- Mary Ingalls: I don't think Mr. Edwards can read
- Laura Ingalls: Maybe they didn't have school book back when he was a little boy.
- Mary Ingalls: They must have. George Washington could read.
- Laura Ingalls: You didn't die, did you?
- Mary Ingalls: Of course he didn't die!
- Laura Ingalls: Well, he might have and come back to life again. They do that a lot in the Bible.
- Laura Ingalls: [after Mr. Edward's back goes out] What did you do last time this happened?
- Isaiah Edwards: Well as I recall, I cussed a lot.
- Mary Ingalls: We'll go outside.