Lynne G.
lynneg@harbornet.com
Title: A
Child's Bad Day as told by 5 1/2 year old Little Joe
Cartwright.
Rated: "G"
Summary: Its about all the bad things that happen to him
in one day.
Title: Getting
Even
With Little Joe
Rated: G
Summary: Adam, Hoss and Ben getting even with Little Joe
for all the jokes he plays on them all the time.
Title: Fights
Rated: G
Summary: Its about Adam being left in charge of the
Ponderosa for a week. He suddenly gets called to Carson City for
a meeting, and he leaves Hoss in charge.
Title: From
Funny,
To Bad, and Back . Part 1.
Rated: G
Summary: It's about Little Joe having problems sleeping,
and from the lack of sleep, he dozes off off at not so good times.
Title: From
Funny,
To Bad, and Back Part 2
Rated: G
Summary: While Little Joe is unconscious, he is with his
mama, in a beautiful peaceful place.
Title: The
Kidnapping of Little Joe
Rated: PG
Summary: Little Joe is kidnapped on his way home form
school by two killers.
Title: Little
Joe
Strikes Again.
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe is forced to do the cooking at the
ranch while Ben and Hop Sing are gone for two weeks.
Title: Little
Joe's
Big Adventure -Well Sort as told by five year old Little Joe
Cartwright.
Rated: " G "
Summary: Little Joe follows Ben to a business meeting.
Title: The
Not
So Nice Neighbor
Rated: PG
Summary: A neighbor of the Cartwright's wants to kill a
Cartwright.
Title: The
Ponderosa
Imp
Rated: G
Summary: Just Little Joe being an imp, and keeping his
family on guard.
Title: My Baby
Brother-Little Joe as told by 61/2 yr. old Hoss
Rated: G
Summary: Hoss is excited about being a big brother and he
is having a hard time waiting for his baby brother to be born.
Title: A
Nightmare
For Little Joe
Rated: G
Summary: Adam has now returned from college, and soon he
is left in charge of the Ponderosa while Ben is away.
Title: A
Nightmare for Little Joe part two
Rated: G
Summary: Adam is teaching for miss Jones while she is ill,
and Little Joe doesn't like it one bit.
Title: My Little
Brother as told by 8 1/2 year old Hoss
Rated: G
Summary: Hoss has to write an essay about a family member
and he decides to write about his little brother.
Title:
Please
Listen To Me
Rated: PG
Summary: Ben is very angry with Little Joe for coming home
late everynight.
Title:
Please
Listen To Me - Part II
Rated: PG
Summary: Ben has been very upset with Little Joe for the
last three weeks, and has done things to deeply hurt his little son.
Title: Little
Joe's
Shopping Trip - as told by 4 1/2 year old Little Joe
Cartwright.
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe and his mama go shopping in Virginia
City.
Title: Summer on
the
Ponderosa
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe trying to have some fun during the
summer.
Title: Little
Joe-Home Alone
Rated: G
Summary: A missunderstanding between Ben and Hop Sing
leaves seven year old Little Joe on his own.
Title:
Rainy
Day
Rated: G
Summary: Five year old Little Joe entertains his family
on a rainy day.
Title: Little
Joe
Runs Away
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe decides to run away after his family
thinks he keeps getting into trouble, and he is punished for things he
didn't do.
Title: A Hard
Working Boy
Rated: PG
Summary: After a flu epidemic is over in Virginia City,
the last place it hits is the Ponderosa.
Title: Talking
With
Mama
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe stop at his mother's grave on his way
home from school
Title: Bens's
Nightmare
Rated: PG-13 [bullet wound
from rifle, blood, and shock]
Summary: Ben accidently
shoots one of of his sons while trying to shoot a cougar.
Title: The
Little
Robber
Rated: G
Summary: Ben and
Little Joe go into Virginia City to get supplies, when Little Joe
decides to sneak off on his own.
Title: Illness
Rated: PG
Summary: Little Joe decides
to spend his summer vacation helping out at the Ponderosa instead of
being with his friends. When he starts to get sick, he won't tell
anyone.
