Little House on the Prairie

Laura: IF I HAD A REMEMBRANCE BOOK,

I WOULD MARK DOWN HOW IT WAS WHEN WE LEFT

OUR LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS

TO GO WEST TO INDIAN TERRITORY.

WE HAD TO GO, PA SAID,

BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE HAD COME TO LIVE IN THE BIG WOODS,

THERE WASN'T ENOUGH GAME ANYMORE FOR HIM TO HUNT

AND HE FEARED WE MIGHT GO HUNGRY.

MA SAID WE MIGHT NEVER AGAIN SEE GRANDMA AND GRANDPA

OR AUNT DOSIE AND AUNT RUBY AND UNCLE GEORGE.

THOUGH IT MADE ME SAD,

I STILL THOUGHT IT A FINE THING TO GO

WHERE THERE HAD NEVER BEEN A ROAD BEFORE.

WE'D GO WHERE THE LAND WAS MORE BOUNTIFUL, HE SAID,

AND WE SOLD OUR HOUSE, OUR LAND, AND COW.

WE PACKED WHATEVER WOULD FIT IN A WAGON.

I WAS GLAD PA TOOK HIS FIDDLE

FOR IT MAKES A JOYSOME SOUND.

MARY WAS AFRAID TO GO,

BUT I KNEW NOTHING BAD COULD HAPPEN

AS LONG AS WE HAD PA AND JACK.

JACK IS MY BEST AND TRUEST FRIEND.

AND PA SAID THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER WATCH DOG.

I KNEW THERE WOULD BE RIVERS TO CROSS AND HILLS TO CLIMB

AND I WAS GLAD, FOR THIS IS A FAIR LAND,

AND I REJOICED THAT I WOULD SEE IT.

I WANT OUR OWN HORSES, PA.

I KNOW, HALF-PINT,

BUT THEY'RE JUST TOO WORN OUT TO GO ON.

IT'S THE KINDEST TREATMENT FOR THE PONIES.

BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO OUR HORSES?

OH, SOME FARM WILL COME ALONG, BUY THEM.

THEY'LL THRIVE AGAIN.

STOP YOUR FRETTIN'.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE 3 PONIES BY MID-SUMMER.

WE'RE GONNA BUY ANOTHER ONE?

NOPE.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A BABY!

THAT'S RIGHT.

GONNA HAVE A FOAL.

HEY, CAROLINE, YOU ABOUT READY?

WE'RE READY.

LAUNDRY'S ALL DRY.

GOOD.

Caroline: THEY LOOK LIKE STURDY LITTLE ANIMALS.

Pa: THEY ARE. WE MADE A GOOD TRADE.

CAN WE GIVE 'EM NAMES, PA?

SURE. I THINK WE SHOULD,

SEEING AS THEY'RE PART OF THE FAMILY NOW.

I WANT TO CALL THIS ONE PATTY.

Pa: PATTY IT IS.

WE BETTER NAME THIS ONE PAT.

HE'S A BOY.

LAURA.

THAT CHILD WOULD BE IN A HEAP OF TROUBLE

IF SHE DIDN'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN BOYS AND GIRLS.

REALLY, CHARLES.

PAT AND PATTY IT IS.

EVERYBODY UP IN THE WAGON.

UP WE GO, ME LOVE.

EVERYBODY ALL SET BACK THERE?

Girl: YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. KANSAS, HERE WE COME!

Girl: READY OR NOT!

DO YOU THINK WE CAN GET ACROSS?

I DON'T SEE WHY NOT.

RIVERS SWELL IN THE SPRING RAINS.

AS YOU CAN TELL WAGONS HAVE CROSSED HERE

BEFORE BY THE WHEEL RUTS RUNNING THROUGH.

WATER LOOKS SO WILD.

DON'T WORRY. THE WAGON'S SOUND.

THE PONIES ARE STOUT. WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

HYAH!

HYAH!

HYAH!

HYAH! HYAH!

HYAH!

COME ON! COME ON!

COME ON!

HYAH! COME ON!

HYAH!

HYAH!

HYAH! COME ON!

HYAH!

HYAH! COME ON!

Pa: HYAH!

HYAH! COME ON!

CAN'T JACK RIDE IN THE WAGON, PA?

