- After her picnic with Marjory is disrupted by a bull, Audrey sponsors the local scouts in their raft race to raise funds for a new meeting hut and is annoyed to hear--erroneously--that Richard has refused sponsorship. In fact he has bought the boys a new hut and a grateful Audrey accompanies him on a riverside picnic, which is rudely interrupted by the raft race, which lands Richard in the water.—don @ minifie-1
- Its the War of the Scouts with Richard sponsoring the local Boy Scout troop and Audrey, as commissioner of the Girl Guides, rivaling for use of the common clubhouse.
Audrey is chairing a meeting of the Girl Guides and she gives a badge to a child named Wanda. Afterward, everyone is leaving the hall, and Marjorie walks out with Audrey. They get into the Rolls Royce and drive away, en route to a picnic. Meanwhile, DeVere is meeting with a consultant about pig breeding. He is not satisfied with the report and sends the young man away to do it again. His mother comes into the room. Then she introduces young Mr. Edwards, a Boy Scout, to Mr. DeVere. They are trying to raise money for a new scout hut. DeVere sends the scout to do a feasibility study and to come back with a good report and he will get a much better deal. Audrey, Brabinger and Marjorie arrive at the picnic site. There is a sign which says "Beware - Danger - Beware of the Bull". Marjorie leaps over the fence, and then Audrey opens the gate and walks inside the field. There is a puppy inside. They select a picnic spot. Marjorie spreads the blanket. Marjorie wants to cut out a square of turf so that they will not leave scorched earth from their fire. Audrey looks inside her basket and finds sardine cans, but no opener. Marjorie says they have company. A giant bull has seen them and charges. They race away with the bull in hot pursuit right behind. The bull is really quite ferocious looking. Outside the gate, there is Brabinger and a nice picnic table, waiting for them. DeVere is in his office and he brings in his assistant. He has another assignment for his assistant. He wants research done on a scout hut. Back at the house, Audrey is boiling an egg. She is trying to boil an egg with a piece of cotton, a safety pin and holding the egg over an open flame. She says there is a proper way to climb a tree. Then she drops and breaks the egg. The Boy Scout shows up to ask Audrey for a sponsorship for the scout hut. He reveals he has been to see Mr. Devere. Audrey is upset because DeVere has not helped with the scout hut. DeVere is reviewing the proposal for the scout hut when Audrey arrives. She refuses to sit down in a chair. She is upset because he has not sponsored the scouts. Richard is upset with her approach. She is really upset and starts to leave. He offers to have lunch with her. He wants to go on a picnic next Saturday and says he would like to go to a field beside a stream. She agrees to go. At the scout hut, a bunch of boys are doing crafts when Audrey arrives. She announces she is going to do her annual inspection. It is a knot tying tournament. The old man leader announces to Audrey that an anonymous donor has given them a new scout hut. Audrey takes credit because she has shamed DeVere into doing it. They proceed with first aid classes for the girl guides. The lesson is demonstrating how to treat a patient with multiple fractures. Audrey is giving a demonstration about camp cooking. She shows a jackknife for cutting turf. The boy scouts have a problem with their raft. The scout building has no joists. The scout building falls down. The Rolls arrives at the picnic site with Audrey and DeVere. He wants to find a nice spot to have lunch. His basket is empty. They head out into the field. DeVere has set up an idyllic scene with a maid, umbrella, table and table cloth, and champagne, candles and candelabra, straw hat and wine. It is all very elegant. As they leave, Audrey is obviously tipsy. She apologizes and says she behaved rather badly. DeVere takes her to a small row boat. He asks her to go on a boat ride. Their whole picnic was paid for by an advertisement for salad dressing. Then all the scouts arrive. Audrey pushes DeVere into the middle of the river. The boat starts to collapse. DeVere falls into the water. Audrey breaks up with laughter at DeVere and the episode comes to an end.
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