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Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
40 Episodes 1957 - 1958
Episode 0
It's a Small World
Tue, Apr 23, 195730 mins
Sneaky Frankie Bennett tells Beaver that he can win a new bicycle by entering a popular television show's Franklin Milk bottle-cap contest, but Beaver and big brother Wally cause quite a commotion at the milk company's office when no one there seems to know anything about a contest after the boys show up to claim their prize, pulling a wagon loaded with a thousand bottle caps.
Episode 1
Beaver Gets 'Spelled'
Fri, Oct 4, 195730 mins
Beaver, now in the second grade, receives a note from his new teacher, Miss Canfield, who is new to teaching the second grade, to take home to his parents. His friends convince him that a note from a teacher can only mean something bad, and further convince him that that something bad is that he is going to be expelled. He is further convinced after talking to his brother, eighth grade Wally. Scared, Beaver does whatever he can to lose the note, but still convince Miss Canfield that there is good reason why he hasn't given the note to his parents. Wally tries to help Beaver deal with the matter. Beaver's made up story to Miss Canfield plus Wally's action lead to a series of misunderstandings, which in turn leads to Beaver taking what he believes is the last gasp measure not to be punished for being expelled.
Episode 2
Captain Jack
Fri, Oct 11, 195730 mins
Wally and Beaver secretly order a Florida alligator from a comic-book ad, planning to keep the creature in their bathtub. But when a tiny baby alligator shows up in a shoebox instead of the full-grown 8-footer shown in the ad, the boys enlist the help of crusty alligator expert Captain Jack to raise their new pet.
Episode 3
The Black Eye
Fri, Oct 18, 1957
After going head to head with co-worker Fred Rutherford over a business deal, Ward comes home at the end of the day to find Beaver with a black eye. Concerned when Beaver says he ran away from the kid who hit him, Ward gives him tips on self defense and tells Beaver to go confront the boy; but Ward doesn't know that the "boy" who punched Beaver was Fred's daughter, Violet Rutherford!
Episode 4
The Haircut
Fri, Oct 25, 195730 mins
When Beaver loses his lunch money for the umpteenth time in a row, a frustrated Ward yells at his younger son about being more careful with money, then gives him $1.75 to get a haircut. However, when Beaver arrives at the barber shop, that money is gone, and the barber tells him to go home and get the money before he'll render service. Afraid of the consequences of losing still more money, Beaver turns to Wally to give him a haircut for free, but Wally botches the job and shaves the sides of Beaver's head bald, leaving a mohawk similar to what Mr. T would wear years later. Knowing that Ward and June will ask questions if they see a bald-headed Beaver, the boys don stocking caps and say they need to wear them all the time as part of an initiation into a "secret club". However, Ward and June suspect the truth and that night, after the boys are asleep, they check out Beaver's head. The next morning, they question the boys about the haircut; the boys try to bluff at first, but Ward boxes them into a corner and Beaver lets the truth slip out. Ward is very angry and sends the boys to their room while he tries to decide on a punishment. However, June tells Ward that they need to go easy on them, since Ward's earlier reprimand for losing money made the wrong impression. Ward agrees and decides to show grace and mercy to his sons.
Episode 5
New Neighbors
Fri, Nov 1, 195730 mins
June sends Beaver with a welcome-to-the-neighborhood bouquet to new next-door neighbor Mrs. Donaldson, but when the boy is rewarded with a kiss on his cheek, rascally Eddie Haskell warns that a jealous Mr. Donaldson will soon darken Beaver's door.
Episode 6
Brotherly Love
Fri, Nov 8, 195730 mins
Wally and Beaver are fighting. Ward sees it as typical sibling behavior, but June wants them to act more like loving brothers to each other. After she tries a little psychology to show the boys that brotherly love is a precious thing, she instead makes the boys sign a friendship pact, vowing that they will stop fighting, be friends, and do everything together. Ward believes that not even she can force two people to be friends. Both brothers want to honor the pact in spirit, but find this difficult when each is asked by different people to do two different activities at the same time, which out of circumstance cannot accommodate the other brother. So both try to make the other break the pact so that they can go off and do their activity, but both refuse, believing the other will squeal to their mother. Will their outward brotherly love last, or will they end up resenting each other for not being able to do what they want?
Episode 7
Water, Anyone?
