WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:06.519 Hey, says dad, Mom. 2 00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:09.400 Come on your story. 3 00:00:09.039 --> 00:00:16.079 Hours on presenting your story, hour building for a better tomorrow. 4 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:17.199 Hello. 5 00:00:17.280 --> 00:00:20.000 Everyone, This is Aunt Carrol and I'm Uncle Dan. We're 6 00:00:20.039 --> 00:00:22.079 so glad that you've joined us today for another of 7 00:00:22.120 --> 00:00:23.160 our exciting stories. 8 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:26.239 And I'm guessing that you have one all planned for us, right, 9 00:00:26.280 --> 00:00:26.800 Aunt Carroll? 10 00:00:26.879 --> 00:00:29.239 Well, yes, Uncle Dan, I do, now that you mention it. 11 00:00:29.839 --> 00:00:32.640 I thought, so, Now let me see what could your 12 00:00:32.679 --> 00:00:33.840 story be about today? 13 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:35.719 Oh so you're going to try and guess? 14 00:00:36.079 --> 00:00:36.799 Sure? Why not? 15 00:00:37.359 --> 00:00:39.840 I know you like all kinds of stories, so this 16 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:41.000 is probably going to be tough. 17 00:00:41.079 --> 00:00:42.359 Shall I give you a hint? 18 00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:44.200 Well, just a little hint might help. 19 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:46.719 And once I give you this hint, you'll hop right 20 00:00:46.799 --> 00:00:47.280 onto it. 21 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:49.560 I'm sure, I hope. So what's your hint? 22 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:51.759 I just gave it to you. 23 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:53.479 You did, I didn't hear a hint, Oh. 24 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:55.399 But I did, And I'm sure there are some boys 25 00:00:55.399 --> 00:00:57.039 and girls listening in that caught it too. 26 00:00:57.320 --> 00:01:00.640 Well. Let's see, you said you'd give me a right, 27 00:01:01.119 --> 00:01:04.519 and then you said what was it that I'd hop 28 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:06.000 right onto it or something like that? 29 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:06.640 Right again? 30 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:09.519 And then you said you'd given me the hint. 31 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:11.319 You're getting warmer Uncle Dan. 32 00:01:11.719 --> 00:01:16.000 Hop onto it? Hmmm, that must be the hint. Hop 33 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:17.760 hop onto it? What hops? 34 00:01:18.439 --> 00:01:19.120 Oh? I have it? 35 00:01:19.239 --> 00:01:22.680 This is a story about a kangaroo. Oh no, a rabbit. 36 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:23.560 Wrong again? 37 00:01:24.239 --> 00:01:24.560 Hop? 38 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:25.840 What else? Hops? 39 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:26.920 And it can also fly? 40 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:30.560 It hops and flies? Well, then there's only one thing 41 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:32.680 I can think of. A grasshopper. 42 00:01:32.879 --> 00:01:34.159 You know something, Uncle Dan. 43 00:01:34.359 --> 00:01:35.519 You are just too. 44 00:01:35.359 --> 00:01:39.120 Smart, really, so your stories about grasshoppers. 45 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:42.680 Yes, it is, in fact, I call it grasshoppers do. 46 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:50.239 Our story today is a tribute to the many thousands 47 00:01:50.239 --> 00:01:53.480 of pioneers who forged their way across the vast territories 48 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:56.680 of America and survived in the face of numerous perils 49 00:01:56.680 --> 00:01:59.719 and dangers. Even those who followed the first wave of 50 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:05.439 set struggled through hardships almost unimaginable. Today, as our story begins, 51 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:09.280 we join the Calkins family, Mama, Papa, ten year old 52 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:13.520 Lois and little brothers Joshua and Tom. The place the 53 00:02:13.560 --> 00:02:18.560 southwestern corner of Minnesota. The time August of eighteen seventy four. 54 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:29.080 H Yeah, I've brought you some water, Lois. I know 55 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:30.879 ohen is a hard job. 56 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:41.280 Thank you, Papa. I'm pretty worn out already and it's 57 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:42.000 still morning. 58 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:47.000 A good thing. Your mama and me can count on you, Peanut. Oh, Papa, 59 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:51.360 Oh no, no, no, I mean it. Sometimes I don't 60 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:54.319 know what possess an old man like me to think 61 00:02:54.360 --> 00:02:58.560 that I could keep on Piman forever. Good thing. Your 62 00:02:58.599 --> 00:03:03.639 mama's younger, but she's busy with the boys, and they're 63 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:06.599 too young to do much of anything except mess up 64 00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:07.080 the house. 65 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:09.120 I know, Papa, don't worry. 