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[BELL RINGS]

GO ON. YOU HEARD HER.

GET!

GET!

SIT.

DON'T GO TOO FAR.

[BELL RINGS]

AND ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU HAD TO GET A HUNTING DOG.

[DOG HOWLING]

HUNTING. HA!

ALL THAT DOG IS GOOD FOR

IS BARKING AND DIGGING HOLES...

AND MAKING MESSES.

HE'S A GOOD DOG. NOW, YOU SAW HIS PAPERS.

UH-HUH. ALL OVER THE FLOOR.

[MUTTERING] A DOG! WE DON'T NEED ONE...

[SNEEZES]

OH, I DECLARE!

IF YOU MUST TAKE TIME OFF FROM HONEST WORK TO FISH,

I DO WISH YOU WOULD NOT LEAVE YOUR SMELLY OLD FISHING PARAPHERNALIA

IN THE STOREROOM!

[DOOR SLAMS]

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE FOOLING WITH THE COUGH MEDICINE?

IT'S MOSTLY ALCOHOL.

I HAPPEN TO HAVE A COUGH.

IT'S THE ONLY REASON YOU DRINK IT.

DEMON RUM.

Nellie: AAH!

Willie: YOU PUSHED ME FIRST!

GET OUT OF THAT CANDY!

HUMPH! STINGY!

I AM NOT STINGY.

THEIR TEETH WILL FALL OUT.

IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO HAPPEN?

YOU WANT THEIR TEETH TO FALL OUT?

YOU MAY EACH HAVE 3 PIECES OF CANDY.

TAKE THEM NICELY AND GO ON TO SCHOOL.

[BELL RINGS]

GOOD MORNING, MRS. INGALLS!

GOOD MORNING, MR. OLESON.

AND HOW ARE YOU THIS FINE DAY?

WHY, FINE, THANK YOU. YOURSELF?

FINE, THANK YOU.

MRS. OLESON.

YES.

I HOPE YOU'RE QUITE WELL.

WELL ENOUGH.

HMM.

THESE EGGS ARE NOT THE USUAL EGGS YOU BRING TO US.

YOU DIDN'T, PERHAPS, SAVE THE GOOD ONES FOR YOUR OWN USE?

Caroline: JUST THE OPPOSITE.

AS ALWAYS, THESE ARE THE BEST.

MM-HMM.

WELL, I CAN'T PAY THE USUAL PRICE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

THESE EGGS ARE NOT UP TO STANDARD.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THOSE EGGS.

WELL, I THINK I'M THE JUDGE OF THAT.

JUDGE? YOU'RE NOT THE JUDGE OF ANYTHING.

YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE? I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU ARE.

YOU ARE A MEAN, NASTY-TEMPERED WOMAN.

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE CALLING MEAN AND NASTY-TEMPERED!

IT WOULD BE BETTER OFF FOR THIS WHOLE TOWN

IF YOU WERE LOCKED UP IN A CAGE AND FED WITH A STICK.

YOU HAVE MADE LIFE MISERABLE FOR--

YOU ARE A SPITEFUL MOUSE!

OH, IS THAT RIGHT? WELL, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING...

IT'S ABOUT TIME I PUT MY FOOT DOWN!

IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU FOUND OUT WHO WEARS THE PANTS IN THIS FAMILY!

FROM NOW ON, I WILL JUDGE THE EGGS AROUND HERE!

FINE.

FINE!

YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD AND JUDGE THEM!

[DOOR SLAMS]

NOW, MRS. INGALLS...

IF YOU WOULD BE KIND ENOUGH TO TELL ME

HOW MUCH YOUR EGGS WOULD HAVE BEEN WORTH AT THE REGULAR PRICE.

[LAUGHING]

CHARLES, IT'S NOT FUNNY.

I KNOW, CAROLINE. I'M SORRY...

[LAUGHING]

I'M SORRY.

IN SPITE OF WHAT YOU SAY,

I CAN'T HELP FEELING THAT I'M AT LEAST PARTLY RESPONSIBLE.

OH, CAROLINE, THE OLESONS HAVE BEEN BUILDING UP TO A FALLING-OUT FOR YEARS.

IT WOULD'VE HAPPENED IF YOU'D HAVE BEEN MILES AWAY.

SINCE I WAS THERE,

I MIGHT AT LEAST HAVE PREVENTED IT OR--

OR STOPPED IT BEFORE IT WENT TOO FAR.

I THINK YOU'RE MAKING A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLEHILL.

IT'S A FAMILY QUARREL. THEY'LL BE OVER IT IN A FEW DAYS.

I'M NOT SO SURE.

OH, CHARLES, REALLY, IT WAS SO BAD.

I BET IT WAS.

