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Mary: Pa! Pa!

Reverend says
I've got a job,
a teaching job!

And Miss Beadle says
that Mary is far and away
the best qualified.

That's awful nice
of Miss Beadle.

You be sure
to thank her, Mary.

I already did.

Now, it's
a two-month term.

It's the first school
that Willow prairie
has ever had.

The salary
is $15 a month

and board and room
in a good Christian home.

Now, the job is Mary's
if she wants it.

Oh, I do.

Now, you'd better
know what you're
getting into first.

It's a small,
isolated community

that's 40 miles
north and east.

There's no store.

There's no
post office,

and, well, the people
are...

Wary, standoffish.

They just don't
much like strangers.

But you do
preach there?

Yes, once
every other month

since the church
was willed a farm
up there.

Now, if you
take the job, Mary,

you'll be
the second teacher.

The first, Miss Tipton,
she left after just 4 days.

What happened?

Well, I don't really know,

but I'd guess
that Miss Rachel Peel
had a lot to do with it.

She, uh--she presides
over the prayer meetings.

A lady preacher?

She's a lady
of strong opinions.

She just doesn't
like school.

She doesn't see
the need of them.

Tell you, reverend,
the way you're talking,

you're making this place
sound a little bit like
a battleground.

Well, it was until
I talked to the parents

and I explained
to them that the school
is a church project,

and they agreed
to give it a try.

But now, that doesn't mean
that the opposition
from Miss Peel is over.

It's Mary's decision.

It would be
a good experience.

If I can teach there,
I expect I can teach
just about anyplace.

Mary, it seems like
you made up your mind, then.

I have.

I'll take the job.

Bless you. We'll leave
first light tomorrow.

Well, here we are.
I'll get your things.

Thank you, reverend.

Children,
this is Miss Ingalls.

She's your new teacher.

Hello.

They're all shy.

As soon as they know you,
everything will be fine.

Mary, this is
Mr. Caleb Fisher.

Caleb, Mary Ingalls.

I'm pleased
to meet you.

It's very kind of you
to let me stay in your home.

It's not my idea.

Church house,
church land.

I'm just farming it.

I never told you
they were
very friendly.

This will be
your desk.

It also serves
as my lectern
when I preach here.

That should
bring me luck.

It's past 3:00.
Want I should
ring the bell?

That would be
very nice.

Oh, Caleb, would you
be back after school

to show Miss Ingalls
how to find your house?

No. Got my plowing
to do.

Reverend:
That creates a problem.

Nope. Katie
can show her.

Your daughter.
Oh, yes.

Now, if I
can be any help,

I'll be happy to
spend the day here.

Oh, no, please don't.
I'll do just fine.

[Bell ringing]

Well, good luck,
teacher.

[Bell rings]

Caleb: They're
all here, ma'am.

Thank you very much.

My name is Miss Ingalls.

I'm your teacher.

Well, how is everybody
this morning?

Well, let's get to work.

Did any of you
bring a slate?

Paper?

A pencil?

If I were to pass out
paper and pencil,

um, how many of you
could write your names?

Raise your hands.

I'd like each one of you
to come up to my desk,

one at a time--
girls first.

You, in the front row,

could you come
up here, please?

You know my name.
I'd like to know yours.

I need it for
my registration book.

Katie.

[Writing]
Katie.

Hi, Katie.

Your last name?

Fisher.

Fisher.

Fisher...oh!
I'm going to be staying
at your house.

After school,
you show me how
to get there, all right?

All right.

Now,
this is your name.

Between lessons,
you can practice

writing it
over and over.

Soon you'll be able
to do it without
even looking.

All right,
next?

Your name?

Oh, it's all right.

Won't you tell me
your name?

Woman, harshly:
Speak up, child!

Miss Peel?

Miss Rachel Peel.

I'm Miss Ingalls.

The new teacher.
I heard.

Her name's Sarah,

daughter of Samuel
and Elizabeth Miller.

Mary: Thank you.

You may take
your seat, Sarah.

Uh...thank you
for dropping in.

Thought I'd see
for myself.

Fancy raiment.

And books.

I need them to teach.

Teach what?

Writing, spelling,
reading--

ciphering?

Ciphering?

