Little House on the Prairie (TV Series)
The Reincarnation of Nellie (Part I) (1981)
Richard Bull: Nels Oleson
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Quotes
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Harriet Oleson : [When told by Mr. Case that Nancy is an impossible, unadoptable child] Oh... men! Why, you just don't understand little girls.
Miss Mason : Mrs. Oleson, I must be honest. I don't understand either. In the four weeks that Nancy's been here, she has set fire to her bed, broken more windows than I can count, poured plaster into the indoor plumbing, and bitten half the children in the orphanage.
Harriet Oleson : Well, girls will be girls!
Nels Oleson : Harriet, the expression is "boys will be boys". But, in this case, it's "monsters will be monsters."
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Harriet Oleson : We've got to find her!
Nels Oleson : I have found her.
Harriet Oleson : Where?
Nels Oleson : In the box. She's in the box!
Harriet Oleson : [Bends down to talk to her] Oh Nancy, this is your new mommy. Oh honey, oh, I love you...
[PUNCH]
Nels Oleson : I was wrong, Harriet. There is another child exactly like Nellie.
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Nels Oleson : [to Harriet about adopting Nancy] Harriet, I don't understand you! Out of all the children in the orphanage, why her?
Harriet Oleson : I don't know, but I want her.
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Caroline Ingalls : Morning, Nels.
Nels Oleson : Caroline.
Harriet Oleson : Nels, anything from the children?
Nels Oleson : Yes.
Harriet Oleson : What's the matter?
[Terrible news]
Nels Oleson : Percival's father passed away.
Caroline Ingalls : Oh, no.
Nels Oleson : Yes. In his sleep, thank God.
Harriet Oleson : Ohh. Poor Percival. Tsk tsk. Did they say when they'd be back home?
[Benjamin Cohen died peacefully in his sleep]
Nels Oleson : Harriet, I think you ought to read Nellie's letter.
[Handover the letter. Moving lips silently]
Nels Oleson : Harriet.
Harriet Oleson : No, I just want to be alone.