[LAUGHING]

PLEASE JUST TELL ME ABOUT IT ONE MORE TIME.

SHE TOOK THE WHOLE BASKET OF EGGS AND JUST DUMPED IT RIGHT ON HIS HEAD,

AND THEN HE PAID YOU FOR THEM?

OH, COME ON, PLEASE! TELL ME...

I DON'T THINK I WILL.

WELL, LET ME GO OUTSIDE AND THINK ABOUT IT.

[LAUGHING]

[DOOR CLOSES]

GOOD NIGHT, MOTHER.

GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT, MOTHER.

GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT, FATHER.

GOOD NIGHT, NELLIE.

GOOD NIGHT, PA.

GOOD NIGHT, WILLIE.

AHEM.

MRS. OLESON, IF I MIGHT SPEAK A FEW WORDS...

GO AHEAD, MR. OLESON.

I THINK IT BEHOOVES US BOTH

TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN OURSELVES IN THIS MATTER.

SUCH AS?

WELL, THE CHILDREN, FOR INSTANCE.

YES, I THINK THE CHILDREN SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.

AND THE BUSINESS-- OUR STORE. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD FORGET OUR POSITION IN THIS COMMUNITY.

I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CONDUCT OURSELVES IN A WAY

THAT PEOPLE WILL LOOK UP TO US...ADMIRE US.

DON'T YOU AGREE?

I AGREE.

THERE. YOU SEE? I KNEW WE COULD WORK IT OUT.

WELL...

[SIGHS]

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE...

IF ONE SETS ONE'S MIND TO IT.

I'M GLAD IT'S OVER.

AREN'T YOU?

YEAH, I GUESS SO.

I KNOW I SAID SOME THINGS THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID...

EVEN IF THEY WERE TRUE.

TRUE?

WELL, YOU CAN BE A-- A PICKY WOMAN

IF THE MOOD TAKES YOU.

I MEAN, YOU CAN GET PRETTY MEAN WITH YOUR NAGGING, AT TIMES.

DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU

THAT I MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO NAG ABOUT?

WELL, NO, NOT REALLY.

I MEAN, YOU LIKE TO NAG A MAN, AND THAT'S THE TRUTH OF IT.

NOW, THAT IS NOT TRUE.

YES, IT IS. YOU'RE A NAG.

YOU ARE A CHEAP EXCUSE FOR A MAN.

YOU'RE A LAZY AND COWARDLY,

SNIVELING, STUBBORN JACKASS!

AND FROM NOW ON, YOU CAN JUST SEW YOUR OWN SHIRTS!

CHARLES?

MM? WOULD YOU MIND IF

I ASKED MRS. OLESON

TO LET NELLIE AND WILLIE

SPEND A FEW DAYS WITH US?

I DON'T MIND.

JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT GOOD IT'S GOING TO DO.

WELL, SOMETIMES IT HELPS JUST TO

SPEND A LITTLE TIME ALONE TOGETHER.

WHATEVER YOU THINK.

I'LL ASK HER TOMORROW. GOOD NIGHT, CHARLES.

[KISS] GOOD NIGHT.

[YAWN] [SIGHING]

ARE YOU GOING TO BRING EGGS

INTO MRS. OLESON'S TOMORROW?

OF COURSE. I ALWAYS DO.

[LAUGHS]

WELL, YOU BETTER HARD-BOIL.

[LAUGHS]

GOOD NIGHT.

[LAUGHS] GOOD NIGHT, CHARLES.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, MR. OLESON.

MARY, WAIT FOR ME!

YOU PROMISED.

WELL, HURRY UP!

WAIT!

PA, GUESS WHAT?

MR. OLESON DOESN'T LIVE AT HOME ANYMORE.

HE MOVED OUT!

TO THE HOTEL.

NELLIE DOESN'T HAVE A FATHER ANYMORE.

HOLD ON. HOLD ON A MINUTE.

ARE YOU TELLING ME MR. OLESON MOVED TO THE HOTEL

BAG AND BAGGAGE.

HE SURE DID.

BAG, BAGGAGE, AND DOG.

GO ON UPSTAIRS.

GET YOUR COATS OFF. START YOUR HOMEWORK.

YES, PA.

OH, CHARLES, THIS IS TERRIBLE.

A FAMILY BROKEN APART LIKE THAT.

I WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING WE COULD DO.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

HE ONLY MOVED 100 YARDS AWAY.

WALNUT GROVE IS A SMALL TOWN.

NO PLACE TO GO BUT HOME.

I SUPPOSE YOU'RE RIGHT.

GOT TO GET BACK TO WORK.

[DOOR CLOSES]

MORNING, NELS.

LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER NICE DAY.

COULD BE BETTER.

