Needing some alone time, John-Boy hikes up the mountain to a deserted cabin and finds his friend Sarah Jane Simmons hiding, nine months pregnant. Her mother had placed her with a well-to-do family on the promise they would educate her. But they were only interested in using her as a servant, so she ran away and married a young man who went looking for work with the Works Progress Administration. A rainstorm strands John-Boy and Sarah, and he must deliver the baby.