Fri, Nov 15, 195730 mins
Beaver is left out when Ward and the other neighborhood dads offer to pay Wally and his friends for doing outdoor chores to help them buy uniforms, but after Beaver finds out that the main water line will be shut off on a very hot day, he loads up his wagon with full water buckets and makes his own money--at five cents a cup.
Episode 8
Beaver's Crush
Fri, Nov 22, 195730 mins
Beaver has developed his first crush on a girl: Miss Canfield, his homeroom teacher. He has even been staying after school for the past two weeks to help her with classroom chores. But the other kids notice his behavior and tease him about being the teacher's pet. To stop the kidding and prove he isn't, he takes them up on a dare: to place a springing toy snake in her desk drawer. But after he's done it, he wishes he hadn't and does whatever he can to get the snake from out of her desk drawer with Wally's help. Some of their ideas include breaking into the school in the middle of the night or trying to get it out when Miss Canfield isn't in the room, while preventing her from opening the desk drawer. Through it all, Beaver feels worst of all for doing anything to hurt or scare Miss Canfield, or to make her think badly of him.
Episode 9
The Clubhouse
Fri, Nov 29, 195730 mins
All of the Cleavers are stuck inside on a rainy Saturday, figuring how to spend their time. When Eddie and Tooey come over, the boys' minds wander. Although it was really Beaver's idea, Eddie takes credit for the idea that he, Wally, and Tooey build a clubhouse on the vacant lot across the street. They will charge other eighth graders $1 to join, but Eddie decides to charge Beaver $3 instead, just because. As Eddie, Wally, and Tooey start building the clubhouse, Beaver starts trying to get the $3. When Ward refuses to give him the money, knowing that he won't really appreciate it, after speaking with June, Beaver decides to try to raise money the way adults would. He starts his own business based on what he sees Pete the hobo doing, but adds his own spin. As the older boys' focus on the clubhouse fades, Beaver shows his mettle by sticking to his plan, but a further chat with Pete makes him reconsider his end goal.
Episode 10
Wally's Girl Trouble
Fri, Dec 6, 195730 mins
For the first time in six months since their parents forced them to take classes, Wally and Beaver actually seem excited to go to dancing school. What their parents don't know is that excitement masks their scheme to get out of class by Beaver faking spraining his ankle once there and Wally needing to take him home, while in reality they plan to go fishing instead of going home until class is supposedly over. But Wally's excitement about class turns real when he meets Penny Jamison, a new girl in class, and there's a mutual attraction, and dancing with her replaces his plans to go fishing with Beaver, who doesn't quite understand what Wally sees in a girl compared to going fishing. When Ward and June find out about Penny, they are afraid that Wally and Beaver's true brotherly relationship will be sidelined. As Beaver still sees Wally in that light, he will do anything to help Wally along--even to impress a girl.
Episode 11
Beaver's Short Pants
Fri, Dec 13, 195730 mins
June's Aunt Martha comes to stay with the three Cleaver males while June is away helping her sister Peggy with her new baby--much to Ward's chagrin as Aunt Martha makes even him feel like he can't do anything right. Both Cleaver parents consider Aunt Martha's ways old-fashioned, but June doesn't want Ward to undermine her authority during her stay. The boys even vow to their mom that they won't make any trouble for Aunt Martha. Upon seeing him, Aunt Martha believes that Theodore, as she insists on calling him, doesn't dress like a little boy should, and she takes him shopping for her idea of proper clothing: a suit with short pants, long stocking, a bow tie, and a formal cap. Beaver is embarrassed to wear this get-up, and Wally is embarrassed for him. Beaver isn't looking forward to school on Monday, when Aunt Martha wants him to wear his new clothes. At school, Beaver does whatever he can to prevent the other kids from seeing his new ensemble, especially the most embarrassing aspect of the shorts. Will Ward come to Beaver's rescue against Aunt Martha, whom June considers a mother-figure?
Episode 12
The Perfume Salesmen
Fri, Dec 27, 195730 mins
Wally and Beaver send for a supply of "Flower of the Orient" perfume to sell door-to-door, planning make enough money to buy a movie projector. But selling the perfume turns out to be harder than they think, especially when everyone agrees that it smells like an old catcher's mitt!
Episode 13
Voodoo Magic
Fri, Jan 3, 195830 mins
Eddie Haskell thinks it's funny when Wally and Beaver are grounded after he tricks them into going to the movie "Voodoo Curse" although they promised June that they wouldn't ... until Beaver gets even by using a little "voodoo magic" on Eddie.
