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01:15I like to think back on my boyhood, because though the times we lived in were hard, the life we lived was good.
01:23We were never hungry, for food was plentiful.
01:26We took it from the land, but still there was a lack of material things,
01:31and I remember with wonderment the way my parents wove a magic around us that kept us from ever feeling poor.
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01:47Mom, Dad's here, he's got it!
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01:57Come on, open the door for me!
01:59Heavy!
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02:04Here we are, here it is, here it is!
02:06Come on, John, go ahead and open it!
02:08Oh, it's heavy, I'm going to open it, give me a chance, will ya?
02:11I've got butterflies in my tummy.
02:15Well, here we go.
02:17Be careful, be careful, I don't want to ruin it.
02:22Get that side.
02:23I got it, I got it, honey.
02:25Okay.
02:28What's that?
02:29I don't know, but don't put it on the floor.
02:31Oh, here.
02:32Here we go!
02:34It's heavy.
02:40Oh, Mama, it's beautiful.
02:43It sure is.
02:45I've never seen anything like it.
02:46Well, don't just admire it, open it up.
02:47I want to see what you're going to be selling.
02:55Pinckney's Bubble Beautifier.
02:57Oh, Mama, the bottle alone is worth 25 cents.
03:00Here's 10 more of them, too.
03:03Get that if you're rich!
03:04Well, I sure hope my customers share your enthusiasm.
03:09Look at Mary Ellen.
03:10If a high wind came along, it'd blow her away like a kite.
03:16What are you doing?
03:17I am expressing the essence of the room.
03:19You're doing what?
03:21Well, to be a dancer, Isadora Duncan says that you have to feel everything around you.
03:27I thought you were going to be an actor.
03:29Are you going to be a dancer now?
03:31I haven't decided yet which I have the most talent for.
03:34Well, I'll give you a thought.
03:35How about dishwashing in the kitchen?
03:42Well, the sample's finally got here.
03:45Pinckney's Bubble Beautifier.
03:48What's a beautifier?
03:50Well, basically, it's a bubble and soap product, but it's pure enough for skin and hair.
03:55And according to this, it also takes care of linens and fine silver.
04:04Get out of this living room, you filthy miz runner!
04:06Come on, you get out of there!
04:09Get out of here!
04:11Breakfast!
04:12Breakfast!
04:13Come on!
04:14Breakfast!
04:15Get that dog out of here!
04:18Wait a minute!
04:23Dirty, filthy dog!
04:24How about fine animals, Mama?
04:26We got one here that can use some beautifying.
04:32Oh, well, it's a pretty box.
04:35How much are they going to give you for your efforts, Liv?
04:38I'll make nine cents commission on every bottle I sell.
04:40Nine cents?
04:41That's almost two whole dollars right here for work done in my spare time.
04:45What spare time?
04:46Spare time I'll have to find, Grandma.
04:48Anyway, it isn't just the money.
04:50It's an adventure.
05:02John, can you spare John boy in the truck for a couple hours?
05:07Go ahead, son.
05:08Coming!
05:14And if you'll give me a bowl, I'd be happy to demonstrate this fine product.
05:21That won't be necessary, Olivia, dear.
05:24We'll take four.
05:26Four?
05:27Well, thank you, ladies.
05:29But are you sure you don't want to see what it does?
05:31Oh, it doesn't matter in the least.
05:33Whatever it does.
05:34I doubt if we need it.
05:35Well, then what do you want the bottles for?
05:37Because we need the bottles, dear.
05:39How much did you say that would be?
05:42That'll be a dollar.
05:43Oh.
05:52Your arriving at this time was absolutely fortuitous, Olivia.
05:56Mr. Godsey won't have his new shipment of jars for another week.
06:00And there's Papa's recipe just waiting to be poured.
06:03And us four jars short.
06:07Well, thank you, ladies.
06:13Hey.
06:20She never wants to hear about the recipe.
06:23Have you noticed that, sister?
06:25Strange, isn't it?
06:28Well, aren't we lucky, sister?
06:31Pints instead of quarts.
06:33I know.
06:40Well, I just can't thank you enough, Olivia.
06:42It'll make a nice present for Rosemary Hunter's birthday.
06:45You know, she just pimps herself all the time since she and Reverend Fodder have been keeping company.
06:49I'm sure she'll like it.
06:51I just think I'll treat myself to some, too.
06:54I know you work and know trees can make a woman feel real cranky.
07:00There.
07:03Well, I've got a good number of people to see before it's time to get home and get supper started.
