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Milly's Firm Stance on Household Boundaries
Milly
This house is for the girls. You're not gonna set foot in it as long as they're here. You'll eat and sleep in the barn with the rest of the livestock. Now get out of here. I'm ashamed of you.
[to the brothers]
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Frustration with Unchangeable Circumstances
Adam
You're beating your head against a stone wall, Milly. You'll never make jackadandies out of them!
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Manners and Marriage in Social Invitations
Adam
May I escort you to the ball, ma'am?
[sarcastically]
Milly
Well, it wouldn't hurt you to learn some manners, too.
Adam
What do I need manners for? I already got me a wife.
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Strangers Among Us in the Community
Dorcas
Who are they? I don't recall ever seeing them before.
[upon seeing the Pontipee brothers arrive at the barn raising]
Liza
They're strangers to me.
Ruth
Seven of them.
Martha
And all as tall as church steeples.
Alice
It's Milly! Milly!
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Love Compared to Measles
Adam
Well, Pa used to say love is kind of like the measles. You only get it once. The older you are, the tougher it goes.
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A Bridegroom's Unconventional Wedding Night
Milly
Somehow it just don't seem fittin for a bridegroom to spend his weddin night in a tree.
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Naming Inspired by Biblical Traditions
Caleb
There were no F names in the Bible, so Ma named him Frankincense because he smelled so sweet.
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Liza's Frustration with Constant Snowfall
Liza
Doesn't it do anything but snow up here? We've had a blizzard every day for the past two months. I'm going crazy, shut up in this house!
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Journey to the Ends of the Earth
Ruth
If you'll just follow me.
[Caleb is helping her bring food to the table]
Caleb
To the ends of the earth.
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Celebration of Music and Dance
Taglines
SINGIN'! DANCIN'! ROMANCIN'!
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The Essence of Love and Decision
Adam
How can you tell what's in its spell? How can you tell unless you've tried it? Wait for that kiss you're certain of. And let your heart decide when you're in love.
[singing to Gideon about being in love]
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Naming a Daughter in Seven Brides
Adam
What do you call her?
Milly
I was thinking of some name like Hannah or Hagar or Hephzibah, picking up where your mother left off.
Adam
Hannah.
Milly
Hannah.
Adam
I got to thinking up at the cabin, about the baby. How I'd feel if someone came creeping in and carried her off. I'd string him up the nearest tree. I'd shoot him down as I would a thieving fox.
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A Musical Adventure of Love and Weddings
Taglines
A WONDERFUL, YOUTHFUL, LOVIN', KISSIN MUSICAL ABOUT SEVEN STOLEN SWEETIES AND THEIR SHOTGUN WEDDINGS!
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A Conversation About Girls in Isolation
Milly
Don't you like girls?
Gideon
We ain't never hardly ever seen one.
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Celebrating Ideal Beauty in Love
Adam
Pretty and trim, But not too slim, Heavenly eyes, And just the right size, Simple and sweet, And *sassy* as can be, Bless her beautiful hide, Yes, she's the girl for me!
[singing]
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Morning Chores and Family Dynamics
Milly
Good morning my brothers. If you're looking for your outside clothes, they're hanging up drying on the line. I came in before and got them. I couldn't get your inside clothes, so I'll take them now.
Benjamin
Our underwear?
Milly
You're winter underwear that you're sleeping in. You might as well hand it over because you're not gonna get your clothes or food or nothing til you get all cleaned up and shaved.
Benjamin
Where's Adam? We wanna talk to Adam.
Milly
He's out plowing, he had his breakfast over a half an hour ago. I got hot muffins waiting, crisp bacon, steak, fryer potatoes, fresh ground coffee. Now do I get that winter underwear, or do I have to come in there and take it off of you?
Benjamin
Don't listen to her. She wouldn't dare.
Milly
Oh, wouldn't I?
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A Man's Determination to Find a Wife
Adam
I'm here today to get me a wife. I don't aim to go back home empty handed. Now, you're all pretty and fresh and young. And I'll keep you in mind. But I ain't deciding on nothin until I look them all over.
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A Man's Quest for a Wife
Adam
I like best a widow woman that ain't afraid to work. There's seven of us men. Me and my six brothers. Place is like a pigsty, and the food tastes worse. So I made up my mind. The next time I come to town to trade, I'll bring me back a wife.
Mrs. Bixby
Well, that's a fine thing, I must say! Thinking you could come here and trade for a wife like she was a bag of meal.
Adam
Oh, oh, no, ma'am. I wouldn't say that, ma'am.
Mrs. Bixby
Let me tell you, none of our gals is going to go off to bear country with you - to cook and wash and slave for seven slummocky backwoodsmen.
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Milly on Competition for Attention at Events
Milly
It's a whole month before the barn-raising and the picnic. But there's one thing you gotta remember: You're gonna have a lot of competition, cause every one of those girls down there has five or ten fellas buzzing around them.
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A Unique Musical Adventure Awaits
Taglines
The once-in-a-lifetime musical romp!
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Misunderstanding Love and Responsibilities in Marriage
Adam
Now you're takin this too hard! Everything will work out fine. We'll get a preacher up here someway or another.
[after Milly has banished him and his brothers to the barn for kidnapping the girls]
Milly
You think that those girls would marry them now? You think it's so easy because I didn't court you or nothin', that that's all there is to it! I married you because I fell in love with you the moment I saw you, but I thought it was the same for you too.
[Shocked and irate]
Adam
Now, Milly...
Milly
You think a wife's just a cookin thing! You've got no understandings, you've got no feelings! How could you do a thing like this? Just think of these poor girls sick with fright-!... And their families crazy with worry-!... I can't abide to look at you!
[Enraged and distraught]
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Unexpected Revelations Among Brothers and Spouses
Adam
This is my brother Caleb.
Milly
How are you brother Caleb?
Adam
This is Milly, my wife.
Caleb
Your wife? Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle! Hey Dan, he did it, he got married!
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Caleb's View on Vows and Cattle
Caleb
Can't make no vows to a herd of cows.
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Collective Response to a Father's Inquiry
Rev. Elcott
We're all fathers here and we love you, so don't be afraid to answer. A while back I heard a wee babe crying in the house. Whose is it?
[after rounding up the girls]
Rev. Elcott
Whose is it, don't be afraid to tell?
Dorcas, Alice, Sarah, Liza, Ruth, Martha
Mine!
[all at once and smiling]
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