Episode 14
Part-Time Genius
Fri, Jan 10, 195830 mins
After having to listen to colleague "Corny" Cornelius brag about his children's academic excellence, Ward is thrilled to return the favor when principal Mrs. Rayburn calls to say that Beaver's score on an intelligence test is the highest in the school; but one of Beaver's classmates has a secret and Ward might need to eat his words.
Episode 15
Party Invitation
Fri, Jan 17, 195830 mins
When Beaver receives an invitation to Linda Dennison's party, he questions nothing until the other kids tease him about being her boyfriend and think he's the only boy who was invited. Beaver asks all the other boys in their class and that seems to be the case. After he and Wally get punished by their parents for pretending to be Ward on the phone to Linda telling her that Beaver can't attend, their parents know that Beaver doesn't want to go but make him go anyway despite his protests. Only when Beaver is actually at the party do his parents find out why he didn't want to go, and they can empathize with the reason. And someone else at the Dennisons' can empathize with Beaver's plight.
Episode 16
Lumpy Rutherford
Fri, Jan 24, 195830 mins
Wally and Beaver are being terrorized by an older, bigger boy in the neighborhood named Clarence Rutherford, whom everyone calls Lumpy. When the boys tell Ward of their problem, he offers to help, but the boys refuse, wanting to figure out things on their own or at least without adult help. When Ward tells them a story of how he got back at a bully when he was younger, he thinks it no more than an amusing anecdote, but his sons decide to use the same tactic on Lumpy. Their plan goes slightly awry when instead of Lumpy taking the intended hit, it is Lumpy's father, Fred Rutherford, who is at the end of Wally and Beaver's prank. The problem is that Mr. Rutherford is a friend and business colleague of Ward's. The Rutherfords are coming to the Cleaver house to play bridge that evening, so Wally and Beaver, not knowing if Mr. Rutherford knows that it was them who pulled the prank, try to avoid Mr. Rutherford while he's in their home.
Episode 17
The Paper Route
Fri, Jan 31, 195830 mins
Ward refuses to give Wally and Beaver the $50 they need to buy a new bike, telling them a story about how people work for their money. He doesn't think they'll do anything about it, but they get a paper route to raise the money. Their boss is "Old Man Merkel", a taskmaster who won't hesitate to fire them if they goof up. Ward and June want the boys to learn some responsibility and understand that many people are counting on them to deliver the newspaper on time. But Ward and June can't help but assist the boys when it looks like they might not be able to fulfill their job responsibilities. When they do something on the sly to help the boys, they inadvertently end up causing the boys problems instead of helping them, but not even this stops Ward from further meddling in trying to fix what he sees as his wrong. In the end, what the boys learn is that their parents love them.
Episode 18
Child Care
Fri, Feb 7, 195830 mins
While Ward and June attend a wedding on Saturday, Wally and Beaver are planning on hanging out at the fire-hall helping their friend Old Pete polish the fire truck, but their plans are changed when Herb and Janet Wilson, who are driving Ward and June to the wedding, bring along their 4-year-old daughter Helen--aka "Puddin'"--since their babysitter canceled on them at the last minute, meaning that Wally and Beaver are stuck babysitting Puddin'. June is worried since neither Wally or Beaver has babysat before, but the only other option is to bring Puddin' to the wedding. Although June checks in periodically with the boys by telephone, they get into a bit of trouble when Puddin' locks herself in the bathroom and refuses to unlock the door. Wanting to be responsible, instead of telephoning their parents, they try to figure out how to get her out while she wreaks havoc in the bathroom. Their plan requires the assistance of their 5-year-old neighbor, Bengie Bellamy.
Episode 19
The Bank Account
Fri, Feb 14, 195830 mins
A package delivered to the Cleavers' from a high-end sports store seems to confirm Ward's suspicions that Wally and Beaver skipped school to buy expensive baseball mitts with piggy-bank money that they promised to deposit into their college funds.
Episode 20
Lonesome Beaver
Fri, Feb 28, 195830 mins
Beaver has always enjoyed hanging out with Wally and his friends, and in turn Wally has always enjoyed having Beaver around. But things change when Wally, Eddie, and Tooey join the Boy Scouts, and at age 7¾, Beaver does not yet meet the minimum 11-year-old age requirement to join. When Wally and his Scoutmates go on a weekend-long camping trip, Beaver must come up with his own fun, especially as his only real same-age friend Larry is sick. As Beaver's not used to hanging out with his classmates, they might not know that he is available to play, and Wally's friends who aren't in the Scouts, like Chester, might not want Beaver around without Wally, What will Beaver do?