Old ways are best.

Ciphering
and the lord's word
is all any man ever needs.

Well, it's a start, but--

if a man can cipher,

he can trade
in the marketplace--

sell his crop
for a fair price,

buy what he needs,

get back
where he belongs--

back home
in the bosom
of his family,

away from sin
and temptation.

Well, yes, I will
teach arithmetic...

And reading...

And also
history and geography.

Ciphering.

The rest is sin
and a waste.

Mary: Hey, Katie,
what's the matter?
Wait for me!

Hey, Katie,
wait up. Please?

Oh, hello, Miss Peel.

Beautiful day, isn't it?

Well, have a nice day.

Child, how many
times have--

new teacher, mama.

Yes.

Miss...

Mary Ingalls.

Of course.
Miss Ingalls.

My Caleb told me
about you.

I don't know
where my mind is.

He told me
you'd be here--
4 for supper.

I just plain forgot.

Oh, it doesn't matter.

Maybe not to some.

My Caleb,
he--he don't hold
with forgetting.

Katie will show you
where you sleep.

Oh, you don't
have to do that.

It's supposed
to be tidy.

Ma said.

There, you see?

You can talk to me,
and it didn't hurt a bit.

[Door opens]

Pa's home.
We'd best hurry.

I'll be along
in a minute. I just want
to wash and change.

You'd best hurry.

Mary: I'm sorry
I'm late.

Katie told you
how mother was
taking up the supper.

She said we should hurry,
but I wanted to wash
and change.

The other dress
was good enough.

This one is--is--

well, I would not
call it a proper dress.

My Sunday dress?
The one I wear to church?

Not here.

Enough talk. Sit.

Eat.

You don't have to.
It's my work.

I want to. At home,
I always do dishes.

Suit yourself.

You know, we had
a lot of things we did

to make
kitchen chores go faster.

At election time,
pa read to us
out of the newspaper

how the troops went
to Florida and Oregon
to help count the votes

to decide who was
going to be president.

And other times, he'd play
the fiddle till the dishes
in the cupboards danced.

Who is
the president?

What?

U.S. Grant.

He was.
Rutherford B. Hayes
is president now.

She told you
she don't need help.
She don't.

Your room's upstairs.

You can sleep
in the bed. Katie will
sleep on the floor.

She doesn't have to do that.
I'd be happy--

you'll sleep
in the bed!

We'll call you
in plenty of time
for breakfast.

Oh...and that's
no fitting dress

to be teaching
our young ones in.

You'd best wear
something else.

Good night, Mrs. Fisher.

Mary: Land's sakes,
what happened to that barn?

Katie:
Miss Peel done it.

Mr. Simpkin
made her mad,
so she done it.

Oh, Katie.
You don't really
believe that.

Sure I do. Miss Peel,
she can do anything.

All right, Hazel.
You now have one apple.

Now how many
do you have?

Two.

Very good. You see?
You did know.

All right.
Another problem.

I want one of the boys
to do this one.

Two plus two.
What's the answer?

Come on.
You know the answer.

I have two apples.

There's two on my desk.

How many apples do I have?

Boy: Three.

Who are you?

Joshua bond.

My pa sent me.

He said you was
handing out learning
and I needed some.

Listened at the door--
didn't hear nothing
but apples.

All right.
You have two apples.

A friend
gives you two more.

How many apples
do you have?

I told you. Three.

I ate one.

Mary: Go home.

My pa said--

I don't care
what your pa said!

I said go home
and stay home

until you can behave
properly and politely
in this classroom.

-Ma'am, I didn't say anything--
-look!

We're not here
so you can come in late

and make silly jokes.

I'm here to teach,
and these children
are here to learn.

You come back when
you're ready to learn
and not before.

And be here
when the bell rings
or don't come at all!

But, ma'am,
my pa said--

you tell your pa
to come see me.

I'll be glad
to tell him why
I sent you home.

Go on, now. Get!

[Exhales]

Enoch,
you have two apples.

I give you two more.
How many do you have?

Mrs. Fisher:
This here tele--
tele--

telephone.

This thing
is on the wall?

Or a table or a desk.

Why, he could even put one
in the barn if he wanted to.

'Course, cows wouldn't
have much need.

