- Almanzo James Wilder: I know it's small. We'll all be living in one room for awhile.
- Laura Ingalls Wilder: I'm used to that.
- Almanzo James Wilder: You'll have to fetch the water from the well because there's no pump in the kitchen like before.
- Laura Ingalls Wilder: I'm used to that too.
- Almanzo James Wilder: And we're gonna be down right poor for a time. But the Farmer's Almanac predicts a good year. Cool summer, mild winter.
- Laura Ingalls Wilder: If the Almanac says it's so, it's so.
- Almanzo James Wilder: We're right back where we started, you might say. But the land is ours. And nobody can take it away from us.