02x12 - The Sign

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You talk to him?

Yeah. Says he wasn't lookin' for any help right now.

You talk to mr. Gerson?

Yeah. He said we could deliver groceries for him

For five cents a delivery.

Five cents. Is that it?

Might as well just forget about it.

No, we can't.

Nan, you saw the price in the catalogue.

We'll never be able to buy that thing.

Yes, we will. We just gotta think of some other way.

We better think fast

'Cause we don't have much time.

You have to come, jo.

It's a family wedding.

Jo: for a cousin we've met, what, once?

Meg: well, twice, actually.

Look, that doesn't matter. What matters is

The whole family's going to be there.

Marmee and father are going.

Laurie's going. Laurie: I'll be there.

I have some business to attend to first.

Selling grapes to some physician.

He's a friend of one of my clients.

He's looking to buy concord grapes,

As many as he can get his hands on,

And I promised I'd introduced him to a few local growers.

Hey, you got grapes in that plot in the garden.

Two weeks in new york, jo.

And your birthday's coming up.

We can celebrate it there.

Amy, I have a school to run, remember?

I can't just cancel class for two weeks.

Well, maybe you can find someone to fill in for you.

Yes, maybe you can find someone to fill in for you.

And I have mr. Jennings' book to finish.

It's due at the publisher's on thursday.

That's five days from now

And I still have the last chapter to write.

Jo: [ sigh ]

I would love to come to new york.

I really would. It's going to be fun.

I just can't right now.

We understand.

Don't we?

Of course we do.

Jo: all right, you two.

She can't keep going on like this.

I don't know why she just doesn't hire a new teacher.

Well, maybe she can't afford one yet.

I mean, franz did practically work for free.

And besides, she loves teaching those children.

Ready to go?

She loves writing too.

But look at her.

Does she look happy to you?

Dan: let's go.

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Asia: I don't think it's anything serious,

But I sent him straight to bed

Just to make sure it doesn't get any worse.

How are you feeling, sweetheart?

All right.

Well, he doesn't have a fever.

But I think it's best that you stay in bed

Until you feel better, hmm?

But I was going to go fishing with nat.

Well, I'll tell you what.

You and I haven't been fishing together in a long time,

As soon as you're well,

I'll take you fishing. How's that?

Promise?

I promise.

All right, now. Are you warm enough?

Okay. I have to get back to class.

You try and get some sleep.

That's good. Close your eyes.

That's good.

Why would a doctor wanna buy grapes?

Who cares? As long as he pays for 'em.

Yeah, and with all that money we get, we can buy that...

[ Door opening ]

Well...

I assume that you've all finished reading the chapter

And that you're all well acquainted

With the settlement of the jamestown colony.

So let's review shall we?

Who can tell me the names of the ships

That brought the settlers to the new world?

I know what you're thinking.

You're thinking, "this chapter was so exciting,

We would love to read it again.&Quot;

Yeah!

All right.

This time, though, let's read it out loud

So that we can all share in the excitement.

Nan, why don't you start?

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Laurie: dr. Welch?

I'm... Theodore lawrence!

My conduit to the illustrious concord grape!

I can't thank you enough for all your kind services.

Oh well, it's my pleasure.

There are many people in concord who are anxious to meet you.

Ah!

Here, so I see.

There are two of them spying on us at this very moment.

Dan? Nan.

Laurie: why don't you both come here

And I'll introduce you.

Dr. Thomas welch, this is dan and nan.

A pleasure indeed.

Great pleasure.

Ah, "what is that?,&Quot; you're wondering.

Wine.

Have some.

I'm not allowed to drink wine.

I'm very glad to hear that, my dear.

But this wine is special. It's unfermented.

What?

No alcohol. Go ahead, try it.

Mmm!

Mmm? [ Chuckle ] yeah!

No, no, no, keep it. You share it with dan here.

Doctor, I've arranged a few meetings this afternoon,

So I'm sure you'd like to freshen up after such a long journey...

Oh! Nonsense. I'm ready now. Let's go.

Oh. All right, well then, uh...

Why don't we go to the hotel,

Drop off some luggage and we'll be on our...

Way.

Dr. Welch...

Where you goin'?

To get the grapes.

We gotta sell 'em to dr. Welch before he meets with...

Dan, he's startin' a grape juice business.

So? Is there a problem with that?

No, not a problem; an opportunity.

Emil: grape juice?

Sure. We already got the grapes.

All we gotta do is make the juice,

Bottle it and sell it ourselves.

