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Last Updated: April 12, 1998

• In this episode Alicia's puppy dies and the fake rev. tells Mr. Oleson to give her one of his dog puppies because the dogs expecting. When did the Oleson's get a dog let alone a pregnant one?!
  Contributed by Bob D, August 7, 1997.

• I thought it was neat that the fake rev. (Johnny Cash) found every excuse to sing a song. Four songs in a one hour show with commericals does push the limits.
  Contributed by Barbie S, Sept 18, 1997.

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• Mary wears a plastic headband in this episode, and others. In later episodes, she wears two plastic haircombs. Is it possible plastic hairgoods were sold at Oleson's Mercantile?
  Contributed by Mr. & Mrs. J. Pochop, October 12, 1997.

• Why is it that Laura never appears in this episode except with her back turned in church? Is that really her? Do you think they meant the episode for Laura and ended up giving it to Mary for some reason?
  Contributed by Kelvin, January 12, 1998.

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• Nellie crys because she no longer has Bunny, and wants her mother to get her a new horse. When did Nels give the horse back to Laura? (I think this and the next episode were (and still are on some channels) played out of order.)
  Contributed by Alex Trenta, April 26, 1997.
• Laura gets Bunny back from Nellie shortly after Nellie's spill (after she hit a tree, likely in the spring after Laura traded Bunny in for the new cookstove) and subsequent (temporary) parapeligia. Nels tells Nellie in no uncertain terms that she is not suitable to have a horse like Bunny and makes Nellie give Bunny back to Laura.
  Contributed by Agent 5304, July 31, 1997.

• When the parents found out that Mary did Laura's homework, Charles was all ready to punish Laura. When Mary admitted Laura did not know about it, I don't think she got in trouble, they said they understood. Another example of the different rules they have for Mary.
  Contributed by Raven, July 24, 1997.

• Laura took Bunny back when Nellie fell off Bunny and feigned her paralysis. (but nobody knew it at the time)  Mrs Oleson wanted the horse destroyed and Laura ran out of the room yelling no.  Mary followed Laura out to the barn where Laura was mounting on Bunny and took off.  Nobody knew where Bunny went.  Later in the episode Mrs Oleson found Laura in the Ingalls' barn with Bunny.  Mrs Oleson wanted Laura to give Bunny over and again Laura mounts Bunny and takes off to town to convince Nellie to tell Mrs Oleson not to destroy Bunny, that's when Laura finds Nellie dancing in the living room.  Laura then knocks on the door and Nellie scrambles for the wheelchair and Laura takes Nellie outside to the riverbank by the mill and pushes the chair down the bank with Mrs. Oleson watching.  Mrs Oleson faints and at the very end Nels tells Laura "Nellie has done some mean things but this is one of the worst" and then he tells Laura "Take your horse home". Gotta admit.. Bunny did a lot of running in this episode... :)
  Contributed by Dawn F, November 22, 1997.

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• These episodes (The Race and Bunny), as ordered by their original broadcast date, give the story out of order. CHRISTMAS AT PLUM CREEK has Laura selling her horse (Bunny) to Nellie so she could buy Ma a new stove. In the THE RACE we have Nellie crying because her father gave Bunny back to Laura. In this episode, Nellie owns Bunny again and at the end, Nellie's father gives it back to Laura. I think these two episodes should be reversed so that the Bunny story makes sense. When you watch Little House as reruns on some channels, they still play these two episodes out of order.
  Contributed by Alex Trenta, April 26, 1997.

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• Has anyone ever noticed that the guy who plays Charles' brother (whose name just now slips my mind) is the same guy who went on to play Ambasador Spock's father in the STAR TREK series?
  Contributed by Agent 5304, July 31, 1997.

• In This episode Charles's sister in-law, (Hersha Paraday) plays Eliza Anne. Who later plays Alice Garvey?!
  Asked by Bob D, August 14, 1997.

• On the Timeline, you list Michael Landon's character as "Frederick Charles Ingalls," yet in this episode he writes a letter to his parents and signs his name as "Charles Phillip Ingalls." Does the show give both names?
  Contributed by Steve C, October 10, 1997.
• Answer:  In response to Steve G, I think that his name really was Charles Phillip Ingalls. His son (the one that died as a baby) was Frederick Charles Ingalls (or was it Charles Frederick Ingalls?). I'm am not one hundred percent sure, though.
  Answer by Catherine, Novmeber 2, 1997.

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• The leaves outside the school house where all of the parents are waiting are not covered in snow, but are completely green.
  Contributed by Lora J, January 12, 1998.

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• I just always thought it was weird that Nellie didn't want to be Jo. After all, Jo is the main character of Little Women.
  Contributed by Robert S, December 25, 1997.

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• If Charles knows that the horse that kicked Mary was "skittish", why did he allow her to take the horse into the barn, or why didn't he keep a closer eye on Jack?
  Contributed by Jen N, November 3, 1997.

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• Solomon mentions many interesting ideas to think about. Such as, if it was the late 1800's, would you like to be black and live to 100, or white and live to be 50.
  Contributed by Jennifer Slegg, April 26, 1997.

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• What's interesting is the girl who played Anna in this episode play young Caroline in "I Remember, I Remember"
  Contributed by TMTSoapop, December 28, 1997.

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• SECOND SPRING implies that Nels Olsen does the cooking in his home, yet Harriet states that she has to check the roast in this episode. It could be that she is doing this special meal for some reason, but in SECOND SPRING she can definatly not cook.
  Contributed by Alex Trenta, April 26, 1997.

• It's interesting that when the votes are counted at the end, Nellie and Elmer are tied at 12 votes each. But when Willie's tie-breaking vote for Elmer is announced, it seems the entire class celebrates. What happened to Nellie's 12 supporters?
  Contributed by Steve C, August 29, 1997.

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• When Charles comes back from that old miner's house and has seen that the old miner committed suicide by burning himself alive (after Laura had innocently blabbed the story of how he had buried his wife under all the ore he had mined under the creek and one classmate's unscrupulous father desecrates the woman's grave under the creek to get the gold), he tells Laura that he had had a long talk with the miner and the miner understood that Laura wasn't to blame but then he quickly tells Caroline the truth and implores her NOT to tell Laura what happened so she won't be overwhelmed by the guilt! If Charles wouldn't tell Laura the miner's real fate, then are we to suppose that Caroline eventually did (which is WHY she would know eventually know about it for 'the books') , if so *why* would Caroline burden Laura with this information that would serve her no good purpose to kno? It would seem an unnecesarily cruel thing to do to her daughter- considering they were leaving the gold rush area immediately and she'd have NO interaction with anyone else from that area!
  Contribured by Leon H, January 1, 1998.

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