Charles ends up falling out of a tree after promising to fix a store's roof and compile sacks of grain.

Laura and Mary are concerned that other students won't accept them on their first day of school, which is reaffirmed when Nellie Oleson snubs them for their homespun dresses.

After a hailstorm devastates his crops, Charles learns of blasting work available in a faraway quarry.

When Charles brings an old friend home to dinner, Caroline decides the man would be a perfect match for Widow Snider.

Laura becomes enamoured by a new student, but he expresses more interest in Mary, which breaks her heart.

Charles provides assistance to a woman who wants to stage her own wakes to make sure that her distant children attend.