Yeah, you make a lot more money than you would sellin' grapes.

Yeah, we're gonna have to move fast,

And we need everybody's help.

So I'm gonna pick the grapes and tend to the vines,

And nan's gonna make the juice.

I can manage the finances.

Dan: and we're gonna need a name for the juice.

And a slogan. I'll work on that.

Yeah, I can do the artwork for the labels.

What can I do?

You?

You can, um...

Um...

You can help.

Yeah!

There.

All finished.

Okay, who's gonna try it?

Looks kind of... Lumpy.

That's all right, it's just the pulp and stuff. It's good for you.

Who wants to try it?

Tommy.

Come on, try it.

Nan: mmm!

Tommy! We gotta sell that stuff!

It's terrible! Too chewy.

Nan: well, that's just the first batch.

Second batch will be great, you'll see.

Make sure to take all the lumps out too.

Ah, workin' on mr. Jennings' book?

Homework.

There's just far too many mistakes here.

It's as though the children rushed through these assignments

Without any thought at all.

Same as with their chores today.

Sorry this took so long.

Asia: kids got grape stains all over my tea strainer.

Grape stains?

They were maki'' grape juice.

Nan says they were hopin' to make some money

By sellin' the juice in town.

Well, I see you haven't gotten to your birthday resolutions yet.

No. The homework pile never seems to end.

Birthday resolutions?

Hm-mm.

Jo always writes a little something down in her journal

Just before her birthday.

What she's expecting from the upcoming year.

I've been doing it since I was a child.

Although this year, I haven't had much time to think about it.

Asia: well, that's because you been working too hard.

You need a day off every now and then.

She's right, you know.

Think about it.

A whole day away from all this.

Say, maybe saturday?

We could take a ride out to the river,

Have ourselves a nice little picnic

In the woods.

[ Sigh ]

That sounds wonderful.

It's a date.

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I'll pass.

No, thanks.

Tommy?

Do I have to?

You said you wanted to help. So help.

Well?

It's great!

[ Chuckle ]

All right.

What?

Asia.

You fell asleep.

How's he doing?

Well, he's still sniffling a bit,

But I think he's on the mend.

What time is it?

It's too late for us to start talkin'.

You should try to get some sleep.

I will, soon.

I have to do some more work on my book.

Don't worry. I'll be finished with it tomorrow.

I have no choice.

Your old journals.

Oh, yes.

You know, I had forgotten about my birthday resolutions

Until you reminded me earlier.

So I thought I'd look back at my old journals,

See what I wrote when I was younger.

Look at this one. Just before my th birthday.

I was going to be a famous writer, travelling the world,

Relating my adventures to a faithful legion of readers.

[ Chuckle ]

Looks like you succeeded.

You did become a famous writer.

Asia, I've written one book.

And got married, and started this wonderful school with your husband.

But you didn't know you would be left alone, jo.

Yet here you are, running the school, teaching the classes.

Being a mother, not just to this sweet child here,

But to all the kids.

And even after all of that,

You're still managing to write your second book.

Now if you ask me,

That's somethin' to be mighty proud of.

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Done already?

Ah, all brushed up, ready to go.

You pick the hooves?

I, uh... Forgot.

Come on, dan. You know better than that.

Nick,

Do you know where jo is?

She had to go into town to send a telegram.

She's got a letter today from some businessman

Lookin' to donate money to the school.

That's great. She's been hoping to hear from him.

God knows she's made enough inquiries.

Yeah. He wants to meet her in boston in a couple days.

So she's just wirin' him back to confirm it.

I take it she's not coming to new york with me, then.

I'd say that's a safe bet.

Would you tell jo I had to go.

Sure thing. Thanks.

Nan: there you are. You ready to go?

Yeah. Where's the juice?

Bess: tommy's gettin' it.

Ugh!

Tommy, what are you doin'?

We gotta give that to mr. Gerson.

The juice tastes funny.

What do you mean, tastes funny?

Ah! Tastes spoiled.

[ Sniffing ] it was fine yesterday.

Well, what do you think happened...

Dr. Welch: it's simple. It fermented.

The key to my wine is that it is unfermented.

Which means no alcohol.

Absolutely.

Well, how would you make it unfermented?

Why do you want to know that?

Well...

Because...

I'm very interested in science,

And I thought I'd like to maybe write a paper

On how a brilliant physician like yourself...

Physician, yes. But brilliant, no.

That distinction belongs to louis pasteur.

Who's he?

