The four city children spent a week at the Douglas farm. As Oliver showed them how to sow seeds and milk a cow, Lisa found herself drawn to Lori, the youngest of the group. A shared enthusiasm for making banana jelly cemented their connecti…

Lori, the little girl who’d missed the train back to the city, was now staying with the Douglases. Lisa's scheme to introduce her to the local children—a party—quickly spiraled beyond control; the celebrations swelled to encompass an elepha…

Eb’s persistent requests for a car, addressed to “Dad,” continue to irritate Oliver, who repeatedly refuses. Lisa, meanwhile, showers young Lori with presents. Feeling eclipsed within the Douglas family, a disheartened Eb runs away in searc…

Lisa recounted yet again the story of how she and Oliver had first met. This time, she described herself as residing in a Paris apartment with her father, the former King of Hungary. While he busied himself with schemes to reclaim his thron…

Having bid farewell to Lori at the airport, Lisa found herself adrift and began searching for work to occupy her time. Haney, noticing her application at the County Welfare office, jumped to the conclusion that she was there for the complim…

Oliver Douglas’s bid for mayor took an unexpected turn when the women of Hooterville put forward Lisa as their candidate. As the men scrambled to bolster Oliver's public standing, Ralph Monroe launched a series of underhanded tactics agains…

Carol, the new schoolteacher, arrived in Hooterville, setting Eb’s heart all aflutter. His current girlfriend, Darlene, was eager to attend the dance he’d already asked Carol to. Seeking counsel from Oliver and Mr. Haney, Eb devised a schem…

This year, Oliver’s apple trees finally yielded a bountiful harvest, yet the valley lacked anyone to gather it in. He proposed that the farmers rotate through each other’s fields, sharing the labor; however, by the time they reached his orc…

Eb discovered that five hundred thirty-eight dollars simply wouldn’t suffice to construct a home on the two acres the Douglases had generously given him and Darlene. His attempts to accumulate a down payment took increasingly outlandish for…

Hooterville descended into chaos as a bank robber and his accomplice barricaded themselves in Pixley. The situation was complicated by the unsettling fact that the robber bore an uncanny resemblance to Oliver Wendell Douglas – both in appea…

Driven by the desire for a more lucrative career, Eb enrolled in an accounting program through a correspondence school. A simple error led to his mistaken registration in their acting course, and Eb interpreted this as a sign of fate. Thoug…

Inspired by a women’s liberation speaker, Lisa insisted that Oliver share the household duties while she managed the farm. He encountered only frustrating bureaucracy when attempting to erect a tool shed, yet Lisa secured the necessary perm…

Oliver refuses to accompany Lisa to New York for a grand celebration, yet the matter remains unresolved. Now, she’s enlisted Eb in a plot to conjure imaginary companions, with the hopeful outcome of securing a journey to the city – ostensib…

Eb found himself dismissed from the household after Darlene’s father discovered he had asked for his daughter's hand with a watch fob, rather than a traditional ring. Lisa then presented Eb with the $2000 engagement ring that Oliver once us…

Oliver readily agreed to let a paint company give the house a fresh coat as a promotional gesture. However, much to everyone’s astonishment, the wood proved so absorbent that it drank up the paint almost as fast as it was applied. Meanwhile…

The town of Hooterville prepared a festive welcome for the son of a war hero, a young man Lisa insisted had carried clandestine messages during World War II. Oliver attempted to explain that Drobny was merely a “simpleton” dispatched by Lis…

Just two weeks remained until their wedding, and Eb and Darlene were still without a venue for the ceremony. Mr. Haney’s initial proposal – a complimentary space at a local car wash – proved unsuitable. His second idea, however, which inclu…

When the Ziffels are struck with influenza, Arnold the pig spends several days at the Douglases’ home, accompanied by his belongings and his ukulele. During a trip to Pixley, while Mr. and Mrs. Douglas attend to an errand, Arnold waits in t…

Lisa received a gift from her Uncle Boris: a jar of his remarkably potent cleaning solution. It proved astonishingly effective at removing stains from suit coats and rugs—and even dye from toupees. Recognizing an opportunity, Haney surrepti…

The governor declared, "Our state is bankrupt," and announced a tax increase of 52 percent. In response, the residents of Hooterville destroyed the bridge spanning the swamp and established their own kingdom, with King Oliver the First at i…

Drobny, Lisa’s pet duck—a gift from her uncle in Hungary—is feeling quite lonely. He has the unfortunate habit of playing his phonograph and dancing while Oliver attempts to complete his taxes, much to Oliver's annoyance. Determined to alle…

Ralph desperately hoped Hank would ask her to the Carpenter’s Ball, yet he offered only weak reasons for not attending himself. Determined to orchestrate a meeting between them at the event, Lisa invited Hank to be her date. Almost instantl…

The drip of a leaky sink pipe prompted Oliver to consider other neglected repairs around the house, like the loose floorboard on the front porch. A closer inspection revealed it was riddled with dry rot and needed replacing. He laid a more …

Lisa and Oliver resolved to enroll in a college course together, finding one in Pixley. Oliver selected a farming program that convened Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, while Lisa opted for Psychology, drawn primarily by its Tuesday and Th…

Lisa managed to persuade Oliver into a 'fifth' honeymoon, this time in Hawaii. Upon checking into their honeymoon suite, they were entirely unaware that the hotel manager’s daughter had already arranged for her friends to use the same space…

Oliver sifted through his collection of old Christmas cards, hoping to locate the return address of a former secretary who’d relocated to California. He needed to reach her; she had once secured a skilled repair shop that had salvaged a bro…