Episode 9— For the Love of Nancy
Aired November 30, 1981 · 49 min

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An overweight boy comes to school at Walnut Grove. The schoolkids pick on him because he is so heavy. Nancy persuades the boy to bully the other school children. The jokes of the school children get so bad that the obese boy decides to quit school. The school children then decide that enough is enough. They go over and apologize to him.
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Michael Landon
as Charles Ingalls
Karen Grassle
as Caroline Ingalls
Dean Butler
as Almanzo James Wilder
Melissa Gilbert
as Laura Ingalls
Lindsay Greenbush
as Carrie Ingalls
Rachel Lindsay Greenbush
as Carrie Ingalls
Sidney Greenbush
as Carrie Ingalls
Matthew Labyorteaux
as Albert Quinn Ingalls
Katherine Macgregor
as Harriet Oleson
Richard Bull
as Nels Oleson
Jonathan Gilbert
as Willie Oleson
Allison Balson
as Nancy Oleson
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