That, young lady, you will find in a book,

Along with the method of making unfermented wine.

[ Sigh ]

Nan: louis pasteur was the french chemist

Who developed a process called pasteurization

To prevent fermentation.

The way he did this was to heat milk

To degrees fahrenheit for minutes.

So we just put the juice in a pot and boil it.

Yeah well, he put it in the bottles first, and then he heat it.

So we better do it the same way.

Yeah.

All right, we'll make another batch tonight

And give it to mr. Gerson first thing in the morning.

Bess: all right. Here she comes.

Sorry I'm late.

I had to finish my book.

I guess I lost track of time.

I finished grading your geography lessons last night.

[ Sigh ] unfortunately,

There were a lot of failing marks.

Now I'm wondering if this has anything to do with the grape juice business

That asia's been telling me about.

Dan: yeah. Um,

We were makin' the juice that night.

So I guess we got kind of distracted.

Hmm.

I appreciate your interest in outside activities,

But not when they start to affect

What is happening in this classroom.

Look who's talkin'.

It's important that you learn this material.

But unfortunately, we can't afford

To take time out of our regular class schedule

To go over it again, because we're already behind.

So...

I think it's best that we go over the geography lesson again tonight.

Tonight?

Jo: yes. After dinner,

I'd like everyone to meet back here.♪

But we can't! We've got to make...

I'm sorry,

But you don't have a choice.

But that's not fair.

We sit in class all day,

And now you expect... And I teach all day.

Spending hours on a lesson,

Only to receive incomplete

And sloppy assignments from my students.

You're right, nan. It isn't fair.

Now let's begin today's lesson.

Open your history books to chapter seven.

Please.

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Nan: I think that's long enough.

Yeah.

We'll take this to mr. Gerson, and, uh...

You guys finish cleanin' up.

Right.

Be back before school, though.

Is it, um, supposed to be warm?

W-we didn't have time to cool it.

Well, it's pretty good.

Ma'am? Would you like to try some?

So, will you sell it in your store?

This is delicious.

Of course, I'll sell it in my store.

How about we, uh, split the receipts, - ?

But you give mrs. Oxley a - split for her eggs.

You give the same deal to mrs. Young for her quilts.

All right.

- .

Now, when can I get my first delivery?

Nan: well,

I think we can maybe give you a few more jars by tomorrow.

Oh, I'll need more than a few jars.

Emil: ah, that's just a start-up delivery.

How about we get you, uh...

Quarts by monday?

Quarts, good. Done.

Emil: we better be getting back to school.

That only gives us three days.

How are we supposed to make quarts?

And where are we gonna get that many grapes?

Not my department.

[ Sigh ]

Well, I hope you're all ready for your test.

Nat: test?

Yes, the science test.

I reminded you about it last night.

Well, i-i guess we, uh, sort of forgot.

I take it you haven't studied, then.

Well, we'll just have to see how you do.

You're still going to make us take it?

Why wouldn't i?

We won't pass.

Well then, I'll have to make you take it over again until you do.

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Okay.

What is the movement of molecules

During temperature variation called?

Convection.

Hey! That's right. Don't get too excited.

It's about the only answer I didn't miss on the test.

I can't believe we all failed the test.

These aren't done.

They've been in over half an hour.

Those have been in for over half an hour.

Those ones I just put in.

Nat: [ reading ] now, when the temperature of a liquid or gas

In a sealed tube is raised,

The pressure from increased convection results in...?

Dan: come on, tommy.

You have to keep up with me here.

Tommy: I'm goin' as fast I can.

I'm tired.

We all are, tommy.

Look, the faster we work, the sooner we can get to bed.

Nat: is someone gonna answer the question?

Because we're all gonna fail the test again

If we don't start studying.

He's right. We should really concentrate.

Now, what happens to the pressure in a sealed tube

If you raise the temperature?

You sure something happens?

Yes. I have the answer right here.

When molecules get hot, they move faster.

Convection.

We already know that.

Dan: so the molecules start goin' faster.

But if the tube is sealed,

They got nowhere to go. Right?

Then the pressure would...

Increase? Right. Until what happens?

[ Gasps ]

It blows up.

Dan: nan, you sealed the bottles too tight.

I did not.

What happened?

Uh, the grape juice blew up.

Is anyone hurt?

No.

What have you done to my kitchen?

Jo: I want this mess cleaned up

And I want every one of you in bed in half an hour.

I don't want to see another bottle of grape juice in my house again.

