON YOU.

WANT TO START RIGHT HERE?

"BY SEA AND STREAMS AND FIELDS AND WOODS

"THE WILD BIRDS REAR THEIR LITTLE BROODS.

"LOOK FOR THEIR NEST, BUT DO NOT TAKE.

"NESTS ARE SUCH TIRESOME THINGS TO MAKE.

"WHAT PRETTY LOVE AND TENDER CARE WERE SPENT

"THOSE WARM NESTS TO PREPARE.

"LOOK AND ADMIRE AS WELL AS YOU MAY,

BUT NEVER TAKE THE EGGS AWAY."

THAT'S VERY GOOD, LAURA.

COME ON, LAURA.

WHAT A SLOWPOKE YOU ARE TODAY.

I'M TIRED.

YOU WOULDN'T BE IF YOU DIDN'T PLAY ROUGH BOYS' GAMES.

NOW WHAT?

I JUST WANT TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY MORE INITIALS

ON THE SWEETHEART TREE.

WHO CARES?

CARVING ON A TREE IS PLAIN SILLY.

I'D BE FURIOUS IF ANY BOY PUT MY INITIALS UP THERE.

COME ON. WE'VE GOT CHORES AND HOMEWORK TO DO.

I GOT A PEBBLE IN MY SHOE.

WHY, IT'S JOHNNY JOHNSON.

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU LIVED OUT OUR WAY, JOHNNY.

YEAH. I, UH...

I TAKE THIS ROAD AS FAR AS THE MORGAN TURNOFF.

WE GO FARTHER, SO WE CAN WALK TOGETHER.

MAYBE HE DOESN'T WANT TO.

THIS IS MY SISTER MARY.

HOW DO YOU DO?

I'M READY. LET'S GO.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU USE A ROPE BETTER THAN MOST ANY BOY I EVER SAW.

HA HA HA!

WELL, I GET LOTS OF PRACTICE

HERDING THE STOCK TO PASTURE AND BACK.

THAT'S ALL YOU USE... A ROPE?

HA HA! OF COURSE NOT.

I GOT A BIG STICK TO GET AFTER THEM WITH.

LIKE MISS BEADLE GETS AFTER SOME OF THE BOYS

WITH HER RULER.

HA HA HA!

YOU KNOW, UH...

MISS BEADLE SEEMS REAL NICE.

SHE SAID SHE'D HELP ME ALL SHE COULD.

YOU KNOW, ME BEING LATE STARTING AND ALL.

SHE WILL, TOO.

AND ANYBODY WHO STUDIES HARD CAN GO AHEAD

JUST AS FAST AS THEY CAN.

WELL, SEEMS TO ME YOU DID

JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING RIGHT TODAY, MARY.

YOU MUST STUDY REAL HARD.

MA TAUGHT MARY A LOT BEFORE SHE STARTED SCHOOL.

OUR MA USED TO BE A TEACHER.

I WANT TO BE A TEACHER, TOO.

WELL, THAT'S A MIGHTY FINE AMBITION.

GOLLY, MY MIND'S JUMPING LIKE A JACKRABBIT

FROM ALL THE THINGS MISS BEADLE SAID TODAY.

LET'S SEE WHO'S THE BEST ROCK THROWER.

ALL RIGHT. YOU GO FIRST.

I'LL TRY FOR THAT TREE OVER YONDER.

HA! YOU HIT IT!

VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT, MARY.

HERE. YOU GO NEXT.

OH, I'M NO GOOD AT THROWING ROCKS.

OH, GO ON.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HIT A VARMINT.

NOW, GO ON. TRY THAT TREE RIGHT OVER THERE.

THAT'S NOT BAD, MARY. NOT BAD AT ALL.

BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THROW A LITTLE HARDER NOW.

HERE. SEE, NOW, YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR ARM STRAIGHT.

COME ON. WE GOT CHORES AND HOMEWORK TO DO.

[PLAYING LIVELY TUNE]

MORE MUSIC, PAPA!

Caroline: IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO DANCE TO BED.

PLAY ONE MORE SONG, PA. PLEASE.

Charles: MY AUDIENCE COMMANDS.

I'LL PLAY ONE GUARANTEED TO PUT CARRIE TO SLEEP.

[PLAYS SLOW MELODY]

[GIGGLING]

MA...

YOU HAVE TOO MUCH ENERGY.

HMM?

