Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie

The "Little House" Books is a series of American children's novels written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, based on her childhood and adolescence in the American Midwest (Wisconsin, Kansas, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Missouri) between 1870 and 1894. Eight of the novels were completed by Wilder, and published by Harper & Brothers. The appellation "Little House" books comes from the first and third novels in the series of eight published in her lifetime. The second novel was about her husband's childhood. The first draft of a ninth novel was published posthumously in 1971 and is commonly included in the series. The Little House books have been adapted for stage or screen more than once, most successfully as the American television series Little House on the Prairie, which ran from 1974 to 1983. As well as an anime, and many different kinds of books, such as cookbooks, there are also many licensed objects to buy that are representative of the books.A tenth book, the non-fiction On the Way Home, is Laura Ingalls Wilder's diary of the years after 1894, when she, her husband and their infant daughter moved from De Smet, South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, where they settled permanently. It was published in 1962 and includes commentary by Rose Wilder Lane.

Director(s): Micheal Landon
Year:
1974
11,497 Views

[Laura finds out that Nellie has been pretending to be paralyzed. Instead of confronting Nellie for her lies and for forcing Laura to serve her, Laura finds a better way to pay her back. She takes Nellie in her wheelchair to the top of the hill overlooking the town. Laura waits till she sees Mrs. Oleson passing by, driving a cart]

Laura:
[calls loudly, waving her hands] Mrs. Oleson! Mrs. Oleson, I'm here!

[Mrs. Oleson stops the cart, looks upward and sees Laura and Nellie on the hill top]

Mrs. Oleson:
[angrily] And... wa... Laura Ingalls! What have you done with the filthy animal?

[Laura hurries to Nellie]

Laura:
Nellie, your mother wants you!

[Laura gives Nellie a firm shove. Nellie screams in fear as the wheelchair rolls down the hill slope, accelerating rapidly. Mrs. Oleson gapes]

Mrs. Oleson:
[in horror] Nellie!

Laura:
[smiles gloatingly] You're such a good friend, Nellie!

[Nellie's wheelchair rolls down the hill, until it reaches the ground level. It stops abruptly, sending Nellie headfirst into a muddy small pond]

Mrs. Oleson:
Nellie!

[Nellie stands up whimpering, forgetting that she is "paralyzed", completely soaked. Mrs. Oleson is so overjoyed to see her daughter's sudden "recovery", that she forgets to be angry at Laura]

Mrs. Oleson:
[emotionally] Nellie... my baby... it's a miracle!

[Mrs. Olseon faints of joy, falling backward from her cart. Later, Laura goes to see Mr. Oleson. He is not upset at Laura, but quite content that his mean daughter got what she deserved for her lies]

[Caroline brings basket of eggs to the Olesons' store. Harriet examines the eggs criticizingly and offers to pay Caroline less than the usual price. Nels intervenes]

Nelson "Nels" Oleson:
There's nothing wrong with those eggs.

Mrs. Oleson:
I think I'll be the judge of that.

Nelson "Nels" Oleson:
Judge? You're not the judge of anything.

Mrs. Oleson:
Bu...

Nelson "Nels" Oleson:
You want to know what you are? I'm gonna tell you what you are...

Mrs. Oleson:
[while Nels is still talking] What do you think you are doing?

Nelson "Nels" Oleson:
You are a mean, nasty-tempered woman and it would be better off for this whole town...

Mrs. Oleson:
Who do you think you are, calling me mean and nasty-tempered?

Nelson "Nels" Oleson:
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...

Mrs. Oleson:
Why, you ungrateful louse!

Nelson "Nels" Oleson:
Oh, is that right?

Mrs. Oleson:
Yes!

Nelson "Nels" Oleson:
Well, let me tell you something. It's about a put my foot down! It's about time you find out who wears the pants in this family! For now on, I would judge the eggs around here.

[Harriet stares at Nels with mixed expression of anger and surprise]

Mrs. Oleson:
Fine... FINE! You go right ahead and judge them!

[Harriet dumps the basket of eggs on poor Nels' head. The eggs break and run down his face. Harriet leaves. Caroline gapes. Nels turns to Caroline, while the basket is still on his head, his face and shirt are covered with yellow yolk drippings]

Nelson "Nels" Oleson:
Now Mrs. Ingalls, if you would be kind enough to tell me how much your eggs would have been worth at the regular price...

[later, Carolin tells Charles what happened at the store. Charles bursts out laughing, but Caroline does not think it is funny]


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