Sure is funny how I keep on not getting a calf. Well what Selma's pa meant was that it...
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Arnold Hanson: [sitting around the dinner table eating pancakes for supper and talking about the Jacobson's new calf] Sure is funny how I keep on not getting a calf.
Bruna Jacobson: Well what Selma's pa meant was that it was just pretend her calf.
Selma Jacobson: [looking disheartened] But pa didn't say it was pretend - he said it was all mine.
Bruna Jacobson: Well everything on the farm is all yours Selma, yours and ours - the things that keep us warm, the food we have - it couldn't just belong to one of us any more than... the sunshine,
[waves her hand]
Bruna Jacobson: or these pesky flies. I'm sure that's what your pa meant, isn't it Martinius?
Martinius Jacobson: Well uh, that may be what I meant to say; but I did tell her it was all hers. Well maybe your mother's right Selma. Maybe we, uh, ought to kinda figure it like she said instead of, uh, what we spoke about.
Bruna Jacobson: Well Heaven sakes Martinus, you can't take it away from her if you gave it to her like that. Maybe it's a good thing; I think your pa's right. She needed something to take care of. She'll have work to do, just like a grownup.
[Selma smiles and nods]
Bruna Jacobson: Well what Selma's pa meant was that it was just pretend her calf.
Selma Jacobson: [looking disheartened] But pa didn't say it was pretend - he said it was all mine.
Bruna Jacobson: Well everything on the farm is all yours Selma, yours and ours - the things that keep us warm, the food we have - it couldn't just belong to one of us any more than... the sunshine,
[waves her hand]
Bruna Jacobson: or these pesky flies. I'm sure that's what your pa meant, isn't it Martinius?
Martinius Jacobson: Well uh, that may be what I meant to say; but I did tell her it was all hers. Well maybe your mother's right Selma. Maybe we, uh, ought to kinda figure it like she said instead of, uh, what we spoke about.
Bruna Jacobson: Well Heaven sakes Martinus, you can't take it away from her if you gave it to her like that. Maybe it's a good thing; I think your pa's right. She needed something to take care of. She'll have work to do, just like a grownup.
[Selma smiles and nods]
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was that it was just pretend her calf
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But pa didn't say it was pretend
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He said it was all mine
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Well everything on the farm
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is all yours Selma
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yours and ours
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The things that keep us warm
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The food we have
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It couldn't just belong to one of us
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any more than the sunshine
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or these pesky flies
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I'm sure that's what your pa meant
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isn't it Martinius
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Well that may be what I meant to say
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but I did tell her it was all hers
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Well maybe your mother's right Selma
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Maybe we ought to kind of figure it like she said
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instead of what we spoke about
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Land sakes Martinius
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you can't take it away from her
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if you gave it to her like that
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Maybe it's a good thing
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I think your pa's right
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She needed something to take care of
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She'll have work to do
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just like a grown up
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Movie Summary
A Norwegian farmer lovingly raises his daughter in rural World War II-era Benson Junction, Wisconsin.
