While Peter is packing for an upcoming camping trip to which he is really looking forward, his brothers convince him to toss the basketball around their room, using their wastepaper basket as a hoop. They decide to do this despite their mother telling them not to play ball in the house, as they figure she won't know since she isn't home. Peter's first shot ends up breaking Carol's favorite vase instead. Besides the boys, the girls know about the incident, all six who vow to keep quiet while the boys try to glue the vase back together. Their secret will be kept until Peter returns from his camping trip, after which he will tell the truth to their parents, as he doesn't want them to ground him from going camping, which is what he fears. Despite the boys' best efforts to glue the vase back together, Carol and Mike do notice that it is broken at the most inopportune time. Although Peter doesn't confess and the other five don't tell on him, Carol and Mike are pretty certain they know who broke the vase based on the actions of the collective six. Carol and Mike think they know a way for the culprit to confess before the camping trip, or so they hope.
—Huggo