You talk
into this thing,

and somebody
hears you?

-Mm-hmm.
-How far away?

Next door
or miles and miles.

Before long, there'll
be thousands of them.

People will be able
to talk to their neighbors

or clear across the country.

America will
be a lot smaller,
thanks to Mr. Bell.

Who?

Alexander Graham bell,
the inventor
of the telephone.

You can put one
in the barn.

People can talk
across miles.

That is a lie.

No, sir, it is not.

The telephone was exhibited
at the Philadelphia exposition.

There were lots of stories
in the newspapers.

Stories. Lies.

Good thing I was working
out in the mud,

had to leave my boots
on the porch,
or I wouldn't have heard

all this stuff
you're making up
in your head.

I did not make it up.

Ellen, I'm hungry.

It's ready.
I'll take it up.

So...

You sent Joshua bond
home, eh?

Yes, sir.

Well, his father
didn't like it.

You do it again,

he's going to have
a talk with Miss Peel.

I told Joshua I'd be happy
to talk to his father.

If he can behave,
he can attend school.

If he doesn't,
I'll send him home again!

And I do not lie.

There is such a thing
as a telephone.

Here you go.

If you'd give me
more warning,

I could have packed
a better lunch.

It ain't the lunch.

It's the corn price
I'm worried about.

Hyah! Get up there!

Uh, that dress...

Caleb don't think
it's proper for teaching.

I know, but
I happen to like it.

[Clucking]

Miss Ingalls, no!

Oh, he can't
hurt anybody.
He's just a chicken.

How you doing, there?
Huh?

There you go.

Katie?

Katie!

Mary: Reuben bracken
is absent.

Does anyone know why?

Child: Whooping.

What?

Joshua:
He's whooping.

Reuben's got
whooping cough.

Can I come to school?

You may,
if you behave,

for as long
as you behave.

If you got the whoopers,
sugar and coal oil
is the only cure.

If you ain't got them,
well, this will
keep them away.

Uh, thank you, but
the odor is so strong,

I'm afraid it would
make me sick to wear it.

Got to be strong,
or it don't do no good.

And you only smell it
right at first.

Yeah. Why don't you
just...

Put it on the end
of the desk over there,

and I'll think about it.

Ain't just whooping cough.

Miss Peel says
if you wear it
next to your skin,

you don't get pox
or mumps or measles.

Miss Peel?

She's the one
that makes them.

Onliest people
get sick around here

are them that give her
cause to want them to.

Yeah. Well, uh,
thank you.

Now, if you'll
take your seat,

we'll see
if we can get some
schoolwork done.

Did you turn loose
my little rooster?

You mean the one
that was tangled up
in the string?

Oh...I told you.

It had to be her.

What are you?
Some kind
of little fool?

When a rooster
is tied up that way,

don't you know
what it means?

[Yelling]
Well, don't you?

No!
No, I don't.

A rooster
who is tied up
that way

means good luck.

It means I'm going
to be coming home

with a pocket
full of money,

anybody who knows
anything knows that.

Just like you know
that dried spiders
cure the ague,

and wolf droppings
cure the colic.

Anybody
who knows anything
knows that!

But you, you turn
my little rooster
loose.

And that
brought bad luck.
The worst kind.

One hour
before I reached
the feed and grain,

the bottom
fell clean out
of the corn price.

Oh, I sold,

but I didn't get
half what the sacks
was worth.

-Caleb--
-just shut up! Mind you!

And you.
Don't you ever

touch anything
around here again.

And I'd take
it kindly

if you'd wear
a proper dress
for supper.

It'll be
a few minutes

if you want to wash up.

Thank you.

I could've done that.

Oh, that's all right.
It's almost done.

I can empty the bucket.

If you like.

I been having trouble
timing sixes and nines.

I was hoping
that you might--

tomorrow, Joshua.

Like nine times six.

You can do it by yourself
if you really try.

I've been trying.
I can't figure it
in my head,

and I don't have a slate
or a slate pencil

or any paper and pencil.

You don't need
pencil or paper.

Soft dirt like this
and a sharp stick,

and you've got
a perfect slate.

You can sure think
circles around me.

Can I just show you
what I'm trying
to figure?

