Aug 10, 2026 · 9 min · 9 segments
Episode 198 Ch. 24 of Little Town on the Prairie, "The School Exhibition". Join us this week as we discuss "to parse", Patrick's Henry speech, "Chisel in Hand", Raleigh's lost colony, "despotism"…
The room was warm and the lamp burned clear and bright, but Laura's chilly fingers could hardly button her blue cashmere basque, and it seemed to her the looking glass was dim.
desperately she tried to remember all she must say but she could not get beyond America was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 Columbus a native of Genoa in Italy Carrie was breathlessly chanting waiting the hour when at God's command now Carrie you only have to do as well as you have been doing Ma straightened her Carrie's full plaid skirt you know your piece perfectly there now you look just right laura said your new plaid dress is beautiful her voice did not seem to be hers it was so serene nellie olsen mary power and minnie laura and ida and cap and ben and arthur filed up onto the platform arthur was wearing new shoes and one of them squeaked in a row they all faced the church full of watching eyes it was all a blur to laura rapidly mr owen began to ask questions through the great applause they all turned and filed back to their seat now the younger pupils would speak their pieces then laura's turn would come one after another the girls and boys were called to perform and recited laura and ida sat still with stiff and dread all the history that laura knew raced madly through her mind america was discovered the congress of confederate colonies in philadelphia assembled There is only one word in this petition of which I disapprove, and that word is Congress.
carrie had not once faltered nor missed a single word laura was proud and carrie flushed rosily as she marched smiling down to her place amid the loud clapping of hands laura's voice was shaking a little she steadied and went carefully on it did not seem that she was standing there in her blue cashmere grandly held out by hoops with merle's pearl pin fastened Fastened the lace cascade under her chin, her bangs damp and hot, across her forehead.
She told of the Mexicans who fought a war of independence to and wanted, so now they could trade where they pleased.
he almanzo did not say anything and neither did she until they were out of the church and following pa's lantern across the snowy path the wind had died down the air was very cold and still where the moonlight and there was moonlight on the snow oh ma pa what do you think mr welder's making me a cutter making a cutter and he's going to take me sleigh riding Ma and Pa looked at each other, and it was a sober glance.
Laura quickly said, If I may go, may I, please? We will see when the time comes, Mai answered.
But Pa's eyes were kind, and he looked at Laura, and she knew for sure that when the time came, she could go sleigh riding.
She thought how fun it would be to go swiftly speeding and smoothly on the cold, sunny air behind those horses.
The room was warm and the lamp burned clear and bright, but Laura's chilly fingers could hardly button her blue cashmere basque, and it seemed to her the looking glass was dim.
desperately she tried to remember all she must say but she could not get beyond America was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 Columbus a native of Genoa in Italy Carrie was breathlessly chanting waiting the hour when at God's command now Carrie you only have to do as well as you have been doing Ma straightened her Carrie's full plaid skirt you know your piece perfectly there now you look just right laura said your new plaid dress is beautiful her voice did not seem to be hers it was so serene nellie olsen mary power and minnie laura and ida and cap and ben and arthur filed up onto the platform arthur was wearing new shoes and one of them squeaked in a row they all faced the church full of watching eyes it was all a blur to laura rapidly mr owen began to ask questions through the great applause they all turned and filed back to their seat now the younger pupils would speak their pieces then laura's turn would come one after another the girls and boys were called to perform and recited laura and ida sat still with stiff and dread all the history that laura knew raced madly through her mind america was discovered the congress of confederate colonies in philadelphia assembled There is only one word in this petition of which I disapprove, and that word is Congress.
carrie had not once faltered nor missed a single word laura was proud and carrie flushed rosily as she marched smiling down to her place amid the loud clapping of hands laura's voice was shaking a little she steadied and went carefully on it did not seem that she was standing there in her blue cashmere grandly held out by hoops with merle's pearl pin fastened Fastened the lace cascade under her chin, her bangs damp and hot, across her forehead.
She told of the Mexicans who fought a war of independence to and wanted, so now they could trade where they pleased.
he almanzo did not say anything and neither did she until they were out of the church and following pa's lantern across the snowy path the wind had died down the air was very cold and still where the moonlight and there was moonlight on the snow oh ma pa what do you think mr welder's making me a cutter making a cutter and he's going to take me sleigh riding Ma and Pa looked at each other, and it was a sober glance.
Laura quickly said, If I may go, may I, please? We will see when the time comes, Mai answered.
But Pa's eyes were kind, and he looked at Laura, and she knew for sure that when the time came, she could go sleigh riding.
She thought how fun it would be to go swiftly speeding and smoothly on the cold, sunny air behind those horses.
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