66 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:09.919 I know. 67 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:12.240 We're depending on our garden for food this winter, and 68 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:13.159 I'll do my best. 69 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:17.520 Huh. Looks like these potatoes will be ready before long. 70 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:22.400 But we we do need rain real bad. Been a hot, 71 00:03:22.520 --> 00:03:26.199 dry summer, Peanut. So we're lucky to have as good 72 00:03:26.199 --> 00:03:27.400 a garden as we do. 73 00:03:27.759 --> 00:03:30.520 We'll have a full root cellar again, won't we, Papa. 74 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:36.759 You betcha God willing that we will. Well, I'm going 75 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:39.120 back up to the barn and hitch Bessie up to 76 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:42.639 the wagon. I've got to go into town for supplies, 77 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:45.759 So you come on up to the house at noon 78 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:49.199 to eat. I shall be back by then. 79 00:03:49.759 --> 00:04:00.719 Okay, Papa, there you are, lois warm bread right from 80 00:04:00.759 --> 00:04:01.199 the oven. 81 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:05.080 Yeah, my favorite. Where's Papa? Hasn't he come home yet? 82 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:07.240 No, but I expect him any minutes. 83 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:10.439 I see Papa through the window. He's coming. 84 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:15.039 Well, well, Joshua, you know, I guess you're right at 85 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:18.319 that come and licking a split too. I wonder if 86 00:04:18.319 --> 00:04:31.480 something is wrong. Oh what is it? John? You look so. 87 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:38.439 Trouble that I am Clara. The talk is all over town. 88 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:42.399 Righters from the west have brought news of a place. 89 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:45.720 Oh, John, what is it? Cholera? Diphtheria? 90 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:47.240 Grasshoppers? 91 00:04:47.480 --> 00:04:49.319 What? Grasshoppers? 92 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:54.360 Yep? Huge clouds of them, millions and millions of them. 93 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:59.800 They're eating everything inside, no right to the ground. There's 94 00:04:59.839 --> 00:05:03.519 not a blade of grass left. Their gardens are gone, 95 00:05:03.639 --> 00:05:05.199 their fields are destroyed. 96 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:06.879 What will they do, Papa? 97 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:08.600 There's nothing they can do. 98 00:05:08.920 --> 00:05:15.360 Oh my hah, it's all right, baby. 99 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:18.560 But that's not the worst of it. I'm afraid the 100 00:05:18.600 --> 00:05:20.399 hoppers are heading east. 101 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:21.639 They're coming here. 102 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:25.360 Maybe it's hard to tell what will happen when they 103 00:05:25.439 --> 00:05:28.120 swarm again, just where they'll fly to. 104 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:32.560 But they might come here, right, yes, yes. 105 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:33.000 They might. 106 00:05:33.480 --> 00:05:35.600 Will they eat going up? Papa? 107 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:36.360 I hope not. 108 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:38.240 Is there anything we can do? 109 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:41.319 Well? We can try to get some of our things 110 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:42.639 to the root cellar. 111 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:44.720 But almost nothing is ripe yet. 112 00:05:45.040 --> 00:05:48.480 I know. We'll just have to do the best we can. 113 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:52.279 Beyond that, all we can do is pray. 114 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:58.199 Later that evening, before bedtime. 115 00:05:58.920 --> 00:06:04.480 And so, dear Father, we asked you to protect our farm. 116 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:09.240 We haven't been Christians very long, but we believe that 117 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:14.120 you love us and will protect us. Please keep the 118 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:20.079 grasshoppers away, we pray in Jesus name. I'm in. 119 00:06:23.480 --> 00:06:24.639 A few days later. 120 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:30.000 Well, Peanut, we picked and stored everything we can, and 121 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:30.720 at least. 122 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:33.519 We've already eaten some food from the garden, some tomatoes 123 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:34.079 and beans. 124 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:37.839 Yes, plus we have a little money saved up. 125 00:06:38.319 --> 00:06:39.800 Papa, what's that? 126 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:40.319 What? 127 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:45.680 Look up at the sky. It looks like snow. It's snowing. 128 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:47.360 Watch in the world. 129 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:52.120 Look it is snow in August. Great big snowflakes in 130 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:52.600 the air. 131 00:06:53.079 --> 00:07:00.000 Oh, oh no, Peanut, it's not snow. It's the grasshoppers. 132 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:01.439 They're here. 133 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:05.519 Oh no, look, Papa, that big cloud. It goes as 134 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:10.279 far as I can see in both directions. Oh. Look, 135 00:07:10.680 --> 00:07:11.959 one just landed on me. 136 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:18.160 Listen to them cubs. What a wreckage. Quick. Let's get 137 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:19.079 to the house. 