All right
if you hurry.

There.

No. That's wrong.

You've got the 2 numbers
in the answer reversed.

This is how it should be.

You know...
You're mighty pretty.

I think that will be
the end of our lesson
for today.

Why? I'm a fast
learner if you just
give me a chance.

Miss Peel: Joshua!

You devil's disciple!

I never thought
I'd see this day!

When your pa hears,
he'll rip your soul clean!

Get to home!

Jezebel!

Flaunting your flesh
in temptation's raiment.

You will burn!

Oh, you will burn!

You should always
take your hair

out of braids
before you go to bed

and brush it
really good.

Then it'll stay
really healthy, OK?

OK.

You've got
pretty hair.

Thanks.

Man: I come to see her,
and I'm going see her.

Mrs. Fisher:
Miss Ingalls?

Company to see you--
Mr. Bond.

I'll be right down.

Miss Peel knowed.

She come told me,
and she was right.

You a jezebel
and worse.

Mr. Bond, I--

I come
to talk, not listen!

You like to killed my boy.

He come home
struck down sick.

Would have died, too,

if Miss Peel hadn't knowed
to come to my house.

If you'll just give me
a chance to explain--

oh, no. You'll
cast no spell on me.

I'm too strong for you.

You should be down
on your knees praying, girl,

in thanks that
Miss Peel able to pull
my boy Joshua through.

I didn't do anything
to Joshua.

He come home,
his eyes 'most swollen shut.

You did something to him.

You ever do it again,

you'll be
the most sorry person
ever leave these parts.

You understand?

Katie's not feeling good.

She won't be going
to school tomorrow.

Must be a good book.

Oh, it is.
It's Alice Garvey's.

I promised faithfully
I'd return it on Sunday,

and I'm not even
halfway through yet.

What's it about?

Dresses--
styles, patterns.

[Carriage approaching]

Dr. Baker looking
for a free cup of coffee.

Mary!

Oh, mama! Mama.

Oh, baby.

Baby.

Mama, mama.

Oh!

Ma said you didn't
eat any breakfast.

No. I--

I slept late,
and I wasn't hungry.

My first real teaching job,

and I really messed it up.

Well, you had
plenty of help.

That Miss Peel--

people up there,
they think she can
cast spells or--

or point a finger
and burn down a barn.

They think she's
some kind of witch.

She hates schools...

Books.

I know she hates me.

You were right.
You had reason to leave.

She went around
telling lies about me

so the parents would keep
their children home.

It's over now.
It doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter?
Of course it matters!

You wouldn't like it
if people--people believed

terrible things
somebody said about you.

The children were--

were shy and scared
at first, but--

but after a little while,

they were studying,

and they were learning,

and they really
enjoyed it.

It's as if we'd
opened a door

and she slammed it shut.

She ruined our school.

That she did.

Sometimes I think--

I think bigots
are just there,
like the mountains--

just as hard to change.

Well, somebody
ought to do something.

Well, it'd take
somebody pretty strong.

Well, I don't like
people telling lies
about me.

I think I'll go back there
and tell the folks up there
the truth.

Would you mind
if I did?

That's what I've
been waiting to hear.

The reverend Alden
won't be preaching there
for about a month.

He said that Miss Peel
presides over the
services every Sunday.

That's right.

How about you and I
dropping in
on that meeting?

Pa, I'd like it a lot
if you took me up there, but--

but I'm the one
she told the lies about.

It's my fight, pa.

I want you to promise me
you'll let me say
whatever needs saying.

That's a promise.

Now, go on,
tell your ma.

Yes, sir.

You know something?

She's gonna be sorry
she got my dander up.

Today's lesson:
The lord's word,

as given to us
in his ten commandments--

we shall worship
only one god.

We do not adore
graven images.

We do not profane
the sabbath.

We--

What are you
doing here?

We came to attend
the meeting.

Most of you
don't know me.

My name is Mary Ingalls.

This is my father.

You're not welcome.

I'm not surprised,
but that doesn't matter.

We're going to have
a talk, Miss Peel,

and we can start now
or after the meeting.

I got nothing
to say to you...

Jezebel.

Oh, but you have.