But mr. Gerson's gonna pay us a lot of money for this juice.

I don't care what mr. Gerson is doing.

You were supposed to be studying for a test.

We were studying. And that's why it happened.

And if you spent half as much time studying

As you have been making juice,

Then maybe you wouldn't all be failing your tests.

Nan: well, maybe if we had a better teacher

We wouldn't be failing in the first place.

Asia: nan!

Look at this mess! [ Sigh ]

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Awful cold to be outside.

I heard about their grape juice expl*si*n.

[ Chuckle ]

Wish I'd've been there to see it.

It wasn't as funny as it sounds.

You know, normally,

You'd be right in there,

Helpin' the kids make the juice.

Things haven't been very normal

Around here lately, now have they?

What's that, another telegram

From that businessman in boston?

No.

It's from my publisher.

Sent in my book, and he read it.

And what did he have to say about it?

Well, he says that he finds the subject matter very interesting,

But that he finds the writing...

[ Reading ] lacks inventiveness,

Suffering from a style that feels rushed and inhibited.

I'm sorry to hear that.

I know you worked hard on that book.

No, I didn't.

It was rushed and inhibited.

You're just bein' hard on yourself.

No, I'm not.

I'm finally starting to see things clearly for the first time.

I can't go on like this anymore, nick.

I love running plumfield and teaching the class,

And I love being a mother to these children.

But I also love writing.

And in trying to do all of these things,

I find that I'm doing none of them well.

And so I'm left wondering what to do.

I mean, should I keep writing and stop teaching?

Or should I give up writing?

I think what you need is a good night's sleep.

What I need is a sign.

Anything.

You could just flip a coin.

[ Chuckle ]

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[ Hooting of owl ]

Jo: tomorrow?

Weren't you supposed to meet him on monday?

Yes. But something's come up.

Now the only time he can meet me is tomorrow.

He's considering donating a lot of money.

I can't say no.

But I haven't begun my proposal for him.

Well, you still have the rest of the day.

I promised rob I would take him fishing.

We can go some other day.

How about we go on sunday?

We'll go right after church.

All right.

Perfect way to spend my saturday.

Riding into boston to ask for money.

Saturday. [ Sigh ]

What?

Nick and I are supposed to go on a picnic.

[ Sigh ] well, I better go and tell him.

Hey!

I figured out how to get enough grapes

To make quarts.

We can get the local vineyards to sell us their grapes.

We don't have any money to buy grapes.

I already thought of that.

We can give them a cut of our profits.

We could ask the butlers.

They have lots of grapes in their vineyard.

Good idea. Let's go.

Nan.

We have chores to finish here. Huh.

Look, it's bad enough we're doin' this behind mrs. Jo's back.

The least we can do is make sure

All our schoolwork and our chores are done first.

Grab a pitchfork and start helpin'.

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Nan: how much you figure we have to give the butlers?

Emil: I don't know. But I do know

We're going to need all the grapes

If were going to make that much juice.

Nan, emil! I thought that I said that I didn't want to hear

Anymore talk of making grape juice!

This is getting... [ Scream ]

Nan: mrs. Jo!

Mrs. Jo!

Go get nick!

Mrs. Jo?

Mrs. Jo, wake up, please!

Dr. Pierce: mrs. Bhaer?

Mrs. Bhaer?

Jo!

It's dr. Pierce, mrs. Bhaer.

Can you hear me?

Yes.

What happened?

You fell off the ladder in the barn.

You been out for over two hours.

You gave us quite a scare.

I'd like you to follow my finger with your eyes.

That's fine.

Well, there doesn't seem to be any injury to your head.

What time is it? My proposal...

It can wait.

He's right. You need to rest.

Now, uh, wiggle your fingers for me, would you?

Good.

Now your toes.

Mrs. Bhaer?

I-i can't, I can't move them.

What?

I'm trying to move them, but I can't... Feel them.

I can't feel them.

Mrs. Bhaer, try to remain calm.

Come on. I'll send them outside.

Now, we'll wait outside.

Come on, now. Let's go.

[ Sobbing ]

Asia: go on.

Tell me if you can feel this.

[ Sniffling ] no.

And this?

No! [ Sobbing ]

Now, it's all right. It's all right, now.

I can't feel anything!

This is not uncommon

After a hard fall.

But the paralysis may only be temporary.

[ Whispering ] paralysis?

It may only be temporary.

I've known cases where it only lasted a few days.

But she will get better?

I don't know.

It depends on the severity

Of the injury. [ Sobbing ]

Only time will tell.

