Ward composes a simple verse for Beaver after the third grader waits until the night before it's due to write a poem for school; but the helpful dad's good intentions go awry when "Beaver's" poem is chosen to win a prize.
June unwittingly jeopardizes Wally's friendship with Eddie Haskell after she accepts a dance invitation for Wally from Eddie's current crush, Caroline Cunningham.
Even though they don't speak each other's language, Beaver gets along fine with his new Spanish friend, Chuey, until sneaky Eddie Haskell tricks him into insulting Chuey with a newly learned Spanish phrase.
While the older boys play baseball, Beaver and his friend Larry watch from the sidelines while minding the players' wallets, jackets and watches. But when the belongings are reclaimed after the game, bully Lumpy Rutherford's watch appears to be missing and he gives Beaver two days to find it ... or else!
To stop his friends from teasing him and prove that he doesn't have a crush on classmate Linda Dennison, Beaver is pressured into calling her a nasty name
A letter from Beaver's godmother, June's Aunt Martha, brings the young man an heirloom ring once belonging to Beaver's namesake, his great-uncle Theodore. But his parents forbid him to wear it to school because losing it would terribly upset his great-aunt and Beaver's troubles begin after his clever plan to show the ring to his school pals without actually "wearing" it there is derailed by creepy Judy Hensler.
Wally gets blamed after Beaver takes pal Larry Mondello's dare to smoke the new Meerschaum pipe that Fred Rutherford sent as a gift to Ward from Germany.
June cleverly rescues Wally from bad taste after he is goaded by Eddie Haskell into buying a new suit for an upcoming school dance without his parents' help.
Ward takes his reluctant family to a mountain cabin, hoping to relive rustic childhood memories, and, although things don't turn out exactly as he plans, the boys are soon making memories of their own.
Feeling slighted for not being included in Wally's birthday party plans, Beaver takes buddy Larry Mondello's advice, buys himself an expensive bow and arrow set and gives his big brother a cheap gift.
Overhearing a frustrated Ward muttering about ending up in "the poor house," Beaver wonders what it means to be poor and begins a quest for poor people, making new friends and teaching the whole Cleaver family an important lesson.
Distracted by a construction company digging holes, Beaver and buddy Larry Mondello are late for school and decide to skip classes altogether to avoid getting yelled at by the principal. But when the hungry boys head for the nearest supermarket for lunch they find themselves on a live, promotional television program, unaware that Wally and June are watching them from the television in Wally's bedroom.
When the television breaks down over a week-end, Ward encourages Wally and Beaver to read Mark Twain's classic book, "Tom Sawyer." But things don't turn out quite as they planned after the boys try to use fictional Tom's technique to paint the Cleaver garage doors.
Self-conscious Wally (Tony Dow) resorts to a mail-order remedy to change his appearance, after his dream-girl Gloria (Cheryl Holdridge) tells him he has a "pug" nose.
While Beaver and his small toothache wait for the results of a dental X-ray, he's convinced that he will soon have a painful experience after mean-spirited Lumpy Rutherford tells him that, to make more money, the dentist will drill a deep hole no matter how tiny the cavity may be.
Beaver believes he's been unfairly reprimanded for accidentally breaking Wally's track trophy, takes his Dad's offhand comment to find new parents literally, and with pal Larry Mondello's encouragement, heads for an adoption agency to see if he can do better.
A mix-up during a stop at the Elmhurst bus station while on a trip to visit his friend, Billy, in Crystal Falls puts Beaver and his brother, Wally, on separate buses...going in different directions.
The boys help out at a traveling carnival for a couple of days. Instead of getting paid the $20 they were promised, they are given a run-down old horse.
Excited about possibly moving to a bigger house in a new neighborhood, Beaver tells his whole third grade class. But when the house sale falls through, embarrassed Beaver doesn't know how to break the news to his friends, especially after they throw him a surprise farewell party...with presents!
Beaver rescues Wally's broken typewriter from the trash, gets reliable Gus the Fireman to fix it with his "special oil" and starts a newspaper with his pal Larry. But Wally soon regrets tossing the now smoothly working machine and demands the newsboys return "his" typewriter.
Wally is the envy of his friends when pretty Mary Ellen Rogers invites him to her school cotillion. But they don't know what Wally soon finds out...Mary Ellen has entered them in a "cha-cha" contest and Wally doesn't know the steps.
Ward and June find it hard to convince Wally that his new "fad" hairstyle makes him look ridiculous, especially when all his friends are combing their hair the same way.
Cookie chairmen Beaver and Larry find themselves in a bind when they loan three dollars out of the school cookie fund to an older boy with a hard luck story and he refuses to pay them back.
Beaver forgets he's been invited to old friend David Manning's birthday party, is embarrassed to give David what he considers to be a "baby" toy that June bought for him at the last minute, and must think fast to come up with a more appropriate gift.
Beaver isn't worried that he doesn't have any money to spend at the carnival after his best friend Larry Mondello promises to pay the way. But conniving Larry has spent all of his allowance too and, sneaking money from his mother's sewing basket, throws it out the window and arranges to have Beaver "find" it.
Beaver has to write a school paper about the most interesting character he has ever met. He decides to make it about Ward, but has a hard time deciding what to write.