WOULD YOU TELL ME WHAT IT WAS LIKE BACK IN THE OLDEN DAYS

WHEN YOU AND PA WERE COURTING?

I DON'T THINK I CAN REMEMBER

THAT FAR BACK IN HISTORY.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

DID YOU KNOW RIGHT OFF THAT YOU LOVED HIM?

I THINK SO.

DID HE KNOW, TOO?

I'M NOT SURE.

YOUR PA WAS NEVER ONE

FOR MAKING SHEEP'S EYES AT GIRLS.

WHY, HE WAS SO SHY...

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IF HE LIKED ME.

WELL, HOW'D YOU FIND OUT FOR SURE?

WELL, I FINALLY DECIDED IF I WAITED FOR HIM,

I MIGHT NEVER FIND OUT.

SO EVEN THOUGH IT WAS CONSIDERED VERY FORWARD

FOR YOUNG LADIES TO DO THE ASKING,

I INVITED HIM ON A PICNIC.

AND WHAT DID HE SAY?

UH, HE SAID, UH...

"DON'T MIND IF I DO,"

WHICH WASN'T EXACTLY THE RESPONSE I WAS LOOKING FOR.

BUT ON THAT PICNIC,

WE FOUND OUT THAT WE WERE KINDRED SPIRITS.

WHAT'S A KINDRED SPIRIT?

WELL...

THAT MEANS YOU CAN READ EACH OTHER'S THOUGHTS

WITHOUT PUTTING THEM INTO WORDS.

GOOD NIGHT, HONEY.

SLEEP TIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT, CARRIE.

Carrie: GOOD NIGHT.

MARY?

GO TO SLEEP.

WHAT DID YOU THINK OF JOHNNY JOHNSON?

DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF ANYTHING.

HE SURE THROWS ROCKS GOOD.

WHO WANTS TO THROW ROCKS?

I THINK HE'S LIKE PA.

WHY, HE'S DOWNRIGHT HOMELY COMPARED TO PA.

I THINK HE'S THE BEST-LOOKING BOY IN THE WHOLE SCHOOL.

THAT'S NOT SAYING MUCH.

GO TO SLEEP, LAURA.

CAN'T. HAVE TO GO OUT BACK.

HEY, ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME YOU WERE IN BED?

I HAVE TO GO TO THE OUTHOUSE, PA.

OH. THAT'S DIFFERENT.

PA... WOULD YOU TELL ME WAY, WAY BACK

WHEN MA ASKED YOU TO GO ON A PICNIC,

WHAT DID YOU THINK?

NOW, WHO TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT?

MA TOLD ME.

OH, SHE DID, DID SHE?

MM-HMM.

WHAT DID YOU THINK?

NOW, YOU PROMISE NOT TO TELL?

CROSS MY HEART.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I KNEW YOUR MA WOULD JUST DIE OF A BROKEN HEART

IF I DIDN'T GO ALONG,

SO I ACCEPTED AND THEN HOPED TO HEAVEN SHE WAS A GOOD COOK.

YOU'RE TEASING.

NO, I'M NOT.

DIDN'T YOU EVER HEAR THE WAY TO A MAN'S HEART

IS THROUGH HIS STOMACH?

HEY. FALLING STAR.

OH, I MISSED IT.

WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

I ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I WANT,

SO I'LL GIVE YOU MY WISH.

BUT DON'T YOU HAVE TO SEE THE STAR TO GET YOUR WISH?

MM-MM. I SAW IT, AND I'M GMNG MY WISH TO YOU.

OH. THE WAY YOU'RE SCRUNCHING YOUR EYES TOGETHER,

IT MUST BE A PRETTY IMPORTANT WISH.

GOT IT?

MM-HMM.

OK. YOU RUN ON OUT BACK.

BUT I DON'T HAVE TO GO ANYMORE, PA.

WELL, THEN YOU BETTER GET TO BED.

OH, PA, I DO LOVE YOU.

I LOVE YOU, TOO.

OFF TO BED. HAVE A GOOD SLEEP.

YOU, TOO, PA.

CHRISTY, YOUR WORD IS "PUZZLE."

PUZZLE, P-U-Z-Z-L, PUZZLE.

I'M SORRY. THAT'S WRONG.

MARY?

PUZZLE, P-U-Z-Z-L-E, PUZZLE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

NELLIE, YOUR WORD IS "WHISTLE."

WHISTLE, W-H-I-S-L-E, WHISTLE.

I'M SORRY, NELLIE. THAT'S WRONG.

MARY?