National Velvet

An old man, towing a pony in a trailer behind his car, has an accident.

A chemical company wants to buy the land around the lake. Velvet calls Mrs. Hadley (John's mother) and she buys the land so the chemical plant cannot be built on the lake.

While Martha is in town taking care of Donald, Edwina is trying to do all the work around the house. Teddy calls and distracts Edwina, when a man comes looking to pick up a horse. Edwina thinks it is the Club picking up King when it is the meat packers. Hr. Herly the owner of the packing house decides to keep King. Herbert and Edwina go looking for King and Mr. Herly tells them King has already gone. Velvet finds out that Edwina made a mistake and tells her she hates her.

John gets beat up by the school bully. Mi teaches John how to fight. (Tiny, Donald's pony is also in the barn.) John beats up the bully.

While Donald is playing, he spooks King who rears and Velvet falls off and has dizzy spells. This show also has John Hadley. Velvet finally falls off of King in front of Mi. They get a doctor.

Edwina's boyfriend Teddy is in college now. He wants Edwina to elope. Then Teddy calls it off. Then Teddy tried to explain to Edwina it was a computer. Teddy entered the wrong information. Velvet finds out they are a perfect match.

Tiny, Donald's pony, is mentioned. Jed Corrigan wants a job. Mi does not like him. Herbert gives him a job chopping wood. Donald takes all the money in the house and the girls room. Donald puts the money in the man's belongings. Martha checks her money can and all the money is gone. The Brown's think the Tramp stole it. The Sheriff searches the Tramp and find the money that Donald put there. The Tramp is arrested. Velvet gets Donald to admit he took the money.

While attending the County Fair, Velvet meets a fortune teller, who tells Velvet her horse will have a serious injury.

Donald gets sick and has to have his tonsils out. Doctor also wants to take out Herbert's tonsils. No one in the family wants to tell Herbert. Finally Herbert gets talked into having his tonsils out.

Billy comes to visit. He used to be able to see and is now blind. He no longer has hope until he tries jumping King. Then he wants to go back to school.

John and Alvin (the Bully) are friends now. John joins a private Boys only Club leaving Velvet on the outside. The Boys are building a private Club House. No girls are allowed. Only John wants Velvet to stay. Velvet has to do everything Alvin says. Alvin wants Velvet to ride in a pasture with a bull. Alvin trips on a rock and Velvet has to save him from the bull. Then Velvet is in the club.

Donald is watching a Black Bar Slade western special in TV. After the show Donald imagines he is fighting with Black Bar.

Donald overhears Herbert and Mi talking about a miracle food that grows really fast. The stuff is poison and Donald feeds it to Tiny.

Terry comes to visit after her mother is injured and is taken by an ambulance. The child looks like a boy but is a girl.

While out riding Velvet is told there is a "witch" living in a haunted house. She was a former rider. Velvet tries to help. Donald hurts his ankle in the lady's house. He is holding a Breyer Stallion. Ann cannot ride anymore.

King is homesick for Tiny, he won't race or eat without Tiny. Nobody wants to ask Donald if King can borrow Tiny when he is racing. John tells Donald that Tiny will be going away with King. Donald tells Velvet she can't have Tiny. Then Velvet gets upset because King cannot race without Tiny. Donald goes to Mi and asks why everyone is so sad. Mi tells Donald the truth. Donald tells Velvet Tiny wants to help King race.

Edgar Torrance and Martha went to school together. Herbert is jealous. Edgar works for the newspaper.

A classmate of Edwina steals $25.00 from the Class Memorial Fund and then goes to Edwina for help in replacing the money. Edwina loans her the $25.00. Then Edwina takes the pick up without permission to drive Betty to the school to replace the money. Herbert calls and asks Mi to bring the pickup. Velvet goes looking for Edwina when she does not come home with the pickup. Edwina ends up at the police station, speeding and driving without a license. Edwina will not tell what really happened because she promised Betty. Betty shows up in court to tell what happened.

Edwina gets to play Juliet in the school play. Velvet has to teach King to pull a cart.

While John is given a riding lesson by Mi, Alvie shows up and challenges John to a race. Alvie's horse is Duke Simon. John is riding Green Devil, a retired steeplechaser. Mi tells John's mother that the horse is dangerous. Velvet lets John ride King in the race and John loses. Velvet races Alvie and beats him.

Herbert and Homer get into a feud when one of Herbert's cows is shot by hunters on Homer's property. Homer and Herbert start fighting over land usage. Homer gets caught in a tree by a tame bear. The bear's name is Daisy.

While out driving Homer finds a horse that looks like King. Velvet is out riding King and she also she's the wild horse. Velvet wants to save the horse from all the people trying to catch it. Velvet gets a closer look at the horse and sees that it has been beaten. Quincy follows Velvet around to leave traps trying to catch the horse.

Mi needs to pass his citizenship test. Mi is accused of stealing, a felony in England. They are investigating and want to deport Mi. Mi thinks Herbert does not trust him. Mi decides to leave the Brown's. It turns out there were two Michael Taylors in England. Mi passes his test!

Velvet and Mi start a rumor to correct another rumor which said Sam Watkins (the Farrier) injured King.

Morton comes to visit, very lazy nephew of Homer's wife. Finally King scares him so bad he starts running, proving his leg is OK.

Flynn the Magic Clown meets Donald in a old Railroad Car. Flynn wants to live in a RR. Herbert and the RR Man get into a fight over the land.