Lulu and Tubby try to pick an apple from a tree on Ol' Man Gripe's lawn. That sets off a series of events that ends up with Gripe stuck in the tree, Lulu swallowing a ping pong ball, and Tubby flooding Gripe's basement.; Lulu and Tubby go to a meadow to pick flowers for her mother.; On a rainy day, Lulu's and Tubby's mothers send them to the train station with umbrellas so that their fathers won't have to walk home in the rain.; Tubby invites himself to dinner at Lulu's house.; Lulu tells Alvin a story about a time long ago when she cried all the time.; Lulu tries to get her doll to go to sleep.; Lulu picks a book from the top shelf in a library to use to press a flower.; Lulu upsets a display of oranges on the sidewalk with her toy car and they spill into the seat. The grocer trails her home by following the oranges as she throws them out of the car.