07:14Nice seeing you, Olivia.
07:15Thank you, Mrs. Brimlow.
07:17Say hello to the family.
07:18I will.
07:19Bye-bye.
07:20Bye-bye.
07:23Pour it in and watch it go.
07:26I don't see why they call it bubble beautifier.
07:30Don't bubble worth a foot.
07:34Well, maybe it just needs a little stirring.
07:36Why?
07:37Is it soap or soup?
07:41Well, let's try another bottle.
07:43Oh, no, Olivia.
07:44That's all right.
07:45I'll take two bottles.
07:47Thank you, Mrs. Gorman, but are you sure you don't want me to demonstrate?
07:50I'd be happy to if you've got something you want cleaned.
07:52Oh, you already did.
07:53Look, that stain's out of that old basin.
07:57Well, that old basin's been tarnished since I made life soap in it last May 15th.
08:02I'll take three bottles.
08:04I'll tell you, if today's anything to go by, you're going to be the best salesman that company's got.
08:09Let's begin as luck, I think.
08:11Don't underestimate yourself, Mama.
08:15John boy, could you let me out here?
08:17I think I'd like to walk the rest of the way home.
08:19Well, we're practically there.
08:20I know, but I've been putting on a little extra weight lately, and I think the exercise will do me good.
08:25Is everything all right?
08:26John boy, could you just let me out right here, please?
08:28Okay, all right, sure.
08:47Wipe your feet.
08:49Oh, Mama, you've been saying that to me at least once a day since I learned to walk.
08:53I've known her before you were born.
08:55She's still saying the same thing to me.
08:57You'd think it would have sunk in by now.
09:03How's my old turkey hand?
09:04Turn around and give me a gobble.
09:08What have you two been up to?
09:09Good news, milady, good news.
09:10We got ourselves a railroad order for 150 ties.
09:13Keep us in good shape the next couple of months.
09:15Oh, praise the Lord.
09:16Praise the Lord and pass the chicken fricassee.
09:20You put me down, you old fool.
09:22That's my favorite dish.
09:23You must have done it this way.
09:25She didn't please me yet.
09:26Something smells good.
09:27I wanted to use up my old dill weed before the new crop was ready to store.
09:31See that? She never will admit to anything.
09:34Hey, son.
09:36Where's your ma?
09:37She's acting funny.
09:38She made me stop the truck down the road a ways.
09:40She said she wanted to walk the rest of the way herself.
09:42I don't blame her.
09:43It's a pretty day outside.
09:44No, it wasn't that.
09:45She said she wanted to take off some weight she's been putting on lately.
09:48I haven't noticed Libby's put on any particular weight.
09:50Yeah, and you haven't noticed that you've been doing the same thing either.
09:53Well, for a man of my age, I am considered to have a real trim figure.
09:58I've sold every bottle.
09:59Every single person I stopped to see said yes.
10:02Who wouldn't be able to refuse such a pretty sales lady, huh?
10:06John, I can't begin to think how I feel.
10:08I made almost a whole dollar all by myself.
10:11What's that awful smell?
10:12Awful smell?
10:13Awful smell?
10:14That's supper cooking.
10:16Oh.
10:18Sorry.
10:20I, uh, I guess I just didn't work out much of an appetite.
10:29I'd like your mama to get sick over the smell of food.
10:35It's happened twice before.
10:37When was that?
10:39When she was carrying Jim Bob.
10:41And when she was carrying Elizabeth.
10:48Oh, my God.
11:02You all right, Lib?
11:03I'm fine.
11:05I guess that sun was hotter than I thought.
11:11Lib, are you sure that's what it is?
11:13What else could it possibly be?
11:18Well, honey, could it be that...
11:21Lib, is it possible?
11:27Are you pregnant?
11:30No.
11:32Are you pregnant?
11:40Yes, John, I guess I probably am.
12:02Well.
12:04Here's your calcium pills, Libby.
12:07Three a day, as usual.
12:09Never took pills before.
12:11Oh, that's right.
12:12It's been, uh, what, seven years for you, hasn't it, Libby?
12:15Seven years and three months.
12:17Imagine that.
12:18Well, we're learning how to take better care of our mothers these days.
12:22And three of these are equivalent to three glasses of milk.
12:26Imagine that.
12:28Imagine that.
12:39Well?
12:41Libby is in good shape, John.
12:42About three months along, but I suppose you know that already.
12:46She's three months pregnant.
12:48Is everything all right?