138 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:25.000 The next morning. 139 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:29.720 Look at them, John, They're covering everything, the trees, fences, 140 00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:33.160 the barn, the ground. They're even in the house. 141 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:37.160 Yeah, he ain't my bed. I know. I had to 142 00:07:37.199 --> 00:07:39.319 shake them out of my covers twice last night. 143 00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:41.079 There's no way to stop them. 144 00:07:41.279 --> 00:07:43.959 How come Jesus didn't answer our prayers, Papa? 145 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:47.759 I don't know, but I do know that he cares 146 00:07:47.800 --> 00:07:51.399 about us, and somehow he'll take care of us. 147 00:07:51.959 --> 00:07:53.480 We'll just have to have faith. 148 00:07:56.680 --> 00:07:59.519 Later that day, Papa made a trip into town, where 149 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:02.480 he chanced to meet some of his friends, fellow farmers 150 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:04.120 from the surrounding countryside. 151 00:08:04.759 --> 00:08:06.439 So, John, what's it like at your place? 152 00:08:06.480 --> 00:08:12.759 Same thing? Yeah, two or three inches stick in some places. Yeah, everywhere. 153 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:15.879 I lost sixty acres of wheaten less than an hour. 154 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:18.720 I couldn't believe it. I hear you, Andrew. They even 155 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:20.879 ate through the flour sacks I put on top of 156 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:23.480 my garden to protect it. Can you believe that they 157 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:25.560 just ate the sacks their quiet? 158 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:28.720 If you think that's bad jes wait until next spring. 159 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:30.399 Oh what do you mean, Karl. 160 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:33.519 Happened to seen them? The holes in the ground. 161 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:34.120 I've seen them. 162 00:08:34.440 --> 00:08:36.600 Looks like somebody took an ale and just poked holes 163 00:08:36.639 --> 00:08:38.000 in the ground all over the place. 164 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:41.080 Yep, those holes are here. To hoppers lay their eggs. 165 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:46.440 I've seen them too. Yeah, hundreds of holes, thousands of hole, 166 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:47.879 millions of holes. 167 00:08:47.879 --> 00:08:50.480 More like, the hoppers lay their eggs and seal the 168 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:53.720 holes with some kind of sticky stuff that hottens up 169 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:56.200 makes like a little roof over the eggs. 170 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:59.039 So you're thinking about spring when the eggs hatch you bet? 171 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:01.720 I am, And they all hatch out, what do you 172 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:03.440 think they will be eating. 173 00:09:03.399 --> 00:09:04.879 Our gardens, our crops? 174 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:05.759 That's right. 175 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:09.120 I don't see any hope for next year, No hope 176 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:09.519 at all. 177 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:12.159 Well, we might as well save our energy and money 178 00:09:12.200 --> 00:09:13.279 and not plant anything. 179 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:16.320 Then, Well, this does it for me. I was just 180 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:19.279 about ruined before, what with the dry summer we've had. 181 00:09:19.840 --> 00:09:21.279 I think we'll just have to pack up and go 182 00:09:21.320 --> 00:09:23.960 back to Ohio. I hate to give up, but I'm 183 00:09:23.960 --> 00:09:25.200 out of money and options. 184 00:09:25.720 --> 00:09:29.320 Yeah, I might just have to do that myself. Guess 185 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:32.120 I'll wait and see what spring brings. But it can't 186 00:09:32.120 --> 00:09:32.600 be good. 187 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:37.600 What about you, John, Well, I don't know. We prayed 188 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:41.480 for God to protect our land. If I quit now 189 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:44.279 and not even give him a chance to prove what 190 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:45.080 he can do. 191 00:09:45.080 --> 00:09:49.840 Get real, John, The grasshoppers are here. They've laid their eggs. 192 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:53.600 Now that's reality. Nothing you were God for that matter, 193 00:09:53.679 --> 00:09:54.519 can do about it. 194 00:09:54.919 --> 00:09:59.000 Sad but true, yap, sad but true. Al Right, I 195 00:09:59.080 --> 00:10:01.960 expect the boss hopper to show up any time now, 196 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:04.320 and the man that I give him a spade to 197 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:06.960 dig up my potato so that he and his friends 198 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:08.759 can eat those two before they go. 199 00:10:08.879 --> 00:10:10.519 Yeah, and are you gonna give it to them, Carl, 200 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:11.399 that's a spade? 