CAN'T STOP NOW.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. HE'LL MAKE IT.

HYAH! COME ON! GET INSIDE!

GET INSIDE!

-HYAH! COME ON! -GO WITH CARRIE.

COME ON!

COME ON! HYAH!

HYAH!

HYAH!

COME ON! HYAH!

HYAH! HYAH!

HYAH!

HYAH!

HYAH!

HYAH!

HYAH!

HYAH!

HYAH! COME ON! HYAH!

HYAH! COME ON!

TAKE OVER.

GOTTA LEAD 'EM OUT.

CHARLES!

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

COME ON!

-COME ON! -COME ON!

COME ON!

COME ON!

COME ON!

HYAH!

COME ON!

WHOA!

WHOA!

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

YEAH.

YOU COULD HAVE DROWNED.

PA, I DON'T SEE JACK.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

WE'RE ALL RIGHT, MA.

CARRIE JUST GOT SCARED.

WHERE'S JACK, PA?

MUST HAVE GOT WASHED DOWN STREAM.

I'LL GET HIM.

GO HITCH THE PONIES AND MAKE CAMP.

I'LL BE BACK.

DIDN'T YOU FIND JACK, PA?

NO.

DO YOU THINK HE DROWNED, CHARLES?

LOOKS LIKE IT.

WE CAN LOOK AGAIN TOMORROW.

I FOLLOWED THE RIVER FOR MILES.

HE'S GONE.

DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA MANAGE

WITHOUT A GOOD WATCH DOG.

I'LL SEE TO THE PONIES.

LAURA, COME INSIDE, DEAR.

IT'S TOO HOT TO WALK IN THE SUN.

I'M NOT HOT.

THEN PUT YOUR BONNET ON.

THE SUN AND THE WIND WILL MAKE YOUR SKIN ALL LEATHERY.

LEAVE HER BE, CAROLINE.

SHE'S HURTIN'.

CHILDREN ASLEEP?

ALL BUT LAURA.

HOW MUCH LONGER, CHARLES?

UNTIL WE SETTLE. I DON'T KNOW.

WE CROSSED INTO KANSAS 4 DAYS AGO.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

I'LL KNOW IT WHEN I SEE IT.

BUT THE CHILDREN ARE TIRED

AND THE JOY SEEMS TO HAVE GONE OUT OF ALL OF US.

IT WILL PASS, CAROLINE.

WE HAD NO FUTURE WHERE WE WERE.

IT WAS A HAND-TO-MOUTH EXISTENCE AT BEST.

I WANT MORE THAN THAT FOR YOU AND THE CHILDREN.

160 ACRES FREE AND CLEAR FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

JUST TO PLANT AND HARVEST MY OWN CROPS.

TO BE OWING TO NO MAN. I WANT THAT.

PA, I HEARD SOMETHING.

IT'S ALL RIGHT. JUST THE WINDS THROUGH THE GRASS.

IT WASN'T THE WIND.

IT'S JACK!

YOU DIDN'T DROWN.

YOU DIDN'T DROWN.

WE'VE COME SO FAR.

HOW DID HE FIND US?

INSTINCT.

LOVE.

WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR BRINGING

OUR DEAR AND GOOD FRIEND BACK TO US.

I'M SORRY, PA.

SORRY 'BOUT WHAT, HALF-PINT?

SORRY FOR THINKING YOU DIDN'T CARE ABOUT JACK WHEN HE DROWNED.

I DID CARE.

I BLAME MYSELF FOR NOT PUTTING HIM

IN THE WAGON WHEN WE CROSSED.

I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT

HOW TIRED HE WAS.

I WAS JUST FULL OF GUILT FOR LETTING HIM DROWN.

BUT YOU ONLY SAID YOU WERE SORRY

WE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD WATCH DOG ANYMORE.

I GUESS I JUST COULDN'T FIND THE WORDS TO SAY

WHAT WAS IN MY HEART, HALF-PINT.

HEY...

HEY, YOU HEAR THAT?

HEAR WHAT, PA?

THE STARS...

SINGING HALLELUJAH.

BREAKFAST IS READY!

WE SAW A LOT OF LITTLE BIRDS.

YOU'LL SEE A LOT MORE OF THEM.

CALLED DICK SISSLES.