Title: "Oh Little Joe, What have you done now? Part One
Rated: G
Summary: Five year old Little Joe is in all kinds of mischief
again.
Title: Oh Little
Joe, What Have You Done Now ? Part Two
Rated: G [ contains
only one tiny kind of silly violence]
Summary: Little Joe continues
along in total mischief.
Title: The Dream
Rated: R (due to some
violence that occures in a dream sequence)
Summary: Little Joe has a very bad dream
Title: Hop
Sing's
Garden
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe helps Hop
Sing get the garden ready for planting.
Title: The
Washoe
County Fair [Part two of Hop Sing's Garden.]
Rated: G
Summary: Now that Hop Sing's
garden was such a success, he now plans to do some baking for the big
county fair with his little helper.
Title: The
Little
Imp Strikes Again
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe is again
playing jokes on his big brothers.
Title: Santa's
Magic
Glasses
Rated: G
Summary: Ben tries to come up with an idea that will
make five year old Little Joe behave.
Title: The
Little
Survivor
Rated: PG-13 [ for the mention
of indian attacks, and a head injury to Little Joe ]
Summary: Adam wants to spend
as much time with his little brother before he goes away to college, so
he takes the child on a business trip with him.
Title: Don't
Leave
Adam
Rated: PG [Spankings]
Summary: The day has finally come for Adam to leave for
college, and Little Joe is very upset
Title: Big
Trouble N
Mischief
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe gets into
all kinds of mischief and he has to stay in his room as punishment.
Title: Sneaking
Off
To The Cattle Drive
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe is told he
is too young and too little to go on cattle drives, so the ten year old
sneaks off to join the cattle drive.
Title: Earning
Money
For Christmas Gifts
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe thinks he
is a big boy, so he decides in early October about getting a job to buy
gifts for his family and Hop Sing.
Title:
Remembering
This Year
Rated: PG
Summary: After the Cartwright
family had gone to bed that night, only Ben stayed up. As he
looked into the flames in the fireplace, he thought back to this year
that would end in two days.
Title: Illness
Rated: PG for spankings
Summary: Little Joe helps a dear old friend who is
very ill.
Title: The Visit
Rated: G
Summary: Two of Ben's
childhood friends, Roger Morgan and his wife, Sara, finally come to the
Ponderosa for a month long visit.
Title: The
Sudden
Blizzard
Rated: G
Summary: A blizzard suddenly
starts catching Hoss and Little Joe on their way home from school.
Title: Little
Joe's
Surprises
Rated: G
Summary: There are two
surprises in store for Little Joe that will make the five year old boy
extremely excited.
Title: Little
Joe's
Surprises Part two
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe is given
a big surprise.
Title: It Was
Only
Suppose To Be A Joke
Rated: PG 13 [ for very hurt feelings, and a shooting.]
Summary: Hoss and Adam are
tired of their little brother pulling jokes on them, so they decide to
get even with him, but Hoss doesn't like what Adam has planned.
Title: It Was
Only
Suppose To Be A Joke Part 2
Rated: PG 13 [ for very hurt feelings.]
Summary: Little Joe leaves
after Adam pulls a joke on him.
Title: The
Little
Deputy
Rated: PG
Summary: Little Joe takes his
job as a " little deputy " very seriously.
Title: The
Ponderosa
Mess
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe's bedroom is a mess, and his family
calls it, THE PONDEROSA MESS
Title: Looking
for
Pirates Treasure
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe talks Hoss into another one of his
schemes.
Title: A Life Of
Crime
Rated: PG-13
Summary: Two brothers want to get even with Ben for
something that happened to their uncle years before.
Title: A Life Of
Crime
part two
Rated: PG
Summary: Will Little Joe ever
be able to forgive Ben for not coming to visit him while he was in jail
?
Title: The Pot
of
Gold
Rated: G
Summary: Adam had been reading
his five year old brother, Little Joe a story about a boy who finds a
pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. That was the last
thing Little Joe was thinking about as he fell asleep that night.
Title: The Day
The
Indians Came
Rated: PG
Summary: This is a short story
about Little Joe who loved to play indian, and he also loved to play
with his soldiers and indians, but he had never seen a real live indian
until the day the indians came.
