[3] Wheezer, Dickie, Uh-huh, and Stymie choose to play hooky from school again to go fishing with Joe and Farina.

Meanwhile, Miss Kornman is taking her students to the beach and amusement pier free of charge.

Spanky and Cotton deliver sick notes forged for Dickie, Stymie, and Wheezer by Joe and Farina to Miss Kornman, stating why they were absent.

She decides to teach the boys a lesson, and asks her old flame who is now the truant officer Mickey Daniels to help her.

Mr. Daniels, meeting up with the boys but not telling them he is the truant officer, then lectures them about what they can expect if sent to reform school (at Christmas, he claims that "everybody gets a brand new sledgehammer!