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| Original Airdate: September 28, 1972 Writer: Jim Byrnes Director: Harry Harris |
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Prologue: |
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| "Waltons Mountain was an everlasting presence in our lives. Whenever I could, when I was growing up there during the Depression years, I would climb its slopes. Up there I could get lost in dreams, dreams of becoming a writer, of becoming a man. I knew no writers so I had no writer to model myself after, but as a boy aspiring to manhood I had only to follow in the footsteps of a remarkable father." |
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Synopsis: |
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| John and Olivia are overwhelmed by their bills but can still have fun catching fireflies outside with the the children. John heads off to work up the mountain but he breaks the truck's axle after hitting a large pothole. When Chance their milking cow wanders off to give birth, Grandpa finds her with a new calf. The children grow attached and Jason names him Bullit because he is a bull but John knows that he has to sell the calf to pay for the truck and other bills. |
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George Anderson a neighbor down the road buys the cow for $9. When Chance won't stop bellowing for her baby Olivia decides to sell her memory quilt to help raise the money to buy Bullit back from Mr. Anderson but he now wants $12. |
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Epilogue: |
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| "It was a fine thing to know such people, and to be one of them, and to share in their abundant love. It was a poor time, but in it we were richer than we knew. Forty years have passed, but the voices from that house are as fresh as yesterday." |
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Episode Notes and Interesting Facts: |
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Additional Cast: |
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Guest star: Leonard Stone (George Anderson) with: John Crawford (Sheriff Bridges)
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