Little House on the Prairie (TV Series)

I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away: Part I (1978)

Melissa Sue Anderson: Mary Ingalls

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• Mary Ingalls Kendall : [the tragic moment, when Mary Ingalls awakens to discover she has lost her sight]  Help me, Pa! HELP ME! Pa, I can't SEE! Hold me! It's dark! I'm scared, Pa! Hold me! It's too dark! I can't breathe!

• Charles Ingalls : I wanted to talk to you. See, your Mother and I have been hoping and... praying, but it was the scarlet fever and it weakened the nerves in your eyes.

  Mary Ingalls Kendall : It'll get better, won't it, Pa? My eyes will be alright again.

  Charles Ingalls : The doctor thinks that it'll get worse

  Mary Ingalls Kendall : Pa?

  Charles Ingalls : He uh... He feels that... your gradually going to lose your sight.

  Mary Ingalls Kendall : Blind? I'm gonna be... blind?

• Seth Barton : I really like your family.

  Mary Ingalls Kendall : They like you, Seth.

  Seth Barton : I don't think Laura likes me.

  Mary Ingalls Kendall : I think she likes you a little too much.

  Seth Barton : Oh.