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Mary Ann is antagonizing the rest of the gang until they wallop her good. For revenge, Mary Ann gives Wheezer cod liver oil. Her mother had told her this would make Wheezer grow into a giant. Luckily for her, a passing circus giant figures out whats going on and fills in for Wheezer.
Chief Cummings runs a horse-drawn taxi service, and finds his business dwindling when a rival cab driver starts stealing his customers. If the chief doesn't drum up some business, his horse will be taken away from him. This is where the gang comes in, as they succeed in stealing customers back for the chief.
It's the first day of school, and Joe recruits Farina to bring a phony note to the teacher so he can go fishing. Later, school is disrupted by Wheezer as he brings a couple of circus seals into the classroom.
Mary Ann and Wheezer have to play second-banana to their bratty stepsister Jean, whose mother favors her own child. They throw a party and invite the gang, who get treated to one of the least appetizing birthday cakes ever baked.
Farina and his sister Pleurisy have to deliver laundry for their mother. Unfortunately, it's election day, and candidates Joe and Jay R. are both trying to keep the black kids from leaving their yard. They disguise themselves as a scarecrow and manage to get downtown, where they're caught up in a police shoot-out involving stolen ballot boxes.
Joe has to babysit his brother Rupert who cries all the time. This doesn't help Joe's toothache, so he gets the gang to help him lull Rupert to sleep. Every time the child dozes off, however, some noise from outside the house wakes him. Later on, Farina helps Joe to remove the tooth with the aid of a string attached to Pete the Pup. This means Joe can keep the dollar his mother gave him to pay the dentist.
Mary Ann's mother is at her wits' end with her bratty child, stating that she'd give a hundred dollars if the girl could be brought under control. Noticing that Joe has successfully trained Wheezer using a dog-training manual, Farina arranges for him to do the same with Mary Ann.
Harry has essentially turned Mary Ann into his slave, since she can't resist seeing him wiggle his ears. This is all for naught, however, as Harry falls for Jean and abandons Mary Ann. Meanwhile, Joe is trying without success to wiggle his ears since he's got a crush on Mary Ann.
Farina is an orphan riding the rails with his dog Pete. He stops in town long enough to meet the gang and convince them that they ought to join him. After a harrowing train ride, they find an abandoned house in which to spend the night, only to be spooked by their own imaginations.
The gang lives in an orphanage, where Mary Ann plays mother to little brother Wheezer. When a kindly woman adopts Wheezer, Mary Ann's heart is broken. The gang joins her in visiting Wheezer, where they get into trouble by setting off the burglar and fire alarms in the woman's posh home.
Mary Ann takes care of her little brothers, Wheezer and Beezer, while their father works nights. Their mother is "in heaven," but amazingly appears at their door one day. It's actually her twin sister, but she decides to let them believe she's their real mother.
Joe and Chubby get to ride in the locomotive with their engineer father. When Dad goes off to lunch, Harry talks Joe into showing him the inside of the locomotive. Just then, Loco Joe comes along and starts the train moving, giving the two boys a wild ride.