Title: Working
Together
Rated: G
Summary: While Ben and Adam
are away on a business trip, Hoss is left in charge of the ranch and
his ten year old brother.
Title: Missing
Payroll
Rated: PG-13 " for a shooting and killing
Summary: Ben decides to give
Little Joe one more chance to prove that he can do a job and get it
finished.
Title: Missing
Payroll
Part II
Rated: PG
Summary: Little Joe leaves
the Ponderosa after he thinks Ben told him to get off the ranch for
good. Ben only wanted his youngest son out of his sight for a few
hours.
Title: Missing
Payroll
Part III
Rated: PG
Summary: Little Joe is
unsure if he wants to return home or continue to work and live at the
Double T Ranch.
Title: A Boy and
his
Horse
Rated: G
Summary: Ben thinks back to the day when he gave
his youngest son, Little Joe his pinto, Cochise.
Title: Time For
Mischief Again
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe had planned
some jokes to pull on each of his two older brothers.
Title: Little Joe
Takes Care of Hoss
Rated: G
Summary: With
Ben and Adam away for three weeks, Hoss is left in charge of the ranch
and his little brother.
Title: The
Defiant Boy
Rated: G
Summary:
Little Joe has decided to not to do as he is told.
Title: The
Surprise
Visit
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe has surprise
visitors waiting for him when he returns home for lunch with Adam and
Hoss
Title: Hunting
Rated: G
Summary: Ben
tells Adam and Hoss that they need to go hunting to help restock their
smoke house, and Little Joe is told he is too young to go along with
his big brothers.
Title: Giant
Birds??
Rated: G
Summary:
Little Joe tries to convince Hoss that there are giant birds on the
Ponderosa.
Title: A Father's
Intuition
Rated: PG
Summary: Ben keeps having an uneasy
feeling that something is going to happen to Little Joe.
Title: I Can't
Remember What Happened !
Rated: PG " for drinking and
mention of punishment
Summary:
George and Max, the two new hands are jealous of Little Joe, because of
the way the family shows their love for the boy, and they don't like
the Cartwrights for that reason.
Title: A Day In
the
Life of Little Joe
Rated: G
Summary: It's
just another day in the life of five year old Little Joe.
Title: Ben Is Missing
Rated: G
Summary: Ben
goes to Carson City on business and he goes missing on his way home.
Title: Little Joe
and
the Shags
Rated: G
Summary: Ben
and Little Joe go over to meet their new neighbors, a family from Maine.
Title: Little Joe
and
the Shags Part 2
Rated: G
Summary: The
Pearson's give Little Joe four very large kittens.
Title: Little Joe
and the Shags Part 3
Rated: G
Summary: The
mischief continues with Little Joe and his four very large cats.
Title: POW053
Rated: G
Summary: POW
challenge
Title: The Evil
Horse
Rated: PG
Summary: Out of the
latest string of horses to be broken, there is one that Little Joe
doesn't trust.
Title: Dadburnit,
why me?
Rated: PG
Summary: Little Joe is in
trouble with Adam, and he not only blames Adam for his troubles, but
also Miss Jones and Shakespeare.
Title: Founders
Day Bull Riding Contest and Beyond, part one
Rated: G
Summary: For the first time, a bull riding
contest has been added to Founders Day, and Little Joe enters Hoss
without him knowing it.
Title: Founders
Day Bull Riding Contest and Beyond, part two
Rated: PG
Summary: After Hoss won the bull riding
contest, Little Joe knows that he is in big trouble for signing up Hoss
for the contest, and he races home before his family, so he can hide.
Title: Founders
Day Bull Riding Contest and Beyond, part three
Rated: G
Summary: After Adam has
emotionally hurt his little brother, he tries to get the boy to forgive
him.
Title: Little
Joe's Letter to Adam
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe
writes a letter to Adam, who is at college. The little boy wants to
thank his big brother for his birthday gifts.