Episode 21
Cleaning Up Beaver
Fri, Mar 7, 195830 mins
Wally is at the age where he wants to be clean and neat in appearance, whereas Beaver is still at the age where he sees nothing wrong with being covered in dirt. Beaver fights at every turn from having to clean himself up, let alone those few times when he is to take a bath. Ward and June would like to see Beaver emulate his brother's behavior and decide to use a little psychology to get Beaver to clean up, not only himself but his and Wally's bedroom as well. Their actions do lead to Beaver cleaning up at least in his sensibilities, but it also has the unintended effect of Wally and Beaver having a disagreement, with Beaver wanting his own bedroom. Continuing their psychology, Ward and June decide to give Beaver his wish, which they believe he will soon come to realize isn't exactly what he wants.
Episode 22
The Perfect Father
Fri, Mar 14, 195830 mins
Busy Ward thinks that his boys spend all their time over at the Dennisons' because they can play basketball there with their friends. But when Wally and Beaver still prefer the Dennison driveway, even after Ward puts up his own backboard, it takes a frank conversation with neighbor Chuck Dennison to reveal the secret that will bring the Cleaver boys back home.
Episode 23
Beaver and Poncho
Fri, Mar 21, 195830 mins
Beaver brings home a chihuahua that Whitey found rummaging through his garbage can. By looking at the well kept manner of the dog, Ward and June can tell that it isn't a stray and that they'll help Beaver place a classified ad in the newspaper to find its real owner. Although Beaver abides by his parents directive, he deep down hopes that the owner does not come forward so that he can keep the dog. A Mrs. Bennett telephones, perfectly describing the dog as her Poncho. Learning this news, Beaver decides to take Poncho to school instead of letting Mrs. Bennett take the dog back. The dog at school gets Beaver into trouble. When Ward and June ultimately find out what Beaver has done, he gets into even more trouble. But Beaver's explanation to Mrs. Bennett offers a little more insight for Ward and June on how they should deal with the punishment for Beaver.
Episode 24
The State Versus Beaver
Wed, Mar 26, 195830 mins
Although June thinks the boys are too young, Ward encourages and eventually gives the boys a helping hand when they show interest in building a small motorized car, using the motor from an old lawnmower. Ward does lay down some strict ground rules for the car's use. Egged on by Larry, Beaver quickly breaks many of those rules, the most important in the eyes of the law being taking the car out onto the street. Caught by a policeman, Beaver is given a citation to appear in court for operating a motor vehicle without a license. Beaver is scared about the entire situation, including telling his parents. Believing that Ward will take the car away if he finds out, Beaver convinces Wally to act as his guardian in court. Being in court and seeing what wrongs others have committed gives Beaver a good lesson in what is considered right and wrong, and how he needs to make amends for the wrongs he has committed.
Episode 25
The Broken Window
Wed, Apr 2, 195830 mins
Wally, Beaver and their friends break a window at the Cleaver's house when they play baseball on the street. Ward and June aren't overly upset, but tell the boys to use their common sense in the future and never to play baseball so close to the house again. The next day, while Ward and June are gone for the morning, Wally and Beaver wait for Eddie Haskell to head over to Metzger's Field to play baseball, when Wally obliges Beaver's request to pitch him one. Wally figures it should be all right since Beaver always strikes out. This time Beaver does manage to connect to the ball, which ends up cracking a window of their parent's car. Not wanting to get into trouble especially after what their parents told them not to do, Wally and Beaver decide to get the window repaired before their parents get home, which will require them to raise $16. If they can't get raise that much money so soon, they will instead try to hide the fact of the broken window until they can get it fixed. They learn they won't have much time as their parents want to take the car out the following day for a family outing.
Episode 26
Train Trip
Wed, Apr 9, 195830 mins
Wally and Beaver have spent four days visiting Aunt Martha in Riverside. Aunt Martha calls Ward and June from the train station telling them which train she is putting them on. Wanting to appear grown up, the boys plead with Aunt Martha to let them buy their own train tickets and to board the train themselves without her. Aunt Martha obliges their request. But after Aunt Martha leaves the train station, the boys learn the train is delayed by 45 minutes, which gives them plenty of time in the station to spend some of their money, leaving them short when it comes time to buy their train tickets. Not trusting the pay phones to call Aunt Martha or their parents and thus potentially losing what little money they have left, the boys have to find a way to make it back to Mayfield without the help of Aunt Martha or their parents.