12:49Well, seems to be.
12:51But there is one thing I'd like to say to you both.
12:54Libby is strong and healthy.
12:55But this baby may give us a little more trouble than the others.
12:58Why's that?
12:59Well, because of Libby's illness a year ago, for one thing.
13:02But mostly because, well, she's not a spring chicken anymore.
13:10Now, I want you to take good care of her.
13:12See that she gets some rest every day.
13:16I will, Doc.
13:17All right.
13:21Oh, and, uh, one thing more.
13:23What's that?
13:25Congratulations.
13:27Thank you, Doc.
13:29Come on, Mama.
13:37You reckon Grandma's right about Mama?
13:39Yeah, Grandma used to call it straight when it comes to her fragrance, see?
13:42Well, well.
13:44Sure isn't the best time for me to be going off to college, is it?
13:47Oh, after all the trouble you went to get as far as you...
13:50Listen, you don't even let your Mama hear you talking like that.
13:55I know.
13:56But it is funny.
13:58You know, they teach you in Sunday school that...
14:01They teach you in Sunday school that every new life is a gift from God,
14:04but sometimes you really have to wonder about that.
14:06Wonder at what?
14:07Well, you know, times the way they are, people going hungry.
14:10In the cities, they're starving, begging for food and sleeping on park benches.
14:14You wonder if another mouth to feed is really a blessing after all.
14:18I don't believe I've lived long enough to answer that question.
14:21Want to know something else?
14:22I'll bet you I'm not the only one who's asking it.
14:36It's not spring chicken anymore.
14:39No, sir, Mr. Walton.
14:42Your wife may be a good old brood mare, but she ain't what she used to be.
14:46Libby, why'd you wait so long to say something?
14:48I didn't want everyone getting upset until I was sure.
14:51Since when does a new baby in our house upset everyone?
14:55Since the Depression.
14:57Since John Boy starting off for college.
15:00Since we gave away all our baby things, sure that our family was complete.
15:05Since seven years have gone by and I'm not young anymore.
15:19Now listen here.
15:22Sure, there's a wrinkle or two.
15:25And a couple of gray hairs.
15:27And yes, seven years have passed.
15:30But the woman I hold in my arms at night feels better now than she did then.
15:36I'm sorry, John. It's just that it couldn't have come at a worse time.
15:39Come on, let's go home and tell the children the news.
16:10I don't get it.
16:12John Boy said Mama had to go to the doctors because she was in the family's way.
16:17She's not in our way.
16:19You don't understand. John Boy was trying to tell us that Mama's pregnant.
16:22What's that?
16:24It means she's going to have another baby.
16:29Instead of me?
16:32What do you mean, instead of you?
16:34I'm the baby around here. Mama always said so.
16:37It's not definite yet, Aaron. Mama's just going to the doctor to find out.
16:41If Mama has another baby, what will I be?
16:45You'll be just another kid in this family like me.
16:48Mama probably won't even notice you anymore.
16:50Jim Bob.
16:57Why'd you have to do that?
16:59Do what? I didn't do nothing.
17:08Come on, you guys. Mama and Daddy are home.
17:21What is this, a welcoming committee?
17:24How are you feeling, Mama?
17:26I'm fine. Did the doctor say anything?
17:29The word gets around fast in this family.
17:32No children, your mama's going to have a new baby.
17:38Another brother!
17:48Oh, my dear Lord, we thank Thee for the many blessings...
17:52Hush, child.
17:55Where was I?
17:57Blessings.
17:59Oh, Lord, we thank Thee for the many blessings bestowed upon us,
18:02and furthermore for the new life that is about to become among us.
18:05Amen.
18:07You know that new substitute teacher we have at school, Mrs. McMillan?
18:10She's ugly.
18:12Well, she's from New York City.
18:14Can I have the potatoes, Mary Ellen, please?
18:16Well, she's not even a real teacher. What she really is...
18:18Mary Ellen, aren't you going to eat anything?
18:20Oh, yeah, sure. Well, she's really a dancer.
18:22Oh, Lord, help us.
18:24Well, she saw me reading about Isadora Duncan, and guess what?
18:26She thinks you look just like her.
18:28No, she studied with Isadora's brother, Raymond.
18:30Oh, I know about him. He lives in Paris and weaves his own clothes, doesn't he?
18:32Well, she's willing to give me lessons.
18:33For free?
18:35Well, not exactly.
18:37See, she's only taking a few students after school,
18:39and, well, she has to charge something, but it's only 25 cents.