You're going to tell me,

and you're going to tell
my father,

and you're going
to tell all these people

how you--how you dare
to call me that.

Do you want to start now,
or do you want to finish
your lesson?

I believe
you were talking about
the ten commandments.

You had gotten
as far as the third.

The fourth:
Do not take the name
of the lord in vain.

The fifth: Honor
thy father and thy mother.

The sixth:
Thou shalt not kill.

The seventh--

do unto others
as you would have
others do unto you.

That's not one
of the ten commandments.

It's the golden rule.

It's the seventh.

It's from the sermon
on the mount.

"Therefore all things

"whosoever ye that man
would do to you,

"do ye even so to them.

"For this is the law
and the prophets."

Matthew, 7:12.

You're wrong!

It's the seventh
commandment,
you little fool.

Look, you've got
a Bible in your hand.

Why don't you look
and see?

Don't have to look.
I know.

Do you, Miss Peel?

Have you read it,

or are you just
repeating what you've
heard and memorized?

I can! I live
by the good book.

Thousands...

And thousands
of words in the Bible.

Read us some of
those words you live by!

Why don't you
read us exodus 20?

That's where you'll find
the ten commandments.

I don't have
to read you anything!

Can you read?

Go away! Get out!

Why don't you read us
the ninth commandment--
the one you broke?

Read it!
Just read it!

You can't read.

The devil
is not welcome here.

Miss Peel doesn't want
anyone else to learn to read.

She hates books...

And she hates schools.

She wanted
the school closed.

That's why she broke
the ninth commandment.

I am a god-fearing
Christian woman.

I did not break
any commandment.

Mary: The ninth:

You shall not
bear false witness
against your neighbor.

I did not!

You did!

You told every parent
of every child
in school I was--

I was a jezebel.

You are--a sinful stench

in the nostrils
of the righteous.

Soap and water.

If I brought any odor
into this house,
that's what it is--

plain soap and water.

Are you
trying to scare me?

Are you going to
call down the lightning?

Do it, Miss Peel!
Do it!

No lightning?

What's the matter,
Miss Peel?

I saw you enticing,

teaching the ways
of the devil!

You saw me teaching
one of my students
manners.

That student you saw
is here.

He can tell us all
what happened...

Unless he wants
to bear false witness

and break
the ninth commandment.

Go on, son.
You tell them.

Tell them, boy.

I--I scratched
a problem in the dirt

and got the answer wrong.

Miss Ingalls
was trying to help.

I tried to steal a kiss,
and she like to bust my ribs.

You were sick, boy.

Your eyes
'most swoll shut.

Just dust, pa.
Dust and rubbing.

That's all,
till after she come--

Miss Peel, I mean.

She put something in them,
and I couldn't see.

Uh, my special potion,

that's all.

Miss Peel,
she the one
that cured you.

She made you
see good.

No, pa.
Ma cured me.

She washed my eyes
with clean water,
maybe 20 times.

Woman: I did,

while he
was to the fishers' house,

bearing false witness
against Miss Ingalls.

Well, Miss Peel?

The lesson for today
was the ten commandments,

but I think we've
all had enough of those.

Before coming up here
today, I...

I looked through
the Bible for proof
of god's love for man.

I think a happier lesson

might be taken
from psalm 133--

"behold, how good
and pleasant it is

"for brethren to dwell
together in unity."

God's world isn't...

Fear and--and hate.

It's love and--

and understanding.

Amen to that.

Mary: And learning is part
of that understanding.

School will be open
on Monday morning

for anyone
who wants to learn.

Again, amen!

♪ Jesus loves me,
this I know ♪

♪ for the Bible
tells me so ♪

All: ♪ little ones
to him belong ♪

♪ they are weak,
but he is strong ♪

♪ yes, Jesus loves me ♪

♪ yes, Jesus loves me ♪

♪ yes, Jesus loves me ♪

♪ the Bible tells me so ♪

♪ Jesus from his throne
on high ♪

♪ came into this world
to die ♪

♪ that I might
from sin be free ♪

♪ bled and died
upon the tree ♪

♪ yes, Jesus loves me ♪

♪ yes, Jesus loves me ♪

♪ yes, Jesus loves me ♪

♪ the Bible tells me so ♪