[KNOCKING]

[BELL RINGS]

[BELL RINGS]

[BELL RINGS]

GOOD MORNING, MRS. FOSTER.

GOOD MORNING, MRS. OLESON.

GOOD MORNING, MR. INGALLS.

MRS. FOSTER.

NELS, HOW'RE YOU DOING?

OH...ALL RIGHT, I GUESS.

I HOPE SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE BUY SOMETHING.

OH, MOST OF THEM COME TO LOOK.

I'M A CLOWN, CHARLES.

AW, COME ON. YOU'RE A MAN WITH A PROBLEM. WE ALL KNOW THAT.

YEAH.

EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.

JUST TAKE A LITTLE TIME.

YEAH. I SURE HOPE SO.

ANYWAY, HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING, CARRIE?

HMM?

OOH, I GOT BAD NEWS FOR YOU.

THEY BACK-ORDERED THAT CULTIVATOR ON ME.

GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER WEEK BEFORE I CAN MAKE DELIVERY.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I'M NOT IN ANY HURRY.

COME OVER HERE! LET ME SEE HOW MUCH YOU'VE GROWN.

OOH! ISN'T SHE A BIG GIRL!

THAT'LL BE 5 CENTS, MRS. INGALLS.

OH, IT'S VERY NICE.

AND VERY REASONABLE, TOO.

YOU'VE BEEN WORKING TOO HARD.

I WAS WONDERING IF

MAYBE NELLIE AND WILLIE COULD COME OUT

AND STAY WITH US FOR A DAY OR SO TO...

TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE...UMM...

TO CATCH YOUR BREATH.

OH...

WELL...

REALLY...

NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MRS. INGALLS.

I KNOW YOU MEAN WELL. AND THANK YOU VERY--

MRS. FOSTER, MAY I HELP YOU?

YES, I DO BELIEVE 3 YARDS

WILL BE ENOUGH FOR MY BONNET.

DON'T YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY LOVELY ON?

YES, MRS. FOSTER.

[BELL RINGS]

DID YOUR CULTIVATOR COME?

NO, IT'S BACK-ORDERED.

NELS SAID IT'D BE ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO.

DID YOU ASK MRS. OLESON IF NELLIE AND WILLIE

COULD COME OUT TO THE HOUSE?

I ASKED HER. SHE ALMOST SAID YES.

SHE'S TIRED AND I THINK SHE'S LONELY.

BUT SHE JUST WON'T GIVE IN.

NEITHER WILL NELS.

UP YOU GO, YOUNG LADY.

Congregation: * ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS

* MARCHING AS TO WAR

* WITH THE CROSS OF JESUS

* GOING ON BEFORE

* CHRIST, THE ROYAL MASTER

* LEADS AGAINST THE FOE

* FORWARD INTO BATTLE

* SEE HIS BANNERS GO

* ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS

* MARCHING AS TO WAR

* WITH THE CROSS OF JESUS

* GOING ON BEFORE

WELL...

I MUST SAY AMEN TO YOUR SINGING THIS MORNING.

YOU'VE NEVER BEEN IN BETTER VOICE.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL

FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE, YOUR ATTENTION...

AND YOUR CONTRIBUTION.

MAY GOD GO WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

NOW, IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME,

I WON'T BE AT THE DOOR WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS MORNING,

BUT I'D LIKE TO WISH YOU ALL A VERY PLEASANT DAY.

Man: SAME TO YOU, REVEREND.

NOW, I'M GOING TO ASK BOTH OF YOU TO TAKE AN AISLE SEAT, PLEASE.

THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. I'LL STAY BETWEEN YOU.

NOW, ISN'T THAT BETTER?

I'D LIKE TO THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR HONORING MY NOTE

AND REMAINING AFTER SERVICES AS I ASKED.

AS A SERVANT OF GOD AND YOUR SPIRITUAL ADVISOR,

I FELT IT WAS MY DUTY

TO DO EVERYTHING WITHIN MY POWER

TO RESTORE HAPPINESS TO YOUR HOME.

DO YOU AGREE?

NOW, WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO

IS TO THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT WHAT YOU HAD...

AND WHAT YOU STAND TO LOSE.

NOW, YOU'VE BOTH HAD MORE THAN A DOZEN GOOD YEARS OF MARRIAGE.

YOU HAVE A HOME...

A BUSINESS...

AND A HIGHLY RESPECTED PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW YOU HAVE TWO CHILDREN...

THAT YOU LOVE VERY MUCH.

GOD WANTS YOU TO LOVE EACH OTHER...

TO CHERISH EACH OTHER...

TO HONOR AND OB--

TO HONOR EACH OTHER.

NOW, YOU PROMISED HIM YOU WOULD

ON YOUR WEDDING DAY, REMEMBER?