18:42I'm sorry, honey, we can't take on any more expenses right now.
18:45Well, if you'd have been here on time, you'd have heard the news.
18:48There's going to be a new mouth to feed in this family.
18:51Another mouth to feed? Someone coming to visit?
18:53Your mama's going to have a baby.
18:56Oh, just what we need.
18:58Mary Ellen.
19:00Well, it's just that I never get any...
19:01Oh, I'm sorry, Mama, really.
19:04I understand, honey.
19:06I'm sorry you can't have your dancing lessons.
19:08It's okay. I probably wouldn't have been very good anyway.
19:11It'll be fun having a new baby around.
19:13I hope it's a girl. Girls are the prettiest.
19:15I don't know about that. I hear I was a real beauty.
19:17Besides, we got too many girls around here already, right, Ben?
19:20How do you figure that? There's four of you and only three of us.
19:23That's three too many.
19:25If you were boys, we could have a baseball team.
19:27If Mama has more baby boys, maybe we still can.
19:28Babies, babies!
19:30That's all anybody talks about is a dumb old baby.
19:33What's she fussing about?
19:35Jim Bob, you did the same thing exactly when Mama was carrying her.
19:38Did not.
19:40Did too.
19:41Did not.
19:42Did too.
19:43I did not.
19:44You did too.
19:45I did not.
19:46And she did.
19:47Did not.
19:48Did too.
19:49Did not.
19:50Did too.
19:51I did not.
19:52You did too, Jim Bob.
19:53Did not.
19:54You did too.
19:55Did not.
19:56Did not.
19:57No.
19:58No.
19:59No.
20:12Elizabeth.
20:14Jim Bob said I won't be your baby anymore.
20:16And he won't pay any attention to me.
20:19Well, now that'll be the day.
20:24You'll always be my baby.
20:27And so would Jim Bob and Ben and Jason and Aaron and Mary Ellen and John Boy.
20:35Even John Boy? He's all grown up.
20:38Mm-hmm. See, all mothers seem to have one thing in common.
20:42They always remember their children as babies.
20:45So even when you're all grown up and have children of your own, you will always be my beautiful little redhead baby girl.
20:52Even when I'm very old like you?
20:54Even then.
20:57See, Elizabeth, in any family, a new baby belongs to everybody.
21:02In a family as big as ours, this baby's going to be more yours than the other children's because you're closest in age.
21:10You mean it's going to be kind of like my baby?
21:13Mm-hmm. And I'm going to need a lot of help from you.
21:16I'll wash it and I'll feed it and everything, just like I do with my dolls.
21:23I'm counting on you, Elizabeth.
21:35Jason said you wanted us in here.
21:38Is it more about the baby?
21:40Yes, it is. And it's about not teasing Elizabeth and it's about everybody pitching in to help Mama without having to be asked.
21:45You know, John Boy, sometimes you can be a real pain in the neck.
21:48You know, by sitting up like a school teacher preaching about us all helping Mama, and you're the one who's going to be off to college every day by the time the baby gets here.
21:55I can just hear it now. Don't bother your brother, girls. He's got to study for his exams.
21:59And who do you think's going to be washing all the diapers around the house?
22:02Not me, that's for sure.
22:04See, that's just what I'm talking about, being smart-alecky and being resentful.
22:07And what about being a know-it-all?
22:10Look, I think this time is going to be harder for Mama than the rest.
22:14I just wanted us all to get together to figure out what we could do for her to make her feel better about it, that's all.
22:19Well, I've got an idea.
22:21When Mrs. Watkins had her baby, all of her friends got together and had a little surprise party for her.
22:25They each brought a gift for the baby. I think they called it a baby shower.
22:29Hey, that's a good idea, John Boy. Let's have a baby shower for Mama.
22:32It sure is the right place because it sure rains babies around here.
22:35That'd be real fun.
22:37I have some wet flannel left over from the Christmas pageant. I think I'll make some shirts.
22:41I think I'll knit her a blanket.
22:43I'll give her my rag doll.
22:45I could carve a rattle.
22:46I don't know what to get her.
22:47Me either. Let's do something together, Ben.
22:49Yeah.
22:50How about you, John Boy?
22:53Well, I'll tell you, the other day I was thinking about that and I remembered that when Elizabeth started to grow up, Mama gave away all the baby things.
23:01So the baby's got no place to sleep and I thought maybe I'd make a cradle for it.
23:05Oh, that's great, John Boy.
