7a-Brother and Sister are good baseball players and both sign up to try out for the Bear Country Cardinals. The problem is, there's only one position left on the team. Worried about the humiliating possibility of losing to his talented kid sister, Brother backs out of the competition. Sister has some encouraging words for Brother which inspire him to stick with it. The two cubs practice for the big tryout together. 7b-Brother and Sister often complain that their friends have more things than they do. Mama and Papa tell them they should be thankful for all the things they do have. When a big thunderstorm rages outside and the power goes out, the cubs are reminded of how fortunate they are to have loving parents and a cozy home to live in. It?s a good time to count their blessings.

8a-Ensured by Sister that she knows the meaning of responsibility, Mama and Papa allow her to go to a sleep over at Lizzy's house. However Mama and Papa are totally unaware that the Bruins have gone out and left a babysitter in charge. When practically every cub in town shows up at the party it gets so out of hand that when the Bruins return they call all the parents to come and take their cubs home. Although Mama and Papa agree that Sister is partially to blame, they also realize that if they had been a little more responsible themselves, they would have found out about the baby sitter early enough to nip it in the bud. 8b-Brother complains that he's given too much homework and that's why he has fallen so far behind at school. Papa blames it on his highly distractive study environment and until Brother gets caught up, there'll be no television, video games, loud music or chatting on the phone. When Brother decides to do a little homework every night, he finds it's much easier to stay on top of his workload.