NOW, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU BOTH TO RISE.

NOW FACE EACH OTHER.

REACH OUT TO EACH OTHER.

CLASP EACH OTHER'S HANDS.

NOW, THE ONE WHO STANDS BEFORE EACH OF YOU...

IS THE SAME ONE THAT YOU PROMISED

TO TAKE FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE...

THINK ON THAT A MOMENT.

YOU DISGRACED ME BEFORE THE WHOLE TOWN,

AND I WANT NOTHING LESS THAN A PUBLIC APOLOGY.

I DISGRACED YOU?

YOU NAGGING, PETTY WOMAN!

YOU DISGRACED ME!

THERE HE GOES AGAIN-- CALLING ME BY THOSE RIDICULOUS NAMES!

I'M JUST TELLING YOU THE TRUTH!

EVEN IN CHURCH, YOU ARE A STUBBORN, SNIVELING--

--YOUR CONSTANT PICKING AND NAGGING DAY AND NIGHT!

PLEASE! THERE MUST BE FORGIVENESS!

FORGIVENESS?!

DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT FORGIVENESS

UNTIL YOU'VE LIVED WITH A WOMAN LIKE THAT!

CHILDREN.

AH.

COME ON, ALFIE. HEEL!

I PROMISED THIS ORDER FOR 4:00. HURRY IT UP, WILL YOU, JOE?

IF I'M A HEALER OF BODIES,

AND I THINK WE CAN ACCEPT THE FACT

THAT I AM A HEALER OF SOME SKILL AND REPUTE...

JA, SURE.

WELL, THEN IT FOLLOWS LOGICALLY

THAT I'M QUALIFIED TO HEAL OTHER AILMENTS OF MAN, AS WELL...

SUCH AS DOMESTIC TROUBLES...

UH...BROKEN MARRIAGES AND THE LIKE.

IT DOES?

A GOOD DOCTOR IS A GOOD PSYCHOLOGIST FIRST AND FOREMOST.

THAT IS A WELL-KNOWN FACT.

IT IS, HUH?

NOW, WE'VE GOT TO HELP THE OLESONS, AGREED?

JA, I AGREE.

AND IN ORDER TO HELP THE OLESONS,

WE'VE GOT TO MAKE ONE OR THE OTHER OF THEM GIVE UP THE FIGHT.

AGREED?

JA, SURE, SURE. I--I AGREE,

BUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE ONE OF THEM QUIT FIGHTING?

AHA!

NOW, THAT'S WHERE PSYCHOLOGY COMES IN.

ANSWER ME A QUESTION...

YEAH.

A MAN DOESN'T WORRY ABOUT LOSING SOMETHING

THAT NOBODY ELSE WANTS, DOES HE?

WHY SHOULD HE WORRY?

WHY INDEED.

BUT IF THAT MAN THINKS THAT ANOTHER MAN

IS ABOUT TO RUN OFF WITH SOMETHING

THAT HAS BELONGED TO HIM ALWAYS, ABSOLUTELY...

THEN THAT MAN IS GOING TO RISE UP AND DECLARE HIS OWNERSHIP

IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS, WON'T HE?

RIGHT.

BUT, UH...

WHO IS GOING TO RUN OFF WITH MRS. OLESON?

YOU.

WHO?

YOU.

NOW--NOW WAIT JUST A MINUTE.

NOW, ALL YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS

MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOU'RE RUNNING OFF WITH MRS. OLESON.

NOW, THAT'S ALL. JUST MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT.

NEJ DA!

NEJ DA!

NO! I AIN'T GOING TO DO NO FOOL THING LIKE THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, I TRIED MY BEST.

JUST DON'T COME CRYING TO ME.

WHY SHOULD I CRY?

HUH?

COME ON! TELL ME!

WHY?

WHAT DO I GOT TO CRY ABOUT?

TELL ME.

WHAT--WHAT DO I GOT TO CRY ABOUT?

GO ON.

ALL RIGHT.

THE OLESONS WILL CLOSE THEIR STORE, HMM?

MM-HMM.

ALL BILLS WILL BECOME DUE AND PAYABLE AT ONCE.

PEOPLE WILL PAY WHATEVER THEY CAN.

CASH WILL VANISH.

THERE WON'T BE ANY MONEY LEFT

FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION, LUMBER...

OH, I CAN MOVE MY PRACTICE,

BUT, UH...

YOU...CAN'T... MOVE...YOUR...MILL.

DO YOU THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN?

I'M SURE OF IT.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY...

NO.

WHAT DO THEY SAY?

LIFE IS NO BED OF ROSES.

I JUST CAN'T DO IT.

I FEEL FOOLISH.

YOU LOOK FINE, MY FRIEND. FINE.