201 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:15.159 I mean no, Sorry, I'll not on your life. Don't 202 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:17.240 think you'll be getting that shovel from me. 203 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:23.759 Yeah. 204 00:10:23.799 --> 00:10:27.919 Finally, after cutting a path of total destruction, the grasshoppers 205 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:31.879 took flight and swarmed farther eastward. All that winter, however, 206 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:36.240 whenever neighbor met neighbor, grasshoppers were the topic of discussion. 207 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:40.679 Now, I'll take three yards of that calico, mister Larson. No, no, no, no, 208 00:10:40.799 --> 00:10:42.519 one on the left there that one? 209 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:46.000 Yeah, yes, well all right, missus Calkins coming right up? 210 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:49.639 You sure you want this fun with all the green 211 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:50.960 leaves and flowers on it? 212 00:10:51.200 --> 00:10:51.360 Well? 213 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:52.080 Yes? 214 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:54.879 Is there something wrong with that material? 215 00:10:55.120 --> 00:10:55.320 No? 216 00:10:55.320 --> 00:10:58.519 No, no, I guess not. It's just the well my 217 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:01.559 cousin wrote to me. It got the letter A couple 218 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:03.879 of days ago, her little girl was out in the 219 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:08.000 yard when the grasshoppers hit them out in Kansas. Before 220 00:11:08.039 --> 00:11:11.519 you could say Jack krabbitt, those hoppers landed right on 221 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:15.519 little Mary's dress and ate the green stripes right out 222 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:18.679 of her dress. Yeh, left the white stripes and ate 223 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:22.759 the green bob. No, yeah, the dress was in shreds 224 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:24.559 before they could get it off the child. 225 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:27.759 Well, in that case, give me three yards of that 226 00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:31.000 bowl there, the pink and white one. All right, might 227 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:33.480 as well not tempt those credits with our crops and 228 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:34.240 our clothes. 229 00:11:34.440 --> 00:11:48.360 Oh you bet you it's on eh. Well, cow, hello, 230 00:11:49.039 --> 00:11:51.039 I haven't seen you since Christmas? 231 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:54.519 What about this weather supposed to beat tin Bilow tonight? 232 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:58.399 Yeah, I'm pretty chilly, all right, but anything that keeps 233 00:11:58.440 --> 00:12:01.679 those hoppers napping and with me, Yeah. 234 00:12:01.559 --> 00:12:03.960 They don't much like the snow. It's going to be 235 00:12:04.080 --> 00:12:05.320 bad in the spring. 236 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:08.039 Oh you're sticking around then. 237 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:11.159 Yes, so might as well see what happens. I've caught 238 00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:13.879 a few our jobs this winter, so we've been able 239 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:14.960 to buy what we need. 240 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:19.240 How about you, Well, so far, so good, I'll say, 241 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:24.720 I am wondering could I hire you to complow my garden? 242 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:28.240 Come warm? Weather. I'm just not able to do it 243 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:31.919 myself anymore, so i'd appreciate your help. 244 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:38.480 Are you crazy you're putting in a garden pland on it? Well, sure, 245 00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:42.279 I guess. But when all those hoppers hats, they'll eat 246 00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:45.080 it as fast as it grows. You know that they 247 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:46.559 don't have wings at first. 248 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:50.240 I know they call them nymphs, right. 249 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:53.360 So they can't even fly away to somewhere's else until 250 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:57.480 they grow those wings. They're hungry little beast too. But 251 00:12:57.679 --> 00:12:59.799 we saw last summer wasn't the worst. 252 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:06.480 I know. It's just well, we've been studying our Bible, 253 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:11.639 praying a lot too, and we've asked God to see 254 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:15.799 us through Listen to protect our garden. We've got to 255 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:17.879 have that or will starve. 256 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:22.519 Yes, some folks are very starving folks out each have 257 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:25.639 been collecting money for food and seed to send out 258 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:26.960 here for us in the spring. 259 00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:30.120 A good thing, and God bless them. 260 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:34.080 I heard that the whole family mother, father, and four 261 00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:37.960 kids or died within a week of each other starve 262 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:41.720 to death. And if I don't miss my guests, there'll 263 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:45.840 be lots of tombstones with starve to death carved on 264 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:47.159 the crosses. 