When Laura and Nellie get in a fight about the graduation test, Almanzo separates them and takes Laura home with him. When Charles finds out that Almanzo took Laura home with him, Charles goes to Almanzo's place and punches Almanzo because he fears his daughter was being taken advantage of. Laura yells at the fighting pair and tells them that she is no longer a child.

During a trip to a teaching awards ceremony in Minneapolis, the stagecoach that Adam, Mary, and a pregnant woman named Marge are riding in, is involved in an accident. Mary is the only one who can free herself and is left to rely on her wits to find help.