Episode 27
My Brother's Girl
Wed, Apr 16, 195830 mins
Wally's class is having a dance. Wally is going, but like most of the other boys in the class, he isn't going to ask a girl to go with him. Instead, he plans on hanging out with Eddie Haskell and some of the other boys. On the other hand, the girls in the class lament that none of the boys are asking any of them to go. Mary Ellen Rogers believes she's figured out a way for Wally to take her to the dance. Her plan includes using the Beaver without his knowledge and befriending him with the use of her father's electric train set. As Mary Ellen progresses with her plan, it becomes the battle of the sexes, even in the Cleaver household, with June understanding why Mary Ellen would need to resort to such underhanded measures. In the end, Beaver may be the one who gets hurt.
Episode 28
Next Door Indians
Wed, Apr 23, 195830 mins
To impress the older boys, Beaver makes up a story about a real, live Indian fight that occurred across the street from the Cleaver house 200 years ago and bets Eddie Haskell $1.50 that it really happened. But Beaver knows that he's in trouble when Eddie and the boys show up with shovels to prove him wrong ... until they find what they think are valuable gems.
Episode 29
Tenting Tonight
Wed, Apr 30, 195830 mins
Concerned that Wally and Beaver are spending too much time at the movies on the week-ends, Ward plans a camping trip and the excited boys tell all their friends. But when Eddie Haskell's dire prediction that Ward never really intended to go camping seems to come true after unexpected office work forces the busy dad to cancel the trip, the disappointed Cleaver boys pitch a tent and spend a rainy night in their back yard to avoid giving Eddie the satisfaction of thinking he was right.
Episode 30
Music Lesson
Wed, May 7, 195830 mins
Cut during the first day of tryouts, Beaver tells his parents that he made it into the school band and carries his clarinet to school for weeks, thinking that he has plenty of time to tell them the truth; but time runs out when June finds a concert announcement in Beaver's pocket and the whole family plans to go.
Episode 31
New Doctor
Wed, May 14, 195830 mins
Wally has a bit of a sore throat and fever, so is to stay home from school against his wishes as it means he'll miss a baseball game. But after the doctor examines him, the doctor says that he'll be well enough tomorrow to go back to school. In the meantime, June gets him a model airplane to play with, and Ward, in addition to picking him up some bicycle tape and some chocolate chip ice cream from the store, offers to move the TV into the boys room so that Wally can watch it from bed. And Wally's class buys him a present of a magic set. Seeing all the neat stuff Wally gets for being sick, Beaver decides he too will pretend to be sick the next day. But Beaver's sick day is totally different than Wally's sick day. In addition, he learns that their regular doctor is away, and the replacement doctor, Dr. Bradley is coming in his place. Beaver is scared that Dr. Bradley is not a "pill doctor" like their regular doctor, but rather a doctor that "makes you roll over." Dr. Bradley is able to make Beaver understand what he is really feeling.
Episode 32
Beaver's Old Friend
Wed, May 21, 195830 mins
Memories of companionship and comfort prevent Beaver from letting go of his well-worn teddy bear, Billy, and prompt the little boy to rescue his furry friend from the garbage truck even though Ward and Wally tease that he's "too old" to play with dolls.
Episode 33
Wally's Job
Wed, May 28, 195830 mins
Wally hedges after making a deal with his dad to paint the trashcans for fifty cents each, convinced by Eddie Haskell to hold out for more money. But when Beaver takes the job at the original price, causing hard feelings between the brothers, Ward looks for a compromise to satisfy everyone and finds, in the end, that boys will be boys and moms are full of surprises.
Episode 34
Beaver's Bad Day
Wed, Jun 4, 195830 mins
Beaver goes outside to play in his good Sunday suit, which is against the rules. Trouble brews when Larry Mondello talks Beaver into playing in a construction area, then snowballs when Eddie Haskell shows up to cause trouble. The end result has Beaver tearing the pants to his suit. When Beaver comes home and his parents see the torn suit, they ask for an explanation. Beaver tells a wild story about getting into a conflict with a dog and that the dog attacked him; actually, Beaver got his pants caught on a loose nail, and Eddie had encouraged him to make up the lie. Ward is not fooled and lectures his son about telling the truth. The next day, Beaver is wearing another good suit to school when, lo and behold Eddie shows up again. This time, Wally tries to defend Beaver, and in the ensuing chaos, a dog attacks Beaver and chews up his pants. When Wally and Beaver try to explain that a dog really did cause the tear, Ward blows his stack and sends his sons upstairs to punish them. Before Ward can mete out the punishment, June gets a call from Mrs. Mondello, confirming Beaver's story. Ward and June agree they should have believed Beaver and go upstairs to apologize.