265 00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:51.080 Let's hope it doesn't come to that. Carl, Let's hope 266 00:13:51.159 --> 00:14:03.440 and pray. Claire, my dear, you are amazing. You always 267 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:07.200 do make something wonderful, even when our supplies are short. 268 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:09.759 I just hope that we have enough flour and corn 269 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:11.360 meal to see us through until spring. 270 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:15.600 I hope our garden grows really fast and hoppos don't 271 00:14:15.639 --> 00:14:16.200 eat it all. 272 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:21.960 Speaking of witch, I pound out today in town that 273 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:24.120 these aren't really grasshoppers. 274 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:26.519 Well, of course they are. Everybody knows. 275 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:32.919 No, they're locusts now. Grasshoppers can fly, but they don't 276 00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:36.519 swarm together and fly off in a cloud like these did. 277 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:39.559 Otherwise they're pretty much the same critter. 278 00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:41.679 Papa, did you read in the Bible that John the 279 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:43.720 Baptist ate locusts? Oh? 280 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:47.720 That I did, Peanut. Course, there are locust trees too 281 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:52.799 that have bean pods on them, so I don't know 282 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:56.679 whether he ate those beans or if he ate critters 283 00:14:56.759 --> 00:14:57.279 like these. 284 00:14:57.799 --> 00:15:00.799 I hope it was beans and not buff Well. 285 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:05.559 Guess what turns out that the Indians ate these bugs, 286 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:08.679 as you call them. They toasted them over a pireh 287 00:15:08.919 --> 00:15:14.320 and eat them eww, yuck, And they ground them up 288 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:15.559 and put them in stew. 289 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:18.720 Oh shod really, really, you're. 290 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:21.879 Supposed to actually be good for you, except for the 291 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:26.120 legs and wings, which I'm told don't digest. 292 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:27.360 Very well, I can imagine. 293 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:30.360 I hope we don't have to eat grasshopper stew. 294 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:34.840 Let's pray again. Let's ask God to protect our garden. 295 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:43.919 Yeah, that's all right, Dear Jesus. We pray that when 296 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:49.200 spring comes, you'll watch over our garden and protect it 297 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:54.159 from being destroyed. You know, I'm old and I can't 298 00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:58.440 work a farm anymore. You know, we depend on our 299 00:15:58.480 --> 00:16:02.159 garden for food and for the income we get them 300 00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:07.039 selling our vegetables. So we ask you to put your 301 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:10.559 hand over the ground that we plow and the siege 302 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:11.080 we play. 303 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:19.759 So what happens, Aunt Carroll? Does God honor Papa's prayer? 304 00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:19.960 Oh? 305 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:21.639 You'll just have to wait a minute to find out, 306 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:24.200 Uncle Dan. Oh, you see, I thought our listeners would 307 00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:26.519 like to hear about our adventures in the Holy Bible Club. 308 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:29.600 That's a good idea, Aunt Carol. 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Even though they 328 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:28.480 were relatively new Christians, they took courage and the stories 329 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:29.599 recorded in scripture. 330 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:33.680 Wow, so God saved Daniel from the hungry lions. 331 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:35.039 That's right, my girl. 332 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:37.119 Well God see us too, Papa. 333 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:41.200 I don't see why not, Joshua, we just have to 334 00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:50.279 have favorite show children. That's the story of Joseph. 335 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:53.640 God saved Joseph's family from starvation. 336 00:17:53.279 --> 00:17:57.240 Didn't he yes, unit he did, and not only Joseph. 337 00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:59.920 God shaved all of Egypt too. 338 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:02.359 Then he can do it for us. I just know 339 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:02.960 he can't. 340 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:11.240 Then, when spring arrived, Papa arranged for his friend Carl 341 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:13.319 to come and plow their garden plot. 342 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:16.039 I tell you, but John, I'll do it for you. 343 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:19.319 But you're just throwing your money of Eh, you're the 344 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:22.799 only one I know that's even bothering. Everybody knows what's 345 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:25.079 going to happen. Then the hopper's. 346 00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:27.720 Hatch, and I reckon they're going to hatch, all right. 