23:06I picked out the wood already. It's going to be real nice. I'll make it really sturdy so it'll last a long time.
23:11Maybe even generations.
23:12That's beautiful, John Boy.
23:20Well, it's going to be from all of us.
23:42Daddy?
23:44I'm glad that's you.
23:46What are you doing up there, son?
23:48Come up here. I'll show you.
23:57How long have you been working on this?
23:59Over a week.
24:00Mama thinks I'm in here writing the great American novel.
24:04That's a fine piece of work.
24:07John Boy.
24:09Yes, ma'am.
24:12Coming!
24:20I have to sell the rest of my samples today. Can you drive me?
24:25Uh, I'd like to, but I think Daddy's counting on me helping him with the railroad ties.
24:31I'll get Jason.
24:33Libby?
24:35You really think you ought to go out selling today?
24:37Yes, I do.
24:38You have to sell all your samples before you can order more, and I'll be needing some next week.
24:42I'm setting up a demonstration at the latest aid meeting on Wednesday.
24:45I should sell 20 bottles right there.
24:47Honey, you look all tired out.
24:49Two dollars will buy a lot of books for John Boy.
24:51We'll manage.
24:53I want to, John.
25:02Don't be long.
25:09Daddy, she's not supposed to be running around in her condition, is she?
25:14Your mother's a woman with a lot of strength, John Boy.
25:17I don't intend to interfere with it.
25:35Yes?
25:37Good afternoon.
25:39I'm Olivia Walton, and I'm representing a product called Pink Miss Bubble Beautifier.
25:44It's a very fine soap, and, uh...
25:46Oh, I don't think we're interested.
25:47I'd like to show it to you.
25:48It's good.
25:49Not today.
25:51What?
25:52What'd you say your name was?
25:54Olivia Walton.
25:56I know you.
25:57You have a girl, don't you?
25:59I've got several of them.
26:00Well, one of yours goes to school with one of mine.
26:02I'm Jonelle Breckenridge.
26:04Nancy Breckenridge's mother.
26:06Erin Wall.
26:08I love you, too.
26:09What'd you say you had in there?
26:11It's called Pink Miss Bubble Beautifier.
26:15And, uh...
26:17It's a very fine shampoo.
26:19It's face soap, and it even washes linens.
26:22I'll just take the top off the sample here.
26:25It certainly is a pretty bottle.
26:27Oh, yes, you'll find many uses just for the bottle alone.
26:31Oh, I'm so sorry.
26:33Uh, Jason!
26:41Mama?
26:42Jason.
26:43Oh, I'm so sorry.
26:44I haven't been feeling very well lately.
26:46Jason, could you...
26:47Yes, I'll pick it up.
26:48No, don't you bother.
26:49Won't you come in and sit down?
26:51No, thank you.
26:52I think I'd better get home.
26:54Thank you, Jason.
26:57Come on.
27:01I'll be fine.
27:02I'm...
27:05Take care.
27:12Now, those there are real nice.
27:15Very nice.
27:16Thanks, Grandma.
27:19What do you mean, these here?
27:22Well, those...
27:24Well, all of those.
27:25It's a...
27:26It's a lovely blanket.
27:28Well, now, don't make me explain every word.
27:30I'm just trying to tell you girls that I'm proud of you.
27:34Won't Mama be excited when she opens up all of her presents?
27:36Yeah, I imagine she will be.
27:39Mary Ellen.
27:43Where are you off to?
27:47I'm pondering my destiny of being born a woman.
27:50Oh, good heavens.
27:51That's no destiny.
27:52That's just a simple fact of nature.
27:54No, I think it's more than that.
27:57No, I think it's more.
27:58I mean, just think of all the things we have to do all of our lives just because we're women.
28:03I imagine if the men were sitting here, they'd say the same thing about themselves.
28:08No, that's not strictly true.
28:10I mean, the laws are made by the men for the men.
28:12That's what Isadora Duncan says.
28:14You mean that dancing girl?
28:17From what I read about her in that magazine,
28:19she doesn't stay long enough in one place to know anything about the laws.
28:23Well, that's because she's a free spirit.
28:26I mean, she kept her two babies because she wanted to, not because she had to.
28:30Who was talking about keeping babies?
28:32No one.
28:34It's just what I was thinking.
28:36I mean, suppose you had a baby and you didn't want it.
28:39Is there any law that says you have to keep it?
28:41Of course there is, Mary Ellen.
28:43There is man's law and God's.
