Episode 20— A Faraway Cry
Aired March 7, 1982 · 49 min
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A longtime friend of Caroline writes to her and asks for help. Her friend is pregnant and lives at a gold prospector's camp where there is an outbreak of influenza. Caroline finds out that her friend's husband doesn't like her wife. In fact, he wants his wife's baby to die. Caroline's friend dies during childbirth, but the child survives. In another tent, a mother's child dies while be born. Caroline decides to give the baby to the other mother since she knows that the baby will be taken care of properly.
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Michael Landon
as Charles Ingalls
Karen Grassle
as Caroline Ingalls
Dean Butler
as Almanzo James Wilder
Melissa Gilbert
as Laura Ingalls
Lindsay Greenbush
as Carrie Ingalls
Rachel Lindsay Greenbush
as Carrie Ingalls
Sidney Greenbush
as Carrie Ingalls
Matthew Labyorteaux
as Albert Quinn Ingalls
Kevin Hagen
as Dr. Hiram Baker
Katherine Macgregor
as Harriet Oleson
Brion James
as Amos
Richard Bull
as Nels Oleson
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