Beaver and Larry are co-chairmen of their class' "Cookie Committee," where money brought in from the sale of cookies is saved up and used for a field trip at the end of the year. Ward, knowing Beaver's past woes handling money, is a little leery. However, he and Larry seem to be handling things well. Beaver is so careful with the money that he sleeps with it, and worries that burglars will come in the middle of the night and steal it. Wally assures him that burglars wouldn't be after $11 in cookie money.
At school, he and Larry are befriended by a new eighth grader, "Roger Delacy," who helps them put the big cookie box up on a high shelf at school. Roger (Danny Richards Jr.) , however, is eyeing that sack of money but the kids are only impressed than an eighth-grader would actually help them. Roger helps him again the next day but then tells him his stomach hurts because he hasn't eaten in four days. The boys are horrified. Roger gives them a cock- and-bull story about his dad, his sick baby sisters, on and on. He needs three dollars to feed the starving babies. The compassionate younger kids take out three dollars from their fund. Roger says he'll pay them back when his father gets his weekly $1,000 paycheck tomorrow!
At home later, Wally tells him that he shouldn't have given a strange kid his cookie money, and Beaver is upset. "You know something, Wally?, he asks. "You are a real mean brother." However, Beaver hits the pillow with a worried look on his face.
That concern turns out to be genuine. Wally was right; "Roger" is a crook, big-time! The following day, he tells Beaver and Larry he never said anything about anything. This is a tough pill for Beaver nd Larry to swallow. They learn a hard lesson in life about how bad things happen to good people.
Even though the boys get taken, there is a nice ending to this story and some nice gestures and attitudes. I really liked the last 10 minutes of this story, and left me with a good feeling. I thought it was one of the best endings of the second season.