28:46Now, it would behoove you to remember that you're a young lady, Mary Ellen.
28:50You better start thinking about duty and responsibility.
28:53Oh, Grandma.
28:57Come on.
29:06Back kind of early, didn't you?
29:08Mama got sick.
29:10Say the first three months are the hardest.
29:12I'll go see if there's anything she needs.
29:13Thanks.
29:25Hey, Ben?
29:26Yeah?
29:27I got us an idea.
29:37How is she, Grandma?
29:39Yeah, your mama's feeling the might down.
29:41Come on.
29:42Let's start supper, girls.
29:46Girls?
29:53Grandma?
29:55If Mama's feeling down, why don't we give her a present now?
29:58Maybe it'll cheer her up.
30:01Well, now that's a right good idea.
30:04You girls get everything together.
30:05Jason, you tell John Boyd to bring in that cradle.
30:08Okay.
30:09I'll get my math doll.
30:12Sure do that better than getting supper ready.
30:22It's hopeless, John.
30:23I'm too sick now to do any more sewing.
30:25After the baby, I'll be too busy.
30:33Men!
30:35Surprise!
30:36Surprise!
30:38For the new baby from all of us, I made it.
30:40Good Lord, John Boyd, that's so beautiful.
30:43And I made her a blanket.
30:44And I made her some shirts.
30:45And I made him a rattle.
30:47Jason, that's wonderful.
30:49I'm giving my baby my rattle.
30:53We didn't make anything, Mama, but Jim Bob and I have a present also.
30:56Only our present is for you, not the baby.
30:58We figure since spring vacation's starting Monday, we're gonna have plenty of time.
31:02So we're gonna sell the rest of the soap for you.
31:05I just don't know what to say.
31:07Are you all cheered up, Mama?
31:08Well, I couldn't be cheerier.
31:09All right, John, now downstairs, we'll be right back.
31:11Okay, okay, okay.
31:12Bye-bye.
31:13Okay, bye-bye.
31:14Bye-bye.
31:15Bye.
31:16That's a great job, son.
31:21Could have fooled me.
31:24What?
31:26Being cheery is not exactly how I'd describe you now, honey.
31:40I love you, John.
31:44You're not only my husband, you're my best friend.
31:47You know me better than anybody in the world.
31:51I do?
31:55So why don't you tell me what's bothering you?
31:58I can't explain it.
32:00Maybe it's just moodiness.
32:02Sometimes I'm so happy I could explode and other times I'm so sad.
32:07All I can do is cry.
32:12And I get to worrying about needing money and John Boyd's schooling and all those things.
32:23Shh.
32:26It's all right.
32:27It's all right.
32:31I gave my love a chicken that had no bone.
32:38I gave my love a story that had no end.
32:46I gave my love a baby with...
32:50Seven years.
32:57Seven years is a long time.
32:59I'd almost forgotten.
33:02She did too.
33:03Did not.
33:04Mama, didn't you say I was the most important person to this baby?
33:07Well, yes, I did.
33:08Because she's the closest in age.
33:09So I get to name her, right?
33:11What happens if this her turns out to be a him?
33:13My baby's not going to be a him.
33:16It's going to be a her.
33:17And her name's going to be Joyce.
33:19P-U.
33:20Oh, Jim Bob.
33:22It's this real pretty girl at school.
33:24And she's real pretty and she smiles all the time.
33:27And kids call her Joy.
33:29Joy, that's a pretty name.
33:30So, boy, I get to name him Seymour.
33:34P-U.
33:45Come on, babe.
33:50So you're Aaron's brothers, are you?
33:52Yes, ma'am.
33:53Mama's going to have a baby, so we're going to sell her soap for her.
33:55Well, now, isn't that a fine thing for you boys to do?
33:58Yes, ma'am.
33:59How many would you like?
34:00Wait a second.
34:01Got to demonstrate it first.
34:03Would you please bring a bowl of water and a handkerchief or napkin, please?
34:06Oh, yes, I...
34:07I surely will.
34:09Why don't you boys wait right inside here?
34:13Okay.
34:16I'll, um...
34:17I'll be right back.
34:20I've got to teach you a lot about selling, Jimbo.
34:22Got to set your customer up just right.
34:24She was set up just right when she heard we were selling for Mama.
34:27She was ready to buy.
34:28You didn't know that.
34:29Got to prove your product.
34:30Have confidence in what you sell.
34:33Well, here we are.
34:40Here we go.
34:42Now we're going to watch Bubble Beautifier go to work.