NOW, DON'T WORRY.

NELS IS OUT AT THE BIRCH PLACE THIS AFTERNOON,

AND THE COAST IS CLEAR.

REMEMBER,

YOU'RE OUR LAST HOPE.

[BELL RINGS]

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THOSE APPLES?

THEY'RE GOOD.

MMM.

GOT A SEEDLING ORDERED.

HAVE OUR OWN TREE NEXT YEAR.

WON'T HAVE TO DEPEND ON THE JOHNSONS

FOR PIES AND APPLE SAUCE.

SOME OF THESE GOT WORMS IN 'EM.

WORMS WON'T HURT YOU.

WHOLE WORMS WON'T,

BUT I DON'T LIKE THE HALF-WORMS.

...YOU KNOW YOU ATE THE OTHER HALF.

WELL, WORMS MUST BE PRETTY NOURISHING

BIRDS LIVE ON THEM.

ICK.

Laura: HI, MA!

HI, MA.

HMM.

MEN.

HONEST TO GOODNESS!

UH, GIRLS...I WANT YOU TO TAKE IN THE WASH...

AND FOLD IT CAREFULLY.

YES, MA.

YES, MA.

YOU BETTER WASH THAT APPLE OFF YOUR HANDS.

[SIGHS]

YOU WERE SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT MEN.

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I THINK MEN

ARE THE MOST SENSELESS CREATURES IN THE WORLD.

THANK YOU.

PRESENT COMPANY EXCEPTED, OF COURSE.

WHAT DID ALL THE REST OF THESE MEN DO TO UPSET YOU SO MUCH?

SOMEONE--I THINK IT WAS DR. BAKER--

TALKED MR. HANSON INTO MAKING AN ATTEMPT AT COURTING HARRIET OLESON.

WHAT?

I SUPPOSE TO MAKE NELS OLESON SO JEALOUS

HE'D COME RUNNING BACK AND TAKE HER IN HIS ARMS.

WELL, WHAT DID MRS. OLESON THINK ABOUT THAT?

WHAT ANY DECENT WOMAN WOULD THINK.

SHE WAS SHOCKED.

SHE WAS SO SHOCKED, SHE--

SHE...

SHE WHAT?

SHE THREW A WHOLE SCOOP OF FLOUR ON HIM.

OH, SHE OUT OF EGGS?

CHARLES, IT'S NOT FUNNY.

NO, I HAVEN'T TOLD YOU THE WORST OF IT.

YOU SEE, MRS. KENNEDY AND MRS. WHITWORTH AND I WERE THERE.

WE HAD BEEN TRYING TO TALK HARRIET

INTO MAKING UP HER QUARREL WITH NELS, AND WE WERE THAT CLOSE.

WE TRIED TO PASS IT OFF AS A JOKE, BUT IT'S NO USE.

HARRIET IS TAKING HER CHILDREN AND LEAVING WALNUT GROVE.

SHE'S GOING BACK EAST FOR GOOD.

LAURA?

YEAH?

DID YOU SEE HOW SAD NELLIE LOOKED TODAY?

KIND OF.

[BLOWS OUT LAMP]

SOME OF THE GIRLS WERE TEASING HER ABOUT HER MA AND PA.

I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING TO HER TO MAKE HER FEEL BETTER.

I JUST COULDN'T THINK OF ANYTHING.

DID WILLIE SAY ANYTHING TO YOU?

YEAH...

"SHUT UP," LIKE HE ALWAYS DOES.

OH.

WELL, HE DIDN'T MEAN IT.

THEN WHY DID HE SAY IT?

WELL, PA SAYS PEOPLE SAY BAD THINGS THEY DON'T MEAN

BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HAPPY INSIDE.

WILLIE MUST BE AWFUL UNHAPPY INSIDE.

LET'S TRY TO CHEER HIM UP TOMORROW.

DO I HAVE TO?

LAURA INGALLS!

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD.

AND IF I SAY ONE BAD THING TO WILLIE,

THAT JUST MEANS I'M UNHAPPY INSIDE.

GOOD NIGHT.

[BELL RINGS]

NELLIE! WILLIE!

ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO MOVE AWAY?

THAT'S WHAT MOTHER SAYS.

AND SHE MEANS IT.

I WISH YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO.

SO DO I.

MAYBE WE'VE QUARRELED ONCE IN A WHILE,

BUT WE'VE BEEN GOOD FRIENDS...

HAVEN'T WE?

I DON'T HAVE ANY BETTER FRIENDS.

I NEVER QUARRELED.

YOU DID SO.

I DID NOT!

YOU DID SO!

BUT IT NEVER BOTHERED ME.

Mary: WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU BOTH.

WE COULD WRITE LETTERS.