Title: Salty
Rated: G
Summary: Irish born Salty
O'Brian had spent most of his life at sea, and now he decided to give
up his sea life, and head west. He finds a job at the Ponderosa, and
becomes like a grandfather to Adam, Hoss and Little Joe.
Title: The
Bite
Rated: PG-13 (for pain and illness)
Summary: Little Joe
doesn't know when he was bitten by a spider, and he becomes very ill.
Title: A Big
Disappointment
Rated: PG
Summary: Little Joe has been doing as
he pleases lately and not listening to Ben.
Title: A Big
Disappointment Part 2
Rated: PG
Summary: Little
Joe thinks that he is a big disappointment to his family, so he tries
to prove to them that he isn't.
Title:
"
Braids,
Pink Ribbons, and Bows "
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe has been trying to figure out a prank
to pull on Adam, and he finally comes up with an idea.
Title:
Adam in charge
Rated: PG 13- for
spanking
Summary: This is a rewrite of the original
story, except Adam is in charge of Hoss too.
Title: Hop
Sing Saves Christmas For Little Joe
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe is told that Santa won't be
coming to the Ponderosa this year because he has been naughty.
Title: My best year ever!
Rated: G
Summary: This is a short story that takes place in
the barn at the Ponderosa. Little Joe is grooming Cochise and the
boy tells his beloved pinto all about the year that will end in a few
short hours.
Title: Little Joe Talks To God
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe has been a naughty boy and Ben
tells him that he needs to ask God to forgive him.
Title: I'm
Sorry ! I..I Didn't Mean To !
Rated: PG-13
Summary: Little Joe has been told to stop swinging out of
the hayloft window on a rope, but he keeps doing that which one day
causes Ben to be seriously injured.
Title: I'm
Sorry ! I..I Didn't Mean To !
Rated: PG-13 (Part 2)
Summary: After Little Joe has accidently caused Ben to be
injured in an accident, the boy runs away from home.
Title: Adam's
Prank and Thumb Sucking
Rated: PG
Summary: Adam pulls a prank on his youngest
brother, that in turn brings Ben to explain to the youngster what made
him stop sucking his thumb.
Title: Monsters
In The Bedroom
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe keeps having nightmares about
monsters in his bedroom.
Title: POW133
Rated: G
Summary: POW Challenge
Title: POW135
Rated: G
Summary: POW Challenge
Title: Nasty
Chores! [ as told by
Little Joe ]
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe talks about all the nasty chores he
has to do, and he can have some fun with certain chores.
Title: Little
Joe's Prank
Rated: G
Summary: The sequel to Adams'
Prank and Thumb Sucking. Little
Joe gets even with his big brother. The look that the boy keeps
giving Adam is the same look that Little Joe gave Hoss in Bank Run when
Little Joe closed the door after Ben and Adam leave, and he turns to
look at Hoss.
Title: POW143
Rated: G
Summary: POW Challenge
Title: He's My Brother ?
Rated: G
Summary: What would life
have been like if Clay would have arrived at the Ponderosa when he was
still a teenager?
Title: The
Horse Buying Trip
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe is upset
when he can't go with Adam and Hoss on a horse buying trip.
Title: The
Horse Buying Trip part two
Rated: PG
Summary: Adam and Hoss aren't very happy that their little brother
followed them on a horse buying trip.
Title: Please
Don't Let Me Die !
Rated: PG-13
Summary: Little Joe is
kidnapped by two young men who love to torment him everytime they see
him, but this time they leave Little Joe all alone to die.
Title: Ben's
Easter Bunny Story
Rated: G
Summary: Ben has a story about
the Easter Bunny
Title: Little Joe In Charge ? Say It Ain't So !
Rated: G
Summary: Ben decides to put
Little Joe in charge of the ranch while he and Adam are away for three
weeks.
Title: Loss Of Memory
Rated: PG
Summary: Little Joe gets
upset with Adam, so he sneaks off to go to Placerville where Ben and
Hoss have gone on business.
Title: Loss Of Memory part two
Rated: PG
Summary: Stoney and Little Joe, now known as Barry
finally arrive in San Francisco
Title: Loss Of Memory part three
Rated: PG
Summary: Little Joe has
finally got his memory back.