Episode 35
Boarding School
Wed, Jun 11, 195830 mins
Initially impressed by Johnny Franklin's military academy uniform and good manners when Wally's former schoolmate comes to visit, June becomes alarmed when, as a result, Wally wants to attend the academy instead of Mayfield High with the rest of his friends.
Episode 36
Beaver and Henry
Wed, Jun 18, 195830 mins
Ward, Wally and Beaver build a live capture trap for the presumed gopher that is eating the tops of June's garden flowers. They are therefore surprised when the trap garners them a white rabbit instead. The boys are enthralled with the rabbit, which they plan on keeping as a pet. Beaver names it Henry, which June soon discovers is not appropriate since the rabbit is a pregnant female about to give birth. Beaver is initially terrified of the six additional rat looking like creatures in Henry's cage, until his parents explain to him the beauty of what has just happened. Ward tells Wally not to pick up any of the babies as Henry, feeling scared, might shun a baby if it smells like a human. By the time Wally passes the information to Beaver, it is too late as Beaver has already picked up one of them. Not wanting to get in trouble with his father, Beaver goes instead to Gus the fireman for advice on the situation.
Episode 37
Beaver Runs Away
Wed, Jun 25, 195830 mins
Beaver starts playing with his father's unplugged drill. When Larry comes over, he tries to goad Beaver into plugging it in to drill real holes. Knowing he isn't supposed to play with his father's tools, Beaver refuses. But Beaver doesn't stop Larry from doing it, with Beaver even holding the piece of wood Larry is going to drill into up against the garage wall. When the resulting drill holes result in holes in the garage wall as well, Beaver knows he's going to get into trouble when his father sees what happened. Indeed, Ward feels that the incident is more Beaver's fault than Larry's fault since Beaver knew directly from Ward previously that he was not to play with his tools. Angry that he is being punished for what he believes is not his fault, Beaver not only tells his father that he is going to run away, but defiantly (at first) walks out of the house in front of his father. But when Ward lets him go, Beaver seems confused but leaves anyway. The battle of wills is now not only between Ward and Beaver, but also between Ward and June who doesn't care about anything except the welfare of her son, even after they find out that Beaver is fine and over at the Mondello's. Wally is the one who provides the voice of reason, or at least the voice of what it feels like to be a child pushed into a corner.
Episode 38
Beaver's Guest
Wed, Jul 2, 195830 mins
Despite Ward having had a difficult week at work and wanting some peace and quiet over the weekend, he and June allow Beaver to invite Larry over for a weekend sleepover, which would allow Mr. & Mrs. Mondello to go away for the weekend. Ward and June plan on making it an event for the two boys with an outdoor barbecue for dinner. Larry's visit starts off without incident, but Ward and June find that they have to attend to the short attention spans of the two boys, who at one point are best friends, then worst enemies, then at one point are hungry as wolves, then sick from overeating. By the end of the weekend, Ward and June need a weekend to recuperate, but are more wary of a promise they made Wally: that he too could have a friend over for an upcoming weekend, with Wally's choice of friend being Ward and June's worst nightmare.
Episode 39
Cat Out of the Bag
Wed, Jul 16, 195830 mins
Wally and Beaver have a weekend job. The Donaldsons, the Cleaver's neighbors, are going away for the weekend and want Wally and Beaver to water their lawn, pick up the papers and feed their cat, Puff Puff. Ward is concerned the job is too much responsibility for the boys, especially regarding the pampered and prize winning Puff Puff, but allows the boys to do it. During the boys' care, Eddie, wanting to hang out with Wally at the carnival, convinces the pair to be more efficient with their time by one doing the work one day, the other doing the work the next day. As Eddie and Wally head off, Beaver is left to do the work. As Beaver inadvertently leaves the gate open, Puff Puff is able to escape when she's chased by Eddie's loose dog, Wolf. Beaver and Wally, who learns what happened, hope they can find the missing cat before their parents find out both that the cat is missing and that Wally shirked his responsibility to go off with Eddie. Puff Puff may have some say in the matter of Ward and June finding out or not.