I'LL WRITE TO YOU IF YOU WANT ME TO.

OF COURSE WE WANT YOU TO.

WE'LL ANSWER EVERY ONE, WON'T WE, LAURA?

I SUPPOSE.

COURSE WE WILL.

THEN IT WON'T SEEM LIKE WE'RE SO FAR APART.

WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU AND MISS BEADLE AND ALL THE KIDS.

CAN I BE EXCUSED?

[SCOFFS] HONEY, YOU DIDN'T EAT ANYTHING.

I'M NOT HUNGRY.

ME NEITHER.

COULD I BE EXCUSED, TOO?

[SIGH] ALL RIGHT.

[SIGH]

Hanson: I JUST CAN'T CHARGE YOU FOR IT, NELS.

WELL, LARS, SHE'S GOT TO HAVE IT.

IT'S THE ONLY GOOD TRUNK IN TOWN.

AND SHE CAN'T COME IN HERE HERSELF AFTER... AFTER WHAT HAPPENED.

YEAH, WELL, THAT IS JUST WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT-- WHAT HAPPENED.

I--I MADE SUCH A FOOL.

IF--IF I DIDN'T DID WHAT I DID,

SHE WOULDN'T BE LEAVING TOWN.

NO, NO, NO. THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HER LEAVING TOWN.

SHE'D GO ANYHOW. IT WOULD--

IT'S ALL OVER BETWEEN US.

WELL, NAME A PRICE, LARS. IT'S--IT'S A GOOD TRUNK.

WELL...TAKE IT.

PLEASE. A GIFT.

CONFOUND IT, LARS, NOW--

$2.00. HERE. NOW, TAKE IT.

Charles: I WANT YOU TO KEEP THIS COAT BUTTONED UP ALL THE TIME

SO YOU STAY WARM, ALL RIGHT?

OK, OFF WE GO.

DON'T TAKE TOO LONG.

BYE, GIRLS.

BYE, MOMMY.

BE SURE TO HOLD HANDS WHEN YOU'RE CROSSING THE CREEK.

WE WILL, PA.

WELL, I BETTER GET STARTED.

THIS WILL BE MY LAST VISIT WITH HARRIET OLESON.

NOW THAT THE GIRLS ARE GONE,

I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.

THE OLESONS, I MEAN.

I'VE BEEN GIVING IT SOME THOUGHT.

TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT.

NOW, THE OLESONS WERE PRETTY HAPPY WITH THEIR MARRIAGE

THE WAY IT WAS FOR A LONG TIME, WEREN'T THEY?

14 YEARS.

WHICH MEANS THAT NELS MUST HAVE BEEN HAPPY

WITH THE WAY THINGS WERE...

WITH HIS WIFE BEING THE BOSS, KIND OF RUNNING THINGS.

EVEN NAGGING HIM A LITTLE.

JUST SO LONG AS SHE GAVE IN TO HIM ONCE IN A WHILE.

RIGHT...SO HE COULD KEEP HIS PRIDE INTACT.

I DON'T THINK THIS LAST FIGHT THEY HAD

WAS ANY DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF OTHER FIGHTS,

EXCEPT THAT SHE WENT TOO FAR,

AND SHE DID IT IN FRONT OF WITNESSES.

ONE WITNESS. ME.

RIGHT. THAT'S WHY I DON'T THINK THE BREAK IS THAT SERIOUS.

I THINK THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY TO HEAL IT, AND I THINK WE SHOULD TRY.

GOODNESS KNOWS I'LL DO ANYTHING I CAN.

ALL RIGHT, THEN LET'S GIVE IT A TRY.

OHH. WHY, IT'S...BEAUTIFUL.

UH, CAROLINE.

MMM...

IT--IT TOOK HOURS AND HOURS TO MAKE, I KNOW.

[LAUGHS]

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

[LAUGHS]

WE'VE HAD OUR...

DIFFICULT MOMENTS, I KNOW.

AND THEN THIS LITTLE KINDNESS...

A GOING-AWAY PRESENT.

WELL...

[SIGHS]

IT'S VERY NICE...

I'M SURE.

AND THANK YOU.

THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES!

OH, YES!

BUT LET'S FORGET ALL THAT NOW.

THANK YOU.

HERE... LET ME HELP YOU.

OH, THANK YOU.

WELL...

THERE'S ONLY ONE MORE DAY OF THIS, THANK GOODNESS.

I KNOW IT HASN'T BEEN EASY,

BUT I CAN'T HELP FEELING THAT YOU'RE MAKING A WISE DECISION.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

LEAVING MR. OLESON.

IT WAS BOUND TO COME...

AND BETTER SOONER THAN LATER.

WE ALL SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU SO MUCH.

WELL--

OH, MY! WHY, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT IT.

