- Nellie Oleson: Hello, Laura.
- Laura: Hi, Nellie.
- Nellie Oleson: Willie told me all about your class project. How's yours coming?
- Laura: I haven't started it yet.
- Nellie Oleson: I see. It must be very hard tracing all your relatives. Names and everything. Have to spend all that time in the forest or wherever it is you're from.
- Laura: It's called the Big Woods and I'll manage thank you.
- Nellie Oleson: You know the Oleson family goes all the way back to royalty. We come from heads of state and titles for most of my relatives.
- Laura: Like Nero and Ivan the Terrible?
- Nelson "Nels" Oleson: [enters blind school] May I see your water closet?
- Mary Ingalls Kendall: [she and Hester-Sue snicker] You came all the way over here just to use the water closet?
- Nelson "Nels" Oleson: No I want to see how it's installed. Harriet's making me install one.
- Hester-Sue Terhune: Right this way Mr. Oleson