Title: Little Joe Does The Books ! OH NO !
Rated: G
Summary: As Ben finished up the monthly book work, he
remembers back to the day when his youngest son, then five year old
Little Joe surprised him by doing the monthly book work.
Title: Hiccups
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe gets the hiccups that will not go away.
Title: Only Helping A Friend
Rated: PG13
Summary: Sixteen
year old Little Joe goes against Ben's wishes and he leaves home to
help a friend.
Title: Only Helping A Friend, part two
Rated: PG13
Summary: Little
Joe told Ty's parents about how Ty has changed his life around, and now
he is waiting to see what they have to say.
Title: Only Helping A Friend, part three
Rated: PG13
Summary: Ben still won't Little Joe return to the
Ponderosa. Now rustlers have arrived in the area.
Title: My
Summer Vacation Plans
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe writes his essay about
how he plans to spend his summer vacation.
Title: Only Helping
A Friend part four
Rated: PG-13
Summary: Little Joe has
been shot by the rustlers, and he
is very near death.
Title: Time
Together
Rated: G
Summary: After Adam returns home from college, he and Little Joe don't
get along well, so Ben decides to do something about that.
Title: Ben's
not so relaxing bath
Rated: G
Summary: After a long day of
haying, Ben decides that he wants a nice relaxing bath after dinner.
Title: See, I Do Know How To Have Fun Too
Rated: G
Summary: Adam decides to show Little Joe that he can have
fun too.
Title: The Thunder Storm
Rated: G
Summary: While the Cartwrights are on a cattle drive, Hop Sing
stays home to take care of Little Joe. One evening a large thunder storm
hits and Hop Sings tries to calm down a very scared Little Joe.
Title: The Ponderosa Pirate
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe decides he'd rather
be a pirate than a rancher.
Title: A Happy Halloween Surprise
Rated: PG
Summary: The Cartwrights will have a big surprise before the day
has ended, a Halloween surprise.
Title: A Mother's Love
Rated: G
Summary: After Marie has put her baby son to bed, she sits down
and watches him sleep. She softly begins to tell him just how much she loves.
Title: Hop Sing's bad (Little Joe) Day
Rated: G
Summary: Hop Sing decides to let Little Joe help with some chores
for the day. The boy has been home from school with a very bad cold and in bed
for over a week and he is getting bored, very bored.
Title: Little Joe's Thanksgiving Story
Rated: G
Summary: As the Cartwrights are relaxing in the livingroom after
they have had their Thanksgiving dinner, Little Joe decides to tell them a story
about the pilgrims and Thanksgiving.
Title: Christmas Cookies
Rated: G
Summary: Hop Sing lets five year old Little Joe help him make and
decorate cookies for Christmas.
Title: The Mischief Before Christmas (as told by Ben Cartwright)
Rated: G
Summary: Ben talks about some of the mischief his five year son
got into the week before Christmas after all the cookie baking was finished.
Title: From the Heart
Rated: G
Summary: After being into a lot of mischief for several weeks, and
then being blamed for something he didn't do, seven year old Little Joe goes
down to the lake where he writes a letter to his father about how he feels.
Title: The Carson City Trip
Rated: G
Summary: The Cartwright brothers spend the day in Carson City where
Adam attends a luncheon meeting. Hoss and ten year old Little Joe spend their
day shopping and just enjoying their day together.
Title: What You Do Now Little Joe? As Told By Hop Sing
Rated: G
Summary: This is a short story in which Hop Sing talks about all
the mischief a certain five year old boy gets into in one week.
Title: The Thief
Rated: G
Summary: The Cartwright family and Hop Sing can't figure out who
is stealing small items from the house. They blame five year old Little Joe.
Title: Lies do Hurt
Rated: PG-13
Summary: Adam and Little Joe are battling once again which finally
comes to a head. Then trouble with two older boys at school cause Little Joe
to think that his family hates him.
Title: Lies do Hurt, part 2
Rated: PG-13
Summary: Little Joe is being teased by the Copelund brothers and
it is starting to take an emotional toll on the boy.