OH, YES.

WE DIDN'T LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING, OF COURSE,

BUT...

[CLEARS THROAT]

WELL, MR. OLESON HASN'T EXACTLY BEEN AN IDEAL HUSBAND, HAS HE?

OH!

[LAUGHING]

OH, YOU HAVE NO IDEA!

HMM...YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MUCH WE KNEW.

REALLY?

SORT OF MOUSY-LIKE ONE MINUTE AND A BULLY THE NEXT.

YES.

YELLING AND SHOUTING.

REALLY, NOT THE KIND OF MAN ONE WOULD WANT

AS A FATHER FOR SENSITIVE CHILDREN.

AND CERTAINLY NOT A GOOD BUSINESSMAN.

OH, WE ALL KNEW WHO HAD THE HEAD FOR BUSINESS IN THE FAMILY.

OH, WELL...I DO HAVE A KNACK OF SORTS.

HUNTING AND FISHING WHEN HE SHOULD BE WORKING.

NOW, A LITTLE OF THAT IS MORE THAN A WOMAN NEEDS.

YES.

AND MESSY AROUND THE HOUSE, I UNDERSTAND.

OH, YES.

MUDDY BOOTS ON CLEAN FLOORS.

AND SMELLY FISHING CLOTHES. UGH!

[LAUGHS]

I REMEMBER HOW HE USED TO LOOK WHEN HE CAME IN FROM HUNTING.

DISREPUTABLE.

THAT SILLY SMILE ON HIS FACE...

COUPLE OF DUCKS DRIPPING MUD...

LOOKING AS THOUGH HE THOUGHT HE'D DONE SOMETHING WONDERFUL,

WHEN ALL HE'D DONE WAS MAKE WORK.

WELL, I THINK A MAN SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE FUN,

AND I DO KNOW THAT HE ENJOYED GETTING OUT.

AND...AS FOR BEING A BAD FATHER, ACTUALLY...

WELL, HE WAS VERY FOND OF THE CHILDREN, REALLY.

OH?

OH, YES, YES.

OH, MESSY...

WELL, I SUPPOSE ALL MEN ARE.

BUT A...

A BUSINESSMAN, NOW...

WELL, HE COULD SURPRISE YOU AT TIMES.

[LAUGHING]

I REMEMBER...

[LAUGHING]

...A BARGAIN THAT HE MADE ON CHINAWARE ONCE.

[LAUGHING]

OH, THAT MAN'S FACE...

WHEN WE WALKED OUT OF THAT--

[LAUGHING]

I EXPECT YOU'RE PRETTY RELIEVED NOW THAT IT'S OVER, HUH?

YEAH.

SHE LEAVES TOMORROW, RIGHT?

YEP. TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

IT'S BEEN ROUGH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT.

BUT IT'LL ALL BE OVER SOON.

KIND OF LIKE GETTING OUT OF JAIL, HUH?

YEAH!

WELL, A MAN CAN PUT UP WITH AN AWFUL LOT IN THIS LIFE,

BUT A MEAN, NAGGING WIFE... THAT'S TOO MUCH.

WAY TOO MUCH.

A WOMAN'S GOT TO KNOW HER PLACE.

YOUR WIFE DIDN'T, IF YOU DON'T MIND MY SAYING SO.

NO, NO. IT'S TRUE.

YOU KNOW, YOU SPEND YOUR WHOLE LIFE BEING GOOD TO THEM,

TRYING TO BE NICE... AND THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE.

IT'S THE OLD SAYING, "GIVE THEM AN INCH," YOU KNOW.

EVERYBODY IN TOWN KNEW YOUR WIFE WAS TAKING A MILE.

I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IN A FEW MONTHS

IF SHE HADN'T DRIVEN OFF ALL THE TRADE.

NOT MUCH OF A BUSINESSWOMAN.

OH, NOW...

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I'D GO AS FAR AS TO SAY THAT.

I MEAN, ABOUT BEING A BUSINESSWOMAN.

SHE COULD SURPRISE YOU.

REALLY?

VERY SHARP WITH FIGURES.

COULD DO A 3-COLUMN SUM IN HER HEAD.

I'VE SEEN HER DO IT.

KIND OF PROUD OF HER.

OH...

HE...

COULD SHOUT AND BULLY.

BUT HE DIDN'T VERY OFTEN...

IF I WERE TO BE FAIR ABOUT IT.

AND THEN... MAYBE HE HAD REASON.

NOW, I'M NOT THE EASIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD TO GET ALONG WITH.

AT TIMES I GET A BIT, UM...PERSNICKETY.

BUT AS FOR BEING A MOUSE, I...

I DON'T KNOW, I...

I SUPPOSE THAT...

