Cranky old Daniel Mueller fences in a pasture that's a shortcut the kids use going and coming to school and the boys want revenge, but Lassie is privy to his gentle side. Then one night the collie discovers Mueller seriously ill.

Gramps wins a tractor in a contest but refuses to learn how to use it even after his first attempts go poorly.

After visiting to Timothy Powell's summer home, Jeff is envious of the wonderful things he saw at the wealthy Powells and turns up his nose at the farm and Porky. So when the Powells go away for the weekend, Ellen has Timmy stay with the Millers.When Timothy falls seriously ill, however, it is Ellen's unwavering care that brings about his recovery, and Jeff realizes that money isn't everything and Jeff finds out the boy thinks he's the lucky one.

Jeff and Porky enter a fishing contest to win a new pole, but it's Lassie that catches the fish!

A little dog left in Jeff's care pines for his missing master.

Ellen makes Jeff promise to stop taking on dares from other people. However, his promise is tested when a mischievous boy takes his report card and leaves it atop a phone pole.

Lassie is praised for her looks after a visit to a pet salon and she takes the compliments a little too much to heart.

A baseball that gets misplaced during rock collecting for a school exhibit causes a rift between Jeff and Porky.

Under the mistaken belief that the farm is about to foreclosed on, Jeff adopts a frugal outlook on his daily life.

Nearby squatters have Jud Perkins determined to try and be rid of them but Jeff wants to help them.

Jeff discovers that the reason for Jenny's grumpiness is that no one remembered her birthday.

Jeff persuades Gramps to enter a turkey shoot, even though Gramps doesn't think his eyesight is good enough.

With the Millers and Brockways attending a wedding, Lassie and Pokey set out on a series of adventures.

Gramps heads out on a secret fishing trip just as a bad storm approaches the area.

Jeff and Porky try to raise bees for an upcoming 4H show but a wild raccoon threatens to ruin their work.

Pokey needs a blood transfusion to save her life and only Lassie has the blood needed for the transfusion.

Jeff tries his hand in matchmaking by matching Gramps up with an artist that is staying at a nearby cottage.

Porky and Jeff spend a night roughing it in the woods but their tranquility is threatened by a nearby camper's carless fire tending.

While Porky and Jeff go off to identify birds for a school project, Lassie tends bird eggs whose mother was killed by a ferret.

Jeff and Porky are sheriffs on the town's annual boy's day, so Gramps cooks up a fake robbery to give them a little excitement.

With the apple orchard partly ruined by rabbits, Gramps contemplates selling the farm.

With a drought affecting availability of fish in the area, two restaurant owners look to take advantage of the Miller's generosity by taking free fish from the Miller's lake.

Ellen enlists Lassie's help to teach Jeff to pick up after himself but things don't turn out as planned.

On a dare, Porky and Jeff venture into a supposed haunted house and are surprised to see what appears to be a real ghost.

To cheer Jeff up, Ellen tries to join him for several outdoor activities but he thinks she is doing it as she needs to be cheered up.