Little House on the Prairie (TV Series)
The Handyman (1977)
Melissa Sue Anderson: Mary Ingalls
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Quotes
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Nellie Oleson : When the cat's away, the mice do play. Isn't that what Mother said?
Willie Oleson : I wonder what it means.
Nellie Oleson : I don't know. Do you know what it means, Mary?
Mary Ingalls : What?
Nellie Oleson : Oh no you wouldn't. You're too young.
Willie Oleson : Well, what's it mean?
Nellie Oleson : Shut up! I bet your mother knows.
Laura Ingalls : What's she talking about?
Mary Ingalls : Nothing. Just eat your lunch.
Nellie Oleson : Some folks call it monkey business.
Willie Oleson : I know what that is. It's when a monkey goes...
Nellie Oleson : Shut up! I bet even Mary knows what monkey business is. Don't you, Mary? Think hard. Monkey business... monkey business... monkey business...
[Mary slaps Nellie]
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Mary Ingalls : I want you to go.
Chris Nelson : What?
Mary Ingalls : I want you to leave here and never come back.
Chris Nelson : I don't understand.
Mary Ingalls : Yes you do.
Chris Nelson : No Mary, I don't.
Mary Ingalls : You love my mother, don't you?
Chris Nelson : Mary, I uh...
Mary Ingalls : Just answer my question. You love my mother.
Chris Nelson : Mary, your Mother is a fine woman.
Mary Ingalls : You don't have to tell me about my Mother. Just answer my question.
Chris Nelson : [Long pause] I'll be gone by morning.
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Laura Ingalls : Then why'd you hit her?
Mary Ingalls : Because I felt like it.
Laura Ingalls : Oh.
Mary Ingalls : And I don't want to talk about it anymore.