Title: POW240
Rated: G
Summary: POW Challenge (Uh Oh)
Title: POW245
Rated: G
Summary: POW Challenge (Joseph...!)
Title: Lies do Hurt, part 3
Rated: PG-13
Summary: Little Joe's best friend, Mitch Devlin decides to talk
to his father about a ' friend ' that he is very worried about.
Title: POW272
Rated: G
Summary: POW Challenge (Hop Sing Quit, Go Back China)
Title: Lies do Hurt, part 4
Rated: PG-13
Summary: Little Joe is still feeling hurt by everything the Copelund
brothers told him.
Title: One Very Hot Day
Rated: G
Summary: The Cartwright brothers hope to finish up the new fenceline
that day even though they weren't looking forward to working in the hot weather
again. It had been very hot the entire time they had been building the new fenceline.
Title: Homework
Rated: G
Summary: Seven year old Little Joe is stuck in his room doing his
much hated homework.
Title: Happy Birthday, Little Joe
Rated: G
Summary: Adam is away at college and he can't be home for Little
Joe's sixth birthday so he writes a letter to his baby brother to be included
with gifts for the boy.
Title: POW297
Rated: G
Summary: POW Challenge (A Little Dirt Always Helps)
Title: Dadburn Older Brothers
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe's not so brilliant idea backfires on him when
his two older brothers pull a prank on him.
Title: I'mma Big Boy Now !"
Rated: G
Summary: Now that Little Joe has started school he thinks that he
is a big boy and can do big boy things, like Adam and Hoss.
Title: Rainy Day Mischief"
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe finds a way to liven up a very stormy day.
Title: Playing With Mama in the Snow
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe and Marie spend the morning playing in the snow.
Title: Oh No, I Can't Believe What I Dun!
Rated: PG
Summary: Ben pulls a prank on Little Joe after he finds out that his
young son has been sneaking off to Virginia City to play poker at night.
Title: POW326
Rated: G
Summary: POW Challenge (Stubbornness Leads to Illness)
Title: Setting Up Adam
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe convinces Hoss to help with a problem with Adam.
Title: Shopping in Virginia City
Rated: G
Summary:Ben, Marie and Little Joe go to town for the most of the day.
Title: Survival
Rated: PG 13 (for violence)
Summary:Little Joe is kidnapped by a former ranch hand and he is taken up in the mountains and turned loose.
Title: Two Special Christmas Trees
Rated: G
Summary:Five year old Little Joe comes up with a wonderful idea on why he wants to get two extra special trees for Christmas this year.
Title: Out of the Mouths of Babes
Rated: G
Summary: Ben wished the ground would open up and swallow him after five year old Little Joe thoroughly embarrasses him, his older two sons, Hop Sing and Roy Coffee.
Title: Wanting To Be Fifteen Years Old So Badly
Rated: G
Summary: All of Little Joe's friends got to quit school the day they turned fifteen years old, and now he wants to be able to quit school on his birthday, but Ben wants him to continue on until he turns sixteen years old.
Title: Happy Birthday Little Joe
Rated: G
Summary: As Ben watches Little Joe sleeping, he remembers back to the day his youngest son was born.
Title: Little Joe's Special Santa Request
Rated: G
Summary: One week after six year old Little Joe had Ben send his letter to Santa, the little boy rememebred that he forgot to ask Santa for two special requests, so he needed to write a second letter to Santa.
Title: Decisions and Memories
Rated: G
Summary: As Little Joe is cleaning his room he thinks back to all the fun times he had with his favorite toys.
Title: A Fun But Hot Afternoon
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe gets hot while working on the fence line so he decides to head to the creek to cool down.
Title: The Old Lineshack
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe heads for an old line shack to get out of the pouring rain while repairing a fenceline.
Title: Oh The Joys of Being a Parent!
Rated: G
Summary: Ben keeps saying to himself, "Oh The Joys of Being a Parent" with all the pranks going on with his sons and the them getting even with each other.
Title: The Overactive Imagination of a Five Year Old
Rated: G
Summary: Little Joe makes the day interesting for his family with his imagination.