The Indians try to make a fire in the Kettles fireplace the old fashion way, the smoke signal way. Judges are a comin' to award a child with a scholarship. However, who ever has the nicest looking farm and raises their kids in a good enviroment has a chance of winning.

A widowed New York City architect and his young daughter take a Christmas vacation and end up in a small mystical town in Colorado where everyone believes in Santa Claus.

Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.

When John Baxter inherits a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains, he quits his job in New York and moves the family west to run it. Only to find that the place is a wreck. But together they decide to try to fix it up and run it. But Martin Ridgeway, who wants the property, does everything he can to ensure it will fail.

Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn't bad enough, the sisters discover that the school is due to be closed by the unscrupulous chief of a local authority.

第一幕
　　二十世纪初，印第安人曾居住过的美国西部，牛仔和农民为争夺土地和水源矛盾频频。
　　爱勒姑姑(Aunt Eller)在自己房子外面搅拌奶油，年轻的牛仔克理(Curly)唱着歌走了过来(“Oh，What a Beautiful Morning” -- “哦，多美的早晨”)。克理是来邀请爱勒姑姑的侄女，劳瑞(Laurey)，去参加今晚的舞会的。劳瑞接待了克里，但是她对他的态度不甚热情，克理为了让她高兴，给她讲述了今晚他要驾驶的马车(“Surreywith the Fringe on Top”-- “带流苏的四轮马车”)。但是，最后他还是坦白了带流苏的四轮马车只是他自己的想象，惹得劳瑞更加生气。这时，维尔·帕克(WillParker)来了，他给他们讲了自己最近在堪萨斯城的经历(“Kansas City” -- “堪萨斯城”)。他在套小牛比赛上赢了五十块钱，对于他，这五十块钱可以说相当重要。他想娶爱多·安妮(AdoAnnie)，但是他的父亲，安德鲁·卡恩斯(Andrew Carnes)是当地的法官，不同意这门婚事，除非他有足够的能力攒五十块钱。
　　虽然对克里不理不睬，其实劳瑞真心喜欢的还是克理。为了让克理嫉妒，她决定和雇工查德(Jud)一起去舞会。当她听说克理要和别的姑娘去舞会的时候，她的反应只是淡淡的(“Manya New Day” -- “新的日子还多”)。这时，爱多·安妮公布了她的舞伴，原来是波斯小贩阿里·哈克姆(AliHakim)，她还说，她实在不能拒绝任何一个男人(“I Can't Say No” -- “我不会说不”)。阿里和爱多·安妮调笑被她的父亲看到，气愤的法官逼阿里娶他的女儿。维尔则把五十块钱全花在买给爱多·安妮的礼物上。
　　当克理和劳瑞再次见面，他们决定还是一道去参加舞会。但是他们又不想让邻居们知道他们真正的动机(“People Will Say We're in Love” -- “人们会以为我们坠入爱河”)。但是，接下来头疼的问题就是要告诉查德这个消息。克理找到查德的小屋，那其实是做熏肉的薰制室，又暗又破。克理先是告诉查德，虽然大家对他好像不友好，其实他们都觉得他不错，如果他死的话，会有好多人参加他的葬礼，而且会大哭一场的(“PoreJud!” -- “可怜的查德！”)。接着他就告诉查德劳瑞要和他一起去舞会。他走了之后，查德一个人在房间里难过(“Lonely Room” -- “孤独的房间”)。
　　劳瑞的梦境转化成一段场面浩大的舞蹈。她梦见嫁给了克理，但是他们的快乐被查德打断了，他痛打了克理，然后逼迫劳瑞跟他远走高飞。查德的到来惊醒了她的恶梦，他来是要求劳瑞和他一起去舞会的。接着，克理也来到劳瑞家里要求同样的事情。劳瑞害怕梦中的事情是未来的预告，她决定和查德一起去。而克理则剩在一边，大惑不解。
第二幕
　　当晚的舞会，果然十分欢快有趣，牛仔和农夫们为他们之间争吵开着玩笑(“TheFarmer and the Cowman” -- “农夫和牧牛人”)。接下来的活动是拍卖女孩子制作的食品盒，男人们纷纷掏钱，要购买他们喜欢的女孩子制作的盒子。劳瑞的盒子立刻成了克理和查德争夺的对象。克理最后卖掉了全部家当，以.31的高价买下了食品盒。与此同时，阿里用五十块钱买下了维尔的所有礼物，原来阿里并不想娶爱多，他更想帮维尔如愿以偿。于是维尔和爱多兴致勃勃地谈起他们未来的生活(“All or Nothing” -- “孤注一掷”)。
　　三个月后，克理和劳瑞的婚礼即将举行。这时候，喝醉了得查德突然在婚礼上出现了，他用刀威胁克理，两人扭打起来，之中，查德摔在刀刃上，死了。爱多的父亲，卡恩斯法官开始了紧急审讯，但是最终的结果是克理无罪施放，于是克理带着心爱的姑娘一路去度蜜月了(“Oklahoma!”-- “俄克拉荷马！”)。

A prostitute is thrown out of her house by her alcoholic father, and her scheming brother-in-law tries to devise a plan to marry her off and make some money in the process.

The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield begins a romance with William Sherman who lives across the street. Marjorie has to learn how to dance and act like a proper young lady. Unfortunately William Sherman has unconventional ideas for the time. His ideas include not believing in marriage or money, which causes friction with Marjorie's father, who is the local bank vice president

Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' bandleader to raise money before he can skip town.

A detective questions baby-sitter Lottie Slocum about the murder of Clara Nash, for whom Lottie had been working. Lottie exasperates the detective by her aimless chatter and her undisguised excitement. After the detective leaves, she tells a friend about the night of the murder. Lottie disliked Clara, who was separated from her husband and was seeing another man. Lottie is so vocal in her disapproval of Clara, and in her affection for Mr. Nash, that her friend wonders whether Lottie was somehow involved. Later, Lottie is threatened by the dead woman's boyfriend. She herself hopes that the situation will give her an opportunity to get closer to Mr. Nash.

Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn't bad enough, the sisters discover that the school is due to be closed by the unscrupulous chief of a local authority.

With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a close family who inevitably have their squabbles and tragedies. But the bond holds even when, later, male friends start to become a part of the household.