347 00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:32.319 I am just trusting God to step in and overrule 348 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:33.200 their destruction. 349 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:38.079 Most foolish thing I've ever heard of. But you're paying me, 350 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:41.279 and I could use the money, so I best get 351 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:41.680 at it. 352 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:50.079 John, Look outside, I know it's happening. 353 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:52.160 The hoppers are hatching. 354 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:55.039 They're already stripping the trees. Soon there won't be a 355 00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:56.000 leaf in sight. 356 00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:59.680 It looks almost like wintertime that it does lowers. 357 00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:03.599 My We knew it would be bad, and it's even 358 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:07.599 worse than I thought. But I bought the seeds just 359 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:13.319 the same, beets, squash, corn, tomatoes, everything we need for 360 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:14.799 a perfect garden. 361 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:17.519 So do you really think. 362 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:22.440 Clara, my dear, we're planting this garden, and then it's 363 00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:34.160 up to God. All right now, Lois, I am depending 364 00:19:34.200 --> 00:19:37.960 on you and Joshua to plant the garden. I just 365 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:40.519 can't get down and do it with these old bones 366 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:40.920 of mine. 367 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:43.799 Don't worry, Papa, Yeah, we can do it. 368 00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:46.880 I'll sit right here on this stool at the end 369 00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:50.160 of the rose. I'll get the seeds ready for you. 370 00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:51.039 Papa. 371 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:52.559 What is it, Penis? 372 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:55.480 The hoppers are all over the ground. How are we 373 00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:56.759 going to plant the seeds? 374 00:19:57.200 --> 00:20:01.039 You just take your hand and scrape the grass hoppers aside, 375 00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:05.519 plant the seeds, pat the dirt over them, and go 376 00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:15.640 on to the next hill. Good job, children, I'm so 377 00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:16.480 proud of you. 378 00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:19.119 Every time I planted seeds, Papa, I said. 379 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:23.160 A prayer, need too, well, then you need it just right. 380 00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:26.440 Will God make our garden grow and keep Donald's out 381 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:28.720 so we don't have to eat grasshopper stew. 382 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:34.240 Let's just see what God will do for us. Don't 383 00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:37.119 you be worrying about that stew just yet. 384 00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:45.640 Phil John, It's mighty nice of you to grow fresh 385 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:47.680 garden salad for the hoppers to eat. 386 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:50.240 See what's that I see there? 387 00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:51.720 The first sprouts. 388 00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:54.880 I don't know where. 389 00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:55.640 Right there, that's rope. 390 00:20:55.839 --> 00:21:04.000 What's that anyway, let me see, let us throw They're 391 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:08.279 going to eat that a pretty cool don't be too sure, Carl. 392 00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:13.039 Oh they'll eat it all right, lettuce ooohy, just the 393 00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:15.039 thing they ordered for breakfast, I'm sure. 394 00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:24.759 Strangely enough, however, the Calkins lettuce, their peas, corn beet, squash, 395 00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:28.839 and everything else they planted was not eaten by the grasshoppers. 396 00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:32.319 The green sprouts pushed their way through the earth, and 397 00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:35.519 the plague of insects, which was often several inches thick 398 00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:38.960 in the fields, did not touch the tender garden plants. 399 00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:43.079 Soon neighbors far and near began to come and see 400 00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:47.680 this phenomenon for themselves. Look at that, Dennis. Can you 401 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.759