[ Sobbing ]

It's all our fault.

If we just had done what she told us to do

Instead of getting so caught up in this stupid grape juice business...

What's gonna happen to the school

If mrs. Jo can't ever walk again?

I wish there was somethin' we could do to help.

I brought you some books

And your journal.

I'm going into town first thing in the mornin'

And I will send a telegram to your sisters.

Oh, don't do that.

Jo, they have to know what's happening here.

Asia, there's nothing they can do anyway.

Please, just let them stay at their wedding and have a good time.

Well, I am gonna send a telegram to that man in boston,

Tellin' him that he's gonna have to wait a few days for that meeting.

You will walk again, jo.

We don't know that for certain, asia.

But I do.

When that day comes,

I'm gonna look you right in the eye

With a big smile on my face,

And say, "i told you.&Quot;

Are you warm enough?

Yes, thank you, honey.

You brought your storybook.

I want to read to you.

Come on up.

Rob?

I'm sorry I didn't take you fishing.

Is it true you can't walk?

Yes.

I'm sorry, sweetheart.

It's all right. I'll take care of you.

[ Sobbing ]

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[ ♪ ]

You kids are up early.

Nat: yeah, there's a lot of work to do,

With mrs. Jo bein' sick and all.

That wood don't have to be chopped till this afternoon.

I know. But I got a lot of work to do later on.

How many eggs you want for breakfast?

Uh, two.

All right.

...eight,

You really don't have to do this, asia.

Dr. Pierce said it was important

For the muscles and the circulation.

Yes, but you've got so much work to do around the house.

Especially with me lying here in bed.

Nope. I haven't got a thing to do.

The kids are taking care of everything.

They are?

They were up before dawn doing the chores,

Making breakfast.

[ Chuckle ]

I don't know where they came up with all this energy.

Well, they don't have school to worry about.

Oh yeah, they're in school all right.

They're in there right now.

Who's teaching?

How old is aunt ethel?

Uh, let's just figure it out.

Aunt ethel. Good old aunt ethel.

So, um...

[ Reading ] / of her life was before school;

/ Of her life during school;

And she worked for / of her life.

Uh, she was married for / of her life;

Her husband d*ed after / of her life;

And she's been a widow for... Years.

Okay, how old is aunt ethel?

Okay, um, let's just start at the beginning.

Well, you have different fractions.

Maybe you should try and find the least common denominator.

Right! Right. Good, dan.

So that'd be . So we have to...

Wrong.

Is wrong?

No, I mean you're starting from the wrong place.

You should start at the end,

After her having being a widow for years.

Bess: he's right. If her husband d*ed

After / of her life,

She's only been a widow for / .

And we know it's years.

Yeah, .

And if / equals ,

Then / equals years.

So that leaves / of her life.

So all you have to do is multiply by ,

You have the answer.

.

Bess: right.

Then add that to the years she's been a widow,

And you have yourself an answer.

. She's years old.

Hey, 's right!

... Years old.

Any questions?

And then after that, we studied the second battle of bull run.

Really?

Yeah. And we talked about the book reports.

Now I need your advice on somethin'.

Do you mind if we start readin' "three musketeers" next?

Well, that's a pretty thick book, nat.

I know, but I'll give 'em plenty of time to read it.

And I was thinking,

Maybe we could start french history at the same time.

The book takes place during the reign of louis the th.

It's in our history books

And we haven't even covered it yet.

I thought it would be neat

If we worked the two subjects together, history and literature.

Like you always do.

That sounds good to me.

You can find the book in the... Ow!

What did you say?

[ Chuckle ]

Ow!

[ Chuckle ]

Dr. Pierce: and how about this?

Ah!

[ Chuckle ] I felt it.

All: [ laughing ]

Well, mrs. Bhaer,

Looks like you're going to pull through this just fine.

But you have to keep exercising those legs.

It'll probably hurt at first,

But keep at it.

And you should start putting some weight on them right away.

In a day or two, well, try walking.

With, um, help, of course.

Don't worry. We'll get her up and around.

All right, everybody, it's getting late

And we better let mrs. Jo get some rest.

Now, everybody out. Come on.

Come on!

Take care, mrs. Jo.

Asia: thank you, doctor.

[ ♪ ]

See? I told ya.

[ ♪ ]

[ Sighing ]

Ready for another try at walkin'?

Again?

Yep, practice makes perfect. C'mon.

My legs are still sore from this morning.

