Little House on the Prairie (TV Series)

I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away: Part I (1978)

Michael Landon: Charles Ingalls

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• Charles Ingalls : I wanted to talk to you. See, your Mother and I have been hoping and... praying, but it was the scarlet fever and it weakened the nerves in your eyes.

  Mary Ingalls Kendall : It'll get better, won't it, Pa? My eyes will be alright again.

  Charles Ingalls : The doctor thinks that it'll get worse

  Mary Ingalls Kendall : Pa?

  Charles Ingalls : He uh... He feels that... your gradually going to lose your sight.

  Mary Ingalls Kendall : Blind? I'm gonna be... blind?

• Charles Ingalls : I pray and I pray. Why doesn't God listen?

  Reverend Robert Alden : He listens, Charles. And He always answers our prayers. He doesn't always answer in the way that we want, but he always answers in a way that He thinks is best for each of us.

  Charles Ingalls : How can taking the sight from a fifteen year old girl be the best thing?

  Reverend Robert Alden : We're only finite. He's infinite in His wisdom. I can only tell you that there is a reason. Charles, believe me. God must have chosen Mary for some very special purpose.

  Charles Ingalls : Tomorrow I have to tell my daughter that she's going blind. What should I tell her is that special purpose?