When Beaver's new teacher, Miss Canfield, sends a note home to his parents, he expects the worst. As a result, he decides to run away from home.

When Beaver comes home from school with a black eye, Wally helps him conceal it with some of their mother's makeup. However, it doesn't take Ward long to discover what happened and is disappointed at Beaver apparently running away from a fight. However, when he discovers who gave Beaver his black eye, he comes to regret giving Beaver the advice of confronting the guilty party.