34:50Okay.
35:01When does it bubble?
35:02Needs a little more.
35:09Needs a little stirring.
35:14Of course, that was just the first step.
35:16To make the Bubble Beautifier work, has to have something to bubble for.
35:19Here we go.
35:32Boys.
35:33Yes, ma'am.
35:36That white handkerchief's starting to turn green.
35:39I can see that, yes, ma'am.
35:42Afternoon, boys.
35:47Afternoon.
35:55I told you we should have sold before.
36:08You sure chose a pretty day for a picnic, Liv.
36:11It's been a long time since we did this.
36:13I know.
36:14Right in the middle of a work day.
36:16Makes me feel kind of wicked.
36:18I just wouldn't get away from everything.
36:20Get out here in the sunshine.
36:22Just you and me together.
36:25How are you feeling, sweetheart?
36:27I feel very happy now, and that's what I wanted to tell you.
36:31You had me worried.
36:32I know.
36:33Being old, I let all the fears crowd into my mind and push away the good feelings.
36:37But that's all straightened out now, and I feel very proud and very safe and very happy.
36:42I'm glad to hear that.
36:44Yeah.
36:49You know, Liv, I miss hearing the sound of babies' voices in the house.
36:54Colic, two days in a row.
36:56Holding a warm bundle in my arms.
36:59Changing diapers at two in the morning.
37:03Laying there in bed watching you get up and feed it.
37:05Lying there in bed and watching you get up and feed it.
37:08Wait a minute, we never did that before.
37:10We did with Elizabeth.
37:11Oh, didn't we, Elizabeth?
37:13She was sleeping through the night when she was three months old.
37:18It must have been Jim Bob.
37:19That's right, it was Jim Bob.
37:21But he was toilet trained first.
37:23Who was it that had the colic so long?
37:25Mary Ellen.
37:26You've got to admit it, Liv.
37:28Erin, she was the prettiest of them all, wasn't she?
37:30She sure was a beauty.
37:32Everybody at the hospital called her their little rosebud.
37:36I don't want you to tell the boys this, but I hope it's a little girl.
37:39Why?
37:40Well, I kind of like the name Joyce Walton.
37:43A joy for our middle years.
37:45I must admit it sounds better than a Zab for our middle years.
37:48Who decided on Zab?
37:49Grandma.
37:50And now...
37:54Zab's not a bad name.
37:58Unless you prefer Eunice.
38:14What do you think Joy will be when she grows up?
38:17He will probably inherit Grandpa's voice and become a famous singer.
38:21Or she'll be a dancer.
38:23There's only room for one dancer in this family, and that's me.
38:28I think she'll be a rope walker.
38:31Like that one who was here, remember?
38:33Don't you think it's a little early for that?
38:35You all don't know what you want to be.
38:37John Boy does.
38:39Maybe the new baby will be a writer.
38:41Well, if it's a girl, maybe she could write about the female point of view.
38:44Why? Is it so different from yours, John Boy?
38:47Well, maybe it's a little less robust.
38:50John Boy, exactly what are you writing in that journal of yours?
38:54Oh, Grandma, you don't have to worry about me. I never tell tales out of school.
38:57There are no such tales to be told about this family.
39:00I remember a thing or two that happened to bring a blush of shame to your cheek yesterday.
39:07Oh, man, if you lived your life as well as you let your imagination run, you'd...
39:12Well, you'd never have survived as long as you have.
39:15Well, there's life, there's hope.
39:17Oh, man. Now, will you just hush up?
39:19Grandma.
39:27John?
39:36Maybe nothing more than just a twinge on your side.
39:54Is Mama okay?
39:57Grandma's taking care of her.
39:59Can't she still have the baby?
40:02I don't know yet.
40:06I don't know yet.
40:37Are you sure she's going to be all right?
40:39Yeah, she just needs rest.
40:44She sure was looking forward to another grandchild.
40:48I know, Mom.
40:51Some things just weren't meant to be.
40:54I know that, too.
40:58I'd better go talk to the children.
41:07Mama's fine.
41:10She's resting.
41:12You can see her in the morning.
41:14Is the baby all right?
41:16Your mama lost the baby.
41:18There's nothing anyone could do about it.
41:21Now, you listen here.
41:24As hard as it is,
41:27I think it's kind of a blessing.
41:30When a woman loses a baby this early on, it's kind of nature's way of saying things aren't going right.
41:35We're just going to have to believe that this birth wasn't meant to be.
42:00Mom?
