The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they're organized for.

Quote by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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1 - 2 A long time ago, when all the grandfathers and grandmothers of today...

1 - 2 A long time ago, when all the grandfathers and grandmothers of today...

Mary and Carrie and baby Grace and Ma had all had scarlet fever. The Nelsons...

Mary and Carrie and baby Grace and Ma had all had scarlet fever. The Nelsons...

But in the east the sky was pale and through the gray woods came lanterns...

But in the east the sky was pale and through the gray woods came lanterns...

Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and...

Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and...

Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.

Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.

So Pa sold the little house. He sold the cow and calf. He made hickory...

So Pa sold the little house. He sold the cow and calf. He made hickory...

They drove a long way through the snowy woods, till they came to the town...

They drove a long way through the snowy woods, till they came to the town...

Her blue eyes were still beautiful, but they did not know what was before them,...

Her blue eyes were still beautiful, but they did not know what was before them,...

In the long winter evenings he talked to Ma about the Western country. In the...

In the long winter evenings he talked to Ma about the Western country. In the...

The path that went by the little house had become a road. Almost every day...

The path that went by the little house had become a road. Almost every day...

Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God....

Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God....

So they all went away from the little log house. The shutters were over the...

So they all went away from the little log house. The shutters were over the...

Pa did not like a country so old and worn out that the hunting was...

Pa did not like a country so old and worn out that the hunting was...

There the wild animals wandered and fed as though they were in a pasture that...

There the wild animals wandered and fed as though they were in a pasture that...

The enormous lake stretched flat and smooth and white all the way to the edge...

The enormous lake stretched flat and smooth and white all the way to the edge...

The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more...

The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more...

A long time ago, when all the grandfathers and grandmothers of today were little boys...

A long time ago, when all the grandfathers and grandmothers of today were little boys...

Home is the nicest word there is.

Home is the nicest word there is.

Wild animals would not stay in a country where there were so many people. Pa...

Wild animals would not stay in a country where there were so many people. Pa...

If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess...

If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess...