Dear Beyond Little House:
“Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens.” ~Laura Ingalls
I am trying to find the source of this quote by Laura Ingalls. Do you have any idea from where it is taken?
Thanks so much,
Gail A. Krahenbuhl
Hi Gail,
This is from On the Banks of Plum Creek. Laura, in fact, does not actually say it. At the end of the chapter “Strange Animal,” when Laura confesses to her parents that she started to go to the swimming hole but the badger stopped her, and then Laura has to be “watched” all the next day, Ma says this to Laura.
Incidentally, Melissa Gilbert quoted this recently in her book, A Prairie Tale.