Ah, the more you do it, the easier it's gonna get.

[ Grunt ]

Ready?

Do I have a choice?

No.

Then I guess I'm ready.

All right, let's walk.

[ Groaning with effort ]

There you go.

Good. Good, you're doin' real good.

Where are you going?

Can you go a little further?

Jo: how much further?

Just to the door, that's all.

What's all this?

A picnic.

Ain't quite the same as bein' out in the woods,

But the view's nice.

[ Cough ]

Don't worry. I didn't make it.

Asia did.

Thank you, nick.

Ah, couldn't leave you all cooped up in the house

On a nice day like this.

Not too much longer,

You'll be ready to go chasin' those kids around again.

Jo...

What's wrong?

Nothing.

Jo, it's gonna be all right.

Dr. Pierce said it might take some time, that's all.

It's not that.

[ Sigh ]

Remember the other night on the porch,

I was trying to figure out

Whether I should stop writing or teaching,

And I said maybe god would give me a sign?

You don't think you gettin' hurt was a sign from god, do you?

I don't know. Maybe it was.

Maybe it was his way of saying, "you're doing too much".

Or maybe it was his way of tellin' you you could do both.

Both?

Look what's been happenin' since you got hurt.

Kids are still in school,

Chores are gettin' done,

Everythin's bein' taken care of.

You don't have to carry the whole load yourself, jo.

You can let others carry some of it for you.

Dollars and cents.

Never thought we'd make that much.

What are you kids going to do with all that money?

Oh, we have plans.

[ ♪ ]

You gonna sleep all day,

Or come downstairs and open your presents?

Did you say "presents"?

Happy birthday. They're downstairs.

Downstairs?

C'mon, jo, you can do it. [ Sigh ]

Can't stay up here forever.

Nick: almost there.

Two more...

There. That wasn't so hard, was it?

[ Chuckle ]

Just a few more steps to go.

Thanks.

Your presents are in the parlour.

[ Knocking at the door ]

Can I help you?

Dr. Welch: oh! I certainly hope so.

My name is dr. Thomas welch.

I'm looking for... Nan!

I thought it was you that I saw in the store.

You must be their teacher.

Yes. I'm jo bhaer.

Well, mrs. Bhaer,

You have quite a group of entrepreneurs here.

That grape juice of yours that you're selling is delicious.

You're still selling grape juice?

It's not just her, mrs. Jo.

It's all of us.

Well, let me congratulate you,

Each and every one of you,

On an outstanding effort.

You mean you're not mad?

Mad... Why would I be mad?

Well, we kinda took your idea.

The grape juice business?

Oh! I have no intention of,

Of selling my grape juice to the public.

You don't?

No! No, I developed that as a...

A communion drink for use in church services.

So why do you need so many grapes?

Well, because I'm expecting so many orders

From churches all over the country.

So you're not going to sell it in stores?

No! No...

I-i never considered it.

Maybe you oughta start considerin' it.

Yes. Perhaps I should.

However, I shall stay away from concord.

[ Chuckle ]

I have no intention of competing with your fine product.

Ah, we're not gonna be makin' grape juice any more.

It interferes with our schoolwork.

And we only did it

So we could make enough money to buy mrs. Jo's birthday present.

It's in there, mrs. Jo.

What is it?

It's a typewriter.

It's a new invention.

I've read about them, but I never thought that...

[ Laugh ]

You were selling the juice to buy me the typewriter?

Yeah. We know how much you wanna to write,

Even though you don't have much time.

The ad says a typewriter makes it easier and faster to write.

I don't know what to say.

What an extraor- dinary group of students you have, mrs. Bhaer.

You must be a wonderful teacher.

I have a lot of help, dr. Welch.

And you always will.

Happy birthday, mrs. Jo.

Thank you. [ Mixed ] happy birthday!

Asia: well, who wants cake?

Tommy: oh, me!

Would you like to join us, dr. Welch?

I would be delighted.

Uh...

So y-you think that I should sell

My grape juice in stores, do you?

Oh yeah.

And then there's lots of other stuff

You can make with grapes too.

Like jams, jellies...

Grape jelly.

What a splendid idea.

[ Chuckle ] yes.

[ Clatter of typewriter ]

Whatcha writin'?

My resolutions.

[ Reading ] laugh more...

Worry less.

Learn as I teach...

Write without inhibition...

Go fishing...

Have more picnics...

Do my best,

Do not get discouraged if I lose my way.

All I have to do is follow the signs.

[ Sigh ]

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