KINDNESS AND... GENTLENESS IN A-- IN A MAN...

COULD BE MISTAKEN FOR WEAKNESS.

I GUESS SHE MADE A FEW ENEMIES.

BUT SHE MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS, TOO.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THAT CRANKINESS

IS JUST TO COVER UP A SOFT HEART.

YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU KNOW HER AS WELL AS I DO.

SHE'S A VERY KIND PERSON, REALLY.

BUT SHE DID NAG YOU, THOUGH.

YES, YES.

BUT I'M NOT THE EASIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD TO GET ALONG WITH.

WELL, I'M NOT NEAT AND ORDERLY, FOR INSTANCE.

[LAUGHS]

I REMEMBER ONE TIME I'D BEEN DUCK HUNTING,

AND I HAD A BOOTFUL OF WATER.

I PULLED THE BOOT OFF,

AND ALL THIS MUDDY WATER WENT ALL OVER HER CLEAN FLOOR.

OH...SHE LIKE TO TORE THE HIDE RIGHT OFF ME!

YEAH...SHE SURE CAN GET MAD.

CHARLES...

WHAT IN LIFE GOT INTO ME?

I LOVE THAT WOMAN.

I KNOW.

WELL, I CAN'T LET HER GO.

WHY DON'T YOU GO ON OVER THERE AND TELL HER?

BY GOLLY, I WILL.

OH...OH, I'M A SIGHT!

NO, NO, YOU LOOK FINE.

[BELL RINGS]

HARRIET, I'VE BEEN A DARN FOOL.

WHY...NELS.

I'VE LET OUR ARGUMENT GO ON AND ON AND ON, AND...

AND ALL THE WHILE, I'VE LOVED YOU

AS MUCH AS THE DAY I MARRIED YOU...

MAYBE EVEN MORE.

WELL, HAVEN'T YOU GOT ANYTHING TO SAY?

I...I WAS JUST ON MY WAY TO FIND YOU

TO TELL YOU EXACTLY THE SAME THING.

YOU WERE?

OH, I LOVE YOU, NELS.

[CRYING]

WELL, I'LL JUST BE A MINUTE.

ALL RIGHT. AND WE CAN TURN THE WAGON AROUND.

[BELL RINGS]

GOOD MORNING, MRS. INGALLS.

MORNING, MRS. OLESON.

MR. OLESON.

GOOD MORNING, MRS. INGALLS.

WELL, NOW, THOSE ARE FINE EGGS.

THEY DESERVE TOP PRICE.

NELS, DEAR...

I'LL BE THE JUDGE OF THAT, HMM?

NOW, HOW MANY, MRS. INGALLS?

TWO DOZEN.

ALL RIGHT.

SAME PRICE AS USUAL.

BUT, DEAR, WE RAISED THE PRICE THAT WE'RE SELLING THEM FOR.

PLEASE, DEAR.

BUT WE DID RAISE THE PRICE.

PLEASE, DEAR.

WOULD YOU KINDLY TEND TO YOUR OWN AFFAIRS?

ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE STORE IS MY AFFAIR,

INCLUDING THE PRICE OF EGGS.

OH? AND JUST WHEN DID THAT START?

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY, AND YOU KNOW IT.

OH, NO, IT HASN'T.

YOU HAVEN'T BOUGHT ONE EGG SINCE THE STORE OPENED,

NOR AN INCH OF YARD GOODS, NOR A SPOOL OF THREAD...

WELL, I COULD BUY YARD GOODS A LOT BETTER THAN YOU'VE EVER DONE IT.

OH, YOU COULD, COULD YOU?

AND WHAT ABOUT THE TIME YOU BOUGHT THE PLOWS FOR 4 TIMES THE PRICE,

AND THEY DIDN'T SELL, DID THEY?

I SOLD THEM.

AT A LOSS.

AT A PROFIT! AND YOU WOULD KNOW THAT IF YOU LOOKED IN THE BOOK!

I LOOKED IN THE BOOK!

AND WHO CAN READ THOSE SPIDER TRACKS THAT YOU CALL FIGURES!

SPIDER TRACKS?! WHY, I WON PRIZES IN PENMANSHIP!

PRIZES? YOU WON A PRIZE, AND...

JUST CREDIT MY ACCOUNT.

NOW YOU'RE CALLING ME A DUNCE?

GOOD-BYE.

* RIDE LIKE A GENTLEMAN, RIDE LIKE A GENTLEMAN *

* RIDE LIKE A GENTLEMAN, RIDE LIKE A GENTLEMAN *

WELL, HOW'S THE LOVE BIRDS THIS MORNING?

BACK TO NORMAL, CHARLES.

BACK TO NORMAL.

YEAH...THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR.

[GLASS BREAKS]