''Little Mouse on the Prairie'' () is a 26 episode

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made by the cooperation of the US and China, loosely based on the '' Serendipity'' book by Stephen Cosgrove with the same title. The story features a city mouse named Osgood Dee who just moved to the countryside Squeaky Corners to live at his uncle's farm. Each show focuses on Osgood Dee and a group of animal friends he met at the farm. This is the second adaptation of a Serendipity book as the first adaptation was the 1983 anime series ''

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''. Ownership of the series passed to

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in 2001 when Disney acquired

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, which also includes

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Characters

Kids

* Osgood Dee () - main character of the series and the leader of his friends. * Tweezle Dee () - Osgood's cousin. * Blossom () - a rabbit who is in love with Osgood. * Jeremiah () - a frog. * Flaps () - a duck. * Sweeny () - a weasel.

Cats

* B.C. - a fat cat. * Cal - B.C.'s roommate, a thin cat.

Other

* R.D. - Osgood's uncle and Tweezle's father. * Molly Dee - Osgood's aunt and Tweezle's mother. * Betty Dee - Tweezle's baby sister. * Grandpa Whiskers - an old wise mouse.

Episodes

DVD releases

In 2004, 2 DVDs which each contained 3 episodes were released in German. The release of the rest of the series is unknown. In 2011, the series was released on DVD (, Region ALL, NTSC format) in China. A set of 5 disc features all episodes in

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dialogue or

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References

External links

''Little Mouse on the Prairie''
on TVGuide.com
China Network Television: ''Little Mouse on the Prairie''
by China Central Television
''Little Mouse on the Prairie''
on

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