Season 1 · Episode 7

Town Party, Country Party

Season
Season 1
Episode
7 (7 overall)
First aired
October 30, 1974
Network
NBC

Who’s in it: Charles IngallsLauraNellie

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What happens

Laura makes a new friend, Olga Nordstrom, a shy girl who walks with a limp because one leg is shorter than the other. Olga's father is so protective that he barely lets her join in with the other children.

Charles has an idea: a specially built shoe that might let Olga run and play. Her father resents the interference, and the two men clash. The episode also pits Nellie's fancy town party against a country gathering, and it ends with Olga doing something she never thought possible.

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