Little House on the Prairie is een Amerikaanse dramaserie van de zender NBC. De serie ging in première op 11 september 1974.
Little House on the Prairie volgt de belevenissen van Charles en Caroline Ingalls en hun drie dochters Mary, Laura en Carrie aan het einde van de 19de eeuw in West Amerika.
Royal has a very bad heart and asks Laura and Almanzo to take care of his daughter since he was going to die soon. Jenny is devastated by her father's death. After talking to Reverend Alden about heaven, she tries to commit suicide by drowning so that she could be with her father again. Jeb Carter is able to save Jenny although he can't swim. Laura convinces Jenny that she should do what would make her parents proud.