42:21Elizabeth, honey?
42:24Are you all right?
42:27Why not?
42:30Julie's never going to get born.
42:41I feel sad about that, too.
42:49Listen, Elizabeth,
42:51we have each other.
42:54That makes it a little better, doesn't it?
42:59Come here, honey.
43:13Job boy, read me a story.
43:16A story?
43:20How about if I tell you a poem?
43:24Okay.
43:29Amarantha, sweet and fair,
43:32Ah, braid no more that shining hair.
43:35As my curious hand or eye
43:37Hovering round thee,
43:39Let it fly.
43:41Every tress must be confessed
43:43But neatly tangled at the best.
43:46Like some clue of golden thread,
43:48Most excellently ravel it.
43:51Do not then bind up that light
43:53In ribbons and o'er cloud in night
43:56Like the sun in his early ray,
43:59But shake thy head and scatter day.
44:07Go to sleep.
44:09Job boy, when I have a baby,
44:11I'm going to name it Joy.
44:16And she's going to be beautiful just like you.
44:20Good night, honey.
44:22Good night.
44:28When are we going to get Neil back?
44:30Whoa!
44:32Who did that?
44:34Take Jason aback!
44:42You guys are crazy!
44:46Hey!
44:50No!
44:55What's all the squealing for?
45:00Hey, Libby, they're baptizing old Blue.
45:03Okay, bring him over here, bring him over here.
45:06Libby?
45:08Is there anything I can get you?
45:10No, thank you, Grandpa.
45:12Oh, dear, dear, Libby.
45:15Ah.
45:17God does work in mysterious ways.
45:20I know that, Grandpa.
45:22Your faith should be of considerable help to you now.
45:25I know that, too.
45:27It doesn't make it any the less my fault.
45:30Hmm? What is that you're saying?
45:33Maybe I could have been more careful.
45:36Maybe I should have...
45:37Libby, I never realized you had such an exalted opinion of yourself.
45:42Were you endowing yourself with powers
45:44that even us common folks wouldn't dream of taking on?
45:48Child, there are mysteries in this life
45:51that none of us can understand as yet.
45:54And you can't take the liberty of coming up with answers
45:57just for the purpose of making yourself feel better.
46:01Libby, blaming yourself is the easy way out.
46:06But it's a much harder way to think that what happened
46:09happened for the best.
46:11It's a more truthful way.
46:15Hmm.
46:16It just teaches us that when we do get knocked down
46:19by a bowl of lightning out of the blue,
46:21it gives us dignity to get up and walk on.
46:29I do believe I'll get you a refill for this.
46:32Cold tea is cold comfort.
46:34If you weren't such a good Baptist,
46:36I'd be tempted to spike it with you.
46:38You know what.
46:47Okay, bring him over here. Bring him over here.
46:52That can't be helped.
46:53Okay, right over here. Come on.
46:58Maybe we should try Pinky, local beautifier, on him.
47:01Maybe we ought to try it on you.
47:05Get off! Get off! Get off!
47:07No!
47:08Hey, hold on to him.
47:09I got him.
47:10Oh!
47:11No!
47:12No!
47:13No!
47:14No!
47:15No!
47:16No!
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47:18No!
47:19No!
47:20No!
47:21No!
47:22No!
47:23No!
47:24No!
47:25No!
47:26No!
47:27No!
47:28No!
47:29As the years went on and we all went our separate ways,
47:33we were to provide my mother and father with so many grandchildren
47:37that their lives were never without the sound of a baby
47:40or a growing child's voice.
47:42And all those grandchildren were beneficiaries
47:45of the extraordinary love that was given to us
47:48during those years we spent on Walton's Mountain.
47:54Mary Ellen, do you still want to take dancing lessons?
47:57If she does, I want to, too.
47:58Me, too.
47:59Now, children, Mary Ellen asked first.
48:02Dancing lessons?
48:04There's a perfectly good piano downstairs.
48:06Why doesn't somebody learn to play that?
48:08Yuck.
48:09Me, too.
48:10Yuck.
48:11What would you rather do, Mary Ellen?
48:13Neither, Mama.
48:14I just started reading about Florence Nightingale.
48:16I think I'd like to be her.
48:18That sounds sensible.
48:19And heroic, too.
48:21Good night, Mama.
48:22Good night, Aaron.
48:23Florence Nightingale.
48:24Yuck.
48:25Good night, Mary Ellen.
48:26Good night, Elizabeth.
48:27Yuck.
48:28Good night, everybody.
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